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John Wesley Harding recommends Duncan Browne (1947 – 1993)
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John Wesley Harding's recommendation: "I would unreservedly recommend the music of Duncan Browne. The first album Give Me Take You is more baroque in its folky champer-pop, whereas the second Duncan Browne is a little more straightforward. If your tastes run towards The Zombies, or you can imagine that crossed with folk music, then I think you'll relish Duncan Browne. He also made some completely different late seventies album, popular in Europe, that were sexier and disco-ier. I kinda like them but you can ignore those. (He also co-wrote Criminal World that Bowie covered on Let's Dance, a song from that latter period of his career.) Stick to those first two albums: ethereal yet quirky, a cross between sixties pop and folk-psyche, sung in a beautiful Blunstone-esque voice, accompanied by stellar classical guitar and strings. One particular track to recommend is The Final Asylum, one of the otherwise unreleased tracks on Journey a two CD anthology that was released recently. If you like any of it, then Colin Blunstone's first solo album One Year is a fitting companion-piece and a masterpiece in its own right."
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About the guest author, John Wesley Harding: We've been fans of John Wesley Harding (born Wesley Stace) since the 1990 release of his pop masterwork Here Comes the Groom. Since then, JWH has released a slew of smart, hook-filled recordings and three novels. He's shared the stage with the likes of Iggy Pop and Lou Reed and was hand-picked by Bruce Springsteen to open his shows on the Ghost of Tom Joad tour. The Boss is set to join John as he hosts the Fairleigh Dickinson University Words and Music Festival (WAMFEST) in May. Yup…John Wesley Harding has a lot going on. Catch up with him on his official web site, http://www.johnwesleyharding.com/
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I was driving to visit my brother and his wife in Baysville but it started to snow and blow and it was getting dark - I took a wrong turn and finally realized I was lost and at that time I had no cell phone. Snow was blowing and it was dark I could barely see the road then , all of a sudden I noticed massive strobe lights filled with rich, brilliant colours flashing up into the sky! I pulled over to have a better look - it was a fiery and magnificent light show, one like I had never seen before and the colours were transparent but rich and vibrant ... but could not flashing lights from a nearby city, I was in the middle of nowhere, on my way to Huntsville, what was this?
along with that spectacular light spectacle . It was a series of low to mid tone whistle type chanting sounds that were synchronized with every movement of the light. I've heard about Aura Borealis having sound on the rare occasion but I was actually experiencing it! I felt like I was just given the most incredible gift, and I knew somehow I was meant to be lost because maybe I really wasn't... it was perfect.
I continued on, to stop at a gas station, purchased a map and finally made it, a few hours later, but made it to my destination.
I will always remember that night and am reminded that there is always light somewhere, even though it may seem dark, there will always be hope waiting to be found. -keep looking, be patient with yourself on the journey -and when you are open to all possibilities, you never know where and when you will find it.


