The deadly baby cobra on the loose at New York's Bronx Zoo has everyone wondering -- how do you catch a 20-inch-long, pencil-thin snake that can squeeze into the tiniest crack or crevice? Snake experts, known as herpetologists, tell FoxNews.com that finding the months-old female Egyptian cobra is no easy task.
"Snakes are escape artists," said Rulon Clark, a biology professor at San Diego State University. "It's tough. Their bodies are compressible and can fit in extremely small openings."
The missing cobra, who weighs less than 3 ounces, disappeared from her enclosure Friday inside the zoo's Reptile House. Zoo officials say they are confident the snake is not in an area accessible to the public and have put in place a tracking system to monitor its movement, though zoo director Jim Breheny did not elaborate on the plan.


USB or Universal Serial Bus is an apparatus to institute communication between devices and a host controller, in this case, for personal computers. USB was manufactured and created by Ajay Bhatt while he was employed by Intel. USB was invented to substitute many types of serial and parallel ports, and can be attached to computer peripherals like external hard drives, flash drives, private media players, digital cameras, keyboards and mice.
USB has emerged as the universal connector for these devices, and although it was first intended for personal computers, this apparatus has been integrated into other gadgets such as PDAs, smartphones and video game consoles, and also used as a power cord for charging purposes. Latest surveys show that more than 2 billion USB devices are sold each year, and a whopping 6 billion sold altogether.
The term USB device not recognized translates as the personal computer may not be able to identify the USB device plugged into the computer. When USB device is not recognized, the appliance may or may not be listed in Device Manager as an unidentified object.
The causes of USB device not recognized could be due to several issues such as a malfunction in the host controller hardware, inaccurate USB driver versions, absent support for USB2.0, or supplementary system hardware or designs that may alter the timing. This problem could also arise due to attached hubs and devices.
To rectify the problem, the presently connected USB should be unplugged as it is quite probable that the connection is not secure and has unfastened. Re-plug the USB device firmly into the corresponding port and the problem should go away. This is one of the more common reasons for USB device not recognized.
Another method to employ is to scan for hardware alterations in the Device Manager. Use the Device Manager to check for new and freshly inaugurated hardware. Using the start menu, choose the run option, and type 'devmgmt.msc' in the pop up box and click ok. At the action menu, click scan for hardware abnormalities. These actions will instruct Windows scan to detect if any alien devices are placed.
The next step is to seal all opened Device Managers and control panels. Check to see if the computer is able to recognize the USB device. To disable the power management on the USB hub, click start and the run; once again, type 'devmgmt.msc' in the pop up box and click 'ok'. Spread out the USB controller's node and trail these paces for each USB Root Hub listed.
These steps comprise right-clicking the USB Root Hub, and then clicking on properties, followed by clicking the power management tab. When this is completed, click to clear and switch off the device to save the power check box. Finally, click ok.
Do take note that if this method is employed on laptops, the battery life may be compromised.
At times, by just unplugging the USB device and switching off the computer for half an hour or so, and then re-start the computer might just eliminate the dilemma.
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One year later, Blues' Berube has already become a legend
November 19, 2018. The day Craig Berube took over. The rest is history, and Berube has already cemented his place in St. Louis sports lore.
Author: Corey Miller
Published: 7:25 PM CST November 18, 2019
Updated: 7:29 PM CST November 18, 2019
ST. LOUIS — Tuesday night, the defending Stanley Cup champion and current Western Conference points leading St. Louis Blues will face the Tampa Bay Lightning at Enterprise Center.
Exactly a year ago to the date, the team had fired its head coach, was dead last in the Western Conference and fans were all but ready to show up to the next game at Enterprise Center with torches and pitchforks.
What a difference a year can make.
Just go ahead and take a look at some of the replies to the Blues' original tweet that Mike Yeo had been fired, and Craig Berube had been named interim head coach. They're quite hilarious to look back on now.
That's because now, it's hard to imagine anyone other than Craig Berube coaching this Blues team.
One year later, 'Chief' has already cemented his status as a legend in St. Louis sports lore.
For years the Blues franchise was only known as the organization you would leave if you wanted to win a championship. Scotty Bowman, Al Arbour, Jacques Demers and Joel Quenneville all went on to capture Stanley Cup glory after runs at the helm of the Blues.
Craig Berube was the one to finally buck that trend.
It took him almost two months from when he took over to really get the Blues back on track last season, but when they did... oh boy.
On January 7, the Blues started Jordan Binnington in goal for the first time, and this team that was so hyped back in October finally started to deliver.
Berube led the Blues to a 38-19-6 record after taking over in late November, with a franchise record 11-game winning streak nestled in the middle.
He was able to connect with the players and get the most out of each and every one of them. He was the steady hand you didn't want to upset. 'Chief' added a presence and knew just how to motivate this team.
Then on June 12, he lifted the Stanley Cup after Game 7 against the Bruins. The culmination of a ridiculous season unlike anything we had ever seen before in St. Louis.
He became a legend.
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We always knew the first team and coaching staff to bring a Stanley Cup to St. Louis would become immortal, and that's exactly what happened. All those guys that rode down Market Street in that parade will forever live in Blues lore.
Berube perhaps most of all. Without him, none of the spring and summer excitement of 2019 even has a chance of happening.
'Chief' was the perfect man to lead this roster, and has only continued to prove that this season. He was rewarded for his Stanley Cup championship in the offseason after the Blues removed the interim tag and signed him to a three-year deal.
Who knows what's to come in those three years and perhaps beyond, but one thing is already for sure. St. Louis will remember the name 'Berube' for the rest of their lives.
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-Dr. Sandro Galea, Dean of the Boston University School of Public Health, for STAT, September 2017. Dr. Galea was the guest speaker at MAMH's 2017 Annual Meeting of its Board of Directors.
Social, economic and environmental factors that influence health are referred to as social determinants of health (SDOH). Examples of social determinants include economic stability, education, social and community context, access to health care and health literacy, and the built environment.
Social inequalities are associated with increased risk of many mental health conditions. Taking action to improve the conditions of daily life from before birth, during early childhood, at school age, during family building and working ages, and at older ages provides opportunities both to improve population mental health and to reduce the risk of those mental conditions that are associated with social inequalities… Scientific consensus is considerable that giving every child the best possible start will generate the greatest societal and mental health benefits.
While high quality, affordable health care is essential, nonmedical factors – including social, environmental and behavioral factors -- play a larger role in determining overall health and well being.
Fortunately, state and federal health reform efforts are placing greater emphasis on social determinants of health, both to improve the health of patient populations and to reduce health care spending. The Health Policy Commission's Accountable Care Organization (ACO) certification standards include requirements related to addressing social determinants of health. The MassHealth 1115 Demonstration similarly places significant focus on the integration of health-related social services. Likewise, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) developed a 10-question screening tool to identify patients' social service needs; the tool can be used for treatment planning and referrals to community supports.
The relationship between social determinants of health and mental health is well established. MAMH works with our partners to raise awareness about the importance of social determinants on near and longer-term health outcomes. We advocate for policies and programs to help individuals and families have access to the community resources and supports they need to live full, healthy lives. These include policies and programs to address poverty, education, employment and housing security. We work to further a fully integrated physical health care, behavioral health care, and social services system where the impact of social determinants on overall health is not only recognized, but fully addressed.


