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South Korean's Expected to Invest £3billion in London Office Property Market by the End of the Year
The City of London property market is seeing a boost of investment from Asia, with the amount spent on office blocks by South Koreans about to reach a record high.
They are expected to have invested £3 billion by the end of this year, according to Savills, the property consultancy, making them the largest foreign buyers. The National Pension Service of Korea, the third-largest public pension fund in the world, has already made the biggest property transaction this year with the purchase of Goldman Sachs' new headquarters near Holborn for £1.16 billion, the second-highest sum ever paid for a building in the UK.
Stephen Down, head of central London investment at Savills, said Brexit was not a concern for South Koreans: "They wouldn't be here if they were worried and they are here. We were there [in South Korea] for two days last week where we had 14 meetings and the general feeling is they are all looking to invest. They have been busy and active." He said they were taking a medium to long-term view.
Savills said Asian investors have accounted for 60 per cent of investment in the City, with £4.77 billion in transactions so far this year.
There had been fears that the London property market would dry up after the Brexit vote, but the fall in the value of the pound has led to a surge of buyers from Asia, who were also attracted by Britain's property law.
The interest South Korean investors have in the London office property market is no surprise, given the huge demand for coworking and shared office spaces in their home market.
Coworking surges in popularity in South Korea's Capital
Top Trends Fueling the Rise in Coworking in Asia
London beats global rivals to lure real estate cash
Dubai soon to become digital financial inclusion hub for Middle East, Africa, and South Asia.
Technology Aids Asia Pacific Property Markets with Increased Transparency (PropTech)
More than half of all commercial property purchases in the City of London come from Asian investment
Global Commercial Property Investment Hits 10-Year High in Q1

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Scott Beschta aka Magic Arrows is an old veteran in the indie scene who was recognized for his release entitled Sweet Heavenly Angel of Death back in 2005, which was a guitar/sample-based album. Even more recognizable was his involvement in The Promise Ring, which had considerable mainstream success back in the late 90's and early 2000's. Since then he recently released The Theme, which was a record that Beschta had put out himself through a personal imprint called Lion Record back in 2005. A bonus disc called "Descend Like Dove," which is a collection of unreleased material from the same sessions, accompanies it. The Theme is a powerful record full of unique ambient textures, synths, and samples not unlike last year's Luxury Problem by Andy Stott. The music sounds convincingly more relevant then most albums released in this day and age because of the originality that is brought to the table. The 16 tracks on The Theme are diverse and varied which makes the journey through the songs seem shorter then it actually is.
The album opens with "Morning (midnight)" which contains a vocal sample that sounds off in the distant and starts to become fuzzy and filtered as it eventually washes away amid an ocean of ambient textures that tantalize the senses. The layers give way to a down tempo masterpiece with the second song "Uptown Devils" that introduces some rhythmatic elements as a number of sounds combine to sound like one gigantic machine chugging away in an industrial factory. Other songs like "Aegean Sea" sounded like I was taking a train ride around a dark and luminous planet not certain of where I would end up. Overall, The Theme with its bonus disc offers utterly unique soundscapes that few electronic artists can compete with.


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Sir Alfred Gilbert RA (1854 - 1934)
RA Collection: People and Organisations
Sir Alfred Gilbert was born in London but schooled at Aldenham, Hertfordshire, where his father taught music. Gilbert failed to obtain a scholarship to become a surgeon, and instead pursued his interest in sculpture, studying first at Heatherley's School and Royal Academy Schools (where he quickly became disillusioned with the training of sculptors). More valuable experience was obtained during this period from working part-time in the studios of established sculptors such as Edgar Boehm.
In 1875, Gilbert moved to Paris to study at the École des Beaux-Arts – Boehm had suggested this, but another reason for doing so was to elope with his cousin Alice Jane Gilbert, who was expecting their child. In 1878 Gilbert moved to Italy, where he began to carve and cast, returning to England in 1884.
The years between 1885 and 1898 were Gilbert's most productive – he made works including the jubilee memorial to Queen Victoria in Winchester, taught himself the art of the goldsmith. He became the first artist in Britain to cast in aluminium, using it to make the statue of Eros which crowns his Shaftesbury Memorial in Piccadilly Circus, London. Gilbert was elected as a Royal Academician in 1892 and demand for his work was increased by his status as the favourite sculptor of the royal family (Gilbert was a friend of Queen Victoria's daughter Princess Louise).
Gilbert's popularity arguably triggered his downfall as the artist was unable to turn down commissions but he found them burdensome and regularly took many years to fulfil them. Eventually, clients tired of his failure to deliver works they had already paid for and accused him of cheating them. In 1901 Gilbert declared bankruptcy, sold off the contents of his house and studio, and moved his family to Bruges in Belgium where he started an unsuccessful art school. He still returned to London regularly and continued as professor of sculpture at the RA (1901–3 and 1905) but in 1908 accusations of dishonourable behaviour against Gilbert forced his resignation as an Academician.
After a long absence on the continent, Gilbert eventually returned to England in 1926. He was forgiven by George V who provided him with studios in royal palaces and this triggered a revival of Gilbert's fortunes. He received a prestigious commission for a monument to Queen Alexandra which was unveiled in 1932, the same year he was reinstated as an Academician and knighted.
Royal Academician
Born: 12 August 1854 in London, England, United Kingdom
Died: 4 November 1934
RA Schools student from 17 January 1874
Elected ARA: 7 January 1887
Elected RA: 8 December 1892
Elected Senior RA: 31 May 1932
Professor of Sculpture: 1900 - 1904
Resigned: 25 Nov 1908
Rejoined: 31 May 1932
Preferred media: Sculpture
Works by Sir Alfred Gilbert in the RA Collection
Sir Alfred Gilbert RA
Bust of Lionel Smythe, R.A., 1898
Bust of George Frederic Watts, R.A., 1889
Sketch model for a symbolic figure on the Queen Victoria Monument, Winchester, ca. 1887
Victory, ca. 1887
Model for Eros, 1891
Bronze, cast in 1925-26 after an original of 1891.
Bust of Lionel Percy Smythe R.A., 1898
Works associated with Sir Alfred Gilbert in the RA Collection
Ralph W. Robinson
Sir Alfred Gilbert R.A., ca.1889-1891
Platinotype print mounted on off-white card
Albert Toft
Bust of Sir Alfred Gilbert, R.A., 1936
Bronze bust on marble base
Associated archives
Alfred Gilbert: Sculptor and Goldsmith
Item RAA/PRE/5/2/189
Correspondence concerning a memorial tablet for Sir Alfred Gilbert and the sale of various works
Series SP/19
Newspaper obituaries for Alfred Gilbert, together with correspondence concerning his will and estate
Miscellaneous letters and papers relating to Alfred Gilbert
All associated archives
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Sonoma County Property Rentals takes the headaches out of property management. Whether you are looking for a home to rent or you own a rental home as an investment, Sonoma County Property Rentals will take care of your needs. We are looking forward to the opportunity to serve you and take the headache out of your property management needs. We Are Always Looking After Your Best Interest.
At Sonoma County Property Rentals, we pride ourselves on exceptional inventory, a variety of properties from which to choose, and above all else, helping you find just the home you want.


Arrow is a 2-player strategy game where the goal is to destroy the other team's players while surviving to the end. The world falls apart until only one of the teams remains.
The downloaded version has more features.
Extract the .zip folder and run Arrow.exe inside.


Follow these design requirements for bag lifts (bag arm elevators) and chutes.
(a) Maximum operating capacity of seven bags per minute.
(b) Spacing of arms on the conveyor chain to obtain the full capacity of the elevator with the lowest possible chain speed.
(c) An electric limit switch at the unloading end that automatically stops the conveyor chain if any bag does not clear the conveyor arms.
(a) Are designed to keep the speed of flour bags as low as possible.
(b) Provide an upturn at the lower end of the chute to slow down the bags.
(3) You must prohibit the use of bag or barrel lifts as personnel lifts.
(4) You must prohibit manlifts in bakeries.


This level has easy difficulty. For this level try to play more near to chocolates or play from bottom part of the board to shuffle the candies as it will help to get more more special candy. Combine special candies with each other to break more chocolates. Or play near to chocolates to break them.


