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EndoStimTM LES Stimulation Therapy for Gastro-esophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) Receives CE Mark
Austin, TX-Aug. 16, 2012– EndoStim B.V. announced today CE Mark approval of its LES Stimulation System for the treatment of gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD).
The EndoStim system uses low energy electrical pulses to strengthen a weak or dysfunctional lower esophageal sphincter (LES) muscle which is the underlying cause of gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD) or acid reflux. EndoStim's device, implanted through a minimally-invasive laparoscopic procedure, is intended to treat acid reflux and eliminate the need for daily PPI medication. In clinical trials the treatment was able to significantly reduce acid exposure and related symptoms of heartburn and regurgitation without causing any gastrointestinal side effects seen with other anti-reflux procedures.
Bevil Hogg, President and CEO of EndoStim, stated, "EndoStim is very excited to offer a truly revolutionary treatment to patients with severe GERD — one that is designed to normalize esophageal function. EndoStim is working closely with leading GERD experts throughout the world to develop 'Centers of Excellence' offering EndoStim treatment for the millions of GERD sufferers worldwide."
Virender K Sharma MD, Chief Medical Officer of EndoStim and Director of the Arizona Center for Digestive Health, adds, "EndoStim LES stimulation therapy is a result of years of research and development with leading researchers in esophageal diseases in the US and clinical investigators in Europe and South America. EndoStim's long-term clinical data strongly supports the efficacy and safety of its therapy in patients with severe GERD."
Clinical results from the CE study demonstrate dramatic improvement of acid reflux while allowing for normal esophageal function, such as swallowing and belching. The data indicate that 100% of patients who received EndoStim treatment for 12 months were able to stop daily PPI use and 77% achieved normalization or greater than 50% reduction in abnormal esophageal acid exposure.
EndoStim LES stimulation therapy has shown both daytime and nighttime improvement in heartburn symptoms and regurgitation. The treatment is also unique in its ability to be personalized to individual patient lifestyle, diet and preferences. According to Dr. Joel Richter, Professor of Medicine and Director of the Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition at the University of South Florida, "What separates EndoStim LES stimulation technology from all previous GERD technologies is its ability to correct GERD pathophysiology and normalize or improve esophageal acid exposure. Safety and lack of side effects with this technology makes it an attractive option for patients looking for alternatives to traditional medical therapy."
Dr. Leonardo Rodriguez, the lead investigator for the CE Mark trial conducted in Santiago, Chile, says, "I believe that EndoStim LES stimulation therapy is the ideal treatment option for patients with severe GERD who are unhappy with their medical therapy or want freedom from life-long dependence on medications. I am very impressed with the clinical results and look forward to offering EndoStim therapy to my GERD patients."
EndoStim is continuing trials in key centers across South America, Europe, and Asia. Prof. Peter D Siersema, Professor of Medicine, Director of Gastroenterology at University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands and a principal investigator in the ongoing EndoStim international multicenter trial commented that, "We are excited to be among the first sites in Europe to offer the EndoStim LES stimulation therapy to our patients. The EndoStim technology has the potential to change the way we manage GERD. With its ability to personalize treatment to an individual patient's condition, and with its excellent safety profile, EndoStim therapy could become the ideal option for reflux patients unsatisfied or unhappy with daily medications."
EndoStim has begun enrolling a commercial registry study worldwide and is planning for a US study to begin in late 2013.
About Reflux Disease
Gastroesophageal reflux disease is a chronic disease that affects hundreds of millions of patients worldwide, and often requires lifelong treatment with acid blocker medications. Symptoms generally occur when the weakness in the lower esophageal sphincter muscle allows stomach contents to flow backward into the esophagus causing esophageal irritation and damage. Acid reflux causes heartburn, regurgitation and can lead to Barrett esophagus and esophageal cancer. Millions of people continue to suffer from bothersome GERD symptoms despite maximal medical therapy.
About EndoStim
EndoStim is a venture-backed medical device company based in The Hague, The Netherlands, and St. Louis, Missouri, focused on developing innovative active implantable devices. Key investors include Santé Ventures (Austin, TX), Prolog Ventures (St. Louis, MO), Voyent Partners (Brentwood, TN) and Vectis Healthcare & Life Sciences Fund II (St. Louis, MO), along with many individual investors. For more information and news about EndoStim, please visit www.endostim.com.
Eileen Ke 314-615-6346 eke@endostim.com SOURCE EndoStim


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Новомарковичский сельсовет (белор. Навамаркавіцкі сельсавет) — административная единица на территории Жлобинского района Гомельской области Белоруссии. Административный центр - деревня Новые Марковичи.

История
В 2013 года к сельсовету присоединена территория упразднённого Кабановского сельсовета вместе с 4 населёнными пунктами.

География
Расположен в юго-восточной части Жлобинского района.

Граничит с Папоротнянским, Стрешинским, Верхнеолбянским и Доброгощанским сельсоветами Жлобинского района.

Протекает река Березина.

Состав
Новомарковичский сельсовет включает 12 населённых пунктов:
 Великий Лес — деревня
 Глушица — посёлок
 Жирховка — деревня
 Кабановка — деревня
 Калиновка — деревня
 Ляды — деревня
 Нововиноградов — деревня
 Новые Марковичи — деревня
 Прибудок — деревня
 Отрубы — деревня
 Рудня — деревня
 Толстыки — деревня

Примечания

Ссылки
 Жлобинский райисполком

Сельсоветы Жлобинского района

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Hot Chip are an English indie electronic band formed in London in 2000. They have released six studio albums: Coming on Strong (2004), The Warning (2006), Made in the Dark (2008), One Life Stand (2010), In Our Heads (2012), and Why Make Sense? (2015). The group has been nominated for a Grammy Award and the Mercury Prize.


This lab will be short but it is going to summarize all material provided in previous labs.
Our target to develop simple "barebone" program which can be loaded and executed by U-Boot.
It should only print "Hello world!" to our serial console.
First, let's find out how we can print something. BCM2835 manual describes that the chip has different features as Mini-UART and PL011 UART.
Instead of writing own driver for UART routines let's better check how U-Boot performs. Checking the sources codes gives us a hint that when U-Boot pass execution control to our program we have initialized PL011 which has ports ready to transmit bytes to our serial line. It has choice for PL011 because Linux kernel (which is default target/option for U-Boot) will be throwing boot messages exactly to PL011 ports until Linux kernel initializes own driver for serial.
Again, we do not need to initialize anything, so our code should just work.
So at this point you can develop any OS you would like to have, using Plan9 Assembler and C lang, but our timeline is to have Inferno OS working native on Raspberry Pi.
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The US Congress has approved Joe Biden victory as Trump attempt to stop the declaration fails.
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden and Vice-President elect Kamala Harris will be sworn in as the 46th President of the United States on 20 January.
Donald Trump presidency will become history on the same date.
Biden-Kamala Harris election by the Electoral College 306-232 was certified by the joint sitting of Congress on Thursday morning.
Vice-President Mike Pence presided over the joint session, which was suspended on Wednesday, after thugs unleashed by President Trump invaded the Capitol Hill.
The certification was done even after a Republican house member objected to the adoption of the Electoral College votes from Wisconsin, which Biden won.
The objection was at that point superfluous as Biden had already crossed the 270 votes needed to claim the presidency.
Trump, locked out of Twitter, issued a statement on the certification promising 'orderly transition' of power and describing his one- term the 'greatest' first term ever.
"Even though I totally disagree with the outcome of the election, and the facts bear me out, nevertheless there will be an orderly transition on January 20th.
"I have always said we would continue our fight to ensure that only legal votes were counted.
"While this represents the end of the greatest first term in presidential history, it's only the beginning of our fight to Make America Great Again!"
Trump statement was tweeted by Dan Scavino, White House deputy chief of staff.
Wobbling and fumbling Golden Eaglets for U17 WAFU Final beat Burkina Babes 1-0.
Covid-19 stress: UK is to close all travel corridors from Monday.
NYSC 2020 Batch B Stream II Corp Members to move to Orientation Camp January 19.