I need help in running a program that makes a SLR Parser Table.
The first catch I got is that the second line from last of your main method -- print_table(S) -- the value for S is here passing as zero. Now try to find out why the value of S is zero while calling print_table method.


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Verena Kyratzes
Lands of Dream
Zombies and Elephants
The Making of Zombies and Elephants
April 7, 2014 April 7, 2014 / verenakyratzes	/ 2 Comments
There once was a short story called Elephants and Zombies. It was written in 2010 and didn't have a very happy childhood, because the author (that would be me) was never quite happy with the first draft. She opened it up a couple of times, moved a few bits around, and then sort of forgot about it. And then a man named Richard Goodness came along…
That could be the story of how Zombies and Elephants happened, but it isn't. It's more like the second act of that story. Here's the first act:
I once had a dream. In my dream I went to a small house in Cape Town (only it sort of looked a lot like Dover, which I've never really been to… never been to Cape Town either… ah… go figure). In the small house in Cape Town a very nice old man who used to direct plays at university was tending bar and I gave him a banjo. Might also have been a guitar, I'm not so sure anymore. The nice old man was happy and then some shit happened and at the end of the dream I was somehow up on a tree on the slope of a hill and before me a zombie elephant was eating someone's brain.
And I thought: "Cool, I wonder how that might have happened."
That's how Zombies and Elephants got started.
So. Yes… fast forward to December 2013. That was when I first heard of Fear of Twine. And it sounded like a darn good opportunity to make my first game. Only I didn't have a story. Which, if you consider that Twine games are exclusively text-based, was a little bit of a problem. But no worries… still plenty of time until the deadline.
Weeks and weeks pass, with every little spark of imagination scurrying for cover whenever I come near. I stalk the ideas, set traps, put out little bits of cheese… all to no avail.
Deadline week. Still no idea. Richard is nice enough to extend the deadline a little (not only for me; at that point I'm still not sure whether I will participate at all). Second deadline week arrives, stares at me angrily. I cower in fear.
And then while I'm talking to Jonas about his game, The Matter of the Great Red Dragon, I suddenly remember that old story. And I realize that it would really be much better as a Twine than as a short story.
Three to four hours of fruitless searching on at least five hard disks reveal that I must have at some point become so frustrated with the original story that I deleted it. Oops. But what's there to worry about? It's four days to the deadline for Fear of Twine. Piece of cake.
And I work. I learn all I can about Twine code, I read up on South Africa, Mozambique, Kruger National Park, Limpopo Transfrontier Park. I spend a great deal of time on the names, languages and other aspects of the near-future setting. And I write like mad, pulling two all-nighters. Somewhere in-between the kind, wonderful Richard Goodness extends the deadline by a couple of days (again not only for my own sake). I forge on.
My keyboard breaks. G, H and F only work if you ask them nicely. While I'm away at my day job (with 0 hours of sleep), Jonas spends a lot of time putting Gs, Hs and Fs back into the game. I also owe him many thanks for suggesting a few brilliant changes to the game; his background in postcolonial studies comes in handy as we discuss semi-satirical ideas like the Great Limpopo Special Economic Zone.
Friday, the 7th of February. Zombies and Elephants is finally finished. (It's called Zombies and Elephants because Jonas has convinced me that it's much easier to say. Elephantsnzombies…. see what I mean?)
I've finally made my first game. And people are apparently playing it. There are reviews, most of them quite favourable. Emily Short, a living legend of the interactive fiction scene, says that it was among her top three games in the exhibition. Other reviewers, while saying that zombies are getting really old (yeah, I know, but what was I supposed to do) say that at least the writing is rather nice – or even really frightening. (Since I primarily see myself at a writer, that's what really makes me happy.)
So yeah, people seem to be enjoying the game. That's so cool… I can't even begin to say how happy it makes me. I made something, and people actually like it. After trying for so long to find some sort of recognition as a writer (as opposed to as a painter/graphics artist), that is the best thing that could possibly have happened. Moreover, it is something that I urgently needed, because I was halfway ready to just chuck the whole writing thing out the window.
So people like my game. Wonderful, but am I satisfied with my game?
Mhm… I do love the game. The experience of finally producing a game of my own was awesome. I mean, obviously I've been making games all this time, and I do love working on the Lands of Dream games… but making something yourself is something else entirely. And mastering Twine (which in all honesty isn't all that hard to do… go on, try it) gave me this cool "I'm-a-superhero-programer-girl" feeling.
The story manages to get the things done that I wanted it to do. Strong focus on character. Exploration of racism and class and exploitation, but without being preachy and turning the characters into mouthpieces. And I feel that the end is horrible and gory and pulpy in just the right way. So yeah, I'm happy with the story.