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Puy Giroux
Puy Giroux is a summit in Puy-de-Dôme and has an elevation of 838 metres. Puy Giroux is situated nearby to Les Filles, close to Centre Médical Infantile.
Château d'Opme
The Château d'Opme is an 11th-century castle, later converted to an elegant château, located in the commune of Romagnat, in the département of Puy-de-Dôme, in the Auvergne region of France, nine kilometers south of Clermont-Ferrand. Château d'Opme is situated 1 km east of Puy Giroux. Photo: SiefkinDR, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Château de la Bâtisse
Château de la Bâtisse is situated 1½ km southeast of Puy Giroux. Photo: Romary, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Église Saint-Opme d'Opme
Église Saint-Opme d'Opme is situated 1 km east of Puy Giroux. Photo: Romary, CC BY 2.5.
Château de Montrognon
Château de Montrognon is situated 3 km north of Puy Giroux. Photo: Larzalier, Public domain.
Gergovie plateau
The Gergovie plateau is a plateau of the Massif Central located 10 km to the south of Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France and is named after the nearby village of Gergovie.
Le Crest
Le Crest is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France. Photo: Romary, CC BY 2.5.
Puy-de-dome is a department in the Auvergne region. Photo: Thesupermat, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Description: mountain in France
Categories: mountain and volcano
Location: Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
3.0765° or 3° 4' 35.6" east
838 metres (2749 feet)
Cebuano: Puy Giroux
Dutch: puy Giroux
French: Puy Giroux
Other Places Named Puy Giroux
Puy GirouxScenic viewpoint, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Les FillesLocality
MonériceLocality
OpmeHamlet
Saulzet-le-ChaudHamlet
Montagne de la SerreMountain, 2½ km south
MontrognonSummit, 3 km north
Bois SéjourForest, 3 km north
Gergovie plateauPlateau, 3½ km northeast
Centre Médical InfantileBuilding, 340 metres southeast
PradetBuilding, 450 metres south
Saulzet-le-ChaudBus stop, 1 km northwest
Colliers HillSummit, Ohio, United States
Munzur DağlarıMountain range, Turkey
Snow PeakSummit, Oregon, United States
Cerro OtatesMountain, Sonora, Mexico
VremščicaSummit, Slovenia
Mount SteenhoffMountain, British Columbia, Canada
Popular Destinations in Auvergne
Clermont-Ferrand Aurillac
Le Puy-en-Velay Mont Dore
Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home. - Matsuo Bashō
PortimãoPortugal Machu PicchuPeru
São PauloBrazil VancouverCanada
About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Photo: Romary, CC BY-SA 3.0.


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Vietnam Olympic Team
EXPLAINER: How does a grain of sand make it to the Olympics?
By Jimmy Golen Jul. 31, 2021 07:27 AM EDT
List 3/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic
By The Associated Press Nov. 09, 2020 04:31 PM EST
GYMNASTICS Artistic World Cup in Melbourne, Australia, from Feb. 20-23: China team withdrew. All-Around World Cup in...
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AUSTRALIAN RULES Round 1 from March 19-22, no spectators. Competition from March 22 suspended. From June 11 restarted, no spectators. ...
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Tokyo 2020 Schedule *Medal event
Athletics Women's Marathon Victory Ceremony Aug. 8 7:10 a.m. EDT
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Water Polo Men's Victory Ceremony Aug. 8 4:50 a.m. EDT
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Metadata Contracts in the City of London
Metadata Vacancies
Permanent IT Jobs
Contract IT Jobs
6 months 3 months
to 18 January 2022
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for Metadata skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Metadata over the 6 months to 18 January 2022 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
Central London > City of London
6 months to
Same period 2021
Rank 156 117 170
Rank change year-on-year -39 +53 +53
Contract jobs citing Metadata 31 9 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.78% 0.44% 0.59%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.27% 1.94% 2.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 6 22
10th Percentile £268 £289 £501
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +11.05% -9.09% +34.15%
Central London median daily rate £550 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +35.80%
Metadata is in the Databases and Business Intelligence category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills.
All Database and Business Intelligence Skills
Contract vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 948 465 1,149
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 23.70% 22.78% 23.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 753 349 906
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% +1.94% -1.90%
% change year-on-year +8.57% +2.94% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 4
10th Percentile £34.75 - £22.17
Median hourly rate £53.25 £22.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +142.05% -12.00% -32.60%
Central London median hourly rate £53.25 £42.25 £25.00
% change year-on-year +26.04% +69.00% -32.60%
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London
Job postings citing Metadata as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Metadata in the City of London.
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Metadata in the City of London over the 6 months to 18 January 2022.
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Metadata in the City of London.
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the City of London
For the 6 months to 18 January 2022, IT contractor jobs citing Metadata also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the City of London region with a requirement for Metadata.
1 20 (64.52%) Social Skills
2 15 (48.39%) Data Governance
3 14 (45.16%) Data Management
4 13 (41.94%) Metadata Management
5 12 (38.71%) Data Modelling
6 10 (32.26%) Finance
6 10 (32.26%) Data Quality
7 9 (29.03%) Data Architecture
8 8 (25.81%) SQL
8 8 (25.81%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (22.58%) Business Intelligence
9 7 (22.58%) Migration
9 7 (22.58%) Time Management
9 7 (22.58%) Data Lineage
10 6 (19.35%) Power Platform
10 6 (19.35%) Data Migration
10 6 (19.35%) AWS
10 6 (19.35%) Relational Database
10 6 (19.35%) Agile Software Development
10 6 (19.35%) RDBMS
10 6 (19.35%) ETL
10 6 (19.35%) Oracle
11 5 (16.13%) Banking
11 5 (16.13%) Management Information System
11 5 (16.13%) Telecoms
11 5 (16.13%) Master Data Management
11 5 (16.13%) Data Entry
11 5 (16.13%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (16.13%) Data Strategy
11 5 (16.13%) Analytical Skills
Co-occurring IT Skills in the City of London by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
Application Platforms
Communications & Networking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Processes & Methodologies
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.68%) Apache Spark
1 3 (9.68%) SharePoint
1 2 (6.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (3.23%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
1 6 (19.35%) AWS
1 6 (19.35%) Power Platform
2 4 (12.90%) Azure
2 4 (12.90%) PowerApps
3 3 (9.68%) Amazon EMR
3 3 (9.68%) Amazon S3
3 3 (9.68%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (6.45%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (6.45%) OneDrive
4 2 (6.45%) Power Automate
5 1 (3.23%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (3.23%) Collibra
1 1 (3.23%) Intranet
2 6 (19.35%) RDBMS
2 6 (19.35%) Relational Database
3 4 (12.90%) Big Data
3 4 (12.90%) NoSQL
3 4 (12.90%) SQL Server
4 3 (9.68%) Amazon Athena
4 3 (9.68%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (9.68%) Amazon Redshift
4 3 (9.68%) Power BI
5 2 (6.45%) MySQL
5 2 (6.45%) Oracle Database
6 1 (3.23%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (3.23%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (3.23%) Hadoop
6 1 (3.23%) HDInsight
6 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 1 (3.23%) PowerCenter
6 1 (3.23%) QlikView
6 1 (3.23%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 2 (6.45%) ERwin
2 1 (3.23%) JIRA
2 1 (3.23%) Toad
3 5 (16.13%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (16.13%) Banking
3 5 (16.13%) Presentation Skills
3 5 (16.13%) Telecoms
4 3 (9.68%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
1 8 (25.81%) Architect
2 5 (16.13%) Data Architect
3 3 (9.68%) Consultant
3 3 (9.68%) Data Engineer
3 3 (9.68%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (6.45%) Analyst
4 2 (6.45%) Applications Developer
4 2 (6.45%) Business Analyst
4 2 (6.45%) Data Consultant
4 2 (6.45%) Data Governance Consultant
4 2 (6.45%) DBA
4 2 (6.45%) Developer
4 2 (6.45%) Governance Consultant
4 2 (6.45%) Oracle DBA
4 2 (6.45%) SC Cleared DBA
4 2 (6.45%) Senior Architect
4 2 (6.45%) Senior Data Architect
5 1 (3.23%) Lead Architect
5 1 (3.23%) Lead Data Architect
5 1 (3.23%) Technical Analyst
1 4 (12.90%) Kafka
2 2 (6.45%) RESTful
2 2 (6.45%) XML
3 1 (3.23%) ADO
3 1 (3.23%) Apache Avro
3 1 (3.23%) GraphQL
3 1 (3.23%) JSON
1 5 (16.13%) Management Information System
2 3 (9.68%) Fixed Income
2 3 (9.68%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (6.45%) Taxonomies
4 1 (3.23%) Equities
4 1 (3.23%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (3.23%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (3.23%) Reference Data
4 1 (3.23%) Reinsurance
1 1 (3.23%) Linux
1 1 (3.23%) Unix
7 6 (19.35%) Agile Software Development
7 6 (19.35%) Data Migration
7 6 (19.35%) ETL
8 5 (16.13%) Data Entry
8 5 (16.13%) Data Strategy
8 5 (16.13%) Master Data Management
9 4 (12.90%) Business Case
9 4 (12.90%) Data Analysis
9 4 (12.90%) Problem-Solving
10 3 (9.68%) Analytics
10 3 (9.68%) Information Management
2 2 (6.45%) Python
3 1 (3.23%) Java
3 1 (3.23%) Perl
1 4 (12.90%) SC Cleared
1 4 (12.90%) Security Cleared
2 2 (6.45%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (6.45%) Degree
3 1 (3.23%) ACCA
3 1 (3.23%) CIMA
3 1 (3.23%) PMI Certification
3 1 (3.23%) PMP
2 4 (12.90%) GDPR
3 1 (3.23%) IFRS
3 1 (3.23%) Solvency II
1 6 (19.35%) Oracle
2 4 (12.90%) Cloudera
3 3 (9.68%) Microsoft
3 3 (9.68%) Talend
4 1 (3.23%) Google
4 1 (3.23%) Hortonworks
4 1 (3.23%) Informatica
4 1 (3.23%) Refinitiv
4 1 (3.23%) Salesforce.com
4 1 (3.23%) Sparx
4 1 (3.23%) Sybase
12 Metadata job vacancies in Central London
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Q: How to use use_wallclock_as_timestamps? I try to use_wallclock_as_timestamps in the video.
The -use_wallclock_as_timestamps option tells FFmpeg to ignore those
timestamps and instead use the wallclock time:
if (s->use_wallclock_as_timestamps)
    pkt->dts = pkt->pts = av_rescale_q(av_gettime(), AV_TIME_BASE_Q, st->time_base);

But it do not work.

