Python has a bunch of "magic" methods that are hooks into various object-oriented mechanisms that let you do all sorts of ridiculously clever things. Whether or not they're a good idea is another story.
Those are the easy ones. Write a custom __getattr__ or __getattribute__ implementation and you're starting to mess around with some real black magic.
In the Excessive class, the value attribute gets set in the class's __init__ method, and I can access it as .value. Nothing fancy there. Just a plain old entry in a dictionary.
You may have also seen properties in Python, which are intended to act like properties in other dynamic languages, namely things that look like plain attributes but are actually controlled by getter and setter functions.
The Plain class above doesn't use properties, but uses plain Python methods to get and set the object's value, which is stored in the real_value attribute. You call .value() to get a copy, and you call .set_value() to change the value.
But people are lazy, and those two parentheses are just infinitesimally harder to type and read, so we have the property decorator, which is that @property thing. This takes a function that you give it and magically attaches it to the class to access each instance's attribute which shares the function name. With the Exaggerated class above, you just evaluate .value, and it computes the result on demand. Properties can have setters (or, less frequently, deleters) to control write access to a property, so when I assign e.value = 1234 then the setter function gets called and, in the case of Exaggerated, it raises an error.
You can learn to use property fairly easily without really knowing how it works. Under the hood it uses something called a descriptor, which is really just a Python object that has a __get__ method (or a __set__ or __delete__ method). The way Python evaluates object attributes is a little quirky, and it looks to see if the class attribute has a __get__ method; if it doesn't then the attribute is just returned and we have the plain behavior. If the __get__ method exists, then it's called to retrieve the value returned by attribute access.
""" a descriptor that hijacks a particular attribute """
return getattr(instance, self.attrname) + " (hijacked)"
""" a class that uses a descriptor """
Again, a descriptor is a way to outsource attribute lookup and modification. In the above listing, Hijacker is a descriptor, and it serves to look up the a particular attribute from another object and append " (hijacked)" to the result. In the class Victim, the class attributes Victim.name and Victim.title are Hijacker objects. In designing Victim, we give control to Hijacker to evaluate the name and title attributes.
When we have an object like v = Victim("James") and we evaluate v.name, what happens is that Python first evaluates Victim.name and sees that it's an object which has a __get__ method, so the __get__ method gets called.
and the descriptor in this case has access to both the instance (v) and the class (Victim) and can do whatever it likes.
Descriptors are relatively low-level features that are used to implement property and a couple of other built-in Python features like classmethod and staticmethod. It's harder to understand why you would go out of your way to use a descriptor. Why would you outsource attribute lookup? In the case of property, it's a general behavior that can be reused, so rather than coding it specially into each new object, we just use the logic that's baked into property.
I recently had a case where one of the comments recommended using descriptors and at the time I didn't understand them well enough to do what I wanted, so I just left things alone. In the intervening weeks, there was an article posted to reddit on one use case for descriptors which I read, but it left a really bad taste in my mouth. The theme for articles like that one, is that descriptors can implement managed attributes; by outsourcing attribute lookup you can take away all the control of a particular object's attributes, including the storage for that attribute, and give it to something else. That article talks about a validated email descriptor, so it won't let you assign a value to a particular attribute unless it matches a regular expression, otherwise it raises an error. But to do this, it stores the attribute away from the object itself, and the article gets all muddled along in a discussion of a WeakKeyDictionary pool, without really distinguishing this aspect from descriptors in general. So I gave up trying to understand.
Then a few days ago, I was working on libgf2, the Python module for computing in \( GF(2) \) which no one actually uses, which I maintain, and I had an epiphany.
In libgf2 there's a class called GF2QuotientRing that allows computation with a particular representation of binary finite fields. This is a class that has a lot of methods, but as far as state goes, it subclasses from GF2Polynomial which only has two state variables, one called coeffs which is a bit vector of polynomial coefficients (0b10011 represents \( x^4 + x + 1 \)), and the other called bitlength that just caches the bit length of the coeffs attribute. GF2QuotientRing doesn't add any state variables on top of it.
at point of use, in GF2QuotientRing.lograw() (which is called by .log()) — but if I called lograw() 10 times, it would build the tables every time.
at point of use, in GF2QuotientRing.lograw(), but only on first use — this is the so-called "lazy evaluation" approach. If I had 10 GF2QuotientRing objects and only one of them called .lograw() then the log tables would only be built for that one object; furthermore if I call .lograw() 10 times, the first time it will build the log tables and then afterwards it will reuse the same tables.
This is a textbook example of lazy evaluation, and I really wanted to try it. I was familiar with the concept in Java, but the situation is different there. In Java, there are no such things as properties, just fields to store state and methods to access it, so there's no syntactic sugar to make it easy to calculate what looks like a field on-demand. Most of the discussion in Java on lazy evaluation involves how to make it threadsafe, and you get into things like double-checked locking which have all sorts of pitfalls.
And the LazyProperty object takes in a function as the deferred_computation argument and stashes it for later. If the __get__ attribute is called, then it looks up the result in a cache, and if the cache doesn't contain a value, then the deferred_computation is executed and the result stored for next time.
Now the tricky and debatable part is where these cached values live.
The simplest way to handle lazy properties is to store the result of deferred computation in the target object itself, not in the descriptor. Which makes sense most of the time, and some of the lazy properties implementations, like Rick Copeland's, do this.
The other way to do it is to let the descriptor manage the cache. Which seems kind of weird. When you have data associated with an object, why not store it in the object itself? Otherwise you need a cache, and if you aren't careful then this can be the cause of a memory leak — for example if I have 10000 objects and get rid of 9999 of them, but the cache holds onto a value associated with each of those 10000 objects and never gets rid of them, then we have unreleased resources, which can lead to problems. By "get rid of" an object, I mean that I remove all references to it that are reachable from variables in the global namespace (aka "rooted references"), so that it can be garbage collected.
The way to handle a cache without such a memory leak is to purge entries in the cache when appropriate, and one way is to tie those cache entries directly to the lifetime of their associated objects, which is what WeakKeyDictionary does. If you have wkd = WeakKeyDictionary and you assign wkd[someObject] = someValue and at some point later on, someObject has no other rooted references, then the WeakKeyDictionary will automatically remove the dictionary entry when its key is garbage collected.
Okay, so when the factorization object goes away, so does the cached computed value. Why take this sort of approach rather than storing it in the object itself?
By doing this, even if I create a new object, if it is equivalent to one already in the cache, then the two will share the same computed value. And that's the real power of storing cached computed values outside the objects themselves.
In researching this article, I ran across a 2016 book by Jacob Zimmerman which is 64 pages devoted solely to the subject of Python descriptors — some of the Python frameworks like django use descriptors, so a book like this might be good for further reading.
A descriptor is an object in Python that allows outsourcing of attribute lookups. We showed a couple of examples, including the LazyProperty class which facilitates caches of computed values.


