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Sovreign Order of Malta volunteers will be offering first aid assistance at Panama's WYD
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Order of Malta on the ground at Panama WYD
Experienced medics and paramedics of the Sovreign Order of Malta as well as medical equipment and logistics will be in Panama for World Youth Day, making sure all goes well.
By Linda Bordoni
Since the very first World Youth Day, back in 1984, the Sovreign Order of Malta has provided medical expertise, volunteers and much needed assistance to the Vatican organizers of the event.
As always, Order of Malta volunteers will be present for the upcoming 34th World Youth Day, to be held in Panama from 22 to 27 January.
The volunteers, all specialized in accident and emergency care, will be coming from France, Italy and Germany.
They will be present at all the main WYD events and Masses on the theme chosen from a passage in the Gospel of St. Luke: "I am the servant of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word".
Prince Dominique de La Rochefoucauld-Montbel, Grand Hospitaller of the Sovreign Order of Malta told Linda Bordoni, the volunteers will work alongside the Panama first-aid, civil defence and fire-fighting services in close cooperation with the Vatican Gendarmerie Corps and Swiss Guards.
Listen to the interview with the Grand Hospitaller of the Sovreign Order of Malta
de La Rochefoucauld said the Sovreign Order of Malta and its teams of first-aid medics and nurses have been on the ground at every single World Youth Day since 1984, when Pope St. John Paul II "launched this fantastic idea" – an occasion that has been kept up by all subsequent popes with the same success and enormous numbers of participants ever since.
Memorable moments of past WYDs
He recalled some memorable moments at the various WYDs and revealed that he himself, was a first aid helper in 1997 in Paris.
During the last WYD in Krakow, he said, they had "some 500 helpers and 20 to 30 trucks" on the ground meaning that about 10% of first aid security was provided by the Order of Malta.
de La Rochefoucauld explained that mostly, what the volunteers do, is to be present and vigilant amidst the huge crowds (who never sleep) where they often have to step in to offer first aid and medical assistance to people who may need it.
"I think it's highly appreciated, not only by the young" but by organizers, he said.
He explains that thanks to the particular expertise and experience of the Order of Malta volunteers, they are frequently tasked also with looking after priests, organizers, special guests and disabled people who are present for the occasion.
He recalls meeting the President of Panama in 2015 during a UN Session in New York and hearing first-hand that he was "marketing" so the WYD event would occur in his country.
Then, two years ago, during in an official visit to Panama, de La Rochefoucauld said the Order offered its support knowing that in the small country the healthcare resources are limited.
120 Order of Malta volunteers on the ground
He said there will be about 120 professional volunteer first aid helpers on the ground. They come from France, Germany and Italy, as well as six members from the team that regularly offers assistance in the Vatican.
de La Rochefoucauld noted it is an enormous challenge for the host nation because of the sheer numbers involved and he revealed that the Order has held several official meetings with Panamanian authorities to be able to be totally in control of logistics.
"It is a challenge for a small country like Panama" he said noting that at least half a million participants are expected.
St. John Paul II's inspiration
Speaking about World Youth Day de La Rochefoucauld said he thinks Pope John Paul II had an incredible inspiration.
In 1984, he observed, he hadn't been Pope for long, and he came up with this idea looking at the young: "it was a tremendous idea because it showed another face of the Church being open to the young, and being ready to listen to the young and adapting" to a more informal way of doing things.
And WYD, he said, goes well beyond the single events and ceremonies that take place thanks also to the fact that young people from across the globe live in a global village for about five days during the occasion.
He said it is an experience that provides them with a unique opportunity to meet, exchange and share ideas with their peers "with their different traditions and backgrounds" all together: "you can do it anywhere in the world, you have the same feedback: you have the young responding – and it flows!"


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Art gallery is taking the rare step of opening 2nd venue out of state
By Ted Holteen Arts & Entertainment Editor
Sunday, March 23, 2014 5:01 PM
Updated: Monday, March 24, 2014 4:03 PM
Shanan Campbell Wells will open a second location of her Sorrel Sky Gallery in May on West Palace Avenue in Santa Fe.
Courtesy of Margaret Hedderman
The power of suggestion can be an effective motivational tool.
For years, Sorrel Sky Gallery owner Shanan Campbell Wells has been asked, "Do you have a gallery in Santa Fe?" Until this year, the answer has been "no," as Wells' Main Avenue gallery has thrived since it opened in 2002.
But all that's about to change, as Sorrel Sky Santa Fe will open for business later this spring on the prominent West Palace Avenue in New Mexico's capital.
"I've been in the art business for my entire life," she said. "Naturally, having a gallery in an art town like Santa Fe has been a goal of mine. Sorrel Sky has been in business for 12 years, and now it's time for the next step."
With more than 250 galleries and three separate art districts, Santa Fe is one of the United States' top-five art destinations. It attracts art collectors from around the world and has been home to many of the nation's most prominent artists. Sorrel Sky's new location will be between the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum and the New Mexico Museum of Art, just off the historic Plaza. The space was formerly The Elaine Horwitch Gallery and LewAllen Contemporary. With two stories and 6,300 square feet, Sorrel Sky's new location is perfectly poised to make a big impact on Santa Fe.
"You couldn't ask for a better space in downtown Santa Fe," Wells said.
She and her team are creating a "fresh" approach to Western art – something she feels is an untouched niche in Santa Fe. While the Santa Fe location will not be as eclectic as its Durango counterpart, it will have a familiar feel. Wells will bring a number of her current artists to Sorrel Sky Santa Fe's developing repertoire, keeping the gallery's concise theme in mind. Among those sharing space in Durango and Santa Fe will be Star Liana York, Tom Palmore and Ben Nighthorse, among others.
Sorrel Sky Durango represents 70 fine artists and jewelers. In 2013, Sorrel Sky launched a new e-commerce website – something virtually unheard of for an art gallery – that allows clients to shop from anywhere in the world. Wells has also been actively involved in creating the First Thursday Art Walks, which will enter its third summer this year.
The new location is scheduled to open in late May.
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Darlings Teaser Talk: Ace Actors, Allegories and a 'Khayaali' Murder
The Netflix film premiers on 5th August
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5 Jul, 2022, 7:48 am
Here's a teaser done right. This first peek into Darlings, starring Alia Bhatt, Shefali Shah, Vijay Varma and Roshan Mathew, is full of intrigue, suspense and humour. In a voiceover, Bhatt recounts a fable about a frog and scorpion, in which one seems to be conning the other. The question is, are Bhatt and Shah as a mother-daughter duo the ones being conned, or are the two men the victims of the women's plot?
Directed by Jasmeet K. Reen, Darlings is a black comedy and the trailer suggests Bhatt and Shah are being investigated for murder. A murder they seem to have admitted to having committed, but only in their imagination. In the trailer, this is followed by a hilarious exchange between a police officer and the two women. We just hope Netflix does a better job of subtitling the actual film than it did with the trailer, because the punchline at the end is entirely lost in translation.
Darlings, produced by Gauri Khan, Alia Bhatt and Gaurav Verma, releases on Netflix on August 5.
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Q: How do I query MongoDB to find all records which contain a particular array of objects? I am implementing tagging functionality in my Angular MEAN stack app and so want to query the DB to retrieve all objects (in this case "NFR"s) which have one or more of those tags ("Tag" objects). Thus I have NFR objects which may contain an array of Tag objects. I have tried a number of MongoDB find queries which return nothing despite tagged records existing.
Here are some code snippets (Mongoose schema defs for NFR and Tag). Thanks very muchly in advance :-).
Katie

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*NFR schema:
import * as mongoose  from "mongoose";
import {Tag} from "../../app/main/models/tag";

let NFR = new mongoose.Schema({
     category: String,
     subCategory: String,
     nfr: String,
     acceptanceTest: String,
     source: String,
     status: String,
     creationDate: Date,
     createdBy: String,
     changeLog: String,
     tags: [{
         type: Tag
     }]
});

*Tag schema
import * as mongoose  from "mongoose";

let Tag = new mongoose.Schema({
     name: String,
     source: String,
     creationDate: Date,
     _id: String
});

In the database the NFR object to search on contains two Tag objects via object id reference .

A: Thanks Veeram, I had to move the Tag mongoose class inside the NFR one to get it creating the associated Tag object properly (which I can now search on). This is a bad hack, not sure why it doesn't work the proper way but it will do for now.