A: You should rescale value from codec to stream timebase:
pkt->dts = pkt->pts = av_rescale_q(av_gettime(), codecContext->time_base, stream->time_base);

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Mr Boothroyd retires after 33 years at King's
DAVID Boothroyd, Head of Physical Education at King's Ely Junior, has retired after being a part of the King's family for a whopping 33 years!
To say that David has contributed greatly to our school community over the decades would be a slight understatement. During his time with us, he has been a PE Teacher, a Maths Teacher, Head of Boys' Games and Housemaster of Goodwin House for 15 years.
When asked what he has enjoyed most about working at King's, David said: "I've always felt that King's has a fantastic family atmosphere where pupils, parents and staff are all heading in the same direction".
Many of you reading this will have children who have been taught by David, some of you may have even been taught by him yourself.
Thank you for everything David and enjoy your retirement – you deserve it!


The capacity of Emergency Services Agencies, such as Fire, Police, and Ambulance, to systemically evaluate the effectiveness of their safety programs is limited. This can be enhanced through the integration of information describing the geographic patterning of emergency calls along with data describing the goals and objectives of safety programs. This project focuses on fire safety programs and employs advanced geographical and statistical methods that collectively enable them to be measured, modelled and monitored. This new framework enhances the evaluation capacity such that areas or communities at a greater risk can be better informed and proactively targeted in future safety programs, reducing costs, mitigating risk and saving lives.


When testing your code (and this is particularly true for functional tests), even if you mock most of the database iteractions, at some point you need to hit the persistent layer of your application in order to ensure that everything works correctly. In these cases you obviously are not willing to make definitive changes to your development database each time you run a test.
Each time you run a test, Laravel will cleverly wrap the database calls in a transaction, so when the test finishes the transaction rolls back, leaving the database in its previous state.
You can set up an alternative database to use when Laravel switches to a test environment. However you still have to make sure that this database remains in the same state between each test iteration, otherwise it could affect the results. Remember: tests must be performed in isolation.
However there's a handy solution that elegantly solves this problem, and at the same time it speeds up the execution of the tests: setup a SQLite database in memory, so when the tests are over, it will simply be destroyed.
Warning: be sure to avoid the use of MySQL native functions in your code, because in most of the cases they not work in SQLite.
The first step is making sure that you have correctly defined your migrations. I'm assuming that you are already familiar with this task so I will skip over.
We also have to edit the config/database.php configuration file in order to use our new environment property. We can use the env function which takes a property name as first argument and optionally provides a default value as second argument.
Note that we have defined the parameter :memory: as database value, to use a memory version of SQLite. The database instance ceases to exist as soon as the connection is closed, therefore is ideal for performing each test in isolation.
We are nearly there! The following passage is to tell Laravel to use this database each time it runs the test suite.
Finally for each TestCase that needs to interact with the database you have to use this line to tell Laravel to run the migrations before the each testing method.
In most of the cases this approach is recommended for speeding up your tests, however if you need to heavily seed the database each time before your tests, you might want to check out this great article from Chris Duell.


The rapper Lil' Wayne started a one year jail sentence for possession of a deadly weapon yesterday. More precisely, he was convicted in New York for having a loaded gun on his tour bus. (As a side note, his sentencing was delayed twice. Once so that he could have his diamond-studded braces removed [probably a good thing before going into custody] and yet again because of a flood at the Manhattan courthouse.) This plea-bargain was not rash. He presumably had good attorneys and the case was fought for several years. Lil' Wayne was originally arrested on this charge back in 2007. What is surprising is the severity of the sentence. As an Orange County criminal law attorney or criminal defense lawyer, I have represented numerous defendants charged with possession of a deadly weapon and many of those weapons have been loaded guns. Never have I had a client sentenced to such a lengthy jail term, however.
While it is possible that authorities are intent on making an example of him, it may also be the case that something warranted such a large sentense: Lil' Wayne's background or RAP sheet. Prior convictions will ALWAYS increase the penalties for future trangressions. I don't know if Lil' Wayne had ever been convicted before, but the fact that he still faces felony weapon and drug charges in Arizona suggests that he is not new to run-ins with the law.


LCA is the official distance-learning provider for A.C.E. Ministriessm and exclusively uses the Accelerated Christian Education curriculum for students in Levels K-12.
LCA has been successfully educating students for over 30 years and currently has over 5,000 students.
LCA's goal is to serve as an extension of the Bible-believing Christian home and local church, working harmoniously with parents to achieve God's purpose for their child.
To provide Biblically based, individualized, self-instructional curriculum, involving diagnostic testing, goal setting, and mastery of subject content and to accomplish this in a learning environment with informed family members assisted by experienced LCA advisors who supervise the educational process and challenge students to develop a relationship with Jesus Christ, incorporating the character traits of the Lord.
Lighthouse Christian Academy (LCA) was awarded full accreditation status as a distance education provider by Middle States Association Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools (MSA-CESS).
LCA was awarded full accreditation status as a distance education provider by Accreditation International (Ai). Ai is a recognized member in good standing with National Council for Private School Accreditation (NCPSA), the Council on Occupational Education (COE), and the International Council for Education.
LCA continues to provide our families with the highest level of Christian education and the best quality of customer service. As we move forward, we are pleased that we will now be able to provide our students with a recognized level of accreditation that is both regional and international in its scope.
Whether the student is a high achiever or a moderately paced learner, the Accelerated Christian Education educational process proceeds at the exact level determined by the child's ability.
Individualization makes it possible for each student to master the subject before moving on. Such mastery is the foundation upon which all future learning is built. Individualization produces academic excellence. Students take responsibility for their own learning. Biblical character training received as part of this learning experience prepares students to welcome and accept challenges and future opportunities that come their way.


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HomePS7We show you what the PS5 looks like on the inside
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We show you what the PS5 looks like on the inside
September 29, 2021 PS5show
You don't have to wait for a repair shop to find out what the PS5 looks like inside. Sony has carried out An official (and strangely relaxing) teardown of the PS5 that provides more than a few insights into your impending gaming console.
On the one hand, it has a cooling system Elaborated. There's a large 120mm fan that sucks in air from both sides, and a heat sink whose shape and airflow reportedly provide the kind of cooling you'd expect from a vapor chamber (like the one used in the Xbox series x). It even uses liquid metal as the thermal interface material in the eight-core CPU made by AMD to ensure "long-term" cooling performance.
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It is also evident that you won't have much trouble adding another SSD. Both curved white panels snap off easily, exposing a visible SSD bay where you can install a PCIe 4.0-based M.2 drive. Just don't expect to replace the default 825GB of storage, which is built into the PS5 motherboard. You can also remove the panels to remove dust from two dedicated receivers.
Disassembling the PS5 console It also gives you a good look at the CPU itself, its 16GB of GDDR6 memory, and the custom SSD controller. The 350W power supply is built in, so you won't have an ugly brick hanging off the back of your machine.
Gran Turismo 7 will show the power of the PS5
There are still some questions about the PS5, including its still mysterious interface. We wouldn't be surprised if a third-party teardown went further. However, this could answer a lot of your design questions. Like Microsoft, Sony was interested in a design that worked quietly, not just quickly.
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from django.db import migrations, models
import django.db.models.deletion
import mezzanine.core.fields

class Migration(migrations.Migration):

    dependencies = [
        ('rpocore', '0006_auto_20160921_1924'),
    ]

    operations = [
        migrations.CreateModel(
            name='SupportingOrganization',
            fields=[
                ('id', models.AutoField(auto_created=True, primary_key=True, serialize=False, verbose_name='ID')),
                ('_order', mezzanine.core.fields.OrderField(null=True, verbose_name='Order')),
                ('name', models.CharField(max_length=100, verbose_name='Name')),
                ('logo', models.ImageField(upload_to='', verbose_name='Logo of organization')),
                ('url', models.CharField(max_length=200, verbose_name='URL')),
            ],
            options={
                'verbose_name_plural': 'Supporting organizations',
                'ordering': ('_order',),
                'verbose_name': 'Supporting organization',
            },
        ),
        migrations.AlterField(
            model_name='carouselitem',
            name='homepage',
            field=models.ForeignKey(on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE, related_name='carousel_items', to='rpocore.HomepagePage', verbose_name='Homepage'),
        ),
        migrations.AlterField(
            model_name='homepagepage',
            name='process',
            field=models.ForeignKey(null=True, on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.SET_NULL, to='rpocore.Process', verbose_name='Process'),
        ),
        migrations.AlterField(
            model_name='notablesupporter',
            name='supporter_page',
            field=models.ForeignKey(null=True, on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE, related_name='notable_supporters', to='rpocore.SupporterPage', verbose_name='Supporter page'),
        ),
        migrations.AlterField(
            model_name='phase',
            name='process',
            field=models.ForeignKey(on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE, to='rpocore.Process', verbose_name='Process'),
        ),
        migrations.AlterField(
            model_name='statementpage',
            name='formal_statements',
            field=models.ManyToManyField(blank=True, to='rpocore.FormalStatement', verbose_name='Formal statements'),
        ),
        migrations.AlterField(
            model_name='statementpage',
            name='informal_statements',
            field=models.ManyToManyField(blank=True, to='rpocore.InformalStatement', verbose_name='Informal statements'),
        ),
        migrations.AlterField(
            model_name='supporter',
            name='support_group',
            field=models.ForeignKey(null=True, on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.PROTECT, to='rpocore.SupportGroup', verbose_name='Support group'),
        ),
    ]