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John Eddie Long (ur. 28 sierpnia 1956 w Romulus) – amerykański koszykarz, występujący na pozycji skrzydłowego, mistrz NBA z 1989 roku.

W NBA występowało również dwóch jego bratanków – Terry Mills oraz Grant Long.

Osiągnięcia
 NBA
  Mistrz NBA (1989)
 Lider play-off w skuteczności rzutów wolnych (1984 - wspólnie z Larrym Spriggsem, 1985 z Paulem Mokeski)

Przypisy

Linki zewnętrzne
 Profil na nba.com
 Statystyki na basketball-reference.com
 Statystyki akademickie na sports-reference.com
 Profil na realgm.com
 Profil na landofbasketball.com
 Profil na basketball-players.pointafter.com
 Profil na espn.go.com
 Profil na hispanosnba.com
 Profil na foxsports.com
 Profil na sports.yahoo.com
 Profil na ultimatenba.com

Amerykańscy koszykarze
Koszykarze Detroit Pistons
Koszykarze Indiana Pacers
Koszykarze Atlanty Hawks
Koszykarze Tours BC
Koszykarze Sioux Falls Skyforce
Koszykarze Toronto Raptors
Koszykarze Detroit Titans
Urodzeni w 1956


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AUC SPEAKUP
SpeakUp News
Check out all news about AUC's University-wide initiative SpeakUp.
للاطلاع على اللغة العربية، اضغط هنا
Dialog Series
Anti-Harassment and Discrimination Policy
You, W-Ana Too: Exploring Sexual Harassment from Multiple Perspectives
AUC's Theatre Program is looking to cast actors for the upcoming production, You W-Ana Too, a play that explores the issue of sexual harassment from various perspectives, including family and couple, bystander, victim and perpetrator, male and female, power and incapacity.
How Can We Combat Harassment and Why Should We Care? Launching the AUC SpeakUp Dialog Series
"The hardest problems to solve are those that we find too shameful even to name or to admit exist," said President Francis Ricciardone in his opening remarks during the inauguration of the AUC SpeakUp Dialog Series held last Thursday.
Engaging Anti-Harassment Community Dialog
As part of its #AUCSpeakUp initiative, the University is launching a Dialog Series in partnership with a number of institutions and prominent influencers to participate in the national conversation on sexual harassment and raise awareness of this critical issue.
'To All Women: It's Time to Unleash Our Power'
For business administration student Malak El Menyawi, the ABZ case as well as Nadeen Ashraf's @AssaultPolice were the main trigger for AUC's Student Union to start a task force in collaboration with Heya student organization. The initiative aims to encourage sexual harassment victims to speak up for their rights while informing them of the University's Anti-Harassment and Non-Discrimination Policy, steps on how to report and other helpful resources.
Campus Conversation: #AUCSpeakUp in Action
Last Thursday's Campus Conversation #AUCSpeakUp in Action provided updates about the #AUCSpeakUp initiative, including outcomes of the recently completed misconduct investigation the University's continuing COVID-19 planning. Part One: #AUCSpeakUp in Action AUC Initiatives to Prevent and Combat Sexual Harassment and Discrimination
'It Resonates with Me as a Woman' — Sarrah Abdelrahman '11 on Healing from Harassment
Maintaining her Instagram account's good vibes is a goal, but it didn't stop Sarrah Abdelrahman '11 from voicing out her opinion and speaking up for herself, and for sexual harassment victims who've had difficulty healing from their traumas. In an attempt to make the knowledge accessible, Abdelrahman decided to create video series of translations of the book The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse by Ellen Bass and Laura Davis. News@AUC caught up with Abdelrahman to learn about her personal experience as a survivor and her future plans.
"I want to keep the conversation going" — A Personal Note from Nadeen Ashraf, Assault Police Founder
For philosophy senior Nadeen Ashraf, being a full-time student doesn't mean she won't have time to be at the forefront of a movement that's taken the country by storm.
AUC Establishes New Anti-Harassment, Non-Discrimination Office of Institutional Equity
With the aim of combating sexual harassment and safeguarding its community, AUC established the Office of Institutional Equity (OIE) on August 1 to handle sexual harassment and discrimination complaints from students, faculty and staff. The office reinforces and underpins AUC's Anti-Harassment and Non-Discrimination Policy, abiding by Egyptian laws, and strengthening AUC's reporting channels.
Anti-Harassment Training Continues
As part of the AUCSpeakUp initiative to maintain a safe campus, the University launched mandatory anti-harassment training for every member of the AUC community. AUC is the first to introduce mandatory online training for all faculty, staff and students this fall. Department associate deans, chairs and directors took part n the September 15 training, which was conducted by Sunanda Holmes, AUC's general counsel and chief compliance officer. All faculty, staff and students will also receive the mandatory training online before the end of the Fall 2020 semester.
Anti-Harassment Training Begins with University Leadership
As part of the AUCSpeakUp initiative to maintain a safe campus, the University launched mandatory anti-harassment training for every member of the AUC community, starting with the administrative and academic leadership. AUC is the first to introduce mandatory online training for all faculty, staff and students this fall.
Changing Cultures and Promoting Policies: A Virtual Discussion on Combating Sexual Harassment with Maya Morsy
AUC hosted Morsy along with President Francis Ricciardone and moderator Amina Khairy '87, writer, columnist and features editor at Independent Arabia, to discuss the latest measures and efforts to combat sexual harassment. Morsy and Ricciardone also discussed the future cooperation between AUC and NCW to promote awareness on sexual harassment in higher education and discuss the policies and measures that guarantee a safer environment for women and girls.
Campus Conversation: #AUCSpeakUp
Last Thursday's Campus Conversation centered on AUC's Anti-Harassment and Non-Discrimination Policy. Senior administration talked about the University's role in preventing and combating sexual harassment and discrimination.
Outcome of Misconduct Investigation
On September 5, the Office of Institutional Equity opened an investigation in response to reports that a group of current and former AUC students shared explicit photos of women on a WhatsApp group. The investigation found evidence of three WhatsApp chat groups active at various times — all of them since disbanded — engaged in sharing explicit photos and videos of women without their consent.
Update on Misconduct Investigation
The University is aware of the recent social media posts shared over the weekend. AUC takes these allegations seriously. AUC is currently investigating implicated individuals.
Misconduct Investigation
The University is aware of several social media posts that contain allegations of serious misconduct among a WhatsApp group of alumni and possibly current students. AUC takes these allegations seriously and has launched an investigation. The University will take appropriate action against any individuals found to have engaged in misconduct.
More Statements
SpeakUp in Motion
Interview with Maya Morsy '95, AUC SpeakUp Dialog Series
Interview with Maya Morsy '95: President, Egypt's National Council for Women and AUC SpeakUp Dialog Series Advisory Board Member.
Interview with Omar Samra '00, AUC SpeakUp Dialog Series
Interview with Adventurer, Entrepreneur and Motivational Speaker Omar Samra '00 as he is a member of AUC SpeakUp Dialog Series advisory board.
Interview with Nadeen Ashraf AUC philosophy senior, AUC SpeakUp Dialog Series
Interview with AUC philosophy senior Founder of @AssaultPolice AUC SpeakUp Dialog Series Advisory Board Member.
AUC Dialog Series Launch - "SpeakUp: How can we combat harassment and why should we care?"
As the leading University in Egypt, AUC is keen to play a role in raising awareness about sexual harassment as an important social issue and support national and global efforts, in particular as they relate to college campuses. As part of its AUCSpeakUp initiative, the University is proud to partner with other institutions and prominent influencers to create dialog series designed to raise awareness and advance this critical conversation. AUC will continue to reinforce its legacy of equity, anti-harassment, and non-discrimination policy and having a safe campus environment.
SpeakUp Dialog Series: "How can we combat harassment and why should we care?" highlights video
A highlights video of the SpeakUp Dialog Series event: "How can we combat harassment and why should we care?" held on the 19th of Nov. 2020. As the leading University in Egypt, AUC is keen to play a role in raising awareness about sexual harassment as an important social issue and support national and global efforts, in particular as they relate to college campuses. As part of its AUCSpeakUp initiative, the University is proud to partner with other institutions and prominent influencers to create dialog series designed to raise awareness and advance this critical conversation. AUC will continue to reinforce its legacy of equity, anti-harassment, and non-discrimination policy and having a safe campus environment.
AUCSpeakUp Series From the Playground to the Living Room: How are we Socialized Around Gender Norms?
#AUCSpeakUp Dialog Series: From the Playground to the Living Room: How are we Socialized Around Gender Norms? What shapes our expectations of each gender, and how far back do the ideas we've established around gender go? Our guest speakers explore common gender roles and stereotypes in today's society and how they are formed. Event moderator: Samar Negida '11, '14 Panelists: Hania Sholkamy '85, '89, Associate Professor, AUC's Social Research Center Sara Aziz (MA '18), Founder and President, Safe Kids Fatma Khafagy (MA '77), Director, Office of Ombudsman for Gender Equality, Egypt's National Council for Women.
SpeakUp In the Media
Al Bawaba
Nile TV
Al Ahram
More Media Coverage
One woman shouldn't be working on her own. Women should work together. When they do, they create change.
Fatma Khafagy (MA '77)
Coordinator of Arab Women Network for Parity and Solidarity (Tha'era)
Upbringing starts with the image a woman has of herself. It's how you see yourself that will reflect on how you bring up your children.
Sara Aziz
Founder and President, Safe Kids
Violence against women in all forms has always moved me because it resonates with me as a woman. I've been voicing my opinion about harassment in every way I can, but ever since the new movement has started this past summer, I felt it was the right time for me to create this video series to translate The Courage to Heal. I've been using my Instagram to post and interact with women and girls on the subject.
Sarrah Abdelrahman '11


