Katy Fuller joined the Hull UK City of Culture team in April 2015. As Executive Producer she has had a strategic role in developing the programme and leads on the delivery of specific major projects.
These include Place des Anges, a 2016 outdoor production which acted as a curtain raiser for the programme to come, One Day, Maybe, a significant new commission from site-specific theatre company dreamthinkspeak, the Turner Prize 2017 at Ferens Gallery, and Land of Green Ginger, a groundbreaking citywide programme taking "Acts of Wanton Wonder" to people's doorsteps.
Katy has over sixteen years' experience in outdoor arts, festivals and site-specific projects and a career-long commitment to engaging the broadest possible audiences in cultural activity. She has been involved in scoping, developing and delivering some of the most ambitious events seen in the UK, including Royal de Luxe's The Sultan's Elephant in London in 2006, Antony Gormley's One & Other for the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square, La Machine's 50-foot high mechanical spider for Liverpool's Capital of Culture celebrations, The Great North Passion for the BBC and Enchanted Parks winter festival in Gateshead.
Dominic has been the Group Managing Director of Property Development and Investment Company, Wykeland Group, since 2009.
As well as having a property portfolio which stretches from Grimsby to Glasgow Wykeland have a current £300M commercial property development programme within the Yorkshire and Humber region and being based in Hull have been at the leading edge in supporting the cultural regeneration of the City.
As a Major sponsor of 2017 they have delivered the Amphitheatre at @thedock and in partnership with Beals and Hull City Council have developed the Humber Street Gallery in the Fruit Market for the 2017 Culture Company. Wykeland continue to be a main sponsor of the annual Freedom Festival and have in the past supported the likes of Ferens Art Gallery, Kingston Arts Group, Gallery 1 monthly meet ups, and the Toad (Larkin) and Moths (Amy Johnson) public art programmes in the City.
Dominic is also a Member of Council at the University of Hull and its Finance Committee, a Member of the CBI Yorkshire and Humber Regional Council, a Member of Hull City Council City Leadership Board, a Trustee of Holy Trinity Church Developments, a Director of C4Di Limited and Chairs the Estates and Capital Works Committee at Hymers College.
Claire first came to work for the City of Liverpool in 2000 to develop the public participation programme for the Capital of Culture bid cited as the reason for Liverpool's success.
She invented and managed the groundbreaking Creative Communities programme which engaged thousands of residents in the Capital of Culture programme and was made Executive Producer of European Capital of Culture in 2006 with responsibility for major events (including the opening and closing ceremonies), public participation and community engagement. She was appointed as Director of Culture in 2009 and is responsible for Legacy, Major Events, City Halls, Liverpool Film Office, Cruise Liner Terminal, Tourism and Cultural Policy for the City of Liverpool.
As a producer, between 2009 and 2016, she has produced, amongst other civic and international events, the acclaimed National Battle of the Atlantic Commemoration in 2013, Liverpool International Music Festival winner of UK Festival Awards Best Festival 2015 for Emerging Talent, two Royal de Luxe shows in the city with a combined audience of 1.8m one of which (Giant Spectacular: Memories of August 1914) won Visit England's Gold Award for Tourism Event of the Year 2016 and Three Queens One Magnificent City which won Liverpool City Region Large Tourism Event of the Year 2016. Claire was instrumental in putting culture at the heart of Liverpool City Regions Devolution Deal and is currently working towards delivering National Armed Forces Day 2017 and Summer of Love (a season of events and performances marking the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love).
She was a Director on the Board of Derry/Londonderry City of Culture programme and is currently a Board Director for Galway 2020 and an advisor for the Local Government Association and Arts Council England on culture good practice.
Professor Glenn Burgess, Acting Vice Chancellor of the University of Hull.
Professor Burgess is a Director and Trustee of Hull 2017 City of Culture, a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, and has served on its Council.
Professor Burgess was born in New Zealand, and educated there (Victoria University of Wellington), as well as at the University of Cambridge, where he completed a PhD in 1988. He returned to New Zealand to teach at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch from 1988 to 1994, when he joined the History Department at Hull. Professor Burgess was awarded a personal chair in 1998.
Professor Burgess's research interests lie in the history of Tudor and Stuart England, the history of political thought, and the philosophy and theory of history. His major publications include The Politics of the Ancient Constitution: An Introduction to English Political Thought 1603-1642 (1992); Absolute Monarchy and the Stuart Constitution (1996); British Political Thought 1500-1660: The Politics of the Post-Reformation (2009); and, as editor or co-editor, The New British History: Founding a Modern State 1603-1715 (1999); English Radicalism, 1550-1850 (2007), European Political Thought 1450-1700 (2007) and England's Wars of Religion, Revisited (2011). He has written nearly 40 essays and articles.


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Cavalry support tank. Developed in 1934. Mass production was launched in 1935, with a total of 400 vehicles manufactured. In 1938 a new modification, the H38, entered production. About 1000 of the H35/H38/H39 vehicles were produced.
Developed in August 1941 at the Construction Bureau of Plant No. 37 under the supervision of N. A. Astrov. The vehicle came into service in September 1941, and was mass-produced until February 1943, with a total of 5920 vehicles manufactured. The T-60 tank was in service until the end of the war.
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They Burned Their Bridges Behind Tarkovsky
Although Tarkovsky did not openly oppose the Soviet system, his work heavily emphasized spiritual themes, that were at conflict with the official anti-religious atheist ideology, prompting the KGB to open a file on him
Offret (The Sacrifice) was the final film by Andrei Tarkovsky, who died shortly after completing it. The Sacrifice originated as a screenplay entitled The Witch, which preserved the element of a middle-aged protagonist spending the night with a reputed witch. However, in this story, his cancer was miraculously cured, and he ran away with the woman. Tarkovsky wanted personal favorite and frequent collaborator Anatoly Solonitsyn to star in this picture, as was also his intention for Nostalghia, but when Solonitsyn died from cancer in 1982, the director rewrote the screenplay into what would become The Sacrifice and also produced Nostalghia with Oleg Yankovsky as the lead. The Sacrifice lead Erland Josephson played major character Domenico in the 1983 production.
Most of the film takes place inside or around a house specially built for the production. The climactic scene at the end of the film is a long tracking shot in which Alexander burns his house and his possessions. It was done in a single, six minute, fifty second take, often incorrectly identified as Tarkovsky's longest take. The shot was very difficult to achieve. Initially, there was only one camera used, despite Sven Nykvist's protest. While shooting the burning house, the camera jammed, ruining the footage. (This disaster is documented in documentary entitled Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky and the documentary One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich.)
The scene had to be re shot, requiring a quick and very costly reconstruction of the house in two weeks. This time, two cameras were set up on tracks, running parallel to each other. The footage in the final version of the film is the second take, which lasts for several minutes and ends abruptly because the camera had run through an entire reel in capturing the single shot. The cast and crew broke down in tears after the take was completed.
The film reflects Tarkovsky's respect for the Swedish film director Ingmar Bergman. It was set in Sweden on the island of Gotland, close to Fårö, where many of Bergman's films had been shot. Tarkovsky wanted to film it on Fårö, but was denied access by the military.
Erland Josephson was a recurring figure in Bergman productions, especially from Hour of the Wolf onwards; counting that 1968 production, he acted in nine of his films before The Sacrifice. The film's production designer, Anna Asp, had previously won an Academy Award along with Susanne Lingheim for the sumptuous décor of Fanny and Alexander, and also worked on Autumn Sonata and Bergman's 1984 television film After The Rehearsal. The Sacrifice was filmed by Bergman's favourite cinematographer, Sven Nykvist. Additionally, one of Bergman's sons, Daniel Bergman, worked as a camera assistant
The camera work is slow, containing the hallmarks of Tarkovsky and cinematographer Sven Nykvist. The film's soundtrack includes three distinct pieces: the passionate aria Erbarme dich, mein Gott from Johann Sebastian Bach's St. Matthew Passion, soothing Japanese flute music played by Watazumi Doso Roshi, and eerie traditional chants from the Swedish forests.
In 1965, Tarkovsky directed the film Андрей Рублёв (Andrei Roublev or The Passion According to Andrei) about the life of Andrei Rublev, the fifteenth-century Russian icon painter.
During the summer of 1979, Tarkovsky traveled to Italy, where he shot the documentary Voyage in Time together with his long-time friend Tonino Guerra. Tarkovsky returned to Italy in 1980 for an extended trip during which he and Guerra completed the script for the film Nostalghia. During 1981 he traveled to the United Kingdom and Sweden. During his trip to Sweden he had considered defecting from the Soviet Union, but ultimately decided to return because of his wife and his son. Tarkovsky returned to Italy in 1982 to start shooting Nostalghia. He did not return to his home country.
Opening credits of The Sacrifice.
Leonardo da Vinci's painting Adoration of the Magi, seen in the opening credits and referenced in the film, depicts the ceding of a pagan world to a Christian one. Tarkovsky's theological scheme is not as clear-cut: Alexander is an atheist who turns to God, but salvation depends on persuading a witch to sleep with him, or so he's told by the Friedrich Nietzsche-quoting postman who arrives bearing telegrams and perhaps a divine message or two.
The concluding annihilation is powerful not least for its ambiguity: an act of faith, madness and transfiguration.
Cover art of Зеркало (The Mirror ). In this 1975 art film, Tarkovsky paid homage to Leonardo Da Vinci and Bach's St Matthew Passion for first time. It is a highly autobiographical and unconventionally structured film drawing on his childhood and incorporating some of his father's poems. Tarkovsky had worked on the screenplay for The Mirror since 1967, under the consecutive titles Confession, White day and A white, white day.
Given the sheer beauty and unwieldy philosophical ambition of Tarkovsky's films, it's not too far-fetched to suggest that his true heir is Terrence Malick — a filmmaker whose approach to space and time is fragmented where Tarkovsky's is unified but who shares with the Russian a mystical connection to nature and the elements and a compulsion to pose unanswerable questions with utmost seriousness and sincerity. ("The Sacrifice" opens and closes with the image of what you might call a tree of life.).
One prominent element in Nostalghia (1983) is fire – Heraclitus' source of all things – which serves as a symbol of hope and destruction/despair at the same time, as one witnesses the ending for the two male leads in the film.
Some Russians burned their bridges behind Tarkovsky, but they wouldn't destroy the strength of his legacy. It crossed after us.
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Fluent passing, solid defending and a winning performance were the unexpected hallmarks of Shanghai Shenhua's 2-0 victory over Shenzhen in their first CSL fixture of the season at Hong Kou stadium last night.
Shenhua normally make somewhat sluggish starts to their championship campaigns but if last night's showing was anything to go by, 2008 might just be their year.
Most impressive of all were the performances of new foreign signings Erick Scott and Emil Martinez. The central american pair looked much fitter, livlier and competant than the usual standard of foreign player Shenhua bring in (Carsten Jancker anyone?). Their flicks, tricks and crisp passing gave the home side the edge in this clash between the 2003 and 2004 league champions.
Even better for Shenhua however was the fact that it was Chinese players who got their names on the scoresheet – Chinese international defender Du Wei with a header from close range after 20 minutes, and midfielder Yu Tao with a low drive from the right hand side of the box seven minutes after half time.
It wasn't all plain sailing however and young keeper Wang Dalei almost had to pick the ball out of his own net following a wayward backpass which rolled past the post with a Shenzhen attacker in hot persuit. Not long after a looping header towards the Shenhua goal bounced ontop of the bar and came back into play before being cleared for a corner.
Mao Jianqing, Shenhua's rising star and a player Shanghaiist continues to tip to go onto greater things, had a lovely swerving shot saved by the Shenzhen keeper mid way through the second half, and Erick Scott squandered a great chance when he connected with a clever lay off but screwed his shot wide. Shenhua were comfortable winners however in a moderately entertaining game which could have seen a few more goals for either side.
Despite the new Metro line 8 station outside the stadium making it easier than ever for fan's to get the game, the 35,000 seater stadium was only a third full. That may chance however should the home side keep up this level of performance.


