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New York's middle-class scholarship program criticized
NEW YORK (FOX5NY.COM) - In 2017, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was proud to launch a program offering tuition-free education at New York's public universities and colleges. It is called the Excelsior Scholarship for middle-class students.
But full-time accounting student Razieh Arabi said the financial aid program is not what it is cracked up to be.
"The message that was conveyed was millions of New York State residents would be receiving free tuition to attend public school but that was not the case," she said.
Arabi is a transfer student to Baruch College, which is a CUNY school, and it will take her five years instead of four to get her degree. She applied for the financial scholarship money but was denied because she is not on track to graduate a four-year program in four years.
In order to qualify for the free-tuition program, students must graduate in four years.
They have to carry 30 credits per year.
Their annual family income must be less than $110,000.
The scholarship money can only be used for tuition, not for living expenses or books.
The GPA requirement varies depending on the major.
Applicants are also required to live and work in New York when they leave school for the number of years they received the scholarship money. If they don't, they have to pay the money back.
"It's actually very misleading and it's very clear at this point that it's very misleading," Arabi said.
An analysis by a think tank the Center for an Urban Future concludes that about 70 percent of the students who applied were rejected. The center also criticizes the Cuomo administration for exaggerating how many students could benefit from the program.
But the governor's office is pushing back and called the analysis flawed. The administration released these numbers:
In 2017, about 95,000 students applied.
Approximately 46,000 were eligible.
About 22,000 actually needed the financial aid.
The remaining students already had tuition covered by other financial aid programs.


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The festival´s story begins in 2008 under the name Backwoods Bash, a non-profit event to benefit kids in need of technology and other school supplies over Memorial Day Weekend at Keystone Lake Park in Prue, Oklahoma. Initially it brought pure Red Dirt, Folk, Indie, Jamband, and Americana music.
After seven years as a non-profit event with several different benefactors, the festival gained investors and evolved by adding top-notch electronic music to the lineup. In 2014, this ¨cross over¨ festival changed names to Backwoods Music Festival as well as changed locations to be along the infamous Route 66 in Stroud Oklahoma.
Now Backwoods Music Festival is located at Mulberry Mountain in Ozark Arkansas, the former home of Wakarusa.
The 11th installment brings bass heads, bluegrass folk and jamband fans together as attendees will experience headliners like Zeds Dead, G Jones, REZZ, Peekaboo, Space Jesus, Yonder Mountain String Band, Infamous Stringdusters Umphrey Mcgee. As the festival approaches, take your chance to play in the woods. Backwoods is holding battles for your band or personal project to win a slot on the lineup. Click here to enter.
Beyond the music there will be performing artists, epic art installations, and activities such as a Ferris Wheel, helicopter rides, water park activities, volleyball, billiards tournaments, free yoga classes, and hoop dance workshops serve as other attractions.
Until March 31st, you can also apply to be a visual artist, visual performer, promoter, volunteer, vendor or press.
Visual artists and performers include live painting or performing Silks, Lyra, Fire Poi, or any other awesome talent. Volunteers will get free admission to the festival and a bunch of cool perks. In all these roles, you will be in the mix, working with incredible people and other music industry professionals. Apply today.
Listen to our Backwoods playlist as you scope the 2019 lineup.
Get access to even more sets and another stage, join the CounterKulture Sound Camp.
We are thrilled to be a part of such a well-loved event with a mysterious edge provided my the magic of Mulberry Mountain and deep lineup. Yheti´s extended sunrise set will be a beautiful moment in time, among so many others in the great Arkansas wilderness. Take your chance to join the Backwoods story as an artist or as the protagonist festival goer. Join now.
On Saturday morning, March 30th, tune into the Inner Verse Podcast with Jamie Seed for a festie preview. Keep up with the latest updates via the following social media handles.


