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How valuable is international work experience?
And where are people prepared to go?
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As companies grow they spread across the globe, creating international career opportunities – and these are expected to increase dramatically.
Recent research by PwC, the professional services firm, predicts the number of workers who will take on global assignments will rise by 50 per cent over the next decade.
The findings also suggest that graduates are more than willing to help companies fulfil their growth ambitions by working abroad – but only 11 per cent of these graduates appear happy to go to India and only 2 per cent to China.
But how valuable is international work experience, and why are China and India such low-rated destinations?
Oliver Watson, managing director for UK, North America and the Middle East at Michael Page, the search firm, says it is worth a great deal. "Companies are operating over so many international boundaries, so the more languages and experience with different cultures you can bring to a company, the more you can help expand its global reach," he says.
Peter Lacy, managing director of strategy for the Asia-Pacific region at Accenture, the management consultancy, says it is a crucial differentiator for current and future leaders. "Our clients increasingly operate seamlessly across borders. Our people need to be able to do the same," he says. "That mindset comes from being exposed to new business cultures and experiences that come with international placements."
This is backed up by Ben Searls, a senior manager at recruiter Badenoch & Clark. He believes those without work experience abroad will struggle to get the top jobs. "If you have international work experience, you're likely to be confident and have an outgoing personality, which helps you engage with stakeholders," he says.
His colleague Andrew Caulfield, a managing consultant in the firm's legal division, agrees. Having experience of different cultures is seen as vital. "All lawyers are regarded as more suitable if they have had exposure to an international platform."
The popularity, or otherwise, of certain countries seems to depend on sector. Mr Watson says for people working in finance, the financial hubs are always going to be most in demand. "London, New York, Hong Kong, Singapore and Tokyo are the places people want to be. Somewhere like Buenos Aires perhaps counts for less than New York when you work in the banking industry," he says.
For structural engineers, on the other hand, the Middle East, and Central and South America are ideal. "Any place with a big infrastructure spend," he adds.
"Those going to China or India need to be more adventurous, but for the right people they could provide excellent opportunities. They are interesting, and some businesses do find it easier to place people in China and India than others."
Mr Lacy, who himself lives with his young family in Shanghai, thinks China is a great place to get experience. He runs Accenture's strategy business and its sustainability services division and believes China is "one of the most important markets for these issues and will define the global business context for decades".
China is especially attractive to him as it means being at the centre of the challenges faced by multinational companies doing business there, while domestic companies are themselves looking to "go global". He believes markets such as China, India, and those belonging to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, such as Thailand and Indonesia, are stimulating places to learn.
But Mr Searls does not see any desire from job candidates to work in China and India at all. He recruits for the finance sector and many young professionals are often more concerned about the safety of their families than their career. "Australia is a top ranking destination for people who are taking their families. The US is always a popular choice, too," he says.
Mr Caulfield adds that countries such as China and India often have certain market restrictions. India is closed to external lawyers, for example. The cultural divide can often be a turn-off for westerners, too. "Australia and the US are popular because you get experience abroad, but there are elements of cultural continuity."
Saudi Arabia is another unpopular choice, particularly with female job seekers, due to the severe lifestyle restrictions. "Saudi has a huge number of jobs, but female employees can't do anything, so they're not going to go there," says Mr Watson.
Mr Lacy, on the other hand, is finding China to be his most interesting assignment. "It is a fascinating life experience for me and my young family – a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to learn about one of the most historic and exciting cultures in the world," he says.
His work running regional businesses at Accenture has taken him to Costa Rica, Latin America and Brussels, Belgium, but he says China is different. Cultural differences and "the west's relative blind spot to the real intricacies of its history and culture" mean he has enjoyed a steep but very rewarding learning curve both in business and personally.
"This was more pronounced than my spells in continental Europe and Latin America, where the cultural reference points, while different, are more recognisable and the business culture has more in common with the UK," he says.
Though graduates are keen to work abroad, their expectations will almost certainly have to adjust as the best opportunities will be in future growth markets, which include China and India. Mr Lacy adds that there are also development opportunities and chances to take on responsibility in Africa.
The PwC report predicts that the need to fill positions around the world is likely to see businesses use staff more flexibly.
It also expects the traditional flow of talent from west to east will be reversed as emerging markets become even more important. It sees skilled workers from emerging economies moving into developed countries, often on short-term assignments, to gain valuable experience that can then be used in their home markets.
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"Without Coal, This State Is Nothing"...WEST VIRGINIA COAL MINERS SPEAK OUT...SUPPORT TRUMP
By Patty McMurray | Aug 22, 2016
"We're going to put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of business." – Hillary Clinton
Yes, that's exactly what Hillary Clinton said in March about the coal industry. She was following the Obama policy of shutting down the coal industry at all costs. She has since said she would spend federal dollars to retrain coal miners to do another job. The problem is that these men don't want to do that. The American people and voters in West Virginia had better realize what the loss of the coal industry would mean…
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POWELLTON, W.Va. — Deep in the belly of an Appalachian mountain, a powerful machine bored into the earth, its whirring teeth clawing out a stream of glistening coal. Men followed inside the Maple Eagle No. 1 mine, their torches cutting through the dank air. One guided the machine with a PlayStation-like controller; others bolted supports in the freshly cut roof.
They were angry. The coal industry that made West Virginia prosperous has been devastated. Every day, it seemed, another mine laid off workers or closed entirely. Friends were forfeiting their cars, homes and futures.
For these men, this season's presidential campaign boils down to a single choice. "I'm for Trump," said Dwayne Riston, 27, his face smeared in dust. "Way I see it, if he wins, we might at least stand a chance of surviving."
Few places in America offer such a simple electoral calculus as the rolling, tree-studded hills of West Virginia.
Even as Donald J. Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, lags badly in crucial swing states and loses his grip on white male voters over all, he remains on solid ground here with his promise to "bring back coal." The fact that his Democrat opponent, Hillary Clinton, said in March, "We're going to put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of business," has helped, too.
But this is not just about economics. West Virginia's coal country is part of the broader white, working-class vote that has coalesced around a single candidate, Mr. Trump, like never before. His support here stems from a profound, decades-in-the-making sense of political and cultural alienation that has left people feeling distant from their leaders, and even from fellow Americans.
"I kind of feel that people are looking down on us," said Neil Hanshew, a miner, voicing a common sentiment. "They're looking at us like we're a bunch of dumb hillbillies who can't do anything else."
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Final radical म् m, in internal combination, is assimilated to a following mute or spirant—in the later case, becoming anusvāra; in the former, becoming the nasal of the same class with the mute.
a. Before m or v (as when final: 143 a), it is changed to n: thus, from √gam come áganma, aganmahi, ganvahi, jaganvā́ṅs (which appear to be the only quotable cases). According to the grammarians, the same change is made in the inflection of root-stems before bh and su: thus, praçānbhis, praçānsu (from praçām: pra + √çam). No derived noun-stem ends in m.
b. The ÇB. and KÇS. have kámvant and çāmvant, and CbU. has kamvara.