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Der Raynolds Peak ist ein Berg im Grand-Teton-Nationalpark im Westen des US-Bundesstaates Wyoming. Er hat eine Höhe von 3327 m und ist Teil der Teton Range in den Rocky Mountains. Er erhebt sich 8 km westlich des Jackson Lake und wir von zwei tiefen Schluchten, dem Snowshoe Canyon im Norden und dem Moran Canyon im Süden, umgeben. Der Raynolds Peak ist nach dem Bivouac Peak und dem Traverse Peak der dritte Gipfel auf dem Gebirgskamm, der sich vom Jackson Lake nach Westen zieht. Benannt wurde der Berg nach William F. Raynolds, der die Raynolds-Expedition 1859–1860 in die Region leitete.

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Single-sentence review of Les Miserables
Posted by MGK Published in Flicks
I can safely say without making any allusions to the film's quality (which I thought was quite good overall) that this movie is going to win all the Academy Awards, and possibly some of next year's if they can figure out a way to give the filmmakers those.
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HonestObserver said on December 29th, 2012 at 8:45 pm
Sorry, liberal-friendly jingoism and its similarity to Homeland will allow Zero Dark Thirty to win the day.
Farwell3d said on December 29th, 2012 at 8:47 pm
I think best picture comes down to ZDT and Lincoln.
But Anne Hathaway is about as much of a lock to win Best Supporting Actress as anyone or thing has been to win any Oscar since Javier Bardem and Daniel Day-Lewis in 2007.
At any rate, having not yet seen ZDT because I live in neither New York nor LA, Les Mis is easily the best film I've seen so far this year.
Here's hoping the Academy will reprise the populism of 2009 and give Django Unchained, The Dark Knight Rises, Wreck-It Ralph, and even The Avengers recognition somewhere.
Mason Kramer said on December 30th, 2012 at 12:38 am
*All* the Oscars. Including Best Janitor.
Mitchell Hundred said on December 30th, 2012 at 1:54 am
Heh, ironic. My parents and I just now got back from seeing it.
Anyway, as a fan of musicals, I liked it very much. The weakest link was probably Russell Crowe as Javert. And that wasn't so much because he was bad per se, but because he wasn't riveting in the way that a great Javert can be. I saw a theatrical production of it a couple of years ago, and I could not take my eyes off of the guy playing Javert, he was so magnetic.
Farwell3d said on December 30th, 2012 at 6:21 am
I thought Crowe was fine in most of the movie, even in The Confrontation, but he simply is not a good enough singer for Javert's two big solo numbers, and they were borderline painful.
Otherwise, though, the movie was spectacular.
fraser said on December 30th, 2012 at 8:36 am
I thought Crowe would have made an excellent Javert. Didn't work for me as either actor or singer.
WAK said on December 30th, 2012 at 10:39 am
To me, it appeared as if Russell Crowe, in struggling to sound not-awful (and full credit to him for pulling that off) lost all ability to convey emotion or charisma. He skillfully portrayed the essence of a rather soggy piece of cardboard.
Then again my opinion should probably by discounted since I find the idea that large numbers of people like Les Mis to be one of the more frustrating mysteries of the universe. It's just so dull and shallow, at least to me. I will say that, other than finding Gavroche surprisingly repellant and Aaron Tveit (the actor playing revolutionary guy who wasn't Marius) surprisingly inoffensive, the movie precisely met my expectations.
Sean C. said on December 30th, 2012 at 2:19 pm
I suspect "Lincoln" will be the ultimate winner (it will be the highest-grossing of the major nominees, in all likelihood, and it would have snagged the lion's share of the critics' prizes if "Zero Dark Thirty" hadn't come along), but I loved "Les Miserables", flaws and all.
Crowe wasn't great, but I thought he was adequate, and in some numbers quite good (the confrontations with Valjean, especially). But Jackman, Hathaway, Barks and Redmayne were the standouts.
MGK said on December 30th, 2012 at 4:49 pm
People seem to be missing the point that "film that wins the most Oscars" is hardly ever "best film of the year" or even "most widely praised wide-released film of the year." Crash swept the Oscars, for example, despite the fact that it was dogshit, because it is the sort of movie that Wins Oscars (and because the Academy wasn't ready to give Best Picture to Brokeback Mountain).
Les Miserables is quite clearly cut from the same cloth. Zero Dark Thirty looks to be a damn good film, but will it Win Oscars when it is a movie by a director who just won Best Director a few years ago for a movie that is, in the Academy's eyes, very nearly the same thing? No, it will not. Because it is not really the sort of movie that Wins Oscars.
Now, Lincoln is also a movie that Wins Oscars, but it is also a complex political procedural story about slavery whereas Les Miserables is a dramatic and well-known musical. That Lincoln is easily the better film is really besides the point (except possibly for Daniel Day-Lewis grabbing Best Actor away from Hugh Jackman, which I think is likely – but then again DDL has two Best Actor statues and Jackman has none, and everybody (rightfully) loves Jackman, so an upset is clearly achievable here).
Mister Harvest said on December 30th, 2012 at 4:57 pm
The movies that win Oscars, especially the grand categories, are the ones that make the Academy members proud to be in the movie business. On that basis alone, Les Mis is a shoe-in.
I never said that my belief that Lincoln would win was based on it being the better film. I follow Oscar politics quite closely. There are tons of factors as to why films win, in the big balance of art and commerce. Lincoln will almost certainly have made the most money (domestically, anyway) of the nominees by voting time, which is historically rather important, especially when the film is otherwise the sort of thing Oscar likes (as with Lincoln, an inspirational historical drama from a much-loved Hollywood director, that has also accumulated much critical acclaim) — Avatar, for instance, became a force to be reckoned with despite not being remotely the Academy's thing based solely on its stupendous success (it not being the Academy's thing, ultimately, is also a big reason why it didn't win).
Also, if you like your historical trivia, it's currently in the lead in both the Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor races; decisively, in Day-Lewis' case, more ambiguously in Jones'. But if it maintains that, it would be only the fifth film to accomplish that since 1936. Three of the first four won Best Picture, and the last, Mystic River, would have won if not for the Lord of the Rings phenomenon that year.
This is not at all to say that Les Miserables couldn't win. It very well could. While more divisive amongst critics and audiences in some ways, it engenders real passion in those who like it.
Farwell3d said on December 30th, 2012 at 11:28 pm
Les Mis is getting relatively mixed reviews, as well, fwiw.
I'll be surprised (pleasantly) if it wins Best Picture.
Chris K said on December 31st, 2012 at 11:59 am
I think Jackman gets it for this to make sure he doesn't get stranded in Lifetime Achievementville.
HonestObserver said on January 1st, 2013 at 1:16 am
I'm disappointed that no one's giving Argo a chance.
William Kendall said on January 5th, 2013 at 11:57 am
Not seeing this one, because I hate musicals, and because one of the most obnoxious human beings on the planet, Sasha Baron Cohen, is costarring in it.
Chris K said on January 5th, 2013 at 11:15 pm
I loathe Sasha Baron Cohen, both as a performer and as a human being, and I was actually really pleased with his performance in this.
But! He was performing a role that is supposed to be loathsome, and honestly if you're more familiar with Sasha Baron Cohen than with this musical, I can see where it might seem like he's basically playing himself. So you've probably made the right choice.