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President Trump affirms support for Keystone XL project
March 29, 2019 1:49 PM Globe Newswire
WASHINGTON, March 29, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — TransCanada Corporation (TSX:TRP) (NYSE:TRP) (TransCanada) today thanked President Donald Trump for affirming his support for the Keystone XL pipeline project by issuing a new Presidential Permit.
The president's action today clarifies the national importance of Keystone XL and aims to bring more than 10 years of environmental review to closure.
"President Trump has been clear that he wants to create jobs and advance U.S. energy security and the Keystone XL pipeline does both of those things," said Russ Girling, TransCanada's president and chief executive officer. "We thank President Trump for his leadership and steadfast support to enable the advancement of this critical energy infrastructure project for North America."
"The magnitude of the work on this project has been extensive. The Keystone XL pipeline has been studied more than any other pipeline in history and the environmental reviews are clear – the project can be built and operated in an environmentally sustainable and responsible way," added Girling.
Keystone XL will create thousands of jobs and deliver economic benefits across North America while being the safest, most efficient and environmentally sound way to move crude oil to the U.S. Gulf Coast.
With more than 65 years' experience, TransCanada is a leader in the responsible development and reliable operation of North American energy infrastructure including natural gas and liquids pipelines, power generation and gas storage facilities. TransCanada operates one of the largest natural gas transmission networks that extends more than 92,600 kilometres (57,500 miles), connecting major gas supply basins to markets across North America. TransCanada is a leading provider of gas storage and related services with 653 billion cubic feet of storage capacity. A large independent power producer, TransCanada currently owns or has interests in more than 6,600 megawatts of power generation in Canada and the United States. TransCanada is also the developer and operator of one of North America's leading liquids pipeline systems that extends approximately 4,900 kilometres (3,000 miles), connecting growing continental oil supplies to key markets and refineries. TransCanada's common shares trade on the Toronto and New York stock exchanges under the symbol TRP. Visit TransCanada.com to learn more, or connect with us on social media.
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Stats Show Americans Not That Into Driving Anymore
Driving in America has stalled, leading researchers to ask: Is the national love affair with the automobile over?
Joan Lowy, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Driving in America has stalled, leading researchers to ask: Is the national love affair with the automobile over?
After rising for decades, total vehicle use in the U.S. — the collective miles people drive — peaked in August 2007. It then dropped sharply during the Great Recession and has largely plateaued since, even though the economy is recovering and the population growing. Just this week the Federal Highway Administration reported vehicle miles traveled during the first half of 2013 were down slightly, continuing the trend.
Even more telling, the average miles drivers individually rack up peaked in July 2004 at just over 900 per month, said a study by Transportation Department economists Don Pickrell and David Pace. By July of last year, that had fallen to 820 miles per month, down about 9 percent. Per capita automobile use is now back at the same levels as in the late 1990s.
Until the mid-1990s, driving levels largely tracked economic growth, according to Pickrell and Pace, who said their conclusions are their own and not the government's. Since then, the economy has grown more rapidly than auto use. Gross domestic product declined for a while during the recession but reversed course in 2009. Auto use has yet to recover.
Meanwhile, the share of people in their teens, 20s and 30s with driver's licenses has been dropping significantly, suggesting that getting a driver's license is no longer the teenage rite of passage it once was.
Researchers are divided on the reasons behind the trends. One camp says the changes are almost entirely linked to the economy. In a few years, as the economy continues to recover, driving will probably bounce back, they reason. At the same time, they acknowledge there could be long-term structural changes in the economy that would prevent a return to the levels of driving growth seen in the past; it's just too soon to know.
The other camp acknowledges that economic factors are important but says the decline in driving also reflects fundamental changes in the way Americans view the automobile. For commuters stuck in traffic, getting into a car no longer correlates with fun. It's also becoming more of a headache to own a car in central cities and downright difficult to park.
"The idea that the car means freedom, I think, is over," said travel behavior analyst Nancy McGuckin.
Gone are the days of the car culture as immortalized in songs like "Hot Rod Lincoln," ''Little Deuce Coupe" and "Pink Cadillac."
"The car as a fetish of masculinity is probably over for certain age groups," McGuckin said. "I don't think young men care as much about the car they drive as they use to."
That's partly because cars have morphed into computers on wheels that few people dare tinker with, she said. "You can't open the hood and get to know it the way you used to," she said.
Lifestyles are also changing. People are doing more of their shopping online. More people are taking public transit than ever before. And biking and walking to work and for recreation are on the rise.
Social networking online may also be substituting for some trips. A study by University of Michigan transportation researcher Michael Sivak found that the decline in teens and young adults with driver's licenses in the U.S. was mirrored in other wealthy countries with a high proportion of Internet users.
Demographic changes are also a factor. The peak driving years for most people are between ages 45 and 55 when they are the height of their careers and have more money to spend, said transportation analyst Alan Pisarski, author of "Commuting in America." Now, the last of the baby boomers — the giant cohort born between 1946 and 1964 — are moving out of their peak driving years.
"They are still the dominant players, and they are moving toward a quieter transportation lifestyle," he said.
There's also a driving gender gap. In a role reversal, there are now more women than men in the U.S. with driver's licenses. And the declines in miles driven over the past decade were more widespread among men than women, according to Pickrell and Pace. Driving by men has declined in every age group except those 65 or older, where it increased slightly. Among women, driving declined only among young adults and teenagers.
There are several economic factors that help explain the trends. Driving declines exactly mirror job losses among men during the recession, when male-dominated industries like manufacturing and construction were especially hard hit, researchers said. But average automobile use has declined recently even among those who have remained employed.
Economists say many Americans, especially teens and young adults, are finding that buying and owning a car stretches their financial resources. The average price of a new car is $31,000, according to the industry-aligned Center for Automotive Research in Ann Arbor, Mich.
"We're not selling to everyone. We're selling to upper-middle class to upper class," said Sean McAlinden, the center's chief economist. The rest of the public, he said, buys used cars or takes the bus.
Then there's the cost of insurance, maintenance and parking. The price of gas has gone up dramatically over the past decade.
The share of younger workers who can find jobs is at an especially low ebb, while the cost of a college education — and with it student loans — is soaring. Many schools have stopped offering free driver's education to students. Owning a car is increasingly beyond the reach of many young drivers, researchers said.
Research by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety found that 18- to 20-year-olds were three times more likely to have a driver's license if they lived in a household with an annual income above $100,000 than if they lived in a household with an income below $20,000.
"I don't think it's a change in people's preferences. I think it's all economics," McAlinden said. "It might last if the economics stay the same. But if they improve, I think people will come back to driving more. ... Give a person a good job 25 miles away and they'll be at the dealership the next morning."
The decline in driving has important public policy implications. Among the potential benefits are less pollution, less dependence on foreign oil, reduced greenhouse gas emissions and fewer fatalities and injuries. But less driving also means less federal and state gas tax revenues, further reducing funds already in short supply for both highway and transit improvements. On the other hand, less driving may also mean less traffic congestion, although the impact on congestion may vary regionally.
Phineas Baxandall, senior analyst for the liberal U.S. Public Interest Research Group, says driving declines mean transportation dollars could be put to other uses.
"You just don't want to spend money you don't have for highways you don't need," he said.
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1. Disband using the Airwaves (TV & Radio) to do political debate 24/7. It is unfortunate for both our local and national media platforms to be dominated by unnecessary political debates.
My concern as a Counsellor is that such debates are mostly engulfed with insults and abusive words.
Our children and the youth are learning from such amoral and cynical behaviour of political debaters.
Again, we waste a lot of time and money on such unproductive debates.
Let's use the media waves to educate people about their health especially degenerative diseases such as diabetes, hypertension (Silent Killers) and STIs.
Let's reorient Ghanaians to change their attitudes to become patriotic in their endeavours.
For a better understanding of government policies, we should rather engage technocrats to explain them to the good people of Ghana.
I suggest communicators for political parties should be allowed to engage in political discourse on media platforms during ONLY election year.
I call on H. E. Nana Akuffo Addo and well-meaning Ghanaians to support this agenda.