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Government fails to address UN concerns in follow-up human rights review
(Bangkok, Geneva, Paris) Thailand has failed to address concerns raised by the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Committee (CCPR) with regard to key civil and political rights, FIDH and its member organizations Union for Civil Liberty (UCL) and Internet Law Reform Dialogue (iLaw) said today.
FIDH, UCL, and iLaw today submitted a second follow-up shadow report to the CCPR, in which they detailed the Thai government's ongoing failure to implement the recommendations made by the CCPR in March 2017 on the following priority issues: 1) The constitution and the country's legal framework; 2) Extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, and torture; and 3) Conditions of detention. FIDH, UCL, and iLaw had issued their first follow-up shadow report in August 2018.
"Thailand's government has once again shown that it is unwilling or unable to address the UN's human rights concerns. The UN should acknowledge the Thai government's ongoing failure to uphold civil and political rights and continue to make recommendations for improvement."
Guissou Jahangiri, FIDH Vice-President
The CCPR will conduct the follow-up review of Thailand during its 129th session, which is set to be held from 29 June to 24 July 2020 in Geneva, Switzerland.
With regard to the country's legal framework, the constitution promulgated in April 2017 contains provisions that allowed repressive decrees issued by the military junta to remain in place until its dissolution in July 2019. Several of these repressive decrees remain in effect to date. Other problematic provisions of the 2017 constitution clash with democratic principles and ensure that the military will retain its grip on power for the next several years.
"The repressive legacy of the military junta lives on despite its formal dissolution. The UN should signal to the Thai government that urgent and substantive action is needed to restore the rule of law, respect of civil and political rights, and uphold democratic principles."
Jon Ungpakorn, iLaw Executive Director
The Thai government has also failed to implement the CCPR's recommendations on torture, extrajudicial killings, and enforced disappearances. Reports of these types of human rights violations persist, as do reports of impunity for perpetrators of such violations due to inadequate investigations of these cases, contrary to Thailand's obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).
With regard to detention conditions, Thailand has failed to take tangible steps to reduce prison overcrowding, guarantee that detainees are treated with humanity and dignity, or ensure that conditions of detention in all Thai jails are in line with international standards, as recommended by the CCPR.
"Thailand's prison population has increased by more than 30% since the UN review in March 2017. Severe overcrowding and sub-standard conditions mean that Thai prisons are a ticking time bomb ready to explode. The Thai government must urgently undertake policy reforms that address the root causes of this crisis."
Gawin Chutima, UCL Vice-President
The CCPR monitors states parties' compliance with their legal obligations under the ICCPR. Thailand is a state party to the ICCPR. Thailand's second periodic review under the ICCPR was examined by the CCPR on 13-14 March 2017.
Ms. Eva Canan (French, English) - Tel: +33648059157 (Paris)
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Thriller: The Ultimate Choice
Discussion in 'Stories (Fiction)' started by Tamrakshar, Jan 25, 2020.
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Good, Rajan passed the third test but I'm worrying about Archu. How she is going to get that key to escape from that room before that deadly gas makes her die .
@Tamrakshar A very grippping narration on Archu's test and what's that bad news for Rajan? This episode put me in so much curiosity .
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Yes, Archana is in a precarious situation. She is mentally prepared, but she cannot find any sharp object in the room. Thanks for your nice comment Mistt!
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Episode 34
"Good! Very good! I really appreciate your newfound courage. I am sure that you can pass the 4th stage too. But, as a matter of fact, I have to tell you that the 4th stage is the toughest of all. Most of our participants perish at this stage."
A sense of practicality seemed to have entered in Rajan's mind. He knew that if he had to survive in this despicable hell, he had to be wise. He had heard a proverb in his rustic, younger life that when in trouble there is no harm in showing respect to even a donkey. By now, Rajan knew that Ranjan was no donkey. He was a talented man. So with due respect, he said,
"I no longer blame you buddy for what happened to me. As I told you earlier, I am indeed sorry for what I did to you. Now, you have your revenge. But, it's okay. I am at least alive, and as per you, no serious damage has happened to me. So, I have no reason to complain. Now, can I ask you for a favour?"
There was clearly a smirk on Ranjan's face. In a condescending voice he said,
"Well buddy, I have no more grudges against you. But, you know what? I can't save your life. This is the Joker's house, the most powerful man in the world, the best son of the Satan. He is so powerful that even the wind takes his permission to blow. The old, shrivelled leaves of a plant cannot fall on ground without his sanctions. So, I am not in any position to save your life.
You are probably not aware of the fact that all members of this company belong to a particular cult. You will get to know about this in due time. But, the good news is that none of the contestants in this year's show belong to this cult. That means the Joker will not favour any one. All of you should get a fair chance to survive.
Therefore, it's only you, and none but you, who can save your life. The Joker, no matter how much you curse him for what happened to you, has tried his best to prepare you to face the impending troubles. So, before you say anything, I loudly proclaim my inability to get you out of this imbroglio."
"Oh, Ranjan! Do you think I am a dumb-ass? I am not asking you to release me from here."
"Okay, that's good. Tell me what you want from me." Ranjan's ego seemed to have been satisfied.
"I want some tips from you as a friend to pass the remaining tests. Also, I want to know will I be really freed if I pass all the tests? And I could not understand the cult thing!"
"Hmm! That's not a big ask. The answer to your second question is yes. You will be freed with a condition that if you report anything about us to the outer world, you will be killed within a day. We will keep a very close watch on you even when you will be freed. You know we are doing businesses of millions of dollars! We will not let anyone ruining our business.
You don't need to know anything about the cult at this moment. We will let you know at a proper time."
"Okay, I understand that. I will never tell anyone about this if I get freed. But, please give me some suggestions how to pass all the remaining tests."
There was clearly an expression of dilemma on Ranjan's face. It looked as if he wanted to say something, but something was stopping him from doing so. He even seemed to have been under mental stress, as Rajan could clearly see a few droplets of perspiration appearing on Ranjan's creased forehead.
Rajan understood that the protocol and SOP of this company must have been preventing Ranjan from disclosing something which would have been extremely beneficial to him. Rajan would not let this opportunity to go. So he pleaded,
"Ranjan, as you told me, it will be I who will have to pass the tests. As a friend of me all I am asking you is to give me some useful suggestions which will help me to pass the remaining 2 tests."
Ranjan kept quiet for at least 30 seconds. He looked on the ground, and seemed to be undergoing severe mental stress. However, suddenly his eyes lit up, and he said,
"I am sorry mate, as per the guidelines of the company, I can't disclose you anything. As a matter of fact, no one except the Joker knows what the final or 5th test will be. Actually, it depends on the number of survivors from the 4th stage. But let me tell you that some people indeed cross the 4th stage, and you have every potential to be one of them"
A sense of deep satisfaction went through the whole body of Rajan. He got emotional for few moments. He closed his eyes for a second and thanked Lord Shiva. Then the sense of practicality again prevailed over Rajan, and he said,
"You have made my day with that news buddy, but you have broken my heart at the same time by not helping me with tips for the 4th stage. I didn't expect it from you!" Rajan tried hard to make a face.
"Sorry mate! I am sorry that I can't help you. But, I will like to remind you about our professor Mr Satpathy, who taught us electromagnetics in our 3rd year first semester. I hope you have not forgotten about his pep talks before our exams. Remember the oft-repeated proverb he used to inspire us. This will help you."
Ranjan winked at Rajan and left the room in hurry. Ranjan was slightly disappointed for the reason that Ranjan refused to help him. It seemed to him that his understanding of the human psychology had again failed him. He could not understand his wife. Now, he assumed that Ranjan's ego had been satisfied after the humiliation and torture he was subjected to. But, he rued that he had again failed.
For the last 7 days there had been no response from anyone from the Ravenous Eagles. Suresh was restless. Last time, Somnath, the head of southern zone of this organisation in India, had told him that they had traced both Rajan and his wife Archana. This news had enlivened the hopes of finding them soon. Both Rajan's and Archana's families had been in constant touch with him. He didn't disclose the information to them, but hinted them that very soon they might get a good news.
But, this long silence had really got on Suresh's nerves. For the first 4 days he had been just waiting for their call, but since the 5th day onwards he had called Somnath at least 10 times. He didn't receive any of them. Only once on the 6th day, Suresh got an SMS that they would contact him soon.
This was the 7th day. It was 7 PM. Suresh was sitting on a couch in his drawing room. His personal secretary Ritesh was still with him. But, he was preparing to leave. Today was a rather busy day for both of them. Today, Suresh visited two of his factories in Ongle and Vijayawada. The distance between the two cities was almost 150 km. No matter how comfortable his new BMW X6 was, the long journey had a tiring effect on both them.
"Where is the coffee Maya?" Suresh yelled. Maya was his wife with whom Suresh shared everything, including the developments of this investigation. Suresh looked at his Apple iPhone to see whether any new SMS or WhatsApp message from the Ravenous Eagles had come. No, there was none.
Within a minute Maya and a domestic help came with a big tray. There was not only coffee, but also salted cashews and cake.
"Hey, Ritesh, wait man. Take the coffee and snacks."
Ritesh was almost going to say goodbye, but the smell of the Flying Squirrel coffee had made him to stay.
Suresh in a disappointed tone said,
"I have paid a hefty sum to the Ravenous Eagles for rescuing my friend. This agency is a global agency with a huge reputation. All my friends had suggested their name. But, I could not guess that they could be so inefficient!"