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Learn more about the use of dental sensors and intraoral cameras today!
Regardless of how far modern dentistry has come, today's dentists still deal with a problem as old as the industry itself: the human mouth is a tricky place to see all parts of. Even with mirrors, a cooperative patient, and a penlight, it can be difficult to see everything.
And that's without having to show your patients what's going on inside their mouths. More patients than ever before are asking for visual representations of the problems inside their mouths. Which makes sense. In an industry like dentistry, people not only want to know what they're paying for but also why they're about to through the procedure at all.
Enter intraoral cameras, x rays, and dental sensors. These widely used pieces of modern tech are a lightweight, easy way for dentists to show patients the inside of their own mouths.
Let's be honest: most patients don't relish the idea of a trip to the dentist. It's an unfortunate reality, but it's also one we can help mitigate with liberal use of advanced technology. This is where dental imaging really shines.
The value of high care standards is in being able to make accurate diagnoses and provide services without having to worry about mistakes. Intraoral cameras enable dentists to take high-quality images of the insides of their patients' mouths. This makes your services more valuable to your patients, as your results become more of a foregone conclusion. And, in dentistry, there's really nothing better for retention rates.
As a dentist, it can be hard to get past the unreasonable fear many of our patients have for dental work. What you can do to help work around this, however, is to use a high-end intraoral camera to either find a less-invasive option or show your patient why they need more serious surgery.
One of the key benefits to using x ray dental sensors and x rays is in directly involving the patient in their own experience. Snap a shot and show your patients in near-real-time the problem area. Then review the way forward with them. You'll find them much more agreeable if you can explain to them with imagery why it's necessary. Interactive processes like this help you explain yourself, add plausible deniability, and simplify the diagnosis for yourself and the patient.
Interested in professional grade dental sensors, cameras and digital dental xrays for your office? Visit Video Dental, today, to find out more!


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The Berkeley Group and Family Therapy Institute specializes in group therapy, couples therapy, family therapy and therapy groups for therapists. Founded by Bill Roller and Vivian Nelson.
The Berkeley Group and Family Therapy Institute was co-created by Bill Roller and Vivian Nelson, who have been leaders in group and family therapy for over four decades. Bill is the current leader for all the Institute's groups & workshops.
In addition to their clinical practice, Bill and Vivian direct the Berkeley Group Education Foundation, a nonprofit organization that serves the public interest and the common good by creating seminars and professional trainings, and producing educational videos for a wide range of audiences.
Most recently, the Berkeley Group Education Foundation has produced and sponsored national and international Symposia at clinical conferences and law schools in order to address the ethical issues that arise for both clinicians and lawyers as they confront and condemn the practice of torture as a policy of the state.
Most recently, Bill has interviewed Daniel Ellsberg about his reflections on being a former thermonuclear war planner and the dire consequences of current United States thermonuclear war strategy. Watch the interview here.
Vivian Nelson is a former member of the Board of Directors of the International Human Learning Resources Network, established in 1969 by family therapy founder, Virginia Satir. Together with her co-therapist, Bill Roller, Vivian has published the Art of Co-therapy: How Therapists Work Together (Guilford Publications), a chapter in Kaplan & Sadock's Comprehensive Group Psychotherapy (Williams and Wilkens) and produced the six hour video companion to his text, The Promise of Group Therapy (Jossey- Bass). They have presented for professional audiences internationally, most recently in Buenos Aires, Barcelona, London, Sao Paulo, New York City, and Matsue, Japan. They were featured speakers at the 2010 Annual Conference of the Mid-Atlantic Group Psychotherapy Society in Richmond, Virginia. Vivian retired as a clinician in 2016, yet she remains active on the board of directors of the Berkeley Group Therapy Education Foundation which she founded with Bill Roller.
Bill Roller is founder and president of the Berkeley Group Therapy Education Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to the education of the public in the purpose and value of group therapy and the development of comprehensive programs and materials for the training of group psychotherapy professionals. He is a Fellow of the American Group Psychotherapy Association, Chairman of the Ethics Committee of the Board of Directors of the International Association for Group Psychotherapy and Group Processes (2006-2012), and past Co-Chairman of the Group Therapy Symposium, Department of Psychiatry, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco. He is author of more than 40 publications, including books, scientific articles, book chapters, videotapes, and a biography of Paul Shilder- a pioneer in group analysis and mentor to S.H. Foulkes.
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Stuart Davis American, 1892-1964
"He had his own raw sense of touch and saturated color and his own faith that the American landscape could direct him toward a particularly American brand of modernism."
–Roberta Smith
Stuart Davis' legacy of symphonic and innovative work draws from a keen interest in European modernism at an early age and later infused with representations of social and political life as Davis experienced it; his oeuvre creating a lasting impact on our perception of 'modern' art in America.
The 1913 Armory Show proved an incendiary moment for American modernism and for Davis, where he ranked amongst the youngest participants exhibiting. Exposure to the riotous Cubist and Fauvist examples at The Armory Show encouraged Davis' explorations into the avant-garde, and he began to create his own distinct language of modernist construction, which became increasingly more abstract over time.
As Davis began to incorporate themes of jazz and advertising into his work, his distillation of recognizable objects and inclusion of an American vernacular became flatter, bolder and more colorful, gradually contributing to the mature style for which Davis is perhaps best known on a global stage today: a synthesis of proto-pop techniques and a visual geometry all his own. The essence of Davis' work is his invitation to us to join in on this new way of seeing familiar forms: abstracted, their boundaries pushed but never too far out of reach.


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Search || Home » Brown » The 97 Percent Fight
The 97 Percent Fight
By Jim Sedlak
There are a number of hot battles going on in Washington, DC and across the country this year. We have budgets with deficits, raising the national debt limit, getting health care under control, and an ever-changing field of people who have announced - or are about to announce - their candidacy for president. None of the fights has been hotter than the struggle over the funding of Planned Parenthood.
In the Planned Parenthood funding fight, it appears that the figure of 97 percent has achieved a startling degree of importance among both sides of the debate.
The figure first emerged as Planned Parenthood, feigning that the fight against its taxpayer funding is all about abortion, began publicly proclaiming that only three percent of its services were abortions. That meant 97 percent of what it does is not about abortion.
This claim, of course, ignores the fact that the 97 percent figure is based on a mathematical formula that equates one abortion with, for example, one pap test. Ironic, of course, as an abortion takes a life and a pap test is done to possibly save a life.
Planned Parenthood's math is based on numbers contained in its Planned Parenthood's Services Fact Sheet. According to that document, Planned Parenthood performs 11,383,900 services every year and 332,278 are abortions. Thus, abortions are 2.9 percent of the total services and everything else is 97.1 percent.
Of course, Planned Parenthood could have been a bit more accurate and taken the fact that those 11.4 million services were provided to 3 million unique customers. If we take the 332,278 individuals who had abortions, it represents 11 percent of PP's unique customers - not three percent.
An even more accurate representation of how important the abortion business is to Planned Parenthood is that the 332,278 abortions bring in $162.8 million - which is 40 percent of its annual clinic income.
But Planned Parenthood insists on using the three percent and 97 percent numbers.
There is however, another 97 percent number that those opposed to Planned Parenthood taxpayer funding have seized upon.
In the same Fact Sheet referenced above, Planned Parenthood claims to have provided the following services to pregnant women: 332,278 abortions; 7,021 prenatal clients; and 977 adoption referrals. That's a total of 340,276 services. Thus, abortion is 97.6 percent of the services Planned Parenthood provides to pregnant women.
Using words like "service" and "provides" in the same sentence with abortion is really a disservice to the 332,278 tiny human beings who were killed at Planned Parenthood facilities in 2009. Nevertheless, I use the words so that we focus on the numbers instead of the horror.
Several elected officials have tried to educate other legislators, and the public, on this number, but their wording has not always been precise and the results have created confusion.
For example, as part of the Senate debate on Planned Parenthood funding, Arizona Senator Jon Kyl said that the abortions are "more than 90 percent of what Planned Parenthood does." This caused an uproar among Planned Parenthood apologists, but the fact is that, in order to be accurate, he simply had to add "to pregnant women" at the end of his statement.
So, let's be very precise. According to Planned Parenthood's own Fact Sheet, 97 percent of the services Planned Parenthood provides to pregnant women is abortion.
That is the 97 percent number that Planned Parenthood's opponents will agree with.
That is the 97 percent number that shows the true nature of Planned Parenthood's services.
When your elected officials regurgitate Planned Parenthood's claim that abortion is only three percent of what it does, enlighten them with the real numbers. Explain the real 97 percent number - that 97 percent of the services Planned Parenthood provides to pregnant women is abortion.
Jim Sedlak is vice president of American Life League and a recognized expert on Planned Parenthood. Jim is the author the book, Parent Power!! and appears on numerous local and national radio talk programs. In 1993, Jim was identified by Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) as one of the 15 "most active" fighters against PP sex education programs. Jim cofounded and was director of STOPP (Stop Planned Parenthood) from 1986 to 1994. He founded and was president of STOPP International from 1994 to 1998, when it merged into American Life League.