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Sony Xperia 10 (2019) Specifications, Release Date and Price
The Japanese famous smartphone maker company Sony is working on its upcoming device, Sony Xperia 10 (2019). The phone will have Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 SoC, a massive 10GB of RAM, and a dual-camera setup on the Front penal. One of the best features of the phone is its ultra slim design with a full-view screen. According to rumors, the phone will come with a 5.8-inch display with an in-display fingerprint sensor.
Coming to the specs and features, it features a 5.8-inch OLED display carries a resolution of 2160 x 4320 pixels with an 18:9 aspect ratio and Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection. Sony Xperia 10 (2019) will have dualSIM slot and run on Android 9.0 Pie out of the box.
The phone will have almost all useful features for the users within a mid-range price tag. However, a list of specs of upcoming Sony Xperia 10 (2019) has not been revealed yet by the officials. It is expected that the handset will be available to purchase in the last month of 2019. Now we have shared some leaked information about the Xperia 10 which are mentioned below.
Sony Xperia 10 2019 Specifications
Display 5.8 inch OLED
Operating System Android 9.0 Pie
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 SoC
Primary Camera 21MP+21MP
Secondary Camera 12MP+12MP
Internal Memory 512 GB
Card Slot/Expandable 1TB
Sensors Proximity sensor, Gyro, Accelerometer, Ambient light, Fingerprint Sensor
SIM Card Type SIM 1: Nano-SIM
SIM2: Nano-SIM
Connectivity 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth v5.0, NFC, micro USB 2.0
Colors Black, Blue, Purple and Pure White
Battery non-removable 3420 mAh
Quick Charging Yes, Fast charging Technlogy
Under the hood, it will be equipped with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 chipset which is clocked at a 2.2GHz octa-core CPU along with Adreno 540 GPU. The phone could be available in a 6GB of RAM. It will have a 512GB of internal storage which is further expandable via microSD card up to 1TB which will be enough for storage.
As for camera, the phone will offer a dual camera setup at the back penal including a 21MP main sensor and a 21MP secondary sensor with LED flash, Phase Detection Autofocus, and 4K video recording. On the front, there is also a dual-camera setup featuring 12MP+12MP sensor. The rear and front cameras are capable to capture photos in low lighting conditions..
Other features include 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi direct, microUSB 2.0, GPS with A-GPS, NFC and 3.5mm audio jack. The handset is powered by a 3420mAh non-removable battery that supports Fast Charging (Quick Charge 4.0+) technology.
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I'm not sure I can even put into words how incredibly special it was to be a part of this little girls entry into the world. I have known Josh and Britt for years now, Josh was actually in our bridal party when my hubby and I got married ten years ago. I was pretty happy when he introduced me to his girl Britt and what followed was an amazing friendship and a girl I seriously treasure as one of my closest friends.
Together they have walked a long hard road paved with loss and lots of hurdles that come with IVF and the strong desire to have a baby of their own. They never gave up, the prayers never stopped and the faith they held on to that their child was on the way, was a beautiful one to witness. You can read the full story of their journey over on my Frames of Hope blog.
I walked with Britt through this pregnancy and when the labour day finally came, this little cherub kept us waiting in anticipation for two long days. All up I spent around 30 hours with Britt during the birth and she was beyond incredible! The moment Luna arrived, I was so crazy excited, I couldn't even hold my camera still. The emotion was so intense, as you can see in those images just after she was born.
She was finally here, our little Luna James. So loved by so many!


A new dialogue between earth and sky, between matter and space, between the visible and the invisible. Two complete globes – celestial and terrestrial – serve to mirror a fusional moment that we experience the Cosmos. Revealing an unknown world, in turn, the signs of the zodiac pass through this miniature firmament, as the earth rotates daily. Like the sky, the watch has two faces: day and night.
Within the galaxy of new Girard-Perregaux launches, Cosmos vibrates on a separate wavelength. Stemming from the Bridges collection, the piece highlighted by the brand in 2019 is anything but nebulous. It reveals the hidden portions of the night sky and glows with a black light. The centrepiece of the "Earth to Sky" theme, this watch with tourbillon, sky chart and world time complications is composed of mechanical particles and poetic paradoxes.
hours minutes, tourbillon, day and night indicator, zodiac constellations indicator, second time zone.
Loyal to the refinement characterising the aesthete of the invisible, Cosmos reveals finishes of a previously unknown beauty. Inside, setting Cosmos into orbit, beats brand-new Manufacture Calibre GP09320-1098. In the absence of a crown, the time and various indications are manually adjusted on the back of this stellar creation.


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Q: change permission on kubernetes hy folks
To connect to kubernetes I have to enter my token once connected I can do everything.
only here I just realized that if I click on skipe on the kubernetes connection interface
I am connected and I can do everything too.
I don't really know where to look to fix the problem. From what I read, I have to look at kube-system and RBAC.
can you help me?

A: i find a temporary solution. to remove the skip buttom on the dashboard page login .
later i will try to find how to do that properly with RBAC
i've set up the params - --disable-skip=true
unfortunatelly whithout success  and i dont understand why  :(
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Floral School elects new prefects, urges them on quality leadership
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=By our correspondent=
The Floral Schools, comprised of nursery, primary and college, have elected new prefects and class representatives for the 2018/2019 academic year.
Speaking at the swearing-in programme, the Proprietress, Mrs. Kemi Bamidele said that the event is an opportunity to see that the children are exposed early in life into leadership position, adding that parents should assist their wards in embracing quality leadership.
She said, "What we are doing today is not ordinary. It is time to see the children appointed early in life. Parents should teach them to be good leaders and let them see what it entails to be a good leader. Let them come to school on time, do the right thing at the right time and we shall see them in greater heights in life."
Cross section of class captains and prefects
In her speech, the Head Teacher, Nursery, Mrs. Tayo Taiwo explained that aside academic qualification, the school also looked at some qualities before choosing the class representatives and electing the prefects. She said the school teaches leadership and character building and called on parents to help the pupils and students grow better daily in good leadership qualities.
"Aside academics, we look at character and we want them to know that personality is important and that they are not ordinary. We saw some qualities like patience, tolerance, leadership roles before choosing them and we want parents to please maintain those qualities.
"We see the stars in them and as parents, let's nurture them, teach them the word of God, pray for them and pray with them. Teach them to obey authority, parents and teachers. Children, you are going places in life," she said.
Also contributing, Head Teacher, Primary, Mr. Femi Roberts told the children that leadership position is not part of the fundamental human rights but that they must earn it. "Leadership position is not your right, you must earn it. You must learn to be responsible aside academic prowess", he noted, charging them to behave and conduct themselves in a manner to meet up the expectation of their appointment and election as class captains and school prefects, respectively, and that the leadership qualities they possess should be manifested beyond the school environment.
The swearing-in ceremony
Similarly, the Chairman of the Election Committee, Mr. Sunday Bankole declared that the election was free and fair. He said the children campaigned and presented their manifestos before emerging winners in respective positions.
"These children are great. What we are doing today is not just fun, parents should guide the children. We had ballot boxes and papers for the elections, the pupils voted and we have the results. There was a rerun for two candidates and this also helped the pupils in understanding leadership. You should not be angry if you do not win the post you vied for, but every one of you is a winner and you all are prefects," he said.
Barrister Olufemi Abodunde, who conducted the swearing-in exercise, the urged the elected prefects to be consistent and have sense of duty.
Meanwhile, speaking on behalf of the prefects in the primary section, the Head Boy, Romilogo Falobi, thanked the teachers and parents for their supports and the pupils for believing in them. "I want to thank my parents for their support. I thank my teachers for teaching me leadership. And on behalf of other prefects, I thank the pupils for voting for us. We will do our best to make the school better", he said.
Barrister Olufemi Abodunde, Romilogo Falobi and Mrs. Kemi Bamidele
With Parents, Mr & Mrs Sanmi Falobi
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Anyways, I had originally intended for this post to go up right after the Japan post, but the photos weren't as cohesive nor aesthetically pleasing as its predecessor, and for a long time, it was something I couldn't get over. Finally, I said "YOLO FUQ MY BLOGGING STANDARDS" and so, uh, here we are.
For our South Korea trip, we took a guided tour and had a few days to ourselves after to explore Seoul. On the guided tour, we visited Seoraksan National Park, an observatory near the DMZ (where we got to spy on some North Koreans! OHOHO PLOT TWIST), Nami Island, and a few historical sites of Seoul. After the tour, my mom and I stayed in a tiny and cozy room in Myeongdong (~a major shopping district~~~), which meant I could run out and buy socks at 10pm (#latenightsockrun; I actually ended up buying ~3 dozen pairs of socks on my trip).
I have no idea why, but my mom ended up buying 60 sheet masks (though to be fair, she also gladly accepted ALLLLLL the free mask samples to compensate). It's been five months since we got home and I don't think I've yet to see her with a sheet mask on??
Seoul subway fares are ridiculously inexpensive. It's roughly $1.50 CDN (₩1350) for ONE WAY FARE. ONE WAY. ONE WAY. I PAY $3.25 FOR ONE WAY FARE IN TORONTO, FAM.
Dog cafes! Cat cafes!! Hello Kitty cafe!!! ...raccoon cafe? Sheep cafe???
Kim Soo Hyun's face is everywhere. I'm not sure if I should swoon or be afraid.
I also tried soju for the first time (~when in Korea~) with a few tour buddies, and uh, kinda got hella tipsy. We also befriended a bar owner??? And his bodybuilding son??? Honestly, the night was a blur.
Real talk—I've been riding the Hallyu wave since high school, which means I've wanted to go to South Korea for a very, very long time. I won't lie though, Seoul was vastly different from the expectations I've constructed over the years from the endless kdramas and other Korean programming that I've seen, and as a result, I was a touch let down in some aspects (e.g. WHERE MY CUTE KOREAN BOYFRIEND AT??? I kid, I kid). However, the trip pleasantly surprised me in other ways—I got teary eyed at the War Memorial museum, I learned how to take the bus and subway in Seoul (#AUTHENTICAF), and the glorious view from our room (3rd last photo above) was a constant reminder of how busy this city was and how wonderful it was just to be a part of it all for even a brief period of time. While I left this city thinking I wouldn't want to go back again, after five-ish months of reflection, I actually recently asked my mom if we could go back for our next trip, hah.