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Q: Point of types in Elastic 6.x ES newbie here, simple question: What is the point of a type in ES 6.x if each index can only have one type? I've noticed that inserting a document requires both the type and index to be specified, but this seems redundant to me.

A: Quoting https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.x/removal-of-types.html:

Indices created in Elasticsearch 6.0.0 or later may only contain a
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  Mapping types will be completely removed in Elasticsearch 7.0.0.

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Why are mapping types being removed?
Initially, we spoke about an "index" being similar to a "database" in
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Not bad, but there are too many other superior fan projects for me to be excited about! I'm still really looking forward to MEGA PHIL X's project and, of course, MEGA MAN X: CORRUPTED.
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Sunday, February 5, 2012, 8:00 pm THIS SHOW HAS BEEN CANCELLED
Start: February 05 8:00 pm
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Classical guitarist extraordinaire and magnetic baritone singer, Gerard Edery presents the beautiful, deeply moving songs of Atahualpa Yupanqui, one of the most influential Argentine folk musicians and poets of the past century.
A musical folklorist with a remarkable range of styles at his command, Gerard sings in 15 languages and speaks fluently in four. Born in Casablanca of Sephardic Moroccan and Argentine descent, he grew up in Paris and New York City. Gerard has dedicated himself to re-energizing songs, stories, and melodies from Europe, the Middle East, and South America, and re-interpreting them for contemporary audiences. In tonight's program, he presents the sublime poetry of Yupanqui, revealing its beauty and cultural depth with reverent sensitivity. Says Gerard: "Yupanqui had been my musical hero and greatest inspiration since my teenage years. He would play songs of such beauty and deep emotion that it left you speechless. I feel blessed to have had this remarkable artist in my life to inspire and comfort me."
Composer, folklorist, and musician Atahualpa Yupanqui (1908-1992) created works of great cultural richness and emotional intensity, rooted in the classical, flamenco, and folkloric rhythms of his Argentina homeland. He toured extensively throughout Europe in the early 1950s, performing in Paris with Edith Piaf and other luminaries and influencing successive generations of musicians, including Mercedes Sosa and other nueva canción artists.
Visit Gerald Edery's website
Listen to a track from Gerard Edery:


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Conference coverage with SAI: from intelligence to insight, from insight into actionable business decisions
Medical conference coverage requires both knowledge of the therapeutic area and the ability to synthesize key points from several individual sessions into nuanced, meaningful intelligence. At SAI, we compile the pertinent data presented at the conference, provide key takeaways from relevant presentations, and include meaningful summaries coupled with insights from KOLs and prominent experts in the field.
By Helena Mello, PhD - Science Content Strategist on August 31, 2022
SAI's therapy area experts highlight the most valuable content specific to our client's area of interest, including updates on the current and future landscape of specific disease areas. SAI bridges the gap from intelligence to insight and insights into actionable business decisions.
Here are 10 medical conferences routinely covered by SAI which are happening this fall:
ESMO (European Society of Medical Oncology)
When: September 9-13, 2022
Where: Paris, France
Highlights: advances in antibody-drug conjugates in metastatic breast cancer, targeted treatments in colorectal carcinoma, early cancer management, cell therapies for solid tumors.
EASD (European Association for the Study of Diabetes)
When: September 19-23, 2022
Where: Stockholm, Sweden
Highlights: challenges and best practices in type 2 diabetes treatment, effects of SGLT2 inhibitors on the kidney, cardiovascular system, and diabetes management.
ASDS (American Society for Dermatologic Surgery)
When: October 6-10, 2022
Highlights: safe and effective combination treatments, skin cancer, regenerative medicine.
ESGCT (European Society of Gene & Cell Therapy)
Where: Edinburgh, Scotland
Highlights: advances in safety and effectiveness of gene delivery vectors, manufacturing and scalability challenges of gene and cell therapy products.
ID Week (Infectious Disease Week)
Where: Washington, DC
Highlights: Clostridium difficile bacterial infection, challenges in treating HIV patients with limited options, pediatric COVID-19 vaccines, pipeline of new antimicrobials.
Congress of Clinical Rheumatology
Where: San Diego, CA
Highlights: new options for treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus, the roles of IL-6 and interferons in rheumatoid arthritis, regulatory pathways in pain management.
AASLD (American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases) The Liver Meeting
When: November 4-8, 2022
Highlights: latest research on various liver disease states, patient perspectives, new developments in the space.
AHA (American Heart Association) Scientific Sessions 2022
Highlights: focus on "improving cardiovascular health" through global education, advocating scientific discoveries, and guiding clinical practice.
Bonus: the special focus AHA Hypertension Scientific Session takes place September 7-10, 2022, in San Diego, CA.
ACAAI (American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology)
When: November 10-14, 2022
Where: Louisville, KY
Highlights: non-Th2 asthma management, new approvals in biologics treatments, immunodeficiency beyond immunoglobulin replacement.
Bonus: the Food Allergy Symposium will be happening parallel to ACAAI meeting.
ASH (American Society of Hematology) Annual Meeting
When: December 10-13, 2022
Where: New Orleans, LA
Highlights: latest scientific developments, late-breaking drug approvals, precision medicine in the hematology space.
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The Evolving World of Social & Digital Media Intelligence
By Maren Nordhoy on January 25, 2023
It is no secret that social media is an essential channel for expressing opinions and sharing facts. Depicted through visual representations and the written word, the world works fundamentally through online channels, without which we would be thrown back into a rudimentary and non-progressive lifestyle.
Challenges in Hemoglobinopathies Projects and the Support of KOL Match
By Helena Mello, PhD on September 19, 2022
There are over 7,000 rare diseases described, affecting about 20-30 million people in the U.S. alone, according to the NIH. While each condition has its specificities, there are common challenges in the rare disease space, such as finding patients and leveraging centers of excellence and referral networks. This article discusses such challenges and how partnering with SAI's subject matter experts can help overcome them.
Cell Therapy: A View Towards Advantages and Disadvantages of Four Approaches
By Zack & Helena on August 16, 2022
Immune effector cell (IEC) therapies, commonly referred as cell therapies, utilize human cells to cause or enhance an immune response against tumor cells. Following remarkable successes with several patients in the early 2010s – most notably, the case of Emily Whitehead, the first pediatric CAR-T patient, who recently celebrated 10 years of being cancer-free – IECs have become a key focus of investigations to help treat multiple types of cancer
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In the last few months some Banksy-esque graffiti has appeared at locations around Newport. I wrote about it here but more have appeared since then. Every other city has its Banksy imitators, so why not Newport? Does it mean that Newport is becoming middle class? Or is it just vandalism? And why can't the graffitist do feet? Whatever the answers, I've gathered the pics together for your viewing pleasure. And there's an item from the South Wales Argus also reproduced below dealing with Newport council's response.
I first spotted this image which appeared on a pillar beneath the Heidenheim Drive flyover on the entrance into Newport. I drive past it most days.
After a while the slogan was added, just in case there was any suggestion that the famous graffiti artist had crossed the Severn Bridge. And, about the same time, I noticed a new image, the lego/asbo man.
After uploading the first picture to facebook, I was told about this one. Nearby in the bricked up doorway of a bricked-up house.
Mrs M snapped this one in the subway near the castle. It looks worse for wear.
And finally, within the last week I spotted this one. Also on a pillar beneath the Heidenheim Drive flyover.
GRAFFITI artists in Newport are being invited to find out how they can use their talents without breaking the law.
Environment and community cabinet member for Newport council Cllr William Routley is asking graffiti artists to join him for a "no blame" meeting to talk about their craft.
The councillor said he has to take the view that graffiti of any kind is "unacceptable", but would "welcome dialogue in order to understand what artists needs are".
The councillor, who represents the Stow Hill ward, spoke of his respect for some of the artists' talents, but urged them to use their abilities "in co-operation, in a way that contributes to city life".
Speaking of the most recent "Banksy" style graffiti which has sprung up around Newport city centre showing a stylised soldier figure, Cllr Routley said: "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so to have some things thrust upon us without any choice is not acceptable.
Local gallery owner, Janet Martin says she was refused council support for a graffiti workshop earlier this year at her premises in New Ruperra Street.
She wanted an outside wall of Barnabas Arts House to be used in a "controlled piece of graffiti".
"Pictures of backsides and swear words is vandalism" said the mum of two, "but if Newport wants to get art out into the community then there is a gap in the artistic market. Some of the walls around the place are a mess.
Artists can contact Cllr Routley via the council website.
When I spoke to him for about the graffiti for that Argus article Cllr Routley seemed genuinely interested in meeting the people who done it. Despite being careful to provide the 'it's not acceptable' quote he seemed to think they could have contributed to brightening up the concrete jungle in another way.
nobody will come "forward " because they feel it could wreck there so called street cred if there's any there……"mooseman" stencils im gassing I think hes given up the act now thogh 🙂 enemie….
Not you then Enemie? Where are yours? I'll keep an eye out for them.
Stencils are street art, not graffiti. Graffiti is tags, throwups, bombing etc..
Street art gets noticed easily by the public cos it's accessible, easy to understand and pretty basic, and of course to somebody who doesn't understand or appreciate proper graffiti, it looks better.
There's a lot of graffiti in Newport if you know what you're looking for, but usually it's only writers noticing other writers, or if joe public does see it it's hard to understand or put a name to.
I personally think street art and stencils are cheap, but each to their own.
Much respect to the graffiti writers who've been up for a while now in Newport and keeping the (tiny) real scene alive. Bles, Blunt, Desk, Eks, Elvs, Aep, Maze etc..
As much as I'm not big on stencils and street art, props to Enemie too for getting up and putting in work.
This so called "artist" recently tagged my building. It's not art, it's just plain ugly. Next time do one of the london guards at the entrance to my building, not one of your lame tags.
I think Enemies art speaks direct from youth subculture and i want to see more! Fair play to the lad the pieces are immense much better than illegible tags I've seen on monuments and tourist areas across EU.
Shame there isn't a decent space for street artists to work from hone their skills and brighten our days.