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Could this be the oldest tree in the world?
Forest activities: How to build the perfect den
Published by Viktoria Lima at August 24, 2022
As a big fan of the handwritten word, the Business Optimizer team stops to consider the fortune and future of a vacation stalwart: the paper postcard. We ask: does anyone still send postcards anymore?
It's a familiar sight at tourist hotspots and vacation beachfronts: the rotating stand of scenic images. The stand is bursting with pictures of the locale which display all the beauty of the seascapes, the cuisine, the tourist attractions and probably a few of the local inhabitants and wildlife as well.
But how many of us actually send postcards like this anymore?
Do postcards have a place in a digital age?
In our digital age of instantly uploading photographs and videos, is there still a value in the traditional paper format? Today, we can let our friends and family know we are having a great time in a heartbeat. There's no need to wait for the postman to deliver week-late news that arrives back after we do! We can send personalised videos, filmed and edited to exactly the effect and message we desire, and share them globally in seconds.
So where does this leave the humble postcard?
More than a message: show you care
A postcard is more than a message. On this blog, we've talked a lot about the tactile joys of paper and of the way in which a handwritten note can be kept and treasured forever – and returned to again and again.
Sending a postcard shows that you care. It's about letting the recipient know that you thought about them whilst you were away having fun. They know that you went to all the effort of composing a handwritten message, finding a post office, purchasing a stamp, and posting their card in a mailbox.
More than a message: a lasting souvenir
Nowadays, the average household receives only one personal letter every seven weeks. Yes, you read that right: one every seven weeks! So, when something arrives through the post, it has extra special value.
When the BBC filmed a Vox Pop into modern postcard sending habits, one
respondent revealed that although they no longer send postcards themselves they do enjoy receiving them and can keep them for a year or more.
More than a message: for a deeper connection
Ben Apatoff told the Washington Post why he sends postcards when he travels and on other occasions. "I saw how it was a really easy way to make people feel good," he says. "If I go on a trip and send postcards, people are so appreciative. It doesn't take a lot of effort, but it's been a great way to keep in touch with people."
The Post revealed that postcards became more important to Apatoff when he took a break from social media networks. He still doesn't use Instagram, but he has returned to Facebook, which he uses mostly for political and community organising. Even in this realm, he says, he follows up via snail mail. "I always thank them with a postcard, so people know what they're doing is important. People have a really positive reaction to it. That's really the reason I keep doing it."
More than a message: a record of your travels
A postcard isn't only for your friends and relatives to treasure! Sending a postcard is also a lovely way to chronicle your travels.
Travel writer Skye Sherman always sends herself a postcard when on a trip. She does this because it's a quick way to preserve memories, it helps her to remember special details of a trip in a tangible way and, she says, because a postcard is the perfect collectible souvenir.
Skye explains, "when I [tell people] that I also write a postcard to myself and mail it home from wherever I am in the world as a way to record memories and experiences from my travels, their eyes light up — the most common response I get to that is, 'Brilliant! Why have I never thought of that before?'."
More than a message: loved by philatelists
When you send a postcard, you aren't just sending the postcard or a handwritten note. Your postcard includes other human details – not least the stamp!
Ana Campos, a community manager at the Postcrossing Project – an international community of people who sign up to send and receive postcards – explains that postcard fans "are more into the small human details like stamps, calligraphy, ink and wear and tear."
More than a message: a call to action
The success of the Postcrossing project demonstrates the continuing global appetite for sending and receiving postcards.
Some 25 million postcards have now been exchanged by nearly 500,000 members worldwide. This includes some sent as part of the We Are One campaign, a call to action from primary school children on Tuvalu to raise awareness of the threat posed to their island nation by rising sea levels.
Read our thoughts about the lost art of letter writing.
A selection of letters that changed the world.
And Business Optimizer's top tips on how to make it as a writer.
Top 5 travel books: the travel writing to pack this summer


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import org.openforis.collect.command.UpdateAttributeCommand;
import org.openforis.collect.model.CollectRecord;
import org.openforis.collect.model.NodeChangeSet;
import org.openforis.idm.model.Attribute;
import org.openforis.idm.model.Value;

public class UpdateAttributeCommandHandler<C extends UpdateAttributeCommand<?>> extends NodeCommandHandler<C> {

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Q: How to create a list after every n terms I want to make [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8] into [[1,2],[3,4],[5,6],[7,8]], but can't seem to figure out how.

A: This will work:
>>> def to_matrix(l, n):
        return [l[i:i+n] for i in xrange(0, len(l), n)]

>>> l = [0,1,2,3]
>>> to_matrix(l,2)
>>> [[0, 1], [2, 3]]

Hope it helps

A: A functional aproach:
l = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8]
map(list, zip(l[::2], l[1::2]))
[[1, 2], [3, 4], [5, 6], [7, 8]]

Also with iter:
it = iter(l)
zip(it, it)
[(1, 2), (3, 4), (5, 6), (7, 8)]

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Please join us on May 12 to express your solidarity with Treaty 8 First Nations' struggle to protect the beautiful Peace River Valley and ensure that all British Columbians aren't left paying billions of dollars for B.C.'s next White Elephant!
The momentum is now unstoppable! Chief Roland Willson of West Moberly First Nation will be touring Victoria, Vancouver and Kamloops to gather support for the Treaty 8 court cases.
Please join us in Victoria, Tuesday, May 12, 7 pm at First Metropolitan United Church, Balmoral Road.