This is what Suresh had been ruing for the last couple of days. Maya had heard this at least 50 times in the last two days. She was a practical woman. Her father had retired as the DIG of police. She knew a thing or two about police investigations. So, she said,
"Don't get disheartened. It takes time. Any moment you can hear a good news."
To be continued on Saturday night
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Tamrakshar said: ↑
I will like to remind you about our professor Mr Satpathy, who taught us electromagnetics in our 3rd year first semester. I hope you have not forgotten about his pep talks before our exams. Remember the oft-repeated proverb he used to inspire us. This will help you."
I guess Ranjan had given some clue in mentioning their professor and I felt much positivity in his talk and convinced me that Rajan will pass next two tests too. @Tamrakshar Not fair! You didn't mention about what happened to Archu in this episode . Anyway,I will wait for Saturday to read about Archu and hope she will pass her 4th test.
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Yes Mistt, Archana is indeed in crisis. We will surely know if she can get out of her entanglement.
Biting a big chunk of the cake, Ritesh said,
"Yes Sir, I completely agree with Ma'am! This is a global agency, Sir. They have all the cutting age technologies, all the manpower and all the resources in the world to nab the criminals. Give them some time Sir, they will click."
That's what Suresh had been consoling himself for the last few days. Still, he said,
"That may be right Ritesh, but when will they click, man? The lives of my friend and his wife are in great danger. Every second is precious, and they have taken 7 long days! Who knows whether those two poor chaps are still alive or not!"
Maya was going to say something, but suddenly the ringtone "Maghuba Maghuba" on Suresh's phone rang. For the last seven days, every time the ringtone rang, Suresh expected that it was from Somnath. But, he was so disappointed that this time he had no expectations. So, he thought it must have been some advertisement call. Reluctantly, he looked at his iPhone. Indeed, it was not a number that was saved in his contact list. Some unknown person was calling him. Very reluctantly, he received the phone.
"Hello, Mr Suresh! I am Roy. I am the head of the eastern region of the Ravenous Eagles in India."
Suresh was slightly perplexed. He got off from his couch, and said,
"Yes, I am Suresh!"
"You have been in contact with Somnath, the head of southern zone of this organisation in India so far. But, now onwards, I shall be calling you, because the crime is happening under my jurisdiction." Roy paused for a moment. But, Suresh was too curious to ask,
"That means you have traced them?"
He said that quite loudly, as passions were running high inside him. Hearing that Maya and Ritesh came closer to Suresh with curious face.
"Of course Sir. But, that was not an easy task to locate them. This frigging criminal agency does not leave any evidence. Most of their staff members are masked. Their web hosting technology in the dark net was almost impossible to penetrate. The best techies in the world tried their best in vain."
Roy again paused for a second. Then he continued,
"Our ground workers in India have been working day and night to find where such kind of activities are taking place. They have knocked every police station and the every informer in the suspected areas. But, they couldn't find any lead."
Roy again paused. Suresh was getting anxious, so he shot,
"Then how did you find their location?"
"Pure luck Sir, pure luck! A guy of that criminal agency got overconfident, and took off his mask for quite long time. You know what? Our face recognition software is the bestest in the world. It recognised him as Ranjan Sen, who graduated from IIT Chennai in 2000. He hailed from Burdwan district in West Benngal. When we enquired about his whereabouts, we were taken for a surprise.
His father said that he had perished long ago in an accident. We are not fools. We enquired about the so-called accident, which happened 10 years ago. Our investigation team came to the conclusion that the accident was fake. So, we tried for couple of days to find the truth.
Fortunately, Ranjan's younger brother works as a guard of an ATM of a private bank. From our experience, we knew that he was the most vulnerable member of the family. So, we pampered him. Fortunately, he was too poor to negate the lure of 5 lakh rupees. When we paid him that amount and treated him with best of whiskies, he sang like a canary."
"Please tell us where are they, and how are you going to rescue them?" Suresh was anxious.
"Yes Sir, I am coming to the point. From his call records, we found that Ranjan is on the outskirts of Barrackpore, which is in North 24 Parganas district in West Bengal. We have found that there is a huge property of at least 20 acres surrounded by a 10 feet wall. This property belongs to a non-Bengali businessman, Mr Lakhotia. There are two armed-guards who patrol the front gate. There are three more gates, but they are permanently closed. The stone-faced Gurkha guards don't talk to anyone. They don't let anyone enter the house.
We have gathered information that a man servant of Mr Lakhotia comes out of the gate twice in week for marketing. He does not mingle with anyone. But, he buys huge amount of food items. When we enquired about Mr Lakhotia, we came to know that he has 5 members in his family. If we add 5 attendants, we get 10. But, the amount of food he purchases has to be for at least 50 people.
When we enquired about Mr Lakhotia, we came to know that he is a man of 50 years age having his mother, wife, a son and a daughter-in-law. But, no one has communicated with them for the last 10 years. Mr Lakhotia's relatives told us that he cut off relationships with them. He had a business of exports and imports. But, he had sold it to someone ten years ago. This had made us come to the conclusion that this is the property where lies the key to the riddle.
After pinpointing our target location, we thought it would be very easy for us to find evidence against them. We don't have our own satellite, but we have contracts with a private organisation of a very powerful country. They have been providing us with very high-resolution pictures, and we have solved many complicated cases with the help of these images.
"Have you rescued them?" Suresh was impatient. He had no intention of listening to the working method of the organisation at that moment, as his main concern was rescuing the abducted Rajan couple.
"No, Sir! There is a problem."
"Problem! What problem?"
"We haven't been able to get any actionable proof, Sir. The private satellite could get pictures of only one day. There was not much in them. We saw a few foreigners working in the fields and in the garden. They are probably held as slaves. But, we couldn't see the Rajan couple.
But from the next day, the private satellite agency reported us, an unprecedented incident happened. They could not get any clear picture then onwards. It appeared to them that the sky surrounding the property was covered with thick smog. But, they could get clear pictures outside the property."
"What are you saying? How is it possible?"
"We don't know Sir! The matter is under investigation by them. But, what happened at night was more inexplicable. When they were snooping at night, there was no smog. The picture was clear, but there was no one outside. Lights were on on many floors. The satellite was trying to get pictures inside the house. Unfortunately, this house has not many windows. The handful of windows that the house has are made of one-way thick glass and have thick curtains behind them. So, there was not much of luck there.
Suddenly, there were laser lights from the roof. The lights showed some messages in some unknown language. When the private satellite agency had decoded them they were in a shock. It showed the exact position of the spying satellite and threatened it to destroy with ASAT. That might be just gimmick, but our private partner got scared, and stopped working on this project. So, we had to think about more traditional ways. But, there has been not much of luck there, either.
This criminal agency seemed to have greased the local OC's palm. We concocted a case of finding Mr Lakhotia, on the basis of a missing daiary by one of his distant relative in Kolkata. But, the officer-in-charge (OC) of the local police station said that he had seen Mr Lakhotia a month ago, and Mr Lakhotia sometimes rings him. In other words, we are not going to get much help from the local police, unless you help us."
"Me? How can I help? Please tell me."
To be continued on Tuesday night
@Tamrakshar good info on how high level detective organizations work and an interesting update on their progress to discover joker's den.
Looking forward to read next episode on Tuesday to know how Suresh is going to help detective organization. I'm more curious to know about Archana's wellbeing.
Thanks Mistt for your encouraging comment! I would like to remind you one more time that this story is purely fictional. Archana's plight will be known on Tuesday.
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#119 Arthur Blank
Chairman, Atlanta Falcons
REAL TIME NET WORTH
as of 1/22/20
$12 M | 0.23%
Reflects change since 5 PM ET of prior trading day
Arthur Blank and Bernie Marcus cofounded Home Depot in 1978 after being fired from their jobs at a regional hardware store.
Blank stepped down as co-chairman of Home Depot in 2001 and the next year bought the NFL's Atlanta Falcons for $545 million (now worth $2.8 billion).
He brought pro soccer to Atlanta with his Major League Soccer team Atlanta United FC, which started playing in March 2017.
In August 2017, both of Blanks' teams moved into their new $1.5 billion home, Mercedes-Benz Stadium, which hosted the 2019 Super Bowl.
In 2012, he signed the Giving Pledge and committed to give more than half of his wealth away.
Source of WealthHome Depot, Self Made
Philanthropy Score4
Lifetime Giving$340M
Giving as a percentage of net worth6%
ResidenceAtlanta, Georgia
Marital StatusDivorced
EducationBachelor of Arts/Science, Babson College
While an undergraduate at Babson College in the early 1960s, he started a landscaping and laundry pick-up service to cover his expenses.
Blank graduated from college in three years.
In 2019, Blank paid more than $180 million for his new 240- foot yacht, DreAMBoat (AMB are his initials).
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The NFL's Most Valuable Teams 2016
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The Seattle giant remains the undisputed price leader on a broad selection of popular items, with its prices on average 13% less than identical items sold by other retailers on their websites, according to a study by online-performance analytics firm Profitero.
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4 Key Takeaways From Home Depot's Q4 Earnings
Home Depot, long a retail industry outperformer, saw its shares dip after the largest home improvement retailer reported disappointing fourth-quarter results. But things aren't all bad for the chain.
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Q: sprintf to copy int into string in C I'm trying to convert an integer to string using sprintf but it's not working as expected.
When I input a number it works fine, I can show the number on screen. But if I input a string it always shows "2" on screen.
I was planning to get the string so that I can check if it's a number or not with the isdigit() function.
Tried itoa() too but it was pretty much the same story.
int main()
{
    int num;
    char string[31];