But the game is still terribly rushed. Currently I have seven different kinds of hell going on at work (the paying kind of work that keeps me from making games), but as soon as that is over I intend to give the game a much-needed update. It's not only a lack of polish and some minor spelling mistakes that still bother me.
For example: a lot of people seem to think the game is terribly linear. Well, let me tell you something: Zombies and Elephants tracks over 40 different variables. Almost everything the player does has some sort of effect on the story, but this being my first Twine, I failed to realize that most of these things, like for example whether or not you get the chance to fix the car, wouldn't be apparent to anyone playing the game. You never know that you just narrowly scraped by the other ending, the one where everyone decides to walk to the city. My bad. I would quite like to fix some of that, making the game less linear in the last third.
And then there's a million other, smaller things that I wanted to put in. Character moments mostly, because I am ever so fond of some of the relationships that developed between some of the characters as I was writing them. (For example: I initially wanted to have only one doctor, with the second one dying either off-screen or fairly early in the beginning, but then I ended up liking the way they interacted way too much to lose them so quickly.)
I want to expand the (well-hidden, randomised and hard to get) cure ending quite a bit, because that was the last thing I put in, mostly frantically copy-pasting at six in the morning from existing bits of the game to have something, anything, in place there. And there's an entire other ending that I always meant to put in but never had the time.
So… um… if you find the cure ending, which isn't the easiest thing to do, don't be disappointed please, it's a work in progress.
A note on the endings: The cure ending isn't only rushed, it's also not what I consider to be "The End". I was innocently researching (fictional) drugs that could be used against a zombie outbreak (preferably without landing me in jail for copyright infringement) when I stumbled across this article (and the real-world science article that it links to). Originally I was just going to name-drop a few drugs while you talk to the two doctors, but after I read this I thought "This is way too good to pass up." And thus the cure ending, and just why it is so terribly rushed. Now the *real* ending for me….
(Avast! Here be spoilers!)
…the real ending for me is the one where you watch someone else as he is killed by the elephant. It isn't easy to put into words why I think that this is the true ending. The obvious reason is because that was the ending of my dream. I know that this sounds air-headed and flimsy in a million different ways, but the image stayed with me; it just had that much power. The other reason, the one that is really hard to explain, is that the ending feels right. It seems like a fitting counterweight to the very wordy, sometimes philosophical main body of the game, which is all about slow, creeping horror and which always stays very close to the protagonist. I tried so hard to give a realistic account of how someone in this situation would feel and react that this ending, which leaves the player powerless and which suddenly seems to take a step back and look at the events from afar, feels like the only right way to end it. After all this waiting and talking, the extreme violence of the ending seems carthartic; it dissolves all the tension in one gory rush. And don't tell me that it's not realistic that an elephant would suck your brains out through its trunk… this is a game about zombies.
And here's a final thing. This game never was about winning. I've had several bits of feedback in which players were telling me that the fact that the elephants get infected was very upsetting to them. And that's not really a bad thing. It should be upsetting.
But it had to happen. The fact that the final death blow is delivered by animals that are usually thought of as gentle giants seems to me to only add to the general sense of helplessness that the ending is supposed to conjure. Think more Romero and less Shaun of the Dead… that is what I was aiming for.
(End spoilers)
I think this is more or less what I wanted to say about the game. I still don't feel like I've adequately expressed what I wanted to achieve with the game and its ending(s), but then again I am always ever so uncomfortable with talking about my art. You can't just separate the imagery from the meaning or reduce it to a "message."
I am really glad that so many of you enjoyed the game and I promise that this won't be my last solo game. And I'll try to update Zombies and Elephants as soon as I can.
Jonas Kyratzes
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Q: How to avoid BeanPostProcessor from executing after every beans and its usage in real use case I have gone through Spring's documentation for BeanPostProcessor and existing stackoverflow posts with respect to it. And I can understand that BeanPostProcessor has two methods postProcessAfterInitialization and postProcessBeforeInitialization. While postProcessBeforeInitialization gets invoked after Spring Bean is initialised and before init() method is called and postProcessAfterInitialization is invoked just after init(). However I have couple of questions regarding its behaviour.
https://docs.spring.io/spring-framework/docs/current/javadoc-api/org/springframework/beans/factory/config/BeanPostProcessor.html
I have written 2 POJO classes, 1 main class, 1 custom BeanPostProcessor class and 1 spring bean xml file.
public class HelloWorld{
   private String message;