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When Walid Abubakar began thinking about paying for college, he budgeted for textbooks, transportation, living expenses — all of the usual stuff. And then he thought long and hard about the $300 to $400 a month he has been sending his family in Ethiopia.
Remittances — the money immigrants send from their new, more prosperous home — are life-changing to the family members who get them, but they're not the lynchpin for a stable household budget, much less the cornerstone of a healthy national economy.
Anxious though he is to improve things in East Africa, Abubakar, who is Oromo, doesn't think continuing to send money indefinitely is the healthiest way to help. At the same time, he can't abandon his relatives.
His father transports potatoes from Somalia to Ethiopia along a road frequently ambushed by the militant group Al-Shabaab, a job that allows the family to subsist. Most of the money Walid sends pays for his sisters to go to school.
And so Abubakar, who is a senior at Ubah Medical Academy in Hopkins, has a plan to set his father up in a sustainable business while he, Abubakar, goes to college. He's considering becoming either an engineer or a pharmacist — both professions that could make a critical difference in Ethiopia.
The plan existed only in Abubakar's mind until recently, when a coach he works with through the St. Paul-based national nonprofit College Possible cajoled him into writing an essay about his journey from a refugee camp to academic success here. He was going to need scholarships, lots and lots of scholarships, and a "special circumstance" letter would go a long way toward securing them.
Right after the holidays Abubakar learned he was one of 100 students chosen for the prestigious scholarship. That means he has a minimum of $22,000 to put toward college — a sum colleges that partner with the program will match.
Launched 15 years ago by Jim McCorkell, who had a lot of help getting from a low-income background to first Carleton and then Harvard, College Possible recruits low-income high school sophomores with GPAs of 2.5 or higher — frequently the first in their families to even consider college — and provides intensive coaching until they have completed a degree.
The organization serves more than 15,000 students in 45 high schools and numerous colleges. This year it is working with more than 11,000 Minnesota youth. Participants are 10 times more likely than their peers to complete college, according to a study recently released by researchers at Harvard University.
At a White House summit held in December, College Possible announced plans to increase its capacity to serve 20,000 students in 10 cities by 2020. It's not the first time the program, which used to be known as Admission Possible, has earned a shout-out from President Barack Obama.
Coaches, all of them AmeriCorps members, meet for two hours with high school students twice a week. By the time students graduate they have received 320 hours of support.
Among other things, juniors prepare for and take the ACT and SAT to get an idea where they are versus where they want to be. They then get intensive support working to increase their scores and find the enrichment opportunities colleges also look for.
As seniors, participants apply to colleges and for financial aid. As college students, they get ongoing help navigating personal finance and the other obstacles that can get in the way of completion.
Abubakar had set himself a high bar even before he found out about College Possible, but he was unsure how to vault it. When a coach from the program visited his class two years ago, he was determined to get in.
"I felt like it was what I needed," he says. "I wanted to go to college and I wanted to go to a college I wanted.
For the most part, Abubakar has managed his life and education without the adult support most students count on. Eleven years ago when Ethiopia was at war with Somalia his family lived in a refugee camp. The resettlement program they were eligible for could not move everyone, so the two oldest children, Abubakar and his sister, came to the United States with two aunts.
Abubakar had never been to school and spoke no English when he entered Minneapolis' Anne Sullivan. He struggled there and decided on his own — his aunts were in no better position to navigate the school system — to switch schools in fourth grade to a program with a science and technology focus.
Abubakar did well in school, but felt isolated. When high school came around he enrolled himself at Ubah, where a majority of students are African immigrants.
When he heard about College Possible he had the same reservations that haunted him when he began applying for scholarships. He works full time as a security guard — he lives in his own apartment in St. Louis Park — and would need to leave one of the two weekly sessions a few minutes early.
Fowler didn't blink. Nor did she try to temper his aspirations — an all-too-frequent occurrence in high school guidance offices. She did push him to take the ACT, and invited him to spend his lunch hour in her room after he learned got a 19.
"I was devastated," says Abubakar. He had already dared dream much higher than that.
"This is not a reflection of your intelligence," Fowler told him. "This is something else." She outlined a strategy for getting the 25 he would eventually need: Starting with his lowest score and moving toward the highest, work on getting ahead in each subject area.
Abubakar was managing everything — living independently, working full time and sending money home, raising his grades and taking honors courses and applying to colleges — when his mother died. She passed suddenly and without explanation; because Ethiopia lacks health care, disease goes undiagnosed, he explains.
Abubakar's story is unique, but the obstacles between him and a college degree are not. By using the AmeriCorps model, College Possible is able to serve students in five cities for one-seventh the cost of similar efforts. A whopping 98 percent of participants are admitted to college, which they are overwhelmingly likely to complete.
In January the group was rewarded with one of 26 U.S. Department of Education Investing in Innovation grants for $3 million to help with the planned expansion.
When he is done with college Abubakar would like to go back to Ethiopia to help. But he'd like to make something of himself here first, so that much as he plans to turn his remittances into capital for a family business, he can help others gain the skills to build a stronger economy.
"Looking back on my background and where I come from, there are not a lot of people who are educated," says Abubakar. "My parents, the highest education they got was the elementary level.


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Justia Dockets & Filings Mississippi Northern District Forfeiture / Penalty Drug Related Seizure of Property
US District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi Forfeiture / Penalty Cases
Drug Related Seizure of Property Cases, Dockets and Filings
Cases 1 - 10 of 41
United States of America v. $39,207.00, more or less, in U.S. currency
Plaintiff: United States of America
Defendant: $39,207.00, more or less, in U.S. currency
Cause Of Action: Forfeiture Property - Drugs
Type: Forfeiture / Penalty › Drug Related Seizure of Property
Filed: April 16, 2018 as 3:2018cv00089
United States of America v. $12,061.00 In U. S. Currency
Defendant: $12,061.00 In U. S. Currency
Cause Of Action: Forfeiture Property-Drugs
Loya v. United States of America
Plaintiff: Diego Loya
Defendant: United States of America
Cause Of Action: Motion for Return of Property
Taylor v. United States of America Through the United States Drug Enforcement Administration
Filed: March 24, 2014 as 4:2014cv00041
Plaintiff: Kendrick Kenyatta Taylor
Defendant: United States of America Through the United States Drug Enforcement Administration
United States of America v. $26,640.00 in U.S. Currency and Nine (9) Assorted Firearms
Defendant: $26,640.00 in U.S. Currency and Nine (9) Assorted Firearms
United States of America vs All Right, Title, and Interest in Real Property and Appurtenances thereto Described as 8.4 Acres, More or Less, situated in the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 25, Township 13 South, Range 6 East, Monroe
Plaintiff: United States of America , All Right, Title, and Interest in Real Property and Appurtenances Thereto Described as 8.4 Acres, more or less, situated in the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 25, Township 13 So
United States of America v. $9,730.00, More or Less, in U. S. Currency
Filed: December 20, 2012 as 3:2012cv00119
Defendant: $9,730.00, More or Less, in U. S. Currency
Brewer v. United States Department of Justice et al
Filed: October 18, 2012 as 1:2012cv00223
Defendant: Regions Bank, John Doe 1-17, United States Department of Justice and others
Plaintiff: Dorothy Brewer
Cause Of Action: Motion for Return of Seized Property


Cathy, a volunteer with the non-profit "Stop Hunger Now", recently visited A Mother's Wish Foundation.
In this blog post, she highlights the impact we've had and the urgent need for your support.
"Here is the test to find whether your mission on earth is finished. If you're alive, it isn't." -Richard Bach.
Over the past year we have been transitioning from direct medical services to a comprehensive educational program. We continued and expanded our Community Outreach program by our nurses, Rosmery Suriel and Mildred Caraballo using Bright Futures (www.brightfutures.org) as a developmental guide and providing over-the-counter medicines to our ill children and HIV prevention information to the adults of our communities.
We also expanded our community reach by including Lajas as our sixth community to share in all of our programs and projects. Despite the expansions we have continued to maintain a Zero Infant Mortality Rate, a Zero Maternal Mortality Rate and 98% vaccination rate for our children under five years old. During our nine years of operation we have had over 260 live births in our communities. Based on the Infant Mortality Rate statistics of the Dominican Republic, at least eight children would have died had we not been here. I don't know what price to put on a human life, but one life is worth a lot more than we have spent.
But the transition has taken its toll. The number of volunteers hosted by A Mother's Wish Foundation in Los Pajones, Dominican Republic has dropped. Donations have also dropped significantly. By the end of the year, it was clear that the time had come to finish the medical portion of our mission and to put our resources and energies solely to education.
With the invaluable help of the American people through USAID, we were provided with the funds and equipment necessary to furnish the Pequeños Pasitos Student Center for Professional Development with the technological tools required for our students to catch up to 21st Century technology and be able to function on a par with their contemporaries in the cities and in other countries.
The need for better education is everywhere. We hear the chorus from the United States that the education system is failing. But as with everything else, failure is relative.
The task of overcoming the erroneous teachings of 69% of the teachers in this country is a monumental task. We will need teachers, volunteers and funding to maintain and expand our services to be as successful in the educational portion of our mission as we were in the medical portion of our mission.
When we started nine years ago there was a mountain of medical problems that we faced. We climbed that mountain and we are in the valley. But, we are still alive and there is another mountain to climb.