    printf("Number: ");
    scanf("%d",&num);

    sprintf(string, "%d", num);

    printf("%s", string);
    return 0;
}

If I input 2999: it shows "2999"
If I input "dog": it shows "2"
How can I get that string? For what I've seen it should work, perhaps something's up with my IDE? I have Code Blocks 16.01.

A: I recommend looking at the return value from scanf.  It is likely returning zero.  It is failing and not storing a value in num.  The 2 is likely the indeterminate value that was on the stack when the program started.
If you want to read the value that was input, then use fgets to read the input into the buffer and then sscanf to extract it.

A: int num; leaves num uninitialized. When you input "dog", the scanf operation doesn't match anything against num, so nothing is stored in it. Thus when you printf num it is still uninitialized and the value you get is garbage.
You could test for this by examining the return of scanf. scanf will return the number of successful matches, which you should expect to be 1 if a number was entered
printf("Number: ");
if (scanf("%d",&num) != 1) {
    puts("You didn't enter a number!");
}

For a better proof it is not being set, try initializing num to something and see what gets printed
#include <stdio.h>
int main() {
  int num = 5; // I'm initializing to 5
  char string[31];

  printf("Number: ");
  scanf("%d",&num);

  sprintf(string, "%d", num);

  printf("%s", string);  // now this prints "5" if I input "dog"
  return 0;
}

For further evidence of this, running your original program through valgrind prints a bunch of errors about using an uninitialized value. I've edited out some of the noise in the below:
$ echo "dog" | valgrind ./a.out
==32450==
==32450== Use of uninitialised value of size 8
==32450==    at _itoa_word
==32450==    by vfprintf
==32450==    by vsprintf
==32450==    by  sprintf
==32450==    by main
==32450==
==32450== Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value(s)
==32450==    at vfprintf
==32450==    by vsprintf
==32450==    by sprintf
==32450==    by main

To accomplish your goal of reading a string then checking it, you'll want to use fgets instead
#include <stdio.h>
#include <ctype.h>

int main() {
  char input[31];
  printf("Number: ");
  fgets(input, sizeof input, stdin);  // read up to a line of input as a string
  if (isdigit(input[0])) {  // check if it's a number
    puts("this is a number (or at least starts with one)");
  } else {
    puts("this is not a number");
    return 1;
  }

  int num = 0;
  char string[31];

  sscanf(input, "%d", &num);  // now you can do the scanf on the input string

  sprintf(string, "%d", num);
  printf("%s", string);
  return 0;
}

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Jalal Uddin, a 64 year old Imam from Rochdale, North Manchester was found with severe head injuries on February 18th. Unfortunately, he died of these injuries in hospital a little while later.
When this terrible news first broke, I remember quietly thinking to myself: 'it was probably a Muslim that did it'. Not out of any anti-Muslim prejudice, you see – or because I think Muslims are more likely to commit violent crimes. I don't think that at all.
I thought it was 'probably' a Muslim simply because it was actually probable. Statistically, you are far more likely to be killed by someone in your own community or family than you are to be a victim of a hate crime. I worked in Rochdale for nearly ten years, which makes the sizable Muslim communities there no mystery to me. I don't live in a Muslim community myself, therefore if someone suffered a similar fate in my local park, I would say 'it was probably a non-Muslim' (if asked whether I thought it was a Muslim). And it probably would be.
Even now, with the all the available information, I'm still reluctant to claim this suspect was a Muslim with any certainty, or rule out any type of motive until the official investigation has concluded. Why? Because this is an incredibly serious crime and Mr Uddin was a very real person. This deserves a full and thorough investigation – not exploitation for myopic political agendas.
Let's hope that justice is delivered for Mr Uddin and his friends and family. In the meantime, will all those who stoked religious and racial tensions with their ill-judged, premature nonsense retract and apologise for it? The chances of that happening of course, carry significantly different odds.
I notice that the local mosque where the victim "worked" were very good about asking people to stay calm and wait for the police to do their job. There are all kinds of reasons for murder, as you say. Could be mugging gone wrong, family/personal issues, or any other motive.
Oh dear. I expect apologies any time soon from "Johnny Spooner" and CJ Werleman.
Then again, these two are just two of the nastiest regressive left bigots you will ever find, so expect them to try and justify their way out of those knee-jerk comments. They are just like the racist far right. Worse in some respects,because they assume they hold some sort of moral high ground. Reality and evidence shows CJ and Spooner hold the moral sewer as their only aspiration.