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La Ley de comercio con el enemigo (TWEA) de 1917 (US 40 Stat. 411, promulgada el 6 de octubre de 1917, codificada en  y 50 USC App. §§ 1-44) es una Ley federal de los Estados Unidos para restringir el comercio con países hostiles a los Estados Unidos. La ley otorga al Presidente el poder de supervisar o restringir cualquier comercio entre los Estados Unidos y sus enemigos en tiempos de guerra.

Historia
Durante Primera Guerra Mundial, el Presidente Woodrow Wilson usó la Ley de Comercio con el Enemigo para establecer la Oficina del Custodio de Propiedad Extranjera con poder para confiscar propiedades de cualquiera cuyas acciones pudieran considerarse una posible amenaza al esfuerzo de guerra. Debajo de Mitchell Palmer, la oficina confiscó la propiedad de inmigrantes alemanes internados y de empresas como la compañía química Bayer.

En 1933, el Congreso de los Estados Unidos enmendó la Ley al aprobar la Emergency Banking Relief Act que amplió el alcance de la Ley de Comercio con el Enemigo con respecto al acaparamiento de oro para incluir cualquier emergencia nacional declarada y no solo aquellos declarados únicamente durante tiempos de guerra. El presidente Franklin D. Roosevelt usó estas nuevas autoridades para prohibir la posesión de oro mediante la emisión de la Orden ejecutiva 6102. Estas restricciones continuaron hasta el 1 de enero de 1975. La Ley ha sido enmendada muchas otras veces.

La Ley de Comercio con el Enemigo a veces se confunde con la Ley de Poderes Económicos de Emergencia (IEEPA), que otorga poderes algo más amplios al Presidente, y que se invoca durante los estados de emergencia cuando los Estados Unidos no están en guerra.

A partir de 2017, Cuba es el único país restringido por la Ley. Corea del Norte es el país más reciente en ser eliminado de las disposiciones de la Ley, aunque las restricciones siguen vigentes bajo la autoridad IEEPA.

