The Govt of India. and the Govt. of Jammu and Kashmir.
We, the undersigned—current students, alumni of the Young India Fellowship, and faculty of Ashoka University—write to voice our deepest anguish and grave concern at the violent turn of events in Kashmir in the past few days. The violence perpetrated by the Indian State after the extra-judicial execution(1) of 22-year old Hizbul Mujahideen Commander Burhan Wani (2) is highly condemnable. The Indian Army, Kashmir Police and other task forces have reacted violently with bullets, pellets and lathis in the clashes that erupted after Burhan's funeral. This was immediately followed by many more protests and demonstrations as part of Kashmiri resistance to the military occupation of Kashmir by the Indian State. In the violent repression of the protests which had a huge ground support (evident from the large attendance to Burhan's funeral) , 55 civilians (3) have been killed and around 3100 people (4) were severely injured by the pellets(5), lathis and bullets, some of whom have lost their eyesight. We, unequivocally, condemn this brutal use of force by the Indian State in dealing with the protests after the killing of Burhan Wani.
Several patients with injuries preferred not to get admitted in the hospital as the Police and CRPF have arrested some patients from the SMHS Hospital Casualty ward(6). The armed forces were seen attacking hospitals and ambulances(7) and stopping people going to funeral processions(8). Consequently, alarming images of police, army and task force brutalities against women, children and youth have surfaced on social media. We condemn the inhuman treatment meted out to the patients and the injured at the hands of the armed forces and the police.
At the same time, partial and prejudiced reportage by the jingoist national media is becoming the basis for racism, regionalism and religious intolerance among many Indians who are not afraid to bully Kashmiris and other minorities. We condemn the grossly irresponsible way in which news channels reported about the ongoing spate of violence playing to the majoritarian nationalist sentiments' in a rush to increase their TRP's and we appeal to them to report the ground realities, pain and agony of the Kashmiris.
The region is under a complete blackout with all modes of communication and transport blocked. The Valley has been under curfew for the past 14 days and it is still being enforced at the time of the writing of this letter. Internet and mobile services have been completely cut-off for over nine days now. There are also reports of electricity and water supply cuts in some parts of the state. Newspaper offices of Kashmir Times and Rising Kashmir were attacked by police and its employees arrested and its copies seized. The attack on freedom of the press is a part of the tactics of the repressive mechanism of the Indian state to contain popular mass unrest in the valley. This is not a one off incident as similar methods of intimidating and gagging the press have been employed by the government and its security agencies in the last two and a half decades(9). This is a complete breakdown of law and order machinery as the institutions which are supposed to maintain peace, law and order are responsible for the lack of same. We demand the immediate restoration of communication and transport facilities in the valley and appeal to the Govt. to end the curfew too.
DEMILITARISE KASHMIR: Kashmir is the world's most densely militarized colony with over 700000 military, paramilitary and militarized police. We demand that Army is withdrawn from civilian areas in the Valley and not to use the Army for maintaining regular law and order. We also appeal to the Indian State to confine the job of the army to just the 'borders'. We also demand that colonial laws like AFSPA and Public Safety Acts should be repealed keeping in view their draconian nature and the history of human right abuses they have been responsible for(10).
CONDUCT A PLEBISCITE: A plebiscite was promised to Kashmiris as early as 1948 by Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India in a white paper released by the Govt. of India(11). We demand that this promise of Indian State to the Kashmiris is honoured and a plebiscite should be conducted in the next two years in both the Kashmirs, the Indian Occupied Kashmir and the Pakistan Occupied Kashmir. We believe that the self-determination right of the Kashmiris is an inalienable right. We demand the Indian state to retreat from Kashmir, and let the Kashmiris decide their future and sovereignty.
The opinions presented in this letter are privately held by the undersigned and do not represent the views of Ashoka University.
Hope other universities can follow suit!
Curfew on the pretext of law and order situation is causing lot if difficulties to the common people. Wage- earners are unable to earn their daily wage and are finding difficulty in purchasing essential food items. This problem must be addressed. Government should lift curfew immediately.
I am so happy that our students are thinking about events happening around them, and are articulating beautifully, not only about what they feel strongly about, but are also suggesting ways ahead. Bravo !
It is a very bold, honest and realistic initiative. We salute you.
My eyes teared up as I read what you, the young leaders of India, have written here. I have always believed in the humanity that is kicking and alive within the conscience of India. It is only a matter of time that leaders like you help the masses bring that humanity out and see the pain and suffering being inflicted on Kashmiris. It is only a matter of time that the Indian politicians will look into their hearts and truthfully prepare their nation for a plebiscite in Kashmir.
Siding with justice at a risk makes you bravehearts.
The post mentioned above does not represent the views of Ashoka University as an institution. The headline and the sub-headline highlight that "Ashoka University students and alumni" are authors of the post and suggest that it is officially endorsed by Ashoka University. The letter published above is the collective personal view of its signatories (36 students, 49 alumni, 2 employees and 1 faculty member) and not of Ashoka University as an institution, nor does Ashoka support the views contained in the letter. We believe the blog post and its headline and sub-headline are misleading and damaging. Ashoka University does not endorse these views and these are independent views of a few individuals.
Ashoka University is a liberal institution that believes in and affirms every individual's the right to free speech and freedom of expression. However, we should point out that the University's name cannot be used without prior authorisation by Ashoka University, which has not been granted in this case.
I am a student at Ashoka and I stand by the letter in its spirit, which I believe is to see reduction of violence in the valley.
I do not stand by the arguments largely because I have differing read of the situation. And also because the opinion of a group of 90 people out of over 600 doesn't count as an endorsement from Ashoka University. It is disappointing that the signatories have put the name of Ashoka University in the mail when they do not, in fact represent any kind of majority of Ashoka's students or the alumni body.
Army is an instrument wielded by its political masters. Our politicians (in Delhi and Srinagar both) have chosen the path of violence and not the path of resolving issues. This is the same Kashmir that stood by India in 1965 when Pakistan was sure that Kashmiris want to leave India. See what kind of lines have our politicians have managed to draw between Kashmir and the rest of India?
If Kashmir is India's. Kashmiris are too, there is no existence of one without the other. Integrating Kashmir without integrating Kashmiris is simply absurd. And using army to rule an area has failed miserably repeatedly, Modern day examples of US in Afghanistan and Iraq, israel and Palestine all say the same thing. Even the British couldn't rule us ising force. At least learn from them!! Stop using Army, and find another way.
If army has to be used, put politics too in the picture. We solved Khalistan and NE issues, didn't we?
Also, People are dying on both sides just because politicians can't seem to find a way to resolve the issue. And the media is not helping either.


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Q: What's wrong with this perl matching pattern? For a svn precommit hook, I want to strip leading spaces (there are surely no tabs present) on lines with certain keywords in them before committing them to the server. For example the line
    MACRO_1 (ABC, "Some String");

shall be matched and the leading spaces before MACRO_1 shall be removed. Currently, I have the following expression to match:
   if($line =~ /^\s+MACRO_1|MACRO_2|MACRO_3|MACRO_4.*/) {
     print "Stripping leading space on line $line\n";
     $line =~ s/^\s*//gsxm;   # strip leading spaces
   }

When I look at the console, I get the following output:
Stripping leading space on line MACRO_1;
Stripping leading space on line MACRO_2;
Stripping leading space on line     MACRO_3 (ABC, "Some String");
Stripping leading space on line  MACRO_1;
Stripping leading space on line MACRO_2;
Stripping leading space on line MACRO_1(123);
Stripping leading space on line MACRO_2(123);
Stripping leading space on line             MACRO_1;
Stripping leading space on line MACRO_2;
Stripping leading space on line MACRO_1;

This seems a bit confusing to me since there are lines with no leading space that I thought would not be matched by \s+ which is in my opinion one or more spaces.
What's the problem?

A: The | has the lowest precedence among the regex operators.
So the following is an incorrect regex to match a string containing either only foo or  only bar:
^foo|bar$

because it'll be treated as:
(^foo)|(bar$)

which matches any string beginning with foo or ending in bar; so it matches for example foo1 and 1bar.
The correct regex would be ^(?:foo|bar)$
Similarly in your case the correct regex is:
if($line =~ /^\s+(?:MACRO_1|MACRO_2|MACRO_3|MACRO_4).*/) {

Also note that there is no need of the trailing .*.
You can shorten your regex as:
if($line =~ /^\s+MACRO_[1-4]/) {

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Some years ago, I quit women in open source activism because it wasn't clear to me that my work was having any positive effect on the world. (It was definitely having a negative effect on my world!) I still haven't answered the question of how to best use my time to help women in open source, but I'm dipping my toes back into the water for this one. Thanks to Kirrily Robert for getting me inspired again.
I'm really glad that you're looking at engaging in this again. You've inspired a lot of people into thinking about the issue, and I'd also like to say thanks for the encouragement you've given me over the years.
Your post made me realize — I don't think I ever said thanks to the LinuxChix coordinators for the mass of effort that that undertaking involved. I learned a lot from my participation there; sometimes inadvertently so (like when the grrls-only list was created, IIRC). So thank you for your role there; I'm going to make a point of telling the past & present coordinators the same.