   public void setMessage(String message){
      this.message  = message;
   }
   public void getMessage(){
      System.out.println("Your Message : " + message);
   }

   public void init() {
        System.out.println("I am init");
   }

   public void destroy() {
        System.out.println("I am destroy");
   }
}

POJO
public class NewHelloWorld{
   private String message;

   public void setMessage(String message){
      this.message  = message;
   }
   public void getMessage(){
      System.out.println("NewHelloWorld Your Message : " + message);
   }
}

MAIN Class
import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext;
import org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext;

public class MainApp {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
      ApplicationContext context = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("Beans.xml");
      ((AbstractApplicationContext)context).registerShutdownHook();
      HelloWorld obj = (HelloWorld) context.getBean("helloWorld");
      NewHelloWorld newObj = (NewHelloWorld) context.getBean("newHelloWorld");
   }
}

Custom BeanPostProcessor
import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanPostProcessor;
public class DemoBeanPostProcessor implements BeanPostProcessor {

    @Override
    public Object postProcessAfterInitialization(Object arg0, String arg1) throws BeansException {
        System.out.println(arg1 + ": I am executing immediately after init method");
        return arg0;
    }

    @Override
    public Object postProcessBeforeInitialization(Object arg0, String arg1) throws BeansException{
        System.out.println(arg1 + ": I am executing after spring bean initialization but before init method");
        return arg0;
    }
}

Beans Xml File
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans
    xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xmlns:util="http://www.springframework.org/schema/util"
    xmlns:p="http://www.springframework.org/schema/p"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd">

<bean id="helloWorld" class="com.HelloWorld" init-method="init" destroy-method="destroy">
    <property name="message" value="helloworld-bean" />
</bean>

<bean id="newHelloWorld" class="com.NewHelloWorld">
    <property name="message" value="NewHelloworld-bean" />
</bean>

<bean class="com.tutorialspoint.DemoBeanPostProcessor" />

</beans>

Question#1:- Irrespective of the init and destroy methods I write in my POJOs, BeanPostProcessor  is executed after both the bean instantiation. In that case, how does the definition hold true where it states that it will be executed before and after init method as I don't have init for one of the POJOs, but still it gets executed.
Question#2:- Inside the methods of BeanPostProcessor, we have logic such as connecting to a remote db, executing some jms queue, etc. We would not want executing these logics after every bean. In that case we should have some mechanism where BeanPostProcessor is not run after bean. How can that be achieved. If its not achievable, then what kind of operations we usually write inside BeanPostProcessor methods in real world use case?

A: The main idea of BeanPostProcessor is to configure your beans. The common use case is to wrap beans that annotated particular annotation with proxy.
If you have some logic like executing jms queue may be it will be better to create separate bean and in @PostConstruct method do this logic.