Enlaces externos
Text of the law from Cornell Law School
U.S. Treasury

Referencias

Estados Unidos en 1917
Guerra económica

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PTI (Pre-Trial Intervention)
New Jersey's PTI Program for First Time Offenders
Pre-Trial Intervention (also known as "PTI") is a diversionary program in New Jersey which is available to certain first time offenders. "First Time Offenders" means an individual who hasn't been convicted of an indictable offense previously and has not used a conditional discharge on the municipal court level in New Jersey. The PTI program is designed to allow first time criminal offenders to avoid prosecution for their offenses as long as they are eligible for Pre-Trial Intervention and satisfy the supervisory period of the program.
Eligibility for PTI: N.J.S.A. 2C:43-12
The statute governing whether an individual is admitted into PTI in New Jersey is N.J.S.A. 2C:43-12 which reads in pertinent part:
N.J.S.A. 2C:43-12. Supervisory treatment — pretrial intervention
a. Public policy. The purpose of sections 2C:43-12 through 2C:43-22 of this chapter is to effectuate a Statewide program of Pretrial Intervention. It is the policy of the State of New Jersey that supervisory treatment should ordinarily be limited to persons who have not previously been convicted of any criminal offense under the laws of New Jersey, or under any criminal law of the United States, or any other state when supervisory treatment would:
(1) Provide applicants, on an equal basis, with opportunities to avoid ordinary prosecution by receiving early rehabilitative services or supervision, when such services or supervision can reasonably be expected to deter future criminal behavior by an applicant, and when there is apparent causal connection between the offense charged and the rehabilitative or supervisory need, without which cause both the alleged offense and the need to prosecute might not have occurred; or
(2) Provide an alternative to prosecution for applicants who might be harmed by the imposition of criminal sanctions as presently administered, when such an alternative can be expected to serve as sufficient sanction to deter criminal conduct; or
(3) Provide a mechanism for permitting the least burdensome form of prosecution possible for defendants charged with "victimless" offenses, other than defendants who were public officers or employees charged with offenses that involved or touched their office or employment; or
(4) Provide assistance to criminal calendars in order to focus expenditure of criminal justice resources on matters involving serious criminality and severe correctional problems; or
(5) Provide deterrence of future criminal or disorderly behavior by an applicant in a program of supervisory treatment.
b. Admission of an applicant into a program of supervisory treatment shall be measured according to the applicant's amenability to correction, responsiveness to rehabilitation and the nature of the offense. There shall be a presumption against admission into a program of supervisory treatment for a defendant who was a public officer or employee whose offense involved or touched upon his public office or employment.
c. The decision and reasons therefore made by the designated judges (or assignment judges), prosecutors and program directors in granting or denying applications for supervisory treatment, in recommending and ordering termination from the program or dismissal of charges, in all cases shall be reduced to writing and disclosed to the applicant.
d. If an applicant desires to challenge the decision of the prosecutor or program director not to recommend enrollment in a program of supervisory treatment the proceedings prescribed under section 14 shall be followed.
e. Referral. At any time prior to trial but after the filing of a criminal complaint, or the filing of an accusation or the return of an indictment, with the consent of the prosecutor and upon written recommendation of the program director, the assignment judge or a judge designated by him may postpone all further proceedings against an applicant and refer said applicant to a program of supervisory treatment approved by the Supreme Court. Prosecutors and program directors shall consider in formulating their recommendation of an applicant's participation in a supervisory treatment program, among others, the following criteria:
(1) The nature of the offense;
(2) The facts of the case;
(3) The motivation and age of the defendant;
(4) The desire of the complainant or victim to forego prosecution;
(5) The existence of personal problems and character traits which may be related to the applicant's crime and for which services are unavailable within the criminal justice system, or which may be provided more effectively through supervisory treatment and the probability that the causes of criminal behavior can be controlled by proper treatment;
(6) The likelihood that the applicant's crime is related to a condition or situation that would be conducive to change through his participation in supervisory treatment;
(7) The needs and interests of the victim and society;
(8) The extent to which the applicant's crime constitutes part of a continuing pattern of anti-social behavior;
(9) The applicant's record of criminal and penal violations and the extent to which he may present a substantial danger to others;
(10) Whether or not the crime is of an assaultive or violent nature, whether in the criminal act itself or in the possible injurious consequences of such behavior;
(11) Consideration of whether or not prosecution would exacerbate the social problem that led to the applicant's criminal act;
(12) The history of the use of physical violence toward others;
(13) Any involvement of the applicant with organized crime;
(14) Whether or not the crime is of such a nature that the value of supervisory treatment would be outweighed by the public need for prosecution;
(15) Whether or not the applicant's involvement with other people in the crime charged or in other crime is such that the interest of the State would be best served by processing his case through traditional criminal justice system procedures;
(16) Whether or not the applicant's participation in pretrial intervention will adversely affect the prosecution of codefendants; and
(17) Whether or not the harm done to society by abandoning criminal prosecution would outweigh the benefits to society from channeling an offender into a supervisory treatment program.
f. Review of Supervisory Treatment Applications; Procedure Upon Denial. Each applicant for supervisory treatment shall be entitled to full and fair consideration of his application. If an application is denied, the program director or the prosecutor shall precisely state his findings and conclusion which shall include the facts upon which the application is based and the reasons offered for the denial. If the applicant desires to challenge the decision of a program director not to recommend, or of a prosecutor not to consent to, enrollment into a supervisory treatment program, a motion shall be filed before the designated judge (or assignment judge) authorized pursuant to the rules of court to enter orders.
g. Limitations. Supervisory treatment may occur only once with respect to any defendant and any person who has previously received supervisory treatment under section 27 of P.L.1970, c.226 (C.24:21-27), shall not be eligible for supervisory treatment under this section. However, supervisory treatment, as provided herein, shall be available to a defendant irrespective of whether the defendant contests his guilt of the charge or charges against him.
h. Termination. Termination of supervisory treatment under this section shall be immediately reported to the assignment judge of the county who shall forward such information to the Administrative Director of the Courts.
i. Appointment of Program Directors; Authorized Referrals. Programs of supervisory treatment and appointment of the program directors require approval by the Supreme Court with the consent of the assignment judge and prosecutor. Referrals of participants from supervisory treatment programs may be to any public or private office or agency, including but not limited to, programs within the probation service of the court, offering counseling or any other social service likely to aid in the rehabilitation of the participant and to deter the commission of other offenses.
j. Health Care Professional Licensing Board Notification. The program director shall promptly notify the State Board of Medical Examiners when a State licensed physician or podiatrist has been enrolled in a supervisory treatment program after he has been charged with an offense involving drugs or alcohol.
Requirements for PTI Program: N.J.S.A. 2C:43-13
The New Jersey Statute governing the procedures for PTI Supervisory Treatment is N.J.S.A. 2C:43-13 which provides:
N.J.S.A. 2C:43-13. Supervisory treatment procedure
a. Agreement. The terms and duration of the supervisory treatment shall be set forth in writing, signed by the prosecutor and agreed to and signed by the participant. Payment of the assessment required by section 2 of P.L.1979, c.396 shall be included as a term of the agreement. If the participant is represented by counsel, defense counsel shall also sign the agreement. Each order of supervisory treatment shall be filed with the county clerk.
b. Charges. During a period of supervisory treatment the charge or charges on which the participant is undergoing supervisory treatment shall be held in an inactive status pending termination of the supervisory treatment pursuant to subsection d. or e. of this section.
c. Period of treatment. Supervisory treatment may be for such period, as determined by the designated judge or the assignment judge, not to exceed three years, provided, however, that the period of supervisory treatment may be shortened or terminated as the program director may determine with the consent of the prosecutor and the approval of the court.
d. Dismissal. Upon completion of supervisory treatment, and with the consent of the prosecutor, the complaint, indictment or accusation against the participant may be dismissed with prejudice.
e. Violation of conditions. Upon violation of the conditions of supervisory treatment, the court shall determine, after summary hearing, whether said violation warrants the participant's dismissal from the supervisory treatment program or modification of the conditions of continued participation in that or another supervisory treatment program. Upon dismissal of the participant from the supervisory treatment program, the charges against the participant may be reactivated and the prosecutor may proceed as though no supervisory treatment had been commenced.
f. Evidence. No statement or other disclosure by a participant undergoing supervisory treatment made or disclosed to the person designated to provide such supervisory treatment shall be disclosed, at any time, to the prosecutor in connection with the charge or charges against the participant, nor shall any such statement or disclosure be admitted as evidence in any civil or criminal proceeding against the participant. Nothing provided herein, however, shall prevent the person providing supervisory treatment from informing the prosecutor, or the court, upon request or otherwise as to whether or not the participant is satisfactorily responding to supervisory treatment.
g. Delay. No participant agreeing to undergo supervisory treatment shall be permitted to complain of a lack of speedy trial for any delay caused by the commencement of supervisory treatment.
Benefits of the PTI Program in New Jersey
Pre-Trial Intervention is extremely beneficial to those first time offenders who are eligible for the program. If you are admitted into PTI and you successfully complete the supervisory period, you avoid criminal prosecution for the offense and therefore avoid a criminal record.
If you would like more information about PTI, call Ray Raya to learn about your options. You can only make a well-informed decision about how to proceed after discussing your case with an attorney with the appropriate experience. If you would like to speak with me, call 1-732-845-3203 or e-mail Ray at rraya@rayalaw.com to set up a consultation.
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Creating a Cover: Young Justice #11
Time to break down the creation of another cover! This time it's Young Justice #11, the first part of a storyline featuring Ra's al Ghul, a villain who has been a favorite of mine for years. He was one of three villains declared off limits during my run on The Batman Strikes (the others being Two-Face and Scarecrow), so despite my 44-issue run on that Batman title, I'd never had a chance to draw Ras' professionally before, and I really wanted to knock it out of the park.
When we starting talking about cover designs this time, I learned that Ra's was our villain and that the story featured an encounter between Ra's and Batman and Robin, but I didn't know much about the rest of the story, as the script wasn't final yet. My first instinct was to pay homage to one of the early Neal Adams covers that represent the comics that made me fall in love with the character in the first place. Here are the covers I was suggesting along with my notes to writer Greg Weisman and my editor Jim Chadwick. (Notes in blue.)
Batman #232
Batman #232 – First appearance of Ra's. I think it would be fun to swap Batman and Robin's position on the cover. With or without the same text.
Treasury Edition
Treasury Edition collection of the early Ra's al Ghul stories – Again I think it would be fun to swap Batman and Robin's roles. If Talia isn't in the story, we'd have to decide if there's another character to put in her place in the composition, or whether to eliminate the figure.
Even if we do a new composition, I'd love to do a cover with a big, ghostly Ra's figure in the background as in either of these two covers.
Batman #244 – I'm guessing the Lawrence of Arabia setting wouldn't work, but I think the Ra's and Batman figures could be recast as Ra's and Robin.
Not knowing the specifics of the plot, I didn't know if any of these were remotely appropriate – even as a symbolic cover. Greg responded with the following suggestions of his own that tied in more specifically to the script-in-progress:
1. A confrontation at a missile launch site. (Which I think is more or less where the story opens.)