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Béziers vs Meyzieu (Jun 23, 2019)
Béziers at Meyzieu - Composite Box Score
Jun 23, 2019 at Meyzieu (Meyzieu)
Béziers ab r h rbi 2b 3b hr bb sb cs hp sh sf so ibb kl gdp po a e
DESCHAMPS 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
MOORE ss 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
FERRAGUT cf 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
TEIXIDOR c 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2
DEZEIRAUD 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
BARBERA dh 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
OBERMAYR 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 0 0
URRUTIA T lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
BAZIN rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
LAUGE ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PATARATA p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
STEINBERGER p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Meyzieu ab r h rbi 2b 3b hr bb sb cs hp sh sf so ibb kl gdp po a e
FERREIRA A c 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
BRUET rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DYMOWIEZ 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2
MONCHATRE p 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
KARAGHIEUZIA cf 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
GIBERT lf 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
PITCHE ss 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
TACCA 1b 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 11 0 0
FOLLET 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1
Béziers ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go
PATARATA Axel L,3-3 4.0 7 4 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 18 20 5 4
STEINGERGER Tobias 2.0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 9 3 3
Meyzieu ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go
MONCHATRE Kevin W,4-0 7.0 3 1 0 1 4 0 0 2 0 25 28 4 13
Umpires - HP: CHAVANCY Audrey 1B: CIBBA Patrick
Game notes: Scorer: MOUNIER Charlotte Data Entry: BERARD Delphine
Béziers at Meyzieu
Béziers starters: 21/2b DESCHAMPS; 88/ss MOORE; 19/cf FERRAGUT; 56/c TEIXIDOR; 20/3b DEZEIRAUD; 1/dh BARBERA; 8/1b OBERMAYR; 38/lf URRUTIA T; 98/rf BAZIN; 34/p PATARATA;
Meyzieu starters: 60/c FERREIRA A; 6/rf BRUET; 17/3b DYMOWIEZ; 66/p MONCHATRE; 51/cf KARAGHIEUZIA; 14/lf GIBERT; 73/ss PITCHE; 10/1b TACCA; 21/2b FOLLET;
Béziers 1st - DESCHAMPS grounded out to ss. MOORE hit by pitch. MOORE advanced to second on a muffed throw by 2b, assist by p. FERRAGUT singled to right field, RBI; MOORE scored, unearned. TEIXIDOR reached on a fielder's choice to shortstop; FERRAGUT out at second ss to 2b. DEZEIRAUD reached on a fielding error by 3b, advanced to second on a throwing error by 3b; TEIXIDOR advanced to third on the error. BARBERA grounded out to 3b. 1 run, 1 hit, 3 errors, 2 LOB.
Meyzieu 1st - FERREIRA A grounded out to 3b. BRUET grounded out to ss. DYMOWIEZ popped up to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Béziers 2nd - OBERMAYR grounded out to ss. URRUTIA T struck out swinging. BAZIN grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Meyzieu 2nd - MONCHATRE flied out to cf. KARAGHIEUZIA singled to third base. KARAGHIEUZIA stole second. GIBERT singled to left field; KARAGHIEUZIA advanced to third. GIBERT advanced to second on a fielder's choice. PITCHE walked. TACCA flied out to cf, SF, RBI; KARAGHIEUZIA scored. FOLLET struck out, out at first c to 1b. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Béziers 3rd - DESCHAMPS struck out looking. MOORE flied out to lf. FERRAGUT singled to center field. TEIXIDOR grounded out to 1b unassisted. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Meyzieu 3rd - FERREIRA A flied out to cf. BRUET fouled out to 1b. DYMOWIEZ grounded out to c. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Béziers 4th - DEZEIRAUD walked. BARBERA grounded out to 3b. OBERMAYR struck out swinging. URRUTIA T struck out looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Meyzieu 4th - MONCHATRE singled to right field. MONCHATRE stole second. KARAGHIEUZIA struck out, out at first c to 1b; MONCHATRE advanced to third on a fielder's choice. GIBERT singled to third base, RBI; MONCHATRE scored. GIBERT stole second. PITCHE singled to right field; GIBERT advanced to third. PITCHE advanced to second on the throw; GIBERT scored on a muffed throw by c, assist by rf, unearned. TACCA struck out swinging. PITCHE advanced to third on a wild pitch, scored on a throwing error by c, unearned. FOLLET singled to left field. FERREIRA A singled up the middle; FOLLET advanced to second. BRUET grounded out to ss. 3 runs, 5 hits, 2 errors, 2 LOB.
Béziers 5th - BAZIN grounded out to p. DESCHAMPS grounded out to p. MOORE grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Meyzieu 5th - STEINBERGER to p for PATARATA. DYMOWIEZ grounded out to 3b. MONCHATRE doubled to right field. KARAGHIEUZIA singled to left field; MONCHATRE advanced to third. GIBERT grounded out to 3b, RBI; KARAGHIEUZIA advanced to third; MONCHATRE scored. PITCHE walked. PITCHE stole second. TACCA flied out to cf. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Béziers 6th - FERRAGUT popped up to 2b. TEIXIDOR singled to left field. DEZEIRAUD hit by pitch; TEIXIDOR advanced to second. BARBERA reached on a fielder's choice to third base; DEZEIRAUD advanced to second; TEIXIDOR out at third 3b unassisted. OBERMAYR flied out to lf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Meyzieu 6th - FOLLET lined out to 1b. FERREIRA A popped up to p. BRUET grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Béziers 7th - URRUTIA T flied out to lf. LAUGE pinch hit for BAZIN. LAUGE grounded out to ss. DESCHAMPS grounded out to 1b unassisted. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Meyzieu 5, Béziers 1 (Jun 23, 2019 at Meyzieu)
Béziers............. 100 000 0 -  1  3  2      (14-6)
Meyzieu............. 010 310 X -  5  9  3      (12-8)
Pitchers: Béziers - PATARATA Axel; STEINGERGER Tobias(5) and TEIXIDOR Lionel. Meyzieu -
MONCHATRE Kevin and FERREIRA A Nicola.
Win-MONCHATRE Kevin(4-0)  Loss-PATARATA Axel(3-3)  T-1:40  A-0
Scorer: MOUNIER Charlotte
Data Entry: BERARD Delphine

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SoundHound and Westwood One have partnered to create SoundHound for Radio, a mobile platform that connects SoundHound users to radio stations when people use SoundHound to identify a song playing on the radio.
SoundHound for Radio is described as a mobile ad platform that offers interactivity with station assets and advertisers. Radio stations can take advantage of the platform as of today.
Here's how it works. When a user "SoundHounds" a radio station, the result is a station-branded screen that might contain exclusive content, coupons, contests, etc.. All of it is interactive, making the experience a living extension of the station's online presence.
"We have enabled radio to be clickable." –Katie McMahon, VP and GM, SoundHound.
RAIN News spoke with SoundHound GM Katie McMahon, who told us that a radio station's broadcast can be "SoundHounded" at any time, not only during a song which would be the traditional use of the music-identification app. So, for example, if user heard a contest or coupon opportunity in progress, a tap in SoundHound would bring that opportunity up on-screen, within the SoundHound app.
"Listeners used to scramble to get a pencil and paper when they heard an opportunity on the radio," Mcmahon said. "They hoped that the DJ would repeat a phone number, or concert information. We have enabled radio to be clickable.
SoundHound claims 100-million users, a substantial population. Radio stations might participate in this platform much as they have Facebook pages — you go where the audience already is, sometimes an easier way to gain followers than trying to bring visitors to a stand-alone website. It's a clever offering from SoundHound and Westwood One, and makes tactical sense for stations.
This unique platform clearly differentiates SoundHound from its main competitor Shazam, which is an important point during a long-running thrust-and-parry competitive battle that has seen the two apps introduce similar features. SoundHound is marketing the new platform as a revolution: "SoundHound users have always engaged with radio, and now with the SoundHound for Radio platform, we have made it possible for stations to keep the connection they have built with listeners. We view the ability to identify broadcast as transformative to an entire industry because we have, in essence, made 'radio clickable'," said McMahon.


Spending on programmatic advertising—digital display ads priced and placed via automated processes, including real-time auctions—is still trending sharply upward in Germany. In 2016, outlays will be more than double those of just two years ago, according to Bundesverband Digitale Wirtschaft (BVDW). Data on display ad revenues transacted programmatically was collected from leading sell-side platforms by a neutral auditor, reported and extrapolated to represent the entire national market.
The BVDW analysis points to a continuation of very robust double-digit growth. Net ad spending on programmatic placements in Germany stood at €269 million ($298 million) in 2014, according to BVDW, and rose 45% in 2015, to €390 million ($433 million). This year is expected to register another 45% gain, taking the total to €566 million ($628 million).
The popularity of programmatic buying is rocketing in Germany—as in other European markets—despite significant hurdles. For example, more than half of marketing decision-makers in Germany polled about their experiences of programmatic by YouGov for Adform in December 2015 said they had too little control of their own data, and 42% cited the lack of transparency about how advertiser data was used by other parties involved in programmatic transactions. Nearly a third also noted a lack of clarity about where campaigns and individual ads were run.
On the other hand, many advertisers in Germany are content to have taken the programmatic plunge. Another survey of marketing decision-makers for Brainagency, also in December 2015, found that two-thirds were very satisfied or rather satisfied with the real-time buying and programmatic aspects of their firm's media strategy. That was a higher proportion than felt satisfied with their search tactics (60.0%) or use of social media (41.7%).