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Costa Rica Rocks: Sun sets on El Sotano and Amon Solar
Eduardo Doryan September 14, 2018 September 14, 2018
After years of iconic shows and concerts, Amon Solar and El Sotano will be shutting its doors. (Eduardo Doryan / The Tico Times)
I have fond memories of El Sotano: sipping cheap red wine in a darkened room to the tune of an unbelievably talented Scandinavian cello master performing his jazzy craft along with a couple of equally-skilled local musicians.
It could well have been 1920.
On a more recent occasion, I had the pleasure of seeing local punk band Ave Negra play a standout show to a roomful of rowdy fans.
The small space allowed an unparalleled level of proximity to the artists and fans – combined with the opaque, dimly-lit atmosphere, the results were electrifying. It was one of my dreams – as I am sure for dozens of musicians across the country – to play in its epic stage, a dream that will now, unfortunately, never come to pass.
El Sotano will close its doors soon.
Some might say the project was too ambitious. Indeed, as the young owner poetically explained to newspaper La Republica recently "we sinned in dreaming of a cultural utopia."
More than a venue, El Sotano was a multifaceted center for Josephine culture. It had all begun in the eponymous basement of Casa 927, a Victorian structure built in 1940, which owner and cultural entrepreneur Jose Maria "Chema" Alfaro used as a staging ground for the invasion of the remainder of the house.
In the early days, back in 2013, one would enter through a charmingly derelict iron emergency exit door at the back, to a small area with a tiny stage. Over the next five years, a veritable parade of local and national artists infused the basement walls with an infinite tapestry of notes and melodies.
Guitarist Navil Garcia sings his heart out at the International Blues Festival at El Sotano. Guitarist Navil Garcia sings his heart out at the International Blues Festival at El Sotano. (Alberto Font/The Tico Times)
A couple of years after the initial locale opened, Chema would go on to take over the rest of Casa 927. On the "ground" level of the house, a much larger stage was built, which became the Amon Solar. The anteroom to the new, parallel venue would later become its own distinct cultural space, flanked by a chic café on one side and a hall used to host swing dancing lessons (among other activities) on the other.
Sometimes during 5 p.m. rush hour a giganta, a paper mache doll used in traditional activities, in the effigy of Maria Callas would peep out of the main balcony and sing opera to passers-by. There was even a third floor, from which one could see the bands playing on the Solar stage below or participate in miscellaneous events – for example, a prohibition-era swing show, or an art exhibit.
The twin venues, Amon Solar and El Sotano, were among the few in the city to offer musicians decent in-house equipment, with El Solar, in particular, offering a highly attractive stage, graced by local touring acts like Los Waldners, Adaptados, Pedro Capmany, and countless others.
I myself witnessed two particularly great shows by 1950s garage rock act Los Cuchillos, and grunge bands Soundlight & Madam Whiskey. On the final Saturday of its closure week, I saw Costa Rican guitar master Moisés Guido along with supergroup GPS, for a fitting end to the legend of the locale, with Guido's pyrotechnics and GPS's infectious melodies seemingly eulogize the iconic establishment.
Moises Guido and the band is GPS at El Sotano. Moises Guido (center) and GPS at El Sotano (Eduardo Doryan / The Tico Times)
El Sotano played an integral part in the recent history of Barrio Amon. In the late 19th century, coffee baron Amon Fasileau-Duplantier began developing the area within his holdings around the Torres river, which became the primary place of residence for the country's commercial and political elite. It is striking compared to the rest of the urban landscape, with Victorian and neoclassical architecture lining its gridded streets.
Mirroring trends in other cities, the area was not spared urban collapse over the course of the 20th century as residents flocked to the suburbs. Crime and prostitution turned the Barrio into a red-light district. However, over the past few years, a renaissance began getting underway. Spearheading this transformation was the iconic El Sótano, injecting a breath of fresh air for the embattled neighborhood.
We should take this opportunity to salute dreamers like Chema and so many event producers, locale owners, and local musicians alike, who are working tirelessly to maintain the ember of local culture alight – and it bears remembering, with virtually no government support, particularly in these times of austerity.
The Flatliners in action at El Sotano. From left to right: Scott Birgham (guitar), Chris Creswell (vocals and guitar), Jon Darbey (bass) and Paul Ramírez (drums). Jonathan Jiménez / The Tico Times
When we talk about economic development, we usually think of factories, large-scale agriculture, or high-tech design but seldom about the artistic and cultural production which often make the former worth pursuing.
When we travel outside our country, it is not the banking centers of London or the Renault plants in France we long to see or even remember, but the street musicians, the theaters, and the bars: in short, the culture, that which makes our soft mammal hearts warm
El Sótano and Amon Solar brought us amazing memories, and perhaps the saddest part of its closure is that it deprives future generations of San Jose dwellers the chance to enjoy it in the future. It was integral in rejuvenating Barrio Amon's status as a cultural production center in the capital.
In its footsteps, the area in close vicinity to the bar received places like the Talentum art gallery, Cuban restaurant Alma de Amon as well as Silvestre, a gourmet restaurant specializing in local-themed cuisine. Even if El Sótano does close forever, it will have planted the seeds of future urban renewal, and I hope it inspires others to follow their dreams in this historic neighborhood in order to continue the beautification and repopulation of San José.
Eduardo Doryan Jara is a Costa Rican economist who moonlights as a rock musician, radio show host, and occasional comedic actor. He provides lead vocals for national heavy metal bands Thunderborne and Occasus Tyrannis, as well as cover and tribute projects LandScape and The Funky Monks.
He leads online radio station Mundo Rock Radio's local music program RelampaRock, which broadcasts 100% national music every Saturday at 1 p.m. Outside of music, you can catch him doing fake sports newscasting for the amateur local soccer team Nottingham Miedo F.C.
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Questions and Answers on OLAF's new legal framework to protect the EU budget - Hoofdinhoud
Why did you need to revise Regulation 883/2013?
The revision of the so-called OLAF Regulation was necessary for two main reasons. First, the creation of the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) means that OLAF's legal framework need to be adapted to allow the two offices to work together on the basis of clear rules of cooperation, exchange of information, complementarity and non-duplication.
Second, the 2017 Commission Evaluation report on the current Regulation clearly identified the need to update the legal framework on a number of aspects in order to increase the effectiveness of investigations conducted by OLAF, as well as the cooperation with Member States.
What are the changes compared to the current legal framework? The improvements largely cover the objectives set by the Commission in the 2018 legislative proposal: to adapt OLAF's work to that of the EPPO and to improve the effectiveness of OLAF's investigations. Moreover, the new Regulation reinforces the protection of persons under investigation. Some of the changes to be introduced by the new Regulation include:
Clear rules for cooperation with the EPPO based on close cooperation, exchange of information, complementarity and avoidance of duplication;
Stream-lined rules for carrying out on-the-spot checks and inspections;
Access to bank account information by OLAF;
Establishment of a Controller of procedural guarantees;
Access to the final report by the person concerned;
Strengthened role of the anti-fraud coordination services in the Member States (AFCOS).
New rules to improve the follow-up to investigations.
Will OLAF's mandate change with the creation of the EPPO?
It will not. The EPPO adds another layer to the protection of the EU's financial interests. The legal frameworks of OLAF and the EPPO clearly provide for the two offices to work in close cooperation while respecting their individual mandates, powers and competences. For the EPPO, this means conducting criminal investigations (in the EPPO participating Member States) to ensure that the criminal responsibility of persons involved in fraud is established. OLAF remains an administrative body conducting administrative investigations, which may lead to financial, administrative, disciplinary and judicial recommendations.
How will the work of the EPPO and OLAF complement each other?
While the EPPO will ensure that the criminal responsibility of persons involved in fraud is established, OLAF will address other aspects of the protection of the EU budget. In the 22 Member States participating in the EPPO, OLAF will focus on financial and administrative recommendations, and on disciplinary recommendations in cases concerning EU staff.
How will the new Regulation ensure no duplication of work between OLAF and the EPPO?
The new OLAF Regulation is designed to work in tandem with the EPPO Regulation, to make sure that work is not duplicated. Together these two Regulations establish that:
OLAF must report without delay to the EPPO any suspected criminal offence it comes across and that falls within the remit of the prosecutor's office;
OLAF will not open an investigation if the EPPO is conducting its own investigation into the same facts;
OLAF will inform the EPPO when it considers that it should open a complementary investigation to one already being carried out by the EPPO.
The EPPO can reject the calls for a complementary OLAF investigation, or to specific measures within that investigation, if it considers them a risk to its own investigations.
Any complementary investigation by OLAF must be carried out in close cooperation with the EPPO.
Constant exchanges of information and operational contacts will allow OLAF and the EPPO to avoid duplication while full complementarity of their work.
How will OLAF and the EPPO cooperate in practice?
In order to ensure the effective and constant exchange of information, the two offices will allow hit/no-hit consultations of their respective case management systems, as set out in both the EPPO and OLAF Regulations. The new rules also foresee an annual high-level meeting between the Director-General of OLAF and the European Chief Prosecutor. OLAF and the EPPO will also agree to formal working arrangements setting out how they will cooperate in other aspects of their work.
How will OLAF's on-the-spot checks and inspections be improved by the new rules?
OLAF carries out on-the-spot checks and inspections in accordance with the current Regulation 883/2013 and with Regulation 2185/96, which in some instances make the application of those powers subject to conditions of national law. However, the extent to which national law applies is not always completely clear, and as a result can hinder the effectiveness of OLAF's investigations. The revised Regulation clarifies that the way OLAF carries out on-the-spot checks and inspections should be subject to Union law alone and that national law would apply only in cases where the economic operator resists an on-the-spot check and inspection and the assistance of national competent authorities is necessary. This clarification, which codifies the case-law of the Court of Justice of the EU, will allow OLAF to exercise its investigative powers in an effective and coherent manner in all Member States. These clearer rules should also help the work of the national competent authorities that support OLAF in its investigations.
How will access to bank account information improve the quality and effectiveness of OLAF's investigations?
Under the new Regulation, OLAF will now have access to bank account information under the same conditions that apply to national competent authorities. The possibility to trace money flows is often decisive in fraud investigations and this new provision will enhance OLAF's ability to protect the EU's financial interests. OLAF will obtain this information through cooperation with national competent authorities, as designated by each Member State.
How will the new Regulation increase the protection of persons concerned by OLAF investigations?
Alongside the strengthening of OLAF's investigative tools, the new Regulation also provides for a higher level of protection of the procedural guarantees of the person concerned by an investigation. The Regulation establishes an independent controller of procedural guarantees, administratively attached to the OLAF Supervisory Committee and appointed by the Commission after consulting the European Parliament and the Council. The controller will be tasked with reviewing complaints lodged by persons concerned regarding the Office's compliance with procedural guarantees and with the rules applicable to investigations. In addition, under the new Regulation, the person concerned by an investigation will have access, under certain conditions, to the conclusions of OLAF's investigations in cases where the Office issues judicial recommendations. The streamlining of the rules on on-the-spot checks and inspections also includes reinforced guarantees when a check is conducted, such as the right to be assisted by a person of choice. The new provisions complement the current safeguards in the OLAF Regulation and bring the level of guarantees to the very highest standards in the area of administrative investigations.
Will cooperation between OLAF and national anti-fraud coordination services (AFCOS) be affected?
The current OLAF Regulation provides for the designation, in each Member State, of an anti-fraud coordination service (AFCOS) to facilitate cooperation and exchange of information with OLAF. The rules state that AFCOS should provide all assistance necessary for OLAF to carry out its investigations in the Member States, either themselves directly or through coordination with other services. The new OLAF Regulation will give the AFCOS an even more important role, clarifying that they can support OLAF in external and internal investigations, as well as in coordination cases. The new Regulation also creates the basis for AFCOS to cooperate with each other, and not just with OLAF.
Will the new Regulation bring any improvements to the follow-up of OLAF investigations?
Several provisions in the new Regulation are expected to deliver improvements in the follow-up of OLAF recommendations. OLAF reports and the evidence attached to them will in future be admissible in all procedures before the Court of Justice of the European Union, in proceedings of a non-criminal nature before national courts and in national administrative proceedings. In criminal proceedings, the current rule remains, which provides that OLAF reports are admissible in the same way as the reports of national administrative inspectors. However, to facilitate the support of OLAF to the EPPO and the subsequent admissibility of evidence, the new Regulation provides that the EPPO and OLAF will cooperate to ensure that the guarantees of the EPPO regulation are observed when OLAF supports the EPPO.
The new Regulation should also increase the information available about follow-up and the possibilities to address systemic issues. OLAF will be able to fix a time-limit for recipients of recommendations to report on follow-up, and Member States will send OLAF the final decision of national courts. Horizontal and systemic issues encountered in the follow-up to OLAF reports may be discussed in the annual exchange of views between the Director-General of OLAF and the institutions.
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This position will have a role as Administrative Assistant/CNA. Duties and responsibilities include general clerical duties such as answering phones and processing mail. Other duties include assisting the WIC Program Coordinator and Public Health Nurse and maintaining grant documentation and reports. Current Montana Certified Nursing Assistant Certification preferred, current driver's license, and current CPR certification required, or the ability to obtain CPR certification within 1 month. Starting wage is $13-$17/hr DOE. Applicants must pass a background check.
Full job description and application may be picked up in the Accounting Office at the Broadwater County Courthouse; 515 Broadway; Townsend, MT 59644. Requests and completed applications can also be emailed to mbeebe@co.broadwater.mt.us. Deadline for position is January 17, 2019 at 5:00 PM, or until position is filled. Please include resume and 3 references.
Broadwater County is an equal opportunity employer. Broadwater County shall, upon request, provide reasonable accommodations to otherwise qualified individuals with disabilities. Veterans and Disabled preferences are applicable.
Resumes, references, and other application materials can be sent to the same email. Deadline is January 2, 2019 at 5:00 pm, or until position is filled.
To see a list of current positions please contact the Helena Job Service.