2. Something Lazarus Pit oriented where someone or something is rising out of the pit. (Which I think is more or less where the issue ends).
I asked for more specifics about what Greg had in mind regarding a "missile launch site," but a Lazarus Pit scene captured my imagination. I suggested the following:
What about Ra's rising from a Lazarus Pit in the foreground, with a missile launching from the pad (symbolically) behind him, with Batman and Robin looking on in alarm, either as figures or as ghostly images like Ra's in two of those classic covers? (I can clarify this with a sketch if it sounds like a direction we'd want to pursue.)
I assume whatever Ra's is wearing in the story we'd want him in his main costume for the cover, unless he's seen rising from the pit in which case I'd prefer him bare-chested.
Greg and Jim liked the direction of a Lazarus Pit scene, even though it meant a symbolic cover that depicted a scene that did not literally take place in the story.I wanted Ra's to be the focus of the piece and make him look powerful, with Robin the next most prominent figure as he's the only character on the cover who's a regular star of the book. I settled on a low angle shot looking up at and past Ra's with Robin closest to Ra's in the foreground with Batman further back (and therefor smaller.) I did this relatively tight sketch for approval. The dark setting served to simplify the background and keep the focus on the characters, as well as allow for dramatic under-lighting. I tried to make the image more dynamic by using strong vertical lines in perspective, which can be seen not only in the background architecture, but in the Lazarus Pit goo dripping off of Ra's.
As always, I was careful to leave enough room at the top for the Young Justice logo and other DC Comics trade dress.
Young Justice #11 – Cover Rough
The sketch was approved, so it was relatively straightforward to proceed with pencils and inks. I elaborated on the doorway Batman in running through, trying to pull in some of the architectural detail of the Fortress Al Ghul location where the Lazarus Pit would be located in our story, a location seen in episode 6 of the TV show, "Infiltrator." Pencils and inks by me are seen below, plus color by Zac Atkinson.
Young Justice #11 – Cover Pencils
Young Justice #11 – Cover Inks
Young Justice #11 – Cover Color
And there you have it! This turned out to be one of my favorite covers for the series so far, and some others must have liked it as I saw it used in a number of articles previewing DC titles coming out that month. And the story inside turned out to be a lot of fun, too! You can check it out in digital form or at your local comic shop.
I'll be doing a Commentary blog entry on this issue soon, and will be doing another "Creating a Cover" entry for Young Justice #12 sooner still!
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Young Justice | Christopher Jones | March 19, 2012 11:58 am
By Eddy, March 19, 2012 @ 1:14 pm
I had noticed covers featuring stuff that wasn't literally in the issue – not just with you, but on Mike Norton's run as well. I feel so stupid for not realizing covers are done so far in advance.
By Christopher Jones, March 19, 2012 @ 2:32 pm
The covers being done so far in advance is the kind of thing you shouldn't *have* to think about.
I don't think covers that don't depict an exact scene from the story inside are that unique to Young Justice. So many covers these days are "pin-up" shots that just make the hero or a villain look cool. But even the ones depict an actual scene often dramatize the central conflict of the story rather than literally depicting a scene from that story. When I started reading comics that kind of thing was the most common kind of cover – and you occasionally even had DIALOG BALLOONS on the cover. You hardly EVER see THAT anymore…
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The use of words such as "new", "old" or "latest", have to be taken in the context in which they were written. Bear in mind that these articles are now at least thirty-thirty-five years old, when front-line aircraft meant Lightnings, Phantoms and Buccaneers.
Aircraft histories have been taken from The Vulcan Story by Tim Laming and Aircraft Illustrated Special: Lightning by Roger Lindsay. Additional histories about other aircraft mentioned will be appreciated. Information about Buccaneers and Phantoms taken from the Aircraft Illustrated Special: RAF Buccaneer and Aircraft Illustrated Special: RAF Phantom, both edited by Peter R. Foster. As these volumes were published in 1987 and 1989 respectively, the histories listed are not complete. The Phantom was retired from RAF service in 1991, the Buccaneer in 1993.
Anyone who can update the information on anyone of these four types is welcome to do so at info@aviationinmalta.com.
First to be listed are the squadrons that were permanently based in Malta, No. 13 & 39 (Canberras) and Nos. 38 & 203 (Shackletons/Nimrods). As it would be too complicated to list when each aircraft joined and/or left the squadron, only the serials of aircraft that are known to have served have been given. Appropriate notes are given where necessary.
Shackleton histories in this page have been taken from John Botwood's The Avro Shackleton web site.
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Home » Blog Entries » Timothy Peters Will Attempt Unusual Double
Timothy Peters Will Attempt Unusual Double
Timothy Peters plans on covering almost 5,000 miles and hopefully another 500 or so laps next weekend. He's attempting the Las Vegas-Martinsville double and two things are certain: it's a first and it's going to be exciting to follow.
Peters is one of the top stars of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. He also loves Martinsville Speedway and the ValleyStar Credit Union 300 Late Model Stock race. And that's why he's decided to be a road warrior next weekend.
He has quite the itinerary next week. He flies to Vegas Friday and is on the track Saturday morning for practice and then qualifying for the Rhino Linings 350 truck series race. The green flag falls on that race 10 o'clock eastern time Saturday night.
When the race is over, he will hurry to the airport for a redeye back to Statesville, NC. Optimistically he will get to Martinsville by 3 a.m., in time to get a couple hours of sleep and head to the track for the ValleyStar Credit Union 300.
"As a racer you always want to be at the track any chance you get. It makes you better as a driver," said Peters, explaining the 'why' of attempting the two days of cross-country travel and racing. "When the opportunity came up with a chance to race in Vegas with my Red Horse Racing Tundra and come back to race the Late Model race, we jumped at it."
Getting back to Martinsville in time for Sunday's race may be the easy part. Making the ValleyStar Credit Union 300 will be a totally different story. Because he will miss practice and qualifying on Saturday, he will have to start at the rear of a heat race and hopefully drive forward enough in 20 laps to transfer to the feature. And if he doesn't qualify in his heat race, he'll have one more opportunity in a 20-lap last chance race.
"The reason I want to do the double is the challenge. Having to start last in a heat race should be a challenge but I feel we can get to the lock-in spot to advance to the main," said Peters. "I've never had this opportunity so I want to try it while I have the chance. I may never get to try it in the future."
If there is a track where Peters could be successful after a full day of racing in Vegas and overnight travel, it's Martinsville. It's his home track, but more than that he's been very successful there with both a truck series and a late model win at the historic speedway.
To keep fans up to date and involved in Peters' two-day odyssey, his Late Model sponsor, autosbynelson.com has created the #wherestimothy? campaign. Their social media team will provide real-time updates on Peters' progress on and off the track all weekend.
"It is a way we thought we could have some fun with the weekend and let fans keep up with Timothy all weekend," said Barry Nelson, president of autosbynelson. "All of us at autosbynelson are excited about the weekend and hopefully Timothy can put it in victory lane twice in two days."
Fans will be able to track Peters' weekend progress through his twitter account and facebook page. A photo album of his weekend will be compiled as it happens on the autosbynelson facebook page.
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Home Article Durban delays re-opening of city's only needle exchange programme
Durban delays re-opening of city's only needle exchange programme
Joan van Dyk
You can't treat what you can't count: No one knows how many people inject drugs in east and southern Africa.
More than six months after the City of eThekwini closed its only needle exchange programme, negotiations between the city and the project's staff continue. Each day the project remains shuttered, workers say, is another day that puts people who use drugs —- and the public — at risk.
Until May, TB/HIV Care ran the city's sole needle exchange programme that provided drug users with items such as clean needles and sterile water for mixing and injecting drugs to help prevent them from contracting infections linked to dirty needles or water. This kind of harm-reduction programme has been shown to cut HIV prevalence by almost half in just three years among British users, a 1995 study in the journal AIDS found.
The city shut the needle exchange project down in January and blamed TB/HIV Care for the more than 50 needles and syringes that washed up on Durban beaches after a freak wave. City authorities claimed the incident was proof that the organisation is unable to collect and dispose of the needles it hands out. This, they argued, made the project a public health risk and put it in violation of city bylaws.
But the organisation's data shows that 70% of the needles TB/HIV Care hands out to drug users are returned. There is no evidence, however, that any of the 5 000 needles given to diabetic patients at the nearby Wentworth Provincial Hospital each month are returned, a 2012 South African Medical Journal study revealed.
TB/HIV Care had planned to reopen the project last week, but a city report has set out conditions the programme must meet before it can go ahead, a researcher at the Durban University of Technology and technical advisor to TB/HIV Care, Monique Marks, explains.
Community meetings were held on 5 December to discuss the project's reopening.
South Africa's national HIV and TB plan says programmes that reduce the harms associated with drug use — such as needle exchange projects — should be available to all people who use drugs. The plan hopes to expand opioid substitution therapy (OST) by 2022 — but even if the country reaches this target, fewer than one percent of people who use drugs will have access to the programme, which allows drug users to use legally-prescribed medication as a substitute for illicit drugs. The medicine doesn't get people high but it does stave off withdrawals, allowing some people to transition off illegal drugs.
OST helps to decrease illegal drug use, overdose deaths and new HIV infections among people who use drugs, a 2011 study published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization, has shown.
Watch this man's amazing transformation after he kicked heroin with the help of opioid substitution therapy:
Our Dylan Bush followed Marco for almost a year and captured his amazing transition off drugs with the help of Pretoria's OST project.
But for the past six months, drug users in Durban have not been able to access the clean needles that could help them avoid HIV and hepatitis infections.
The impact on drug users has been "disturbing", TB/HIV Care spokesperson Alison Best says.
One patient, who has Hepatitis C and is HIV positive, said that she had been forced to share needles with a partner since the project closed.
"I put my partner at risk every time we use," she told TB/HIV Care.
"I've been using two needles for over a month," said another patient. "Using a blunt needle has caused some of my veins to collapse. I'm afraid I will end up using someone else's needles."
He explained: "I worry I might have to resort to crime in order to obtain clean needles and equipment."
The organisation has also had to stop collecting dirty needles and educating people on how to dispose of them safely, Best says.
Meanwhile, recent media reports have bemoaned the increase of needles on Durban's beaches. But it's no coincidence, Best argues.
"It is likely there are many more needles being disposed of inappropriately now than before the needle and syringe programme was stopped."
The City of eThekwini did not respond to Bhekisisa's requests for comment.
Previously TB/HIV Care was adamant to see its project up-and-running by last week, but a city report has set out conditions the programme must meet before it reopens, a researcher at the Durban University of Technology and technical advisor to TB/HIV Care, Monique Marks, explains. For instance, eThekwini is demanding that the nonprofit organisation brand its needles so they can be distinguished from those used at public health facilities. Additionally, people who use drugs will only be eligible for a clean needle if they return a used one at the same time.
TB/HIV Care is still weighing up options on how to best meet the demands, and it remains unclear how they will pay for the changes — or whether their donor, The Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria, will foot the bill.
"We are still exploring ways of making our injecting equipment identifiable. It may come at an additional cost," Best says.
Marks says months of strained negotiations with the City of eThekwini have been trying but ultimately may have proved to many public servants that needle exchange programmes work. But their education has come at a cost to the health of the city's drug users — a community the South African National Aids Council estimates to be more than 1 200 people.
"The struggle continues, we're not at the end yet. Both groups want a more caring city, where needles and syringes aren't on the beaches. But the opposite has happened," she says.
"We warned them. They just didn't listen."
[12 December 2018 1:30 pm: This story was updated with new information]
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Alex Arcadia (born January 5, 1976) is an American painter, sculptor and conceptual artist.