This long sleeve top will bring a splash of colour to your day. Made from printed stretch fabric, this top features a wide round neckline and raglan sleeves. Hem sits on hips. Wear it with jeans or a plain skirt, and for cooler days add leggings, boots and a contrasting cardi.


Last week, the PCS response to the Commission's securitisation consultation was filed. PCS is strongly supportive of the Commission's approach. In our response we recommend that the process of crafting the definition of "simple, transparent and standardised" securitisation be anchored in the excellent work of the European Banking Authority. Our response also focuses on the issue broached by the Commission regarding the operationalisation of the potential new regulatory scheme. PCS had expressed the view that the success of the new regulatory scheme in revitalising a European securitisation market on a safe basis would depend not only on the definitions and rules of such scheme but on the practical issues of how the scheme could be operated. In particular, the regulatory framework should not unnecessarily deter investors from investing. Following our earlier paper, "the illusory promise of self-attestation", we have set out in great detail how the proposed regulatory scheme could be made to work in an annex to our response. In particular, in the section entitled "Questions that should be frequently asked", we deal with some of the legitimate concerns with our proposals.


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I am sorry you are going through this. I understand every emotion you are going through, as I had to watch my dad battle lung cancer 20 years ago. A strong man who never quit, watching him wither away, go through the hallucinations, and eventually passing still weighs on me all these years later.
I am glad you have a good support system behind you. Don't be afraid to ask for help. It's a tough burden to bear when you feel you are doing it all alone. Hugs to you!
Prayers for you, your family, and especially your Mom, Terra. Thanks for taking the time to let us know what's going on in your life.
Reading your story makes me relive my year all over again, with tears streaming I really know what your feeling, went through the exact same thing with my dad, he was the strongest man I know and the doctor said he had the body of a 40 yr old and he was 77, he never smoked or drank much, worked out etc. Then the C word, after 5 surgeries and the medical system that screwed up the diagnosis his cancer then spread quickly and sadly we lost him in June. He fought til the end but as he said you don't feel like eating, he loved food too! I wish I was there to give you a hug sometimes it's all we need, sadly I didn't get that, I am glad that you do,sending hugs and prayers.
I know how difficult it is to watch someone you love battle cancer. I will be praying for you and your mom. So glad you have strong family support!
Your Mother, you, and all your family are in my prayers.
Terra, you have my heartfelt prayers. I wish I had the words that could magically make it all better. Watching those we love the most struggling at their worst is very, very tough. I am thinking of you and praying for you and your family. I am so glad you have an amazing support system.
Sorry you are going through this. I just lost my Mom last month. She has Alzheimers and at end she stopped eating and drinking and hospice just kept her comfortable until the end.


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Q: CSS files are not appearing in production server My css files are not working in Production server. Ive deployed using WSGI. Will you please fix my problem? Thank you
css link
<link href="{{ MEDIA_URL}}css/style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />

settings.py
CURRENT_PATH = '/home/nibbler/code/project/
MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(CURRENT_PATH, 'templates/media')

MEDIA_URL = '/media/'
TEMPLATE_DIRS = (
    os.path.join(CURRENT_PATH, 'templates/temp_name'),
)

site-available\default
<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin me@me.com
    ServerName project.org
    DocumentRoot "/home/nibbler/code/project/"
    ServerName localhost
    ErrorLog "/home/nibbler/code/project/logs/apache-error.log"
    CustomLog "/home/nibbler/code/project/logs/apache-access.log" common

    Options ExecCGI FollowSymLinks MultiViews

    AddHandler wsgi-script .wsgi
    WSGIDaemonProcess nibbler
    WSGIProcessGroup nibbler

    Alias /media /home/nibbler/code/project/templates/media/
    WSGIScriptAlias / /home/nibbler/code/project/apache/django.wsgi

    DirectoryIndex index.html index.cgi

    AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl
</VirtualHost>

urls.py
if settings.DEBUG:
    # static files (images, css, javascript, etc.)
    urlpatterns += patterns('',
        (r'^media/(?P<path>.*)$', 'django.views.static.serve', {
        'document_root': settings.MEDIA_ROOT}))

A: You have:
Alias /media /home/nibbler/code/project/templates/media/

wrong for a start. Try:
Alias /media/ /home/nibbler/code/project/templates/media/

They must either both have trailing slash or neither have it. You can't have one have it and the other one not have it.
BTW, having:
DocumentRoot "/home/nibbler/code/project/"

is a bad idea. Don't set DocumentRoot to be where your code is. If you were to remove WSGISriptAlias for some reason, all your code would be downloadable by external people.
You are also missing a Directory block with Allow directive in it for where WSGI script files and static files are present. This implies you have outside of this virtual host changed Apache config in some way to say that Apache can serve up files from any directory on your box, which is a bad idea as it strips away one level of security.

A: You have problems only with CSS files or all the media files?
MEDIA_ROOT - should be full path to your files on the system and it seems you have it, so fine.
MEDIA_URL - try to put the full URL to the media files. Try to reach them manually with the full url and see if the webserver serves them correctly. If yes, then put the full url to the MEDIA_URL.
Last thing you showed with the if settings.DEBUG is not needed in production. You really want to set DEBUG = False on production server.
By the way Django suggest to have two virtual hosts - one for the Django application itself, another one for the media (where you serve just static content directly with the http server, no dynamic stuff there).
Hope that helped a little...


Thank you for all the support through Knights in White Lycra.
We have been amazed by the level of interest that we've received and feel very humbled to have so many (more than 500!) passionate supporters from all nationalities and backgrounds.
Please stay tuned for the summer camp updates!


On Sunday afternoon at Auto Club Speedway, Chase Elliott and the NAPA AUTO PARTS team took the green flag from the eighth position. The driver of the No. 9 was shuffled outside the top 15 after being stuck in the unfavorable inside lane in the opening laps.
Starting Stage 2 in ninth, Elliott fell to 18th shortly before making a scheduled green-flag pit stop midway through the segment. After the field cycled through their pit stops, Elliott began working his way toward the top 10. He eventually rejoined the top 10 with 12 laps to go in Stage 2 and held on to the 10th position through the second green-checkered flag at Lap 120.
Elliott settled in to third on the restart and held a top-10 position until shortly before making a green-flag pit stop on Lap 160. When a caution flag waved after Elliott had made his stop, he took the wave-around to return to the lead lap for the ensuing restart with 31 laps to go. After restarting 11th, Elliott ultimately held on to that spot through the checkered flag.


"Tamago" actually means "egg" in Japanese, or "Tamagoyaki," a Japanese omelet dish, where the 'yaki' means fry. When Japanese people say tamagoyaki, it refers to thick rolled egg. It is a staple in Japan and the Japanese enjoy this dish several ways – for breakfast, in their bento or as nigiri sushi.
A Japanese omelet is made by combining eggs, rice vinegar, and usually sugar, soy sauce, and even sake in some instances. It is prepared by folding over the egg many times as it cooks, forming a series of thin layers. It is often served as nigiri sushi at most Japanese restaurants. It has a different texture due to the multiple layers and slightly sweet in taste. Tamago is not just egg, but a testament to the quality of a restaurant, not to mention its chef.
While modern tamago is usually just sliced up egg layered on top of each other, traditionally tamago was a test of the chef's mettle. Tamago is made from one single layer, folded upon itself many times. A poorly skilled chef will end up with a broken or messy tamagoyaki. The art and presentation of a perfect tamagoyaki was a proud and honorable accomplishment, and is use to assess the sushi chef's skills.
There is special square or rectangle shaped frying pan for only rolling eggs, called "Tamagoyakiki". Some regions in Japan use a square one, others use rectangular. A copper pan is recommended because of it's great heat conduction. The cooking temperature is important to make fluffy and bouncy rolled eggs. A copper pan is great to heat up quickly and even after pouring the egg mixture in, it does not drop the temperature dramatically.
How is the Japanese omelette different from the traditional American omelette? The American omelette has similarities and differences with tamagoyaki. They are both made by beating eggs inside a bowl and pouring the mixture into a nonstick skillet pan. It can also be seasoned in different ways, also similar to how American omelets can have several ingredients added to it. The Japanese version include dashi (Japanese stock made from dried kelp), bonito flakes, soy sauce, sugar, rice vinegar and even sake.
However, the number of times the tamago is folded exceeds the typical American omelet. Folding the cooking egg multiple times creates several thin layers, turning the end product into something that looks like little bars of gold. Also, the tamago is cooked using a good tamagoyaki pan, which can be pricey.
Know that at Sushi Hana, you are getting perfect tamago sushi created with art and skill like no other this side of Bothell. Come see us whenever you crave sushi.