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% Example of transient simulation.
% Results are written to vtk-files.
% You need Paraview to visualize the results.
%
% The example takes approx. 5 min. to run.
%
% http://www.paraview.org/
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clc
clear all
close all

addpath([pwd,'/classFiles'])
addpath([pwd,'/misc'])
warning('off','all')

% % create object
SVE = SVEclass;

% % set properties
SVE.nx                = 60;
SVE.realizationNumber = 1;
SVE.Lbox              = 2;
SVE.aggFrac           = 0.4;

% % input for 'generateSVE()'
ballastRadii = [20 8 4 2]/2/10;   % Radius in [cm]. From http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168874X05001563
gravelSieve  = [.25 .25 .35 .15]; % Distribution in fraction. sum(gravelSieve) should be 1.0
domainFactor = 1.5;               % ballast particles are distributed inside domainFactor*LBox

% % input for 'LinTransSolver()' method
time.steps = 10;
time.stepsize = 0.1;
initialCondition = 1;

% % set SVE boundary type
% % 1 = physical boundary where no aggregates cut the boundary surface
% % default value is 0 if not set by user
% SVE.boundary.x.back  = 1;
% SVE.boundary.x.front = 1;
% SVE.boundary.y.back  = 1;
% SVE.boundary.y.front = 1;
% SVE.boundary.z.back  = 1;
% SVE.boundary.z.front = 1;

% set convective coefficient at the three 'plus' faces of the SVE
SVE.convCoeff.x.back = 100;
SVE.convCoeff.y.back = 100;
SVE.convCoeff.z.back = 100;
SVE.convCoeff.y.front = inf;
SVE.convCoeff.z.back  = inf;
SVE.convCoeff.z.front = inf;

% set ambient humidity around the SVE where convective coefficient ~=inf
SVE.ambHum.x.back  = 0;
SVE.ambHum.x.front = 0;
SVE.ambHum.y.back  = 0;
% SVE.ambHum.y.front = 0;
% SVE.ambHum.z.back  = 0;
% SVE.ambHum.z.front = 0;

% % apply methods
SVE.setPath(); % uses current working directory
%SVE.setPath('C:\optional\path'); % if you want files to be saved elsewhere
SVE.generateSVE(SVE.aggFrac,ballastRadii,gravelSieve,SVE.Lbox,domainFactor);
SVE.meshSVE();
SVE.writeTopology();
SVE.LinTransSolver(initialCondition,time);
SVE.TransPostProcessor();

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We never hear the voice of God. We can always talk to God after gaining enlightenment (kaivalya jnana)... but never hear the voice of God. Why?
The soul atman present within our body is a minuscule form of God present in every human being. It is the voice of the soul atman that one distinctly hears on the spiritual path. If we truly desire hearing the sweet small inner voice of our soul atman within... we need to practice absolute truthfulness in all affairs of life.
No exceptions are ever permitted. Traveling the path of truthfulness, as the dross within the soul atman reduces the voice of our soul atman becomes louder and louder.
Ever since god Almighty created the Cosmos... it acts as a Dhrista (an onlooker)... it never interferes with the creation of his. Everything is preprogrammed as if the whole Cosmos is a massive computer. I traveled the path of pure spirituality all my life. Slowly as the dross within my soul atman reduced... the voice from within... the sweet small inner voice of my soul atman always prompted me on the right path.
If I desire something in life, I would want to pray to God. Would God accept my prayers and bestow upon me his choicest grace. No... Never! In the domain of God everything is the result of karma. Every single act in the cosmic domain and on the earthly plane is governed by the doctrine of karma. As we sow so shall we reap... nothing less for more!
If we truly desire something from God... we need to offer something in return to God Almighty. It can be more in value but never less. Unless we commit ourselves... years and years of praying never helps. I have personally faced instances in life when a single prayer was immediately answered. Why? For the simple reason that I had committed something in return which god almighty accepted immediately.
Do not look for the sign... the kingdom of God is already within you in the form of your soul atman. Act truly and with full faith in God Almighty. Never dillydally with God Almighty. All your prayers would be answered in Toto.
Vijay Kumar... The Man who Realized God in 1993 explains more on Voice of God. For more details on can we hear the voice of god visit - voice of god. Send your query - click here Ref.