The State Board of Education is responding to an audit that found exorbitant fees for extracurriculars make it difficult for less affluent students to participate.
Utah school districts that aren't transparent about their dues for sports and clubs — or that don't bring them down to "reasonable levels" — could face new penalties.
The Salt Lake Tribune reports that the Utah State Board of Education has voted to put a discipline system into place after it was criticized two months ago in a scathing state audit for allowing schools to charge students exorbitant fees.
A September report from the Office of the Legislative Auditor General looked at middle- and high-school programs in 20 Utah districts. In one school, it cost $2,500 to be a member of the cheerleading squad. In another, students paid $2,795 to participate in show choir.
The audit concluded that by allowing such high fees, the state school board and local districts have created barriers for involvement that end up excluding students with less money. And they're breaking state law by doing so.
In response, the state board gave preliminary approval to a handful of potential consequences for districts that don't make adjustments. Among the consequences being considered: requiring districts to repay "improperly charged" dues, withholding their funding, and suspending their right to charge fees at all.
"Trying to combine the two is causing this problem and degrading education," he says.
Member Carol Barlow Lear defended sports and clubs and said eliminating them would only further deny low-income students opportunities.
"Some kids will never have the chance to play in an orchestra if it's not offered at school," she says.
Member Kathleen Riebe recommended setting statewide caps for each sport to create a level playing field.


i would like to get confirmation of a computation i made: reading on the manual i saw the primary gear ratio is 3.227, the secondary is (for me) 3.8 because i have the 15 tooth pinion and let's take for example the 5^ gear that has a 0.957 ratio. so the ratio between the piston and the rear wheel is 3.227•3.8•0.957=11.735. for example if i go at 90 km/h in 5^ gear it means that i go at 90/60•1000=1500 meters/minute. i measured that the distance i do with 1 rear wheel's rotation is 1.94 meters so, 1500/1,94=773.2 rotations in a minute. now if i multiply: 773.2•11.735=9,073 rpm!
hi all! plastics have arrived from bikepartsyam and i fitted them on the bike! i made a video here https://youtu.be/zvogjRmsp4U where you can have a look. i had to use the old decals of the left side, the mask and the front fender, fortunately they are still quite good apart from the fender's one. later i'll post also some photos!
ok thanks, the prices are quite everywhere the same so i'm gonna order today from bikepartsyam. they have just replyed that the fender's sticker is not avaiable and mine is completely broken (i'm going to reuse the mask's one cause it's good). probably monday i'll go to a yamaha dealer here in my area to ask, if they can't help me i'll ask to a person i know who works as a graphic.
i also have to order an head gasket because it's drinking a lot of coolant every day, the strange thing is that it doesn't make any smoke neither at high rpm. this time i go for an original yamaha one because last time on ebay there was written "athena" but it was probably fake seeing the results, all the engine's gaskets had cost 11 €.


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The Family Gratitude Challenge
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Research shows that people are more likely to feel stressed, depressed and lonely at the holidays than any other time. Despite all the images of smiling families and good cheer, holidays are often about anxiety (the turkey is dry), annoyance (my family is impossible!) and disappointment (why is everyone happier than me?).
But there's a way to get rid of the holiday blues. Instead of focusing on the meal and all the calories that come with it, bring new meaning to the season with a big serving of gratitude. If you start appreciating what you have, you'll feel happier. It's that simple.
MORE: Janice Kaplan Explains How Gratitude Can Improve Your Life
The best way to express gratitude is by doing something. Grateful people tend to be more generous and satisfied with their lives. So make a happier and more fulfilling season for everyone by launching the Family Gratitude Challenge.
Here's how it works. Start on Thanksgiving or anytime right after. Have the whole family sit down together and talk about what it means to be grateful. Point out that there's always somebody better off than us—and somebody not so much. How we feel about our lives has less to do with the events that happen than with the perspective we bring to every day.
Everyone in the family gets to choose one way to show that they're grateful during this holiday season. (Christmas is only a month away. Who can't be grateful for that long?)
Mom and Dad can set the tone. Maybe you'll decide to write a gratitude letter to someone in your past who has been important to you. It could be a teacher, a mentor or the person who gave you your first job. Taking the time to write down why they were so important will change the season—for both of you.
Or you could decide to start showing more gratitude at work. It can be as simple as saying "nice job" to someone who works for you, or buying a colleague a cup of coffee as an expression of thanks.
Now that the kids get the idea, ask them to think about what they want to give this season. Gratitude letters work for kids, too, as a way of sending messages of goodness into the world. Or maybe they'd like to donate to children who aren't quite as lucky as they are. Show children a site like DonorsChoose where teachers around the country put in requests for the books and supplies they need for their classrooms. Kids can get completely involved in deciding which project to support. By giving, they can make a difference for other children—and feel better about themselves.
Another approach is to come up with a shared Family Gratitude Challenge. You might decide that parents and children will each take a gratitude picture every day and share it. (A positive use for social media!) Whether it's a photo of the new puppy in the family or a pretty sunrise, knowing that you'll find one thing every day that makes you grateful can change your focus on the whole season.
An attitude of gratitude will change the way everyone feels about the holiday season. Looking outward is almost guaranteed to make you happier and calmer. Make sure the whole family gathers again to talk about how they've done on the Challenge before the kids start ripping the wrappings off their gifts. Gratitude won't make the ugly sweater from Aunt Bea any prettier. But it may help kids appreciate the love in every package.
Janice Kaplan is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Gratitude Diaries: How A Year Looking on the Bright Side Can Transform Your Life.


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Q: Laravel 5.1 INSERT if record exists in another table Trying to get my first laravel applications finished, but since I'm quite new to it I cannot figure out a solution.
What I need is for user to be able to insert a row to table "Y" only if table "X" has a row with the value users is trying to save.
Quick exaple:
table X
----------------
name  |  idcode
----------------
john  |  12345(unique)
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table Y
----------------
name  |  idcode
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john  |  12345  <- user is able to save this row
john  |  54321  <- user is not able to save this, since idcode does not
----------------   appear in table X

I'm able to do a check between two tables with unique index via request but that checks if idcode is in table X and if it is it won't let save in table Y. I could use and the same check but the other way around.
Has anyone had any experience with this?
Cheers

A: Use this in validation rules 'idcode' => 'exists:y,idcode'


Call me corny, but characters that roleplay with an accept always amuse me to no end. I've really enjoyed roleplaying with Pilnor recently. His character is loveable, yet deep. What astounds me is that he's been around for so long, yet I've never had the chance to really meet him IC or OOC, too.
I honestly hate accents. I've met 2 people in my years of muds that didn't irritate me with them. Pilnor is one.