The Legend of Puss in Boots!
We're headed down to the premier of Puss in Boots this week to see the final cut of the movie. We're very proud of the show, I think you'll especially enjoy the color, light and atmosphere worked into each location. I worked on it for 2 years so it's a big investment for me, I hope you check it out! Coming to theaters October 28th.


A spiteful or hateful action directed toward another person merely mirrors our own feelings about ourselves. No one tries to hurt another when feeling good about his or her own self. Such actions stem from feelings of frustration, anger, or distress, whether recognized or not. All such negatives result from fear, manifest as low self esteem, low self respect and low self love.
The love we feel for ourselves determines and limits the amount of love we can feel for others. One person cannot love another to a greater degree than the person loves his or her self.
If we wish to live with love, we must recognize love when we see it and recognize what is not love: that is, evil. Learn to recognize evil in all its manifestations, that you might counter it with its antithesis, which is love, because the cause of evil is an absence of love.
It's nice to be reminded of that every once in a while. Of course being nice to others (usually our own family) is a lot easier said than done when we are not feeling good about ourselves.


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Frédéric Guillaume de Nassau-Weilbourg, en (allemand Friedrich Wilhelm von Nassau-Weilburg), né le  à La Haye et mort le  à Weilbourg.

Il est prince de Nassau-Weilbourg de 1788 à 1816.

Maison de Nassau-Weilbourg
Le duché de Nassau-Weilbourg survit aux vingt-trois années de guerres que la France déclenche en 1792 sur le territoire germanique. Le duché de Nassau-Weilbourg intègre la Confédération du Rhin puis la Confédération Germanique.

En raison de l'extinction de la plupart des lignées de la Maison de Nassau, Frédéric Guillaume de Nassau-Weilbourg hérite de la presque totalité des possessions de la famille de Nassau, il devient en 1806 duc souverain de Nassau.

Frédéric Guillaume de Nassau-Weilbourg appartient à la huitième branche (branche cadette de Nassau-Weilbourg), elle-même issue de la septième branche (branche aînée de Nassau-Weilbourg) de la Maison de Nassau. Cette branche cadette de Nassau-Weilbourg appartient à la tige valmérienne dont sont issus les grands-ducs de Luxembourg. Frédéric Guillaume de Nassau-Weilbourg est, par la grande-duchesse Charlotte, l'ascendant de l'actuel grand-duc Henri.

Famille
Fils de Charles-Christian de Nassau-Weilbourg et de Caroline d'Orange-Nassau.

Le , Frédéric Guillaume de Nassau-Weilbourg épouse Louise-Isabelle de Kirchberg (1772-1827).

Quatre enfants sont nés de cette union :

 Guillaume de Nassau (1792-1839), duc de Nassau, épouse en premières noces en 1813 Louise de Saxe-Hildburghausen (1794-1825)
 Augusta Louise de Nassau (1794-1839)
 Henriette de Nassau-Weilbourg (1797-1847), en 1815 elle épouse l'archiduc Charles-Louis d'Autriche (1771-1847)
 Frédéric Guillaume de Nassau (1799-1845), il épouse en 1840 Anne Ritter Edle von Vallyemare (veuve de Johann Baptist Brunold), titrée comtesse de Tiefenbach en 1840, dont est issue Wilhelmina Brunold (1834-1891, titrée comtesse de Tiefenbach en 1844), qui épouse en 1856 le patron de presse français Émile de Girardin et divorce en 1872.

Liens internes
 Charles Auguste de Nassau-Weilburg
 Guillaume IV d'Orange-Nassau

Liens externes

Références

Frederic Guillaume
Naissance en octobre 1768
Naissance à La Haye
Décès en janvier 1816
Décès à Weilbourg
Décès dans le duché de Nassau
Décès à 47 ans


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The Parthenon • January 28, 2020 • https://marshallparthenon.com/24280/life/local-organization-provides-historial-information-to-public/
Local organization provides historical information to public
Amanda Larch | Executive Editor
KYOWVA library includes alphabetized family histories, as well as histories from Cabell, Lincoln, Logan, Kanawha and Wayne counties.
Amanda Larch, Executive Editor
Tucked away in the basement of a green-domed church in Huntington's West End is a little-known library filled with history. KYOWVA Genealogy and Historical Society, formed in 1978, is a nonprofit organization that aims to be a resource for those interested in learning more about their family roots and local history.
Debbie Campbell, president and librarian of KYOWVA, said the genealogy society's story is an untold one, as they are one of the only genealogy societies left in the region.
The group's library includes alphabetized family histories, as well as histories from Cabell, Lincoln, Logan, Kanawha and Wayne counties. Campbell said with the invention of the internet, interest in genealogical research has increased, but she warns that it may not always be as accurate as historical documents, including those found in the KYOWVA library.
"You can't get everything off the internet," Campbell said. "And what you have gotten sometimes is not correct. It's only as good as the person that contributes it. Most of what we have was before the internet was ever invented."
The KYOWVA Genealogy and Historical Society offers resources for Marshall University students and their class projects as well, Campbell said.
"We have several history majors that have come down, and they've either spoken or came down to do research on the projects that they're working on," Campbell said.
The KYOWVA Genealogy and Historical Society convenes once a month in March through December, and they try to have a speaker to discuss an aspect of history at each meeting. Though the group does not meet in January and February, Campbell said they take appointments all year.
"(It's) one of the free things around; it's a good hobby because it's free unless you want to put money into traveling, or DNA or something like that," Campbell said.
As a nonprofit organization, there is no cost involved with making appointments, though Campbell said they accept monetary donations. The society also accepts family histories and other antique, historical and personal items, such as photographs and diaries. Members of KYOWVA Genealogy and Historical Society catalogue each donation into the appropriate book or folder, and Campbell said each book is thoroughly researched and documented. Many of the items are family histories compiled into three-ring binders, while others are published archives.
"You just never know what you might find here; we get donations of different things," Campbell said. "We're just willing to help, and everything's marked and catalogued and easy to find."
Part of the collection came from another genealogy society in Kanawha County that closed. There were close to 1,000 family trees and pedigree charts in the collection, Campbell said.
"Luckily all of their stuff, even if it was handwritten, was indexed," she said.
Another large piece of the collection, consisting of family files and other histories, used to belong to Buffalo Middle School employees, and the owner donated part of it to the KYOWVA Genealogy and Historical Society.
"You can't get it anywhere else," Campbell said. "It's a unique collection. It's the same way a few of our other unique collections. So, I think that's an attractive thing."
Those interested in coming in and learning about their family histories can make an appointment, either by email at [email protected] or through the group's Facebook page, KYOWVA Genealogical and Historical Society, and someone in the organization will help them get started and conduct research, Campbell said.
Though the group's resources are not a lending library, Campbell said if someone wants them to complete research from out of town, they will do so for a donation.
"Usually they get their money's worth," she said. "If they don't know how to research, we'd be glad to work, sit down and work with them."
The KYOWVA Genealogy and Historical Society is located at 901 Jefferson Ave., in the basement of the Second Presbyterian Church in Huntington.
Amanda Larch can be contacted at [email protected]


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Jupiter Re-Enters Aquarius on July 28
Jupiter. Wikipedia. That red spot is a giant perpetual storm that is larger than Earth.
December 19, 2020, Jupiter enter Aquarius
May 13, 2021, Jupiter enters Pisces
June 20, 2021, Jupiter station retrograde 2 degrees Pisces 11
July 28, 2021, Jupiter re-enters Aquarius
October 17, 2021, Jupiter station direct 22 Aquarius 20
December 29, 2021, Jupiter returns to Pisces
Jupiter turned retrograde last month and on July 28 it returns to Aquarius. The last time, Jupiter was in Aquarius was between December 2020 and May this year. The time before that was January 2009 until January 2010. There may be some themes from 09-10 that were repeated earlier this year. In May, when Jupiter went into Pisces we moved into different topics. Jupiter is huge, it attracts large themes, events and moments that educate us and inform our philosophy, our opinions, our big thinking. It is not subtle.
In Aquarius, Jupiter had to share the energy with Saturn who is also in Aquarius. Saturn can bring a depressing, "what's the use?" attitude which really rubs Jupiter the wrong way. Once Jupiter moved into Pisces in May, Jupiter felt liberated being out of the same sign with Saturn. Jupiter was more porous ready to absorb the information of Pisces. Our inner mystic could have been up, we could have been leaning into our faith, we could have pulled away from things that were harsh for fear that it would take us too down or we could have seen despair and hit a wall.
When the biggest planet in our solar system returns to Aquarius, we take some of that Pisces philosophical juju and bring it to Aquarius through Jupiter. In Aquarius we look for like-minded people, we bring big ideas, we construct with others. We aren't just do-gooders for the sake of doing good, we want to create new solutions, new ways that are sustainable (good side of Saturn) we also take a moment and remember, "Oh, I am a human and hey you are a human, too". Jupiter will be in Aquarius until December 29 but unlike the first part of this year when Jupiter was in Aquarius where he had to deal with sour Saturn, this time he returns with the knowledge of Pisces. The power of faith, the power of mystical, even if we went to despair, now in Aquarius Jupiter tells Saturn, "We can do what it takes with others on our side, let's team up." Do not be surprised if you are pulled into social events that are meaningful and you bring something important or special and you are recognized for it.
Posted by Tracy at 7:57 AM
Astrology of this Week: July 27 - July 30
Aquarius Full Moon (#1) July 23 at 7:36pm PDT
The Astrology of this week July 17 - July 22.
VENUS & MARS conjunction July 13.
Cancer New Moon. July 9, 2021 6:16pm PDT.
Astrology This Week. July 5- July 9