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Marva Griffin Wilshire
Interviewing ...
the "mother" of the Design, creator of the Salone Satellite Show
Your beginnings 30 years ago in the design world are inevitably linked to the B & B then C & B Italy, as you recalled that experience?
C & B then B & B Italy, for me, coming to Italy and started working in this company, it was a great school, is thanks to this time, I can do the work I do now.
Today the B & B lived a changes of management, also in your opinion its philosophy has changed over the years where it was the only company of absolute reference ?
Yes it has changed but now I am very happy because the owners Giorgio Busnelli with his brothers managed to regain full ownership of the company, when it was divided I was displeased. Even today, the B & B is a leader in its field, then when I worked there it was the only company of reference, however, to some extent it continues to be.
You are a woman who have a role in design and architecture don't you find that the role of the feminine architect is not highlighted as one of the professional man?
I make no distinction! There are women in the world of architecture and design that have made some good projects, we unfortunately have this complex. In my opinion, (it may not be so), I see people like Zaha Hadid and she is a woman, in the midst of all these men she was able to express herself, and before her Eileen Gray and Charlotte Perriand, who worked with Le Courbousier; I do not know if it is true, but it is said that many of the designs have been made by her, and perhaps she never imposed herself as a woman. Now, in Italy, in the architecture we have Gae Aulenti (recently deceased) and Patricia Urquiola's design and many other less known.
Several architects women are brave and creative as men but we tend to always bind them in minor roles, what do you think?
If we let them, yes, this must not happen.
The Salone Satellite is your jewel of the crown, where figures such as Tom Dixon and others have become household names, surely this will make you proud, what relationship have you now with these architects that you found?
Not only I would mention Tom Dixon, but many international others as the Japanese Nendo, the Indian Satyendra Pakhalé, Italians Paolo Ulian, Lorenzo Damiani and Carlo Contin, English Sebastian Wrong, the Belgian Xavier Lust and many other countries. Yes, this makes me proud, when they write me, they call me their "mother", I offered him the opportunity, but they were great to present themselves to the world of design.
How did the idea of an event aimed at the beginners?
It was born because there was a need for the young people to have a place to exhibit their ideas, and kept us to be at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile for visibility, because, who could took a space or in a gallery in a museum or in a palace outside the salon, was born in fact, the "outdoor show", and exposed his prototypes, but did not achieve their objectives, they were not being seen by the Italian producers of furniture that remained in the ' interior of the Salone Internazionale del Mobile. I should point out that 15 years ago, no one took care of the young, nobody speaks about them, now all the exhibits have copied the format, from Cologne, Stockholm to Valencia. Now even companies are competitions for young people, as well as the town of Milan, because it has become a media event.
Many young designers today don't use the pencil and they are losing the ability to sketch freehand very important for them. When a customer asks them during an interview to splash a detail of their project they will find themselves in difficulty as accustomed to using the digital, do you require in the selection of the Salone Satellite elaborate splattered as well as rendering?
The rendering? They are prohibited! Candidates as a requirement, should send two or three photographs or a design of the prototype and then, along with a jury of producers, architects and designers who are invited, they select the most representative entries.
What do you think about the topic?
Just about manuality, I can anticipate that I'm trying to work with companies, because I would like a further step for the satellite show, to invite the young designers to do an internship in a company, they are always used to the computer and they don't live the real production. Each year the show has a theme, I did design in the world, designed in the future, this year's design technology. Next year? Top secret, I can not say.
According to you, today which designer or architect is more prominently on the international design?
There are many, I can not tell you who is the best in the international design. I would say that is the Italian productivity to be international. From the world the designers came in Italy to realize their prototypes. Is your Italian productivity who wins.


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I spent most of my day running around despite telling myself I was going to take it easy and just enjoy my last warped experience. I didnt shoot as many bands as I did last year but I still finished the day off with a total of 15 bands. The heat was atrocious and I thought it may be my final run as well, but it was so worth the near death experience lol and I am so stoked to show off these photos with everyone!


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7) Do not be afraid of JOINs. They are not necessarily resource intensive, given good indexing. Most of the time a denormalized schema without a join ends up being worse than a normalized one using a join. When there is redundant data, ensuring data integrity takes up more cycles than providing a framework for data integrity in the first place.
8) Limit the use of correlated subqueries; often they can be replaced with a JOIN.
(I also try to put SQL commands in capital letters to help me easily spot fields and variables I use).
I personally find SQL commands being in all caps is harder to read, as it's not natural.
If i can perform a given query that can be acomplished even with a JOIN, or a Subquery. What should i use?
I've heard sometimes use subqueries is better because it's reduced to a constant. But, is it entirely true?


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BART to add Wi-Fi, increased security, updated control system
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By Taylor Rudman | Staff
BART ticket fares to increase in 2020
City of Berkeley begins preparing North Berkeley, Ashby BART stations for housing
BART, Salvation Army launch effort to help homeless community
The BART board of directors approved a series of updates to their transit system on Jan. 9, including Wi-Fi and cellular upgrades, increased security and a modern train control system.
The project promises improvements in cellular coverage, a reduction in dropped calls and a more reliable connection for video and audio streaming for passengers riding BART and waiting in stations. It is anticipated that these changes could lead to mobile ticketing in the future, according to a BART press release.
"We must bring our technology up-to-date and expand broadband coverage to better compete in the transportation market and provide convenient, easy to use transit," said BART general manager Bob Powers in a press release.
The "BART digital railway" proposal is made up of four projects, according to the press release. The first will involve adding cellular coverage to the Sunset, Twin Peaks and Central Subway Muni tunnels within the next two years. The second is installing Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connection at every BART station within the next four years, and the third involves installing Wi-Fi on Fleet of the Future railway cars within the next five years. The fourth is the implementation of a new fiber optic cable to help generate additional revenue.
BART also plans to launch an ambassador program for a six-month pilot on Feb. 10 to help improve security. As a part of the program, 10 ambassadors will walk trains from 2 p.m. to midnight every day of the week except for Saturdays, during which additional coverage will be provided. The ambassadors, selected from the BART Police Department's Community Service Officers, will receive additional de-escalation and anti-bias training, according to the press release.
"This team will be police employees and trained to provide a sense of safety and security for our riders on-board trains and deter crime," said interim BART police chief Ed Alvarez in a press release. "I worked closely with our Board members, the General Manager, and police unions to develop a program that is responsive to our riders and is able to launch seamlessly, safely, and quickly."
BART will also build a modern communications-based train control system to replace the 47-year-old fixed-block train control system. The new technology will allow trains to run closer together, enabling BART to increase the number of trains in operation and decrease travel times. The system will be installed over the course of 11 years, and the $798 million contract was awarded to Hitachi Rail STS USA Inc.
"This will be a pivotal project in BART's history," Powers said in a press release. "We will now be able to eliminate aged and obsolete equipment. Modernizing our train control system will help us to support future ridership in the busiest sections of our system."
Contact Taylor Rudman at [email protected] and follow her on Twitter at @TaylorRudman.
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sibly untrustworthy program, can be run safely [1, 2].
except those items to which he explicitly grants access.
are needed as input or output for the service program.
transfers of control, and to handle error conditions.
Copyright (~ 1973, Association for Computing Machinery, Inc.
by permission of the Association for Computing Machinery.
Drive, Palo Alto, CA 94304.
proprietary program or may have its own private data.
These things, while interesting, will not concern us here.
owner the input data which the customer gives it.
security of the data has been compromised.
by which data can escape from confinement.
We want to be able to confine an arbitrary program.
of an attempt to escape.
for its owner to call it, and then return the data to him.
his leisure and collect the data.
its work and the file is destroyed.
avoided if the customer pays for resources.
which one program can set and the other can test.
stream of bits to another concurrently running program.
ences no global variables will be memoryless.
which is sufficient to ensure confinement.
since the supervisor, for example, cannot be confined.
help any confined program which calls it to do so.
Granting this, we can formulate a new confinement rule.
to enumerate them all and then to block each one.
or at some later time.
All the examples except 4 and 6 use storage channels.


Several County properties are actively being treated and monitored for invasive plants, especially Brazilian pepper and Chinese tallow. Several County employees are active members of the First Coast Invasive Working Group, a five county task force working to prevent and control invasive species in Baker, Clay, Duval, Nassau, and St. Johns Counties. Invasive species don't adhere to political boundaries, so it is essential to have collaborative partnerships throughout northeast Florida in our effort to prevent the spread of invasive species and restore native habitat.
Within St. Johns County, land managers representing agencies such as the County, Guana-Tolomato-Matanzas NERR, Florida Wildlife Commission, Department of Environmental Protection and the Nature Conservancy have joined forces and are now actively removing invasive species from public sites on a monthly basis!!