MUMBAI: Is it time to pull over? Eicher Motors, riding on Royal Enfield motorcycles, had a dream run on the stock exchange over the past year with the shares appreciating about 140 per cent.
Now, brokerages — Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, UBS, Deutsche Bank and others — have decided to downgrade the stock, citing expensive valuations.
Most analysts have reduced the rating on the stock to 'hold' from 'buy'. "We have downgraded Eicher Motors stock rating to 'neutral' from 'buy' as valuations are no longer cheap despite factoring in strong medium-term growth," said Sonal Gupta, an analyst at UBS. "The strong volume growth outlook for Royal Enfield motorcycles and operating margin improvement are priced in."
The stock declined 6 per cent in the past three sessions and ended 2.1 per cent lower at Rs 20,097 on BSE on Friday.
Over the past month, the number of 'buy' recommendations by analysts on Eicher Motors has dropped to 60.6 per cent from 80.6 per cent in June, while 'hold' suggestions have increased to 30.3 per cent from 12.9 per cent a month earlier. Analysts' calls to sell the shares increased to 9.1 per cent from 6.5 per cent.
Currently, about 33 analysts actively track the stock. "We are downgrading the stock to 'hold'," said Amyn Pirani, a research analyst at Deutsche Bank. "Even under optimistic assumption for motorcycle demand, we are unable to justify a favourable risk-reward ratio at the current stock price."
Eicher Motors stock has had a phenomenal run on the markets over the past five years, surging to more than Rs 20,000 from less than Rs 1,000. The stock has accumulated wealth of over Rs 50,000 crore for shareholders over this period.
The Eicher Motors stock has been re-rated over the past several years on account of strong growth in its motorcycle business. At the current price, the stock is at the upper end of its historical trading band. Analysts expect valuations of the stock could plateau in the near term or start tapering.
"Eicher Motors reported June quarter results in line with expectations. However, Royal Enfield business saw a modest miss in expectations," said Navin Matta, an analyst at HDFC Securities. "We are downgrading the stock to neutral from buy."
The company's profit after tax rose 41 per cent to Rs 222 crore and revenue increased 30 per cent to Rs 2,917 crore in its second quarter. "The results were below our estimates on the margin and profit front. We have a hold recommendation on the stock," said Nishit Zota, an analyst at ICICI Securities.
The Eicher Motors stock has had a phenomenal run on the markets over the past five years, surging to more than Rs 20,000 from less than Rs 1,000. The stock has accumulated wealth of over Rs 50,000 crore for shareholders over this period.


This famous Columbus hotel is located in the business district near Ohio Theater, LeVeque Tower, and COSI. Additional attractions include Columbus Museum of Art.
Westin Columbus include High Street Grill and Thurber's. Room service is available 24 hours a day. Recreational amenities include a fitness facility. This 4.0 star property has a business center and offers small meeting rooms and business services. High speed Internet access is available in public areas. This Columbus property has event space consisting of banquet facilities, conference/meeting rooms, and a ballroom. Guest parking is available for a surcharge. Additional property amenities include valet parking, a concierge desk, and gift shops/newsstands.
There are 188 guestrooms at The Westin Columbus. Beds come with pillowtop mattresses and premium bedding. Coffee/tea makers and minibars are offered. Bathrooms feature designer toiletries, bathrobes, and hair dryers. Wireless Internet access is available for a surcharge; guestrooms also offer multi line phones, voice mail, and complimentary weekday newspapers. LCD televisions have premium cable channels and pay movies. Rooms also include desks, electronic check out, electronic/magnetic keys, and irons/ironing boards. Guests may request hypo allergenic bedding and wake up calls. Housekeeping is available.
It's easy to see why this is one of Columbus's favorite hotels. It's got a history as old as the city and features a blend of historic features with modern touches. For me, walking into the lobby felt like I was walking onto the Titanic: big open spaces, grand staircases, and the kind of architecture that tells a story. This is probably one of the best spots in all of Columbus for a special wedding. The bride and groom receive a complimentary suite on the night of their event, as well as the option for discounted rooms for their guests. There are two restaurant options to choose from during your stay at the Westin, both of which offer unique menus for the most diverse of palettes.
This Westin hotel is a Columbus landmark! It was fun for me just to learn about the history of the area through the history of the hotel itself. The staff was surprisingly knowledgeable and didn't hesitate to tell a good story: the hotel's been around since 1897 and at the time of its opening, it earned the nickname "The Great Southern Fireproof Hotel." The hallways are massive, designed at the time for ladies with wide hoop skirts and large luggage trunks. The rooms are equally large, but fortunately are a touch more modern with their crisp, clean, comfortable beds and flat screen televisions. For other history buffs like me staying on the property, I'm told that every sitting president has been a guest at this hotel (save a small period of time when the hotel was closed).