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Even David Beckham would think twice! Jamie O'Hara gets baby son's portrait tattooed on his inner arm
By Georgina Littlejohn for MailOnline
Updated: 11:40 EDT, 19 December 2010
There are lots of celebrities who have taken it upon themselves to have a tribute to their offspring tattooed somewhere about their person.
David Beckham has the names of his three sons inked on his back, Angelina Jolie has coordinates for the birthplaces of her six children and Mel B has a depiction of a phoenix on her right arm, in honour of her eldest daughter, Phoenix Chi.
But we suspect that footballer Jamie O'Hara might have just taken things a little bit too far.
Forever my baby: Jamie O'Hara gets his son Archie's portrait tattooed onto his inner arm
The Tottenham Hotspur midfielder and model Danielle Lloyd are parents to five-month-old son Archie.
And to share his paternal pride with the rest of the world, O'Hara, 24, decided to immortalise his son in ink on his body.
Taking to his Twitter page today, he excitedly wrote: 'At lal hardys new wave tattoo getting my boy on my arm, the best tattooist around, and hes a spurs fan.'
He then posted a picture of him getting the tattoo at the parlour in Muswell Hill, north London.
Immortalised in ink: Baby Archie, seen here fast asleep while out with his parents last week, will forever be in his father's arm
At least he'd gone to a reputable tattooist, as Lal Hardy is the celebrity inker of choice.
He has tattooed famous flesh such as that belonging to Foo Fighters front man Dave Grohl, TV presenter Dermot O'Leary and many football players including Ledley King, Emmanuel Adebayor, Aaron Lennon and Dimitar Berbatov.
And while Jamie might have been happy that the man permanently inking his body might be a Spurs fan, reports today suggest he may be looking at a move to West Ham.
Proud parents: Jamie and girlfriend Danielle Lloyd on a night out in London last week


I just discovered a few days ago a series of captivating videos showing what happens outside the doors of fashion shows in Paris.
Models out of duty and guests heading to the fashion shows are beautifully captured by Antoine Mangenot, who is ready to immortalize the exciting moments of Fashion Week. At Barbara Bui you can admire the stylish Ciaraand fashion guru, Rachel Zoe.
You must check his videos on Youtube, as he encapsulates a contemporary twist on fashion videos. Personal, innovative, creative, it surely gets you in the mood of Paris Fashion Week.
One of the victims, being "caught" outside the Barbara Bui Spring/Summer 2012 defilé, was actually me.
Uhh! If I had known, I would have put some make-up. Seriously, during this period I barely sleep 2-3 hours per night and sometimes i just skip to the next night. THAT busy can Fashion Week get! Only my good friend tells me it doesn't show, but seeing this video, my face turned like !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quick, somebody wants to order Photoshop or maybe oversized (better huge), black sunglasses!!!
Anyway, very glad to meet again Ed Kavishe from Fashion Wire Press.
ALERT!!! To all fashion people: pay attention to what you are talking! Antoine is always ready to record.
But, hey, that's the fun part, right?


Climate Common Sense: Power blame game heats up!
The Australian reports that even the dingbats in the NSW Labor Government have finally done some sums and are now closing down the ridiculous 60 cent feed-in tariff which is costing the average consumer billions while benefiting the few who have installed solar panels.
THE states face pressure to wind back schemes that pay households to generate electricity using rooftop solar panels.This comes after NSW slashed its scheme in the wake of a surge in installations that threatened to add $2.5 billion to power costs by 2016.As Wayne Swan lashed NSW for a "profound" failure to invest in its electricity infrastructure and said this had driven "very savage" increases in power prices in the state, the Keneally government cut back the payment to households producing electricity from solar panels - or, in some cases, wind turbines.Premier Kristina Keneally attributed the blowout in the scheme to the "windfall" gains participants experienced as a flood of cheap imports from China and Spain caused the cost of solar panels to halve since last year.Ms Keneally did not resile from the fact that NSW - unlike all the other states - operated a "gross feed-in tariff" that paid households for all the electricity they produced, not simply the excess electricity that they returned to the grid.The unanticipated uptake has sent the cost of the scheme - recouped by electricity retailers from all customers - skyrocketing from an estimated $1.5bn over the six-year life of the scheme to about $4bn.Ms Keneally was unwilling to say how much the scheme had pushed up the cost of power for the average household, but said the figure would be between $80 and $130 a year if the scheme were not pared back.
"What we are doing today is slowing down the scheme in order to stop any further impact on electricity prices," Ms Keneally said.The move sparked immediate demands from the energy industry for other states to review "overly generous" feed-in tariff schemes.It has also added to pressure for the Gillard government to review its subsidy, known as "solar credits", which works by multiplying the number of renewable energy certificates (RECs) created from solar panels. The RECs are generally purchased by energy retailers, who pass on the costs.Energy Supply Association of Australia chief executive Brad Page said: "We remain firmly of the view that these excessively generous feed-in tariffs and solar bonus schemes only result in expensive abatement and higher bills for under-privileged groups.
"This should serve as an important precedent for other states to review and take similar action to foreshadow the closure of these schemes as expensive and inappropriate arrangements."
He said the federal household-level solar scheme "will just deliver higher costs to consumers" for little emissions reduction.
Nationwide, consumers have rushed to install photovoltaic panels on their rooftops to take advantage of generous subsidies - including federal subsidies worth $6200 in most capital cities and $6800 in Darwin.
The states have introduced solar feed-in tariff schemes to increase the levels of renewable energy and create "green jobs".
The NSW scheme will be cut from 60c/kWh to 20c/kWh. Victoria's scheme pays 60c/kWh, but it is a "net" scheme - meaning it only covers the power returned to the grid - and in gross terms this equates to 39c/kWh. Queensland's scheme pays 44c/kWh net, equating to 28.6c/kWh gross.
Critics say the schemes are inflating power prices and delivering subsidies from average customers to those who have installed the panels.
On Monday, national economic data on wholesale prices for the September quarter showed a jump of between 6 per cent and 13 per cent across the states for power prices, while water bills had risen between 7 per cent and 17 per cent.
Julia Gillard this week blamed a sustained period of under-investment for skyrocketing energy prices. The Prime Minister's comments inflamed tensions with the states, which have rolled out an array of their own greenhouse abatement schemes in the absence of a federally mandated carbon price.
West Australian Premier Colin Barnett said Ms Gillard's criticism was "a bit strange".
He accused her of making "wild statements" and not understanding "the history of energy reform in Australia".
"Julia Gillard is proposing a carbon tax," Mr Barnett said.
"Now a carbon tax will mean electricity prices will go up by whatever amount the carbon tax is . . . That's not reform; that's high cost on consumers."
The Treasurer said yesterday there were "very savage" increases in NSW and "a profound lack of investment".
NSW Energy Minister Paul Lynch last night countered: "Over the last 10 years, $10 billion has been spent on electricity infrastructure. To say this is under-investment strains the meaning of the plain words of the English language."Mr Lynch said that the proportion of consumers' bills that related to network charges was effectively set by the Australian Energy Regulator.The NSW government's move comes five months before an election and amid a concerted campaign on power prices by Sydney's The Daily Telegraph. Household power bills in NSW are set to rise by up to 42 per cent over the next three years.Ms Keneally also promised a review into network costs - which comprise 40 to 50 per cent of a typical bill - headed by Australian Energy Market Operator chairman Tom Parry and bureaucrat Mark Duffy.
The review would examine "to what extent there is scope for softening or easing the pressure on prices", Dr Parry told The Australian.
He said he wanted to avoid "the risk of policy-induced fuel poverty".
The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union slammed the cuts to the solar bonus scheme, while the Clean Energy Council said the move would cost jobs and damage confidence in a "clean industry".
The current scheme closed at midnight last night, with home owners who have already purchased panels given a further 21 days to sign on at 60c per kWh.
These changes will hopefully stop the solar boondoggle dead in it's tracks or at least slow it down greatly.This is the beginning of the end for the green power nightmare but the real political blood will flow when the lights start to go out and the public realise that we have not built power stations while dabbling with this nonsense! Spain has nearly bankrupted itself over renewable energy and other countries are now starting to count the real cost of these dopey schemes.
Shift to renewable energy may have its obstacles in the start but it surely is the future to invest in. Time to say bye bye to old fossil fuels and hello solar, wind and other renewable energy sources.