5 reasons why I wrote ON/OFF.
Last week, ON/OFF: searching for balance in digital times was published by Dutch publishers Nijgh & Van Ditmar.
It's a quest, a slice of life, a time capsule and a pamflet in one. Or so I hope.
Here's 5 reasons why I wrote it.
There is a widening chasm between how I used to interact with digital technology when I was a kid, and how I use it these days. As aware as I am of epochalism, this decade feels like a pivotal one for how we develop as humans, and as societies, vis-a-vis digital technology.
I'm more a product now than I ever was a user. There are more addictions to wrestle with, less autonomy, less reverence for attention specifically and humanity in general, within the digital realm.
Oversight on technological developments is more needed than ever, yet lacking, under-equipped and rigid.
This feels like a topic in need of exploration — especially since in Dutch literature, there is relatively little focus on it.
2. A holistic approach in these matters is equally rare. Often, authors focus on one side of the spectrum and write about technology (i.e. games, smartphones) or our interactions with it (the addictive nature, our children, utopianism, AI) I wanted to blend that all into one publication because I strongly feel some emancipation and renewed insight comes from seeing the holistic, all-encompassing interactions we have.
3. I wanted to write contemporary history in a way that's enjoyable and readable for now, but has some mileage for the future. Since developments go extremely fast, we tend to forego on looking around at our lives and write down what we see. Even as I may fail in the process, an honest attempt could still be useful down the line. A time capsule of sorts.
5. I like to think I exist to make things and to learn things. And writing this, I have learnt a lot. If I can further some of what I learnt to other curious people I'd be very happy indeed. The evolution of digital technology gives us so much about humanity to reflect upon. Some things are fantastic. Some things are horrid. There's emancipation in knowing more about both.
Lastly, there's enormous value in preserving and praising liberal humanism, wards and all. That's what this book is about.
If you want a personal, honest exploration on these matters, do buy it.
More info / an interview? Send a message to Greta Le Blansch: g.leblansch@singeluitgeverijen.nl.
I'm a freelance writer and copywriter. I published two books and a bookapp, launched a podcast show called Digitalisme, co-introduced the Faraday Cage Block against smartphone addiction and, with Less Agency, started the initiative 2BelMinutenStilte, getting 400,000 people to switch off their phones during National Commemoration.


A fundamental topic of IT security that often gives people difficulty is understanding the difference between symmetric, asymmetric encryption, and hashing. While each has specific uses, a robust communications encryption solution will typically implement all three.
Common symmetric encryption algorithms include DES, 3DES, AES, and RC4. 3DES and AES are commonly used in IPsec and other types of VPNs. RC4 has seen wide deployment on wireless networks as the base encryption used by WEP and WPA version 1.
Symmetric encryption algorithms can be extremely fast, and their relatively low complexity allows for easy implementation in hardware. However, they require that all hosts participating in the encryption have already been configured with the secret key through some external means.
Compared to symmetric encryption, asymmetric encryption imposes a high computational burden, and tends to be much slower. Thus, it isn't typically employed to protect payload data. Instead, its major strength is its ability to establish a secure channel over a nonsecure medium (for example, the Internet). This is accomplished by the exchange of public keys, which can only be used to encrypt data. The complementary private key, which is never shared, is used to decrypt.
Robust encryption solutions such as IPsec implement the strengths of both symmetric and asymmetric encryption. First, two endpoints exchange public keys, which allows for the setup of a slow but secure channel. Then the two hosts decide on and exchange shared symmetric encryption keys to construct much faster symmetric encryption channels for data.
Finally, hashing is a form of cryptographic security which differs from encryption. Whereas encryption is a two step process used to first encrypt and then decrypt a message, hashing condenses a message into an irreversible fixed-length value, or hash. Two of the most common hashing algorithms seen in networking are MD5 and SHA-1.
Hashing is used only to verify data; the original message cannot be retrieved from a hash. When used to authenticate secure communications, a hash is typically the result of the original message plus a secret key. Hashing algorithms are also commonly used without a secret key simply for error checking. You can use the md5sum and sha1sum utilities on a Linux or Unix machine to experiment with hashing.
Another example of MD5 hashing can be seen in IOS' secret passwords, which implement a random salt to avoid duplicate hashes should two users by chance select the same password.
Great explanation. Just keep in mind that sending a public key over an insecure channel opens one up to a man in the middle attack, which is why in SSL (and anyone else using an X.509 certificate), the key is signed by a mutually trusted third party.
Another interesting thing about public key cryptography is that the secret key can also be used to encrypt data and the public key can then decrypt it. That's how digital signatures work: Private key encrypts a hash of the message. If the private key decrypts it and calculates the same hash, the signature is validated.
Great intro blog post on these three concepts!
Just a quick note: MD5 and SHA-1 are known to have vulnerabilities and their use should be discouraged.
Ok, what to use then?
Great write up, stretch. You always manage to make a complex topic seem simple.
While MD5 has been demonstrated to be insecure in real-world scenarios, SHA-1 is mathematically insecure and a hash collision could hypothetically exist; however, the real world does not always follow theory. Show me a real-world scenario where someone has created a useful SHA-1 hash collision.
Until the NIST completes their SHA-3 competition (which won't be completed until 2012) we won't have anything better. The SHA-2 hashes (with digests ranging from 224 to 512 bits) simply aren't widely implemented.
Related to: "Robust encryption solutions such as IPsec implement the strengths of both symmetric and asymmetric encryption. First, two endpoints exchange public keys, which allows for the setup of a slow but secure channel."
As far as I know the first step in IPSec it's the Diffie Hellman key exchange used by endpoints to have a shared secret which is the symmetric encryption key, and inside this symmetric encryption tunnel the asymmetric encryption public keys will be exchanged.
Excellent intro. MD5 is known to be collision prone; and sha 1 is known to be collision possible. But like you said, until NIST is done that's what we have.
I've understood the key exchange in IPsec the same way, but would like confirmation on the subject. Would be nice if stretch would make an blog post of the IPsec key exchange.
Yeah an article on IPsec VPNs and how they are set up would be wonderful. I've researched them and there isn't much out there that breaks it down into a step by step tutorial.
Anyone know of any out there?
Well done! Now, the clouds are disappeared!
Remember, as well as MD5 having a higher collision rate, it should never be used as the actual algorithm has been compromised for some time now (see below for a hash decrypter, generate an MD5 hash else where and then decrypt).
Only ever should SHA be used for authentication such as VPN's.
I fortunately became ActivIdentity CMS 3.8 certified a few years ago in a previous job role for the implementation of a new smartcard system for the Depart of Work and Pensions in the UK which taught me a lot about PKI and encryption in general... really stoked my interest in it and probably one of the main reasons I would like to end up in a Network Security role.
@quantumbit: That "decryption" website you gave actually only looks up the hash in its database, it does not (as far as I can tell anyway) perform any actual "decryption" (which is an incorrect term, "dehashing" would be more appropriate).
The DH-exchange uses asymmetric encryption to create a secure "channel," not tunnel; as a tunnel implies an additional encapsulation at the same layer. The DH-keys are then used to generate/agree on the symmetric keys used for data encryption in the IPsec tunnel. During (IKE Phase 1/ISAKMP), the DH aysmmetric keys are used to encrypt the peer authentication packets and IPsec transform sets.
is hashing already implemented in encryption?is there any additional use of hash generation?


