The Vice President of Clinical Development will oversee all global Clinical programs at CBT. As the Clinical Development Head, he/she will play a key leadership role as CBT develops promising combination immuno-oncology programs with internal and partnered assets. This role will closely interact with the COO and EVP of Clinical to actively participate in the clinical development – design and execution of the clinical development strategy for all single agent and combination programs and provide clinical science and medical leadership within all cross-functional groups within the company. This is a high impact, highly influential role that reports directly to CBT's President and CEO.
Develop innovative clinical development plans that drive early decision making based on objective clinical safety and efficacy response measures.
Work collaboratively to develop expedited Proof of Concept programs that lead to seamless late stage development.
Provide clinical/medical leadership, advice, and guidance for CBT clinical programs to ensure overall safety of study subjects and scientific integrity of CBT clinical trials.
Collaborate with internal functional leads and external experts to drive innovation in early and late clinical development plans integrating translational measures/precision medicine.
Represent CBT with partner program meetings and regulatory interactions.
Function as the Team Leader for some of the combination programs and work in partnership with other team Leader(s) to ensure delivery of high-quality, cost-effective programs that are delivered on time and within budget, while maintaining the necessary resources needed to deliver the program.
Work closely with senior management and cross functional team members to advance CBT's pipeline.
Ensure highest level of rigor and scientific integrity in clinical programs, including, but limited to Investigator brochures, protocols, and study documents.
Identify and escalate issues in a timely manner as appropriate.
Identify issues of highest priority in the clinical programs to discuss and resolve with Senior Management.
MD or MD/PhD with board certification in medical oncology.
8+ years of clinical development experience in the biotech or pharmaceutical industry designing and executing oncology clinical trials from Phase 1 through Phase 3, investigator-initiated studies, with experience in immuno-oncology trials preferred.
Prior experience in managing clinical trials for biomarker-driven cancer therapies is a plus.
Experience in leading teams in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.
Experience in protocol development and design, including understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of study design, development of case report forms and statistical analysis plans.
Experience in working with CROs.
Experience in working closely with investigative sites, including principal investigators, sub-investigators, study coordinators and other site personnel involved in clinical trials.
Motivated to work in a fast-paced, high accountability, small company environment. A "can do" and collegial professional who leads through influence and interpersonal skills.
Demonstrated record of accomplishment in a compressed time frame; capable of prioritizing tasks and delivering on deadlines with high performance standards and attention to detail.
Demonstrated ability to collaborate successfully with multiple functions in a team environment.
Ability to effectively present ideas and document complex medical/clinical concepts in both written and oral form. Must be able to analyze and interpret clinical efficacy and safety data and develop written reports and presentations.
Ability for strategic and proactive thinking, strong scientific and analytical skills, decisiveness and the ability to perform as a respected team member and leader.
Ability and desire to grow with the company, assume greater responsibility, build and lead a team.
CBT Pharmaceuticals offers medical, dental, vision, competitive PTO days, and 401K plan that includes a company match.


Mike Hesse knows the roads of Farmington, La Crosse County's largest town at 76 square miles, like he knows his farm, which has been in his family for a century. He has to know them. Hesse is in his sixth term as Farmington town chairman, and making sure the town's 40 miles of roadway are taken care of is a big part of his job.
Farmington's roads include the route between West Salem and Mindoro that runs over Phillips Ridge through the historic Mindoro Cut, the second deepest such cut made by hand in the Western Hemisphere. Further east, Wanlass Road runs across Wanlass Hill, the highest point in the county (the broadcasting tower for the county's emergency service providers sits atop that hill).
Some town roads only serve a few homes or even a single farm. Syverson Road, for example, is a steep, 12-foot-wide, quarter-mile-long thoroughfare near Wanlass Road that seems more like a driveway than a road, serving only two homes and ending in one resident's yard, where chickens, dogs and other barnyard animals roam. The entrance to Syverson Road off Hwy. EE is at such a sharp angle that most vehicles couldn't negotiate a right turn onto the road and can only make a right turn out.


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The Millard Public Schools is a school district in the southwest part of Omaha, Nebraska, United States. The first school in Millard was established in the fall of 1870. The school district is named for Ezra Millard (1833-1886), who platted Millard, a mostly uninhabited prairie 12 miles southwest of the city. The former city of Millard was annexed by the City of Omaha in 1971 after a lengthy legal battle. Today the Millard School District has diverse programs such as Nebraska's only K-12 International Baccalaureate program, offered at Millard North High school, Millard North Middle School, Aldrich Elementary, and Black Elk Elementary.  The district also offers the Core Academy and Montessori, as well as many other programs.

Thirteen Millard schools have earned the Blue Ribbon Award from the U.S. Department of Education. Kiplinger's Magazine cited the "top-rated, nationally recognized" Millard School District as one of the reasons Omaha rated No. 3 in the list of the Top 10 Best Cities for 2008.

Millard is the third largest district in Nebraska.  The district currently has four high schools: Millard North High School, Millard West High School, Millard South High School, and Keith Lutz Horizon High School.

Attendance area
Within Douglas County, the district includes portions of Omaha and Boys Town.

The district extends into Sarpy County, where the district includes sections of Chalco and La Vista.

Middle schools (grades 6-8)
 Andersen Middle School
 Beadle Middle School
 Central Middle School
 Peter Kiewit Middle School
 Millard North Middle School
 Russell Middle School

High schools (grades 9-12)
 Millard North High School
 Millard South High School
 Millard West High School
 Keith Lutz Horizon High School

Elementary schools (K-grade 5)

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 Bess Streeter Aldrich
 Black Elk
 Bryan
 Cather
 Cody
 Cottonwood
 Disney
 Ezra Millard
 Grace Abbott
 Harvey Oaks
 Hitchcock
 Holling Heights
 Montclair
 Morton
 Neihardt
 Norris
 Reagan
 Reeder
 Rockwell
 Rohwer
 Sandoz
 Upchurch
 Wheeler
 Willowdale

Willowdale
Willowdale enrolls about 405 students and is notable for its website, WillowWeb, which features blogs, photos, and announcements. Radio WillowWeb is a podcast produced by Willowdale students and teachers. It was the first podcast by an elementary school in the United States and covers a range of educational topics.

See also
 List of public schools in Omaha, Nebraska

References

External links
 MPS website

Education in Omaha, Nebraska
Education in Sarpy County, Nebraska
School districts in Nebraska
West Omaha, Nebraska
1870 establishments in Nebraska
School districts established in 1870
School districts of Omaha, Nebraska
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2013-14. Besides, there are 245 private FM Radio stations, along with the government controlled All India Radio, operating in 237 radio stations. A total allocation of RS 3,555 crore was allocated to this sector during the Eleventh Plan period. The CWC started its operation as public bonded warehouses in the late 1970s and later on diversified its business into CFSs and ICDs and also started container rail transportation from Loni (UP) to the jnpt. Which are largely responsible for human empowerment and improvement of quality of life of the people in general. Activities associated with this sector include retail and wholesale sales, transportation and distribution, restaurants, clerical services, media, tourism, insurance, banking, health care, and law. Thus the Twelfth Plan aims to harness the potential of the software and services sector to contribute to countrys development and growth, particularly in terms of investments, exports employment generation and contributive to GDP and to retain Indias leadership position as a global IT-BPO destination. Tertiary Sector, the tertiary sector of the economy is also known as the service industry. Real estates services provides housing facilities.
These mineral resources are limited in supply and in due course get completely used. Advertisements: They are consumed at the point of production and they are usually non-transferable, in the sense that the service cannot be purchased and then resold at a different price. Of this, 356 ships with a capacity.37 million GT cater to Indias overseas trade and the rest to coastal trade. Moreover, cultural activities, or services include recreation and entertainment and radio and TV broadcasting besides other related cultural services. Moreover, undertaking new projects like dedicated freight corridors in railways and construction of new airports in Tier II and Tier III cities, clearing pending projects in ports, and development of real estate projects in urban infrastructure are likely to generate huge opportunities for the construction. This sector is fragmented with a number of major companies involved in construction activities across all segments. This could begin in a phased manner in the metro cities, with the cap at lower level coupled with incentivizing the existing mom and pop stores (Kirana shops) to modernize and compete effectively with the retail shops, foreign or domestic.
The primary sector is concerned with the extraction of raw materials. It includes fishing, farming and mining. In less developed economies, the primary sector will comprise the biggest part of the economy.


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Brown both sides of all of the bratwurst in the package in a skillet. After sides are browned, place into a crock pot.
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Cook on low for 6-7 hours, making sure they are cooked through before eating.