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Channel 4 News has learned that the dead Afghan Taliban chief's relatives are refusing to swear allegiance to his successor.
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Mullah Omar's death was confirmed by the Taliban last week. The Afghan government said the one-eyed cleric died more than two years ago.
On Saturday a new audio recording from his succcessor, Mullah Akhtar Mansoor, emerged. The new leader called for unity amid reports of splits among different Taliban factions.
The jihadi group has been fighting the US-backed Afghan government since being ousted from power after the US invasion in 2001.
Omar's brother, Abdul Manan, issued a recorded message in Pashto on behalf of the dead leader's family to say they will not accept any new chief without the agreement of all leading members of the militant group.
We have not declared allegiance to anyone and will never do it because of the differences over the new leader. Abdul Manan
Manan said: "We have not declared allegiance to anyone and will never do it because of the differences over the new leader.
"We also want the religious leaders to resolve the differences rather than siding with any one or declaring allegiance to any side.
"The Ameer-ul-Momineen (leader of the faithful) had always desired unity and understanding and he had, to a large extent, succeeded to maintain unity.
"So we want to consult and respect opinion of the ulema (religious leaders), Mujahideen (fighters) and those renowned personalities in the election of the new chief who had played important role in the foundation of the Islamic Emirate."
We will serve the new leader if he is elected with consensus but will not support anyone including Mullah Akhtar Mansoor if the leaders failed to demonstrate unity. Abdul Manan
He added: "The election with consensus will be homage and respect to the desire of Mullah Mohammad Omar.
"We will serve the new leader if he is elected with consensus but will not support anyone including Mullah Akhtar Mansoor if the leaders failed to demonstrate unity."
The message highlights the difficulty Akhtar Mansoor faces in unifying different elements of the Taliban.
Some members favour negotiating with the Afghan government, while others want military operations to continue until the Taliban achieves its goal of replacing the elected government with rule by Islamic sharia law.
Former Taliban Minister Mutasim Agha Jan, who was close to Mullah Omar, confirmed to Channel 4 that it is Abdul Manan's voice on the recording.
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Interview: Steve Ryfle, of Kaiju Masterclass
by Our Culture
Kaiju Masterclass runs from the 2nd - 4th October 2020.
Most fans of Japanese monster cinema will, at some point, find out about G-Fest; the annual Godzilla convention held in Chicago, Illinois. For many U.S. fans, it's a regular pilgrimage and cherished event. For international fans, it's sometimes felt just out of reach.
With the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, G-Fest was cancelled for 2020, and fans and organisers stepped into the breach to offer Kaiju Con-Line instead. Featuring livestreams and interviews with the likes of James Flower (of Arrow Video), Matt Frank (artist for IDW's Godzilla comics), and Steven Sloss (director of the Godzilla Unmade audio-dramas), it was a welcome alternative – and one accessible to fans all over the world.
Following this comes Kaiju Masterclass, a three-day online convention featuring some of the biggest names in Japanese monster cinema. Between the second and fourth of October, Kaiju Masterclass will offer an array of interviews and panels with some of the filmmakers behind this rich cinematic legacy. Among them are director Shusuke Kaneko (director of the '90s Gamera trilogy), Shinji Higuchi (special effects director behind Kaneko's Gamera trilogy, as well as the live-action Attack on Titan films and 2016's Shin Godzilla), Bear McCreary (music composer for 2019's Godzilla King of the Monsters), and Michiru Oshima (music composer for 2000's Godzilla vs. Megaguirus, 2002's Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla, and 2003's Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.). These guests are just the tip of the iceberg.
One of the founders of this endeavour is Steve Ryfle, co-author of director Ishiro Honda's biography. Our Culture reached out to Steve to speak about Kaiju Masterclass; about the mechanics of putting together an online convention like this; and what's next on the horizon for him.
Thanks for speaking with us, Steve. Please introduce yourself for our readers.
I'm a writer in Los Angeles, California and I've taken a longtime interest in Japanese science-fiction and fantasy films. I co-authored, with Ed Godziszewski, a biography of filmmaker Ishiro Honda titled Ishiro Honda: A Life in Film, From Godzilla to Kurosawa; I co-produced the feature documentary on the art of Japanese special effects, Bringing Godzilla Down to Size; and I've recorded a lot of audio commentaries for this type of film, most often in partnership with Ed.
How did Kaiju Masterclass get started?
It actually started as a germ of an idea in a Facebook comment thread. Matt Burkett had posted a video about the dearth of new kaiju eiga "experts," and my friend Erik Homenick, who is the webmaster of akiraifukube.org and the official biographer of composer Akira Ifukube, and I both said it would be interesting if we could organize a small convention on the west coast (Erik is a PhD candidate at UC San Diego) with something of a more serious side, emphasizing the creative process behind these films and the themes underlying them. Although we didn't envision a true academic conference we did think of maybe having it on Erik's university campus. But it was just talk at this point. COVID-19 had already hit the U.S. pretty hard (this was in April) and we initially thought our con idea was something we'd do after the pandemic. But as I recall, we shifted pretty much immediately to the idea of doing something online. Erik and I asked a few colleagues and friends to join us in the effort: John DeSentis (a composer and conductor behind Kaiju Crescendo and other genre film music concerts); Patrick Galvan (a writer for syfy.com); Matt Parmley and Kyle Bird (Kaiju Transmissions podcast) and Kyle Gilmore (a filmmaker and graphic artist). We sort of figured it out as we go, dividing up the work amongst ourselves and playing to our individual strengths. This is an entirely volunteer, roll-up-your-sleeves kind of effort.
The calibre of guests is remarkable. Names like Pat Saperstein really stand out, as the importance of the English-language versions of these films (which her father helped bring overseas) is seldom discussed. How easy was it to get in touch with some of these people?
In the age of social media you can get in touch with most anybody. But the truth is that we already were acquainted with most of them in one way or another, which is probably why this thing came together so smoothly and so well. One of the great aspects of studying and writing about these films, and about the fandom that surrounds them, is that it's possible to make contact with and even develop friendships with the creators of the genre. As you know, a lot of personalities from Japan, people who worked behind and in front of the camera, have come to the U.S. to participate in conventions and events over the past 20-plus years. Many of them are active on social media as well. The guest roster represents people that I've interviewed and stayed in touch with over the years, people who other members of the team have developed working relationships with (John DeSentis, for instance, conducted a concert with Michiro Oshima), as well as colleagues, and people we admire and want to give exposure to. I had interviewed both directors Shinji Higuchi and Shusuke Kaneko back in 1996 in Japan; Shinchi Wakasa was in a documentary that I worked on with Norman England and Ed Godziszewski, who are also both giving presentations. So, you can see the connections. In that sense, composers Bear McCreary and David Arnold were the two biggest "gets" for us, because we didn't have those kind of connections with either of them. John DeSentis worked his tail off to get McCreary to join us, and I have to thank my friend Tab Murphy (who is also a presenter) for putting in a good word that enabled us to have Arnold on board.
Some areas of Japanese monster cinema have been discussed more than others. More people might be aware of Eiji Tsuburaya than they are of Koichi Kawakita, for example. Is there an area you'd like to see get more attention?
Because it is such a visual genre, and because the classic films were more or less handmade, there is a great deal of emphasis on special effects, particularly on the "how" – the techniques and materials used to achieve a certain effect or scene. What I hope we can get into is more of the themes and ideas underlying the films and the creative process by which the filmmakers, writers, composers, and artists go about their work.
What benefits are there with staging a convention online?
Again, this is an all-volunteer event. We're dipping into our own pockets a little bit, to be honest. But we didn't realize we could do something so special and so big, so we didn't even try to monetize the event with sponsors. We do have a merchandise store at Red Bubble, which is linked on our website (kaijumasterclass.com), and if anyone wants to support us by purchasing something that might help offset our costs a little, and we'd appreciate that. But if this were an in-person event, it would either require a budget in the many many thousands of dollars, or it would have to be something much smaller in order to minimize the expenses for guest travel and appearances. What we are doing is only possible because it's online. It also makes it possible for many more people, who would not be able to travel, to attend. Of course we'll miss the in-person camaraderie but in this year of quarantines and time spent away from friends and family, this is a nice substitute and a way to give something back to the fan community.
Do you think we'll see future Kaiju Masterclass conventions?
Let's see how well we do this time before we think that far ahead. I'd certainly be open to it, and with a little experience under our collective belts, who knows what we'll be able to do?
What's next for you on the horizon?
As far as my interest in this genre is concerned, I am writing a new book titled Godzilla vs. the World: The Politics of Japan's Disaster Monster for University of Texas Press. Also, Ed Godziszewski and I recorded a new audio commentary for The H-Man, to be released on bluray by Eureka in the UK.
Thanks very much to Steve Ryfle for speaking with Our Culture. To view the line-up of events on offer, please visit the Kaiju Masterclass website.
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Yet basic understanding of how to deal with aggressive comments by others can change the course of a conversation. And there are clear reasons why we may speak with less politeness or respect than we would do if meeting someone in person.