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A golden anniversary
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Southern Ute Community Action Programs
celebrates 50 years of service in Ignacio
By Melanie Brubaker Mazur Times Editor
Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016 5:47 PM
Updated: Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016 8:52 PM
Southern Ute Community Action Programs are celebrating the 50th anniversary of their 1966 founding.
Photo by Melanie Brubaker Mazur
Pictures from SUCAP's 50-year history include agricultural progams the agency operated in the 1960s.
A brilliant autumn day and decorations greeted friends and clients who attended Friday's 50th anniversary event.
An old window was repurposed to display some of the agency's historical photos on Friday.
A 50th anniversary deserves a good party. On Friday, Oct. 7, after Ignacio High School's homecoming parade, Southern Ute Community Action Programs hosted dinner, live music by the Transplants, and a silent auction to thank employees and supporters for their years of service.
Employees were honored for five, 10, 15 and 20 or more years of service. Three long-time supporters also were honored, including Donna Young, who was named SUCAP executive director in 1969 and stayed on for 35 years.
Young was "the soul" of SUCAP who kept the organization on the right path during her tenure, said Eileen Wasserbach, current executive director of SUCAP.
Wasserbach also commended Emma Shock, who has served on the SUCAP board since 1989, providing "sage advice" to the 15-member board, Wasserbach said. "She keeps us connected to our roots."
Finally, Wasserbach thanked Alex Cloud, who had previously served on the SUCAP board. After his election to the Southern Ute Tribal Council, he is now the council's representative to the board.
SUCAP operates the following programs, which are available to all residents of the Ignacio School District:
Southern Ute Head Start and Early Head Start provides early childhood education and family support to 140 families every year.Peaceful Spirit is a residential and out-patient center for treatment of addictions to alcohol and other drugs. Ignacio Senior Center has activities, meals, exercise programs and transportation for senior citizens.Training Advantage provides employment and training services to help people gain economic self-sufficiency.Youth Services helps teens develop self-confidence, self-awareness and develop leadership skills.Road Runner operates transit services between Ignacio, Bayfield, Durango and Aztec, as well as bus service from Durango to Grand Junction.More information about SUCAP services is at www.sucap.org or at 563-4517.
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"Fruity, fruity, fruity!"
Thu Jan 16 2020
Sea Chest
It's only mid-January, but we're all wishing that it was quite a bit warmer. Thankfully, like most things, we've got a beer for that!
Enter Sea Chest: a New England IPA set apart in the sea of NEIPAs.
(Sea what we did there?)
With one sip of Sea Chest, you'll feel as if you've been transported to sunny days and beach weather, with your feet in the sand and the sun glinting off the Atlantic.
Man, that sounds really nice about now….
It's been a while since we've released a new hop-bomb — Snag & Drop came out last week, but it's not exactly a new hop-bomb –, so everyone around here is pretty excited to see one return.
"I'm going to enjoy drinking a few IPAs again now that I feel like my palate has been reset," says Lab Manager Lauren Appleman.
And she'll need it for Sea Chest. We used a robust hop blend of Cashmere, Motueka, and Sultana in this brew.
"Fruity, fruity, fruity!" says Innovation Director Brian Hink. "Cashmere has this nice candied-orange vibe going on with a delicate herbaceous quality to it, which pairs very nicely off of Motueka's distinctive lemon-limey nature. Sultana's pronounced pineapple aroma really brings the blend together, giving a very nice tropical fruitiness to the brew."
Sultana's a new-but-not-really-at-all-new variety of hops, but this is the first time we've used it under that name. Somewhat like Prince in the 90s, it's The Hop Formerly Known as Denali. Perhaps, instead of a name, Hopsteiner should have remarketed it as an unpronounceable symbol.
It's no stranger to us, used in such beers as Always Ready and Bounding Main, simply under its old name.
"Hopsteiner got a cease-and-desist about a year and a half ago," Brian explains, "rolled with the hop as an experimental number for last year, and launched the name Sultana this past fall."
The specialty grain in the malt bill is comprised almost entirely of flaked malts.
"Flaked grains are unmalted cereal grains that add body, head, and a subtle grainy quality to the beer," Brian explains. "They're great for improving head retention and mouthfeel!"
Fermented with our house London Ale III yeast, with its full array of fruity esters, we've got a New England IPA for the ages.
"Fruity, juicy, and highly aromatic," Brian says. "Sea Chest NEIPA has a great body with a fuller mouthfeel, with a subtle balanced bitterness."
In this cold, dead of winter, Lauren is looking forward to having a few while dreaming of a warmer time.
"The tropical notes of this beer are a perfect nod to those warmer months," she says. "When I drink this I envision myself hanging out on the beach with friends. This would have been the perfect beer to have outside in the Beer Garden last weekend when temperatures reached the mid-60s."
And at a respectable 7.4%, Sea Chest isn't likely to hurt you too badly.
"With White Caps, my favorite of our hazy IPAs, done for the year, and with Snag being a little too high octane to enjoy more than one or two, I'm really looking forward to Sea Chest filling the White Caps-sized hole in my belly," Brian says.
We'll be releasing Sea Chest at our Floral Friday event this weekend.
"I won't be able to make it to the Floral Friday event (and my body is thanking me for not participating in the limbo contest!)," Lauren says, "but when I do drink this beer I may throw on some beachy music and have a nice BBQ."
That's really all we want out of life right now.