It is just writing for the sake of writing, thinking and learning. I have lived with this knowing I will get through it and start to find my way back into my writer's space. It is, after all, part of the process and I honor that over product. Right?
I preach the holy heck out of getting kids to write everyday, but now I have seen the frazzled fruits of my lazy labor as I struggle to find words and ideas that will come together into a piece that interests me. And yet we have no problem asking kids to write on demand without daily practice. We want them to perform and score perfectly on high stakes test, but we don't take the time to let them practice. We don't allow them the time to write without that pressure and those high stakes.
And it is in the time I take to practice that time becomes timeless. When caught in the zone of imagining what might be next, in putting words to paper time just simply disappears as we are in the "zone" and don't bother us when we are there!!.
Second text "We were told that we could write a short story about anything." End text.
Let me see this fun! Yes, in these texts are expressions of sheer joy. (Who has been trampled by the big bad scary lion named rigor in education) So I asked him to send it to me and it was honestly one of the darkest things I have ever read of his. In it I could sense the intense sadness he experienced with his recent break up with his first girlfriend. It was riddled with long, drawn out sentences that were so effective in creating the suspense he was after. And after only 2 paragraphs I wanted to read more. Check it out!
Now mind you this is one of those RARE moments as parents and I was just so happy and excited for him. Even in High School, when given the reigns of choice this kid can just write. And he writes well. (In my humble opinion of course) And he does so without being an avid reader.
Zachary blows that myth of "writers have to be readers" right out of the water. Sometimes we make those sweeping general assumptions that just don't hold true for every kid. Zach is one of those kids. I was one of those kids. I was not a reader when I was younger. You could find me out in the woods somewhere creating imaginary houses of sticks and stones or frolicking among the beaver dams or even in my room playing school. It was my sister who always had a book with her, preferably a Nancy Drew. In fact my only form of "reading" was my cherished collection of Ranger Ricks, a nature magazine with brilliant photographs that I could fawn over for hours and stop in between to play a hide and seek game. I read short paragraphs, but did not have what we refer to as "reading stamina" today.
I believe there are other kids of "reading". Perhaps we are readers of the world. Could it be that my time spent in my imaginary worlds, pretending to be someone else and creating characters that I would "act out" in my homes made of stick and stone were fodder for future writing? Or are those acts of imagination a form of writing in their own right? If writing is about playing with words in worlds then perhaps it can also be done outside the pages of books. But do we even stop to consider or ask how our kids are thinking anymore?
Fast-forward to now and I am always reading several books at a time; one or two for work, a novel and even a dose of daily poetry. You see we hold all of these beliefs to be true, but never stop to honor what each person IS doing!! And in the midst of all of this it takes so much NOT to get caught up in it. Walk away from the madness. Walk away!
And of course there is response. Zachary texted because he wanted some kind of feedback. I blog to ignite feedback and start conversations. We write with purpose if we know there is an audience or even a potential audience.
And in all of this there is a sense of honoring the individual; honoring the process or even more deeply, trusting and enjoying the process. Believing that it will take us where we want or need to go. One word at a time we discover things we never knew we were thinking or feelings who show up in disguise. Writing, for me, is a joyful and heady experience that is somewhat different every time.. On my shelves are books "on writing" and while I love reading those, ultimately I enjoy being an observer of my own process and seeing how totally me it really is. There is no one way to BE a writer. It just is. It just means you write. If you write therefore you are a writer. High Stakes, myths and expectations be damned! Let them write!
We find ourselves in the tortuous waiting period, when college applications are floating amongst the millions, while we sit in waiting for the big envelopes (you hope!) or the small letters to arrive in the mail. Will he or won't he. What else could we have done to increase his chances in the big world? Will he have the opportunities and choices that he needs to make his life one where he can maintain his passions and earn a living doing what he loves? What if he doesn't get in? What if he does? What is right for him? Does he even know?
I am currently submerged in the Divergent series, and already this college process seems so similar to the "Choosing Ceremony" in this book where at 16 one must decide his or her fate forever based on what faction he or she chooses. If that 16 year old chooses a faction other than where they were raised then they lose their families forever. It is a life or death kind of decision. There is no going back.
And if I am feeling this way, I can only imagine what all of these kids are feeling. One of Zach's friends even said to me, "I didn't realize that my choices as a freshman and sophomore would influence and impact the rest of my life." Already he spoke of regret and wishing he could do it over and yet when I really pushed him on the subject and asked him if he really would have done it differently he realizes he could not or would not have done so.
But wait, there is another way to see.
"There's another mindset in which these traits are not simply a hand you're dealt and have to live with, always trying to convince yourself and others that you have a royal flush when you're secretly worried it's a pair of tens. In this mindset, the hand you're dealt is just the starting point for development. This growth mindset is based on the belief that your basic qualities are things you can cultivate through your efforts. Although people may differ in every which way — in their initial talents and aptitudes, interests, or temperaments — everyone can change and grow through application and experience.
I love the idea that one can always grow and change and learn more, that "the hand you're dealt is just the starting point for development" and that what we do with that hand is what matters.
Nope, the college application is the result of a fixed system where certain numbers are king.
But if I truly believe in what Dweck is trying to say then no matter what happens in this process Zachary will have choices, hands will be dealt and regardless of that hand he can and will grow from it all. And while I believe this does give me some relief, if I am totally honest, I cannot wait for the process to come to an end, to know what is in hand and to move from there.
"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in him time plays many parts." William Shakespeare, As You Like It.
I have always been a great fan of using drama and movement in the classroom. Here I look at the dramas that unfold regardless of what we do or don't do.
As I enter the room I look around. Who is here? Who is not here? Who is talking to whom and who is not talking to anyone? What is the "pulse" of the group today? Is the energy high? Low? Medium? Do I read stress, playfulness, and exhaustion? What does this group hold today? What dramas are unfolding before my eyes? What will happen in this class today?
By observing drama worlds within our classrooms we then invite our students to "read" the drama actions going on in their worlds with a heightened sense of awareness, reflection and learning. Each classroom is unique just as each individual within each classroom is unique. Understanding one's self, the group and being able to "see" from someone else's point of view allows us to teach empathy and real life skills that will be forever invaluable for our students. We can call this "dramatic consciousness" where we ask of our students and ourselves to be aware of what is happening in and around us, within the books we read, the characters we create and the meaning that we ultimately make for ourselves.
One year, my first year at a new school I had the privilege of getting a class of "misfits". I say this with love for each of these children, but the truth of the matter was that I had gotten all of the students whose parents had not made requests for other teachers. I was new, the unknown and the keeper of all of the students whose parents did not know to make requests or were just not interested in doing so. This group of kids was one of the most challenging and consequently rewarding groups I have ever worked with. We spent much of the year working on group dynamics and accepting people for who they were. When I say misfits I am talking about all of those kids who had something incredibly special about them that had yet to be nurtured. They were a group for whom school was not a comfortable stage. They were a group, who by the end of the year became the tightest knit group of students I have ever had.
As individuals they were as different as they were talented. The everyday work of school, sitting at one's desk and performing a series of tasks was not going to work for not just a couple of them, but literally for none of them. If they were not coded then they were labeled with some kind of something that supposedly hindered their ability to learn. They were also the group that took to drama more than any other. It was a way for them to be and to show their learning through movement. It was what eventually made this group do things that were beyond comprehension. Every day was filled with dramatic activities and chances for kids to "become" someone other than themselves. Puppetry, theater, role-playing, Picture Book Dramas, Joke – Telling, Songs, Poet's Theater were parts of every day often inspired by the students themselves.
One beautiful spring day I was called to the principal's office to discuss an upcoming "fight" that was to take place the very next day. The rumor was that many of the kids in my class were involved. Involved? That was putting it mildly. They had all gotten together as a class for each recess for weeks and worked on the planning and execution of this upcoming "event". It was to be a showdown between two boys in our class who had agreed to "fight". There was a marketing committee who went around at each recess talking up the upcoming event. There was a sales committee that created and sold tickets to the event. There were judges, participants and even prizes to be donated by various other students in the class. There were flyers made, and all of the the other third grade classes were buying the tickets and oh yes, did I mention, they were also placing bets on who would be the winner? In their own time they had created an entire drama world where each of them were the stars. The organization, thoughtfulness and planning that went into this event was amazing. But, we were at school and what were we going to do about this? The fight was cancelled, much to the relief of the contenders and monies were returned to the rightful owners. Letters of apology were written and yet, through it all there was a part of me that was actually proud of these kids and what they had almost pulled off.
So, I took the pulse of the group and ran with it. We broke down the drama of the event they had planned, unpacked it and gathered on the carpet and discussed all of the skills they used to plan and eventually execute such an event. After mapping them out I proposed that we use all of these skills in order to plan an event that might actually help someone or a cause. The thinking began and the ideas started to flow. What would we do? At the time we were studying the rainforest and after careful consideration it was decided that we, as a class, would buy a portion of a rainforest. The efforts to raise money began as the kids headed up different committees and the money was eventually earned and we purchased an acre of a rainforest that would never be destroyed. We received a picture and a document stating it had been saved and the best part was that out of this planning and execution nobody got hurt and even better part of the world was saved.
It seems to me that too often in our school worlds we see things in black and white. Sure, what they planned was inappropriate for school, but as a group it was an amazing feat. Here was a group of kids who lingered on the outskirts of the popular kids, who became, as a group, the focus of the third grade recess. They had planned an event that every other third grader wanted to be a part of. As a group these students created and made a drama world where they were center stage and not behind the scenes where most of them had been most of their school careers. And even as I write this I realize that this is not completely true because many of those kids were front and center, but not in a place that was helping them. Many were in trouble with the "law" for numerous accounts and even in this we need to ask, what is the drama action that is happening and what need is it fulfilling? Attention. Working together they were able to get this attention in a positive way.
We spend a great deal of time focusing on everything that is wrong. What is right? These kids were brilliant….but school was never a place where their genius was discovered. I just think we can do better. And part of better is helping kids to see their roles in life, in school and as individuals. Lights, Camera…ACTION!
These past 7 months have been some of the craziest of my life in a long time. This past fall my daughter became depressed while away at school in Ohio. Helping her through her difficult time from 800 miles away via the telephone was challenging…to say the least. Then my father, now 84 became very ill and almost passed away at Christmas in the midst of their trying to sell their condo and buy a new house. Then February 1st, I get a frantic phone call from my Dad telling me they are across the river watching their condo burn up in flames. That night they moved in and stayed for 6 weeks. The day after my parents moved out my son crashed my new car and it has been in the shop ever since. And then my dear friend Karen lost her son, Jimmy to cancer.
And yet here I am 7 months later and my daughter has made some very difficult and adult decisions to improve her life and is doing fabulously. My Dad recovered miraculously and is doing better than ever. My parents have moved to their little house up north and although my car is in the shop, it is all good. What is not so good is my friend Karen. How does one even begin to live after losing a child? I don't know. I honestly don't know.
And so here I find myself evaluating what really matters in life when I receive a letter from my son's High School punctuating, yet again what really matters in our public school systems.
The second paragraph goes on to say that after these findings they decided to create a big fat carrot in the name of senior privileges for those juniors who achieved a score of "proficient" or above in all three areas of reading, math and writing on these state tests.
The third paragraph tells me "You are receiving this letter because your son or daughter will be allowed Junior Privileges beginning April 29th". This means that my son can leave campus during unassigned periods and it allows him the freedom to "go to various destinations within in the building." It is his get out of jail card and all because he was able to perform FOR them.
I am outraged by this…what are we doing hanging out carrots for a one time test? What about those kids who may not test well? What if those same kids who bombed the test are stellar students working hard each and every day? What about students with Special Needs? WHAT are we rewarding here? And why?
Why? I will tell you why…because these tests have nothing to do with our kids, how they learn or their futures…it is all about feeding the big number crunching machine to demonstrate that our schools are not failing.
Well…I would argue the opposite. School is failing my son miserably and yet he gets these privileges because he conformed and performed and did what was expected of him…NOT because he was learning, thinking, creating, wondering, exploring and discovering the joy of learning. What is the greater message we are sending here?
Is it just me? I am sure that some parents might be celebrating his or her child's ability to test well and "earn" these special privileges. The letter is written on beautiful school stationary to be framed and hung on the wall. Another badge of honor to be worn by parents to show their child measures up. But not me.
It is just another reminder that it is not about our kids and their learning. What matters is that our students consistently conform, perform and then get a goody bag for doing so.


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Michelle Dorsey's murder prompts domestic violence discussion from Santa Clarita City Council
Following the murder of Michelle Dorsey and District Attorney George Gascon's decision to not seek life in prison for her assailant, the Santa Clarita City Council discussed domestic violence across the Santa Clarita Valley in their regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday.
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The discussion follows the death of Dorsey, a Saugus mother of three young children, who is suspected of being stabbed to death in her own home by her estranged husband almost two weeks ago, while her children slept upstairs.
Dorsey's estranged husband was arrested after fleeing the scene in the victim's vehicle and evading police until he was found by law enforcement near the town of Neenach, where a standoff took place for several hours, Sheriff's officials said.
He was later charged with several felonies including first-degree murder, attempted kidnapping, residential burglary, evading law enforcement and resisting a law enforcement officer, according to arrest logs.
JAMES MATTHEW DORSEY IN CUSTODY after standoff near Gorman. He's accused of killing his estranged wife in her Saugus home. Friends identify the mother of 3 as Michelle Dorsey. They tell @CBSLA she was worried about James but no one thought he'd take her life. pic.twitter.com/fZ2J1Z8HkW
— Nicole Comstock (@ComstockNEWS) April 16, 2021
"The discussion on what the punishment should be for someone who drives for hours from out of state who had a restraining order and stabs his ex-wife in her own home is now limited to the guides of equity, fairness or some other descriptor that will only pour salt in the wounds of the victims who have to live with the results of this person's actions every single day," said Jason Gibbs, councilmember at the council meeting.
District Attorney George Gascon's office did not file special enhancements on Dorsey's murder case, which would provide the possibility for her estranged husband to be sentenced to life in prison without parole if he was found guilty on all five charges.
With the case grounds set by the DA's office, Dorsey will be eligible for parole in 20 years if convicted on all charges, according to officials.
"When the response you see from the DA's office to family members and our community deserving an explanation is simply 'the charges filed are consistent with our policy,' Gascon's policies are telling the public that a man can be tried for the cold-blooded murder of his wife and leave their children of three parentless," Gibbs said. "He has destroyed justice from Michelle Dorsey."
Prior to the murder, Dorsey had filed a restraining order against her estranged husband with her children included in the order, according to court documents.
Dorsey is seen smiling alongside her three sons prior to the incident. Photo courtesy of the Dorsey Boys Fundraiser GoFundMe
"Understanding the prevalence and true magnitude of the impacts of Intimate Partner Violence in Los Angeles County is significantly challenging due to both the inconsistency in definitions and under-reporting of incidents, as well as problems associated with regard to the availability, accuracy, and reliability of data sources," reads a statement from the Los Angeles County Domestic Violence Council (LACDVC).
Twenty percent of women and 13% of men ages 18 and older in Los Angeles County reported having been physically or sexually abused by an intimate partner in their lifetime, according to the LACDVC.
"I've worked some years back to complete a women's local protective shelter and I can tell you that no woman with children or even by herself will ever feel that she will be protected and safe to leave a domestic violence situation," said Mayor Pro Tem Laurene Weste. "This has come home to Santa Clarita Valley. This is our worst nightmare, what has happened to Michelle Dorsey."
During the council meeting, Gibbs as well as Weste expressed concerns that not seeking the highest conviction could give domestic abusers the idea that their actions may not be held accountable.
"Personally, having family members who have been lucky enough to survive brutal attacks from estranged husbands who are still here today by sheer luck," said Gibbs, "never get another day in this world where the smallest of things can trigger the memory of these horrid acts."
The council decided to send a five-signature letter to ask the Santa Clarita Board of Supervisors for support in working towards getting some enhancements added to the case.
To donate to Dorsey's three boys, click here. To donate to the Santa Clarita Child & Family Center, click here.
For safety, shelter and support services for survivors of domestic violence in Santa Clarita, click here.