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Calls for breast screening improvements
Recommendations have been made to improve breast cancer screening.
Published: 13:37 Wednesday 21 December 2016
A series of recommendations to improve the breast screening process has been made following a report by Healthcare Improvement Scotland.
The report, entitled 'Review of the Scottish Breast Screening Programme December 2016', follows the identification of 3,831 women who had not been sent a routine invitation to be screened.
National Services Division (NSD) is responsible for commissioning and performance managing the national Scottish Breast Screening Programme (SBSP).
The report states that it was unclear who was responsible for the handling of the issue and that the new IT system in place will help to address a number of issues, but it will require ongoing monitoring to ensure that any future risks are appropriately dealt with.
All women identified as not being called for their routine appointment have been contacted and offered the chance to make a fresh appointment. By November 2016, 41 per cent of women had still to take up that offer. This is a significantly lower uptake than would be expected for breast screening in Scotland.
NSD, in conjunction with the Scottish Breast Screening Centres, have been asked by Healthcare Improvement Scotland to urgently review whether every reasonable step has been taken to enable this group of women the opportunity to attend a screening appointment.
Professor Stephen W. Duffy, chair of the Review Group, said: "Effective and timely breast screening for women is crucial in the early diagnosis of breast cancer. Clearly the vast majority of women in Scotland receive their invitation to be screened in a timely manner, but it's important that all women are given the opportunity to be screened at the earliest opportunity.
"This report clearly demonstrates that more needs to be done to ensure that this happens for every woman eligible for screening in Scotland."
Claire Sweeney, interim director of Quality assurance for Healthcare Improvement Scotland, said: "We are encouraged by the response of NSD to our report's findings and recommendations. Although the new IT system will help ensure that every woman eligible for screening is invited to attend, ongoing monitoring will be required to ensure that the system is working effectively for all women. We will continue to closely track the situation."
Professor Marion Bain, medical director, NHS National Services Scotland, added: "We are very sorry for the worry this has caused women in Scotland.
"We welcome the findings of the Healthcare Improvement Scotland Report on the review of the Scottish Breast Screening Programme.
"All of the women who had not been invited for screening within a three year interval have been contacted, and we have established an adverse events team to ensure that every reasonable step has been taken to enable them to have the opportunity to attend breast screening."
Visit www.nsd.scot.nhs.uk for more information and advice.
Opt-out: It's time for Scots to talk about organ donation


Yesterday was an historic day for the sentencing reform movement in Florida. For the first time in more than 20 years Florida repealed a mandatory minimum sentence! As most of you know, we have worked for years to reform Florida's 10-20-Life gun sentencing law, which has created some of the worst injustices I've seen.
After seeing horror stories about people sentenced to 20 years in prison for aggravated assault – 20 years for warning shots, or three years for brandishing a firearm – I made it my mission to fix this law. I'm proud to say we did it!
Yesterday Governor Rick Scott signed CS/SB 228, which repeals the mandatory minimum sentence for aggravated assault with a firearm! Beginning July 1, 2016 – and for the first time since 1999 – judges will have discretion in all aggravated assault cases.
This is a big deal! Right now more than 200 people are serving mandatory minimum sentences in Florida for aggravated assault with a firearm. More importantly, aggravated assault represents nearly 60% of all gun crime in Florida. This reform significantly curtails the scope and impact of 10-20-Life, and guarantees no judge will be forced to impose a twenty-year sentence for a warning shot.
Of course, there is much more work to be done. We will continue the fight to reform Florida's drug trafficking mandatory minimums, and do everything we can to ensure that those currently incarcerated get the relief they deserve. This is a long and difficult fight, but we won't quit until we win.


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List of regulations
Canadian Aviation Regulations (SOR/96-433)
Part VI - General Operating and Flight Rules
Canadian Aviation Regulations (CARs) 2019-1
Standard 624 Schedule I - Pilot Proficiency Check - Table of Requirements
Content last revised: 1996/10/10
When a candidate is combining an instrument flight test with a PPC, all items required for the satisfactory assessment of the instrument portion as set forth in the Personnel Licensing Handbook, Volume I (TP 193E), Part II, Chapter 1, Section 5, and the Flight Test Guide, Instrument Rating (TP 9939E) shall be completed.
The mandatory items presented below must be satisfactorily assessed in order to constitute the completion of a PPC.
(1) Pilot Knowledge of Equipment Examination
(a) the completion of a practical oral equipment examination meeting the requirements of paragraph (b);
(b) an equipment examination shall be closely co-ordinated and related to the flight procedures portion of the PPC and shall cover:
(i) subjects requiring a practical knowledge of the aeroplane, its powerplants, systems, components,and its operational and performance factors;
(ii) normal, abnormal and emergency procedures, and the operations limitations relating thereto, and
(iii) the appropriate provisions of the approved Aircraft Flight Manual.
(2) Aeroplane Inspection
The pre-flight inspection shall include:
(i) a visual inspection of the exterior and interior of the aeroplane, and
(ii) the use of the pre-start check list, appropriate control system checks, starting procedures and checks of all radio and electronic equipment.
(3) Taxiing
This manoeuvre includes taxiing (in the case of a second-in-command PPC, to the extent practical from the second-in-command crew position), sailing or docking procedures in compliance with instructions issued by the appropriate traffic control authority or by a Transport Canada Inspector or Transport Canada approved check pilot.
(4) Powerplant Checks
Powerplant checks will be conducted as appropriate to the aeroplane type.
(5) Normal Take-off
One take-off to be performed as follows: taxi the aeroplane into position on the runway to be used for departure, take-off and fly the aeroplane in the climbing configuration until the landing gear and flaps are fully retracted or to the point where an altitude of 1500 feet above the airport elevation is reached, whichever occurs first.
(6) Crosswind Take-off
One crosswind take-off if practicable under the existing meteorological, airport and traffic conditions.
(7) Simulated Powerplant Failure on Take-off
One take-off with a simulated failure of the critical engine:
(a) in an approved aeroplane type simulator:
(i) at a point after V1 and before V2 that in the judgement of the check pilot is appropriate to the aeroplane type; or
(ii) at a point as close as possible after V1 when V1 and V2 or V1 and Vr are identical; or
(b) in an aeroplane in flight, at a safe altitude, at an airspeed not less than V2 + 10 as is appropriate to the aeroplane type under the prevailing conditions.
(8) Rejected Take-off
One rejected take-off to be performed:
(a) in an approved aeroplane type simulator with an approved visual system; or
(b) aurally in an aeroplane prior to the first take-off.
(9) Approaches to Stalls (required on an initial PPC only)
For the purpose of this procedure the required approach to a stall is reached when there is a perceptible buffet or other response to the initial stall entry, and except as provided below there shall be at least three approaches to stalls, one of which shall be performed while in a turn with a bank angle of between 15 and 30 degrees including:
(a) one in the take-off configuration (except where a zero-flap take-off configuration is normally used in that type and model of aeroplane);
(b) one in a clean configuration; and
(c) one in a landing configuration.
(10) Instrument Procedures
Instrument procedures will consist of IFR pre-flight preparation, departure and enroute procedures, terminal procedures and system malfunctions as follows:
(a) an area departure and an area arrival procedure shall be performed where the pilot:
(i) adheres to actual or simulated air traffic control clearances and instructions; and
(ii) properly uses the available navigation facilities;
(b) a holding procedure, which may be combined with an area arrival or area departure procedure and includes entry to, maintenance of and leaving a holding pattern;
(c) at least two instrument approaches (one asymmetric) performed in accordance with procedures and limitations in the Canada Air Pilot or approved company approach procedure for the approach facility used and where practicable one of the approaches shall be a precision approach;
(d) circling approach, except where prohibited in the private operators manual and or local conditions beyond the control of the pilot prevent a circling approach from being performed.
(11) Specific Flight Characteristics (required on an initial PPC only)
Recovery from specific flight characteristics that are peculiar to the aeroplane type and which do not exceed the normal flight envelope of the aeroplane type may be demonstrated.
(12) Engine Failures
In addition to the specific requirements for manoeuvres with simulated engine failure, the check pilot may cause a simulated engine failure at any time during the check consistent with established safety procedures. For the purposes of this proficiency check, at least two simulated engine failures, are conducted as follows:
(a) one simulated failure of critical engine, to be completed at altitude while the aeroplane is in the normal take-off configuration and at a speed of not less than the take-off safety speed (V2) or more than V2 plus 10 knots; and
(b) one landing and manoeuvring to that landing with simulated failure of the critical engine.
(13) Normal Landing
One normal landing.
(14) Crosswind Landing
One crosswind landing, if practical under existing meteorological, airport and traffic conditions.
(15) Landing with Simulated Engine Failure
One landing and manoeuvring to that landing with simulated failure of 50% of the available engines and the simulated loss of power shall be on one side of the aeroplane, except that:
(a) the simulated loss of power shall be on one outboard engine on three-engine aeroplanes;
(b) in the case of turbo-jet aeroplanes, the following may be substituted;
(i) in the case of a four-engine turbo-jet aeroplane, manoeuvring to a landing with simulated failure of the critical engine and performance of the manoeuvre either in an approved simulator or simulated in flight at altitude, with simulated failure to 50% of available engines, and
(ii) in the case of a three engine turbojet aeroplane, manoeuvring to a landing using an approved procedure that approximates the loss of two engines at a safe altitude.
(16) Rejected Landing
One rejected landing that includes a normal missed approach procedure after the landing is rejected, and for the purpose of this manoeuvre the landing shall be rejected at a height not lower than 50 feet AGL.
(17) Combination Landings
More than one type may be combined where appropriate.
(18) Normal and Abnormal Procedures
A qualifying pilot shall demonstrate that proper use of as many of the systems and devices listed below and other systems, devices or aids available as the approved check pilot deems necessary to determine that the pilot has practical knowledge of the use of the systems and devices (appropriate to the aeroplane type);
(a) anti-icing and de-icing systems;
(b) auto-pilot systems;
(c) automatic or other approach aid systems;
(d) stall warning and avoidance devices, stability augmentation devices;
(e) airborne radar devices; and
(f) Flight Management Systems (FMS)
(19) Emergency Procedures
(a) A pilot shall demonstrate as many of the emergency procedures outlined in the appropriate approved Aircraft Flight Manual and as many of the emergency procedures for the following emergency situations as in the opinion of the Transport Canada Inspector or Transport Canada approved check pilot are necessary to determinate that the pilot has an adequate knowledge of and ability to perform such procedures including:
(i) fire in flight,
(ii) smoke control,
(iii) rapid decompression,
(iv) emergency descent,
(v) hydraulic and electrical system failures and malfunctions,
(vi) landing gear and flap systems failure and malfunctions, and
(vii) failure of navigation or communication equipment;
Emergency descents and hydraulic and electrical system failures and malfunctions may be simulated in an appropriate systems trainer, approved by the DGCA for that purpose.
Emergency procedures may be performed in an approved appropriate aeroplane type simulator if the DGCA is of the opinion that the pilot's competency can be adequately determined.
(20) Performance Criteria
When performing any of the procedures, a pilot shall demonstrate judgement commensurate with a high level of safety, and, in determining whether the pilot has shown such judgement, Transport Canada Inspector or Transport Canada approved check pilot shall consider:
(a) the pilot's adherence to approved procedures;
(b) the pilot's actions in situations requiring a decision based on the pilot's analysis where there is no prescribed procedures or recommended practice;
(c) the pilot's qualities of airmanship in selecting a course of action; and
(d) the crew co-ordination when operating in the multi-crew concept.
A PPC for IFR flight operations on aircraft other than the primary type shall consist of IFR and VFR exercises. The demonstrated IFR exercises shall be at the discretion of the RDCBA, but will consist of a minimum of one instrument approach. This procedure is acceptable if the full PPC/IFT is conducted the following year on the alternate aircraft type.