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Family Code section 7822(b) explains that the mere lack of failing to provide support or to communicate with the child is presumptive evidence of the required "intent to abandon." The statute also allows the court to ignore only "token" support or contact by the absent parent.
The actual title of the filing for abandonment is called the Petition for Freedom from Parental Custody and Control. A report from the investigating agency will be required, summarizing the case for the judge, as mandated by Family Code section 7851. Efforts must be made to find the absent parent, or notice by publication will be required. A court date is set and if the absent parent does not appear, a court can terminate the parental rights of the absent parent if the legal requirements have been met, normally after brief testimony from the adopting parent (and spouse if a stepparent adoption). If the absent parent objects, a trial date will be set.
This is only a brief explanation of Family Code section 7822 and other issues can apply. Also, there are other means by which to terminate parental rights (e.g. Family Code sections 7662, 8604; Probate Code section 1516.5).


8. TheWilson5 "Yankees Can Do it All"
COMPLEX SAYS: This kid remembered the most important part of being a Yankee fan: bragging about the All-Stars featured on that $200 million roster. Of course he forgot the main part of MCing, you know, actually rhyming lyrics. C'mon son!


Developers of NDIS miniport or intermediate device drivers for Windows 2000 through Server 2003; and hardware engineers for network interface controllers.
This course covers the latest revisions of Microsoft's Network Device Interface Specification (NDIS). In this seminar, the student will learn how to write two types of network drivers supported by Windows: Intermediate drivers, and NIC miniport drivers. Connectionless and connection-oriented drivers, call managers, call manager clients, and WDM features (Plug and Play, Power Management, and Windows Management and Instrumentation (WMI) are all covered in detail. We will also address the latest NDIS .INF file format and features, including the implementation of notify objects for use with intermediate drivers.
DRV150, Windows Internals Essentials for Driver Writers, or equivalent knowledge and experience. Attendees should understand the basic principles of demand-paged, virtual memory, multitasking operating systems. Attendees should also be familiar with the concepts of I/O device programming (in other words, driver coding on any other operating system or environment) and must have at least a reading knowledge of the C programming language. Prior experience writing network drivers, implementing network protocols, or writing NT4/WDM kernel mode drivers will be helpful, but is not required.
We of course strongly recommend the hands-on labs version of this seminar.
As you learn about each driver type in the NDIS network stack, you will test and augment your knowledge by implementing a simplified version of each. First, you will write a NIC Miniport driver and its accompanying .INF file. The addition of a protocol (lower) edge, and merging it with the miniport (upper) edge will produce a simple Intermediate driver. Lastly, you will write a Notify Object DLL to install the Intermediate driver.
At the conclusion of the seminar, each student will of course receive fully commented source code for the solutions to all of the lab exercises.


For many years we've been passionate about serving our community. As a church we apply the truth of the Bible to our everyday lives and share life together as a community.
On Sundays you can expect a friendly welcome, dynamic service, and relevant teaching. We gather collectively as a church to worship Jesus and for discipleship by hearing about Jesus from the bible, worshiping Jesus through song and giving, and serving one another through community and prayer.
Exit Magnolia Ave and go east to 6th street and turn left. Connection Church will be on the north (right) side of the street, at the corner of Cardiff Street and E. 6th Street.
Exit McKinley Ave. and go south to Magnolia Ave. Turn right on Magnolia Ave. Magnolia Ave. will turn into 6th Street. Connection Church will be on the north (right) side of the street, at the corner of Cardiff Street and E. 6th Street.


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package webscalajs

import com.typesafe.sbt.web.SbtWeb.autoImport._
import com.typesafe.sbt.web.pipeline.Pipeline
import com.typesafe.sbt.web.{PathMapping, SbtWeb}
import org.scalajs.sbtplugin.ScalaJSPlugin.autoImport._
import sbt.Def.{setting, settingDyn, settingKey, task, taskDyn, taskKey, Initialize}
import sbt.Keys._
import sbt.Project.projectToRef
import sbt._
import sbt.internal.io.Source
import sbt.io.Path
import webscalajs.ScalaJSStageTasks._
import webscalajs.ScalaJSWeb.autoImport.{jsMappings, sourceMappings}

/**
 * Auto-plugin added to SbtWeb projects
 */
object WebScalaJS extends AutoPlugin {

  override def trigger: PluginTrigger = allRequirements
  override def requires: Plugins = SbtWeb

  object autoImport {
    val scalaJSProjects = settingKey[Seq[Project]]("Scala.js projects attached to the sbt-web project")

    val scalaJSPipeline =
      taskKey[Pipeline.Stage]("Copy the JavaScript and Source Map files produced by Scala.js to the sbt-web assets")

    val monitoredScalaJSDirectories = settingKey[Seq[File]]("Monitored Scala.js directories")

    val scalaJSDirectoriesFilter = settingKey[FileFilter]("Filter that accepts all the monitored Scala.js directories")

    val scalaJSWatchSources = taskKey[Seq[Source]]("Watch sources on all Scala.js projects")
  }
  import webscalajs.WebScalaJS.autoImport._

  override def projectSettings: Seq[Setting[_]] = Seq(
    scalaJSProjects := Seq(),
    scalaJSPipeline := scalaJSPipelineTask.value,
    /**
     * The Scala.js directories are added to unmanagedSourceDirectories to be part of the directories monitored by Play run.
     * @see playMonitoredFilesTask in Play, which creates the list of monitored directories https://github.com/playframework/playframework/blob/f5535aa08d639bae0f1734ebe3bc9aad7ce0f487/framework/src/sbt-plugin/src/main/scala/play/sbt/PlayCommands.scala#L85
     */
    Assets / unmanagedSourceDirectories ++= monitoredScalaJSDirectories.value,
    monitoredScalaJSDirectories := monitoredScalaJSDirectoriesSetting.value,
    /**
     * excludeFilter is updated to prevent SbtWeb from adding any descendant files from the Scala.js directories.
     * @see where excludeFilter is used in SbtWeb https://github.com/sbt/sbt-web/blob/cb7585f44fc1a00edca085a361f88cc1bf5ddd13/src/main/scala/com/typesafe/sbt/web/SbtWeb.scala#L245
     */
    Assets / excludeFilter := (Assets / excludeFilter).value || scalaJSDirectoriesFilter.value,
    scalaJSDirectoriesFilter := monitoredScalaJSDirectories.value
      .map(scalaJSDir => new SimpleFileFilter(f => scalaJSDir.getCanonicalPath == f.getCanonicalPath))
      .foldLeft(NothingFilter: FileFilter)(_ || _),
    scalaJSWatchSources := taskDyn {
      taskOnProjects(transitiveDependencies(scalaJSProjects.value.toRefs), watchSources)
    }.value,
    watchSources ++= scalaJSWatchSources.value,
    scalaJSPipeline / includeFilter := GlobFilter("*")
  )

  implicit private class ProjectsImplicits(projects: Seq[Project]) {
    def toRefs: Seq[ProjectReference] = projects.map(projectToRef)
  }

  private def filterMappings(
      mappings: Seq[PathMapping],
      include: FileFilter,
      exclude: FileFilter
  ): Seq[(File, String)] =
    for ((file, path) <- mappings if include.accept(file) && !exclude.accept(file))
      yield file -> path

  private lazy val monitoredScalaJSDirectoriesSetting: Initialize[Seq[File]] = settingDyn {
    settingOnProjects(transitiveDependencies(scalaJSProjects.value.toRefs), unmanagedSourceDirectories)
  }

  private def scalaJSPipelineTask: Initialize[Task[Pipeline.Stage]] = task {
    val include = (scalaJSPipeline / includeFilter).value
    val exclude = (scalaJSPipeline / excludeFilter).value
    val jsFiles = scalaJSTaskMappings.value
    val scalaFiles = sourcemapScalaFiles.value

    mappings: Seq[PathMapping] => {
      val filtered = filterMappings(mappings, include, exclude)
      filtered ++ jsFiles ++ scalaFiles
    }
  }

  private lazy val scalaJSTaskMappings: Initialize[Task[Seq[PathMapping]]] = taskDyn {
    val filter = ScopeFilter(inProjects(scalaJSProjects.value.toRefs: _*), inConfigurations(Compile))
    task(scalaJSTaskFiles.all(filter).value.flatten)
  }

  private lazy val scalaJSTaskFiles: Initialize[Task[Seq[PathMapping]]] = onScalaJSStage(
    fastLinkJS / jsMappings,
    fullLinkJS / jsMappings
  )