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I have had my car, a '72 dodge coronet, in storage for the winter this year. Got it out last weak, and i found a little pool of liquid on the passenger side floor. I think it was coolant. Could this have come out of the heating?
If it's coolant it's probably from the heater core, now you can try radiator sealer like Bars leak silver seal or copper seal but usually it means heater core replacement.
Thanks Iowan, i'll get right on it.
Since we are on the subject anyway, does removing the heater box mean that the das hash to come out as well?
Heater Core. Address it immediately before you do damage to your interior.
How to remove that door handle?
Quick Reply: Coolant leak inside interior?


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Top 10 movies of 2014 include even blockbusters
Forrest Hartman
Forrest@ForrestHartman.com
As we march into the new year and prepare ourselves for upcoming awards shows, it's appropriate to reflect on the best movies of 2014.
As usual, the year produced sure bets from well-known auteurs and a strong crop of art-house darlings, but we also had terrific pictures emerge from the much-derided cinematic mainstream.
In fact, a number of blockbusters cracked my top 10. Following is the cream of the 2014 movie crop, complete with notes on how you can see them.
10) "Wild" (in select theaters now)
During any other year, this wonderfully acted drama might have landed in my top five. Reese Witherspoon plays Cheryl Strayed, a real-life woman who confronted personal tragedy by hiking the Pacific Crest Trail. The film is based on Strayed's book, "Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail," and screenwriter Nick Hornby and director Jean-Marc Vallée do a masterful job with the screen presentation. Witherspoon should receive a best actress Oscar nomination for her performance.
9) "Big Hero 6" (in select theaters now)
"The LEGO Movie" is getting most of the love when it comes to 2014 animated films, but this picture – about a boy who becomes a hero with the help of a puffy, white robot – is a real treat. The plotting is brave and surprising, and the animation is gorgeous.
8) "Chef" (on video)
Writer-director-actor Jon Favreau steps back from the world of blockbusters to deliver a charming movie about a celebrity chef (Favreau) who has lost touch with the important things in life. The film is funny and poignant, and it features outstanding performances by Favreau, John Leguizamo, Bobby Canavale and Emjay Anthony.
7) "The Theory of Everything" (in select theaters now)
The life of physicist Stephen Hawking is fascinating, and this movie focuses largely on his diagnosis with Lou Gehrig's Disease and his relationship with his first wife, Jane. Eddie Redmayne is remarkable, playing Hawking at first as young and vital and later with increasing levels of disability. Felicity Jones is also terrific as Jane. Directed by James Marsh.
6) "The Imitation Game" (in select theaters now)
A number of this year's best movies focus on true stories, including this drama about mathematician Alan Turing's battle to crack the Nazi enigma code. Benedict Cumberbatch, as Turing, continues his string of remarkable performances, and Keira Knightley is solid as a Turing collaborator. Director Morten Tyldum gets the period details just right and tells the story with an appropriate sense of urgency.
5) "The Grand Budapest Hotel" (on video)
Writer-director Wes Anderson has one of the most recognizable styles in modern cinema, and it's difficult to imagine anyone else making a film like "Grand Budapest Hotel." The quirky picture uses an unusual narrative structure to tell the story of a remarkable concierge (Ralph Fiennes) working at a luxury hotel during a fictionalized time and place reminiscent of 1930s Austria. Anderson's pacing and sense of humor are wonderful, and the art direction is fantastic. Tony Revolori, F. Murray Abraham, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe and Jeff Goldblum also star.
4) "Whiplash" (in select theaters now, available on video Feb. 3)
Often, teachers are depicted as cinematic saints, but "Whiplash" reminds viewers that few things are as disheartening as an unsupportive instructor. The movie features Miles Teller as a young jazz drummer who wants to be the best in his field and J.K. Simmons as a tyrannical college bandleader who demands perfection from his players. It's tough to warm to writer-director Damien Chazelle's characters, but "Whiplash" has an unrelenting energy that demands that viewers take notice.
3) "Guardians of the Galaxy" (on video)
This Marvel Comics science fiction film was the top-grossing movie of 2014. While box office proceeds and quality are often at odds, "Guardians of the Galaxy" made its way to the top with a smart screenplay, strong performances and fantastic special effects. Co-writer and director James Gunn ("Super") infused the film with a perfect mix of comedy and action. Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel and Bradley Cooper star.
2) "Fury" (in select theaters now, available on video Jan. 27)
Good war films are always dramatic, but they sometimes lack intimacy. With "Fury," writer-director David Ayer solved that problem by focusing on a tight-knit tank crew fighting in Europe during the final days of World War II. Events play out from the perspective of Norman Ellison (Logan Lerman), a newcomer who joins the crew after one member is killed in combat. Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Michael Peña and Jon Bernthal also star.
1) "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" (on video)
This sequel to 2011's "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" is more dynamic, more exciting and more emotionally rewarding than its predecessor. The film starts by explaining that much of the human race has been wiped out by plague. In the meantime, Caesar, the ultra-intelligent ape from the first movie, has founded a colony of smart apes in the woods near San Francisco.
When some of the remaining humans infringe on ape territory, the two species must learn to work together or descend into conflict. Andy Serkis deserves an Oscar for his motion-capture portrayal of Caesar. The film, directed by Matt Reeves ("Let Me In," "Cloverfield"), also features memorable performances by Jason Clarke, Keri Russell, Gary Oldman, Toby Kebbell and Kodi Smit-McPhee.
• Birdman (in select theaters now)
•Boyhood (on video)
•The Fault in Our Stars (on video)
•Foxcatcher (in select theaters now)
•Gone Girl (in select theaters now, available on video Jan. 13)
•The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (in theaters now)
•Interstellar (in select theaters now)
•Selma (in theaters Jan. 9)
•Unbroken (in theaters now)
•X-Men: Days of Future Past (on video)