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Pa./S. Jersey honors retiring exec. Stan Smith
by Tiffany Meeder, posted Thursday, December 15, 2016 (2 years ago)
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BOLIVAR, Pa. (BP) -- The Baptist Resource Network of Pennsylvania/South Jersey (BRN) at its annual meeting celebrated the upcoming retirement of interim Executive Director/Treasurer Stanley K. Smith.
Smith will retire in March, 2017, after 32 years with the BRN, most recently as interim executive director following the March 2016 retirement of longtime executive director David Waltz. Previously, Smith served as associate executive director and director of the missions division.
Stanley K. Smith (second from right) was honored with a reception preceding his March 2017 retirement after 32 years of service with the Baptist Resource Network of Pennsylvania/ South Jersey (BRN). Joining him are his wife Lynda, BRN missions director Barry Whitworth (right) and Robert Hylton (left), senior pastor of Country & Town Baptist Church in Mechanicsburg, Pa.
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The annual meeting Nov. 3-4 at Antiochian Village & Conference Center in Bolivar, Pa., marked BRN's 46 years of service to Southern Baptists in Pennsylvania and South Jersey. Messengers approved a 2017 budget, elected officers and heard stories of spiritual transformation.
The new budget of $2,929,270 includes a 2.68 percent increase over the 2016 allocation and anticipates $908,270 in Cooperative Program receipts, a 4.8 percent increase over anticipated current year receipts. Messengers agreed to forward 26.1 percent of CP gifts to the Southern Baptist Convention for national and international missions and ministries, compared to the 26 percent of CP receipts forwarded in 2016.
CP giving has been strong this year, Smith said at the meeting, with year-to-date receipts of just over $734,662 (as of Nov. 3) higher than they have been year-to-date since 2009's tally of about $777,623.
Newly elected officers are president Kevin Roberts, pastor of Community Baptist Church, Charleroi, Pa. and first vice-president George Tynes, pastor of Truth Baptist Church, Philadelphia. Other officers included recording secretary Elizabeth Benge, a member of Stewartstown Baptist Church, Stewartstown, Penn.; assistant recording secretary Antoinette Buie, a member of Ezekiel Baptist Church, Philadelphia; historian Frederick Boehlke, a member of Paoli Baptist Church, Paoli, Penn., and parliamentarian Jeff Slagle, a member of Mason Dixie Baptist Church, New Freedom, Penn.
The annual meeting theme "Fostering Spiritual Transformation in a Changing World" was based on James 1:17 and reminded Christians to cast their cares on the Lord, "who does not change like shifting shadows." In attendance were 263 messengers and guests from the 117 of the 325 active churches in the BRN.
A special reception honored Smith's contributions to Southern Baptist life, which has included pastorates in Allentown, Pa., and Harwood, Mo., and service as an International Mission Board journeyman in Indonesia where he ministered to college students and pastored an English church in Yogyakarta. He has been active in overseas mission projects in the Ukraine, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Philippines, India and Italy. He and his wife Lynda have two adult children, Keith and Beth, and three grandchildren.
Kim Grueser, chairman of the BRN executive director/treasurer search committee, told messengers the committee will recommend to the BRN Executive Board a candidate for the position in the coming months.
The 2017 annual meeting is set for Nov. 2-3 at the Wyndham Garden Hotel in York, Pa.
Tiffany Meeder is an administrative assistant with the Baptist Resource Network of Pennsylvania/ South Jersey.
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I draw Visio diagram very regular but have been very motivated to create more and more dynamic diagram that only require the artistic touch to make the diagrams look the way you want. There should be no reason to waste time typing in data if you already have it in a Excel Spreadsheet, SharePoint Foundation List, or DB. I am using Excel Spreadsheets for this example but you can use whatever you want. There is additional things you would need to do to make it work obviously. To do all the drawing you can do it in VBA, PowerShell using the Visio module/plugin, or C# (I will learn this one day). I have decided to use the Visio module/plugin for PowerShell by Saveen Reddy because it is the quickly to learn and use for me. He is the author of a larger project call Visio Automation.
I did create my own Stencil Pack and added my Data Graphics to it. I prefer to create diagram that has simple hostnames (that are unique) so they can be linked using the external data concept in Visio and use the Excel Spreadsheet, SharePoint Foundation List, or DB options. Since I use the unique hostname as the key in the XLS I can match that to the name of the shape on the page. I can then populate the Data Graphic with all the data from the external data. I also keep a connection list in a format of C followed by any number of digits. This allows the WAN links to be linked to the external data.
Here is a little of useful powershell to quickly select the specific shapes all at once.
# If the Visio plugin for PowerShell doesn't see a connection to Visio connect to it.
# Sometimes you will need to also attach to the document.
My Script requires input from a file in the following format.
label = "Name of Page/Document in Visio"
Currently Connector_Label is ignored but could be used for different implementations.
# You would have to comment out the following three lines since you likely don't have them in a Stencil Pack like I do.
# You would have to comment out the following two lines since you likely don't have them in a Stencil Pack like I do.
Here is a picture of what it would draw.


Who's Going to Care for Me?
From the ending of John Steinbeck's novel The Grapes of Wrath where Rose breastfeeds a starving stranger.
I'll never forget January 2010, the month that my maternal grandmother passed away. Not only was she the matriarch of our family, she was my last living grandparent. This was the only grandparent death I'd experienced as an adult, so it was different. As we sat there in the church building during her funeral services and I looked around at the family and friends gathered, I could not help but think about the last few years of her life. I thought about how after my grandfather passed, she had taken care of herself and her household, but as she aged, she needed help. My mom, her siblings, and her caretaker were her support the last few years of her life when she became feeble. I began to wonder, who is going to take care of me when I become elderly? If nothing changes and I do not have children, what will happen to me when I age?
When we are young, we are under the impression that we must follow the perceived societal norm: go to college, get married, have children, and live happily ever after. However as of late, the norm is shifting. More women are delaying childbirth for educational pursuits and for economic reasons. In the United States, women, ages 35-39, having their first child has increased 50% over the last 20 years. (Peterson, Pirritanom, Tucker & Lampic, 2012) As a result a woman may unexpectedly be faced with infertility, due to reduction in fertility that comes with age. In addition, there are some who individuals who purposely choose not to be parents. As this generation ages, we could possibly see more people in the childless and elderly demographic. When those in this demographic become ill, they may face a different set of issues than those with children, as noted by DeOllos and Kapinus. Their work asserts that childless elderly individuals are more likely to be institutionalized if they became ill and once released, their network of friends and family were not extremely supportive (DeOllos & Kapinus, 2002).
Although it is not guaranteed that someone with children will have better care than someone who does not, it is more likely that a child will feel obligated to care for an ill parent. There are many factors that can contribute to how this scenario may turn out for someone and many questions that have to be answered, especially as societal norms continue to transform. I am not sure of what the future holds for me, I am certain that as my parents age, my siblings and I will be there, just as they were for my grandparents.
DeOllos, I. Y., & Kapinus, C. A. (2002). Aging childless individuals and couples: suggestions for new directions in research. Sociological Inquiry, 72, 72-80.
Peterson, B. D., Pirritano, M., Tucker, L., & Lampic, C. (1012). Fertility awareness and parenting attitudes among American male and female undergraduate university students. Human Reproduction, 27, 1375-1382.