Although rooted in alternative metal, Linkin Park became one of the most successful acts of the 2000s by welcoming elements of hip-hop, modern rock, and atmospheric electronica into their music.
The band's rise was indebted to the aggressive rap-rock movement made popular by the likes of Korn and Limp Bizkit, a movement that paired grunge's alienation with a bold, buzzing soundtrack. Linkin Park added a unique spin to that formula, however, focusing as much on the vocal interplay between singer Chester Bennington and rapper Mike Shinoda as the band's muscled instrumentation, which layered DJ effects atop heavy, processed guitars. While the group's sales never eclipsed those of its tremendously successful debut, Hybrid Theory, few alt-metal bands rivaled Linkin Park during the band's heyday.


The Inspector- General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, on Wednesday apologized to people of Benue State over his statement that the Fulani herdsmen attacks on people of the state were communal clashes.
He gave the apology while addressing Benue stakeholders at the Government House in Makurdi.
He said 10 mobile police units have been stationed in Benue and promised to bring to book those that had unleashed terror on the state to serve as deterrent to others.
He assured the state governor, Samuel Ortom, that his men would investigate all allegations raised against Miyetti Allah Katal Houre and that of Nassarawa where some militia men are being camped to carry out attack on Benue people.


The Italian Soccer Academy (ITSA) is an affiliation program for clubs, players and families, and currently provides a network of services in the soccer environment.
One of its main focuses is trainer support, formation and education through a guided process lead by UEFA certified trainers that develop the ITSA curriculum. This curriculum is specifically aimed at players and their development, guided by a capable training staff.
A portion of all sales go back to the NO PAY TO PLAY program, which allows ITSA to offer many, many players the opportunity to be part of the program, having their costs greatly reduced or covered altogether.


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Thousand-Bodhisattva Hall
Thousand-Bodhisattva Hall, also called Pilu Hall, Western Sage Hall, stands on the spacious platform behind the Lixue Pavilion, being the hindmost as well as the biggest building of the temple. Built in the 16th year of Wanli of the Ming Dynasty (1588), the hall had a new appearance after restorations repeatedly taken during the period of the Ming and Qing dynasties, especially the large-scaled one carried out in the 14th year of Qianlong (1775). Below the front eave of the hall hangs a large vertical tablet written with four characters "Xi Fang Sheng Ren" (Western Sage).
Wooden Niche
There is a large-sized delicate wooden niche made in the 15th year of Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty (1750) in the Thousand-bodhisattva Hall. Inside is enshrined and worshipped the brass statue of Pilu Bodhisattva (Vairocara) sitting on the lotus seat, cast in the Ming Dynasty with masterly workmanship.
Tablet "Fa Yin Gao Ti"
The tablet, written by Qianlong Emperor in 1750, now hangs above the wooden niche.
The Mural "Five Hundred Arhats Worshipping Pilu"
On the east, west and north walls of Thousand-Bodhisattva Hall, is the huge mural "Five Hundred Arhats Worshipping Pilu", made upon the construction of the hall in the Ming Dynasty. There are originally 500 arhats portrayed in this wall painting, 495 of which can be identified now. The fresco is 7 meters in height, 42 meters in length, with a total area about 287 square meters. It occupies nearly all the inner wall of the hall, and is a valuable historical heritage of Buddhist painting arts of ancient China.
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/// Subclasses must follow this interface:
///   1. SizeSample() Number correspondences necessary to compute a model.
///   2. NbModels() Number models from sample of SizeSample() correspondences.
///   3. DistToPoint() Residual is distance to a point or to a line?
///   4. Fit(const vector<size_t> &indices, vector<Model> *models)
///        Compute model(s) compatible with indexed correspondences.
///   5. Error(const Model &model, size_t index)
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///   6. Unnormalize(Model *model)
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            const Mat &x2, int w2, int h2);
  virtual ~OrsaModel() {}

  /// Minimum number of points required to compute a model.
  /// - homography -> 4
  /// - fundamental 7 pts -> 7
  /// - fundamental 8 pts -> 8
  virtual int SizeSample() const = 0;

  /// Maximum number of models possibly computed from a sample.
  /// - homography -> 1
  /// - fundamental 7 pts -> 3
  /// - fundamental 8 pts -> 1
  virtual int NbModels() const = 0;

  /// Indicate if distance used to distinguish inlier/outlier is to a point
  /// (true) or a line (false).
  /// - homography -> true
  /// - fundamental -> false
  virtual bool DistToPoint() const = 0;

  /// Computes the square error associated to a correspondence with model.
  /// \param model The considered model to evaluate.
  /// \param index The point index stored in the Kernel.
  /// \param side In which image is the error measured?
  virtual double Error(const Model &model, size_t index, int* side=0) const = 0;

  /// Computes the models associated to indexed sample.
  /// \param indices Indices of points to consider for model estimation.
  /// \param models  Estimated model(s) from sampled point.
  virtual void Fit(const std::vector<size_t> &indices,
                   std::vector<Model> *models,std::vector<float> & weight=std::vector<float>(), int OPmethod=0) const = 0;

  /// Unnormalize a given model.
  /// \param model The model to unnormalize.
  virtual void Unnormalize(Model *model) const = 0;

  /// Generic implementation of ORSA (Optimized Random Sampling Algorithm).
  double orsa(std::vector<size_t> &vec_inliers,
              size_t nIter = 10000,
              double *precision = NULL,
              Model *model = NULL,
              bool bVerbose = false,bool LocOpt=false) const;
double ransac(std::vector<size_t> & vec_inliers,
                       size_t nIter,
                       double *precision,
                       Model *model,bool LocOpt=false)const ;
double mlesac(std::vector<size_t> & vec_inliers,
                       size_t nIter,
                       double *precision,
                       Model *model)const ;
double prosac(std::vector<size_t> &vec_inliers,
              size_t nIter = 10000,
              double *precision=NULL,
              Model *model = NULL,
              bool LocOpt = false) const;
  /// Compute model from points.
  bool ComputeModel(const std::vector<size_t> &indices,
                    Model *model, std::vector<float>& weight=std::vector<float>(),int OPmethod=0) const;

  /// Enable the model refinement until convergence.
  void setRefineUntilConvergence(bool value);

  /// Return if convergence check is on or off.
  bool getRefineUntilConvergence() const;

protected:
  Mat x1_; ///< Points in image 1
  Mat x2_; ///< Points in image 2
  Mat N1_; ///< Normalization for x1_
  Mat N2_; ///< Normalization for x2_
  double logalpha0_[2]; ///< Log probability of error<=1, set by subclass
  bool bConvergence;

private:
  /// Distance and associated index
  struct ErrorIndex {
    double error; ///< Square error
    size_t index; ///< Correspondence index
    int side;     ///< Error in image 1 (side=0) or 2 (side=1)?
    /// Constructor
    ErrorIndex(double e=0, size_t i=0, int s=0): error(e), index(i), side(s) {}
    bool operator<(const ErrorIndex& e) const { return (error<e.error); }
  };
  ErrorIndex bestNFA(const std::vector<ErrorIndex>& e,
                     double loge0, double maxThreshold,
                     const std::vector<float> & vec_logc_n,
                     const std::vector<float> & vec_logc_k) const;
  double denormalizeError(double squareError, int side) const;

  /// Iterative minimization NFA/RMSE.
  void refineUntilConvergence(const std::vector<float> & vec_logc_n,
                              const std::vector<float> & vec_logc_k,
                              double loge0,
                              double maxThreshold,
                              double minNFA,
                              Model *model,
                              bool bVerbose,
                              std::vector<size_t> & vec_inliers,
                              double & errorMax,
                              int & side) const;
};