At least three sitting legislators, currently representing three different political parties, are likely to join the Congress.
Sources said the three MLAs — Shoaib Iqbal, Mohammad Asif Khan and Ram Singh Netaji — are in touch with the Congress leadership and may announce the switch soon. Iqbal won the 2008 assembly elections from Matia Mahal constituency on a Loktantrik Janshakti Party ticket, while Khan won from Okhla on Rashtriya Janata Dal ticket. Netaji won an election in 2008 from Badarpur assembly constituency on a Bahujan Samajwadi Party ticket. Khan had resigned from RJD some time back.
Sources said former MLA Ramvir Singh Bidhuri, who had won two elections from Badarpur constituency in 1993 and 2003 but lost two in 1998 and 2008 from the same seat, is likely to join the Congress too. Both Netaji and Bidhuri have been in the Congress at different points in time.
According to sources, the three sitting MLAs and the former MLA are well known leaders in their area and capable of winning elections on their own. "The Congress party will certainly gain in the upcoming elections if these leaders join the party. But bringing them into the party's fold on mutually agreeable terms will not be easy," a senior party leader said.
Sources said the biggest challenge will be to have both Bidhuri and Netaji together in the party. Both the leaders represent Badarpur assembly constituency and have a huge base in the area. Sources said there are talks that the Congress might convince Bidhuri to contest from Tughlaqabad and let Netaji contest from Badarpur.
Khan confirmed that he was in touch with the Congress, but Netaji denied it. Iqbal could not be contacted despite repeated attempts.


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Study on the release of chlorhexidine base and salts from different liquid crystalline structures
Edit Farkas, Dorottya Kiss, R. Zelkó
The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of two types of chlorhexidine species, chlorhexidine base and its salts, on the physico-chemical features of liquid crystalline systems and on drug transport through lipophilic membranes. A non-ionic surfactant, Synperonic A7 (PEG7-C13-15) was selected for the preparation of the liquid crystalline systems. Mixtures of different ratios of Synperonic A7 and water were prepared. The liquid crystalline systems were characterized using polarizing microscopy and dynamic oscillatory test. Membrane transport was also examined. The addition of chlorhexidine species to the liquid crystalline system modified the structure of the liquid crystalline system. As a result of the changes of liquid crystalline structures, the drug release of various types of chlorhexidine could be also modified. The combination of the base and salt forms of the drug in one dosage form could eliminate the drug release changes from liquid crystalline systems of dynamically changeable structures.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2007.03.038
Surface-Active Agents
Drug Liberation
Chlorhexidine digluconate
Drug release
Dynamic oscillatory test
Lamellar and hexagonal structure
Polarizing microscopy
Farkas, E., Kiss, D., & Zelkó, R. (2007). Study on the release of chlorhexidine base and salts from different liquid crystalline structures. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 340(1-2), 71-75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2007.03.038
Study on the release of chlorhexidine base and salts from different liquid crystalline structures. / Farkas, Edit; Kiss, Dorottya; Zelkó, R.
In: International Journal of Pharmaceutics, Vol. 340, No. 1-2, 01.08.2007, p. 71-75.
Farkas, E, Kiss, D & Zelkó, R 2007, 'Study on the release of chlorhexidine base and salts from different liquid crystalline structures', International Journal of Pharmaceutics, vol. 340, no. 1-2, pp. 71-75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2007.03.038
Farkas E, Kiss D, Zelkó R. Study on the release of chlorhexidine base and salts from different liquid crystalline structures. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 2007 Aug 1;340(1-2):71-75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2007.03.038
Farkas, Edit ; Kiss, Dorottya ; Zelkó, R. / Study on the release of chlorhexidine base and salts from different liquid crystalline structures. In: International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 2007 ; Vol. 340, No. 1-2. pp. 71-75.
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DO - 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2007.03.038
JO - International Journal of Pharmaceutics
JF - International Journal of Pharmaceutics
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Millions of people are in search of a magic pill for longevity. Don't look too far. The key is your magnificent brain, and it is under your control.
We have written copiously about the Power of Belief at BodyWHealth. It drives your health, happiness and prosperity. If you believe that you are worthy of WHealth, you will secure it for yourself. Millions of people believe that they are unworthy of health and happiness. This powerful force is driving an epidemic of lifestyle disease in the Western World, especially in the USA.
What about age? Can we influence the length of our lives by simply invoking the help of our powerful brains?
The answer is a resounding YES. On average, people with positive self-perceptions on aging live 7 years longer than those with negative self-perceptions. The extent to which you protect your right to be young makes a huge difference.
Sadly, the opinions of others have a fundamental impact on our worlds (if we allow them to). Some individuals are more vulnerable than others. Older people are sometimes vulnerable to the stereotype of physical and cognitive decline that the world presents as the norm. These older friends and family internalize this outer belief, and develop self-stereotypes that can accelerate degeneration and death.
One of the earliest experiments to prove that our attitude to aging had real influence was conducted almost 100 years ago. Allport and Vernon, in a book entitled Studies in Expressive Movement, showed that they were able to induce physical decline by suggesting that old people were frail. Using subliminal techniques, they crowded older people's minds with images of aging and frailty, then asked them to write a short passage. They were interested in the mechanics of writing rather than the content of these passages. When their subjects were exposed to images of frailty, their handwriting decayed – they aged immediately. Mindset had tangible impact on behavior.
Other research had showed that 75% of longevity is determined by non-genetic attributes, such as psychological and behavioral factors. So, scientists from Yale University set out to explore data from the Ohio Longitudinal Study of Aging and Retirement (OLSAR) Study to see if attitudes to aging would actually impact lifespan. What they found was that people with positive aging self-perceptions lived on average an astounding 7 years longer than their peers with negative self-perceptions.
So, if you want to live longer, think stronger! Believe in your youthfulness, and biological resilience. You stand a good chance of securing a long life filled with health and happiness!


Patients with advanced cervical cancer face a poor prognosis. Paclitaxel and cisplatin combined with bevacizumab is the recommended first-line treatment regimen for patients with recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer. Treatment for patients progressing following first-line therapy is a high, unmet need. Single-agent chemotherapies are commonly used in this setting, but response rates are low and of short duration. Immunotherapy with PD-1 targeting antibodies has been a highly effective treatment approach for many cancers, and in , the PD-1 inhibitor pembrolizumab was found to be active in PD-L1-positive advanced cervical cancer. The ongoing Keynote-158 trial, a phase II basket study, is evaluating the safety and clinical activity of pembrolizumab in multiple tumor types, including patients with cervical cancer. Results from an interim analysis of a cohort of 98 patients with previously treated advanced cervical cancer who were treated with pembrolizumab monotherapy (200 mg intravenously every 3 weeks) were recently published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
At a median follow-up of 10.2 months, the objective response rate (ORR) among the entire trial population was 12.2%, including 3 complete responses. The majority of patients (82 of 98; 83.7%) had PD-L1-positive tumors (combined positive score of ³1), and for these patients the ORR was 14.6%. All but one of the responses occurred in patients who had been previously treated with one or more lines of chemotherapy, and the ORR in this population was 14.3%. The median duration of response was not reached. The majority (90.9%) of responses lasted at least six months, and 6 responses were ongoing at data cut-off.
The median progression-free survival (PFS) was 2.1 months, with an estimated 6-month PFS rate of 25.0%. There was no difference in PFS between PD-L1-positive and PD-L1-negative patients. However, the overall survival (OS) was longer in PD-L1-positive patients than PD-L1-negative patients (11 months vs 9.4 months). Similarly, the estimated 6-month OS rate was 80.2% in PD-L1-positive patients, compared to 75.2% in PD-L1-negative patients.
The adverse event (AE) profile was consistent with the known safety of pembrolizumab. A total of 65.3% of patients experienced a treatment-related AE, and grade 3/4 treatment-related AEs occurred in 12.2% of patients. The most common treatment-related AEs of any grade were hypothyroidism (10.2%), decreased appetite (9.2%), fatigue (9.2%), and diarrhea (8.2%). Only 4 patients (4.1%) discontinued treatment because treatment-related AEs, and there were no treatment-related deaths.
The investigators concluded that these results are clinically meaningful and support pembrolizumab as a therapeutic option for a subset of patients with previously treated advanced cervical cancer. Based on these results, pembrolizumab monotherapy has been granted accelerated approval in the United States for patients with PD-L1-positive advanced cervical cancer who have progressed on prior chemotherapy. Ongoing trials are currently investigating pembrolizumab in combination with other treatments, including combination with chemotherapy plus bevacizumab for patients with recurrent or metastatic cervical cancer and with concurrent or sequential chemoradation for locally advanced cervical cancer.


Want to see the beautiful Himalayas but not by trekking or mountain climbing? Then the perfect experience is a short mountain flight . It's a one hour flight that circles Mt. Everest. Take off from Kathmandu and fly over the backbone of the Himalayas to reach Mt. Everest. You circle the mountain, looking down at its tremendous beauty. All seats are window seats on the Everest Mountain Flight, so great views all along the way.


The below link is a list of consumer reporting companies updated for 2018.
Consumer reporting companies collect information and provide reports to other companies about you. These companies use these reports to inform decisions about providing you with credit, employment, residential rental housing, insurance, and in other decision-making situations. The list below includes the three nationwide consumer reporting companies and several other reporting companies that focus on certain market areas and consumer segments.