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Q: Using distinct in LINQ where >1 column involved I have a list of records, 3 of the properties of which are
VendorId
VendorName
VendorDesc

There could be multiple instances of the same vendor.
What I wish to do is retrieve a "distinct" list of "VendorNames" with the VenderDesc property as well.
Returning one property is fine ie
var myVendorNameList = myRecords.Select(r=>r.VendorName).Distinct();

However I wish to add the VendorDesc to this list after which I interate through to output(Razor View) the content using foreach ie
foreach (var item in myVendors)
{
 Name: @item.VendorName
 Desc: @item.VendorDesc
}

Thanks in advance.

A: The simplest way is to GroupBy the field you want and decide which of the duplicate records you want:
myRecords.GroupBy(r=>r.VendorName)
         .Select(g => g.First());

A: You can use GroupBy.This will also return VendorId property but I think that is not a problem.
myRecords.GroupBy(x => x.VendorName).Select(g => g.First());

A: I think, using the  morelinq's DistinctBy (as LB mentioned) or creating your own one would be more readable
public static IEnumerable<T> DistinctBy<T, TKey>(this IEnumerable<T> source,
                                                 Func<T, TKey> keySelector)
{
    HashSet<TKey> keys = new HashSet<TKey>();
    return source.Where(x => keys.Add(keySelector(x)));
}

You can now use it as
myVendorNameList  = myRecords.DistinctBy(r=>r.VendorName);

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Review Date June 25th, 2008 by High-Def Digest staff
Overview - Persepolis is the poignant story of a young girl coming-of-age in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. It is through the eyes of precocious and outspoken nine-year-old Marjane that we see a people's hopes dashed as fundamentalists take power - forcing the veil on women and imprisoning thousands. Clever and fearless, she outsmarts the "social guardians" and discovers punk, ABBA and Iron Maiden. Yet when her uncle is senselessly executed and as bombs fall around Tehran in the Iran/Iraq war the daily fear that permeates life in Iran is palpable. As she gets older, Marjane's boldness causes her parents to worry over her continued safety. And so, at age fourteen, they make the difficult decision to send her to school in Austria. Vulnerable and alone in a strange land, she endures the typical ordeals of a teenager. In addition, Marjane has to combat being equated with the religious fundamentalism and extremism she fled her country to escape. Over time, she gains acceptance, and even experiences love, but after high school she finds herself alone and horribly homesick. Though it means putting on the veil and living in a tyrannical society, Marjane decides to return to Iran to be close to her family. After a difficult period of adjustment, she enters art school and marries, all the while continuing to speak out against the hypocrisy she witnesses. At age 24, she realizes that while she is deeply Iranian, she cannot live in Iran. She then makes the heartbreaking decision to leave her homeland for France, optimistic about her future, shaped indelibly by her past.
Technical Specs: BD-50 Dual-Layer Disc
Length:95
English Descriptive Audio: English Dolby TrueHD 5.1 Surround
French Dolby TrueHD 5.1 Surround
Spanish Subtitles
Special Features: Select-Scene Commentaris
Scene Comparisons
Movie Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
It saddens me in this era of Wikipedia, Google, and 24-hour news networks that it took an animated foreign film to paint a clear picture of Iran and its ideological turmoil. 'Persepolis' is the brain child of Iranian author, illustrator, and director Marjane Satrapi (who co-wrote and directed the film with Vincent Paronnaud), a French immigrant born and raised in Tehran in the '70s and '80s amidst Iran's most recent social upheaval. Faithfully adapted from a pair of Satrapi's autobiographical graphic novels, this surreal French production examines Iran's modern history, its oppressive regime, and the imprisoned hearts and minds of those trapped beneath its heavy boot.
Named for the ancient ceremonial capital of the Persian Empire, 'Persepolis' follows a young Marjane (Chiara Mastroianni) as she approaches adolescence during the Iranian Revolution. For anyone who doesn't know, the Iranian Revolution was a late twentieth century insurrection in which Iran was hijacked by a fundamentalist regime controlled by the Ayatollahs. In just two short years, artists and activists were jailed, revolutionaries were executed en mass, and women were degraded and forced to wear head coverings in public. In the film, the situation becomes more dire for Marjane's family with each passing day, and her mother (Catherine Deneuve) and father (Simon Abkarian in the original French version and Sean Penn in the English dub) struggle to successfully protect her from Iran's zealots while maintaining their family's beliefs and convictions.
Confused by the tyrannical demands of her government and the seeming cruelty of God, Marjane turns to her grandmother (Danielle Darrieux and Gena Rowlands) and uncle (Francois Jerosme and Iggy Pop) for advice. However, as the political situation becomes even more dangerous, Marjane's parents send her to live and attend a French school in Vienna. Unsatisfied with the people she encounters there, she eventually moves on and befriends a group of apathetic amateur philosophers and pompous "revolutionaries" who introduce the teenage girl to an entirely different set of headaches and heartaches. Fighting to discover her place in the world, understand her role in Iran, and accept her heritage, Marjane desperately searches for happiness, love, and peace in a frightening, ever-changing world.
'Persepolis' is quite frankly an innovative masterpiece that overcomes its humble visuals and captures the essence of Marjane's inner turmoil and physical struggles. It also manages to encapsulate the conflicting attitudes and beliefs of an entire nation that suffers from an ongoing identity crisis. When asked why she chose to tell her story first in the graphic novel format and second in black and white 2D animation, Marjane has said that her simplistic drawings allow an audience to realize and identify the core fears and complex emotions she experienced throughout her young life. In that regard, 'Persepolis' is without equal. Gunmen loom through smoke in a dream that becomes all too real, the history of Iran is revealed using rolling landscapes and puppet-like figures, and God is a friendly, bearded man who has conversations with Marjane on a regular basis. Even more surreal are the fundamentalist women who slither around the young girl like hooded snakes, an ex-boyfriend shown from two different perspectives, a battle with puberty, and Marjane's various encounters with love in France. These scenes bend reality and defy expectations, yet somehow effectively communicate every subtle layer and emotion Satrapi is trying to convey.
To that end, the story itself is full of intrigue, violence, and tense confrontations that imbue the film with a palpable sense of doom and dread. Marjane doesn't just pull back the curtain on Iran's oppressive and repressive fundamentalist regime, she tells a tender coming-of-age tale that doesn't feel manipulative or embellished. Her dialogue is succinct and to-the-point, leaving little room for interpretation or debate. Some may worry that her perspective is biased by the horrors of her childhood, but she's more critical of herself and her decisions than she is of the most treacherous villains in Iran. For all of her activist views and humanitarian pleas, Marjane never blames anyone but herself -- while she frequently points out the crimes of a government and the fear of an entire people, she's more concerned with paying penance for the mistakes and misdeeds of her adolescence.
I suppose some people will find 'Persepolis' a tad uneven or bemoan its girl-power subtext, but I found it all quite refreshing and unique. Marjane's film educates a foreign audience on the historical and political conflicts that birthed modern Iran, tells a bittersweet story of a young girl growing up in the shadow of a cruel regime, and somehow managed to make a spoiled, white American guy like me connect with a Iranian woman living in France. Not bad for a simplistic, black and white animated film.
BD-50 Dual-Layer Disc
English Dolby TrueHD 5.1 Surround
Select-Scene Commentaris
2D animation? Simplistic black and white art? A minimalist use of color? 'Persepolis' isn't exactly the sort of film one would expect to offer a compelling upgrade over its DVD counterpart. However, Sony has given the film an absolutely gorgeous 1080p/AVC-encoded transfer that intensifies the imagery and reproduces Satrapi's vision with painstaking faithfulness. The animation itself showcases sharp, clean lines, perfectly stark contrast, and incredibly inky black levels. The entire film plays just as it should: like a graphic novel whose characters are leaping off the page and onto the screen. More importantly, the occasional use of color is bold and stable, there is no crushing present in the darkest regions of the transfer, and detail is so impeccable that the various textures of the hand-drawn lines and painted background images are intact and clearly visible throughout the production.
Even so, the thing that seals the deal with this release is the striking clarity of the image. The transfer isn't hindered by artifacting, source noise, or (to my surprise) banding of any sort. White spaces are clean, black expanses are unyielding, and there isn't a hint of frame stutter or contrast wavering. Some people may complain that the film itself isn't demo material, but I say bah. The Blu-ray edition of 'Persepolis' proves that high definition can even transform a simplistic, two-dimensional, animated film into a perfect work of art.
Wow… consider my expectations completely shattered with this release. 'Persepolis' not only features a stunning video transfer, it boasts a pair of impressive Dolby TrueHD 5.1 surround tracks that faithfully endow both the original French mix and new English dub with plenty of sonic power. While I generally abhor dubs of any sort, I have to attest to the sheer quality of the film's English voice cast (which includes impressive performances from Sean Penn and Iggy Pop) and subsequent English-language mix. At the same time, purists should also be happy to know the original French-language track sounds better than ever.
Dialogue is crisp, nicely weighted and centered, and perfectly prioritized in both mixes. While some may assume 'Persepolis' would be a talky bore, the film regularly focuses on tank assaults, collapsing buildings, gunfire, and other LFE-laden elements. The rear surrounds are aggressive to say the least, effectively recreating the immersive sounds of environmental ambiance, crumbling bricks, and falling debris. Better still, the film's rock-heavy soundtrack blasts quite a few classics through the speakers, blessing Marjane's tale with a one-two punch of authority and resonance. Through it all, pans remain transparent (particularly for an 2D animated film), directionality is spot on, and the soundfield is expansive.
Sure, there are scenes that feel a bit front heavy and some that forget to utilize the rear speakers for interior acoustics, but the tracks are by and large faultless representations of the original theatrical experience. Fans will not be disappointed.
The Blu-ray edition of 'Persepolis' includes all of the special features that appear on its standard DVD counterpart. While lacking in a few areas, the only real complaint I can drum up is that the video content is presented in fairly bland standard definition.
The Hidden Side of Persepolis (SD, 30 minutes) – The first and best feature on the disc is a thorough and incredibly detailed documentary that explores the animation process, Satrapi's close involvement with every step of the production, the film's talented cast, and the reactions and reception of the movie around the world. Satrapi and co-writer/director Vincent Paronnaud host the candid tour and really dig through the entirety of the film's creation. This is a must see for fans of the film and anyone interested in the efforts that went into its development.
Behind the Scenes of Persepolis (SD, 9 minutes) – On the flipside, this promotional EPK featurette doesn't deliver anything of value other than a glimpse into the recording sessions made for the film's English-language dub.
Select Scene Commentaries (7 minutes) -- Unfortunately, 'Persepolis' doesn't include a full length commentary track with Marjane Satrapi. Instead, the disc includes a trio of all-too-brief scene-specific commentaries with Satrapi, co-writer/director Vincent Paronnaud, and actress Chiara Mastroianni that honestly didn't pack enough information to satisfy my rabid curiosity and interest.
Animated Scene Comparisons (SD, 11 minutes) -- Essentially a collection of storyboards, animatics, and final footage is notable in that it features further comments from Satrapi and shows a few deleted scenes that didn't make it into the final film.
2007 Cannes Q&A (SD, 29 minutes) -- This lengthy Q&A featurette recorded at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival Press Conference offers a lot of details about the production… unfortunately, most of the information has already been covered elsewhere on the disc.
Trailers (HD, 7 minutes) – Previews for a variety of Sony releases including 'Saawariya,' 'The Jane Austen Book Club,' and a montage of other new and upcoming titles.
'Persepolis' is an excellent animated film that educates and entertains; a rare combination of cinematic virtues all too often absent from today's films. This Blu-ray edition is worth your attention as well. It features a gorgeous video transfer that energizes the black and white animation, a powerful TrueHD audio track that handles war and punk rock with the same tenacity, and a nice collection of supplements that fills in the gaps of the production. In all, 'Persepolis' is a film everyone should try and one with which many will fall in love.