The types of benefits and advantages being compared for these various living options are those of closeness in proximity to the college campus and classes, cost effectiveness, availability of easy and nutritious meals, development opportunities and additional educational benefits to the student.
The first alternative to examine, for new incoming freshman is that of living off campus (not in the school's dorms) for the first two semesters of college. This could be through living in an apartment, or living in a sorority or fraternity. This living option does not have the benefit of closeness in proximity to classes. Some students who live off campus have to travel tiring distances each morning to get to there classes, compared to those students who already live on campus. The research (interviews) I have done has told me that this problem has lead to many students not wanting to get up, and actually come to class in the past, and it only gets worse in the winter. In the winter students find that their beds are far more inviting than their cold commute to school.
The cost of living in an apartment can be really high. Advertisements for local apartments range from $250-450 per month, not including the cost of utilities, and this is after sharing the cost with several roommates.


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the holiness One, holiest the people of Almighty God….
present moment with God, is to live eternally, now….
his presence, to stand under within His. own . being….
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The Center for Threat Management was established to provide the knowledge and practical expertise necessary to manage the effects of disabling and disruptive threats. This includes a systematic methodology to identify, evaluate, and implement solutions through focused education, experimentation, and operational evaluation programs.
CTM research supports the charter of GT2 with a focus on the myriad of threats to commerce, critical infrastructure, and national security, with the primary objective of securing and increasing the resilience of the mechanisms by which global trade is conducted. This research leverages two decades of lessons learned and best practices developed as a federal government operational research center, in partnership with hundreds of organizations in the public and private sectors.
As a non-profit corporation serving the public benefit, CTM maintains core values that preserve the integrity of its research and the trust placed by its partners: value and impartiality.
With roots as an academic research organization, CTM recognizes that research is of no consequence if it doesn't add to the body of knowledge. Further, knowledge itself is insignificant unless it is associated with an application or otherwise drives action. In order to ensure that its programs add value, CTM strives to focus on timely and relevant subject matter, current and near-term scenarios that challenge established capabilities and organizational paradigms. Emphasizing the application component of knowledge, CTM conducts research that is "operational" in nature, its value reinforced in the end goal of implementation.
A secondary component of value is cost-effectiveness. CTM research achieves this through collaboration and consolidation, which minimizes the organizational burden required to plan, conduct, and evaluate operations through integration of priorities and objectives from multiple stakeholders. These programs are supported by a systematic methodology, based on the principles of systems engineering, which ensures standardization, repeatability, and a focus on satisfaction of sponsor requirements and participant objectives.
CTM exists to serve the public interest, not to enrich its stakeholders. As a result, the organization maintains an obligation to pursue product- and implementation-agnostic solutions. This impartiality is critical to credible research and to the spirit of innovation, and is pervasive in our programs. CTM partners can rest assured that, while commercial products may be exhibited as representative of capabilities, our research is conducted objectively, free from the influence of political and commercial pressure.
A sea lion from the Navy's MK 6 Mod 3 Marine Mammal Program conducts swimmer interdiction operations in the Port of Hueneme during the Coastal Trident 2013 Regional Port and Maritime Security Program.
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August 22, 2014 Dan Seeger Music
One for Friday: The Go-Betweens, "Surfing Magazines"
I have my prejudices when it comes to music. For one thing, I've long resisted any reunions of bands, even those who I once loved. I still stand by my aversion in many cases, especially in those instances when the reunion is basically in name only. I'm not quite sure why anyone musters up overt excitement about what is essentially a new Frank Black solo album just because he's worked it out to stamp the name "Pixies" on the front. There are plenty of instances where bands have gotten back together for drab efforts after solo projects and spinoff bands after a break-up were met with dwindling interest. There are also plentiful examples — more than I'm typically willing to acknowledge — of groups that threatened to give reunion albums a good name. One of the first such albums that made me think about reappraising my stance was The Friends of Rachel Worth.
Released twelve years after their prior effort, long believed to be their final album, The Friends of Rachel Worth is unmistakably the product of Robert Forster and Grant McLennan, but it doesn't comes across as a retread. Nor does it represent the band picking up precisely where they left off. Marvelously, it sounds like the creation of a group that had been toiling and evolving together all that time, bearing the marks of both progress and continued cohesion. On the evidence found on the disc, they were a group that plainly belonged together.
Any number of tracks represent the album well. I picked "Surfing Magazines" to share below, though on any given day I may gravitate to a different song. Anything on the album refutes my knee-jerk instinct against it. There are times when I'm thrilled to be wrong.
Listen or download –> The Go-Betweens, "Surfing Magazines"
(Disclaimer: It appears to me that The Friends of Rachel Worth is out of print, at least as a physical item that can be purchased from the proprietor of your favorite local, independently-owned record store. Though I share it here with the belief that doing so doesn't harm any fair commerce. Even so, I will gladly remove it if asked to do so by anyone with due authority to make such a request.)

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Producer for THE SIMPSONS Spotted a 23-Year-Old Error
Sep 6 2018 • 12:17 PM
On January 22nd, 1995, Fox aired the 13th episode of The Simpsons' sixth season, titled "And Maggie Makes Three."
It was a classic flashback-style episode that revolved around Homer and Marge telling the kids the story of Maggie's birth and how it forced Homer to leave behind his dream job for a soul-crushing return to the power plant. It's a funny, sweet episode with one of the most touching endings in show history, one that loyal fans have seen dozens of times. And a producer just spotted a very obvious error in it that apparently no one has noticed for over 23 years.
Matt Selman, who has been with the show since 2005, tweeted out a pretty glaring mistake for an episode about Maggie's birth. That's Marge on the couch, pregnant with Maggie.
Maggie is in photo on wall behind Marge telling Homer she's pregnant with Maggie pic.twitter.com/uckWDl8qWp
— Matt Selman (@mattselman) September 5, 2018
D'oh! How did that one slip by us for over two decades? It's not like it's a small picture of Maggie.
As you can imagine the uproar from fans who demand continuity has been swift and dumb. Here's footage of some of them at a Q&A.
Don't worry, people are being fired over this unforgivable mistake.
@TheSimpsons Canon is is ruins!
— Al Jean (@AlJean) September 5, 2018
I hope you're happy because we just fired SEVENTEEN people for that blunder. Fired. Through. Done.
Fortunately some close to Matt Groening are already looking for ways to remedy this mistake.
https://twitter.com/thatbilloakley/status/1037454228875137024
Okay, so maybe this isn't actually a big deal, but it is a chance to have some fun remembering a great episode. Plus, since we are still finding new things after 23 years this proves something very important–it would be a mistake to stop watching classic Simpsons episodes.
What's the funniest, worst, or best mistake you've ever spotted during an old TV episode? Tell us in the comments section below.
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Q: PyQt4: How to color each tab in QTabWidget separately? I'm working on a project with a GUI, for which I am using Python with PyQt4 module.
Here is my demo code:
import sys
from PyQt4 import QtGui, QtCore

class Window(QtGui.QMainWindow):

    def __init__(self):
        super(Window, self).__init__()
        self.setWindowTitle('PyQt4 demo')
        self.setGeometry(50, 50, 1000, 1000)
        self.createTabs()
        self.styleTabs()
        self.show()

    def createTabs(self):
        '''Creates a QTabWidget with 5 tabs,
        named 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
        '''

        self.tabs = QtGui.QTabWidget(self)
        self.tabs.resize(1000, 1000)

        contents1 = QtGui.QWidget()
        contents2 = QtGui.QWidget()
        contents3 = QtGui.QWidget()
        contents4 = QtGui.QWidget()
        contents5 = QtGui.QWidget()

        self.tabs.addTab(contents1, '1')
        self.tabs.addTab(contents2, '2')
        self.tabs.addTab(contents3, '3')
        self.tabs.addTab(contents4, '4')
        self.tabs.addTab(contents5, '5')

    def styleTabs(self):
        #Would like to add some code here which colors
        #each tab with a different color.
        pass

def run():
    app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)
    GUI = Window()
    sys.exit(app.exec_())

run()

Most objects (including QtabWidget and QTabBar) support styling with CSS using .setStyleSheet(str) method. But with this I could only achieve coloring all tabs with the same color. I've also found a way to color selected, first, last tab, but could never achieve coloring a tab for ex.: with an index of 2.
For example:
self.tabs.setStyleSheet('''
    QTabBar::tab {background-color: green;}
    QTabBar::tab:selected {background-color: red;}
    QTabBar::tab:first {background-color: red;}
    QTabBar::tab:last {background-color: red;}
    ''')

I've also tried applying color to current QTabBar. This works with Qt, but not with PyQt apparently:
tab = self.tabs.tabBar()
tab.setStyleSheet('background-color: grey;')

The PyQt4 coloring methods didn't work either:
plt = QtGui.QPalette()
clr = QtGui.QColor()
clr.setRgb(100, 100, 100)
plt.setColor(10, clr)
tab.setPalette(plt)

I've been searching on web a lot, but haven't found any solutions for this problem. At this point, I'm not even sure an easy solution exists.
Is there a way to modify PyQt4 source code, so one of the above techniques could be applied?
Additional info:

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*Python version 3.4

*PyQt version 4.12

A: Unfortunally, QTabBar doesn't expose all its properties, since its contents are not children widgets layed out in a normal fashion, but are drawn internally using private methods.
There are two possibilities, though.