During a recent conversation a consulting colleague said, "Managing partners with a marketing orientation are less likely to hold partners accountable." I was intrigued since I hadn't thought about accountability – a big issue in the accounting profession – by personality type.
As reported at www.forbes.com the most common early experience of Fortune 500 CEOs is a strong foundation in finance (30 percent). CEOs who started out in sales and marketing roles account for only about 20 percent. Regardless of background companies are looking for CEOs who can develop a strategy and understand the financial consequences of business decisions.
Similarly, CPA firm managing partners have strong financial skills. Some are more marketing oriented than others. Yet, a key component to creating a culture of accountability is the managing partner's ability to trust, which is less about a person's marketing orientation and more about firm culture and leadership style.
According to Henry Browning, author of Accountability: Taking Ownership of Your Responsibility, accountability comes from the presence of trust and the absence of fear. When a managing partner is both trusted and trusting, others in the firm know where they stand. They have greater confidence in their ability to do the work and in the people they work with. It's not frightening to take ownership and initiative.
As a managing partner, you need to do everything you can to create a culture of accountability. While your firm includes team members who are self-motivated most people will not be accountable unless there is a system in place that encourages it. Here are seven ways to build a culture of accountability in your firm.
Create clear roles and responsibilities. Your team will struggle to be accountable when roles and processes are vague. Removing as much confusion as possible about who is doing what and how they will proceed is an important step. At Apple, every single initiative or task has a "Directly Responsible Individual" or DRI who is in charge of seeing that particular task through to completion. So, there's no confusion as to who is accountable for doing what and by when. This is similar to identifying your niche and project champions. Be sure your people understand what is expected of them. Otherwise, you cannot hold them accountable.
Empower your team to achieve their goals. Align individual goals with firm goals. If employees don't do what they were empowered to do, you have to address it and make it clear that there are consequences. Remember that punishment only creates fear, and prevents people from taking ownership for their actions. Instead, sit with your team members, analyze the reasons for their under-performance, and compile lessons that can then help the whole firm improve.
Provide resources and training. It's crazy to set high expectations to your team members without providing the tools for them to complete their work. Both the partner and employee should explore the types of resources, training and knowledge that are required. Once agreed upon to everyone's satisfaction, accountability is in place.
Provide ongoing feedback and praise. In accountable firms, people seek feedback because they know it is meant to improve the process and add to their knowledge. These firms use multiple forms of feedback and evaluation to assess the wellbeing and success of a team member, process or department. Firms lacking these feedback mechanisms discover weaknesses when it is too late.
Monitor and measure accountability. This is important to nurturing accountability. To be accountable your team needs to know if they are on track. Communicate important information and targets and work with them to identify additional deadlines. Require brief updates to be sent to appropriate parties within the firm. Evaluate the progress of goal achievement during performance evaluations.
Don't let partners and team leaders make excuses. When results fall short or goals aren't met, it's easy to make excuses, e.g., a lack of staff, remote team members, client emergencies, and let's not forget "I'm busy." For partners and team leaders to be accountable, they have to recognize their situation, think ahead and identify potential shortcomings in advance.
Lead by example. Make sure your team understands what you expect of them, and that you're holding yourself to the same high standard. Avoid blaming, incriminating and excuses. Follow through on your promises. Own up to your own mistakes. Give feedback even when it isn't easy.
Are you willing to live to a higher standard to demand accountability of yourself and your team, and to build a culture of accountability? If so, you'll be a step ahead of many firms.
Jean Marie Caragher is president of Capstone Marketing, providing marketing consulting services to CPA firms including Brand SurgerySM, marketing and strategic planning, inbound marketing, retreat facilitation, and training. She is the author of The 90-Day Marketing Plan for CPA Firms: How to Create the Roadmap for Your Firm's Growth. For more information contact her at 727.210.7306 or jcaragher@capstonemarketing.com.


Our company was started by a former journalist who received many requests for help from visitors after placing a single ad online. Through returning clients and word-of-mouth, the client base quickly grew to more than 100. The company's owner recruited and trained some of the top writers in the nation to provide quality assistance to the surging number of online requests. The client base now consists of thousands of happy visitors.
Our aim is to assist visitors with their academic pursuits so they can reduce stress and improve their grades. It is our mission to meet the needs of today's visitor, who often faces too large a workload. We believe there is nothing wrong with seeking help when you are too stressed to lead a well-rounded, productive life. Many visitors holding part- or even full-time jobs are not given a fair opportunity against those who do not have to work, for example. Providing a helping hand and clearing up some time in an otherwise crammed schedule helps level the playing field.


What's Happening to Our Bones?
Did you know that every 1 in 2 women over the age of 50 will experience a fracture due to bone loss? Bone loss; known as Osteoporosis or Osteopenia, which is an early stage of bone loss, is on the rise. It is a natural process of aging, but some people lose bone mass at a faster rate putting them at a greater risk for fracture.
Dr. Loren Fishman has been interested in yoga's effect on bone density which prompted him to conduct a study on the effects of yoga on bone density. The study found positive results in increasing bone density and was published in the peer-review journal Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation.
Yoga has many benefits to someone with bone loss. Those practicing yoga experience improved balance, better posture, greater range of motion and coordination to name a few. All of these "side effects" of yoga are beneficial when you have bone loss.
Practicing with safety is important no matter what medical conditions you bring with you to the mat and having bone loss is no exception. Join my next workshop to learn the safe range of motion for bone loss as it relates to yoga as well as your every day life. I will also be discussing how bones are built and how that relates to yoga and understanding your Dexa scores. I will be teaching the poses that are being used in the Loren Fishman Method. You will learn how to activate muscles to help encourage the bone building process. There is also a newly confirmed second set of poses, which I will be happy to share!
To experience the benefits of Yoga for Bone Strength yourself, join me for my workshop at Be the Change Yoga on Saturday, October 27th!
Susan Kjesbo is a certified yoga therapist, C-IAYT and personally practices with bone loss herself. She was a participant in Loren Fishman's study regarding yoga's effect on osteoporotic bone loss and has studied with Loren Fishman and is certified in the Loren Fishman Method. Susan is one of his registered mentor/teachers on the west coast and the only one in Orange County.


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The World Trade Center: designing a mark of respect
The new identity for the World Trade Center is the latest in a series of recent World Trade Centre marks that look forward as well as back
A mark of respect
The new identity for the World Trade Center is the latest in a series of recent WTC marks that look forward as well as back
Twin Peaks: titles of the strangest type
Twenty six years after it first aired on television, David Lynch and Mark Frost's Twin Peaks is to return to screens in 2016. A video announcement enthralled Twitter earlier today, with many welcoming the return of the show's puzzling plotlines, surreal characters and haunting soundtrack. For me, what added to the strangeness of the original show was the jarring type that opened each episode – and it, too, looks set to reappear
Bagging a piece of design history
Whilst I was waiting for my morning train the other day, I spotted a lady with a very special bag. I have always loved this Alan Fletcher-designed logo, since first seeing it nearly thirty years ago. It seems to me a kind of miracle that this bag was on my station platform
The late, great Massimo Vignelli valued meaning, simplicity and restraint, ensuring that his work had lasting qualities
Monotype Century: win an Alan Kitching print
As part of AIGA's centennial celebrations, Monotype has curated a show featuring 100 years of type in design. The exhibition features five letterpress posters by Alan Kitching honouring some of design's great names. We have two to give away
Manuals 1 is the first comprehensively illustrated book on design manuals, featuring examples from the 1960s to the early 1980s; a period often regarded as the golden age of identity design. Published by Unit Editions, it is introduced by Adrian Shaughnessy and an edited version of his essay, exploring why these weighty objects still hold […]
Type: new faces, projects and events
The first of a monthly pick of new type faces, projects and events, including an interactive installation in Amsterdam, a new font family from Commercial Type and a website inviting developers to create animated letters using only code.
Mapping New York's design community
New York creative agency Athletics and the Cooper Union's Herb Lubalin Study Centre are launching an exhibition mapping New York's graphic design community, inspired by urban planner Kevin Lynch's 1960 study The Image of the City.
Gradwatch: Matthew Callaby, Design for Publishing, Norwich University of the Arts
"I pretty much scare myself into thinking if i don't work harder, i'll never get to where i want to be"
Type Only
Type Only, the forthcoming book from Unit Editions, looks at contemporary graphic design that relies solely on typography, unsupported by illustration or photography, to get its message across. In his essay for the book, CR's Mark Sinclair explores the roots of a design technique which has been reinvigorated by a new generation of practitioners. Here, alongside an edited version of his text, we feature some of the radical type-based projects selected for inclusion in the book
Dotting the i,k,n
Designing the identity for a John Lewis range of clothing for all the family involves debates around colour, type and whether dots can be too 'umlaut-y'