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## Arguments

`attribute` (`String`): The name of the attribute.

## Returns

(`String|null`): The value of the attribute or null.

## Example

> [Example Component](../../components/Example.md)

```js
import { mount, mountAsChild } from '@jasoeight/vue-testing';
import { expect } from 'chai';
import Example from './path/to/Example.vue';

describe('Example.vue', () => {
    it('has fullname element with an attribute "style" (tested with mount())', () => {
        const wrapper = mount(Example);
        expect(wrapper.find('h1')[0].getAttributeValue('style')).to.equal('color: red;');
    });

    it('has fullname element with an attribute "style" (tested with mountAsChild())', () => {
        const wrapper = mountAsChild(Example);
        expect(wrapper.find('h1')[0].getAttributeValue('style')).to.equal('color: red;');
    });
});
```

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Eric Dadswell was one of the comic artists who drew for the British comic magazine All Girl Comics in the 1950s. Girl was a sister publication to Eagle, published by Hulton Press from 1951 until 1960 when they were taken over by Longacre and then IPC Magazines before being subsumed by Princess in October 1964. Some of the stories and comics were also collected in bound Girl Annual albums. Eric Dadswell contributed the comic 'Three Sisters of Haworth', about the Brontë sisters and written by Pamela Green and Kenneth Gravett. He also illustrated the comic version of the popular television series 'Emergency Ward 10'.


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Fernando Torres is in line to make his Liverpool debut on Tuesday against Werder Bremen.
Liverpool face Bremen in their third pre-season friendly of the summer at the Swiss training camp.
Torres missed Saturday's win at Crewe with a slight ankle injury, but Reds boss Rafa Benitez is ready to give the club's record signing his much anticipated bow against Bremen.
"We had to wait for Fernando because he started training after the other players," said Benitez.
"We also needed to check his ankle but I think he'll be okay for our next game."
Benitez, meanwhile, praised Andrei Voronin following his first appearance for the club in the 3-0 victory at Crewe.
"We know that Voronin is going to be another option for us," added Benitez.
"He has good game intelligence, he plays well between the lines and he has a lot of quality."


I've talked about this for a handful of years of doing a blog and life coaching, it's about time I actually did it. I'm always giving advice to clients and friends about "Don't just say, do. What's the worst that can happen?", so I should just take the plunge myself. Which is a good topic for post #1.
All of us have fear, it's part of what makes us human, a core aspect that has been around since the beginning of time. For the most part fear is neither good nor bad, only how we handle it that's the deciding factor . So, how do you handle fear? Is fear in control of your life or are you in charge?
For myself, fear has/is a mixed bag, both encouraging me to challenge and move forward, along with questioning my sanity. Whether following my heart to move from Fresno to Carmel- having never been there before or going back to college in my Late 30's, going to school/working/single parenting full time. Scary stuff but so much growth in the process. What I never would have learned or accomplished if I had listened to my fear.
So, this blog & life coaching is the start down a new path. Something I have talked about for yrs and am finally setting in motion.so, join me on this journey and hopefully it will a learning experience for us all.
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This is the downloadable version of Helsinki Corpus of Swahili 2.0 (HCS 2.0) Annotated Version, see http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:lb-2016011301 for more information.
The Helsinki Corpus of Swahili 2.0 Annotated Version containing about 25 million words will be available in Kielipankki - the Language Bank of Finland in Download (https://korp.csc.fi/download) for academic use. This means that students and staff of universities can use the corpus by simply logging in with their university credentials. Alumni have the option to apply for access via https://lbr.csc.fi.
Access rights instructions: https:/ /www.kielipankki.fi/support/access (in Finnish: https://www.kielipankki.fi/tuki/kayttooikeudet/).
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The corpus contains various kinds of linguistic information attached to each token. The corpus was annotated using the Salama Tagger.
1. Converting the text into ascii-format, required by the tagger. There is a wild variety of codes for describing diacritics in Web texts. These had to be formalized.
2. Proofreading and correcting the text with a speller.
3. Analyzing the proofread text for finding still remaining typos and possibly new words.
4. Constructing a correction program that automatically corrects such typos that can be safely corrected. More than 8000 such mistake types were identified.
5. New words found in corpus were added to the parser.
6. Texts were corrected using the constructed correction program.
7. Metadata in text files were formalized.
8. Texts were converted into sentence-per-line format.
9. Text within each file was randomly shuffled to mix the sentence order.
Most of the new material consists of news texts from 2004-2015. The section 'Bunge' contains Hansards of the Tanzanian Parliament from the years 2004, 2005 and 2006. Metadata in the beginning of each file give more information. Also the names of the files give hints of the contents of the files.
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Her fur was white as snow.
The cavy was sure to go.
Which was a workday perk.
To see a pig at work.
And so the boss man turned her out.
But the cavy lingered near.
May your hay be bountiful, your loved ones near and your blessings too numerous to count.
Happy Thanksgiving from Princess Piggy Poo!
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Right back at ya, Princess Piggy Poo! Have an extremely good "hey" day!