}  // namespace orsa

#endif

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Rev Richard Coles, who was booted off Strictly Come Dancing this week, is said to be "gutted" that his church duties will stop him from participating in the programme's live tour.
According to the Northampton Chronicle and Echo, a close friend of Rev Coles said he will have to miss out on the 20-date tour that starts next year.
They added: "Basically he said the Bishop of Peterborough had put the kibosh on it because the tour would interfere with his ministerial duties.
"He said the decision was out of his hands but I think he had been hoping he could have gone on it."
The friend continued, saying that the decision was even more disappointing since Rev Coles is now out of the competition.
"He brought some real humour to the dancing and it's a shame for him and his fans that they won't see him perform again," the person said.
Rev Coles conducts Sunday services at St Mary's Church in the parish of Finedon.
According to the paper, when Rt Rev Donald Allister, Bishop of Peterborough was asked why Rev Coles would not be taking part in the live tour he said: "This is a matter for Richard's judgement. I trust him and will continue to support him.
"Richard Coles sought and received goodwill for appearing on Strictly.
"His parish ministry is half-time and he has always fulfilled this commitment."


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Airbnb is banning house parties worldwide to stop the spread of coronavirus
Right Here Right Now 24/08/2020
Bad news if you and more than 16 of your friends were looking to book an Airbnb to throw a post-lockdown knees up.
A story from Newshub:
No more parties and events in homes listed on Airbnb, the short-term home rental company said on Thursday 20 August as it tries to enforce strict social-distancing norms to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
The new rules include a cap on occupancy at 16, with hosts or guests who try to skirt the rules facing a ban from Airbnb's community and even legal action, the company said on Thursday.
"Instituting a global ban on parties and events is in the best interest of public health," Airbnb said in a statement, adding that the ban applies to all future bookings.
Airbnb said 73 percent of its listings globally already ban parties in their house rules, while some hosts allow small parties such as baby showers or birthday parties.
Last year, Airbnb began imposing much stricter limits, starting with a global ban on "party houses" or listings that create persistent neighborhood nuisance.
Airbnb has also updated its policies in light of the pandemic, removing both the "event-friendly" search filter and "parties and events allowed" house rules.
The global ban comes a day after Airbnb said it filed confidentially for an initial public offering with US regulators, setting the stage for one of 2020's marquee stock market debuts.
The potential IPO underscores a rebound in parts of the travel industry, which was battered this year by restrictions and shutdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
San Francisco-based Airbnb said in July that customers had booked more than 1 million nights in a single day for the first time since March 3, in part as US travelers shy away from hotels and prefer to drive to local vacation rentals.
Newshub / Reuters


Can An Officer Use The "Plain View" Exception To Seize Evidence Unrelated To The Execution Of A Warrant Where The Items Seized Are Not Immediately Apparent To Be Contraband? - Roth Davies, LLC.Can An Officer Use The "Plain View" Exception To Seize Evidence Unrelated To The Execution Of A Warrant Where The Items Seized Are Not Immediately Apparent To Be Contraband? - Roth Davies, LLC.
Can An Officer Use The "Plain View" Exception To Seize Evidence Unrelated To The Execution Of A Warrant Where The Items Seized Are Not Immediately Apparent To Be Contraband?
U.S. v. McLevain, 310 F.3d 434 (6th Cir. 2002).
In most cases, a warrant supported by probable cause is required to search a person or place and to seize evidence found. Id. at 438. An exception to that is when evidence of criminal activity is in plain view, then it may be sized without a warrant. Id. The plain view exception requires officers to be legally present, see something that immediately appears to be evidence. Id. Additionally, the "items seized must actually be in plain view, and the officer 'must also have a lawful right of access to the object itself." Id. at 439. For an object to be immediately apparent of criminality, it must have a nexus to the search warrant, the intrinsic nature of the object be associated with criminal activity, and upon discovery be determined to be of incriminating nature by the officers. Id. at 441.
In this case, officers were searching for a person named Gary Cauley that was presumed to be located at the defendant's residence. Id. at 437. A valid warrant was obtained to search the premises for both men. Id. The defendant had a criminal record with a narcotics offense, so a narcotics officer participated in the execution and search. Id. at 437-38. During the search, the narcotics officer saw a twist tie and cut cigarette filter while looking under a bed for Cauley. Id. at 438. Shortly thereafter, the narcotics officer located a pill bottle with no label and spoon with residue on it in the garage. Id. He then field tested the spoon, which tested positive for methamphetamine. Id. Using those items as probable cause, which he suspected to be drug paraphernalia, he obtained a second warrant to search the premises. Id. During the subsequent search, officers found cash and drugs located inside a kerosene heater. Id. The Court reasoned that the search warrant for the two men at the defendant's house was valid and thus the officers there were lawfully present. Id. at 440. The Court then reasoned that the drug paraphernalia, more specifically the twist tie and cigarette filter, "was not intrinsically incriminating and it was not immediately apparent to provide probable cause that it was contraband." Id. at 443. In this case, the Court concluded that a warrant to search for drugs should have been obtained prior to the officer seizing and field testing the spoon as he had no lawful right to access the items. Id.
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Life in a Post-Game of Thrones World
May 22, 2019 by Paul the Author in Blog
This week's word count: 19,325. Not too bad considering the IRL factors AND my liberally budgeted TV and non-writing hobby time. Things should pick up (and result in more writing) from now and into the summer in our post-Game of Thrones world.
In what should be the final mention of Game of Thrones, I'd like to talk about the finale a little bit. Then I'll be entirely post-Game of Thrones. Not whether I thought it was good or bad, or whether "they" thought it was good or bad, because I have trouble in the whole good/bad discussion.
Dr. Venkman said it best.
I openly admit that I find elements to enjoy in just about anything that I watch or read. It can be a performance, special effects, a certain actress, a theme, or even just a single badass scene that draws me to a show or movie. An author's voice or the way he/she builds their stories and characters can do it, too. When I find those tidbits that sing to my Grinch-sized heart, I have trouble strictly classifying a work as simply "good" or "bad".
Unless we're talking about Mission to Mars the movie (well, and the defunct theme park ride, too). Then I can say with no reservations that we're talking about something BAD.
Mission to Mars: Call it a dumpster fire of a movie if you were to first fill said dumpster to the top with the most foul rest-stop toilets (still brimming over with shit) from across the former Confederacy and THEN set it on fire.
What I'd like to look at, and really in terms of how it affects what I write rather than an analysis of what the GoT writers wrote, is the concept of characters "earning" a certain outcome. The biggest brains in Internet-land have criticized the ending of GoT for granting characters "unearned" resolutions. Dany didn't "earn" her madness. Bran didn't "earn" the throne. I'm sure there are others.
Earning Her Way
As I look back at the show, Dany in several instances treated her enemies VERY harshly. She often needed her advisers to talk her out of following her instincts and carrying out very destructive plans. When she came across someone breaking her own code of ethics, she arranged for their death. She started small, but once she took the Unsullied, she could enforce her will on a large scale. Often, her code coincided with what the audience felt aligned with a good and just cause. Slavers? Kill 'em. Sons of the Harpy? Dracarys they ass.
In her first engagement with the Lannister army, she showed the world how far she would go. She completely and utterly destroyed Cersei's followers. It was an awesome episode and the first time we'd gotten to see the dragons let loose in Westeros. But just maybe it should have been our first indicator that Dany's code and most everyone else's codes don't actually sync up. In the GoT world, killing all of your enemies is part of the game, especially in Kings Landing. After all, the reason Dany is the last Targaryen is because when Robert sacked Kings Landing, Tywin Lannister opened the gates for him. Tywin then proceeded to hunt down all Targaryens (his former bosses) and their loyalists. So, Dany learned the rules of the game the hard way.
"Here's another way to look at Season 8 Episode 5. Where viewers saw a chance for mercy after the bells rang, Dany saw something else. She saw the possibility that she'd have to deal with a younger version of herself, except wearing lion-emblazoned armor, in several years if she wasn't thorough."
Paul (from this blog)
Perception IS Reality
In short, perhaps viewers saw in Dany what they wanted to see in her and forgave what they wanted to forgive. Like Ser Jaime. He commits three big sins to start off with: 1. Likes having sex with his sister 2. Pushes Bran out a window 3. Leads the group that wipes out House Stark in Kings Landing. He spends six and a half seasons making up for it, but really, at his core, he's still the guy that committed those original sins. In his heart and soul, he's unrepentant. He tells Dany as much when he temporarily pledges his sword to her and to Brienne when he rides away from her. Like Oprah says, "When someone tells you who they are, listen."
I think this dissatisfaction in the audience doesn't really stem from a plot taking characters down unearned paths. It's more that several characters ended up going through so much hardship, only to end up in places the audience didn't like. Why? It's not the same answer for every character.
Dany, a powerful woman in an age of television hungry for powerful women, ends up murdered after going "suddenly mad". OR she was a fascist the whole time and the audience just found her charismatic.
Jon, a guy that joined the Night's Watch on purpose and later learned he should have inherited the Iron Throne, ends up back on the Night's Watch. OR he ends up going North of the wall with a best friend, his dog and might as well be King Beyond the Wall.
Final Partially-formed Thoughts
I'm spinning my little mental wheel thinking about this because, when I get around to finishing my story, I want readers to say, "Damn, that was a well-earned resolution which totally makes sense with how it was set up." I want to use this GoT debacle as a way to learn how I can write better in my post-Game of Thrones life. From what I can tell, the issue comes down to pacing. Yes, the clues were there, but Dany's turn from friendly neighborhood fascist to full on Hitler came too quickly for most viewers and reviewers. I have to question though at what pace they would have enjoyed watching Dany's self-destruction…
Now that we're post-Game of Thrones, I think I may go back and re-read Gone Girl soon. I remember being very impressed with the way Flynn introduced Nick as highly likable and charismatic and then through a series of reveals the reader ends up thinking he's a piece of shit…
Tagged with: earned, finale, game of thrones, unearned
About the author Paul the Author
Author of upcoming YA speculative fiction novel REDZONE.