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Check Your Venmo Settings Right Now Unless You Want Everyone To See How You Spend Your Money
If, like millions of other people, you use Venmo, the PayPal-owned online payment system that sports various social features, you might be at risk for having the details of all of your transactions made public.
Here is what you need to know:
Unless you manually opt out, Venmo allows anyone to view your transaction history, and, ultimately, to assemble a detailed profile of your spending habits, according to a researcher who published her findings online Tuesday.
Berlin-based Hang Do Thi Duc, who previously ran the Data Selfie project that explored what machine-learning algorithms could predict about people from their social media posts, analyzed nearly 208-million transactions made in 2017 that Venmo makes available to the public via its API. According to Do Thi Duc, she was able to access such a large number of transaction records because Venmo's default settings are to make all transactions public, and more than 18 million of the service's users never changed the platform's default settings for their accounts.
But, it wasn't just financial information that Do Thi Duc was able to gleam via the Venmo API – people's financial transactions reveal quite a bit their personal lives, and Do Thi Duc was able to learn far more about the folks whose transactions she saw than they would likely want the world to know. For example, she was able to track various activities of someone selling illegal marijuana, watch a romantic relationship evolve (in both positive and negative ways) between two people who chatted via a payment's comments section, and obtain a clear understanding of other folks' eating habits (including those of one woman who, in only eight months, apparently made over 2,000 transactions involving pizza, soda, alcoholic drinks, coffee, and donuts). Did the pot dealer, the lovers, or the less-than-healthy-food enthusiast really intend for the whole world to know of their activities?
Do Thi Duc created Public By Default, a website that shows how much personal data can be extrapolated from Venmo. Of course, there may be some folks who intend to share their transactions with the public – but, it is possible, if not likely, that, to this day, the vast majority of people whose privacy could potentially be compromised by their Venmo settings have no idea that anyone else, never mind everyone else, can view the detailed history of their transactions.
According to CNN, "Venmo declined to say why it makes full public disclosure the default setting, but a company spokesperson told CNNMoney that 'the safety and privacy of Venmo users and their information is one of our highest priorities. Our users trust us with their money and personal information, and we take this responsibility and applicable privacy laws very seriously. Like on other social networks, Venmo users can choose what they want to share on the Venmo public feed.'"
Perhaps, however, as a result of the current uproar, Venmo will change its default.
1. Set your Venmo transactions to be private.
You can, quite easily, set your transaction to be private, by clicking on the menu icon at the top left of the Venmo app, selecting Settings from the Control Panel, within Settings selecting the Privacy option, and changing the default from Public to Private. Also, below, select the Past Transactions option to ensure that all of your Venmo transactions to date are also kept private.
2. Be wary of any system that blends social features with information that you desire to keep private.
If you would not share your financial activity with the world by posting to Facebook or Twitter the details of each transaction as you make it, for example, be sure that any system that you use for making payments offers adequate privacy. Before you utilize the services of a provider that has social features, be sure to understand if the service's privacy capabilities meet your requirements, and, of course, if they do, do not forget to enable such features.
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Decorating a Contemporary and Relaxed Beach House
Designer Rob Southern explains how he gave this Shingle Style beach house in Long Island a relaxed, Caribbean feel.
By Lisa Cregan
Jonny Valiant
Lisa Cregan: It's almost hard to tell where the beach ends and the house begins. These colors could have washed in with the tide.
Rob Southern: That's the point! The obvious color to use when you're this close to the water is blue. But I think that would have distracted from the beautiful blueness of the bay. So we started thinking about sand — both dry and wet — and the sun-bleached tones of driftwood. What goes better with water than sand and driftwood? My own beach house is painted black, and inside I used lots of taupes and grays with natural oak walls. It's a palette with a cooling effect for a house that's used only in summer. I've done plenty of white-painted beadboard, and I like it, but we were going for a more modern look.
Are sandy feet and wet bathing suits welcome?
Absolutely. It's bohemian! I really like that word for this place. It's similar to the humble modern houses built in the 1940s and '50s in places like Big Sur, California — dark wood interiors, furnishings with a handmade feel, and a close connection to the ocean — very romantic, unencumbered by tradition. It's OK to be a little messy. The sofas are rectilinear and tailored, so the pillows don't have to be perfectly aligned to look neat. And the beds aren't overly dressed, so you don't spend 20 minutes karate- chopping a zillion shams. It's about living only with what you need. There isn't even a dining room. The family eats every meal outside on the covered porch, even when it's raining.
Would you call this your signature style?
Oh, no. When I have clients who want English Country, I say, 'Let's go!' My job isn't to impose myself; it's to balance my clients' dreams with reality. This is a summer home for a family with five children ranging from middle school to college age. I wanted to give them their fantasy — but with functionality and comfort.
And what was their fantasy?
They wanted a Caribbean feel — ocean breezes blowing through louvers, sunlight filtering through white linen sheers. Calm and cool with the relaxed look of Barbados, which is a place they love. So there are things like mahogany shutters between the living room and the entry. In reality, though, this house runs like an army barracks. Kids and their friends are constantly in and out from boating, waterskiing, or swimming, and the kitchen has to feed a million people at every meal — the kitchen island is the biggest I've ever designed. But even when all hell is breaking loose, I wanted everyone to be able to find a spot that feels like his or her own personal luxury resort.
First, the living room's glass walls completely open to the covered porch, creating one massive room, so I designed the indoor and outdoor spaces as mirror images of each other. Both have huge L-shape sofas. People can lie down for a nap, or sit and watch TV, or snuggle and enjoy the view — all at the same time. And one big sofa makes less visual noise than a lot of smaller seats. The living room is a movable feast: The little drinks tables move where you want them, and the ottomans pull out from beneath the coffee table, so you can put up your feet or perch. They're pivot pieces, very flexible, making the design tailored to the individual.
The facade is more traditional, though.
Shingle Style architecture, with its grid of windowpanes, is something you see along the coast in the Northeast, but we painted the window trim brown to help make sense of the dark colors and square shapes we used.
This immaculate kitchen could be the galley of a yacht.
That was driven by the client's love for the kitchens she sees in Barbados. The polished mahogany is so rich, the cabinets couldn't be anything more than simple flat panels. The stainless steel backsplash gives off a sense of light, making the whole effect clean and sleek without looking like a laboratory. I wanted everything behind doors, because with kids constantly pulling things out and taking things down, open shelves would be a disaster. This kitchen looks great no matter what you throw at it.
You make it sound so simple.
It's not. The trick with a modern aesthetic is to be pared down without being soulless. In other words, the furnishings can't be so clean-lined they're off-putting. The chaise in the kitchen alcove is contemporary, but the seat cushion looks like a vintage mattress. It has the air of a comfy bed. And the chairs with the wave-pattern fabric were chosen for their curvaceous shape, because they're the bridge between the rectilinear kitchen and living room. They're the palate cleanser, so to speak.
What do you love most about this particular style of decorating?
Its longevity. Nothing is tied to the moment. It's one thing to buy a new handbag each year, but you should be hard-pressed to outgrow your house.
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Rufus and Chaka Khan: Live Stompin' at the Savoy
Charles Pitter
Re-mastered re-release of Rufus and Chaka Khan album Live: Stompin' at the Savoy takes us back to the '80s and further.
Rufus and Chaka Khan
Live: Stompin' at the Savoy
Label: Cherry Red
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Younger readers should be made aware that Chaka Khan was at no time married to a man named Rufus. Instead, Ms. Khan joined a band called Rufus in 1973 (not to be confused with Estonian pop band Ruffus or the Australian indie group RÜFÜS – Rufus were in fact one of America's most successful funk bands of the 1970s). Over the years this pairing has variably been known as Rufus & Chaka (again, potentially confusing), Rufus featuring Chaka Khan (less confusing) and Rufus with Chaka Khan (not confusing at all).
Stompin' at the Savoy came about due to Khan's increasingly successful solo career, and the decline of Rufus. Although bassist Bobby Watson states in the sleeve notes to this newly remastered re-release that Rufus was "Chaka's band", Rufus put out two albums without Kahn, Numbers and Seal in Red. Both of these struggled, and it seems a hard lesson was learnt. By 1982 the band admitted defeat, but Rufus and Kahn got together for three last live performances and this album of the shows (an accompanying documentary film was also made, shelved, then released on VHS).
The live recordings which make up the album are from February 1982, but there remains a distinct '70s feel, as if Starsky & Hutch are posing for photos with Huggy Bear at the back of the venue. "You Got The Love" (not the same song as recently made popular by Candi Station/Florence and the Machine, but the song written by Khan and Ray Parker, Jr.) was a number 11 hit on the Billboard chart, and is performed with horns and gospel-flavored backing vocals. It's fun but kind of jivey (ominously, Rufus featuring Chaka Khan covered "Jive Talking" on their eponymous 1975 album). And jive seems prominent for much of the album: "Once You Get Started", with additional vocals by Tony Maiden, is all about the groove, "Dance Wit Me" is similarly high-energy, but an uptight grammatologist's worst nightmare (the use of "wit" is purposeful, not a typographical error, and the lyrics demonstrate the early adoption of "party" as a verb through the deep and meaningful lyric of "I love the way you party").
Despite a "street" feel, much of the material sounds like adult-orientated rock – "Sweet Thing" seems too laid-back, as does the awkwardly spelled "Pack'd My Bags" until it unleashes into a strong funk workout. The '80s make their mark with a talk box in "Tell Me Something Good", written for Chaka by Stevie Wonder, and the same effect makes an appearance in "I'm a Woman (I'm a Backbone)". Khan's vocal in the latter is impressive, but the track is spoiled by (what is now) dated synthesizer work. "You're Welcome, Stop on By", a duet with Maiden, also sounds a little out of its element now.
Things improve, and heat up, with "At Midnight (My Love Will Lift You Up)", a sophisticated disco romp, and "Ain't That Peculiar", a fun and funky song made well known by Marvin Gaye. Lounge bar lizard meets soul in "Stay", again showcasing the strength of Khan's vocals and some excellent saxophone playing by Ernie Watts. "What Cha' Gonna Do For Me" (first released as a solo Khan track) surprisingly comes across as cutesy as opposed to feisty, and "Do You Love What You Feel" ends the live section with a communal sing-a-long; fine if you were there, not so interesting if you weren't.
Four studio recordings are tacked on to the album, as per the original release. The catchy "Ain't Nobody" is the most well-known, having reached number one on the U.S. R&B chart and 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The remaining tracks are of a high standard but certainly of their time. "One Million Kisses" is a pleasant up-tempo ballad, "Try a Little Understanding" is an '80s bass-heavy funk track, and "Don't Go to Strangers" attempts a smooth jazz standard with pleasing results. Strangely, these studio tracks are the highlight of what is pushed as a live album, and perhaps show after all that Rufus and Chaka Khan could have kept a good thing going. I feel for you, Rufus, but Chaka Khan had other plans.