Founded in 1951, Babe Ruth League serves over 1 million players from ages 4-18 in Babe Ruth Baseball, Cal Ripken Baseball, Babe Ruth Softball, & Buddy Ball. The Babe Ruth League, Inc. programs above all, are of, by and for youth. Its mission is to make better citizens through proper supervision of regulation competitive baseball and softball in addition to promoting mental and physical development. In adopting rules, in establishing standards and in all planning, the primary consideration is what is best for the participants.


Edwardian Antique Teak Garden Trolley.
A very clean example of an Edwardian antique teak garden trolley, made and labelled by Hughes, Bolcklow & Co, Battleship Wharf, London. Originally made to be used outside, in the garden, but this antique teak trolley is in such amazing condition, it has obviously never been used outside. In completey original condition, a superb model. All the original quality castors work well. These antique teak trolleys were often made for and retailed by Heals of London.


Semistructured data is not strictly typed like relational or object-oriented data and may be irregular or incomplete. It often arises in practice, e.g., when heterogeneous data sources are integrated or data is taken from the World Wide Web. Views over semistructured data can be used to filter the data and to restructure (or provide structure to) it. To achieve fast query response time, these views are often materialized. This paper studies incremental maintenance techniques for materialized views over semistructured data. We use the graph-based data model OEM and the query language Lorel, developed at Stanford, as the framework for our work. We propose a new algorithm that produces a set of queries that compute the changes to the view based upon a change to the source. We develop an analytic cost model and compare the cost of executing our incremental maintenance algorithm to that of recomputing the view. We show that for nearly all types of database updates, it is more efficient to apply our incremental maintenance algorithm to the view than to recompute the view from the database, even when there are thousands of such updates.


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The praise makes me a little uneasy. The truth is, it isn't thanks to me. I didn't knock on doors, give speeches or send cheques. I didn't even use this space to describe the terror of being seriously ill in my twenties and losing my health insurance when I lost my job. True, last summer I sent a modest donation when Ted Kennedy died, a kind of 'in lieu of flowers' gesture, but I justified (to myself) not giving more because I have a 41-year-old friend in West Virginia with breast cancer and no health insurance who needs my cash now. Deep down, I know that what she really needs is health-care coverage, but, at times, it's been hard to believe that something so monu-mental would ever happen.
My only effort: a few months ago, I wrote an email to the White House urging President Obama to hold fast to the original plan of creating a federal-government-run scheme to provide competition to private insurance companies. Days after I pressed 'send', however, the proposal was dropped from the final bill after the private companies mounted one of the most expensive lobbying campaigns in American history.
Not that I was surprised. Over the past year, I've had a sense of having been here before. As the original bill changed shape, I could hear my father's deep Southern voice saying that 'the final bill, if and when, will be Chekhovian, with everybody a little disappointed'. He was describing the Medicare Bill, which he worked on from the day Lyndon Johnson was swept into office in 1964. That bill provided national health insurance for the elderly, and it was signed into law by President Johnson on July 30, 1965, at the Truman Library in Independence, Missouri. Harry Truman was the first president to call for a national health-insurance programme.
As a senator, he was shocked at how many draftees were failing their induction physicals during the Second World War, rejections he believed revealed that too many average citizens couldn't afford to see a doctor. In 1945, he proposed physician and hospital insurance for working-aged Americans and their families. The plan, roundly denounced as 'socialised medicine' by the American Medical Association, bit the dust.
Somewhere in a box in the attic is a framed note from Johnson thanking my father for his efforts, and attaching one of the pens that signed the Medicare Bill into law. With it is the speech the president made at the signing, a speech my father had a hand in writing. Johnson told the nation that Truman 'had planted the seeds of compassion and duty' that led to the enactment of Medicare, that it had 'all started with the man from Independence'.
In his email, President Obama writes that much hard work is still to be done, but, at last, Americans will know the peace of mind of no longer being 'one injury or illness away from catastrophe'. That peace of mind, the mark of a civilised and humane society, is something the British have known for more than half a century. Mean-while, I think I'll reply to info@barackobama.com and suggest that he sign the final bill in the Truman Library in Independence. It might look like a scene from The West Wing, but it's good to remember all those who planted the seeds of compassion and duty.


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Q: uploading a custom app: the link doesn't appear The link to upload custom apps just doesn't appear. We have set all the settings in the ms teams app itself (team's configuration) and in admin.teams.microsoft.com. We are the team owner and the global owner, but the link just doesn't appear.
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It has a new plan designed especially for kids getting their first smartphone.
Verizon says it has just the plan for parents mulling a first smartphone for their children.
The new Just Kids plan is designed to give parents "peace of mind" when taking the plunge. Angie Klein, vice president of marketing for Verizon, said the plan addresses a major pain point in deciding when that'll happen.
"Kids are wanting phones earlier and earlier," she said. "But parents are leery and want to make sure they're not exposed to things they aren't ready for. And that's where our plan comes in."
The plan, which limits data to 5G or 4G LTE service, also includes the company's suite of parental controls, called Verizon Smart Family Premium. Verizon usually charges $9.99 per month for the app that lets parents manage screen time and set limits on what kids can see via content filters, and that includes location tracking so parents can keep tabs on their kids' whereabouts.
The 5GB of data included in the plan is another way parents can limit how much their kids use the phones. And they don't have to worry about overage fees. Safety Mode, which slows down service when it reaches the 5GB limit, ensures that parents' aren't socked with any surprise fees at the end of the month.
The Just Kids plan is part of Verizon's mix-and-match data plans, which allow you to select different tiers within the same family plan. In order to get the plan, you need at least one device on an unlimited plan.
Prices for Just Kids range between $35 and $55, depending on the number of unlimited lines signed up to the account. The service will be available starting April 4.


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Le Théâtre du Vieux-Terrebonne, est une salle de spectacle située à Terrebonne dans la région de Lanaudière au Québec. Il a été entièrement reconstruit en 2003.

Histoire

 1947: Inauguration du Théâtre Figaro.
 1948: Le théâtre devient le cinéma Figaro.
 1975: Le cinéma est divisé en deux salles.
 1986: La Ville de Terrebonne acquiert le cinéma de Terrebonne afin de doter la ville d'une salle de spectacle.
 1987: La Société de développement culturel de Terrebonne (SODECT) est mise sur pied et reçoit le mandat de lancer, d'administrer et d'animer le Théâtre du Vieux-Terrebonne.
 1988: Le Théâtre du Vieux-Terrebonne ouvre ses portes le  avec une salle de 418 places. On le surnommera le « P'tit TVT ».
 2001: À la suite d'un incendie, le terrain du « centre civique », situé entre la rue St-Pierre et la rivière des Mille-Îles se libère. La SODECT présente un projet de relocalisation du théâtre.
 2002: La ministre d'État à la Culture et aux Communications du Québec annonce que le projet de construction d'un nouveau théâtre est accepté. L'agence d'architecture montréalaise Atelier TAG. remporte le concours d'architecture pour la construction du nouveau théâtre. Des fouilles archéologiques débutent en octobre sur le futur site.
 2003: Le Gouvernement du Québec annonce officiellement en mars le versement d'une subvention de  pour la construction du nouveau théâtre. Les travaux commencent en septembre, et en décembre le magazine d'architecture Canadian Architect décerne l'un de ses trois Grands Prix d'Excellence à L'Atelier TAG. pour son projet de construction du nouveau Théâtre du Vieux-Terrebonne.
 2004: Le nouveau Théâtre du Vieux-Terrebonne, d'une capacité de 656 sièges, est inauguré le .
 2005: Le Ciné TVT propose un volet « cinéma de répertoire » dans la programmation du Théâtre du Vieux-Terrebonne.