  lazy val sourcemapScalaFiles: Initialize[Task[Seq[PathMapping]]] = taskDyn {
    val projects = transitiveDependencies(scalaJSProjects.value.toRefs)
    taskDyn {
      val scopeFilter = ScopeFilter(inProjects(projects.value: _*), inConfigurations(Compile))
      val maybeSourceMappings =
        onScalaJSStage((fastLinkJS / sourceMappings).?, (fullLinkJS / sourceMappings).?)
      task {
        // all scalaJSProjects and their transitive dependencies that have sourceMappings defined
        val projectsSourceMappings: Seq[(File, String)] =
          maybeSourceMappings(_.toSeq.flatten).all(scopeFilter).value.flatten
        for {
          (sourceDir, targetDir) <- projectsSourceMappings
          scalaFiles = (sourceDir ** "*.scala").get
          (scalaFile, subPath) <- scalaFiles.pair(Path.relativeTo(sourceDir))
        } yield (new File(scalaFile.getCanonicalPath), s"$targetDir/$subPath")
      }
    }
  }

  private def transitiveDependencies[A](projects: Seq[ProjectReference]): Initialize[Seq[ProjectRef]] = setting {
    projects.map(project => thisProjectRef.all(ScopeFilter(inDependencies(project)))).join.value.flatten
  }

  private def taskOnProjects[A](
      projects: Initialize[Seq[ProjectRef]],
      action: Initialize[Task[Seq[A]]]
  ): Initialize[Task[Seq[A]]] = taskDyn {
    val scopeFilter = ScopeFilter(inProjects(projects.value: _*), inConfigurations(Compile))
    task {
      action.all(scopeFilter).value.flatten
    }
  }

  private def settingOnProjects[A](
      projects: Initialize[Seq[ProjectRef]],
      action: Initialize[Seq[A]]
  ): Initialize[Seq[A]] = settingDyn {
    val scopeFilter = ScopeFilter(inProjects(projects.value: _*), inConfigurations(Compile))
    setting {
      action.all(scopeFilter).value.flatten
    }
  }
}


In March 2014, a joint effort by animal rescuers in PA resulted in a major rescue of almost 200 domesticated pet rats that were being kept in deplorable, horrific conditions in Shoemakersville, PA.
We expect the final number saved to be 250 rats or even more.We have here at the PRLC with the babies that are being born over100 rats from the Shoemakersville hoarder rescue.
Many of the pet rats rescued so far are seriously injured and ill, and require costly medical care. Please donate for this, and also to help defray gas costs for transporting the healthy pet rats to various adopters across the country.
Rat-Nation of Pittsburgh has 85 of these rats in sanctuary in their shelter. 3 more Shoemakersville rats will be arriving from the Philly area around the July 4th weekend to total 88 of these rats calling it their home here in Pittsburgh. Injurys & illness's have been resolved & all the rats are doing extremely well. Many are overcoming social behavior & are now friendly, happy & well cared for daily. They are considered unadoptable & will in all likelyhood remain with us for their lives. Our biggest expense at our shelter is the cost of food to feed these rats on top of all the other PRLC rescue rats in the shelter. Rat-Nation Shelter rescue rats eat around 400 pounds of Harland every 10 weeks & on top of the Harlan we spend around $100.00 on Cheerios/cereals/noodles etc. for the rats a week. We do have some medical expense's in purchasing medicines/wound care items/Mite preventions etc. which we purchase off the internet keeping our expenses at a minium so as not to incur high vet bills for non life threatning daily care keeping the vet visits at a minium for emergency situations that are absolutely necessary.
This is a very expensive endeavor with many volunteering their time and personal resources.
Won't you please help give these sweet animals a better life than they have ever known before.


It's another tasty episode of the city's best restaurant and bar podcast. As we close in on a full year of podcasting excellence, Rick and Steve are serving up the inside scoop on new developments around town. We start with news that Fork & Barrel will open Friday in the old Basa spot on Frankfort Ave. From there, you won't have to go far for Chik'n & Mi, now open on lower Brownsboro with a little-known, but Bobby Benjamin-endorsed chef, Jason McCullen. Down the road a bit, there's a new place to eat at the Disney World of Distilleries, Maker's Mark. And finally, in the Old Louisville spot once occupied by Slice, a new Cajun-Creole restaurant is coming at the end of April.
Stephen Bowles has decades of accumulated expertise in all things barbecue, including operating three former Pepperwood stores. These days he spends much of his time cooking up BBQ for various charities, including the upcoming Jill's Wish party at Bowman Field. Steve's guest is renowned chef Michael Crouch of Bistro 1860, who is preparing for an all hands-on-deck celebration called the Titanic Dinner, a 10-course feast coming April 13.
In our Copper & Kings favorites segment, Steve couldn't decide between two treats at the Cured & Crafted event Sunday — a savory pork corndog from Commonwealth Cured, or the Camp Marshmallow ice cream from Louisville Cream. At the same event, Rick loved his hand-made chicken hand pie from the Butchertown Pie Co. You can read about Steve's favorite drink at EatDrinkTalk.net, Gin from the Copper and Kings still and in a gin and tonic. Rick remembered the bourbon on tap, poured into a memorable Old Fashioned, from his visit to Parlour in Jeffersonville.
There's all that and more in this 49th episode of the EatDrinkTalk podcast. Please share it with your friends, and thanks for listening.


Without including a single player or union rep, the NFL has finally decided on a formal policy in regards to player protests during the National Anthem. NFL owners have decreed that players must stand during the anthem to show "respect;" however, there is an option for players to remain in the locker room.
Also, each team will be able to decide if there should be any discipline for a player protesting on the field during the anthem. Finally, the NFL will be able to fine a team (not a player) if any of the team's said players protest on the sideline.
So, if a player decides to protest he can do so in the locker room where no one is watching. But if the player decides to come onto the field during the anthem and protests - the NFL fines the team and the team decides if there is any punishment for the player.
I have mixed feelings about the policy. On one hand, the NFL is a company and the players are employees within. And, in a regular business setting the company has the right to determine specific policies that employees must adhere to - dress code, workplace conduct, tardiness policies, etc, etc. Let's face it, if your boss tells you that you have to wear a tie - and you decide to never wear ties - don't be surprised when you're fired. Because, a company should have some rights in deciding how their employees represent the company.
On the other hand, the NFL protesters are, by and large - black folks. And NFL owners are, by and large - white dudes. Which means we now have yet another policy where white dudes tell black folks what is appropriate for them to do and not to do. Which, is kind of tiresome. (Also, racist and gross.) And I'm not even getting into the inherent idea that, a person in a truly free society doesn't need to "respect the flag." Someone with the right of free speech is allowed, legally, to not stand and be forced to "respect the flag." It is literally their constitutional right to chose to stand or not, or to sing the anthem or not, and / or to show "respect" for the flag / anthem - or not. I am using a common sense attachment to the word "respect" but, yes, we could also quibble about "what does respect mean, anyway?"
On the other hand, again, as employees of the NFL, the company might be within their rights to say, "As employees of our company - you must stand and sing the national anthem." On the other hand it's not like the NFL has any competition. So, let's say a player says, "Well, free speech is in the constitution and therefor legal, and if your company policy takes away that right from me - then I quit and I'll take my talents elsewhere!" It's not like they can work at some other professional American football league. Their options are kind of limited.
I've already seen the Facebook rage begin. Even on my feed I have friends railing against the ruling and calling for an NFL boycott. I mean, first there was the ludicrous idea that the NFL was going to impose a 15 yard penalty on any team kneeling for the anthem. Which produced some online rage. Thankfully, it looks like that idea was shot down. But still - the very idea of it is insulting to reasonable thought. And now the idea that players can be fined - for exercising their constitutional rights - is burning some folk's britches. And I totally understand.
On the other hand - players are employees of a company who should have some say in how their employees represent them. Maybe. Right? Or is the policy too far? I honestly don't know. Some folks on Facebook clearly think they have the answer. Maybe they're right!
Anyway, I hate to be wishy washy on the policy but I have mixed feelings about it. To be clear - I don't have mixed feelings about the obvious racial component. The new NFL policy is absolutely designed to make white Americans feel more comfortable watching the NFL. I mean, let's face it - if there is one thing that scares the F out of many white people, it's black folks exercising their constitutional rights and pushing for social change.
I mean, peacefully protesting by kneeling quietly during the national anthem seems pretty benign, right? This probably shouldn't even be a national issue. But it is. Such is the 'Murica we currently find ourselves in.
To be honest, I prefer the NFL's previous policy of - players are free to exercise their free speech. Or not. It's up to them. And I hate the racial component of this policy but I keep getting stuck on - but the NFL is a company and the company should be allowed some say in how their employees represent - the company. But the rage is building and I honestly don't expect the NFL to keep this policy.
I guess we'll see what happens now.