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After Article 50, UK democracy will be 'chilled' by Great Repeal Bill
Theresa May is planning an unprecedented bill to transport thousands of European laws into British law. But the process she has proposed represents a huge risk to our democracy
New briefing from legal academic warns that the bill could affect UK democracy for decades to come and could hand massive power from parliament and the people to the government.
Proposed new 'Henry VIII' powers have been described by former Lord Chief Justice as a "self-inflicted blow" that should only be used in a national emergency.
A new briefing argues that the government's proposed Great Repeal Bill (GRB) which will follow on from Article 50 being triggered on 29 March, has the potential to grant the government an almost unprecedented level of unaccountable power, using a political process that will chill democratic scrutiny.
The GRB aims to repeal the European Communities Act 1972, and at the same time convert thousands of EU laws into UK law. This is intended to maintain legal and regulatory certainty after Brexit. All laws that take effect in the UK as a result of EU membership will be converted into UK law. They will then be repealed, replaced or maintained piecemeal after Brexit.
But campaigners fear that important democratic safeguards will be sacrificed in the process. Under so-called Henry VIII powers, ministers could gain the power to repeal rights, protections and standards outside of parliamentary scrutiny.
Sam Fowles, the author of the briefing and a spokesperson for Another Europe is Possible said:
"The Great Repeal Bill is almost unprecedented in scope, form, and lasting effects. It has the potential to empower the government to effectively legislate without the consent of Parliament. So far, there has been an almost total absence of transparency in the government's approach.
"If it is handled with transparency and accountability, then the Great Repeal Bill presents a chance to come together and improve the way this country is governed. But that is not how it has been handled so far. It's up to the government, MPs, and civil society to come together to put that right. Otherwise a bill aimed at "taking back control" will actually represent the disenfranchisement of ordinary voters on a historic scale."
Nick Dearden, the director of Global Justice Now, one of the organisations affiliated with Another Europe is Possible said:
"We fear the Great Repeal Bill will make extensive use of so-called Henry VIII powers which will allow government ministers to make substantial changes to our legal system without proper parliamentary scrutiny. Even in Tudor times these powers were controversial. Today they could allow ministers to jettison equality legislation, workers' rights and environmental protections. We know that MPs have an enormous task here, but these changes must happen in a way that doesn't involve granting Theresa May the powers of a renaissance monarch."


It may not seem like it, but the floor is one of the best areas to put down a safety sign. Industrial floor signs were developed to be durable and withstand forklift traffic, heavy pedestrian traffic. The floor signs here at Creative Safety Supply are made with an extremely strong adhesive backing that will stay attached to floors for years. Installing floor signs is a simple task, simply peel off the backing and place on the desired area of the floor.
The following are just a few uses for safety floor signs.
First aid signs: If someone is dealing with an injury or an emergency, it can be easy to forget where certain safeguards are located. Using visual communication is an ideal choice to remind workers of these safeguards and their own safety training. Floor signs can be placed under, near, or on the path to emergency eyewash stations, first aid kits, fire extinguishers, alarms, emergency shutoff panels, etc.
Navigation: Arrow shaped floor signs can be used to direct places such as emergency exits, safety stations, fire escapes, evacuation routes, etc. This will not only be a helpful reminder to workers in cases of emergency, but it can also be helpful for visitors in the facility.
Traffic control signs: Industrial traffic in a warehouse or facility can pose a severe danger to pedestrians. Floor signs resembling road signs like "Stop" and "Wrong way" can help to alert drivers of rules for driving the facility. Use a sign to remind pedestrians to look both ways before crossing an aisle can keep people aware and reduce struck-by accidents in the workplace.
What are different road or traffic control safety signs?
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Their study, published in JAMA Oncology, focused on whether a relatively new class of drugs called checkpoint inhibitors is both safe and effective in patients with advanced cancer who also live with HIV. Because checkpoint inhibitors manipulate the immune system, the concern has been that these therapies might have adverse effects such as virus reactivation in patients with HIV infection.
Investigators searched the medical literature to find 73 HIV patients whose cancer had been treated with checkpoint inhibitors. Only a fraction of patients came from a clinical trial; the rest were mostly case reports and case series from oncologists who chose to treat their patients with cancer and HIV infection with the new cancer drugs.
"Cancer patients with HIV and their oncologists have found themselves in a real conundrum," says the study's lead investigator, Chul Kim, MD, MPH, an assistant professor at Georgetown Lombardi, and an attending physician at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and MedStar Washington Hospital Center. "Because of their HIV infection, they are at higher risk of developing cancer than people who are not infected. In fact, cancer has become one of the leading causes of death in patients with HIV. But conventional chemotherapies can reverse HIV suppression, and on top of that, these patients are widely excluded from clinical studies that test the next generation of cancer treatments.
Checkpoint inhibitors work by removing the "brakes" that cancer puts on a natural immune response against tumors. Antiretroviral drugs target and block different stages of the virus' life cycle, preventing it from replicating.
Kim and his co-author, Michael Cook, MD, an internal medicine resident at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, specifically found that checkpoint inhibitors offered similar objective response rates in treating non-small cell lung cancer (30 percent) and melanoma (27 percent) as has been found in non-infected cancer patients. Additionally, the inhibitor offered benefit in treatment of Kaposi's sarcoma, a cancer strongly linked to HIV infection for which there are not many effective treatment options. The objective response in this patient population was 67 percent.
Additionally, HIV patients did not experience increased side effects, compared to the norm, and HIV remained undetectable in 93 percent of patients (26 of 28) known to have undetectable viral load before treatment.


The Duxbury Police Department in Massachusetts shut down a web page containing photographs depicting local high school girls in "varying stages of undress," according to CBS News Boston.
Duxbury High School employees alerted the police after they learned about the page.
Investigators are now attempting to learn who created the account and to identify the girls.
But the problem isn't limited to just Duxbury or even Massachusetts. Police said that communities across the country are dealing with the same issue.