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From Kunduz to Istanbul: Afghan refugees in Turkey
Imaan Qureshy
Why is Moria compared to a Nazi concentration camp?
Internally displaced Afghans tell us why Europe is wrong about Afghanistan
An archery contest carries 500 years of Ottoman tradition
Taliban attack in Afghan province kills at least 32 troops
Taliban attacks kill at least 23 members of Afghan forces
Meet the journalists whose jobs vanished after India's Kashmir crackdown
Internal strife took the steam out of 2020 Women's March
Alacati: A windy paradise in Turkey
'Painting on death': Syrian artists make art with spent ammunition
Analysis: Egypt's record on human rights and the media speaks for itself
A look into the lives of Afghans who took refuge in Turkey after fleeing the deadly war back home.
In 1983, during the conflict with the Soviet Union, approximately 4,000 Afghans arrived in Turkey. Since then, their Turkish-Afghan life has flourished across Turkey. (AA)
ISTANBUL— It is a hot summers day. The heat waves are visible as drips of condensation glisten on cold water bottles sold for $ 0.15 (1 Lira) on every corner.
Men, women and children dressed in a mixture of every day and brightly coloured traditional clothing roam the streets, while the air is buzzing with people chattering away in a mixture of Persian and Turkish in Zeytinburnu, a working-class neighbourhood and the main entry point in Istanbul for Afghan refugees. Zeytinburnu offers affordable housing and suitable job opportunities for the migrant community.
Walking through the busy streets a handsome young man catches my eye. He sits in the doorway of a rug shop and massages the arm of an elder Turkish man as he speaks on the phone. The young man Bilal, 16 years old from the colourful town of Shor-Bazaar, known for its music and art, acknowledges my arrival with a shy smile.
In 1983, during the conflict with the Soviet Union, approximately 4,000 Afghans arrived in Turkey after Turkish authorities initiated the settlement of the refugees who shared "Turkish origin and culture," including people of Turkmen, Kyrgyz, Uzbek and Hazara origins.
Whilst some Afghans settled in eastern cities such as Hatay, Tokat, Sivas, Sanliurfa and the mountains of Van on the border of Iran, others moved to big cities such as Ankara and Istanbul.
Strolling through the local neighbourhood I stumble across a shabby, partially hidden ice cream shop. The cones stacked in the corner of the glass window catch my attention. Hot and tired I push open the door.
The ice cream parlour that Sayed Jamal – an ice cream vendor from Afghanistan's northern province of Kunduz – worked in was cool; the artificial breeze from air conditioning was a welcome change from the extreme and suffocating heat outside. As Afghan music played in the background Sayed Jamal worked hard, mixing the ice cream continuously until its texture became smooth and creamy.
As Afghan music played in the background Sayed Jamal worked hard, mixing the ice cream continuously until its texture became smooth and creamy. (Imaan Qureshy / TRTWorld)
"Khosh Amadaid" he says, welcoming me warmly in Persian language. He offers me a bowl of handmade Afghan ice cream – sprinkled with pistachios. "It is made with crushed ice, milk, sugar and a pinch of love," he says with a smile.
"My family has been in the dessert making business for generations," he says proudly.
"It is made with crushed ice, milk, sugar and a pinch of love," Sayed Jamal, an Afghan migrant living in Turkey, says with a smile. (Imaan Qureshy / TRTWorld)
A father of four, Sayed Jamal lives alone in Zeytinburnu.
"I came here seven years ago with my family; my hope was to take them to Europe. I saved money for years in order to make this happen. However, after hearing about the difficulties that migrants face I decided against it. It was too risky. I stayed here and sent my family back to Afghanistan."
Like many others, the goal was to reach Europe, the "promised land". His story is like that of many others who reside in Zeytinburnu – a story of fleeing the Taliban and war-torn Afghanistan.
"I had my own shop back home" he continues, "I sold various appliances. Business was good; but the strong presence of the Taliban in my city affected everything. It all collapsed and I was forced to sell my business and use the money to leave."
Sayed Jamal in his ice cream shop in Istanbul's Zeytinburnu district. (Imaan Qureshy / TRTWorld)
In the first quarter of 2018, 27,000 Afghans were recorded as residing in Turkey, a large number of which are undocumented. There are statistics showing the number has risen by 400 percent in one year.
Turkey hosts more refugees than any other country in the world. (AA)
A day spent in Zeytinburnu can leave anyone in awe of the Afghans – their bravery and hospitality. Despite being forced to flee their homes and leaving behind their loved ones, they exude goodwill.
For me, the Afghans are the people of fierce loyalty, courage and kindness. And meeting them was an experience uncovered in the rich texture of a single bowl of ice cream.
Source: TRT World
Imaan Qureshy is a Deputy Content Specialist at TRT World Citizen
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Ellen graduated from McMaster University with an Honours Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology. She then went on to obtain her Masters of Science in Physical Therapy at the University of Toronto. During her time at the University of Toronto, Ellen completed research on injury prevention and the FIFA 11 + soccer program. Despite entering the clinical world, Ellen knows that she will continue to use research evidence to drive her physical therapy practice.
Ellen is a pelvic health therapist and has successfully completed post-graduate training in the assessment and treatment of incontinence and chronic pelvic pain in men and women. She is passionate about providing individualized, professional and compassionate care to meet the unique needs of all her clientele. Her practice combines the use of manual therapy, therapeutic exercise and modalities with a emphasis on re-establishing optimal core mechanics to prevent further harm.
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Sleeping Turtles Preserve (known locally as two separate entities as Sleeping Turtles Preserve North and Sleeping Turtles Preserve South) includes  of land in Sarasota County, Florida, that were purchased in four parcels during 2003 and 2004 through the Environmentally Sensitive Lands Protection Program (ESLPP). The preserve is separated by Interstate 75 which runs east-west. Access to the northern preserve is located at 3462 Border Road in Venice and the southern preserve is located at 2800 River Road.

History
The name "Sleeping Turtles" comes from descriptions on naval maps from the 1800s of the Myakka River. The park includes floodplain swamps, pine flatwoods, upland mixed forests and seasonal wetlands; habitats for gopher tortoises, swallow-tailed kites, alligators and song birds. The preserve can be toured on  of unpaved hiking trails. The southern preserve has a canoe and kayak launch on the Myakka River.