Artist Jodie Manasevit's engaging work exemplifies the wonderful diversity of color and the inventive spirit of the abstract. Abstract painting fueled her unbridled inspiration and allowed her to be in charge of the rules, and make or break them to create without any pre-determined structure. Manasevit journeys within a colorful realm of vibrancy and reflection in her artwork, and creates a special relationship with her art that is of meaningful balance.
JM: All aspects of making paintings and drawings and managing a career as an artist. I've been teaching painting and drawing, part-time, at Northeastern University since 2000.
JM: I was a freelance paste up artist, a job which no longer exists since computer graphics and digital technology took over. The job involved cutting by hand and pasting columns of copy, captions, headlines and photographs for newspapers and magazines, and creating slides and graphics for audio-visual slide presentations. For several years I was also a tenant activist and the anti-warehousing inspector in Hoboken, NJ where I lived for about twenty years.
JM: As I searched for a career during my twenties, I realized that looking at and making art gave me more pleasure and satisfaction than any other conceivable career. I spent a lot of time in museums looking at Kandinsky.
JM: I began by studying paintings in museums and then attended and finished both my undergraduate and MFA degrees at Hunter College. I had several very gifted artist/teachers, Robert Swain and Doug Ohlson among them, to whom I am very grateful.
JM: Oil on canvas and pencil and/or charcoal on paper.
JM: My paintings are small, colorful, abstract, compositions which mirror my internal world of memories, dreams and imagination. I use drawing to build a vocabulary of motifs and to familiarize myself with ways of organizing space. I start paintings on a colored field with a few random marks and patchy forms. I develop the image by responding to the way colors and forms organize the space, generate a quality of light and suggest a tempo and path through and around the picture plane.
MoL: Delving into the thought-provoking realm of abstraction in your work, what is it about abstraction that speaks to you as an artist? What intriguing elements does it add to a work of art?
JM: Abstraction is open ended and full of surprises. It defies comparative interpretation. It allows me to be in charge of the rules, which presents a unique set of challenges. I make the rules, break them, and reinvent them until the image exerts a comfortable amount of control and we are in balance. Currently, I am working without any pre-determined structure which makes the recent work pretty demanding.
JM: I don't really believe in inspiration. The work comes from the work.
MoL: In many of your recent creations, there are a compelling variety of geometric shapes and colorations. How do shapes and colors engage you as an artist? How do they uniquely assist in expressing the story and message of an artwork?
JM: Shapes and colors organize and animate the space. They create rhythm, tension and dialogue. They populate a world.
JM: "The bluebird carries the sky on his back," Thoreau.
JM: I don't have much peace of mind. But I do yoga, am physically active and spend a lot of time in my studio.
JM: My garden is very beautiful and was created over many years from a complete mess. I spend a lot of time there. Being a minimalist at heart, I am happy with as few possessions as possible. I entertain infrequently but enjoy it when I do. I have a longstanding, deep and abiding love of animals and don't eat meat. My cooking is pretty simple vegetarian fare, a lot of soup in the winter.
JM: Mario Diacono, my former dealer (now retired) who is currently curator of the Maramotti collection in Italy. He has been a steady friend, consultant and wise appreciator of my work for many years.
JM: I can't choose one person but here's a short list. Klee, Matisse, Cezanne, Bonnard, Stuart Davis, Arthur Dove, Joan Mitchell, Shirley Jaffee, Vermeer because I love their paintings.
JM: Everything between 1880 and the present.
JM: I'm still realizing it and am amazed every day.
JM: I plan on continuing to make art, for the duration, and hope to continue my very rewarding relationship with Berry Campbell.
JM: I have no pre-determined message. I hope looking at paintings gives viewers a moment to step both in and outside of themselves. I hope they get turned onto the magic of painting and the social and cultural importance of creative thinking in all fields.
JM: Work hard, don't be in a hurry and stay true to your heart.
Manasevit is represented by Berry Campbell Gallery.


This is the ivory horn button used with the 1950 and up steering wheels. 1 Required.
This is the ivory horn button used with the 1950 and up steering wheels. The button is painted like the original and ready to install on the Jeep in the horn button retainer. The bottom cup is not included.


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Q: XSL transformation using Java: number format issue I have JDK6 and using JAXP for the transformation. I am beginner to XSLT.
Source XML:
<Number>
    <Value>529.82</Value>
</Number>

XSLT:
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">

    <xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes"/>

    <xsl:template match="Number">
        <xsl:element name="Result">
            <xsl:element name="Total">
                <xsl:attribute name="Amount">
                    <xsl:value-of select="format-number(Value, '#.00')*100"/>
                </xsl:attribute>
            </xsl:element>
        </xsl:element>
    </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

Output XML:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Result>
     <Total Amount="52982.00000000001"/>
</Result>

Here the value of Amount attribue should be 52982.
Please help.

A: Use:
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
 <xsl:output omit-xml-declaration="yes" indent="yes"/>
 <xsl:strip-space elements="*"/>

 <xsl:template match="Number">
     <Result>
      <Total amount="{round(format-number(Value, '#.00')*100)}"/>
     </Result>
 </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

When this transformation is applied on the provided XML document:
<Number>
    <Value>529.82</Value>
</Number>

the wanted, correct result is produced:
<Result>
   <Total amount="52982"/>
</Result>

Explanation:
XSLT 1.0 has only a single numeric type, and it is the double type.
As with any floating point type, there are precision errors.
In XPath 2.0 / XSLT 2.0 one can use the xs:decimal type, so that any precision errors are eliminated -- of course, the xs:decimal type has a defined maximum number of digits.

For reference, here is the corresponding XSLT 2.0 transformation using xs:decimal:
<xsl:stylesheet version="2.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
 xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" exclude-result-prefixes="xs">
 <xsl:output omit-xml-declaration="yes" indent="yes"/>
 <xsl:strip-space elements="*"/>

 <xsl:template match="Number">
     <Result>
      <Total amount="{xs:decimal(format-number(Value, '#.00'))*100}"/>
     </Result>
 </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

Result:
<Result>
   <Total amount="52982"/>
</Result>

Or even simpler (without format-number()):
<xsl:stylesheet version="2.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
 xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" exclude-result-prefixes="xs">
 <xsl:output omit-xml-declaration="yes" indent="yes"/>
 <xsl:strip-space elements="*"/>

 <xsl:template match="Number">
     <Result>
      <Total amount="{xs:decimal(Value)*100}"/>
     </Result>
 </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

A: Try
<xsl:value-of select="format-number(Value*100, '#')"/>

The problem with your previous approach is that you're formatting the Value to a string, then converting it back to a number and multiplying it by 100.  You need to do the multiplication on the original number and then format the result.

A: You can use the round() function. Simply wrap your format-number() call in it. The following stylesheet does the trick:
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">

    <xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes"/>

    <xsl:template match="Number">
        <xsl:element name="Result">
            <xsl:element name="Total">
                <xsl:attribute name="Amount">
                    <xsl:value-of select="round(format-number(Value, '#.00')*100)"/>
                </xsl:attribute>
            </xsl:element>
        </xsl:element>
    </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>


Essential Functions: National Institutes of Health/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NIH/NICHD) in partnership with Wayne State University (WSU); Detroit, Michigan seeks to strengthen its Ultrasound and Imaging Unit whose goal is to develop novel and innovative diagnostic techniques in fetal and maternal imaging.This Unit conducts research of the fetus and mother utilizing three- and four-dimensional imaging, MRI and other sonographic modalities. The primary focus is to conduct original research with a strong interdisciplinary component. The team includes maternal-fetal medicine specialists, neonatologists, geneticists, pathologists, scientists, as well as residents and fellows. The applicant is expected to lead an ultrasound and imagining conference, and participate in the training of residents, fellows, and other members of the research team. The applicant will supervise ultrasound and other research staff. The Ultrasound and Imaging Unit offers an exceptional opportunity for academic growth for individuals committed to the pursuit of excellence.
Qualifications: The successful applicant should have an M.D. degree or M.D./Ph.D., have completed a residency training in Obstetrics and Gynecology and have demonstrated experience in this field. If MD degree valid Michigan medical license is required.Impeccable written and oral communication skills are required to disseminate results of research at scientific meetings and to write scientific papers. Experience and expertise in examining and evaluating the fetus and mother using two-and three-dimensional imaging techniques, identifying patients at risk for adverse pregnancy outcomes and developing new methods for fetal growth assessment are required.Rank commensurate with credentials.


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Voice-Specs is part of the Wimdu Voice IP telephony stack.
Please refer to the central [Voice repository](https://github.com/fwoeck/voice) for details.

#### License

Voice-Specs is released under the [MIT License](LICENSE).


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Ондрашовце () — село в окрузі Пряшів Пряшівського краю Словаччини. Площа села 4,36 км². Станом на 31 грудня 2016 року в селі проживало 55 жителів.

В селі розміщені 2 церкви.

Історія
Перші згадки про село датуються 1427 роком.