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*Draw the tabbar by hand, using its paintEvent. Using QStyle draw* methods, it is possible to customize it as you want, while keeping consistency with the current theme; that's not an easy task, but can be done.

*Customize the background of the current selected tab only: using QTabBar's currentChanged signal, you can easily reset the stylesheet everytime the current index is changed
This is an example:
def createTabs(self):
    #[create your tabs, then...]
    self.tabColors = {
        0: 'green',
        1: 'red',
        2: 'yellow',
        3: 'orange',
        4: 'blue',
        }
    self.tabs.tabBar().currentChanged.connect(self.styleTabs)

[...]

def styleTabs(self, index):
    self.tabs.setStyleSheet('''
        QTabBar::tab {{}}
        QTabBar::tab:selected {{background-color: {color};}}
        '''.format(color=self.tabColors[index]))

You might want to "initialize" it when the widget is first shown, by calling styleTabs(0), since the colouring is applied when the signal is fired only.

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Two of Canada's most influential progressive independent media publications combined efforts in the fall of 2013, following the agreement by rabble.ca to join forces with Straight Goods News.
A pioneer in independent, online media, SGNews closed after 13 years of publishing in September 2013.
Publisher Ish Theilheimer summed up the legacy of SGNews: "I do want to tell you how much I have valued your support and readership. I'm very proud of the work of our outstanding staff and of the national stable of writers who freely contributed to make SGN a great read, week after week. I'm proud to belong to a nation -- and world-wide community that includes you and thousands of other caring people who think for themselves and act on what they think and believe. I do hope you'll transfer the kind of loyalty you've shown us to our new partners at rabble.ca."
rabble.ca is honoured to take on the role of maintaining the legacy of SGNews. As part of the agreement, rabble.ca will maintain an archive of the 13 years of online coverage provided by Straight Goods News, and has welcomed all Straight Goods News contributors to continue providing innovative coverage under the rabble.ca banner.


This is the specially selected group of close friends and family that has been asked to join the wedding couple at the altar. The wedding party also often gets to join the couple at the head table for dinner, depending on the family or cultural traditions as well as the number of people in the wedding party.
There is no set rule of the number of people you need, things to remember when deciding. It is best to have an even number of bridesmaids and groomsman. It is a good idea to include your siblings, they are special and important people in your lives and would be honored to be apart of your selected wedding party. When selecting your friends, choose close and reliable friends and remember, they will be in your wedding photos too. A good tip from experience, if you are having a tough time deciding between two people, pick someone close to where you live, as you might need their help and it will be a lot easier trying to coordinate with them.
A traditional number is three bridesmaids and three groomsmen. This number works out well for many reasons, it makes a nice round number of eight, which is great for wedding photos, as well if you have eight people seated a table, this makes up a rounded off head table. Regarding tasks for the groomsman, it leaves two ushers to take the wedding guests to their seats leaving the best man as a spare usher.
Having less people in your wedding party will increase your chances of pleasing all the bridesmaids when it comes to selecting their dresses. It is also a lot easier to coordinate with less people. Lastly, if you plan on buying gifts for all of the people in your wedding party, it will be less expensive for you if you have less people.
Your friends should not feel left out if you did not include them in your wedding party, so do not feel obligated to. They will understand. There is no harm in letting them know you wanted to include them in your wedding party, but due to the numbers and space and other obligations you quickly ran out of space. Assure them they are still getting a great seat at the dinner and make sure you spend time with them on your special day.
It is best to show your thanks and appreciation to your wedding party by getting them a thank you gift. This should be something above and beyond the wedding favor as everyone gets those. They will appreciate the kind gesture. This can be something that they wear or use during the day. For instance it is okay to get the guys ties, or matching cufflinks to wear and then keep afterwards. For the women it is okay to get them accessories such as a shawl or handbags.
Other common gifts for the wedding party men are flasks, money clips and pocket knives. These things can all be engraved to help commemorate the special day. For the ladies of the wedding party, some smart gift ideas are taking them to the spa with you to get a facial or a manicure.
The bride and groom roles and responsibilities are little more obvious in this case, so let's jump down to the others in the wedding party.
Traditionally bridesmaids pay for their dresses, but the brides selects the dresses, or at least general style and color, it is becoming increasing more popular to let the bridesmaids select their style surrounding straps, strapless, halter etc. It is even becoming more popular that the brides just select the color and the bridesmaids just choose their own dresses.
As for the gentlemen, they will also be required to dress as the groom or more realistically, as the bride requests as well as having to pay for it too. For simplicity sake, it is easiest to just rent suits or tuxedos as well as the shoes. That way all the guys will match. This will really come through in your wedding photographs, although you might want to come up with a slight variation on the groom somehow, maybe regarding the tie, or vest just to make sure he stands out a little from the rest of the crowd. The last thing you want to do is make someone in your wedding party have to go buy a new suit, because their black suit was double breasted or did not have the right number of buttons.
If you have been asked by the bride to be the maid of honor, you have had some important roles that have fallen on your shoulders. The largest responsibility you will have of the day is to sign the Marriage Certificate as a witness to the legal document. Don't worry, that is the only true responsibility that you have, the rest is all fun.
During the day of the wedding, you will be walked down the aisle, most likely with the best man. As you will be the closest one to the bride, you will have the great responsibility of holding her flowers for her at times during the ceremony. You will also be traveling about with the bride through most of the day, so you should be on your toes and ready to help the bride out as much as you can. Being in the wedding party you will also get to go on the exclusive wedding photo shoot. During the reception, you may or may not be asked to say a speech. It is okay to gracefully decline from saying a speech.
Prior to the wedding day there are also some tasks that will be required or requested of you. The bride will likely be looking in your direction when it comes to shopping for her wedding dress. You will also, or if not, should ask if you can be, involved in shopping for the bridesmaids dresses. You should definitely get at least some say, as you are the one paying for it. But remember, it is the bride's wedding day, so ultimately she will get the final say. On a more fun note, the planning of the bachelorette party will often fall upon your shoulders.
Many of the same responsibilities of the maid of honor will also fall upon your shoulders as well. You will likely be included in the shopping, helping the bride before the wedding day as well as the day of. You will also be apart of the wedding photo and helpful in planning the bachelorette party or wedding shower. On the wedding day you will be walking down the aisle with one of the groomsman.
Being the best man is not just all about planning the bachelor party, although that is typically an expectation, and getting first dibs on the single bridesmaids, it actually requires some effort and a little bit of work. If you have been asked by the groom to be the best man, you have had some important roles that have fallen on your shoulders. The largest responsibility you will have of the day is to sign the Marriage Certificate as a witness to the legal document. Your next most important job is to carry the wedding rings and pass them along when asked for them. The reason why this is so important is because think of the trouble you would get in if you forgot them, or even worse, lost them. During the ceremony, the best man will walk down the aisle with maid of honor. The best man, like all others in the wedding party, will be included in the wedding photos.
The best man usually also makes a speech at the ceremony talking about the groom and is usually expected to be a little entertaining. Traditionally, the best man acts as the MC for the evening, but it is not mandatory that this happens, as it is another simple way to include someone another close friend in the wedding day.
One of the main roles that a groomsman or usher has is the responsibility of walking the guests to their seat. They typically greet the guests and take the women, of the couples, arm and lead them to their seat. If you are seating people of bride and groom on each of their sides, it is important for the ushers to be aware of which side is which.
Groomsman like everyone else in the wedding party, will be part of the wedding photos. They will walk down the aisle with one of the bridesmaids and join the rest of the wedding party at the head table. They will also most likely all be dressed in the same attire as the groom and the best man. They will be expected to pay for their suit or tuxedo rentals.
If you are asked to be in the wedding party, graciously accept, unless of course you know you will not be able to attend the wedding, and enjoy yourself.