His self-titled cosmology "Arcadia" provides the framework for his large scale paintings, sculptures and installations, which engage audiences as both post-Warholian pop, and deviant in the readymade tradition of Marcel Duchamp.

Arcadia is best known for his "SuperGymnast" image, an erotically charged goddess and recurring central figure of power in his work.  In the mid-1990s the SuperGymnast was planted by the tens of thousands throughout the streets of New York City as a tag, quickly making the symbol synonymous with the identity of the artist.

Arcadia debuted the SuperGymnast as sculpture atop his "Temple of Fame" (1999–2000).   Artifacts from "Temple of Fame" were featured in his first New York City solo exhibition at Stefan Stux Gallery in 2001 entitled "SuperGymnast", reviewed in the New York Times.

Arcadia appears in filmmaker Ondi Timoner's 2007 documentary We Live In Public, a film centered on the millennial art and performance event called Quiet, which was produced by Arcadia's friend, collector, and internet figure Josh Harris, and took place in downtown Manhattan (1999–2000) during the last days of the dot-com boom.

Alex Arcadia continues to define a new mythology he calls Bright Shiny Future (BSF).

He lives and works in New York City.

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1971 births
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40 subjects with Type 2 diabetes using > 100 units of insulin per day with or without metformin with HbA1c > 6.5% will be randomized into 2 treatment groups: treatment group will have liraglutide added to insulin and control group will have insulin uptitration only for 6 months. Primary endpoint to be compared between groups will be HbA1c at 6 months. Secondary endpoints will include weight, total daily insulin dose, percent time in euglycemic, hyperglycemic, and hypoglycemic ranges by continuous glucose monitor (CGM), and effect on GlycoMark and hs-CRP. Safety endpoints will include incidence of hypoglycemia and incidence of gastrointestinal side effects.


Players should be dropped off and picked up. Parents should not plan on staying. There is limited room in the lobby area...barely enough room for just the kids. Loud, disrespectful and obnoxious behavior by the players in the lobby WILL NOT BE TOLERATED and may result in them not being allowed to complete the tryout process. There is an office in this space and we do not want to be disrupting their work.
Previous travel team apparel is NOT allowed. Players should NOT wear their previous travel team hats, shirts, jerseys, etc.
Players need to bring gloves, bats (considered legal per MBL guidelines), batting helmets and should NOT wear cleats...tennis shoes are appropriate for inside the dome.
In 2019, there will NOT be parent volunteers escorting the groups of players to each station. Head coach candidates will only be allowed to attend callbacks, they will NOT be attending the initial tryout.
The tryout process is outlined below.
During the summer of 2015 LBA convened a group of 10 coaches from various age levels of both the North and South traveling programs, both the North and South Travel Directors and other members of the LBA Board. This group's primary objective was to take a look at the current and past tryout processes and come up with a new process to place kids on the appropriate teams. No process is perfect and LBA is committed to evolving and improving.
LBA and the North and South Travel Directors will use their best judgment to deal with any special situations that may arise.
Every 2018 traveling team head coach was required to submit a player evaluation for each of the players on their roster. This evaluation identified the "top 4" and "bottom 4" in several key areas (fielding, hitting, etc.) as well as an overall ranking.
This player evaluation will be used as part of the overall score for the 2019 tryouts, excluding the 10-year-olds.
Tryouts will be held in order to assess each player in the areas of hitting, fielding, pitching, and base running. Please see LBA by-laws for more specific information on eligibility.
After the completion of Open Tryouts players will be ranked using a combination of the previous year rankings and the results of Open Tryouts. The weighting will be as defined below.
"Bubble players": For the purposes of the player rankings after Open Tryouts using the weighing system above, the previous year rankings will rank the bottom three players from the higher level the same as the top 3 players from the next level. For example, AAA players ranked 10, 11, and 12 by their previous year coach as well as the AA players ranked 1, 2 and 3 by their previous year coach will all be ranked equally (12) for the purposes of the input to the new weighted ranking after Open Tryouts.
Cuts: After all players at an age level have completed Open Tryouts cuts will be made. The final number is at the discretion of the Travel Directors but in general each age level will be cut down to about 10% more than needed to fill rosters. For example, if an age level will have 3 teams (AAA, AA, A) of 12 players for 36 total players then that age level will be cut down approximately 40 kids.
The players who are cut will be notified and asked to sign up for an LBA House team.
Results from tryouts will be published as quickly as possible.
Players making the cut in Open Tryouts will be required to come to a second round of tryouts (Call Backs). Call Backs will be conducted in smaller groups and each player will be evaluated on hitting, fielding and pitching. Previous year head coaches and current year head coaching candidates will be allowed to observe Call Backs.
After the completion of Call Backs the players will be ranked. Team selection will then take place using the following rules.
• The top 9 players will be placed on the AAA team. These players are locked.
• The AAA coach will then be allowed to select the final 3 AAA players from the next 6 ranked players. Any player selected that is not in the top 3 of the pool of 6 must be approved by the Travel Director.
• The top 9 remaining players will be placed on the AA team. These players are locked.
• The AA coach will then be allowed to select the final 3 AA players from the next 6 ranked players. Any player selected that is not in the top 3 of the pool of 6 must be approved by the Travel Director.
• The top 9 remaining players will be placed on the A team. These players are locked.
• The A coach will then be allowed to select the final 3 A players from the the next 6 ranked players. Any player selected that is not in the top 3 of the pool of remaining players must be approved by the Travel Director.
• Players not selected for a travel team will be placed on a House roster.
Coach candidates will be selected by the Traveling Director prior to the Call Backs. Final coach placement will be completed after Call Backs and prior to Team Selection.
• The AAA head coach will be selected first and his son must be ranked in the top 12 players.
• The AA head coach will be selected second and his son must be ranked in the top 24 players.
• The A head coach will be selected third and his son must be in the top 36 payers.
LBA and the Traveling Directors reserve the right to change any of this process.


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Shopping for cars can be extraordinary with the right mindset. For those who like to be prepared, you can search and compare all available new or pre-owned Subaru models at our Inventory pages. You can calculate monthly payments and find out how much your current car is worth. You can also start the application process. Among us, there are those who like to be spontaneous, who may stop in on a whim and decide they want a new car. Make it an unforgettable day and show up in style at your next social event. Wouldn't a trip to MeadowWood Golf Course be more memorable from behind the wheel of your new or used Subaru Impreza, Subaru Legacy, or Subaru Crosstrek? While there you can get a lesson from a PGA golf professional and play on the 18-hole championship golf course which will give you a better idea of why MeadowWood Golf Course has been named "one of the top 10 best public golf courses in America."
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6 ITEMS I CURRENTLY LOVE!
These are six items I've been loving this past month, and I would certainly be restocking them, if I ever run out!
2. ARM & HAMMER TOOTHPASTE: Although my teeth is sort of white already, this toothpaste really cleans, I hardly change paste, but I bought this based on a referral to try it out. I wouldn't say it completely whitens your teeth, but it does slightly. It contains baking soda so it cleans up stains. However at first I didn't like the taste of chloride or the sodium in it. But I'm used to it now and I always look forward to brushing(truthfully)!I feel my teeth are whiter, maybe its just the psychology behind it. lol but I don't care..
3. M.A.C FLAT OUT FABULOUS LIPSTICK: If you watch my videos, this is what I've been wearing lately! It's matte and I personally feel it was made for dark skin! It's all kind of awesome ! I literally get compliments anytime I wear this lipstick. 10/10 for me! Good job M.A.C!
4. COLLECTION EYE DEFINER: This eye stick(not pencil) is so lovely! It's creamy but gives a powdery finish after application. Since I bought it, my brow filling process has become wayyyy easier. Great buy!
5. EMU OIL: For those who don't know what Emu oil is, it's a natural oil gotten from the Australian Emu bird, it's actually a healing and soothing oil but also used for hair(it aids growth), I did a short review in my hair update video and you can watch if interested. The oil is not greasy at all, no odour and absorbs quickly into my skin. I love the way my skin feels and looks after use.
6. REVLON PHOTO-READY FOUNDATION: Truthfully after Mary-Kay this foundation was my first love. Although I switched to M.A.C studio fix fluid a while back, I couldn't neglect it for too long. I love M.A.C foundations for days when I want to look beat for a short while. In comparison, Revlon leaves my face fresh for long hours, its not oily and I just love the airbrush finish! (I'm in the shade Cappuccino).
Those are my current favs! Let me know if you've used any of these products, or which ones you'd be buying!