Примітки

села округу Пряшів
Засновані в Європі 1427

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Oakland A's Beat White Sox 5-1Mike Fiers stayed busy during the All-Star break and made three trips to the Coliseum to stay on his normal pitching routine.
MetroSouth Hospital In Blue Island Could Close By The End Of The Year
Filed Under:Blue Island, Chicago, Chicago News, Hospital Closing, MetroSouth Hospital
CHICAGO (CBS) — A community hospital in Blue Island might shut down, and people who live in the suburb are worried.
State Rep. Bob Rita hosted a meeting to discuss MetroSouth Hospital.
The operators of that facility have announced it might close if there isn't a buyer by the end of the year.
Larry Garetto said he has had three life-saving surgeries at that hospital and calls it vital to the community.
"For all those doctors that put their time in to try to get the hospital to work and all the people on the board, I think it's a disgrace to not try to make it work or ask for help or do something," said Garetto, who is also an advisory board member.
The CEO of MetroSouth said the hospital has been caring for fewer patients in recent years and believes that building would be best used as an outpatient facility.
Rita and other local leaders said they're working on ways to try to keep emergency services available in Blue Island.
Murder-Suicide Confirmed As Cause Of Death For Family Found In Elmhurst House Fire
1 Dead, Another Injured Following Fiery Fuel Spill On Stevenson Expressway At Cicero
'A Peaceful Family'; Neighbor Says He's Shocked After Hearing Of Elmhust Murder-Suicide
Couple's Trip To Florida Turns Into Nightmare, After Car Rental Results In $7,600 Bill For Damages; 'It Was A Scam'
Woman Critically Injured In Overnight Divvy Bike Hit And Run


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Union To Sue Police After Barrister Arrested At Medical University Protest
By Aaron Walawalkar, News and Digital Editor 13 Jan 2020
Speech, Workplace
United Voices of the World union barrister Franck Magennis arrested at security guard strike. Credit: UVW
A trade union is taking legal action against the Metropolitan Police after its barrister was arrested at a protest outside a medical university.
The United Voices of the World (UVW) union's barrister, Franck Magennis, was arrested and then, moments later, let go as he joined picketing security guards at St George's, University of London, in Tooting, on Monday.
The guards, who are employed by outsourcing giant Noonan, began 48 hours of strike action to protest what UVW describes as an "antiquated and discriminatory regime of outsourcing", which they claim means they receive lower salaries and sick pay.
Footage posted on social media appears to show Magennis in handcuffs behind a police van near the university's Cranmer Terrace entrance. A police officer inserts a key into the cuffs before the camera turns away.
"Workers should be allowed to go on strike without being threatened with arrest. This is an outrage," Magennis said.
"If my false imprisonment goes unchallenged, that would allow the Metropolitan Police to criminalise what is lawful civil activity, and would have a chilling effect on workers' ability to stand up to bosses and exercise their civil liberties."
Union spokesman Kane Shaw said that the group had been protesting for around 50 minutes when police arrived at the scene and told them that the volume of their music was too loud.
He said: "There was no real inquiry why we were there. There was no real inquiry as to why we were leading the picket.
"They initially said: 'You are being a nuisance, you will be arrested if you do not leave within five minutes.' At which point we turned off the music."
Police warned protesters that they were in breach of section 119 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act, Shaw added. This law makes it an offence to cause a "nuisance or disturbance" while on NHS premises without reasonable excuse.
Magennis was arrested after he told the officer "it's laughable – no judge is going to support you on this", Shaw said.
The barrister was then dearrested moments later after he told the police he would sue them, he added.
The union has described the incident as "frightening" in regard to workers' rights and civil liberties, and has vowed to take legal action.
Shaw added that UVW has conducted four weeks of similar strike action outside St Mary's Hospital, in Paddington, and faced no issues in relation to section 119.
The right to protest is protected under Article 10 and 11 of the Convention of Human Rights – the rights to freedom of expression and assembly.
Both these right are qualified. This means public authorities, such as the police, can take proportionate steps to curtail them if deemed necessary to protect public health and safety, among other reasons.
A Met police spokesman said that officers were called to reports of anti-social behaviour in St George's Hospital, in Blackshaw Road, shortly after 8.30am on Monday.
He said: "Officers attended. A group of protesters were found who were refusing to leave NHS premises.
"One of the protesters was arrested for a public order offence but was then dearrested once the group of protesters had been moved off NHS premises."
'We Are Being Treated As Second Class'
Security guards strike at St George's, University of London. Credit: UVW.
The 25 security guards at St George's – who are largely black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) – are demanding to be employed directly by the university.
According to UVW, they are currently paid less than the university's lowest-paid in-house staff and only receive the statutory minimum sick pay and other conditions under their contract with Noonan.
Staff employed by the university receive six months full sick pay, followed by six months half sick pay, according to UVW, while the guards receive just £18 in sick pay and nothing for the first four days.
One security guard said that this discrepancy makes him feel "treated as being second class".
"They [St. George's] say they treat us well, but we are overworked and have to come into work when we're sick," he said. "The university couldn't work without us, so why don't they employ us?".
The group are set to take 13 days of strike action throughout January and February, coordinated by UVW.
UVW organiser Petros Elia said that his union has obtained a report commissioned by the university which shows it could save £200,000 a year by in-housing the workers.
"It is indefensible that it continues to outsource them and can only be because they do not consider them worthy of being university employees," he said.
"Other universities are moving away from this discriminatory and antiquated practice, and we hope that St. George's will quickly follow suit and avoid further disruptive strike action."
The union is considering mounting a legal bid arguing that the government's use of outsourcing constitutes indirect discrimination under the Equality Act 2010, with staff predominantly from black, minority ethnic, or migrant backgrounds.
The 2010 Act makes it illegal for public authorities (among others) to treat employees unfavourably on the basis of a "protected characteristic" – such as race, disability, or sexual orientation.
Noonan and St George's University have been contacted for comment.


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package co.justgame.compasspoints.listeners;

import org.bukkit.Location;
import org.bukkit.entity.Player;
import org.bukkit.event.EventHandler;
import org.bukkit.event.EventPriority;
import org.bukkit.event.Listener;
import org.bukkit.event.player.PlayerJoinEvent;
import org.bukkit.event.world.WorldUnloadEvent;

import co.justgame.compasspoints.main.CompassPoints;

public class Listeners implements Listener {

    @EventHandler(priority = EventPriority.HIGH)
    public void onLogin(PlayerJoinEvent e){
        Player p = e.getPlayer();

        Location point = p.getBedSpawnLocation() != null ? p.getBedSpawnLocation() : p.getWorld().getSpawnLocation();
        p.setCompassTarget(point);

        CompassPoints.addUUID(p.getName(), p.getUniqueId().toString());
    }

    @EventHandler(priority = EventPriority.HIGH)
    public void onWorldUnload(WorldUnloadEvent e){
        CompassPoints.declareWorldUnafe(e.getWorld());
    }
}


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Tigers 58, USF 57
by Frank Murtaugh
The Tigers erased a 12-point deficit over the game's final ten minutes to steal a win from the USF Bulls Tuesday night at FedExForum. Lester Quinones drained a three-pointer from the right corner with just over a minute to play to break a 55-55 tie. When D.J. Jeffries deflected Caleb Murphy's off-balance attempt in the closing seconds, the Tigers secured their second win in league play to improve to 6-4 overall and 2-1 in the American Athletic Conference.
U of M Athletics
The Bulls' top scorer, David Collins, put only four points on the board and junior forward Alexis Yetna (11.5 points per game) missed the contest with a lower leg strain. Murphy almost made up for both with 20 points, hitting nine of 18 shots from the field. USF dropped to 5-4 (1-2).
Struggling to find offensive rhythm over the season's first month, the Tigers incorporated a new offense — "the Lion set" — based on player motion and perimeter passing, with a big man in position for offensive rebounding. Results can be considered mixed, the Tigers having scored only nine more points than they did in their last outing, a loss to Tulsa.
USF erased a 25-23 halftime deficit quickly, with a 12-5 run to open the second half. But a 14-2 Tiger run set the final five minutes up for high drama, even in a virtually empty arena. A Quinones trey put Memphis up 51-48. An Alex Lomax steal led to a Quinones layup and a 55-52 lead with two minutes remaining. A Murphy trey pulled USF within a point (58-57) but it would prove to be the final bucket of the game, even with a Tiger shot-clock violation giving the visitors final possession.
Quinones led the Tigers with 13 points. DeAndre Williams added 12 and Landers Nolley 10. As for the new emphasis on passing, Memphis logged 17 assists on 24 made field goals, though the "flow" of the game would be described as frenetic, at best.
The Tigers will turn the calendar to 2021 facing five of seven January games on the road. They travel to Temple to play the Owls Saturday (tip-off at 11 a.m.). They then face UCF in Orlando (on January 5th) before their next home game (SMU, January 14th).
Memphis beats UCF 58-57
Who Are These Memphis Tigers?
by Frank Murtaugh | Jan 4, 2021
Memphis Athletics/joe Murphy
Tulsa 56, Tigers 49
by Frank Murtaugh | Dec 21, 2020
Tigers 85, Central Arkansas 68
by Frank Murtaugh | Dec 4, 2020
Tigers 83, Arkansas State 54
Richard Carlson/inertia
VCU 70, Tigers 59
by Frank Murtaugh | Nov 27, 2020