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2012 Home Styles: What's Hot & What's Not
Posted on February 17, 2012 by Kristy Just
What's hot and not in home styles this year
By Marcelle Sussman Fischler, Yahoo! Real Estate
This year's designated New American Home is being featured as part of the International Builder's Show.
Photo: flickr | International Builders' Show
Modern gets the thumbs up.
Spa-like and eco-sensitive, the "New American Home 2012" being unveiled in Orlando this week by the National Association of Home Builders in conjunction with the International Builders' Show, is a warmer take on the classic "White Box" of mid-20th century modern design.
"A lot of people want a spa feeling and a spa look that's very analogous to modern," said Luis Juaregui, aTexas-based American Institute of Architects accredited architect. The 4,200 square foot, $3.5 million gray stone and glass home has free flowing entertaining spaces, floor to ceiling sliding glass doors, a stone staircase with open risers, clear glass balustrades and clean geometric lines, tempered by dark wood cabinets, area rugs and soft furnishings.
Still, to fit into more traditional looking neighborhoods, architects are increasingly going hybrid, mixing distinctly modern, techno-savvy interiors with colonial details, Tudor-style roofs or Craftsman-inspired touches on the exterior.
A home to call one's own has long been part of the American Dream. But as tastes, technologies and regional preferences change, propelled by demographics and the socio-economic climate, the style, scale and comforts of that coveted real estate evolve.
During the bigger- is-better 1980s and 1990s, homes ballooned in size. Compact single story ranch and cape cod styles gave way to ever grander two-story neo-colonials. When the economic bubble burst, they retrenched. These days, downsizing is cool; supersized McMansions towering over smaller homes are not.
Stephen Melman, director of economic services at the National Association of Home Builders said that houses shrank about 10 percent from their 2,500 square foot peak in 2007, and are expected "to get smaller and more efficient" with open floor plans, master bedrooms on the first floor and dining rooms distinguished only by a chandelier or architectural detail.
One-story ranch homes, post World War II suburbia's signature easy style, are slowly regaining favor, thanks to first time buyers with tiny tots and aging baby boomers seeking accessibility.
Craftsman style homes, popular before World War II, are also enjoying a revival, said Gary D. Cannella, an architect in Bohemia, N.Y. "It's the style not the size." Adaptable to sizable abodes or small bungalows, these one or one and a half story homes boast low-pitched rooflines, tapered columns, oversized eaves, gables and the front porches "that everyone wants and no one sits on."
The split level, a hallmark of suburbia in the Brady Bunch era, is nearly obsolete. Despite the aerobic benefits of tri-level living, "all you do is walk up and down stairs all day long," Cannella says. "You can't go anywhere without steps."
Here are the hot and not-so-hot home styles for 2012:
Price: $399,000 to $29 million
The New American Home in Winter Park, FL looks ready for entertaining.
Description: Aligned with the mid 20th-century counter classic design movement, modern is characterized by no fuss floor plans with combined dining, relaxing and entertaining spaces, clean, geometric lines, low slung roofs, and technologically advanced materials like concrete, steel and glass.
Why They Are Appealing: Easy, functional and bright, with walls of glass and open spaces, today's modern is eco-sensitive and forward thinking, with state of the art kitchens and "smart house" technologies, though developers often prefer modern interiors with more traditional skins.
Where You'll Find Them: Nationwide, with striking examples in the Hamptons, Santa Monica and other tony beach environs.
Style: Neo-Mediterranean
Price: $300,000 to $6 million-plus
Neo-Mediterranean home styles are becoming the Sun Belt standard.
Photo: Jauregui Architect
Description: Red tile roofs, stucco walls, archways, towers and heavy wooden doors with a Spanish or Tuscan flavor.
Why It's Appealing: The Southern European style and materials work well in warmer climates and match the landscape.
Where You'll Find It: California, Florida, Texas, Southwest
The Flip Side: While northern European style homes are vanishing from the Sun Belt, in chillier climates such as the Northeast, two story center hall colonials still reign.
Style: Craftsman
Price: $249,000 to $2.8 million
Craftsman-style homes have become an American classic.
Photo: flickr | roarofthefour
Description: Often referred to as Arts and Crafts bungalows, Craftsman-style homes have low-pitched roof lines, overhanging eaves supported by decorative brackets, gables, front porches with tapered square columns, exposed roof rafters, handcrafted wood and stone flourishes.
Why They are Appealing: This one to one and a half story style shouts cozy. With an emphasis on natural materials and decorative details, it works well for larger homes and small bungalows.
Where You'll Find Them: coast to coast
What's Not So Hot in 2012
Style: McMansions
Price: $350,000 to $10 million +
McMansion's were a sign of success before the bubble burst.
Photo: flickr | FunnyBiz
Description: Sometimes called colonials on steroids or oversized neo-eclectic houses, these super-sized jumbles of styles and decorative details from colonial to Victorian, have brick, stone, vinyl or composite veneers. A product of the latter part of the 20th century and the knock-down era of the bubble before the burst, they often replaced smaller homes on lots not suited to their hulking size.
Why they are not appealing: Pretentious, over-sized energy guzzlers, overshadow surrounding homes and out of sync with the economic climate's downsizing trend.
The Flip Side: Well-designed mansions on properly sized lots and in appropriate settings such as golf course or lakefront communities are still hot.
Style: Split Levels
Price: $91,900 to $2,850,000
Split-level homes, with many steps, have lost market appeal.
Photo: flickr | Sportsuburban
Description: A Ranch style house divided into at least three parts by short flights of stairs leading up on one side, down on another, dividing entertaining spaces from private areas such as bedrooms and separating formal rooms from more casual playrooms and dens.
Why they are not appealing: This darling of the 1950s, 60s and 70s is outdated and complicated to maneuver with steps at nearly every turn.
Where You'll Find Them: 1950s/60s/70s suburban subdivisions nationwide.
Style: Victorian
Price: $299,000 to $2,850,000
Victorian homes are charming, but almost no one builds them like this anymore.
Photo: TBoard
Description: Turrets and towers, wraparound or granny porches and gingerbread trim with Queen Anne, Gothic or Italianate flourishes are the hallmark of these turn- of-the-20th-century two and three story homes with plenty of nooks and crannies.
Why They Are Not Appealing: While it's hard not to love their colorful eccentricities, Victorians are challenging to rehabilitate or maintain. Their warrens of small rooms aren't conducive to 21st century lifestyles.
Where You'll Find Them: Urban neighborhoods, historic districts, small towns, older suburbs
The Flip Side: Newer neo-eclectic homes borrow whimsical features from true Victorians, touting turrets, towers and porches in maintenance free materials.


You know the old saying about how you can never know what someone else is experiencing until you walk around in their shoes? (To Kill A Mockingbird if I'm not mistaken) Well, I am truly experiencing what it must be like for people who are permanently handicapped, for whom this isn't just a two-week thing that you endure, it's their lifetimes.
The worst part is having to think about all your actions. Even going to the bathroom becomes a production. You can't be lazy about it and dawdle till your bladder's ready to burst, because you can't do the 100 metre bathroom sprint. And don't even get me started on taking a bath. I sit on a chair, a plastic bag around my cast, which is elevated on the pot, thankfully within distance. Since I can't let the cast touch the floor, it becomes another deal to switch from the leather cast `foot' that I'm wearing (it's a sort of shoe, big enough to fit around a cast, with velcro straps. Not high fashion, but, hey, it works) to the green plastic bag, all the while doing a flamingo type thing with my other foot. Because my toe is fractured, the plaster raises that and so I can only walk on my heel. Walking up stairs takes me, oh, twenty minutes. Answering the door, about seven. And I'm not bothering to answer the landline. My cellphone is travelling everywhere with me.
But it struck me yesterday how handicap unfriendly this country is. There are no wheelchair or slope options, everything has stairs. And most stairs don't even have a railing, so you hold on to the wall for support. And forget about using a public loo, I'm talking non-five star, coz most five-stars have a handicap option. Squatting is incredibly hard to do on one foot, with no railing. I even realise how terrible the roads are in parking lots--try hobbling and avoiding potholes at the same time.
Mine is a fairly minor injury. I even have a fair amount of mobility (I haven't had the balls to drive yet, but I'm sure soon I will risk it). But, with the sudden startling insight I have recieved, I begin to look at things as stuff I can do and stuff I can't. And of course, stuff that people who have a permanent disability can't. I think I'm going to do something about it. The next time I'm somewhere with stairs and no slope or railings, I will speak to whoever's in charge. I mean why shouldn't I and my fellow cast-ridden bretheren have a good time, right?
Oh and by the way, I hurt it when I tried to balance on a rotating barrell, slipped backwards, feet in the air. For a story, I promise, I'm not a barrell fetishist.
and wait till you start getting questions. some of the folks will not even wait for your answer but provide one themselves - "what happened?? did you fall down from the stairs?" ... and there's always a few conspiracy theorists who'll try to discover "what actually happened"
Me, I'll be satisfied with finding out where the mechanical bull comes in.
I'm not sure how you can drive - that big shoe is going to hit both the accelerator AND the brake at the same time.
Know exactly what you mean. Was laid up with the green cast for THREE months ! No bulls(mechanical or otherwise) were involved...just removal of a bone cyst from my toe.
A speedy recovery to you eM! Also, I'm going to go out on a limb before you post your story and say that nothing good can come out of a rotating barrell.
this city is extremely handicap unfriendly. there are really no ramps.
hope u get well soon. it'll be such a great feeling the day they remove your cast.
hey, wishing you a speedy recovery.
ps- in case youre wondering..i just happened to chance upon your blog..nice!
ouch. hey, get well soon. thanks to my blasted knee i know exactly what a pain climbing up and down stairs can be when one leg is immobilised.
but milk the sympathy u're getting for all it's worth...take tons of rest (it's the ultimate cure), and get well soon.
so you hurt your chest falling off a mechanical bull and your toe falling off a rotating barrel? thats a fark-worthy story..
Well, there is a lot of symathy and empathy floating around, so i ll just comment on the amusing bit... though you haven't yet given us much... yet, but we can be patient... cos somehow falling backwards with feet in the air dont seem to gel with a fractured toe... let's have the goods, eM!!
Do get bounce back soon!! Cheers!
eM, you still have it good. I keenly feel the lack of facilities for the handicapped. And I haven't even fractured anything.
Try and enjoy the pampering (whatever's available), get well soon, there's a good little girl. And do be careful in the bath, wouldn't be very funny if you slipped there and ... ouch!
Sagnik: Since I've been lurking at home, so far no questions. Only, everytime friends come by to say hello, they start to laugh. Hmph. So much for sympathy, huh?
Jay: Ah, mechanical bulls. Good fun. :) Email me if you want to know the "inside" story! And it's my left foot, so I'll only be using it for the clutch.
vibhu: Gosh that must've been painful! And three months?? I was willing to rip this thing off today and it's only Day Two.
Mandar: I certainly hope so!
eesh!: I know!!! Forget jumping over puddles though, I barely think I can hop over my dog!
n.a: Thanks! And now that I'm among the fractured fraternity, the next time someone else blogs about breaking something, I will say I totally know how they feel!
mahima: Thanks :) And it's technically justa toe, not a foot, but I thank you for your sympathy anyway!
Buchu: Oh much milking is happening, I can assure you ;) All "Please come and see me" and everything! Works like a charm.
tama: I agree with you there, but it's technically against the law to have any building with stairs and without a ramp.
JAP: You're telling me! Yesterday, I finished with the bath, attempted to stand and slipped on my loofah. It was very scary. And why do you feel the lack of facilities?
oh, here's a tip from experience: you can use a knitting needle to good effect if/when a mosquito makes it way into the cast!!
Hope you're not laid up too long: what an interesting way to have such a horrible thing happen to you, if you know what I mean!
If you're hobbling around watch out for hotel lobbies, they're vast smooth granite traps for the disabled. Polished floors and fibreglass casts should never be allowed to meet, and when they do, you'd be surprised how fast they part company.
Knitting needle works well, also ruler. Be prepared for I Am A Teenage Werewolf moment when the cast comes off and you discover manically flourishing hair growth under it.
Plastic bags over foot secured with rubber bands work; clingfilm and/or household foil is a BIG mistake.
Get well soon, and er, stay that way.