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Parents who think their children won't be exposed to porn have their heads in the sand.
Shauna Anderson
Two eleven-year-old girls are at the bus stop as they wait to go home in the hot sun sucking on icy poles. They pull their smartphones from the pockets of their school bags.
There with them is a younger girl, a grade four girl she doesn't have an icy pole, nor a smart phone so she watches the older girls, she knows them from the playground as they are just one year ahead and she likes them, they laugh and make her feel important.
"Take a look at this" says an older girl. ( Image via IStock.)
"Take a look at this" one says to her as she thrusts her phone into the younger girls hand.
There on the screen is a naked woman. Her breasts shining with what looks like grease, her pubic hair shaven and her mouth wrapped around the penis of a dark haired man. Another man is naked too in the video she is being shown. His hands are touching the woman in places that confuse the 10-year-old watching.
Are you horrified I am recounting this? Well you should be because its an accurate depiction of an incident that took place in a school near where I live.
What the two older girls didn't know was that another person could see the screen, was watching while they also waited for the bus, an adult who shocked by what he witnessed immediately called the school who sent a teacher and intervened.
But the damage had been done.
The damage had been done. Image via IStock.
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Where the 11-year-old girls knew to find such videos was kept private when these details were recounted to me. How the 10-year-old was counselled after the event was kept private too. The fate of the two older girls -in fact, all three changed inexplicably by this one event.
The fact it occurred at all is a terrible, terrible indictment of the society we live in but an accurate reflection nonetheless.
Access of online pornography is increasing problem for families, with the Australian Childhood Foundation saying over 90 per cent of boys under the age of 16 have visited a pornography site online and around 60 per cent of girls doing the same. Many children from the age of just 11.
Watch: How our children are exposed to pornography before they hit puberty.
Cybersafety expert Susan McLean has told a Sydney symposium that parents who think their children won't be exposed to porn have their heads in the sand.
"They will find it, it will find them or someone will show it to them," Ms McLean told AAP.
Ms McLean, a former police officer said that while porn can be blocked, banned or ignored it will eventually find your child.
"The results of early exposure and engagement can vary from bed-wetting to triggers for child-on-child sexual assaults, which are on the rise, Ms McLean says.
"They don't have the capacity to say 'that's not how it works'".
The majority of young children come across porn by accident. Image via IStock.
She told the symposium of a 15-year-old who tied up his girlfriend and forced her to perform oral sex saying it was normal because he had seen it online.
Of course the majority of young children come across porn by accident, stumbling on it by typing the wrong thing or curiously googling terms like "naked people."
In writing for The Newcastle Herald Susan McLean says:
Even if your child does not look for online porn, it will most certainly find them. An innocuous search for something like, "naughty girl", will lead kids to a variety of porn sites, images and videos as will a search for a picture of a cute cat for a school project simply by typing in the word "pussy".
She says that early exposure to sexual content can have a "profound impact" on children's' attitudes and behaviours towards sex and relationships.
Early exposure to sexual content can have a "profound impact" on children's' attitudes. Image via Istock.
"It has never been more important for parents, teachers, grandparents and carers to have conversations about sexuality and relationships with the children in your care. Above all else, do not let the internet be your child's sex educator."
It's a frightening prospect and one that is hard to control, many parents lack the technical know-how to control their children's browsing themselves, and even if you don't provide your own child with a mobile device they will no doubt, as in the case of the three girls above, have peers who do.
Many commentators say the key is to talk to your children early about pornography – with some calling for it to be included in the curriculum as early as primary school.
Others say there needs to be a return to a discussion of a mandatory internet filter policy where service providers automatically block pornography sites unless customers opt in, though Malcolm Turnbull famously back flipped on this in 2013.
Spend time online with children. Image via IStock.
What we know is that it is a problem that isn't going away and that somehow, through combined efforts at home, via Internet providers, via parents increasing their own technical abilities and via education it is a problem we need to all work to combat.
Some tips from Susan McLean via Cybersafety Solutions
PC's should be in a common area of the house not in the bedroom.
Parental monitoring is vital – walk past and see what your child is doing.
Spend time online with children, just as you would with many other activities such as sport, board games and walking the dog - learn and explore together.
Have a family internet contract and set house rules about what information your child can put onto websites or share with others.
Very close supervision for young children is recommended. Limit a contact or follower list to friends and family that have been approved.
Set up an Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat account….whatever your children use and engage with them online. This also allows you to know how these applications work.
If your child is playing online games it is YOUR responsibility to make sure that YOU know how to play the game too in case of problems. Play online games together.
Do not let young children 'google' aimlessly with no supervision. Children need to be taught about search engines and how they work.
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It took five days before police began a murder inquiry into the death of a woman in Wisbech, a Channel 4 documentary has revealed.
Workshops on how to help to preserve Cambridgeshire's historic churches are being organised thanks to funding from the National Lottery.
Around 100 trustees, members, friends and guests gathered at Wisbech General Cemetery, off North End, as Wisbech Society officially opened the newly restored chapel of rest.
More than 80 new nurses will join the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn, following a successful international recruitment campaign.
It is one of the most beautiful walks in and around March – but fly tippers spoilt both the view and the footpath.


I think if we look at the data, the answer is no. Only some two percent of total VC funding goes to companies with female founders, which is ridiculous. And yet, there is data that shows that companies that have at least one female co-founder do tend to last longer… So the state of gender balance in the startup world is quite miserable. That said, being in Singapore for the last 10 years and helping to build the startup ecosystem here, I don't feel that the gender imbalance here is as bad as in Silicon Valley. My hypothesis is that the younger the startup ecosystem – Singapore's is probably seven or eight years old – the fewer issues it faces with gender balance, perhaps because it's learnt from the mistakes of older startup cultures like that of Silicon Valley.
Yes, this widening gender wage gap needs to be addressed. And I do have many female friends who struggle with the glass ceiling in the corporate world. Thankfully in the startup world that I inhabit, we care less about rules and we have a habit of crashing any ceiling we see. The community at Found8 has a 1:1 gender ratio, which I think is incredibly rare. We are an innovation-only co-working community and we don't accept any members who are not pursuing an innovation. We don't accept, for instance, your ordinary mom-and-pop enterprise or any MLM agents. Yet we've managed to somehow secure this incredible gender ratio of 1:1. If you see other tech incubators around the world, the ratio of men to women might be 9:1 or at best 8:2.
I think the media plays a big role in telling the success stories of female founders and female investors. And then perhaps we can slowly help change the prevailing gender biases. Looking at the current trends, there's a very low representation of women in the STEM (Science Technology Engineering Mathematics) disciplines. And most start-ups have a strong technology component, which are invariably dominated by men in the role of software engineers, developers, hackers and UI/UX designers. From a young age, women are still being discouraged from picking the STEM courses. So it's a systemic issue that needs to be addressed as early as kindergarten… Beyond that, men themselves have a role to play in redressing the gender biases, welcoming women into what they call the boys' club, becoming allies in women's movements themselves.
We're seeing more examples of women like Jacinda Ardern, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, bringing her baby and husband to parliament. As we gain more role models like that, we realise it is okay to bring to your baby or husband to work, to milk your baby in public, to have the man be the primary carer of the child. You want people to be more empowered to make those personal choices for their own happiness… One shouldn't have to subscribe to a uni-dimensional idea of success, the idea that there are only certain paths to take. I'm thankful I work in the startup world where people are more open to redefining the rules. I do think that in Singapore, there's this notion, for instance, that unless you find a job in banking, law or medicine, you've somehow fallen short of prevailing measures of success.
It's hard if they don't realise that there is another way. But I think the midlife crisis is one of the most beautiful inventions of the cosmos. Because it really forces you to pause and think, is this what I want to do for the rest of my life? There's this misconception that start-ups are led by young rebels who'd recently dropped out of universities. Actually, the best founders in the world are around 42 years old and have 20 years of corporate experience. They have the networks, the capital, the insights into the problems of a particular industry, and they've come out to solve them. Founders like that actually attract a lot of funding. So to The Business Times reader, if you are 40-something and going through a midlife crisis, you want to pursue a more purposeful career, consider being an entrepreneur because the stats are in your favour.


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Q: How to make a web form submit itself automatically up on a dropdown selection I have a form in my page like the one below;
<form name="testform" id="testform" action="test.php" method="get">
  <input name="field1" id="field1" type="text" value="">
  <input name="field2" id="field2" type="text" value="">
  <select name="dropdown" id="dropdown">
    <option value="option1" selected="selected">option1</option>
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I want the form to get submitted automatically when user select an option from the drop-down menu. How can I do this with or without using JavaScript (with or without jQuery)?
Thanks in advance... :)
blasteralfred

A: You will need to use the jQuery change() event.
('#dropdown').change( function() { ('#testform').submit(); })

A: I think
$('#dropdown').change(function () { $('Submit').click(); } );

will do the trick!