Litigation is sometimes an unfortunate fact of life when dealing with claims for disability insurance. Some claims don't get paid by the carrier no matter how well they are documented. In these cases, there is no choice but to litigate.
Claims for disability income benefits arising under group insurance policies maintained by employers are subject to the requirements of ERISA and litigated solely in federal court. Normally, there is only limited judicial review. Cases are decided without trial, based on the records contained in the carrier's claim file and detailed legal briefs submitted by the parties. To prevail, the plaintiff must usually convince a judge that the carrier's determination was arbitrary and capricious. The prevailing party may petition the Court for an award of attorney's fees to be paid by the opposing party.
Claims arising under policies of individual insurance can usually be litigated in either state or federal court. These are essentially breach of contract actions, and there is wider review available. The plaintiff may demand a full jury trial. To prevail, the plaintiff must convince the jury that he or she is disabled within the meaning of the policy, and that the carrier breached its contract to pay benefits. The jury makes a de novo determination based on the evidence presented at trial. There is no fee-shifting provision in these cases. Parties must pay their own legal fees.
It is important for carriers to know a lawyer is prepared to litigate in the event of a bad claim decision. Our office has never received an unfavorable decision on a disability insurance claim without commencing litigation and bringing the matter to a satisfactory conclusion in Court. We do everything we can to secure benefits without litigating. However, when we accept responsibility for handling a claim, we are generally prepared to pursue it to whatever level of adjudication is required to obtain a just result.
Before retaining a lawyer on a claim for disability insurance, you will be well advised to discuss the likelihood of litigation; ascertain the lawyer's level of experience and success litigating claims; arrive at a reasonably good understanding of what action he or she is prepared to take in the event of an unfavorable determination; and discuss how legal fees will be paid should litigation be required.


Lebanese Expatriate trains 18 army officers on "Cyber defense: building blocks and challenges seminar".
In November 2011 Dr. Joseph El Khoury gave a Critical Incidence Stress Management Training to Public Hospitals Staff.
On Saturday November 6, 2010, Dr. Naji Khoury, Head of Breast Radiology at Johns Hopkins gave lectures on Breast Radiology.
The Morning session focused on positioning and technical issue and was attendedby 143 technicians.
Under the patronage of the Minister of Health Mohamad jawad Khalifeh the TOKTEN project organised a press conference to launch the National Cancer Treatment Guidelines.


Hello, my name is Ludwig Keck – I am a photo enthusiast, avid computer user, and love sharing what I know. I also love to "play" with photos, that means photo manipulations of various kinds. It is these creations that find their way to this blog. I keep other sites, separate blogs, for different things. My "gateway" at the bottom of this page allows you access to the various parts of my "mansion in the sky".
There have been many changes here in the five years this site has been in existence, even more in my work. Right now there is a major redo going on in the background. Many old pages are no longer accessible while they are being "re-hung".
WordPress provides "categories", and "tags". I am redoing those an adding menu links to find posts of similar styles. My latest is "A-Major" – the category is on the menu, the detailed explanations are not yet up.
My working career was as an engineer in electronics, programming, photographic products, toys, instruments and defense products. Mostly I worked where electronics, programming and photography came together. I started taking pictures some sixty years ago and wrote my first computer program in 1956.
I am an engineer, not an artist, my photography is strictly for personal enjoyment, although I like to shoot images that I can use as teaching material – good and bad.
I keep several blogs, all for sharing tips, ideas, images, and websites with personal galleries.
You'll probably resent me for this, but this is my favorite site of yours (so far) so I nominated it for the Liebster Award. I hope other quilters can find the inspiration that I do from both your pictures and graphics. I also put it on a Facebook group called Quilt Design A Day (QDAD) for their inspiration.


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Discover Pekalongan
Humans of Pekalongan
# Discover Pekalongan
Martabak Ibrahim, The Legendary Taste of India in Pekalongan
What is the most legendary Martabak in Pekalongan? The locals, without a doubt, would reply: Martabak Ibrahim.
In fact, the martabak (can be somewhat likened to a thick crepe/pancake) known in Indonesia is slightly different from the martabak abroad. In Singapore or the Middle East, martabak usually refers to savory martabak; or egg martabak. This is in contrast to the sweet martabak variant in Indonesia, which resembles a thick dessert-pancake.
Martabak Ibrahim, at the corner of Jalan Dr. Cipto 43C in Pekalongan, deserves the title of 'the legend'. The legitimacy of their greatness is visibly written on the surface of their packaging box: "It has been known since 1972 by the people of Pekalongan and the surrounding areas".
The yellow-painted martabak stall on this side of the street has accompanied the locals of Pekalongan for almost half a century. Pak Ibrahim, who has an Indian descent, is a reliable chef who makes Pekalongan fall in love with the taste of India through the delicacy of his curry and homemade martabak.
Pak Ibrahim is the real evidence of the mix of culture in the coastal city of Pekalongan in the past, which has given birth to the various culinary delights with a distinctive taste.
For the people of Pekalongan, especially the ones who grew up in the 70s, Martabak Ibrahim is a piece of memory; capable of bringing back some nostalgic moments. However, where there are worshipers, of course, there are also haters.
There are some regular customers, like my father, who believes that the meat in Martabak Ibrahim is no longer as plentiful as it used to be. Perhaps, the ever-increasing price of meat is one of the main reasons.
Currently, Martabak Ibrahim has expanded its menu to include variants such as beef martabak, chicken, mushroom martabak, and even sweet martabak. Those options also come with four levels of luxury: regular, special, exclusive, and super. The 'super' martabak luxuriously uses four duck eggs! Can you imagine the richness of its taste?
Martabak Ibrahim is still made according to the original recipes from India that have survived for almost 50 years. So, we need to taste this martabak at least once, right? Watching the skillful way of Pak Ibrahim in preparing his martabak in his open kitchen, who would not want to taste a little bit of India in Pekalongan?
Martabak Ibrahim is open daily, from 4 pm to 10 pm.
Ibrahim Martabak
Address: Jalan. Dr. Cipto Mangunkusomo No.43c, Keputran, Pekalongan Tim., Kota Pekalongan, Jawa Tengah 51128
Phone: (0285) 431000
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When to Apply BBQ Sauce?
When do put barbecue sauce on the hens? Before they are put in the oven or after they have cooked?
It's always best to add the BBQ sauce at the end of the cooking process. Most BBQ sauces have a lot of sugar and tomato in them and those things can get cooked and browned before the inside of the food is done.