Ground nests are built into depressions so that the nest rim is at the soil surface or only slightly above it.
They often choose fairly exposed areas over sites deep inside a thicket, but within these areas they find a clump of grass, a log, or the base of a shrub to conceal their nests against.
Only the female builds the nest, but both parents care for hatched young.


The real bouillabaisse is made in Marseilles; they make an imitation of it in Bordeaux, and in many other parts of France and the Continent; but, like a Welsh rarebit prepared out of Wales, it is very inferior to the real one. However, we will give the receipt to make it here, and as good as possible with the fish that can be procured.
Put the sweet-oil in a tin saucepan and set it on a sharp fire; when hot, add the onions and garlic sliced; stir so as to partly fry them, and then take from the fire. Put also in the pan the fish; also the muscles, just blanched and taken from the shell (some put them whole, properly cleaned). The fish is cut in pieces about two inches long. Then add the wine, bay-leaf, cloves, lemon, the juice of a tomato, salt, pepper, saffron, cover with cold water, and set the pan back on a brisk fire. After about thirty minutes add the parsley; boil ten minutes longer, and it is done.
The pieces of fish are then placed on a dish and served.
Put in a deep dish, and to be served at the same time, some slices of bread, over which you turn the sauce through a strainer.
One slice of bread and one piece of fish is served to each person, also some sauce.
It is put in two different dishes, to avoid breaking the pieces of fish.
There are over a hundred ways of making a bouillabaisse; the above is one of the best.
There are also about as many ways of spelling the same.
A bouillabaisse is served as a soup.


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The Romanian talents defeated their Welshmen opponents in the first day of the Nations Junior Cup
The second edition of the Nations Junior Cup began in the Drago Jovovic Sporting Hall with its first competition day in the city of Vrbas, Serbia. The Romanian boxers defeated their Welshmen opponents on Day1 which delivered successes mainly for Russia, Azerbaijan, Serbia, India and Georgia.
Following the general weigh-in it turned out that 50 women and 125 men boxers from 24 nations are attending in the Nations Junior Cup which is a preparation event for the upcoming EUBC European Confederation Junior Boxing Championships.
The following 24 nations are attending in the Nations Junior Cup: Azerbaijan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Georgia, Germany, Greece, India, Israel, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Macedonia, Mauritius, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, host Serbia, Slovakia, Sweden, Turkey, United States of America and Wales.
The boxers who were born in 2002 and in 2003 are eligible to take part in the Nations Junior Cup in Serbia. Men and women boxers are competing in the 13-13 official junior weight classes in Vrbas: 46kg, 48kg, 50kg, 52kg, 54kg, 57kg, 60kg, 63kg, 66kg, 70kg, 75kg, 80kg and +80kg.
Russia's Aleksandra Tikhonova is a newcomer in the national team but the 15-year-old girl was able to beat Sweden's Zehra Melli by unanimous decision at the women's bantamweight (54kg) in Vrbas which was the first female contest of the whole competition. Nikolina Boke is Latvia's big future woman hope who attended in the international training camp in Ireland earlier this August but she did not find the best fighting distance against India's Poonam and suffered a loss in the first competition day.
Slovakia's Michaela Turacova, who attended in a Polish international event already, stopped Turkey's Melisa Nur Yilmaz in the second round following her tough blows and advanced to the next stage of the women's featherweight (57kg). Russia's Vladlena Bezlapova was bronze medallist in the last edition of the Nations Junior Cup and she did the same quick success as the Slovakian girl, over Croatia's Marta Kozulj on Day1.
Romania's Bornemissza Junior Memorial Tournament bronze medallist Mihai Vaduva shined in the first man bout of the Nations Junior Cup against Wales' Romeo Costa and advanced to the next round of the pinweight (46kg). His strong teammate Eusebiu Tarzoman did the same tough performance against Wales' Brandon Scott at the light flyweight (48kg). After two contests in Vrbas Romania leads against Wales 2-0 in the competition.
India's Bishwamitra Chongtham received the right to box in the international level at the very first time and opened with an unexpected success over Kazakhstan's Bornemissza Junior Memorial Tournament silver medallist Mukhammedsabyr Bazarbayuli at the light flyweight (48kg). In the same category Azerbaijan's Heydar Aliyev Junior Cup winner Ali Zamanov had to do his very best to beat Israel's Maor Rusanov in a hectic bout.
Mauritius sent two boxers to the Nations Junior Cup which is their first ever appearance in a European junior competition. Their Niven Chemben, who has been attending in the national events since 2016, was too strong for Serbia's Leonardo Jakupi at the light bantamweight (52kg). The Serbian ringside abandoned their unequal fight in the third round.
Azerbaijan's Heydar Aliyev Junior Cup winner Azrak Babirov was the favourite against Georgia's Eldari Gogiashvili at the bantamweight (54kg) and he was able to realize his chances but won the bout only by split decision. Serbia's Junior National Champion Branko Zeremski had a superb victory over Croatia's Antun Lovakovic at the featherweight (57kg) and he is also advanced to the next round.
Georgia's EUBC European Confederation Junior Boxing Championships quarter-finalist and Heydar Aliyev Junior Cup runner-up Lado Lomaia did not give any chance to Croatia's Petar Kresimir Knezevic at the light welterweight (63kg) on Day1. Israel's most experienced junior boxer EUBC European Confederation Schoolboys Boxing Championships bronze medallist Daniel Ilyushonok impressed against Serbia's Nikola Perovic and won their contest by unanimous decision at the light middleweight (70kg).