A: Click (or select)? In that case the user would not be able to make any selection. You probably mean as soon as another option is selected. If so
<select name="dropdown" id="dropdown" onchange="this.form.submit()">

If jQuery is being used, unobtrusive event handler change should be used instead of inline javascript.
$(function(){
    $("#dropdown").change( function(e) {
        this.form.submit();
    });
});

Use on if the form elements are dynamically being added in the DOM
$(function(){
    $('#testform').on( "change", "#dropdown", function(e) {
        this.form.submit();
    });
});

A: Here Answer
<form name="testform" id="testform" action="test.php" method="get">
              <input name="field1" id="field1" type="text" value="">
              <input name="field2" id="field2" type="text" value="">
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            <option value="option1" selected="selected">option1</option>
            <option value="option2">option2</option>
            <option value="option3">option3</option>
            </select>
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Four More Years, the first release from Teen Daze, to be re-issued through Flora.
Four More Years, the debut release from Teen Daze (Jamison Isaak), will be re-issued on vinyl via Flora, Isaak's own label, this May. The eight song release was initially released digitally, and on cassette, in July of 2010. This limited release will come with a bonus remix, and a previously unreleased b-side.
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Turkey Pulse
Turkey, Russia wage proxy war against Washington in Syria
Cengiz Candar January 24, 2018
Syrian Kurds say Russia gave Turkey the green light for the Afrin operation after the Kurds refused to cede Afrin to the Syrian regime; can Turkey turn the situation to its long-term advantage?
REUTERS/Osman Orsal
A Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army fighter on a truck leaves from a training camp in Azaz, Syria, Jan. 21, 2018.
Turkey's Free Syrian Army-backed Afrin operation has probably put an end to speculation on where Russia stands when it comes to Syrian Kurds and Turkey.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been adamant on Turkey's intention to send Turkish troops into Afrin to dislodge Syrian Kurdish fighters of the People's Protection Units (YPG) there. Erdogan believes Syrian self-rule in northern Syria is more dangerous for Turkey than the Islamic State (IS).
Afrin has been an exceptionally stable and relatively tranquil corner of Syria since 2012, when it fell under the control of Syrian Kurdish groups that Turkey believes are affiliated with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). Afrin had never been categorized as a de-escalation zone for two reasons. First, there was no need because of Afrin's relative stability. Second, the region was under Russian influence. Thus, Turkish military intervention in Afrin at any level would have to take place with the acquiescence of Russia.
Moreover, less than 48 hours before the Turkish military operation — ironically dubbed Olive Branch — the Syrian regime in Damascus declared that a Turkish air operation would be met by Syrian missiles. The Syrian statement came while Turkey's army and intelligence chiefs were in Moscow to get Russian approval and thus, the Syrian statement was interpreted as complementing a previous Russian warning against flying over Russian-controlled airspace over Syria.
The moment Turkish F-16s were in action and Turkish tanks rolled toward Afrin, no one was left with any doubt that Operation Olive Branch had the Russian green light.
Why did Moscow give Ankara the green light?
According to Syrian Kurdish officials, the reason was their rejection of a deal offered by Russia.
Aldar Khalil, the co-chair of Movement for a Democratic Society, the ruling body of Kurdish self-rule in Afrin, said, "Russia told us … that we need to offer them something. Then they would stop Turkey. We asked what we were supposed to offer. They said we should hand Afrin over to the regime. Then the attack will not happen. Of course the attack would not happen if we handed Afrin over to the regime, because the Turkish attack is only against our democratic project. That's why we declined the Russian demand."
Khalil added, "Syrian Kurdish forces were given an ultimatum over the weekend: Leave your positions to the Syrian regime or face the wrath of Ankara. They chose to stay. Then came Turkey's assault on Afrin."
That is what Nobahar Mustafa, a representative of the foreign relations committee for the Syrian Democratic Council — the political wing of the Kurdish forces fighting in northern Syria — told me in an interview Jan. 22.
She said representatives of the Kurdish YPG met with Syrian regime officials at the Russian air base at Khmeimim on Jan. 20. There the Syrians conveyed the threat. "We told them, 'We will not save our people from the Turkish butchers to give them to the Syrian and Iranian butchers,'" Mustafa said.
However, that does not fully explain the underlying motive in Russia's dramatic decision to give the green light.
Almost all the Russian statements following the Turkish military action in Afrin denounced the United States for triggering the Turkish wrath that led to Turkey's military action in Afrin. The US statement on the establishment of a border security army — mainly to consist of Kurds that the United States would arm and train — was an ill-conceived American provocation, according to Moscow, that gave certain legitimacy to Turkish anger and the action that followed.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov emphasized this point twice while the Turkish military incursion into Syrian territory was underway and Turkish fighter planes were using Afrin airspace.
The Russian position clearly indicates that the Syrian portion of the chessboard is important for Moscow in its game against Washington. Russia apparently saw a further opportunity to weaken NATO and create more fissures between Ankara and Washington by acquiescing to the Turkish military move into Afrin. The imperatives of Russia's proxy war against the United States have preponderance over the uncertainties and problems that Turkey's move could entail.
Tukey is also waging a proxy war in Syria against the United States. It was not clear what threat there was to Turkey from the Kurdish enclave of Afrin. The area has no record of a particularly irritating anti-Turkey campaign compared with other Kurdish-inhabited parts of northern Syria. All those other Kurdish-inhabited zones in northern Syria are effectively on the eastern side of the Euphrates River, where the US presence has provided support to the Syrian Kurds, who helped Washington oust IS from Raqqa. The United States' zone of influence in northern Syria is generally considered to be that east of the Euphrates; Afrin is well to the west.
In this sense, the Turkish military move toward Afrin reflects a convergence of Russian and Turkish interests in their consecutive proxy wars against the United States over the Syrian battleground.
Then comes the crucial question: What are the limits of the Turkish move into Afrin and is it sustainable?
From north to south, Afrin is roughly 40 kilometers (25 miles) long, and from east to west, about 30 kilometers (19 miles) wide. That is a small chunk of land that should not be an enormous obstacle for a military power to achieve its aims in a short period. If Turkey achieves its objectives in a fairly, and internationally acceptable, short period of time, the Turkish-Russian proxy war against Washington could be won by its protagonists. If it takes a longer period with unbearable casualties for the conscience of the international community, things might change, and with them even the Russian position.
It remains to be seen whether Turkey can achieve its military and political objectives in a relatively short period of time. The longer it takes, the more problematic it will be for Ankara.
Yet one thing is quite certain: If Erdogan entered into this gambit for — as many observers note and claim — domestic political reasons more than anything else, he is the winner in the short term. With an aroused anti-Kurdish nationalist fervor, he could have a landslide victory if he asked for early elections; the vote is now scheduled for 2019. While the passage of time and a looming economic crisis had the potential to somewhat erode his power, now he is seen as the commander in chief who is grandly addressing the Turkish psyche. His supporters firmly believe that the fight he commands is, in fact, against the United States. For them, Washington is waging a proxy war against Turkey, using the Kurds. If Afrin is won, the victory would be against Washington (and the West) more than against the Kurds.
Every potential contender to Erdogan is in line with him, supporting his war effort, fearful of antagonizing the aroused nationalist sentiments of the public. All voices of dissent, all those who preach peace against war are either suppressed, detained, arrested or, worse of all, vilified as "traitors" or "the agents of foreigners." Nowadays is not a time for reason to prevail in Turkey.
If Turkey gets stuck in Afrin militarily, then that could be a different ballgame. In a country where conspiracy theories are rampant, some think that is exactly what the Americans are counting on. And there are some who even think that what the Russians actually wanted in letting Turkey into Afrin was to weaken Ankara, their historical and strategic adversary.
The weeks ahead, if not months, will clear up the situation, as there are more question marks at the moment than answers.
Found in: us-russian relations, ypg, operation olive branch, us-turkish relations, kurds in syria, afrin, recep tayyip erdogan, russian influence in syria
Cengiz Candar is a columnist for Al-Monitor's Turkey Pulse. A journalist since 1976, he is the author of seven books in the Turkish language, mainly on Middle East issues, including the best-seller Mesopotamia Express: A Journey in History. Currently, he is a Distinguished Visiting Scholar at Stockholm University Institute for Turkish Studies (SUITS) and a Senior Associate Fellow at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI). On Twitter: @cengizcandar
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Smile For The Camera: Reconsider Réhahn's Works
Hà Đào
Scene at Couleurs d'Asie Gallery by Réhahn. © Linh Pham
While exploring the UNESCO-recognized Hoi An ancient town, you may encounter Precious Heritage gallery/museum, housed in an aging building that blends in well in Hoi An's tranquil environs. A female receptionist beams a bright smile at incoming tourists. She is but one amongst a sea of smiling women. Pictures of bright-eyed old women from ethnic minorities, shyly covering their mouths with indigo-stained hands before the Western photographer, line the walls. Réhahn's headshots are straightforward and highly enhanced with Photoshop's "clarity" to highlight the deep wrinkles.
The book Vietnam: Mosaics of Contrasts is filled with images of these docile, smiling women and children from remote areas, presented in a similar vein. Flipping through this collection of "portraits of Vietnam", we see doe-eyed, dirt-covered faces. The subjects are nameless, only captioned by their ethnicities. These photographs are not taken by a casual, first-time visitor witnessing the overwhelming disparity between his appearance and theirs (read exoticness), but by a professional photographer who has made a name for himself in Vietnam and decided to call this land his new home.
Spread from a Réhahn's book. © Linh Pham
And Réhahn has been successful. He has two galleries in Hoi An, one in Saigon, and one currently under construction in Hanoi. He has half a million followers on Facebook; his iconic image "Best Friend" makes headlines for being the most expensive photograph sold in Vietnam (17000$). The mainstream local media dote on a foreigner who has spent seven years exploring Vietnam's beauty.
His popularity unsettles me. Overwhelming attention is being to work who's subject matter and approach are trite. But what's more concerning is the world view reinforced by Réhahn's carefully curated portfolio.
What is there to criticize in Réhahn's vibrant and carefully composed portraits? He is not the first Western photographer to pursue projects about strange people in a faraway land. In Vietnam, romanticizing ethnic cultures has a long history, from established Vietnamese Association of Photography Artists to young road-tripping-with-a-bike travel photographers. But Réhahn's work thrusts me into a time-warp to a Vietnam prior to when modernity knocked on our doors. What is most stereotypical of a pre-modern Vietnam has to be present. The Vietnamese wear ao dai and conical hats, the M'Nong tames elephants, the H'Mong works on terrace fields. He asked the subjects to put on their traditional costumes before taking their portraits and later expressed his regret that they are rarely worn nowadays. Flying thousands of miles from France to Vietnam, Réhahn also chooses to fly back in time to a country without motorbikes, cellphones and livelihoods other than agriculture.
Many could defend Réhahn's style as nostalgic. Yes, it is indisputable that these scenes still exist in some parts of the country. Yet, Réhahn has chosen to photograph his subjects in pre-modern garb and postures to represent "portraits of Vietnam". Time after time, project after project, Réhahn single-mindedly excludes the present from his viewfinder. His romanticization, persistent pursuit of "authenticity", and portrayal of an Asian country through the lens of the past amounts to Orientalism, especially owing to his position as a white Frenchman. On the faces of old women and little kids in rural, mountainous areas with little doubt about the Western photographer's intent, Réhahn projects his colonialist fantasy. By celebrating this fantasy, the media and public reinforce deeply-rooted stereotypes of ethnic minorities and distort the image of Vietnam, warping the country into a tranquil, timeless land of rice fields.
Réhahn is not the first photographer seeking to capture indigenous people's portraits for fear of their cultures being swept away by the unstoppable force of modernity. His predecessors are Edward Curtis with his project about Native Americans, Steve McCurry with India and Jimmy Nelson with tribes around the world, to name a few. Just like them, Réhahn laments the imminent loss of cultures other than his own. But while these author and image makers have received more scrutiny and criticism from the portrayed communities and media critics, Réhahn's work receives praise for its deep appreciation of Vietnamese beauty. Because more than ever Vietnam tourism industry needs postcard-appropriate pictures heavy in symbolism, and isn't the recognition by a foreigner so life-affirming?
When participating in a co-authoring project with the minority community by ISEE, I came across a photobook called "My Culture" comprised of photos and stories done by ethnic minority people in a photovoice program. Taken with compact cameras by those who perhaps have used it for the very first time, these photos are visually imperfect. But, the work is generated by community insiders, casually with no particular agenda: they are of daily, working life – sometimes the subjects play flute, smoke from a silver pipe, take part in a bamboo dance, in both traditional costumes and modern clothing. But the most wonderful difference between these photos and Réhahn's work is the autonomy of the people in front of the lens.
Photos from "My Culture" project by ISEE. © Ha Dao
Perhaps Réhahn is truly concerned about the loss of ethnic culture. Not only does he take and sell photos, he also dedicates the second floor of his gallery to build a museum preserving traditional costumes of many peoples, a watered down version of the Museum of Ethnology. He recently brought 35 Co Tu people to perform in Hoi An, stating the belief that "the most efficient way to preserve the culture of the ethnic groups is to promote them outside their community […]". Réhahn has also expressed the wish to bring 54 peoples of Vietnam to Hoi An's old quarter one day. This scene sends chills down my spine. I hope that he does not. To theatricalize intangible heritage, uprooting cultural practices to another place for the sake of entertaining tourists, is no different from casting a pall over them in their birthplace. I also hope he stops asking An Phuoc, the blue-eyed girl, to stand next to her portrait so that visitors can cuddle her and take her picture. These activities further objectify ethnic minorities to a remarkable level. Réhahn also actively promotes his "Giving Back" project as a mechanism to defend his photojournalistic ethics, yet the power dynamic between a photographer and his subjects is more than monetary.
Scene at Precious Heritage by Réhahn. © Réhahn
A visitor takes photo with An Phuoc, the girl with blue eyes on Réhahn's photo, at an exhibition in Nha Trang. © Thanh Duong Nguyen
I do not doubt Réhahn's photography skills. He is publicly-recognized and financially successful, a rarity today for an artist photographer as Réhahn describes himself. Yet, photography as a powerful tool for representation is more than the sum of its visual parts. The process goes beyond finding the perfect angle, beyond chatting with subjects and "making friends", at which Réhahn already excels. Before pressing the shutter, all image makers bear the responsibility of considering the thin line between appreciation and exoticization, especially when working with minorities attached to discourses of backwardness, inferiority and passivity. And as viewers, we should look past the readymade beauty, anticipate where these images will circulate in the public consciousness, and ask ourselves how many pretty, archetypical images of Vietnam need to fill the pages of in-flight magazines and walls of cultural spaces.
Had Réhahn understood that culture is not a static entity, more than just costumes and festivals, his photos would perhaps have been more nuanced and thought-provoking. For now Réhahn's Vietnam is a land of peace and happiness, ignoring conflicts between modernity and tradition. We only see likeable "hidden smiles" from non-threatening, simple people, enjoying life despite the lack of material comfort. Is this his intention or a blind spot? Whatever his purpose might be, his portraits will always speak more about their author than the people in them.
Ha Dao is a writer and photographer based in Hanoi. She is pursuing personal projects about minority groups and family histories.
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			count = 0
		end
	end
	text += "
	\n