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Greg Ó Ceallaigh
Year of Call: 2006
"He is very, very effective; he knows exactly how to pitch cases in a way that maximises the chance of success."
Chambers UK, 2021 (Immigration)
"He is diligent in the way he works and is always available when needed, and works well with his instructing solicitors."
Legal 500, 2021 (Immigration)
"He's very clear-headed and his written work is very good. You get a real sense of authority with him in terms of knowing how a case ought to be handled. He's very responsive and has a very good understanding of the law in EU immigration cases."
Chambers UK, 2020
"Diligent in the way he works and is always available when needed."
Legal 500, 2020
"I am always impressed by the clarity of his written work, his general approachableness, and his grasp of a wide range of complex immigration matters."
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Greg Ó Ceallaigh is a barrister specialising in human rights, asylum and immigration and public law. He is ranked in the Chambers UK Bar Guide 2019 and the Legal 500 2019 (Tier 2) for immigration. He is eligible to take work on a Direct Access basis.
Greg has over a decade of experience in immigration law and has acted in all kinds of matters ranging from the most complex asylum and human rights claims to Tier 1 Investor cases. He has acted in many of the leading cases on issues such as Third Country cases (including AB(Sudan) v SSHD [2013] EWCA Civ 921; R(Tesfay) v SSHD [2016] 1 WLR 4853) and immigration detention (such as Fardous v SSHD [2015] EWCA Civ 92 and R(Sathanantham) v SSHD [2016] 4 WLR 128). He has a particular expertise in human rights (see e.g. R(Ahsan) v SSHD [2018] HRLR 5 and Tikka v SSHD [2018] EWCA Civ 642) and has acted in the past three test cases on returns to Italy.
The core of Greg's practice is public law challenges to decisions of the Home Office and other bodies dealing with the rights of migrants either in the Administrative Court or the Upper Tribunal. He is also an extremely experienced Tribunal advocate both at the First-tier and the Upper Tribunal and is regularly instructed in his own right in the Court of Appeal. He has much experience of urgent removal cases and is comfortable taking instructions at short notice.
Greg writes for Macdonald's Immigration Law and Practice and Butterworths Immigration Law Service. He is a regular contributor to Free Movement, and has been featured in national and international press as an expert on immigration issues and the refugee crisis, including the Independent, Wall Street Journal, RTS and Al Jazeera. He is on the Lexisnexis Panel of experts.
Tikka v SSHD [2018] EWCA Civ 642
Successfully represented a man whose leave to remain had been revoked following an accident in a case in which the Court gave guidance on the application of the Chikwamba principle.
Ribeli v Entry Clearance Officer, Pretoria [2018] EWCA Civ 611
Acted for the mother of a British citizen seeking to enter the United Kingdom as an Adult Dependent Relative.
Ahsan v SSHD [2018] HRLR 5
Successfully represented the Appellant in a challenge to the certification of his human rights claim in what is the leading case on the application of the principles in Kiarie and Byndloss to the cases of those accused of TOEIC fraud.
R(Tesfay) v SSHD [2016] 1 WLR 4853
Successfully acted for the appellants in the test case on costs in cases where the Secretary of State withdrew the relevant decisions following the Supreme Court's judgment in EM(Eritrea).
SSHD v Vassallo [2016] 2 CMLR 12
Successfully represented an EU national facing deportation having lived in the United Kingdom for 50 years.
R(Sathanantham) v SSHD [2016] 4 WLR 128
Successfully acted for the claimants in a systemic challenge to delays in the provision of accommodation for those released from immigration detention.
Fardous v SSHD [2015] EWCA Civ 931
Successfully defended SSHD appeal of the case of Fardous v SSHD [2014] EWHC 3061 (QBD) in which a Moroccan national won his action for false imprisonment.
Dudaev and Ors v SSHD [2015] EWHC 1641 (Admin)
Case challenging the lawfulness of Sch 3 to the 2004 Act involving the proposed return to Sweden under Dublin procedures of Chechen exiles.
ZS(Afghanistan) v SSHD [2015] EWCA Civ 1137
Test case (heard with Home Office v VS [2015] EWCA Civ 1142) on the application of policies on detention of disputed minors.
MS and others v SSHD [2015] EWHC 1095 (Admin)
Test case challenging lawfulness to Dublin returns to Italy.
R(AMG) v SSHD [2015] EWHC 5 (Admin)
Case challenging the lawfulness of immigration detention of a severe ill man repeatedly detained under the Mental Health Act. Appeal settled by consent.
Tabrizagh and others v SSHD [2014] EWHC 1914 (Admin)
Test case challenging the lawfulness of removals to Italy pursuant to Dublin II.
R (Ismail) v SSHD [2013] EWHC 3921 (Admin)
Successful challenge to the unlawful detention of a Somali national pending a decision to deport and deportation proceedings.
SHL (Afghanistan) v SSHD [2013] UKUT 312 (IAC)
Case involving a trafficked minor and justiciability of the Trafficking Convention, reliance on evidence obtained from a child interviewed when encountered without an appropriate adult, and the relevance of a failure to comply with the SSHD's obligation to trace.
AB (Sudan) v SSHD [2013] EWCA Civ 921
Test case on whether there should be stays on all Dublin II Regulation removals to Italy pending the Supreme Court's consideration of the application for permission to appeal in EM (Eritrea) v SSHD [2012] EWCA Civ 1336 (See also AB (Sudan) v SSHD [2013] EWCA Civ 16 and R (Bushara) v SSHD [2012] EWHC 3483 (Admin)).
R (Paul) v SSHD [2013] EWHC 1317 (Admin)
Challenge to the lawfulness of 30 months' detention with an allegation of non-cooperation, permission having been granted by the Court of Appeal following refusal in the Administrative Court.
Ncube v United Kingdom [2012] ECHR 897
Successful challenge in the European Court of Human Rights to removal in a case of substantial long residence.
R (Cheung) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] EWHC 2337 (Admin)
Challenge to the SSHD's refusal of leave to remain under the seven-year child concession DP 5/96 (settled following grant of permission to the Court of Appeal).
R (Abdullah) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] EWHC 259 (Admin)
Successful challenge, as a junior, to the SSHD's detention of the claimant for three years.
Greg's substantial public law practice primarily involves judicial reviews challenges to decisions affecting the rights of migrants, notably in detention, nationality, third country, age assessment and children's rights cases. He has much experience of urgent removal cases and is comfortable taking instructions at short notice.
Greg has significant expertise in immigration detention and has represented detainees in detention claims at every level from the Tribunal to the Court of Appeal, as well as in civil actions for false imprisonment.
Greg has built up particular expertise at challenging removal to third countries under the Dublin system, notably Italy, in relation to which he was instructed in the last four test cases. He is also highly experienced in dealing with costs issues that arise in public law cases (see e.g. R(Tesfay) v SSHD [2016] 1 WLR 4853 and (ZN(Afghanistan) v SSHD [2018] EWCA Civ 1059).
ZN(Afghanistan) v SSHD [2018] EWCA Civ 1059
Case dealing with costs in public law cases where a case settles for reasons extraneous to the litigation. The Court gave helpful guidance on the "JFS Principle".
R(CK) v SSHD [2016] Imm AR 894
Leading case establishing the right to challenge decisions made under the Dublin II Regulation on the basis of a breach of human rights or other public law error.
Latest test case challenging lawfulness to Dublin returns to Italy.
Case challenging the lawfulness of immigration detention of a severe ill man repeatedly detained under the Mental Health Act.
R (AK) v SSHD [2011] EWHC 3188 (Admin)
Successful challenge to the lawfulness of the detention of a disputed minor (settled following grant of permission).
Greg is highly experienced in immigration detention work and has represented detainees in detention claims at every level from the Administrative Court to the Court of Appeal, as well as in civil actions for false imprisonment both in the County Court and the Queen's Bench Division.
He frequently appears pro bono on behalf of Bail for Immigration Detainees. He has contributed to several of the leading practitioners' texts on the subject of immigration detention and is a Lexisnexis Panel expert on false imprisonment.
Kamal v Home Office [2016] EWHC 65 (QB)
False imprisonment trial in respect of an Iraqi Kurd who had been removed to the KRG.
R(MMM) v SSHD [2016] EWHC 2655 (Admin)
Successful challenge to the claimant's detention for the purposes of third country removal.
R(Abdulkadir) v SSHD [2016] EWHC 1504 (Admin)
Challenge to removal to Austria and to the lawfulness of detention pursuant to the Dublin III Regulation.
Greg has extensive experience of representing children and disputed minors for more than a decade across public law, immigration and in the context of civil actions.
He has represented victims of trafficking and has particular experience of helping children who are overseas and are seeking to be reunited with family members, or children seeking to avoid being separated from family members currently in the United Kingdom.
Greg undertakes a large volume of pro bono work in immigration law, including for Bail for Immigration Detainees.
Greg was a runner-up at the Bar Pro Bono Award 2009 with a team from Tooks Chambers for work on an application to the Human Rights Appeal Panel in Kosovo on behalf of the family of Mon Balaj.
Greg previously worked on a team writing the legal arguments for an amicus curiae on behalf of Binyam Mohammed (detained at the time in Guantanamo Bay), in Hamdan v Rumsfeld in the United States Supreme Court.
Successful TOEIC appellants to be granted 2.5 years Leave to Remain
The client was represented by Greg Ó Ceallaigh of the Garden Court Chambers Immigration Team, instructed by Roberta Haslam & Theodora Middleton of Bindmans LLP.
Supreme Court holds that Dublin III Detention between January 2014 and March 2017 was unlawful
Irena Sabic of Garden Court was instructed by Bahar Ata of Duncan Lewis; Greg Ó Ceallaigh of Garden Court was instructed by Krisha Prathepan of Duncan Lewis and Raza Halim of Garden Court was instructed by Kaweh Beheshtizadeh of Fadiga and Co.
Dublin returns to Italy give rise to an arguable breach of article 3 ECHR
Greg Ó Ceallaigh acts for the lead claimant in the successful challenge to the lawfulness of removals to Italy.
Upper Tribunal rules Home Office's removal of disputed minor to Germany unlawful and orders his return to UK
QH is represented by Sonali Naik QC and Greg Ó Ceallaigh of the Garden Court Chambers Immigration Team.
Court of Appeal - detention of asylum seekers unlawful under Article 28 Dublin III
In a majority decision, the Court of Appeal (Etherton and Peter Jackson LLJ; Sales LJ dissenting) delivered a significant judgment affecting the lawfulness of detention of asylum seekers subject to the Dublin III Regulation.
Court of Appeal overturns decision that Pakistani national married to British woman should return to Pakistan to apply again for entry clearance
Greg Ó Ceallaigh of the Garden Court Chambers Immigration Team was instructed by Liam Doyle at M&K Solicitors.
TOEIC litigation—can decisions be challenged from within UK? (Ahsan v The Secretary of State for the Home Department)
Greg Ó Ceallaigh looks at the implications of the important judgment in Ahsan v The Secretary of State
Migrants accused of cheating in English language test have in-country right of challenge, rules Court of Appeal
Greg Ó Ceallaigh of the Garden Court Chambers Immigration and Public Law Teams represented Ahsan, one of the appellants.
'Trafficking is a function of the absence of safe, legal ways to claim asylum in Europe' - Greg Ó Ceallaigh on Al Jazeera's Inside Story
Greg Ó Ceallaigh is a member of the Garden Court Chambers Immigration Team.
What lies ahead for immigration law in 2017?
Greg O Ceallaigh speaks to LexisNexis about what 2017 might mean for immigration law.
Home Office unlawfully detained victim of torture
The claimant was represented by Greg Ó Ceallaigh of Garden Court's Immigration Detention Team.
Garden Court and Stephanie Harrison QC shortlisted for Human Rights and Public Law awards
Garden Court has been shortlisted at the Chambers Bar Awards, whilst Stephanie and our Public Law Team are shortlisted at the Legal 500 Awards.
High Court finds Home Office system for allocating bail accommodation to immigration detainees is operating unlawfully
Stephanie Harrison QC, Anthony Vaughan and Greg Ó Ceallaigh acted for the three successful claimants.
Court of Appeal rejects attempts by Home Secretary to deport man resident in Britain for 60 years
Stephen Knafler QC and Greg Ó Ceallaigh of Garden Court Chambers represented the respondent, Benedetto Vassallo.
Court of Appeal rules Home Office acted unlawfully by detaining Iranian child seeking asylum
The child was represented by Stephanie Harrison QC and Shu Shin Luh of Garden Court Chambers.
Chambers UK Bar Guide ranks Garden Court in Band 1
Garden Court Chambers recognised as a leading set for immigration, social housing, civil liberties, police law, Court of Protection, crime and inquests and public inquiries.
Court of Appeal upholds finding that Moroccan national was unlawfully detained for eight months
The claimant was represented by Stephanie Harrison QC and Greg Ó Ceallaigh of Garden Court Chambers.
Court of Appeal to consider Home Office obligations when detaining age disputed children under immigration powers
The Court of Appeal will consider the obligations owed by the Home Office when detaining children who are age disputed. Garden Court Chambers is representing the families.
Hungary plans 100-mile fence to keep out migrants - Greg Ó Ceallaigh on Al Jazeera's Inside Story
Al Jazeera's Inside Story debates Hungary's plans for a 100-mile fence to keep out migrants. Panellists include Greg Ó Ceallaigh, barrister with the Garden Court Immigration Team.
UN found to have breached human rights of peaceful protesters
UN to give public apology and compensation for role in deaths of protesters. Paul Troop was leading counsel.
High Court rules length of Moroccan national's detention unlawful
The High Court has found that the final eight months of a Moroccan national's 22-month immigration detention were unlawful - Mustafa Fardous v SSHD
High Court releases Somali national and rules detention unlawful
The High Court has ordered the release of a Somali national, ruling his immigration detention unlawful. The man was represented at the trial by Greg Ó Ceallaigh.
All related news
Greg trained at Garden Court Chambers and Tooks Chambers before becoming a tenant at 1 Pump Court. He re-joined Garden Court Chambers in August 2013.
Before pupillage Greg worked as a researcher for Keir Starmer QC. He was a paralegal at Janes Solicitors while volunteering at the AIRE Centre advising on European law and human rights to members of the public. He assisted in research for Blackstone's Guide to the Identity Cards Act 2006.
Greg has a degree in Philosophy and English from Trinity College Dublin and a Masters' Degree in Legal and Political Theory from University College London. He completed his CPE at City University and BVC at the Inns of Court School of Law.
In 2005 Greg was awarded a Gold Medal for Oratory by the University Philosophical Society of Trinity College Dublin.
In 2006 Greg was awarded the Otto Rix Scholarship by the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple.
Greg considers himself a triathlete based on very limited evidence. He enjoys playing and watching football.
Greg regularly provides training in respect of immigration detention and human rights claims.
BA (Trinity College Dublin)
MA Legal and Political Theory (University College London)
CPE (City University)
BVC (Inns of Court School of Law)
French (conversational)
German (basic)
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Slavery in Nepal – A New Film highlights Nepal Youth Foundation
#standwithme
Slavery in Nepal impacts the people and communities of Nepal in horrific, but there is hope. Nine-year old Vivienne Harr and her Make a Stand Lemon-aid have already inspired millions of people to join the movement to end child slavery and slavery in Nepal. Now the message will reach millions more around the world through a hauntingly beautiful and compelling feature documentary, #standwithme.
In addition to Vivienne's story, the film also educates viewers about child slavery through the work of acclaimed photographer, Lisa Kristine, and two organizations with a global reach: Free the Slaves and Fair Trade USA.
#standwithme opens in February 2014 with a 30-city tour of North America, and there's no doubt that this powerful film will earn broader distribution and reach a worldwide audience.
Film highlights NYF's work to end slavery in Nepal
Midway through #standwithme is a poignant scene showing a meeting between Vivienne and our very own Olga Murray, NYF's Founder and Honorary President. Nepal Youth Foundation is one of six organizations selected to receive a portion of Make a Stand's gross revenue. It's heartwarming to see 9-year old Vivienne and 88-year old Olga talk about their shared passion for ending child slavery.
A simple call to action: Do something
"Central to the theme of our movie is the moment each of our main characters learned that slavery still exists in the world, and the action they took once they knew," explains Co-Director Patrick Moreau of Still Motion, the innovative production company that created #standwithme. "Until we met Vivienne, we didn't know the degree to which slavery exists in our modern world — but the moment we were made aware, we had to do something. This movie is our something."
We're honored that Nepal Youth Foundation is included in the film helping to shed light on slavery in Nepal, and we congratulate Still Motion on their remarkable accomplishment.
Learn more about Nepal Youth Foundation
We've rescued over 12,000 girls from indentured servitude and ended the system of Kamlari in Nepal. Now we're working to empower the newly freed young women through vocational training, leadership development and economic opportunities.
Read why Make a Stand Lemon-aid is supporting NYF.
Watch the CNN Freedom Project video about NYF's work to free girls from slavery.
Read the Time Magazine article about NYF's work to rescue the last Kamlari slaves.
NYF news: Victory! Kamlari Child Slavery System Ends