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On behalf of The Foley Law Firm posted in Drug Crimes on Wednesday, October 26, 2016.
Amendment 64 has allowed Coloradans greater recreation freedom when it comes to marijuana, even though it's still a controlled substance at the federal level. As is well known at this point, this has led to a number of challenges in the state. Colorado's position puts its new approach up against a black market that drives marijuana sales in other states. Many out of state residents have moved here and been arrested for large scale farms that take advantage of the situation.
What can I grow legally?
Amendment 64 allows growing six plants per person, with three mature plants at any time. Individual cities, such as Colorado Springs, have placed a household cap that limits that number 12 plants in a home regardless of how many residents. Concerned medical marijuana patients are seeking a repeal of the rule but, at present, it stands as 12 plants per house no matter what.
Given the increased THC potency in Colorado grown marijuana, as compared to plants grown in Mexico or elsewhere, combined with a perceived lax attitude about the drug, many are coming into the state and exporting plants illegally. There have been high profile DEA raids in Pueblo County and El Paso Country is being closely watched for illegal operations.
These busts have found operations with hundreds and even thousands of plants, dwarfing the 12-plant limits and often run by out of staters exploiting the system. That doesn't mean average residents are immune. The law clearly states a limit and although it is contested, it's the rule and possession over the limit is an arrestable offense.
Law enforcement reaction to Amendment 64 has been mixed, especially in Colorado Springs. Agencies will sometimes crack down with strict enforcement to make an example.
As municipalities and the state determine the best way to balance the drug's legality amid public health concerns there are bound to be legal challenges that will cause unjustified arrests and trials. Whether facing marijuana growing concerns or uncertainty about sharing your harvest or possession, a skilled criminal defense attorney knows the law and its problematic interpretations in this new statewide industry.


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Balmy Beach coach works to make paddling more inclusive
October 17, 2017 Josh Sherman
Colleen Didur, a Balmy Beach Canoe Club coordinator, has received an award from the Coaches Association of Ontario. PHOTO: Josh Sherman
Some are shocked to learn they've won an award, others elated. Colleen Didur was hesitant to receive her Coaches Association of Ontario award.
It's not that the Balmy Beach Canoe Club coordinator wasn't happy about the distinction.
"I was a little bit hesitant to receive the award at first because I don't necessarily think of myself as a coach. I tend to think of myself as an advocate and an enabler," Didur explained.
"I'm just out there doing quiet work, helping get people on the water and for those who are able to do more, you know, working with them in terms of getting them trained-up to race—whatever that means for that person," Didur added.
As the coordinator of the lakeside club's PaddleAll program, an initiative of Canoe Kayak Canada, the sport's governing body, Didur coaches para athletes and those with intellectual disabilities in kayaking and canoeing.
"Any boat, any body" is the PaddleAll slogan, and it was Didur's inclusive work that earned her the 2016 Everyone Matters Coach award. It's an honour given to coaches who have "influenced the culture of their team, organization or community by embracing diversity," according to the Coaches Association of Ontario. It is one of 10 awards the association presented to winners last month at a ceremony in Toronto.
"Through her dedication to create the PaddleAll program and commitment to athletes of all abilities, she continues to create meaningful opportunities for everyone to participate and feel part of a team," said Susan Kitchen, the CAO's executive director, in an email statement.
The award is Didur's latest watersports accomplishment with the Balmy Beach Canoe Club's PaddleAll program, which she set up in 2008 with long-time paddling partner Sue Stuart.
Didur got into kayaking and joined the Balmy Beach Canoe Club in 1999 because she was looking for "new and interesting things to do"—at least that's "the short story," the music therapist said.
When she started up the local PaddleAll program nearly 10 years later, Didur wanted to bring the sport to more people of all abilities. She also had a couple of specific goals. One of them was to help get a para-athlete from the Balmy Beach Canoe Club into the Paralympics.
Didur got to check that one off her list last summer, when club member Erica Scarff, coached by Mari Ellery, made the trip to Rio de Janeiro to take part in the para-canoe sprint event. She placed seventh in her class. It was the first time the sport had been featured in the international para-sport competition.
"We were very pleased with that," Didur recalled.
Didur hasn't been treading water since. She has already set her sights on the Special Olympics. "We would like to have canoe/kayak declared an official sport for the Special Olympics," she said. To that end, Didur has been working to raise the profile of the sport, something she says is an important step towards getting it the official distinction.
"It doesn't just happen because you want it to happen. So usually, for any sport, whether it be a para sport, whether it even be an Olympic sport, to be accepted as an official special Olympic sport, you have to show that there's enough people racing," Didur said.
Not every goal has to do with a prestigious event, and one of Didur's has stayed the same since the start.
"Our secondary goal is just to share this sport with as many Canadians as possible and be as inclusive as possible, and just be as accessible for anybody who wants to race," she said.
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Susan Kitchen says:
Congratulations Colleen! Very much deserved. Coaching takes many forms, but always starts with "I care" and you go from there. You can see Colleen in action in the CAO's video tribute: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Qfl2H4xim0&t=
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"The Garden Left Behind"
17 Jun 2020 Screen Zealots 2020 Film Reviews One comment
One of the greatest roles the medium of film can achieve is to magnify the voices and stories of marginalized communities. "The Garden Left Behind," an ambitious film about the transgender experience in America, strives to help all of us understand the human experience — especially when it comes to those perceived as "the other." With a diverse cast of transgender and Latinx actors, this film serves as a great educational tool by allowing the audience to walk a mile in the shoes of another, which in turn helps make the world a smaller, more caring place.
The film tells the fictional story of Mexican trans woman Tina (Carlie Guevara), who lives with her kind grandmother Eliana (Miriam Cruz) in New York City. They are undocumented immigrants and are struggling to build a life for themselves in the United States. Tina wants so desperately to quality for hormone treatment so she can fully transition, hoping to be able to fully live the life she was born to live. Tina's grandma loves her dearly, but sometimes struggles to understand (but she remains fully supportive of her granddaughter).
The struggles of daily life of a trans woman are treated with compassion and respect, not negatively nor stereotypical. Director Flavio Alves and co-screenwriter John Rotondo worked closely with the trans community to incorporate concerns and realities from their everyday lives into the story. The result is an original, authentic picture of what it's like to be transgender in America, and particularly a trans woman of color.
We are at Tina's side as she endures emotional abuse from her boyfriend, verbal threats from strangers, bullying, name-calling, harassment, uncomfortable stares, and the devastation that arises from a life-shattering revelation after she begins the transitioning process. It's an effective, emotionally devastating way to bridge the gap, as her story is achingly human.
The film has attractive cinematography (by Koshi Kiyokawa) and the pacing moves quickly, never taking too long to tell the story. Still, the script tries to include too many hot-button issues like illegal immigration and the lack of health care, but its political awareness should be commended (although the extended scenes from the "Trans Lives Matter" movement feel forced and stall the narrative).
The end of Tina's story is shocking and sad, but it feels all too real. The actual statistics that are shown in the film's closing credits showing the numbers of violence towards trans women of color are shocking. That's why representation like this on screen is so important: it opens the door to discussion and acceptance, stimulates understanding, lessens discrimination, and fosters kindness across the globe.
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Q: Correct use of mysqli_real_escape_string for insert,select and update statement - PHP/Oracle I need to know if this code works when a user update,insert or search for something in my database. I'm not familiar with mysqli_real_escape_string yet.
Do i need to use $_SESSION here if we're talking about user input ?
       $connmaj = new mysqli();