\n"
	return text
end

def getCatalogPageTemplate(templatePath='config/satellites_template.html')
	templateFile = open templatePath
	text = templateFile.read
	templateFile.close
	return text
end

def formatCatalogPage(catalog, template)
	text = template.gsub("", formatAliasList(catalog))
	text.gsub!("", formatSatelliteList(catalog))
	return text
end

def updateCatalog(config)

	catalog = WTS::WTSCatalog.new

	config.tleIndexURLs.each do |url|

		# read the TLE index
		$log.info("Retrieving #{url}")
		index = open url
		content = index.read.split("\r\n")
		index.close

		# split into sets of three lines (names + two line element set)
		line = 0
		while line + 2 <= content.length

			tleName = content[line]
			tleText = content[line+1..line+2].join("\n")

			# remove alternate names, status codes, and extra whitespace from name
			tleName.gsub!(/\(.+?\)/, "")
			tleName.gsub!(/\[.+?\]/, "")
			tleName.rstrip!

			$log.debug(" #{tleName}")
			catalog[tleName] = tleText

			line += 3

		end
	end

	catalog.save

	return catalog
end

def parseCommandLineOptions

	options = {
		:catalog => false,
		:webpage => '',
		:verbose => false};

	op = OptionParser.new

	op.on("--catalog") do |v|
		options[:catalog] = true
	end

	op.on("--webpage PATH", String) do |v|
		options[:webpage] = v
	end

	op.on("--verbose") do |v|
		options[:verbose] = true
	end

	begin
		op.parse!
	rescue OptionParser::ParseError => err
		puts STDERR, err
		exit 1
	end

	return options

end

options = parseCommandLineOptions
config = WTS::WTSConfig.new
$log = Logger.new(STDOUT)

if options[:verbose]
	$log.level = Logger::DEBUG
else
	$log.level = Logger::WARN
end

if options[:catalog]
	$log.info("Updating catalog")
	catalog = updateCatalog(config)
else
	$log.info("Using existing catalog")
	catalog = WTS::WTSCatalog.new
end

if options[:webpage] != ''
	$log.info("Updating #{options[:webpage]}")
	pageText = formatCatalogPage(catalog, getCatalogPageTemplate())
	File.open(options[:webpage], 'w') do |file|
		file.write(pageText)
	end
end

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Eight counties gain population; rural-urban divide deepens
Harold Morgan
New Mexico Progress
Estimates must start somewhere. The trouble is that the further the estimated figure gets from the starting point, the shakier it gets. The U.S. Census Bureau works very hard to deal with this problem so as to produce the best possible quality figures. We will take them at their word and look the 2019 county population numbers.
New Mexico's estimated population for July 1, 2020, was 2,106,139. That's an increase of three-tenths of one percent from 2,099,637 in 2019 and up 1.6% or 32,277 from 2010. "Hardly at all" seems the best description of the one-year population growth. The 2020 estimates for states appeared Dec. 22.
The population numbers tell an old story that we as citizens and our policy makers shouldn't let slip away simply because few people are involved. Our rural-urban division is the story. The new message is the division gets more and more divided.
Eight of our 33 counties added population between 2010 and 2019. The reason, I suggest, is these eight offer people something to do, ways to earn a living and the chance their children might stick around. Four counties—Bernalillo, Sandoval, Santa Fe and Valencia—are home to just over half the state's population. The 35,351 increase from three of the four more than explains the decade's total population growth. (Valencia lost about 100 for the period.)
The Lea and Eddy county special case (because of oil) added another 11,000 people. Fortunately they support more than oil—cattle growing in both, Urenco in Lea, potash, WIPP and Carlsbad Caverns in Eddy. Lea County's population peaked in 2015 at 71,746, dropped for two years and blipped back up in 2019. Eddy County grew steadily all decade. Still, my guess is that the two will show a population drop when the new census numbers appear in a few months.
A parallel change has been shifting political party registrations, New Mexico In Depth, an independent news website, reported recently. Decline-to-state (independent) voters are increasing everywhere but especially in the southeast with increases of 7.4% in Lea County, 7.4% in Curry, and 7.3% in Roosevelt. The percentage of registered Democrats dropped 10 and 11% in these three counties. Santa Fe continues to like the Democrats with only 1.8% growth increase in independents. In Bernalillo County, where Republicans were soundly trashed in November, the Republican registration percentage dropped 4%.
San Juan County continues leading county population loss as gas and coal suffer. For the 2010-2019 decade San Juan lost 6,245 people from its 2010 population of 130,203, a 4.8% drop. Grant, another natural resource-based county, saw a 2,385 population decline for an 8.1% loss.
The leading losers by percentage are the small population very rural counties, especially in the northeast. This has been going on for years and years. A band of decline crosses the state from Union County, population 4,059, loss 10.6%, to Hidalgo, population 4,198, loss 13.7%. De Baca County, population 1,748, led in population loss at 13.9%. Colfax County, down 13%, or 1,784, completed the 13-percent loss group.
These sparsely populated counties are becoming more and more empty. When our so-called leaders discuss the state, the first or second comment touches landscapes and sunsets, the beauty of both. But you can't eat sunsets.
The Cooperative Extension Service at New Mexico State University has a bit of money ($300,000) from Walmart via the Southern Rural Development Center in Mississippi to begin building economic capacity in retail, tourism, hospitality and entertainment in seven population-losing counties. A business retention and expansion program will be part of the effort. It's a start.