Récompenses
 Prix Félix de l'ADISQ dans la catégorie « Salle de spectacle »: en 1992.
 Prix Félix de l'ADISQ dans la catégorie « Diffuseur de spectacles »: en 1994, 1999 et en 2004.

Lien externe
  Site officiel du Théâtre du Vieux-Terrebonne

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Prakash Tyagi has an MD in Medicine and has further studied Geriatric Medicine, International Public Health, Public Policy and Non-Profit Management.
Dr. Tyagi has been working with GRAVIS since 1999. Currently, he is the Executive Director of the organization. He leads the organization through planning and management of its various programs and projects. GRAVIS is one of the leading NGOs in North-West India, and focuses on livelihood promotion, health and education. Dr. Tyagi has also contributed to a number of development and health projects locally and internationally as well as to research studies focusing on community and public health.
In 2000, he founded a major, rural hospital in Western Rajasthan and currently directs its administration. This 70-bed rural facility is an important medical center in the area.
Tyagi, P.
Addressing HIV in the elderly populations in rural India
According to the estimates of the National AIDS Control (NACO) is on the lower side low prevalence. Yet because of its overall population size, India still has a large number of people living with HIV, an estimated 2.39 million. While there is not credible statistics available on the numbers of older people living with HIV, it is estimated that a sizeable proportion of people living with HIV in India is comprised of older people. The two reasons that would support this assumption are – one, India as a relatively good availability and coverage of ART increasing the life expectancy significantly, and two, there has been a significant reduction in the incidence of new HIV infections in the country. India has one of the largest populations of elderly people in the world. Particularly in rural areas, these older people live with deprivation and poverty and there is significant lack of health care services. Amidst many other challenges faced by older people in rural India, they have to go through the misery of being neglected and forgotten in HIV prevention and management efforts. GRAVIS in partnership with Help Age is running a comprehensive age-friendly healthcare programme in India, which covers several health aspects including HIV and AIDS. GRAVIS works in the Thar Desert region of India where older people live with poverty and in drought conditions. People of above 50 years of age are provided education and counselling on HIV transmission and on preventive aspects through outreach sessions with the help of locally suited training materials. Specialized training materials have been developed keeping cultural aspects in view. A cadre of about 50 community-based trainers has been developed. Those living with HIV are encouraged to access government provided ART on a regular basis. The programme has so far successfully educated over 15,000 older people in the area. The awareness on HIV has increased among elderly and there is an increased tendency of older people getting tested at government centers. ART centers are also giving special attention to older people coming for treatment due to our efforts. HIV and AIDS are a serious medial and public health challenge for elderly people too, and need adequate attention in community based health programmes. GRAVIS intends to organize a research study in future to better understand the challenges and then to replicate the programme in other parts of the country
Self Care Trainings for NCD Management in Old Age in India	The Correlation of Food Intake and Physical Activity with Body Composition and Muscle Function in Postmenopausal Women


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Intern in the Sports Department of mainstream High Schools in Perth, working with the Head of Department and the PE Teachers. You'll combine coaching with sports administration, lesson planning, monitoring student performance, assisting the PE teachers in all aspects of their work, assisting with lessons, and much more.
You'll get a well-rounded experience and knowledge of how a Sports Department is run in a high-quality, mainstream school in Australia.
You should be studying a Sports-related subject at university or college, or be qualified. You should also be aged 18 or over.
This project is open to all nationalities and all ages over 18. Suitable for gap years or those taking a year out, grown-up gappers, career breakers, anyone interested in gaining overseas work experience or an internship for university credit or requirement.
Also suitable for anyone just wanting to study abroad and learn about sports management practice overseas.
Travellers volunteer at the swimming pool on the Sports Internship.
A race taking place in the High School.
This excellent Sports Internship is based at a superb school with a well developed Sports Department. There are 1,800 students, who are all encouraged to participate in more than their academic studies alone. The School has a wide selection of specialist programs that run alongside their academic programs. The school is particularly proud of their competitive Swimming program, their sports facilities, and their 'Gifted and Talented Music Program'.
The main school we work with has a superb reputation and excellent facilities. Physical Education takes place twice a week throughout Years 8, 9 and 10. Students can also complement their PE classes with Dance, Outdoor Education, Racquet Focus or extra PE Cricket/AFL (Aussie Rules). The School is the current Grade A Champions in Swimming and Athletics. Other competitive sports they participate in include Football, Netball, Soccer, Rugby Union, Cricket, Basketball, Cross-Country Running and Water Polo.
At times there may also be canooeing, surfing and beach volley ball. School lessons last for 40 minutes and the school day runs from around 8:45 - 2:45 pm.
Volunteers in a huddle with some of the children on the sports field, preparing for the next event.
Interns assist with the undercover basketball practice.
The first two weeks have been very good indeed. I meet up with with Annette on the first Friday, where we also went for a stop by the school. And was also invited for a picnic with her family and friends same day. I really enjoyed their hospitality, that was definitely a good start "down under".
The school is very welcoming, and due to that I'm down here as volunteer they really want me to have the best out of it. I'm pretty much assisting on every swim class during the week, which is awesome. But teaching isn't always that easy, just because I'm been swimming competitively almost all my life, is actually quite hard getting it translated to at pack of teenagers 😂 but we are getting there 😉.
Sometime this week I will be joining some classes in the aviation school, that will be interesting. Been in aviation my whole career, that is also something of great interest to me.
But my primary work down here will be the swimming. It's actually quite nice just to have some time without aviation, just for a brief moment until I'm back in business again back home.
All in all, I'm very pleased with my placement so far. And I'm positive that it will give me what I expected and planned for my stay.
You mentioned if I would be interested in writing something about my stay. For now I just enjoy, a time with lots of spare time for my own sports as well, joined Perth City Masters swimming club.
Maybe when I'm close to the return date, then maybe I would gather some thoughts about the placement. I have 17 days in a campervan before leaving home, might have an evening or two for putting something on paper about the whole experience.
My Most Memorable Moment: The opportunity to travel to Australia and being shown to a completely different culture and lifestyle (which I loved) and the way in which sport/physical activity had its importance within schools.
My Biggest Achievement: It has built more confidence within unknown/uncomfortable areas and allowed me to obtain different techniques used by the PE staff (e.g behavioural, drills, games etc), thus I will be able to use these techniques in future coaching practise.
Positive Impact I Had on the Project: I assisted the PE staff with various jobs (e.g. Assisting with the supervision of students at sport events) and also, gave my knowledge of sports to the PE staff to assist with techniques and tactics (badminton).
From this experience I have gained a lot more confidence within a unfamiliar environments and this will allow me to use this knowledge and experience in future practise.
Meeting the range of teachers and students was great, was a complete difference to British culture in a school and sporting environment.
Also, having the time to travel allowed me to see some amazing sights.
I certainly would recommend this place to dedicated sporting individuals.
It would be suited to someone who's friendly, motivated to work, quick thinker, dedicated to put up with the students (😆) and be ready for anything that comes your way.
Start time - 8:40am, I would check my timetable and choose specific lessons that wanted to go to ( however I would try to change it up to make it more exciting).
Morning breaks- I would sometimes assist with activities e.g. Badminton on Monday and Thursday which I would help set up and challenge the students to mix it up for the PE teacher.
Additional activities/events: I assisted with setting up the swimming carnival and help with running the day. Furthermore, I assisted Mr V... with the Year-8 cricket team by supervising on team to ensure they are behaving and the match runs smoothly.