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Q: what is the major difference libssh vs libssh2? I googled "libbssh vs libssh2" , couldn't find good explanation about the difference between of them.
What is the major difference ?
The main functionality that i need is copying files , which of the lib is recommended ?

A: The differences are in the link answered by ericcuritin.
As you asked:

The main functionality that i need is copying files, which of the lib is recommended?

I think SCP or SFTP might solve your problem, and yes, the two subsystems are both supported by libssh and libssh2.
However one of the main differences is that you can't implement server side applications with libssh2, so pick up libssh instead.

A: The difference mentioned in https://www.libssh2.org/libssh2-vs-libssh.html is nowadays almost outdated. There i believe was a time when libssh2 was more preferred but today libssh support new age cyphers like AES-GCM.

A: libssh is based on SSH, which is considered obsolete.
libssh2 is based on SSH2 which is more secure and efficient than SSH and functionally similar to FTP, but SSH2 encrypted.
If you are concerned about security and performance, I recommend libssh2.


As we know: Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in the north central part of the state. The city is a center for the music, healthcare, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and home to numerous colleges and universities. It is known as a center of the country music industry, earning it the nickname "Music City, U.S.A." Since 1963, Nashville has had a consolidated city-county government which includes six smaller municipalities in a two-tier system.
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Home / News / New Study Finds Orphan Drug Exclusivity Working As Intended, On-Market Orphan Drug Prices Rise Slower than Common Drugs
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New Study Finds Orphan Drug Exclusivity Working As Intended, On-Market Orphan Drug Prices Rise Slower than Common Drugs
Posted by Lisa Sencen
Washington, D.C., December 18, 2018 — A new report commissioned by the National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) and published today by the IQVIA Institute, demonstrates that the seven-year market exclusivity granted to drugs designated under the Orphan Drug Act of 1983 for rare diseases is working as intended. In nearly every case, orphan exclusivity did not inappropriately prevent generics and biosimilars from entering the market. Instead, the lack of generic competitors can be credited to their prospective return on investment being too small.
The report's major findings are as follows:
Adding an orphan indication to an on-market drug does not correlate with a higher than average price increase. The average price of therapies grew at a slower pace in 8 out of the 10 years following the addition of an orphan indication to the label.
Of the 503 approved therapies with an orphan indication at the time the research was conducted, 217 are no longer covered by orphan exclusivity or patent protection. Of these 217 therapies, 116 of them have generic or biosimilar competition.
The median spending on the 101 orphan drugs without protection from competition and without competitors is only $8.6 million per year per drug.
Around one-quarter of orphan drug approvals target populations smaller than 5,000 patients in the United States.
Since 2009, on-market common-disease drug prices have grown more every year, on average, than orphan drugs.
"The data shows that the seven-year market exclusivity provision is working as intended as an incentive for developing rare disease therapies and is not being abused," said NORD's President and CEO, Peter L. Saltonstall. "The NORD-sponsored study illustrates that the dilemma of rising drug prices in our country should not be attributed to orphan drugs. It is my hope that this report will provide empirical data necessary to make informed decisions."
More than 7,000 rare diseases have been identified, affecting approximately 25-30 million Americans. Many affect only a few hundred or a few thousand individuals. Rare diseases tend to be chronic, serious and life-threatening. More than 80 percent are believed to be genetic.
Information on the report, including a link to the study, is available on the NORD website at www.rarediseases.org/rareinsights.
Editor's note: Peter L. Saltonstall, President and CEO of NORD, is available for interviews on the report. Contact Laura Mullen at [email protected].
About the National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD)Ⓡ
The National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) is the leading independent advocacy organization representing all patients and families affected by rare diseases. NORD is committed to the identification, treatment, and cure of the more than 7,000 rare diseases, of which approximately 5% have an FDA-approved treatment or therapy. Rare diseases affect 25-30 million Americans, or 1 in every 10 people. More than half of those affected are children.
NORD began as a small group of patient advocates that formed a coalition to unify and mobilize support to pass the Orphan Drug Act of 1983. For more than 35 years, NORD has led the way in voicing the needs of the rare disease community, driving supportive policies and education, advancing medical research, and providing patient and family services for those who need them most. NORD represents more than 280 disease-specific member organizations as well as their communities and collaborates with many other organizations in specific causes of importance to the rare disease patient community.
Tags: Drug Prices, IQVIA Institute, NORD, Orphan Drug Act, Orphan Drug Prices, orphan drugs, Peter L. Saltonstall
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The Russian police solved 772,000 crimes and detained about 580,000 suspects in these crimes since the beginning of this year
The Russian police solved 772,000 crimes and detained about 580,000 suspects in these crimes since the beginning of this year, a source in the Russian Interior Ministry told Itar-Tass on Wednesday. However, 782,000 crimes remain unsolved, one third of them are grave and heinous crimes. According to the statistics, more than 1.5 million crimes or 22 percent more than for the same period in 2005 were registered from January to May 2006. "About half of all crimes make property stealing. As many as 625,000 thefts, 152,000 robberies and 25,000 armed attacks were committed for five months in 2006," the source said. The Interior Ministry continues the active fight with economic crimes. The police exposed more than 240,000 offences in this field in 2006. The material damages from economic crimes amounted to 35 billion roubles. The police are seriously concerned over the continued growth of street crimes. As many as 277,000 street crimes or 60 percent more than for the same period last year were registered in public places from January to May 2006.
Prosecutors have requalified charges against sect leader Grigory Grabovoi from fraud to grand fraud
Two local residents suspected of abetment to militants were detained in the Shelkovskoi district of Chechnya
Steps to improve relations between Russia and Georgia will be high on the agenda of a meeting between the two countries' presidents
The Moscow City Court on Tuesday upheld the transportation of Mikhail Khodorkovsky to a penitentiary in the Chita region
Russia is planning to increase sales of military hardware in Venezuela
Russia's foreign minister said Tuesday that all countries should gain from globalization rather than just the most industrialized
Akhmar-Hajji Gazikhanov was dismissed on Tuesday
Russian President Vladimir Putin has urged foreign countries to define clear rules for an access of foreign companies to their economies
Vladimir Putin and Vojislav Kostunica had a meeting at the International Economic Forum here on Tuesday
Russian President Vladimir Putin had a short meeting with former Israeli premier Ehud Barak on Tuesday
The wife of Emperor Alexander III will be reburied in St. Petersburg September 28
Russia will continue taking measures against corruption
Vladimir Putin has signed a decree on awarding the 2005 State Prize to Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that the nuclear sector needs modern management
Sergei Lavrov said Friday he backed a proposal to hold a referendum on establishing a sovereign Palestinian state
Israeli air strike killed Hamas government's security chief Jamal Abu Samhadana
Ukraine's Security Service denied any involvement in the detention and expulsion of a Russian newspaper reporter from the Crimea Friday
Some of Russia's leading politicians will be cheering on Ukraine during the 2006 World Soccer Cup
The head of Russia's domestic security service Friday congratulated U.S. colleagues for successful elimination of the al-Qaeda leader in Iraq
Policeman and a local resident were killed in Dagestan


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© 2018	Salted Caramel Apple Crisp – Fresh apples, tossed with sugar and spices, blanketed under a layer of salted caramel sauce and topped with a crispy oatmeal-pecan crumble! This salty and sweet treat is the perfect dessert for Fall and Thanksgiving! Throw the thinly-sliced apples into the slow cooker, then drizzle on some cooled salted caramel. You can either use my recipe (only the caramel sauce) or some good store-bought sauce. Toss the apples to coat, then move onto the crumble.