In order to ensure high quality teaching and learning in its curricula, SVSU Faculty Teaching Qualifications Policy articulates and maintains minimum qualifications for all instructional staff in all credit-bearing classes. In most cases, a faculty member's academic preparation is the principal consideration in hiring them to teach in a particular discipline or area. In particular cases, a faculty member may be deemed qualified based on other credentials appropriate for a given course, which may include, licensure/certification, awards and other recognitions, work or teaching experience in the field, and their research record. A faculty member can be qualified based on a combination of academic and other credentials.
Qualification to teach a given course is usually based on the faculty member's highest earned degree in the teaching discipline, with exceptions for areas where terminal degree is awarded at the Masters level and faculty possesses a doctorate in a related field. Degrees earned are only acceptable if awarded by an institution that is accredited by the regional accreditors.
Guidance regarding these criteria is contained in the Higher Learning Commission document entitled "Determining Qualified Faculty Through HLC's Criteria for Accreditation and Assumed Practices"
iii. a master's degree or higher in any discipline with at least eighteen (18) graduate credit hours in the teaching field or a closely related field, as defined by the program/academic department.
b. For general education courses at the undergraduate level: doctorate or master's degree in the teaching discipline or master's degree with a concentration in the teaching discipline (a minimum of 18 graduate semester hours in the teaching discipline).
c. For Kinesiology activities classes (KINE) need only possess a bachelor's degree in an appropriate field, with exceptions based on experience (e.g., license, certification or extensive experience).
iii. a terminal degree in any discipline with at least eighteen (18) graduate credit hours in the teaching field or a closely related field.
 If a faculty member's relevant academic degree was awarded by an institution outside the United States, the hiring department must work with Human Resources to have a foreign credentials evaluation report.
If the academic qualifications articulated above are not present, qualification to teach in a particular field may be based on other credentials, EXCEPT IN GENERAL EDUCATION COURSES(see "b" under Academic Qualifications above). A department may justify a faculty member's assignment to teach a given course based on a combination of academic, experiential, and additional credentials.
i. A faculty member holds an MBA and is a Certified Professional Accountant and thus is qualified to teach undergraduate accounting courses.
ii. A faculty member holds a bachelor's degree in nursing, is licensed as an RN in Michigan, and meets the experiential criteria to teach nursing established by the Michigan and thus is qualified to teach in an undergraduate clinical nursing course.
i. A faculty member holds a bachelor's degree in English and has received several prestigious regional and national awards for published work and thus is qualified to teach creative writing courses.
ii. A faculty member holds a master's degree in health education and has won numerous regional and national awards for their work in nutrition in schools and thus qualified to teach nutrition courses.
i. A faculty member holds a bachelor's degree in art and has over ten years' experience as a professional artist including international refereed shows at top galleries and thus is qualified to teach undergraduate art courses.
ii. A faculty member holds a bachelors in Engineering and an MBA and has worked for 15 years in various leadership positions within the auto industry, and thus is qualified to teach undergraduate engineering courses.
i. A faculty member holds a master's degree in educational psychology and has published extensively in top-tier refereed journals on subjects related to adolescent learning and psychometrics and thus is qualified to teach psychology courses.
ii. A faculty member holds a doctorate in Computer Science but has published two monographs and several refereed journal articles in the physics of circuits and in electromagnetic theory and thus is qualified to teach those subjects in physics.
Faculty who are qualified based on other than academic credentials are approved by the dean of the faculty member's college and the Provost or designee on a case-by-case basis and are the exception rather than the rule.
In all cases, copies of all credentials will be collected by the Office of the Provost and Human Resources at the time of hiring. These credentials include an original transcript of relevant graduate work, a copy of any relevant certification or licensure, and a current CV. If the academic credentials include credits awarded by a non-U.S. institution, the foreign credentials evaluation report must also be obtained. If a department anticipates hiring a particular Adjunct Faculty member in a future semester, credentials can be certified ahead of the hiring period.
The basic responsibility for the verification and validation of all faculty credential requirements is the responsibility of the academic instructional units offering the courses in which the faculty member will teach. Verification and validations must be completed prior to the faculty member beginning instruction in the course and must be conducted for each separate course taught.
It is the responsibility of all instructors of record to provide the university with the documentation needed to verify their credentials (e.g., transcripts, licenses and certifications). The academic instructional units are responsible for gathering, reviewing and verifying the teaching qualifications for instructors of record, and adjunct faculty during the interview process and at the time of hire. This process will occur prior to any instructor's appointment with the University, regardless of the mode of delivery or course location. The department chair will assist the Dean in the acquisition of the documents required for the credentialing process.
The determination of adequacy of credentials is the responsibility of the college Dean or, if appropriate, department chair and/or program director. In the event that the Dean, Chair, or Program Director cannot render a determination, it is the responsibility of the Provost or their designee. For the purposes of this policy, the university accepts the common collegiate practice in recognizing an academic discipline, concentration or field of study. The university uses four-digit Classification of Instructional Program (CIP codes) to determine whether or not an instructor's educational background is in the same discipline as the courses being taught. CIP codes for SVSU Programs can be obtained from the Office of Institutional Research. Additionally, the appropriate graduate faculty status is required for faculty teaching graduate courses or serving on graduate committees.
For faculty teaching interdisciplinary courses, documentation must be provided that the faculty member's qualifications are relevant to the disciplines that are components of the course. The Office of the Provost must approve exceptions.


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Q: Strechted out picture in ImageView I want to show the image from a location from my phone in ImageView. But when I use scaletype FIT_XY the image gets stretched out.
Here is the code for my layout
<RelativeLayout
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<ScrollView
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:fillViewport="true"
    android:layout_above="@+id/cancel_show_war">
    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:orientation="vertical">
        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/show_name"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:textSize="24sp"
            android:autoSizeTextType="uniform"/>
        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/show_startdate"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:textSize="24sp"
            android:autoSizeTextType="uniform"/>
        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/show_enddate"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:textSize="24sp"
            android:autoSizeTextType="uniform"/>
        <ImageView
            android:id="@+id/show_image_war"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="match_parent"/>
    </LinearLayout>
</ScrollView>
        <Button
            android:id="@+id/cancel_show_war"
            android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
            android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:background="@drawable/mybutton"
            android:text="@string/cancel_input"
            android:layout_marginTop="8dp"
            android:layout_marginBottom="8dp"/>
</RelativeLayout>

The code where I get the image and put it in my ImageView
File img_file = new File(imgPath);
        ImageView imgView = findViewById(R.id.show_image_war);
        imgView.setImageURI(Uri.fromFile(img_file));
        imgView.setScaleType(ImageView.ScaleType.FIT_XY);

And finally a picture of the strechted out picture