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Q: Accessing a USB Scanner I need to be able to interface with a USB scanner (specifically a Epson Perfection V550). I have tried ImageScanner, and it does not seem to find my device (I have also tried to install twain, but it is having issues saying that
Could not find any downloads that satisfy the requirement twain.)

So instead I turned to PyUSB, which can see that the device is there. The problem I now have is that I am not sure what I need to send the device for it to scan and send me back a picture.
Here is code I have run:
import usb.core
import usb.util
import sys

venderID = 0x04B8
productID = 0x013B

dev = usb.core.find(idVendor=venderID, idProduct=productID)
for cfg in dev:
    print cfg

and the output to that is:
CONFIGURATION 1: 2 mA ====================================
   bLength              :    0x9 (9 bytes)
   bDescriptorType      :    0x2 Configuration
   wTotalLength         :   0x20 (32 bytes)
   bNumInterfaces       :    0x1
   bConfigurationValue  :    0x1
   iConfiguration       :    0x0
   bmAttributes         :   0xc0 Self Powered
   bMaxPower            :    0x1 (2 mA)
    INTERFACE 0: Vendor Specific ===========================
     bLength            :    0x9 (9 bytes)
     bDescriptorType    :    0x4 Interface
     bInterfaceNumber   :    0x0
     bAlternateSetting  :    0x0
     bNumEndpoints      :    0x2
     bInterfaceClass    :   0xff Vendor Specific
     bInterfaceSubClass :   0xff
     bInterfaceProtocol :   0xff
     iInterface         :    0x0
      ENDPOINT 0x81: Bulk IN ===============================
       bLength          :    0x7 (7 bytes)
       bDescriptorType  :    0x5 Endpoint
       bEndpointAddress :   0x81 IN
       bmAttributes     :    0x2 Bulk
       wMaxPacketSize   :  0x200 (512 bytes)
       bInterval        :   0xff
      ENDPOINT 0x2: Bulk OUT ===============================
       bLength          :    0x7 (7 bytes)
       bDescriptorType  :    0x5 Endpoint
       bEndpointAddress :    0x2 OUT
       bmAttributes     :    0x2 Bulk
       wMaxPacketSize   :  0x200 (512 bytes)
       bInterval        :   0xff

A: If you can make your scanner work in Windows, what you can do is set up a Windows virtual machine on a linux host. I recommend gnome-boxes / KVM. You'll need a host machine with CPU virtualisation extensions (most modern CPUs have this).
Then install Wireshark on the host machine. Usnig wireshark, you can monitor the USB communications between the Windows scanner driver and the device. Based on this, you can hopefully reverse engineer the USB protocol. Once you understand the protocol, implementing it using PyUSB is relatively easy.


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4 "Ontario, Canada, Deaths, 1869-1938 and Deaths Overseas, 1939-1947," database, Mrs. Wm C Merkley; Leeds 1934.
5 1911 census of Canada, Ontario, district 63, sub-district 4, Winchester, p. 7, dwelling 62, family 62; RG 31; digital images, Ancestry, Census - Canada - 1911 - Ontario .
6 Statistics Canada, Census - Canada - 1881, Census Place Winchester, Dundas, Ontario Family History Library Film 1375864 NA Film Number C-13228 District 102 Sub-district F Division 1 Page Number 35 Household Number 158.
7 Statistics Canada, Census - Canada - 1901, District: ON DUNDAS (#54) Subdistrict: Winchester G-1 Page 1.


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Centre sets up high-level committee to identify gaps in J&K's urban planning
Centre sets up high-level committee to identify gaps in J&K's urban planning.
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By: Nasir Azam
Srinagar, Nov 21: With the Government of India setting up a high-level panel for identifying gaps in urban planning in Jammu & Kashmir, the administration of J&K on Monday constituted a committee headed by the chief secretary to coordinate with the central panel and implement its recommendations.
In a significant move, the Government of India has constituted a high-level committee for identifying gaps in urban planning in the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir.
As a sequel to the Centre's move, the administration of J&K UT today constituted a high-powered committee headed by CS to coordinate with it.
According to an order, a copy of which lies with news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the CS-led panel has also been mandated to frame the action plan for implementation of the remedial measures/ recommendations of the central high-level committee for strengthening urban planning in J&K.
The committee comprising bureaucrats and experts from urban affairs will be serviced by the Housing & Urban Development Department.
Related: If Omar and Mehbooba would have joined Rahul in unfurling national flag, we would have appreciated; Ashok Koul
The CS-led committee comprises of administrative secretary, Housing & Urban Development Department, divisional commissioner Kashmir/ Jammu, chief town planner Kashmir/ Jammu, representatives of World Resource Institute( India), representatives of the Indian Institute of Human Settlements, representatives of National Institute of Urban Affairs(NIUA), representatives of JANAAGRAHA, Bangalore and representatives of Indian Institute of Public Administration, Delhi.
As per the order, the chairman of the committee is empowered to nominate any person with strong academic and professional background in the field as a member of the committee—(KNO)
Tags: Jammu and KashmirKashmir News Observer


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Q: Laravel/DataTable fails at displaying ~80,000 rows I'm trying to use DataTables with server side processing to display 80,000 rows (paginated), but Laravel crashes with the error:
PHP Fatal error:  Maximum execution time of 300 seconds exceeded in /Users/fin/Documents/dev/evway-new/vendor/nesbot/carbon/src/Carbon/Carbon.php on line 291.
Here's my controller method where I'm fetching the rows:
public function data()
{
    $employees = Employee::get(); // ~80,000 employees

    return Datatables::of($employees)
        ->edit_column('created_at',function(Employee $employee) {
            return $employee->created_at->diffForHumans();
        })
        ->add_column('actions',function($employee){
            $actions = 'id) .'>
                        id) .'>';

            $actions .= 'id) .' data-target="#clone">';

            $actions .= 'id) .' data-toggle="modal" data-target="#delete_confirm">';
            return $actions;
        }
    )
    ->make(true);
}

and here is my JS where I'm configuring DataTable:
$(function() {
        var table = $('#table').DataTable({
            processing: true,
            serverSide: true,
            ajax: '{!! route('admin.employees.data') !!}',
            columns: [
                { data: 'id', name: 'id' },
                { data: 'name', name: 'name' },
                { data: 'status', name: 'status' },
                { data: 'actions', name: 'actions', orderable: false, searchable: false }
            ]
        });
    });

What am I doing wrong? Am I fetching the Employees from the DB in the wrong way? is get() a bad idea?