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Elton John Posed with Eminem in Photo Taken Backstage at 2020 Oscars
By Afouda Fortune
Eminem took to social media to share a picture of himself and Elton John as they posed for the camera with their arms around each other.
While the festivities were occurring at the recently concluded Oscars, rapper Eminem, and singer, Elton John got a chance to spend time with each other backstage.
Rapper Eminem performs onstage during the 2010 BET Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California | Photo: Getty Images
According to People, Eminem took to Twitter to share a picture of himself and Elton, in a post that he captioned:
"I got to see my Uncle Elton tonight at the Oscars. Congrats on your win too, Sir!"
In the picture, the rapper and the singer had their arms around each other as Elton added a smile to his pose.
Elton's smile might have had something to do with the fact that he had taken home the nod for Best Original Song alongside his longtime writing associate, Bernie Taupin.
"Eminem and Elton struck up a friendship after they came together to perform the rapper's hit song "Stan" at the 2001 Grammy Awards."
Elton John performs live on stage at iHeartRadio ICONS with Elton John: Celebrating The Launch Of Elton John's Autobiography, "Me" at the iHeartRadio Theater Los Angeles | Photo: Getty Images
As for Eminem, he had surprised the crowd at the Oscars when he appeared on stage to perform his 2002 hit single, "Lose Yourself."
While many enjoyed his act, CNN reported that others took to Twitter to express their confusion at his presence on stage.
The mixed reactions caused Eminem to also take to Twitter to explain that he had to take the opportunity the Academy had offered him.
As regards his relationship with Elton, Refinery 29 divulged that Eminem had turned to the singer during the release of his album "Encore" in 2004 and his subsequent struggle with drug addiction.
American rap star Eminem accepts an award from British musician Sir Elton John on stage at the 2001 Brit Awards held at Earls Court Exhibition Centre in London | Photo: Getty Images
The 47-year-old, who revealed that he looked up to Elton because the latter had also gone through a similar fate during his time in the music industry, said:
Elton John Cancelled Wedding to Fiancée Who 'Thought He Loves' Her - She Still Has the Engagement Ring
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"He's somebody who's in the business and can identify and relate to the lifestyle and how hectic things can be..."
Although many observers are yet to grasp the bond between the duo, Eminem and Elton continue to wax strong as they have gone as far as claiming that they love each other, in public.
Elton John (left) and Eminem end their duet performance at the 43rd Annual Grammy Awards at Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA | Photo: Getty Images
Eminem and Elton first struck up a friendship after they came together to perform the rapper's hit song "Stan" at the 2001 Grammy Awards.
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John Legend's Wife Tried to Ignore Pics of Him with Other Women for a Year after Their 1st Night Together
Josh Groban's Relationships with 5 Actresses & a Singer before He Fell for a TV Star - Inside His Private Life
How Did Taylor Swift Become Famous? Her Evolution from Aspiring Teen Songwriter to Award-Winning Pop Icon
Chrissy Metz's Ex-husband Martyn Eaden Filed for Divorce in 2014 — Her Love Life Flourished after They Split
Billy Ocean Turned 72 Recently - Meet His Wife Judy Who He Has Been Married to for 43 Years
George Strait 'Eloped' with His 'Really Hot' Wife — 51 Years Later They 'Still Like Each Other'
Johnny Cash Did Not Say 'I Love You' to June Carter for Years - She Declined His First Proposals
Tom Petty's Wife Said She Was Bullied & Sued by Stepdaughters after She Saved Tom's Life
Jeff Bridges Stayed in Montana for Decades after Falling for Local Waitress – Inside Their Home
Jon Bon Jovi Has Been Married to His Wife for 33 Years and Is a Proud Father of 4
Lionel Richie Saw Nicole, 2, on Stage and Promised to Never Leave Her - The Adoption Process Lasted 5 Years
George Jones Went Silent before Death – He Managed to Say His Last Words to Wife Who Once 'Saved' Him
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You are here: Home / Tips and Tricks / How to Turn Off Two-Factor Authentication?
How to Turn Off Two-Factor Authentication?
Please further note that if your device is running iOS 11 (or later) or macOS High Sierra, you will be automatically switched you from two-step to two-factor.
I appreciate the concern of security but what if some one lost their devise and they want to access their icloud id. When they will try to logged into the account they will certainly asked for two factor authentication. Then though user is genuine they will not be able to access their own account. thats insane .
At least there should be option of disabling it .
I recently lost my iphone but fortunately I do have another iphone so i was able to recover it data from icloud. but it is not right.
please guys look into this matter.
This is exactly what happened to me. Someone stole my phone and now I'm sitting here with no possible way whatsoever to access my account or all my data that is saved on icloud. All phone numbers, all photos, everything. Gone.
I would like to turn off 2 factor id. Unfortunately I did not know I only had 2 weeks after I turned it on to change my mind.
Same to me. This is worst thing apple could do. How can be such system that is controlled by manufacturer NOT by owner. In future i will think twice before purchasing new device/'s – either android or new apple – but with new AppleID – just for this devise.
I'm angry at apple – I hate when you can own something that you don't even control.
"Can I turn off two-factor authentication after I've turned it on?
If you already use two-factor authentication, YOU CAN NO LONGER TURN IT OFF.
(That's how Apple RUINS everything decent they do….the IDIOTIC limiting service…..
What f*cking good is "Find my iPhone" if you can't login to find your phone without your phone?
Karl obviously doesn't get it. It will not allow you to sign in from a browser unless you enter the 4 digit code sent to your iphone. This is completely useless if you can't find your iphone and are trying to use Find My Iphone from the web browser.
The two-factor authentication is also on on all of my devices. The problem is the page where I'm supposed to put the verification code is not popping up; just the page where you put your password. Now I cannot update any of my apps.
fyi if this happens you can type the verification code in right after your apple password and it should let you in.
Thanks for posting the information, was searching everywhere on how to TURN OFF TWO-FACTOR, so in IOS 12.1.1 it cannot be done anymore. Agree this is a really stupid decision, what happen with using security questions? Lost phone, been trying to locate it and can't get pass this stupid TWO-FACTOR arrrrrrrr!!!!!
Extremely frustrating feature that I now seem to be stuck with!! I do not want to have to carry 2 devices with me in order to have one actually be useful!!!
One detail that has failed to be mentioned in every post on how to "edit" this this 2 factor verification code process is – you need your verification code in order to sign into Applid.apple.com and edit your settings, change the device your code goes to, or turn it off.
For a company that wants to be thought of as the BEST they are, let me put it mildly – not very bright.
Wake up people – their motives are so transparent, every process they use is just a way to get you to buy a new device. Devices stop functioning all the time, more time than not Apple causes that malfunction. Just think of the ramifications, all your data stored on iCloud, the device receiving your verification code no longer operates, you can't change where you want the verification code to go because the code goes to a device that is not working or worse lost / stolen. So you can't sign into you apple account to see or get any thing. Who would design a process like this? Oh yeah, Apple would.
Apple device owners – start demanding Apple stand behind their over priced products and supply resolution to the poorly designed or in actuality their misguided money grubbing monger that will squeeze every dime out of you that they can processes and start helping their customers with solutions. After all you customers have built a 5 trillion dollar company. Think of it as you are one of the owners. Is this the standard you would reach for if this was your company?
WTF ?? I lost my iPhone, now I can't login to my icloud account. How am I suppose access my icloud account? what a bunch of stupid idiots !! You guys are morons !!
This system may cause me to leave apple after 30+ years. It is simply unacceptable that I need to have 2 devices with me at all times. The whole reason to have iCloud is to allow some shared storage across devices. If I need to bring multiple devices with me everywhere I see no advantage. A thumb drive is a good bit easier to carry.
Got a new Macbook. Guess i turned on two way during set-up by mistake. Didn't want two way. Have two way. Can't turn two way off now. You've got to be kidding me. Apple change this to an option to disable.
Just effin' wow. Real "genius" there, Apple.
Frankly, this has got to be one of the stupidest decisions Apple has made since the infamous iOS8 boondoggle back in 2014 which bricked I don't even know how many iPhone 6 and 6 Plus models. Seriously, Apple, it's time to get your collective head out of the sand and start using it for something other than a hat stand. If you require two factor authentication which sends a verification code to a particular device and said device is lost or stolen, like what happened to a friend of mine a couple of weeks back, how, precisely, is one supposed to access their Apple ID with a replacement device if the trusted device is AWOL? Exactly how many Apple execs making these idiotic decisions actually own Apple devices? Apple Execs, I challenge you all to go into bad neighborhoods with your trusted devices, allow them to be somewhat visible, get them stolen, then try to access your Apple IDs. Then we'll see how much you like two factor authentication that can't be turned off.
The only thing that makes this decision even worse is the fact that they don't explain this 'two week' rule up front, nor do they make it easy to find out what to do if you don't see the link to turn off two-factor. I had to replace my phone recently and the genius in the store said we need to turn on the two-factor just to make the swap. No warning that this needs to be switched back within two weeks or I'm locked into this forever. And every set of instructions stops at the same place, which is to click to the link to turn it off. Can you at least offer a *Note saying, 'if you do not see this link, here is why'. I don't think most users search macreports to get additional support so they just get stuck in a ridiculous loop. I love Apple and its products, but I have to say this really is a horrible decision that reside with the end user.
I just realised that I cannot turn off the Two-Factor Authentication.
and I should do whatever I want to do.
PLEASE APPLE GIVE US AN OPTION TO TURN IT OFF.
What do I do? I dont have turn off notification.
I completely agree that Apple should stop trying to force users to do things. We pay dearly for Apple products, and should have the freedom to choose on which devices to keep 2-factor authentication. This is very aggravating indeed.
I agree with the other commenters. This s a stupid decision on Apple's part. I have been a cybersecurity engineer for nearly 20 years, for both corporate and military. Two-factor should be an option. If an app or function needs two-factor, it can tell you so snd give you the choice to use the app or not. But making it a requirement is like the rules for the DoD's SIPRNET.
I agree with everyone. Apple seriously??? You are making decisions for us treating customers as if we can't make our own decisions. More than once in the past month I've asked myself why do I continue to buy Apple products.
I suggest you make an update that allows us to turn this feature back off. It has cause me more grief than it could ever help. I do not have two phone numbers so if my phone is lost or stolen it would be impossible for me to get a verification code. Had I known UPFRONT that I had 2 weeks to turn this on, I would never had turned it on. You should really provide ALL user manuals with all of your products and software updates.
This two factor verification is one of THE most annoying and irritating features I have even come across. . I wish it had never been born. The fact that you can't turn it off is such an inconvenience. I only turned it on because I was pushed into it by the Apple machine. Its such a drag. There must be a way of lobbying apple to change this – surely?
Its really stupid, nobody had ever mentioned this, until I faced the issue and had to find the solution myself, staffs in the store can't give me the answers. They don't even know that once your iMac is set up after 2 weeks, you can't disable two-factor authentication.
What kind of shi- is that, What if I lose my iPhone, how am I gonna get into all my accounts?
This is the kind of thing that would make Steve Jobs turn over in his grave.
And one other thing, Something is wrong with Mojave, cuz I can't sign into my App Store unless I use a two-factor authentication. And even after the log in, it takes forever to update the application. I been trying to update my legitimate Logic Pro X for weeks now, nothing happened. The wheel keeps spinning. its ridiculous. Called the staffs and they blamed it on the internet.
Y'all are really making apple go downhill.
Steve jobs would be disgraced by this. Two factor is fine as a concept, but when you tie it to a phone number that you harvest from a users device without their clear permission this is wrong.
The phone number is tied to a service provider you likely paid for with a credit card, hence you have lost your privacy.
This change has put those with stalkers and women with restraining orders against people who may harm them at a very real risk of harm, and is less secure than random security questions. Your location info can now be obtained from cell tower providers, and tied to you. Also a phone number can be easily forged or cloned, so in effect this is a back door for untrustworthy governments such as Russia and China who will have no hesitation to duplicating your phone number to break your two factor security.
If Apple cared about security they would allow you to remove the phone number and use more secure random security questions. To leave this as is simply puts women with stalkers, and activists in countries fighting for democracy such as Russia and China in harms way. Its a bad bad move.
Are there any free countries on earth where Apple isn't violating the privacy rights of their users and forcing two factor authentication?
Its funny most of the people commenting are screaming Apple are too secure lol Morst of the retards commenting here have no idea about security. Add a 2nd or even 3rd trusted phone numbers people and send the code to that.