       if ($connmaj->connect_error) {
           die("Connection failed: " . $connmaj->connect_error);
       }

   //select
            $titreItem = mysqli_real_escape_string($link,
   $_REQUEST['TITRE_ITE']);
           $donateurIte = mysqli_real_escape_string($link,
   $_REQUEST['DONATEUR_ITE']);
            $mntValeurIte = mysqli_real_escape_string($link,
   $_REQUEST['MNT_VALEUR_ITE']);

            $sqlSelectItem = "select $titreIte, $donateurIte,
   $mntValeurIte from TP2_ITEM where EST_ARCHIVEE_ENC != 'Archivé'";

           if ($connmaj->query($sqlSelectItem) === TRUE) {
                echo "Succes";
            } else {
                echo "Error: Aucune information retrouvée." .
              $connmaj- >error;
            }
// insert

$noItem =   mysqli_real_escape_string($link, $_REQUEST['NO_ITEM']);
        $noEncan = mysqli_real_escape_string($link, $_REQUEST['NO_ENCAN']);
        $noItemEncanItem = mysqli_real_escape_string($link, $_REQUEST['NO_ITEM_ENCAN_ITE']);
        $titreItem = mysqli_real_escape_string($link, $_REQUEST['TITRE_ITE']);
        $cheminPhotoIte = mysqli_real_escape_string($link, $_REQUEST['CHEMIN_PHOTO_ITE']);
        $descIte = mysqli_real_escape_string($link, $_REQUEST['DESC_ITE']);
        $donateurIte = mysqli_real_escape_string($link, $_REQUEST['DONATEUR_ITE']);
        $mntValeurIte = mysqli_real_escape_string($link, $_REQUEST['MNT_VALEUR_ITE']);
        $mntPrixDepartIte = mysqli_real_escape_string($link, $_REQUEST['MNT_PRIX_DEPART_ITE']);
        $mntIncrementMiniIte = mysqli_real_escape_string($link, $_REQUEST['MNT_INCREMENT_MINI_ITE']);
        $mntAchatImmediatIte = mysqli_real_escape_string($link, $_REQUEST['MNT_ACHAT_IMMEDIAT_ITE']);
        $estFermeIte = mysqli_real_escape_string($link, $_REQUEST['EST_FERME_ITE']);
        $estPayeIte = mysqli_real_escape_string($link, $_REQUEST['EST_PAYE_ITE']);

        $sqlInsertItem = "insert into TP2_ITEM values ('$noItem','$noEncan','$noItemEncanItem','$titreIte',
'$cheminPhotoIte','$descIte','$donateurIte','$mntValeurIte',
 '$mntPrixDepartIte','$mntIncrementMiniIte','$mntAchatImmedi .     atIte,'$estFermeIte','$estPayeIte')";

        if ($connmaj->query($sqlInsertItem) === TRUE) {
            echo "Insertion réussie";
        } else {
            echo "Clé primaire dupliquée" . $connmaj->error;
        }

Im excepting to return what the users enter in my application.

A: There is no connection between $_SESSION AND mysqli_real_escape_string Function.
mysqli_real_escape_string() function escapes special characters in a string for use in an SQL statement

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Q: ARC - Delegate (assign) is released too early We are subclassing UITabBarController as well as UITabBarControllerDelegate to handle certain events concerning tab switches.
Now in our custom tab bar controller we have:
- (id)initCustomTabBarController {
    self = [super init];
    if(self) {
       [self setDelegate:[[CustomTabBarControllerDelegate alloc] init]];
       // ...
    }
    return self;
}

Since we transitioned the project to ARC, the delegate is released to early which causes a tab switch run into a deallocated instance.
The property is defined as assign in UITabBarController.h - which I obviously have no influence on.
What can I do to make the delegate object "live" longer than for the init method?

A: Yes this would be normal under ARC, since no reference to it is made (aka strong propteries) it should be released at the end of cycle.
Just make a property in the class where you assign the CustomTabBarControllerDelegate take make it strong. Then assign this property to the delegate.
In non ARC the way you have set it up you could have create a memory leak.

A: The way you have done it, it is expected that the delegate will not outlive the object, because it is weak. Remember, you created the object, it's up to you to hold on to it.
However - the pattern that you are using is incorrect.
The point of a delegate, is that it provides method implementations to a class that a class can't add for itself, because it doesn't have enough information. For example, a table view delegate. A table view, in order to be generic, cannot know how many rows or sections to display, so it asks it's delegate to supply this information.
In your case, you have an object that is creating it's own delegate. In which case, why bother having a delegate at all? Just implement the methods in the class.


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Оливье де Блуа (; род. не ранее 1387 — ) — граф де Пентьевр, виконт Лиможа, сеньор д'Авен и де Ландреси с 1404 года. Старший сын Жана I де Шатильона и Маргариты де Клиссон, дочери Оливье де Клиссона.

Претендовал на герцогство Бретань. В феврале 1420 года по наущению матери хитростью захватил в плен герцога Жана V. Началась война, в результате которой Оливье де Блуа уже через несколько недель потерпел поражение и был изгнан из Пентьевра с конфискацией всех бретонских владений. У него остались только виконтство Лимож и сеньории в Нидерландах.

Кроме того, во время бегства от герцога он по пути в Эно был схвачен людьми маркграфа баденского, и освободился только после уплаты выкупа в 30 тысяч золотых экю.

Оливье де Блуа умер 28 сентября 1433 года. Его наследником стал младший брат — Жан де Шатильон, которому он ещё при жизни передал часть владений.