A: I haven't really worked with Datatable plugin But your very first statement is the culprit. $employees = Employee::get(); // ~80,000 employees .. This loads all 80k records into the memory. And then you pass this collection to Datatables::of() method. Instead of this I think you should be using Datatables::of(Employee::query()) , which I am assuming will handle the pagination and will load only the required number of employees –

A: I think you should increase your  php.ini
max_execution_time = 360      ; Maximum execution time of each script, in seconds (I CHANGED THIS VALUE)
max_input_time = 120          ; Maximum amount of time each script may spend parsing request data
;max_input_nesting_level = 64 ; Maximum input variable nesting level
memory_limit = 128M


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SONAE can monitor 200 trucks on their own Transport Radar
16. Jun 2020 Artur Alves
The Portuguese food-retail market leader struggled to keep track of all their deliveries in an efficient way. Implementing the MIXMOVE platform as an extra layer on top of existing systems allowed SONAE to monitor everything in real-time.
From their Central Distribution Centers in Lisbon and Porto, SONAE is managing a fleet of more than 200 trucks. Some of the trucks are their own, while others are run by third-party transportation companies, yet all trucks operate interchangeably. SONAE's transportation department is responsible for delivering goods to more than 600 stores on a daily basis.
However, keeping track of all the trucks and the deliveries made, was a big challenge. Despite having all trucks support onboard telematics, there was no solution to bridge the management of the fleet with the actual process of controlling shipment deliveries across all their stores.
– In addition, the store managers could not be informed about estimated delivery times, which led to SONAE's trucks showing up without having a planned allocation for the goods. Without real-time information, not only did the efficiency of the stores suffer, but the overall performance of the distribution process led to more time spent per store than necessary.
«Transport Radar»
SONAE decided to implement the MIXMOVE platform as an intelligent layer on top of their existing systems. The solution provided SONAE's transportation department with a complete overview of the store fulfillment process. Moreover, every store manager was given information about the items that were to be delivered on a specific day – including an exact estimated time of arrival (ETA).
SONAE's «Transport Radar», as they now call the MIXMOVE solution internally, is integrated with multiple telematics equipment and solutions from the truck fleet.
– The Transport Radar allows us to have full visibility over the entire operation in real-time, across all carriers, regardless of the telematic service used. We are also quicker to react to delays and unexpected events. And the solution frees our team to focus immediately in solving the real issues, Pedro Sales, transportation manager at SONAE says.
Greatly increased efficiency and overall productivity
Sales is pleased to report that SONAE now has the ability to react immediately to delays and unexpected events. The reception process at the store and the unloading process are both much more efficient and they have significantly reduced the number of non-value-added activities, such as emails and phone calls.
They also have a Control Tower Dashboard with real-time visibility of all deliveries and ETA calculations for each truck. The overall productivity and efficiency of SONAE´s transport department has increased with the implementation of the MIXMOVE solution.
– We are also investing in using the Transport Radar to handle big data to provide real-time insights about operational efficiency, Sales adds.
The MIXMOVE CEO confirms that the software can be combined with a wide range of systems to fit different needs:
– Several companies can benefit from using a real-time tracking solution to make sure their operations run smoothly and efficiently. Particularly in this day and age, where tracking and measuring every aspect of your business is crucial to maximize gains, you really need to have full control over your logistics operations, Ramstad concludes.
Are you interested? Use the form to contact us or get in touch with me directly on: allard@mixmove.io
Allard Peeters
VP of Global Sales, MIXMOVE
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"There you are! I didn't think you'd be home yet." Leena happily walked up to Duke and cuddled up to him. Though they were brother and sister, she was always loved, so cuddles and hugs were common between them.
"What are you doing here?" Duke asked, pretending to be indifferent to her. In fact, in his mind, he really wanted her to visit more, but he wasn't about to let her know that.
"I miss you, silly! Not buying it? Alright, the truth then. I came for dinner." Leena looked up, smiled sweetly, and didn't mind how Duke felt when he heard that.
"Where's Kevin?" Duke asked. He could never bring himself to like the guy, but he still cared about him.
"Ha ha! He should know it's all in fun. Now wash up for dinner!" Duke frowned and seemed a little unhappy.
"Did you hear that, young lady? My husband asked you to wash your hands. So get your paws off him! He's mine!" Belinda said in a playful tone and raised her eyebrows. Sometimes Belinda envied the way they got along with each other, wishing she had a big brother like Duke to take care of her. 'She's lucky to have so many brothers like Duke. Why can't I get pampered too? Lame!' Belinda thought.
"Belinda, stop looking at me like that. It's scary." Leena shrank into Duke's arms, pretending to be frightened by Belinda.
"That's right. I'm giving you the jealous wife glare. So hands off!" Belinda said jokingly. She had always been blunt, with no filter.
"Hear that? She's threatening me." Leena turned to Duke and pouted in an exaggerated way.
wouldn't talk to Leena otherwise.
"Don't you think the news before was too dramatic? Someone did that on purpose." No matter why Dorothy came to Kevin, Edward would never allow anyone to hurt Leena.
"Then should we warn the Major General and Leena?" Luke asked. He believed Edward was right about this, as usual.
"No. Just send someone to keep tabs on Dorothy. And, if necessary, you can ask my dad for bodyguards to protect Leena. Go home and relax. Your wife will be happy to see you." Edward smiled playfully, a glint of amusement in his eyes.
"Don't make fun of me, Mr. Mu. You know me too well." Luke's mouth twitched a little. He knew why Edward said this, but he had little interest in married life. He liked being a bachelor.


Tell me, what are you tossing on the grill this week?
Check out these other summertime recipe roundups below!
So many yummy recipes to try! I love all the green sauces too. Thanks Kara!
Too bad my porch is being remodeled! Could try the grill pan inside! These all look amazing!
Awe bummer! Yes, bust out the George Foreman ;)!
Some really beautiful recipes in here! Great round up Kara!
What a delicious looking collection of grill able recipes! Definitely pinning this for the weekend.


Welcome to Inside the Theme! Each month we ask the IGGPPC staff to answer a few questions about the theme of this month's pen pal round. This month the IGGPPC turns 6! Happy birthday to us! In celebration, we asked our Patreon supporters what they wanted to know about the IGGPPC staff at the age of 6. Check out these wee staffers!
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019) opens today and brings a close to the saga of Hiccup, the viking who couldn't hunt dragons, and Toothless, the Nightfury he befriends.
Two years into a tabletop games hobby, we have lots of board games we haven't played yet. We collect, we back Kickstarters, we shop in board game stores when we go on holiday, and I bought my husband a fancy-shmancy board game table. Out of this was born our 2019 challenge: 104 games in 52 weeks!
We are starting the year with Captain Marvel, since in advance of the new movie (we are all going right?), I figured it is past time to read one of the seminal stories that created the character we will see in the film. Let's read!
Today we're going behind-the-scenes of Turn with creator Brie Beau Sheldon to learn a little bit about the team behind the final product, the process that they went through, and what Turn is all about.
No Excuses November: Let's Get Healthy and Fit!
November is commonly "No Excuses November" in the fitness world; we're going to take that one step further and take a 3-pronged approach to your wellness this month. We'll be focusing on physical fitness (exercise), mental wellness, and healthy eating habits.
To kick off our monthly/semi-monthly challenges once again, we are going to start with the Couch to 5K (C25k) program! For anyone not familiar with the program, the idea is to get you from couch potato to able to run a 5k in just 9 short weeks by following a specific program 3x per week.
It is never any fun going to parties with your friends or hanging out in the heat when you have to follow a certain way of eating, but never fret: these Berry Cheesecake Fat Bombs won't leave you feeling deprived.
Melty, drippy chocolate, charred yet gooey marshmallows, crunchy graham crackers - mash 'em together - and add a little fire - to create a legendary combination hallowed by IGGPPCampers the world around. (Literally.) S'mores are a quintessential part of the summer camp experience!
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TORONTO — When speaking about Morgan Rielly on Wednesday, Lou Lamoriello used terms such as "potential all-star", "the key to our defence" and "our leader there".
Many believe Rielly could one day be a captain. If some or all of that comes to pass, it's definitely going to happen in Toronto colours after Rielly was quickly locked up on Wednesday in a six-year, $30 million US deal as his entry-level contract was ending.
Centre Nazem Kadri received the same term for $27 million, as the once prospect-poor Leafs signed two first-rounders to extended pacts before any restricted free agency issues arose.
Rielly, who made just under $900,000 in 2015-16, has not been weighed down by three losing seasons in Toronto to start his NHL career under an often uncomfortable spotlight. He flourished, especially after captain Dion Phaneuf was traded and Matt Hunwick was hurt.
Rielly, 22, led all team defencemen with a career-high 36 points this year, appearing in the full 82 games and averaging 23:13 of ice time. In three years, he has 92 points and will be on Team Canada for the 2016 world championship next month in Russia.
"My focus won't change a lot this summer, work hard and train, get better." Rielly said. "I have a ways to go still. There are improvements I'd like to make, but this year I was given a lot of opportunity from the staff and I'm appreciative. There are moments I felt a lot of confidence, but this game will find a way to come back and keep you grounded. Whenever you trade your captain, some people will have to step up and take a bigger role. I think we all did.
Since Kadri went seventh overall in 2009, the Leafs' first-round haul included Tyler Biggs and Stu Percy in 2011, Rielly in 2012 (fifth overall), Frederik Gauthier the next year, followed by William Nylander, Mitch Marner (both top 10) and a potential top-four pick this June.
The 25-year-old Kadri could have stuck it out another season, perhaps make close to the $4.1 million he earned as the Leafs leading scorer last year and then looked into total free agency. But he says he's determined to make his mark here.
Lamoriello shrugged off Kadri's off-ice lifestyle concerns that arose last season and the series of league suspensions and fines dogging him in 2015-16.
Kadri missed the last four games under a costly four-game ban.
"My professional (behaviour) has come a long way and it will only get better," he said.