References

Reptile conservation organizations
Protected areas of Sarasota County, Florida

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Lamine Gassama Net Worth, Biography, Personal Life,Career,and Awards
Proficient and extremely talented Lamine Gassam is the Senegalese professional soccer player who recently performs as a right back for Turkish club, Alanyaspor besides his regular participation for Senegal football team. The footballer has even played for Lyon and Lorient on the club level previously. He is quite close to Moussa Wague and Badou Nidaya who are his international teammates.
Let's find out Lamine Gassam's soccer career along with his net worth, personal life, career and so on.
Lamine Gassam Early Life, Personal Life, and Nationality
The date of Birth of Lamine Gassam is 1989, October 20 at the place called Marseille, France and brought up in the area of La Castellane, Marseille. He carries the dual nationality of Senegalese and Guinean.
Gassama assumed to be single at present as there is no any information regarding his personal matters. Moreover, he cherishes the height of 5 feet 9 inch tall and his balance weight is 74 kg.
Lamine Gassam Club Career and Achievements
Lamine Gassam defender is one of the prominent players in the football world and has not only introduced himself as a footballer of intense quality but also registered himself as an enthusiastic footballer.
Gassam Early Career
Gassam was passionate about playing football from his early age and began his professional football career joining youth academy of the club Nouvelle Vague Jeunes in 1997 and played until 2002. Later, he represented many youth systems such as Martigues, Aubagne FC, Pennes Mirabeau, and Lyon.
Lamine Gassama professional career
After his impressive youth set-up, he started his professional career representing Lyon in 2008. Further, he resigned his new contract with the team to stay himself in the club until 2011. However, his first appearances for the club was against FC Sochaux-Montbeliard on October 29, 2008. Similarly, his UEFA Champions League career came of Bayern Munich. Later, in 2012, Gassama left the club after playing 17 games.
On January 26, 2012, Gassama made his way to FC Lorient signing a free contract. Before leaving the club in 2016, he scored once in 110 games.
On August 31, 2016, Gasssama switches to Alayaspor and since then he has made 52 appearances for the club.
Lamine Gassama International Career
Gassama was the member of France U-20 team and U-21 team where is played 2 games for U20 and 3 for U21.
Since 2011, Gassama started representing Senegal at international level. He was the member of Senegal U23 team with whom he played 5 games. His first international game for Senegal national team came over Morocco on August 10, 2011. Thus far, the player has earned 31 caps for his national team.
Moreover, In May 2018, Gassama along with his Senegal's 23 man team has been included for 2018 FIFA World Cup held in Russia.
Lamine Gassama Total Net Worth and Cars
Gassama has earned a massive amount of money from his performance but his total estimated net worth has not been published yet. According to some source, his net worth can be assumed at $1 million. However, Gassama receives the weekly wages of €8K and a yearly salary of €416,000 from his recent club.
Besides, He has also owned several luxury premium cars. His cars include Audi TT, Range Rover, and so on. He is currently riding an expensive car, Audi TT.
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A young lady testing her blood sugar levels for diabetes.
When Lisa was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes in 2012, she knew she'd have to watch for certain things: she might develop cataracts or glaucoma; nerve damage could lead to numbness, particularly in her hands and feet; and she was now at higher risk for heart and kidney disease. What Lisa didn't know, and her endocrinologist didn't think about, is that diabetes may cause hearing loss.
Lisa didn't make the connection; the people around her were the ones who noticed and commented. When Lisa and her coworkers went for their daily lunchtime walk, she often had to ask them to repeat what they'd said. Her daughter commented on the loud volume of the television when she stopped by one evening. And Lisa began to prefer quiet coffee shops to popular restaurants because she just couldn't keep up with the conversation in the busier spaces.
Even though she was only in her 40s, it made her feel old to keep asking others to repeat themselves. After a while it was more comfortable to avoid those situations, so she stopped going for walks with her friends at lunch. Instead Lisa sat alone in her car while she ate a quick drive-thru lunch. It made her sad, and a little angry; wasn't having diabetes enough? Why did she have to lose her hearing too?
Unfortunately for Lisa, her frustration wasn't making anything better. Every part of your body is connected and when one part isn't working well it can be a vicious cycle. When diabetes affects hearing, hearing loss can lead to depression, depression can lead to worry and anxiety, and that can result in less physical and social activity – and more emotional eating.
Recent studies show that people with diabetes are twice as likely to have some level of hearing loss compared to people without the disease. And almost one in three people with pre-diabetes – meaning they have elevated blood glucose levels but are not officially diabetic – have some loss of hearing.
Diabetes as well as Hearing Loss can affect people of any age.
Why would one affect the other? Researchers aren't entirely sure, and more research is necessary to determine the link between diabetes and hearing loss. Diabetes causes damage to the nervous system and to blood vessels both of which play an important part in hearing. And high blood pressure, which is another consequence of diabetes, seems to make hearing loss worse.
To add insult to injury, diabetes-related hearing loss seems to affect people who are too young to experience age-related hearing loss. Most of us start to have some level of loss around the age of 45 or 50 simply due to aging. But those with diabetes often see loss sooner than that ripe old age.
• Turning up the volume on the radio or television.
• Asking others to repeat what they say.
• Having a hard time following conversations when more than one person is talking.