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In the SEOM Beginners Guide and Tips
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The most famous Korean-pop band in the world is trapped on an island! And it is our responsibility to rescue them! BTS Island is a building, RPG game made by HYBE IM Co Ltd and the game has already amassed a million downloads! It is, of course, expected, as the […]
The most famous Korean-pop band in the world is trapped on an island! And it is our responsibility to rescue them! BTS Island is a building, RPG game made by HYBE IM Co Ltd and the game has already amassed a million downloads! It is, of course, expected, as the BTS fans, known as the "BTS Army" had been waiting for this for some time. Hence, we present to you, the Beginners Guide for BTS Island: In the SEOM. It will give both the Army and non-Army gamers a headstart, and enable you to get into the world of BTS.
Gameplay Overview
Introducing the basics of BTS Island: In the SEOM
Gameplay Basics
Match-3 Powerups
Focus on the in-game Missions
PvP Gameplay
Understanding the in-game Resources and Accessories
BTS Island: In the SEOM Beginners Guide: Tips and Tricks
The story here is fairly short and simple. The BTS band members: RM, j-hope, Jin, SUGA, Jimin, V, and Jung Kook are stuck on an island. Their boat crashed into it accidentally, and now they have to find resources to survive and wait for rescue. They have been in contact with the Bang PD, but they could not get through to them, so they have decided to forage and explore the island. They are hoping to find something useful, and that is where the gameplay begins.
The primary way of gameplay in BTS Island is the fairly simple Match-3 format. It is very similar to Candy Crush, and we have to match 3 or more of the same color together to collect it. We can play this without spending any energy like some other similar games.
Image via HYBE IM Co., Ltd.
The match-3 board has a finite number of moves. We have to collect the required amount of the specified colored blocks to clear the level. On some boards, we have to cover the whole board with a mat by clearing out the non-covered spaces. We start from Level 1 and go up from there, level 2, level 3, and so on. After completing the levels, we get stars that will be used in the secondary gameplay.
In BTS Island, like in other Match-3 games, there are different powerups for clearing the blocks. Let's take a look at the basic power-ups among them, and see how they help us in effectively clearing the board.
Rocket Power-Ups: Rocket Power-ups can be made when 4 blocks are connected. This leads to a rocket forming, and when we connect this Rocket to any block, the rocket will completely clear that block's row or column. For example, if we connect 4 red blocks horizontally, then a horizontal rocket will form, and if we connect this rocket to any block above or below the current row, then the rocket will clear out the entire affected row The same applies to vertical rockets in terms of columns.
Bomb Power-Ups: Connecting 5 blocks in a T or L shape will form a Bomb Power-up. As in other games like this, regardless of which color block, we connect it with, it will explode and clear the blocks in a large area around it.
Blast Power-Ups: The Blast Power-up is one of the best power-ups in the game. Connecting 5 blocks of the same color in a straight line will form this. If we connect it with a particular color, then it will clear out all the blocks of that color that are currently on the board. If we double-tap the power-up, it will clear out blocks of random colors in its vicinity.
Top Power-Ups: Top power-ups form when we connect 4 blocks in a square. When we connect this with any other block, or double-tap it, it spins to a colored block that is part of the required number of blocks. For example, if we connect 4 blue blocks in a square, a rocket will form. Suppose we need to collect 10 red colored blocks to complete the level, then regardless of connecting or double-tapping the Top, the power-up will always spin and clear out a red block.
The BTS BOMB: At the left of the screen, a "BTS BOMB Meter" is present. Over the course of a level, the more power-ups we use, the faster this meter fills up. When it fills up completely, a very big "BTS BOMB" will explode on the board. This bomb will clear up a very large area, making it easier to reach that level's goal. This is the best power-up in the game.
The stars we collect from the Match-3 gameplay will be useful for the secondary gameplay. Each mission needs a minimum of 1 star to begin, while some missions require 2 stars. The secondary gameplay of BTS Island is where we complete missions. Here, we have a journal/diary where we get a list of missions every day.
As we complete the missions one by one, we get more. These missions involve cutscenes and dialogues, and we get to see the band members interact. The chibi avatars of the BTS members will be a very adorable sight for the BTS Army. The missions, along with the members' interacting, also involve them building houses, cooking, and just enjoying each other's company.
The BTS members have Happiness levels. This is the stat that enables them to equip special costumes. These costumes are available as their happiness levels increase. Though for some costumes, premium currency is required. There are also choices to make on BTS Island. As the game progresses, the BTS members ask for our advice. This is in the form of choices, where we can choose from the different members' responses. Whose response we choose will affect the other members. Also, the member whose response we choose will have increased happiness.
Upon reaching level 30, we can join clubs. In clubs, we can play together with BTS Armies and fans. This social aspect is a very big part of the BTS Army community, and therefore the clubs have so far proven to be an amazing feature in the game.
Following is the list of current resources found in BTS Island: In the SEOM that are accessible to beginners:
Stars: Stars are used for starting the missions. The cutscenes, the dialogues, etc, all need stars to play out. As stated before, we collect these by completing the match-3 levels. We can only collect 1 star per level though, so it is best to stock up on a bunch of stars before starting the missions.
Gold: Gold can be earned through completing the missions in the Secondary Gameplay. The main purpose of Gold here is to purchase extra lives and moves when we run out of them. Gold is also the only resource we can use to buy special powerups like the Axe and the Glove.
Life: We get 5 lives upon starting the game, and we lose one life every time we run out of moves and don't purchase any extra lives with gold.
Gems: These gems are the premium currency. We can use diamonds to buy a lot of exclusive accessories. Diamonds can only be purchased with real money.
In BTS Island, the members can equip their favorite costumes and different accessories like hats, glasses, and such. Some of these accessories' slots are unlocked upon reaching a certain happiness level with a member, and some of these are exclusive, and can only be bought with real money.
Along with costumes, you can also unlock real-life photos of the members. These are unlocked when you choose their options during gameplay, and when their happiness increases.
Here are some of our tips in our BTS Island: In the SEOM Beginners Guide to help you, newbies, to kickstart your journey.
Always make sure that you complete your daily missions. Completing them greatly helps with your progress.
Increasing the members' happiness level is very important so that they can unlock new costume slots and accessory slots.
Only spend gems on the most exclusive and rare costumes.
Buying moves with gold may seem like a good move at the time, but this will deplete your gold very fast. Hence, it is better to just give up a life and save the gold for later to buy special power-ups.
So go ahead and give it a try! If you find trouble, don't hesitate to fall back on this BTS Island: In the SEOM beginners guide for tips.
That's all from us for the BTS Island: In the SEOM Beginners Guide! Did you find our BTS Island: In the SEOM beginners guide helpful? Do let us know in the comments!
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Q: Is there a way to cache the information from firebase database for fast working? I'm using Firebase as my backend, and every time I load an activity, the database reference fetches it. It happens all the time. Is there a way to cache the information of the activity, so that the information loads without the help of firebase reference ?

A: You can store information with SharedPreferences. For example, if I want to save my username, I do this:
To save data:
SharedPreferences.Editor editor = getSharedPreferences("PREFS", MODE_PRIVATE).edit();
                editor.putString("myName", "Mauricio");
                editor.apply();

To retrieve data:
SharedPreferences preferences = getApplicationContext().getSharedPreferences("PREFS", MODE_PRIVATE);
String name = preferences.getString("myName", "none"));

Note that this "none" is in case to string "myName" be null.