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Q: Proving the existence of a diffeomorphism with no fixed points Problem: let M be a compact connected manifold, and let $f \colon M \to M$ be a local diffeomorphism with degree two. Prove that if $f$ has one fixed point, then there exists a diffeomorphism $g \colon M \to M$ that has no fixed points.
I'm not really sure how to begin the problem, any hints would be appreciated.

A: Since $f$ is a degree $2$ covering map, we see that $\chi(M) = 0$. By a nontrivial result, this means there's a vector field $X$ on $M$ with no zeroes. Let $g$ be the time-$\varepsilon$ flow of $X$.
However, it bothers me that the hypothesis we were given that $f$ has one fixed point seems irrelevant.


Très belle étape malgré le montant du séjour un peu onéreux. Une belle prestation et de belles personnes accueillantes. Ue bonne ambiance, une bonne organisation, un bel endroit calme, joli et propre.
Do elephants ever drink out of the main pool or infinity pools?
Hello! Do animals frequently visit the lodge, or do you mainly see them on the game drives? Which animals do you see if so? Thank you!
How casual is the lodge in the evenings, for dinner? Do people dress up?
Smart casual dress is appropriate for evening dinner.
Hi there. Lion Sands is an all-year-round safari destination where the variation in experience is temperature-related rather than safari-related as we do not have any migratory species. The best bird-watching period is from October to April. The nearest airport is Skukuza Airport. Guests to Lion Sands will be collected from Skukuza for a transfer to their lodge of choice. We'd love for you to contact our Private Travel Planners so that they can help you to plan your trip - Visit the MORE Private Travel website for more info. Thanks!
How often do you see lions and leopards? Would y'all say y'all see the big cats as often as the Masai Mara?
Hi Robert. While, with wild animals, nothing is guaranteed, we are lucky enough to frequently see lions. Leopards are territorial, so they will often be spotted in the same areas.
"Toutes les chambres sont magnifiques avec vue sur la Sabie River"
"Profitez des chambres Ivory lodge avec la piscine privative , vue sur la Rivière ."


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Q: Memory is not released even though I explicitly release it I am in the process of optimizing my app and making sure memory management is properly implemented. As I found the didUnload / dealloc / willAppear not reliable for implementing my memory cleanup, I decided to implement my own method so I can have full control of this memory  management.
Definition of my arrays in the header file
@property (retain) NSMutableArray *selectedCardIDs;
@property (retain) NSMutableArray *selectedRowArray;
@property (retain) NSMutableArray *cardArray;
@property (retain) NSMutableArray *cardIDArray;

Here the release method:
- (void) willReleaseObjects {
[self.aCopyOfCardIDArray release];
[self.listOfItems release];
[self.aCopyListOfItems release];
[self.selectedCardIDs release];
[self.selectedRowArray release];
[self.cardArray release];
[self.cardIDArray release];

}
The arrays can get very large (> 1'000 entry each), why a release of those arrays is essential after the view is unloaded. I explicitly call this function in the IBAction method, such as:
- (IBAction) stopDictionary:(UIBarButtonItem *) sender {
[self closeDatabase];
[self willReleaseObjects];
[self dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:YES];

}
I debugged the code and it is actually executing each release, however when I diagnose the memory allocation with Instruments, it seems to free up only partial memory, actually almost nothing why the memory consumption of course is increasing every time I load this view again, which is no good at all.
Any idea, why my memory is not released here? Thanks.

A: Don't call release on a property as you risk something very bad happening in case you have any properties declared as assign or copy. You could potentially release a returned instance which is already autoreleased.
Instead either release the instance variable behind it or set the property to nil. Either way you will achieve the correct result. In case you have any Key/Value observers on your properties the best way is to set the properties to nil which will automatically propagate the values to any observers:
- (void) willReleaseObjects {
  self.aCopyOfCardIDArray = nil;
  self.listOfItems = nil;
  ...
}