Семья
Оливье де Блуа был женат дважды.

 Первая жена (свадьба 22 июля 1406) — Изабелла Бургундская (1395—1412), дочь герцога Жана Бесстрашного. Детей не было.
 Вторая жена (свадьба после 1428 года) — Жанна де Лален, дама де Кьеврен (ум. 1462), дочь Симона IV де Лалена. Двое детей умерли во младенчестве.

От не известной по имени любовницы у него была дочь — Маргарита де Шатильон-Блуа (1420—1484), которая вышла замуж за Бранделиса де Комона.

Источники
 Françoise Autrand: Charles VI, le roi fou. In: L'histoire 27, 1980. S. 56-65.
 Detlev Schwennicke: Europäische Stammtafeln. NF Band 7: Familien des alten Lotharingien. Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main 1979, Tafel 18.

Графы де Пентьевр
Дом де Шатильон
Бретонский маршал
Французские деятели Столетней войны
Виконты Лиможа

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The Ramon Magsaysay Award is Asia's premier prize and highest honor. It recognizes greatness of spirit in selfless service to the peoples of Asia, regardless of race, gender, or religion. It is Asia's equivalent of the Nobel Prize.
Sen. Ramon Magsaysay, Jr. and Milagros Magsaysay-Valenzuela, son and daughter of the late President Ramon Magsaysay, stated, "For more than six decades, the Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation (RMAF) has faithfully recognized outstanding individuals and organizations in Asia and celebrates their remarkable, selfless efforts to make a difference in the lives of people and communities. Through the initiative and generosity of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, RMAF was established in 1957… It engenders hope and optimism through the Magsaysay laureates and their inspiring stories, in a world that is marred by poverty, strife, inequality, and global calamities.
"These are the heroes of today — champions of the poor and marginalized, public service superstars, advocates of truth warriors of peace, protectors of the earth, and guardians of our heritage."
Among the global icon-laureates are Mother Teresa, India; the Dalai Lama, Tibet; Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, Thailand; Akira Kurosawa, Japan; Muhammad Yunus, Bangladesh; and Mechai Viravaidya, Thailand.
The RMAF will celebrate its 65th year in 2023. President Susan B. Afan explained their ambitious dreams: "To amplify the life-affirming messages and inspiring values of the Magsaysay laureates, to further promote their successful solutions across borders, and to make them true examples of the best of humanity which young people can emulate."
Chairman Aurelio R. Montinola III remarked: "The Ramon Magsaysay Foundation had remained constant and true to its mission — identifying outstanding leaders who have shown 'Greatness of Spirit' to help Asia grow with a humanistic, unselfish and Help-the-Community approach."
Here are the 2022 laureates and their stories.
Soetheara Chhim, the founder of the Transcultural Psychosocial Organization (TPO)-Cambodia, which alleviates the suffering of the Cambodian people from trauma and mental health problems over the past decades. He recalled the Khmer Rouge regime that brutally murdered the intellectuals in the country — only 40 doctors survived. "We Cambodians were all living in deep trauma and with baskbat, literally meaning broken courage."
He became a doctor and saw the need for psychosocial healthcare in rural areas. TPO-Cambodia offers mental health service to hundreds of thousands of Cambodians.
"This award comes with a prize money, I am donating all of this to TPO's initiative, Operation Unchain Project, to treat and unchain more patients… To do the right thing.
"My mother named me 'Sotheara' which means gentle, humble, kind, and compassionate. I hope that I have lived up to this name."
He thanked Dr. Cornelio Banaag, the Father of Child Psychiatry in the Philippines, who was his revered professor in Phnom Penh 26 years ago.
Tadashi Hattori, an eye surgeon who left Japan to take a new challenge in Vietnam.
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"There as a shocking prevalence of cataract blindness in the country… The patients would come to the hospital only when…they have lost sight in both eyes." He recalled a six-year-old boy who did not turn up again because he could not afford surgery. "I have not forgiven myself since then for having let the boy go…"
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"I am just filled with joy with patients when they see light again. I find happiness in working with the doctors I trained and in providing free treatment for people across the region in Asia… I know that regaining vision is not only about being able to see, but about discovering hope in light. Let there be light."
Bernadette J. Madrid M.D. is a child protection champion. The multi-awarded pediatrician, a graduate of the University of the Philippines and Assumption Convent Iloilo, is the founder of the Child Protection Unit at Philippine General Hospital (CPU-PGH). It started 25 years ago. It has since expanded throughout the country as the Child Protection Network, with more than 115 Women and Children Protection Units and an excellent multi-disciplinary approach.
"Ending violence against children will not happen on its own. We need to fight for it. It needs planning, commitment, resources, persistence, and leadership. With it comes accountability," Dr. Madrid emphasized.
"There are no quick fixes….
"Violence against children is a crisis! Children are fast becoming an endangered species and with them goes our humanity. We can prevent violence against children, and we know how. We are stewards of this world and particularly of the children. We are stewards of their soul.
"I am so honored that have my work recognized by Asia's most prestigious award.
"Why me? It is like the violin player receiving recognition on behalf of the whole orchestra… I am just one violin player. The other members of the orchestra (the CPN Foundation Trustees and the teams) are here. I share this award with each one of them."
Dr. Madrid called the audience to stand up and pledge, "Ako Para sa Bata: I am for every child." Everyone present did.
She is the 64th recipient of the award in 64 years.
Gary Bencheghib, the handsome "Rock Star" from Indonesia, is only 28 years old. His parents are French nationals, and he grew up in Bali. He represents the RMAF's "Emergent Leadership."
"My short life's journey has pretty much only revolved around plastics… My mother told me 'if you don't do your homework, you'll end up being a garbage man.'
"I receive the Ramon Magsaysay Award as a garbage man."
He was referring to his amazing work collecting tons of plastic from the rivers of Indonesia.
"It feels like a never-ending battle. We will be knee-deep in a river, cleaning it up and feeling victorious, but the very next day with big rains, the river is filled up with more trash…
"A new study reveals that there is no surface on earth without signs of plastic pollution. Every island in Indonesia and the Philippines under some shell, under some rock has plastic pollution.
"It is a call for collective action. We need to stop this disaster from destroying our plant and our health. We need to focus on scalable solutions and implement them quickly."
He revealed that after two short years of running Sungai Watch, and due to growing awareness, they have removed some barriers.
"We have cleaned up some of the worst disaster relief areas. When we fully restore these areas, we let nature do its work. We have seen mangroves regrow.…
"Cleaning up plastics is only half the battle. Processing the trash and turning it into valuable products is a whole other game. We are collecting, sorting, processing, treating and recycling the trash that we collect.
"Join me on this lifelong journey against plastic pollution.
"No little boy dreams of becoming a garbage man but here I am a garbage man, doing everything to make sure that we have a plastic free world… We need to let our planet rest and heal."
Congratulations to the 2022 Ramon Magsaysay Laureates for their noble mission and inspiring achievements.
Best wishes to the Board of Trustees — Aurelio R. Montinola III, Chairman; Dato Timothy Ong, Vice-Chairman; Susan B. Afan, President; Jose L. Cuisia, Jr. Treasurer, Emily A. Abrera, Randolf S. David, Ernesto D. Garilao, Cielito F. Habito, Cecilia L. Lazaro, Ramon R. del Rosario, Jr., Suzanne E. Siskel and Toshinao Urabe.
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Hopefully someone can give a me a steer towards how I achieve what I'm looking to achieve.
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Following a comment, tried some differetn hooks. HOwever, whilst uwp_Loaded fires, neither uwp_after_process_register nor uwp_after_process_login do. IS there something wrong with my code?
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/**
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