Here the updated versions of debrisInterMixing are provided for download. The first OpenFoam-compatible Version 2.3.x are available as supplement to v. Boetticher, A., Turowski, J. M., McArdell,W. B., Rickenmann, D., Hürlimann, M., Scheidl, C., and Kirchner, J. W.: DebrisInterMixing-2.3: A Finite Volume solver for three dimensional debris flow simulations based on two calibration parameters. Part two: model validation with experiments. Geoscientific Model Development, 10, 11: 3963-3978. doi: 10.5194/gmd-10-3963-2017. DebrisInterMixing is a Volume-of-Fluid based Finite Volume code that accounts for shear-thinning sensitive shares of fine sediment suspension together with pressure-sensitive components of the gravel grains within debris flow mixtures. All model properties can be derived from a material sample except for a grid-sensitive calibration parameter. For more information, please contact albrecht.vonboetticher@wasserbau.ch.
Albrecht von Boetticher (2019). Three-dimensional debris flow simulation tool debrisInterMixing. EnviDat.


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Zabius est un genre de scorpions de la famille des Buthidae.

Distribution
Les espèces de ce genre se rencontrent en Argentine et au Brésil au Rio Grande do Sul.

Liste des espèces
Selon The Scorpion Files (02/04/2021) :
 Zabius birabeni Mello-Laeitão, 1938
 Zabius fuscus (Thorell, 1876)
 Zabius gaucho Acosta, Candido, Buckup & Brescovit, 2008

Publication originale
 Thorell, 1893 : « Scorpiones exotici R. Musei Historiea Naturalis Florentini. » Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana, , ,  (texte intégral).

Liens externes
 The Scorpion Files : Jan Ove Rein, Trondheim, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Notes et références

Buthidae
Genre de scorpions (nom scientifique)


The incidence of pituitary tumors in geriatric equines is reported to be around 21%.
Thyroid adenomas are identified as an incidental finding in 7.1% of all ages of horses in one report, but were found in as many as 75% of horses over 20 years in another report.
An uncommon equine medical issue occurs within endocrine tissue—pituitary, thyroid and adrenal gland neoplasms. The incidence based on post-mortem studies ranges from 0.5-1.8%[Perez-Ecija, A.; Toribio, R.E.; Mendoza, F.J. Endocrine tumors in equids. Equine Veterinary Education, 2017].
The researchers note that typically these tumors occur in older horses. With the exception of PPID and pheochromocytoma, often there aren't obvious clinical signs.
The incidence of pituitary tumors in geriatric equines is reported to be around 21%, with adenomas accounting for 60% of the cases, hyperplasia 30%, and only an infrequent carcinoma. The researchers reported that most pituitary tumors are associated with the pars intermedia.
Measurement of basal plasma ACTH, then measuring ACTH following stimulation by thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH), provide good diagnostic information, particularly during autumn months.
Most adenomas do not progress to carcinoma and therefore might not need removal. Biopsy of the affected thyroid gland helps to determine if surgical excision is necessary.
Most affected horses do not show clinical signs other than slight dyspnea or gulping due to pressure from the enlarged thyroid mass on surrounding tissues. Measurement of serum thyroid levels or calcitonin concentrations assists diagnosis and is important for determining if thyroid supplementation is necessary.
Parathyroid tumors are rare, and no parathyroid carcinoma cases have been reported in horses.
Adrenal tumors tend to be unilateral, benign pheochromocytomas that are nonfunctional. These are typically identified on post-mortem exam. The low Incidence—0.95% to 1.65%—is seen primarily in horses older than 23 years.
Equine veterinarians are an important part of the group that can serve the community and save horses in need.


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200 women cut through hill to solve water crisis
A group in 200 women dug through a mountain to bring water to their parched village. -- IANS
Bhopal, Feb 18 (IANS) Rising to the occasion, a group in 200 women in Madhya Pradesh's Chhatarpur district, led by 19-year-old Babita Rajput, dug through a mountain to bring water to their parched village.
The residents of Angrotha village were struggling with a water crisis, as they were unable to get water from the river to the pond due to the hill in between. The crisis used to exacerbate during May-June.
A graduate in Arts, Babita then decided to motivate the women of the village to take things in their own hands. Under her, the women of the village dug a 107-metre long trench, cutting through the hill, to create a waterway to recharge their pond.
Babita said: "The village was under severe water crisis since 2018. We planned to bring water to the pond in the village and had to struggle a lot in getting permission from the Forest Department. An NGO, Parmarth, helped us in all of this struggle. With everyone's effort, we were able to dig through the hill and connect a waterway to the pond."
Farmer Ramratan Rajput said: "The village witnessed rains only twice in 2020. Despite such less rains, 10 wells and five bore wells didn't dry up. There was sufficient water for farming also."
The efforts of the 200 women were praised across the area but an official, on the condition of anonymity, said that though the waterway was created, "but it is not true that the women have done everything".
"JCB machine and dynamite was used to break through the hill," he said, but admitted that the women helped in digging the trench.
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import os
import sys
import subprocess

import config
from _cdash import CDash
from _colors import Colors

#
#
#
class Uploader( object ):
  '''
  '''

  def run( self, options=None ):
    '''
    Performs the action.
    '''

    print 'Uploading results for ' + config.SOFTWARE_SHORT + '...'

    # check which submission type
    submissiontype = 'Experimental'
    if options.continuous:
      submissiontype = 'Continuous'
    elif options.nightly:
      submissiontype = 'Nightly'

    # now we create a dashboard submission file
    cdasher = CDash()

    #
    # build
    #
    print Colors.CYAN + 'Loading Build Report..' + Colors._CLEAR
    buildReport = os.path.join( config.TEMP_PATH, config.SOFTWARE_SHORT + '_Build.xml' )

    if os.path.isfile( buildReport ):
      # found a build report
      print Colors.ORANGE + 'Found Build Report!' + Colors._CLEAR

      with open( buildReport, 'r' ) as f:
        cdasher.submit( f.read(), submissiontype )

      print Colors.ORANGE + '..Successfully uploaded as ' + Colors.CYAN + submissiontype + Colors.ORANGE + '.' + Colors._CLEAR

    else:
      # not found
      print Colors.ORANGE + 'Not Found!' + Colors._CLEAR
      buildReport = None

    #
    # test
    #
    print Colors.CYAN + 'Loading Testing Report..' + Colors._CLEAR
    testReport = os.path.join( config.TEMP_PATH, config.SOFTWARE_SHORT + '_Test.xml' )

    if os.path.isfile( testReport ):
      # found a build report
      print Colors.ORANGE + 'Found Testing Report!' + Colors._CLEAR

      with open( testReport, 'r' ) as f:
        cdasher.submit( f.read(), submissiontype )

      print Colors.ORANGE + '..Successfully uploaded as ' + Colors.CYAN + submissiontype + Colors.ORANGE + '.' + Colors._CLEAR

    else:
      # not found
      print Colors.ORANGE + 'Not Found!' + Colors._CLEAR
      testReport = None

    #
    # coverage summary
    #
    print Colors.CYAN + 'Loading Coverage Summary..' + Colors._CLEAR
    coverageReport = os.path.join( config.TEMP_PATH, config.SOFTWARE_SHORT + '_Coverage.xml' )

    if os.path.isfile( coverageReport ):
      # found a build report
      print Colors.ORANGE + 'Found Coverage Summary!' + Colors._CLEAR

      with open( coverageReport, 'r' ) as f:
        cdasher.submit( f.read(), submissiontype )

      print Colors.ORANGE + '..Successfully uploaded as ' + Colors.CYAN + submissiontype + Colors.ORANGE + '.' + Colors._CLEAR

    else:
      # not found
      print Colors.ORANGE + 'Not Found!' + Colors._CLEAR
      coverageReport = None