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Q: Add leading zeros to Datedif function in Google Sheets I have a simple function that shows me data with Datedif in Google Sheets.  The function shows me the years and months and days remaining between 2 dates.  It also shows me the total number of days between the dates.  I want to keep the syntax and look of the results the same by adding leading zeros to the function (for example, showing 05 for May, instead of 5, keeps the results consistent).
Here is the function:
=DATEDIF(TODAY(),D28,"Y")&"Y "&DATEDIF(TODAY(),D28,"YM")&"M "&DATEDIF(TODAY(),D28,"MD")&"D ("&DATEDIF(TODAY(),D28,"D")&")"

The results may look like this:
1Y 1M 22D (416)
2Y 10M 11D (1045)
7Y 8M 30D (2829)
22Y 11M 7D (8377)
29Y 7M 6D (10811)

I want it to look like this:
01Y 01M 22D (416)
02Y 10M 11D (1045)
07Y 08M 30D (2829)
22Y 11M 07D (8377)
29Y 07M 06D (10811)

I am sure there is a simple way to accomplish this, but I could not figure out the combination.

A: You want to retain leading zeros in your calculations.
Cell formatting doesn't work because the value in the cell is text, not a number. So, convert the the value to text using TEXT and use the "format" attribute to format the the number in the format the number in the formula.
The following formula assumes that the reference date is in cell B11.

=TEXT(DATEDIF(TODAY(),$B$11,"Y"),"00")&"Y "&TEXT(DATEDIF(TODAY(),$B$11,"YM"),"00")&"M "&TEXT(DATEDIF(TODAY(),$B$11,"MD"),"00")&"D ("&DATEDIF(TODAY(),$B$11,"D")&")"


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