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Psychotherapy Training in Nigeria
Posted by DataNexus
The scarcity of properly trained psychotherapists in Nigeria, on the one hand, and the increasing incidence of emotional problems resulting from poverty and underdevelopment, child abuse and neglect, trauma resulting from different forms of crime and abuse of human dignity, insecurity problems like terrorism, insurgency, kidnapping and hijacking, increasing stress-provoking lifestyles, tribal and national wars and conflicts, westernization and globalisation, and the HIV/AIDS pandemic, different forms of cancer, and all sorts of abuse of human dignity on the other hand, call for urgent need for establishment of institutions for formal psychotherapy training in Nigeria. This paper highlights not only the above lacuna but also describes the important aspects of psychotherapy training in the Western world. It went further to describe current efforts being made in Nigeria to establish a world-class tertiary institution, the School of Psychotherapy and Health Sciences (SPHS), which takes it lead from modern psychotherapy training programmes in Austria.
Category: IJPA Journal (Volume 1) Tags: Nigeria, Psychotherapy Training
The SPHS in Nigeria has also been affiliated Sigmund Freud University, Austria. Students from SPHS will be trained by qualified staff from Nigeria and from Austria, and they will be properly equipped with psychotherapeutic skills that will enable them to address the emotional problems of Nigerians, in which ever work-setting they find themselves. They will also be registerable the World Council for Psychotherapy and with other psychotherapy organisations world-wide.
Speech and Language Therapy Techniques Reported from Developing and Developed Countries
Speech and language therapy publications are meant to communicate to the scientific and
practice community as well as policy-makers new developments (in theories, research and
practice). The aim of this paper is to find out the speech and language therapy techniques
used in the developed and developing worlds. The information will throw light on the kinds of
techniques used and advice on future development in the area. A computer-aided electronic
search was made using Ebscohost database. Scientific articles published within 2011 and
2016 in the area of speech and language therapy were sought in three representative
developed as well as three developing countries. Results show that from the publications
from the developing countries, it is apparent that those dealing with the speech and language
problems are more occupied with issues of assessment than with therapy. In the developed
countries, they are concerned with therapy techniques that will suit their present realities
(and not just assessment alone). It is therefore recommended that those dealing with speech
and language problems in the developing countries should be properly trained in the art of
speech-language therapy.
Category: IJPA Journal (Volume 1)
Psychometric Properties of Thinking Style Inventory in Nigeria: A Preliminary Investigations
The present study was on the investigations of the psychometric properties of Sternberg
Thinking Style Inventory (TSI) in Nigeria. Eight hundred and seventy eight (878) adult
participants recruited from 3 cardinal regions representing 3 major ethnic groups in Nigeria
were involved in the study. They included 587 males and 291 females from diverse
occupations including teaching, civil service, military, police, clergy and university
undergraduates. TSI by Sternberg and Wagner (1991) was administered to the participants
to determine the construct validity of the 13 different subscales of the instrument in Nigerian
participants. Exploratory factor analysis, reliability statistics and 2 WAY MANOVA statistics
were used for data analysis. The result of the study showed one factor extraction using the
Principal Component Analysis (PCA) at eigen value greater than 1.However when the
method of percentile of variance extracted was used (Pett, Lackey & Sullivan, 2003) 6
components were extracted. Conversely moderate positive correlations existed among the
various subscale of the TSI. On the other hand significant occupation differences were found
among various occupations on TSI suggesting good level of discriminatory validity based on
occupation. However, TSI did not correlate with measure of cognitive mental task called
puzzle game. Overall, TSI showed to be a promising inventory for Nigeria population but
more research works are needed to position the inventory for Nigerian use.
Valentine A. Ucheagwu
Department of Psychology, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Igbariam Campus
Bernard Chine
Department of Psychology, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka
Rita N. Ugokwe-Ossai
Jesse P. Ossai
Department of Psychology, Imo State University, Owerri
Category: IJPA Journal (Volume 1) Tags: Nigeria, Psychometric, TSI, Validation
The Application of Psychotherapy in the Nigerian Armed Forces
The military personnel whose duty is to undertake operational duties are often exposed to trauma and stress; and some develop psychological distress as a result. The burden of mental health distress related to military occupational life is substantial as some military personnel and families flourish while others are not able to cope. Overtime, deployed military personnel and families become psychologically dysfunctional as a result of trauma and acute stress syndrome which result to post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, anxiety and emotional burn-out. Although, little attempt has been made to assess and meet the mental health needs of the military community holistically. This negligence is costly considering that the psychological health of the military family has been found to be directly related to the readiness, well-being and retention of service members. More so, the impact of negative attachment reactions on the cognitive development of children as a result of separations related to military deployment and postings have been observed. But at the moment, the government and NGO's have focused mainly on the physical welfare needs of the wounded military personnel only, while the mental wellbeing of their families who are victims of counter-insurgency operations have been overlooked. The study therefore examined the application of psychotherapy in the Nigerian Armed Forces. The researchers also discussed common psychotherapeutic techniques relevant to the treatment of military personnel and families with the need to adopt a preventive approach to mental health promotion.
Authors: Philemon A. Agashua, Jonathan I. Ugese, Funke T. Olofin
Department of Psychology Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna
Email: philagash@gmail.com Mobile number: +23408057972305
Category: IJPA Journal (Volume 1) Tags: Emotional burnout, Psychotherapy, Resilience, Stress, Trauma
Meseron Therapy
Meseron therapy was developed by Alfred Awaritefe in 1995, the word Meseron is an
Urhobo word which means "I reject it". The core component in Meseron therapy is the
power of the spoken word which cuts across cultural and religious boundaries. A general
opinion is that words are powerful; they can make or mar, indeed, life and death are said to
lie in the tongue. [Prv. 18:21] The Urhobos characteristically reject the unwholesome by
saying "Meseron" i.e. "I reject it" at the mention of anything unwholesome. Incidentally this
practice has found its way into conventional expression among Nigerians as reflected in an
increased sensitivity to reject the unwholesome, unwelcome and unpleasant with phrases like
"I reject poverty", "I reject ill health" "it is not my portion" "God forbid" and so on. This
widespread "I reject it" mind-set makes Meseron therapy a viable tool in clinical practice if
well harnessed. Meseron therapy possess therapeutic strength and value with its undertone of
optimism and resilience. However, Meseron therapy does not subscribe to empty optimism,
the flipside of rejecting the unwholesome is accepting the wholesome. Research evidence
abound on its use in therapeutic interventions like the management of fear, emotional
disorder, as an antidote to stress etc. Meseron therapy also compares favourably well with
western therapies of cognitive and motivational perspectives. This paper attempts to expose
the rich theoretical viewpoints of Meseron therapy with the hope that its use in research/
clinical practice will be further enhanced.
Category: IJPA Journal (Volume 2) Tags: Meseron, Nigeria, Therapy, Urhobo
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Whoever invented the glue gun, my hat off to you.
Center the ribbon so it is equal on both sides. Grab your glue gun, and glue that puppy down. I tried only to glue the edges of the ribbon so it didn't look all bumpy.
Yep. That's really it. I just threw a rosette clip on it for some added flair.
I love this! Totally amazed that you did not have to sew it! I need to make one as the going joke in my house is that we live in 1950 and all I am missing is the apron. hmmmm! Anyhow, just wanted to let you know that I featured your wand on my blog @ http://pinkapotamus.blogspot.com/2011/01/pink-hippo-party-14.html and I'm your newest follower!
Oh My Gosh You crack me up! Funny and Stylish in your new apron. Too Easy and Too cute!
This is such a cute idea. I JUST SAW SOMETHING LIKE THIS in a boutique last week and I thought I could totally make that. :) I am going to start following your blog since you sound like a girl after my own heart. LOVE MY GLUE GUN!
I can't get enough of your blog...it brings a smile to my face everytime.
Love it! SO freaking cute!
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I really love this. Glue gun sewing is so up my alley. I don't even know how to turn a sewing machine on!
This is a great no sew project, only glue :) I can't sew very well yet, but I am still trying. So this is right up my alley :0 Just came over from Show me whatcha got.
I love it! I can't sew well so when I saw this linked up to my linky party i knew I had to check it out! I am going to feature this on Thursday!!!
That is so cute!!! I must copy!! Found you from the Penny Pinching Party.
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Q: How to protect github-token while using chrome-extension? I want to create chrome extension, which interacts with github repository.

1: User click button
2: API creates new file and inserts submitted data
3: API reads all existing files and calculates specific data
4: API sends back calculations to user
(All commands launched automatic from extension)

Can someone explain:
If it's possible to use Personal access tokens from github, but also lock access for outsiders?
I mean.. token can be visible for everyone, but Github-API should work only if used with chrome extension.

At this moment completed only two steps..

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*Created 'machine user'

*Invited him to my repository and gave 'repo' permissions

Next steps unknown..

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*?? Create Personal access tokens or OAuth apps to get access to API?

*?? Somehow give info to github about my extension, and allow all actions only from this extension


Title: PDC18-009/PD18-037/PT18-020 - Planned Development Rezoning, Planned Development Permit and Vesting Tentative Map for Real Property Located at 2882 Hemlock Avenue and 376 Baywood Avenue.
PDC18-009/PD18-037/PT18-020 - Planned Development Rezoning, Planned Development Permit and Vesting Tentative Map for Real Property Located at 2882 Hemlock Avenue and 376 Baywood Avenue.
(a) Adopt a resolution adopting the Hemlock Avenue Mixed-Use Project Mitigated Negative Declaration for which an Initial Study was prepared, and a related Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program, all in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act, as amended.
(b) Approve an ordinance of the City of San José rezoning certain real property of an approximately 0.47-gross acre site located on the north side of Hemlock Avenue, approximately 120 feet easterly of South Baywood Avenue (2882 Hemlock Avenue and 376 Baywood Avenue) from the CG General Commercial Zoning District to the CP(PD) Planned Development Zoning District.
(c) Adopt a resolution approving, subject to conditions, a Vesting Tentative Map to merge two parcels into one parcel and to resubdivide the parcel into no more than 48 residential condominium units and no more than 15 commercial condominium units, and one common parcel, on an approximately 0.47 gross acre site.
(d) Adopt a resolution approving, subject to conditions, a Planned Development Permit to effectuate the Planned Development Zoning District and allow the demolition of the 1,544-square foot single-family residence and approximately 3,887-square foot commercial building, the removal of seven ordinance-size trees, and the construction of a mixed-use project with no more than 48 residential condominium units and approximately 18,495-square feet of commercial office space with no more than 15 commercial condominium units on an approximately 0.47-gross acre site.
CEQA: Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Hemlock Mixed-Use Project, File No. PDC18-009/PD18-037/PT18-020. Planning Commission recommends approval (5-0-1; Vora abstained). Council District 6. (Planning, Building, and Code Enforcement).