    #
    # coverage log
    #
    print Colors.CYAN + 'Loading Coverage Log..' + Colors._CLEAR
    coverageLog = os.path.join( config.TEMP_PATH, config.SOFTWARE_SHORT + '_CoverageLog.xml' )

    if os.path.isfile( coverageLog ):
      # found a build report
      print Colors.ORANGE + 'Found Coverage Log!' + Colors._CLEAR

      with open( coverageLog, 'r' ) as f:
        cdasher.submit( f.read(), submissiontype )

      print Colors.ORANGE + '..Successfully uploaded as ' + Colors.CYAN + submissiontype + Colors.ORANGE + '.' + Colors._CLEAR

    else:
      # not found
      print Colors.ORANGE + 'Not Found!' + Colors._CLEAR
      coverageLog = None

    # delete old reports
    if buildReport:
      os.unlink( buildReport )

    if testReport:
      os.unlink( testReport )

    if coverageReport:
      os.unlink( coverageReport )

    if coverageLog:
      os.unlink( coverageLog )


I'm halfway through the 25 sessions of external radiotherapy and really not in bad shape. By innards are not really my own, but manageable (thanks to awful diet) and I'm not too tired. The daily round trip to Montpellier is OK, particularly now I'm being spoiled by family and doing nothing.
Yesterday was an eventful start to part one: visit by Jude and family plus their friends Charlie, Sam, and children Henry and Daisy. The advance party was Ed, who arrived by car (carrying his bike and luggage) who had driven through the night and got here at midday.
Meanwhile Jude set off with the girls by train to Luton airport. Maddie was sick over them both on the train, requiring an urgent purchase of a new dress at the airport. On arrival at Montpellier, Maddie was sick again, over the customs control area – no official offered to help.
My friends, Charles and Pierre, went to the airport to collect them, and Sam and family followed in convoy – and got lost. Much texting between cars and base camp and several hours later, with the awaiting delicious roast lamb meal suffering, two tired carloads arrived.
Instantly everybody recovered and fell into party mood, the adults over belated drinks, the children off exploring and building camps. Bedtime was very late.
Ed was up at crack of dawn for a long cycle ride, but then a request to be rescued: part of his bike's gear system had sheared off – when he had almost completed the uphill part and had been looking forward to the reward of the long, long descent from Mouzoules.
Whoops. Another drama. Maddie and Ella set off to shop with Ed and got to the first roundabout when Maddie was sick again. Back home, another complete change of clothes and a two-year-old out of sorts.
With the arrival of family and friends tomorrow I have finally got round to doing what I should have done weeks ago: roughly translate the gloomy diet that I am on for a few weeks yet (apparently it is a good idea to continue for a while after the daily radiotherapy stops in mid-August).
Its only redeeming feature is that everything is so tasteless that I'm eating very little and continue to lose weight. I'm getting a bit tired of people exclaiming – almost accusingly – how well I look.
The challenge will be how not to put the weight back on once I can eat lovely things like cheese, onions, nuts, spices ….. …..
Tim Coutts, Neville Pressley's son-in-law, arrived with two mate for some serious tree cutting next door. Somewhat overcome by the heat they nevertheless started at 6.30 the first morning, cutting down the giant cedar behind my house.
By the next day they had refined their skills and team work and demolished the giant cedar next to the pool in under two hours – and went on to polish off a few more today (aided by the big drop in temperature, but surviving some scary moments with Tim high up in a tree when the wind swept down the valley).
Here is Tim in action. (Could take time to load.) The other two gather up the branches and feed them through a giant (noisy) munching machine.
Yesterday evening it rained. Real rain, accompanied by thunder and lightning, for at least an hour.
The storm came a day earlier than predicted – I was sitting beside the pool with friends, Josie and Tony (who of course had brought supper with them!) watching the advancing black cloud from the north.
It had been an exceptionally hot and stifling day. My taxi driver remarked at 10am that it was already 32 degrees and by the return trip from Montpellier three hours later, it was hovering around 40 degrees.
This is maybe not the hottest summer on record (I seem to remember some days like this in 2003) but surely it must break records as the longest: three months with little more than an hour's rain in total and day after day of temperatures hitting mid or higher thirties. We haven't reached August yet but the ground is a scorched brown and trees are taking on a tired look. My silver birches are virtually leafless, hazelnut and cherry trees predictably wilting, and the oleanders have shed all their flowers. And because it is now much hotter at night, the house is no longer recovering its freshness overnight. So – after my obligatory siesta after going to Montpellier, the best place to be is in or beside the water.
This morning there is a lovely freshness to the air (which has a faint smell of damp hay). But not a cloud in the sky, though Meteo France is still insisting we will have storms this afternoon, before returning to non-stop sun.
I was duly and understandably chastised by one of my oldest friends, Christine, who has had a prestigious career in medicine, for visiting a healer, or 'ôteur' du feu. How could I, she asked, when together aged about 10 we dared challenge the establishment in the fifties and question the existence of a god.
Oh I agree; it is illogical and against a lifetime of challenging irrational beliefs. And yet, and yet, here in this part of France I am discovering that belief in the abilities of some people to take on or prevent burns is even more widespread than I thought at first. I've just been talking to a friend, a retired teacher and now a novelist, who referred to the long history of 'healers'. An atheist, he is somehow able to accept the idea that there are physical activities not yet explained by science. Even more incredible, I have learnt that the Clinique Clémentville, one of the cancer centres of Montpellier, where my friend, Sylvia, is treated for her brain tumour, has a list of healers to offer radiotherapy patients, saying that they don't know why, but ôteurs du feu have a good reputation for helping with burns.
Anyhow, to please my doctor, physio, vet and many others – and also because he is such a very nice man – I was back visiting Francys on Friday. Rest assure, Christine, he does not touch me – he just lays his hands above my abdomen, concentrating on emptying his mind of all thoughts. This time, he said, he could feel the rayons or beams much more than a week ago (so can I). Afterwards he washed his hands in cold water, but showed that even so, he had little blisters on his arms which had not been there before the session.
I'm feeling better now, but that is probably because it is the weekend, with no radiotherapy till Monday.
The other thing about this trio of friends is that two of them are enthusiastic clothes shoppers. Kath and even more, Fran, loved browsing in the shops and stalls in le Vigan. Rose and I will go to extreme lengths to avoid this, in my case with justification, since I know that I can't get anything in my size here.
Even Rose succumbed: as she is disgustingly tall and slender, she was able to buy an extremely elegant grey linen jacket that I coveted. Fran and Kath contented themselves with stylish shoes.
Everybody knows that I'm very greedy (normally) but totally idle and incompetent in the kitchen. What a pleasure therefore to have friends who love talking about food, buying it and cooking it. I was thoroughly spoilt during Fran, Rose and Kath's stay. The most I did was to light the barbecue for the trout.
It is always a pleasure to see friends and family relish the freshness and quality of fruit and vegetables grown here. And in the case of the trout there was a visit to the trout farm to collect a second delicious meal. Coping with my very limited diet was an added challenge, and to be quite honest I sometimes couldnt resist eating or drinking things I shouldn't, justifying that this was only the first week of radiotherapy. (It has to be said that by Friday I was feeling the odd twinge…) Fran even found time to make me a large supply of delicious beetroot gaspacho which is sustaining me over the weekend.
On Thursday my friends replaced the taxi in my daily trip to Montpellier and afterwards, while I rested outside my favourite restaurant, Alain Villard's l'Appart'thé, they braved searing heat to explore the city (which I am gratified to say they loved). Then we had an outstanding meal at Alain's – gaspacho again, followed by a wonderful concoction of thin slices of cold beef, courgettes, aubergine and other delicacies, and finished with an outstanding tarte aux pommes, with a light burnt sugar covering and dressed with strawberries and currants. As you can imagine, my diet suffered again….
What I really miss in my life in France – apart from family – is my pals; the friendships which have lasted decades and are so important to me.
I have friends here of course, but there is something special about people you have grown up or old with. So Ray, who was here last week with his wife Fay, worked with me in the Sixties. Now I'm loving a visit from Fran, whom I first met in 1972, and Rose and Kath, whom I met soon after. Fran and I, along with Joanna Blythman, worked together in the Eighties – the best working relationship I ever had. Rose I got to know better when we collaborated on a database to manage the Dictionary of Scottish Women.
It is so hot that we have done little but swim, chat and eat. I'm being totally idle and letting them produce the meals. Tomorrow they are driving me to my radiotherapy session in Montpellier. Then I will relax in a cafe while they explore the old city.
It may have been hotter on some days in 2003 but I don't think I have ever known such a prolonged heatwave. Four short bursts of rain since April, temperatures above 30 in the shade most days for the last ten weeks and now it is not cooling down at night.
The result is of course that the land has lost its lovely green cover (mid-June) and is now a scorched brown (mid-July). Goodness knows what the next six weeks will bring.
Thank goodness for the bassin.