• Avoiding activities with others in busy environments.
There's no cure for diabetes but there are solutions to help make hearing easier and life fun again. If you or someone you know has diabetes, ask your primary care physician to recommend a hearing test or exam, or make an appointment on your own.
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Tina Cane is Rhode Island's Poet Laureate. She is the founder and director of Writers-in-the-Schools, RI. Over the past twenty years, Cane has taught French, English, and creative writing in public and private schools throughout New York City and Rhode Island. Cane's poems and translations have appeared in numerous journals including Spinning Jenny, Tupelo Quarterly, Cargo, Two Serious Ladies, The Birmingham Review and The Good Men Project. She is the author of The Fifth Thought (Other Painters Press, 2008). Cane was the 2016 recipient for the Fellowship Merit Award in Poetry from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts.
Patrick Donnelly poetry book Nocturnes of the Brothel of Ruin was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award. He was named the seventh poet laureate of Northampton, from 2015 to 2017, and he is the director of the poetry seminar at The Frost Place, Robert Frost's old homestead in Franconia, NH, which is now a center for poetry and the arts. He is also an associate editor of Poetry International. Donnelly has taught at Smith College, Colby College, Lesley University and the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference. His poems have appeared in American Poetry Review, Slate, Ploughshares, The Yale Review, The Virginia Quarterly Review, Hayden's Ferry Review, The Massachusetts Review and many other journals.
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Baader Planetarium has produced a high quality Amici Prism Diagonal that is considered by some to be among the finest available today! Amici Prism's are generally considered to be one of the very best methods by which to produce correctly oriented images in refractors and cassegrain type telescopes. But by the same token, that quality is hard to come by due to the Amici Prism being difficult to produce compared to more standard diagonal types. That difficulty means that most commonly sold Amici Prism's are in fact crude, poor quality derivatives of the design that entirely lack the quality they are claiming- an unfortunate truth that restricts access to quality Amici Prism's, and ruins their reputation.
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Amazing HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE Concept Art by Dawn Brown
Thursday, November 28, 2013 - by Maurice Mitchell 0
Check out The Hunger Games: Catching Fire concept art by Dawn Brown!
After already making $333 million, The Hunger Games sequel is a huge hit. The studio, Lionsgate Films, has already decided to take the third book "Mockingjay" and split it into two movies: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2. This means that working on this film is like working on one long movie which creates a whole new set of challenges. One of the artists that are working hard on the movies is Dawn Brown.
Brown is a professional set designer, concept and costume artist who's worked on %Hollywood/big budget/blockbuster movies like Oz the Great and Powerful, Star Trek (2009) and The Last Airbender.
What's it like work on the sequel to one of the most popular movie series of all-time? Find out and check out designs for the Capitol hovercraft landing site, Capitol Theater, Arena, District 11 perimeter wall, and medical bay after the jump (click to enlarge).
Here's what Dawn said about working on the Hunger Games 2 movie.
"As far as challenges go, there were two main concerns." Dawn said, "The first challenge is keeping things new yet familiar the second (and third and forth) time around, and the second challenge is time.
"These films are coming out a year apart, so we really have to keep moving. And thankfully we have a very close art department. Phil Messina is the production designer, and I've been a part of his crew for many years. There's a kind of shorthand - an efficiency - that develops when the crew is all on the same page. We've been working very hard to establish a vocabulary, a stylistic foundation for Katniss' world. Once that foundation is established, we are free to build on it and push it and break it and make it bigger, better, cooler, with each film. There is definitely an effort to be respectful to the books, yet we want to surprise people with something new as well."
So, what's next for Dawn?
She said, "Next up, I worked on costume concepts for X-Men: Days of Future Past, and Transformers: Age of Extinction. I think those will be out next summer. I am also working on resurrecting House of Monsters. We may try Kickstarter again in the spring. Fingers crossed."
Here's hoping her Kickstarter campaign for House of Monsters 2 is an even bigger success than last time!
See more of Dawn Brown's work on the film at www.dawnbrown.net
Click on the links if you want to see more of Dawn Brown's work and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire on my blog.
What do you think of the concept art? If you've seen The Hunger Games: Catching Fire what did you think?
Official The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Synopsis
"THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE begins as Katniss Everdeen has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark. Winning means that they must turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a "Victor's Tour" of the districts. Along the way Katniss senses that a rebellion is simmering, but the Capitol is still very much in control as President Snow prepares the 75th Annual Hunger Games (The Quarter Quell) – a competition that could change Panem forever."
Directed by Francis Lawrence
Cinematography by Jo Willems
Production Design by Philip Messina
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Lenny Kravitz, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jeffrey Wright, Stanley Tucci, Donald Sutherland
Release date(s): November 11, 2013 (London premiere), November 22, 2013 (United States)
Official Site: http://www.catchingfiremovie.com/
© Copyright 2013 Lionsgate. All rights reserved
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