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Home Industries BizTimes event to focus on Milwaukee's challenges
BizTimes event to focus on Milwaukee's challenges
Nonprofit Excellence Awards panel to discuss socioeconomic issues in city
Andrew Weiland
2015 Nonprofit Excellence Awards winners.
The annual BizTimes Media Nonprofit Excellence Awards program will include a panel of key community leaders who will discuss Milwaukee's greatest socioeconomic problems and explore solutions to solve them.
The panelists will include:
Chris Abele, Milwaukee County Executive
Bill Krugler, president, Milwaukee JobsWork
Michael Morgan, principal, Milwaukee College Prep: Lola Rowe North Campus
Derek Mosely, City of Milwaukee Municipal Court Judge
The discussion will be moderated by Kimberly Kane, founder and president, of Kane Communications Group.
"Milwaukee is a vibrant city with much to offer. However, poverty, lack of access to good jobs and education and racial tension have created a deep divide – one that must be bridged for the entire community to realize its potential," said BizTimes Media publisher Dan Meyer. "Many people, companies and nonprofit organizations give tirelessly of their time and energy to provide better access to jobs, education, food and adequate health care. But how does it all work together, and what could we, as a community, be doing better? This is going to be a great discussion on these issues. There has never been a better time for our community to have this conversation."
Following the panel discussion will be the presentation of the Nonprofit Excellence Awards. The finalists were announced recently, and the winners will be announced at the event.
Click here to register to attend the Nonprofit Excellence Awards program.
Andrew is the editor of BizTimes Milwaukee. He joined BizTimes in 2003, serving as managing editor and real estate reporter for 11 years. A University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate, he is a lifelong resident of the state. He lives in Muskego with his wife, Seng, their son, Zach, and their dog, Hokey. He is an avid sports fan and is a member of the Muskego Athletic Association board of directors.
Revitalize Milwaukee to expand services with new funds
Molson Coors and Greater Milwaukee Urban League to launch networking group for Black entrepreneurs
Penfield Children's Center names new president and CEO
JobsWork MKE to move to ThriveOn King
Sheboygan children's museum expedites reopening timeline following water and ice damage
The annual BizTimes Media Nonprofit Excellence Awards program will include a panel of key community leaders who will discuss Milwaukee's greatest socioeconomic problems and explore solutions to solve them. The panelists will include:
The discussion will be moderated by Kimberly Kane, founder and president, of Kane Communications Group. "Milwaukee is a vibrant city with much to offer. However, poverty, lack of access to good jobs and education and racial tension have created a deep divide – one that must be bridged for the entire community to realize its potential," said BizTimes Media publisher Dan Meyer. "Many people, companies and nonprofit organizations give tirelessly of their time and energy to provide better access to jobs, education, food and adequate health care. But how does it all work together, and what could we, as a community, be doing better? This is going to be a great discussion on these issues. There has never been a better time for our community to have this conversation." Following the panel discussion will be the presentation of the Nonprofit Excellence Awards. The finalists were announced recently, and the winners will be announced at the event. Click here to register to attend the Nonprofit Excellence Awards program.


Yala National Park, one of Sri Lanka's premier eco tourism destinations, lies 24km northeast of Tissamaharama and 290km from Colombo on the southeast cost of Sri Lanka, spanning a vast 97,878 hectares over the southern and Uva provinces. The vegetation in the park comprises predominantly of semi-arid thorny scrub, interspersed with pockets of fairly dense secondary forest. Small patches of mangrove vegetation also occur along the coastal lagoons. The park is renowned for the variety of its wildlife (most notably its many elephants) and its fine coastline (with associated coral reefs). It also boasts a large number of important cultural ruins, bearing testimony to earlier civilizations and indicating that much of the area used to be populated and well developed.


So, how to entertain four children while going around the Francophone world looking at the sights?Well, not by introducing them to the delights of French life. "Not another croissant!" they yell over breakfast, while wailing for Cheerios. And looking at the sights is another crap idea for inspiring people under the age of 13. All they want to look at is a miniscule screen, prefarably of the Nintendo or iPhone variety. "Look out of the window at New Caledonia, wow, do you realise that you are looking at a flightless bird/ bit of rainforest/giant nickel mine" has soon collapsed into "Please look out, just a little bit, at these amazing mountains," and is now "Oh, just be quiet,here's my i-Pod, and let Daddy and I look out of the window, etc etc".
The children just do NOT care about anything which does not directly impinge on their world and the French overseas territories are, sadly, not their world. They might well be mine, however, since after today's shenanigans I'm seriously considering emigrating to countries under the jurisdiction of Paris. Or in fact, how about just Paris? Bad behaviour in the past on this trip has been quelled by Mr Millard throwing litres of water over various offenders. Today it was managed by yours truly threatening to hurl a much treasured furry turtle out of our apartment window. Eleven floors up. "Yes, but would you, Mummy?" was the fascinated question after the contretemps was over. You betcha.
I suppose we are to blame. Even when the going's good, we have taken such a limited amount of amusement fodder on board for the children that each book/toy/pad has acquired totemic status. For example. Lucien has about three hundred books to choose from at home, plus Islington's West Library on the corner of our road. Here, he has five, namely the Little Red Train series by Benedict Blaythwyt. These books! The detail! The iconic representation of the eponymous train, Duffy Driver's extraordinary hair and Jack the guard's patch on his left knee. Oh, Benedict, I know your entire canon in intricate detail. Every single page. Well, I've been immersed in it every night for the last 13 weeks.
Meanwhile Honey gets Pippi Longstocking, bumper edition, a chapter a night, all good stuff, and the older two are wading, with me, through David Copperfield, six pages per night. That's all they can stomach, poor things, but it's fine. God, but Dickens is good for long-haul. I can see why people wept when they greeted him in America. In the days before email and mobiles, he saved them from going bonkers, you see. Thirteen weeks in the company of David, Steerforth et al, and time just flies past.
It's easy when you are in the presence of an epic, clearly. At least, if it isn't our own particular epic.
"When are we going home?" asks Lucien every day. Only three weeks left to go, mon cheri. Next stop, La Reunion.


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Q: How to get solution from DSolve How to get the solution from DSolve in such way that there is no need to copy the result.
When for example solving:
f[x_, y_] := a y + x^2
 DSolve[{D[y[x], x] == f[x, y[x]], y[0] == c}, y[x], x]

I get the solution:
{{y[x] -> (-2 + 2 E^(a x) + a^3 c E^(a x) - 2 a x - a^2 x^2)/a^3}}

How can I make a function of this let's say sol[x] so I can use it in such context:
Manipulate[
 Plot[sol[x], {x, 0, 5}], {a, -5, 5}, {c, -5, 5}]

EDIT: not interested in:
sol[x_, a_, c_] =
 y[x] /. DSolve[{D[y[x], x] == f[x, y[x]], y[0] == c}, y[x], x]

A: Just to add a bit to the  xzczd answer given in a form of a comment above. In earlier Mma versions (that might be your case) it can be done as follows:
    f[x_, y_] := a y + x^2
ss = DSolve[{D[y[x], x] == f[x, y[x]], y[0] == c}, y, x][[1, 1]]

yielding this:
(*  y -> Function[{x}, (-2 + 2 E^(a x) + a^3 c E^(a x) - 2 a x - a^2 x^2)/
  a^3]    *)

Then you can Manipulate/Plot it using the following construct:
    Manipulate[
 Plot[Evaluate[y[x] /. ss /. {a -> a1, c -> c1}], {x, 0, 5}], {a1, -5,
   5}, {c1, -5, 5}]

Have fun!


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