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namespace Rocketeer\Console\Commands;

use Rocketeer\TestCases\RocketeerTestCase;

class FlushCommandTest extends RocketeerTestCase
{
    public function testCanFlushLocalStorage()
    {
        $this->localStorage->set('foo', 'bar');

        $this->assertEquals('bar', $this->localStorage->get('foo'));
        $tester = $this->executeCommand('flush');

        $this->assertContains('has been properly', $tester->getDisplay());
        $this->assertNull($this->localStorage->get('foo'));
    }
}


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Overview Of Key Regulation And CDD And KYC Requirements In Australia: Responsible Entities
Australia's AML/CFT regulatory requirements are supervised by the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC), an Australian government financial intelligence agency responsible for monitoring financial transactions to identify money laundering, organized crimes, tax evasion, welfare fraud, and terrorism. This article elaborates on 'Overview Of Key Regulation And CDD And KYC Requirements In Australia: Responsible Entities'.
Implementation of AML/CTF act in Australia
Australia has a strong regime to fight money laundering and terrorism financing. The government of Australia has implemented the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006, known as the AML/CTF Act. This provides the means to help detect and deter money laundering terrorism financing and provides financial intelligence to revenue and law enforcement agencies. The AML/CTF Act implements a risk-based approach to regulation.
The obligation of businesses
Businesses must meet the minimum obligations set out in the AML/CTF Act and AML/CTF Rules. Beyond that, each business must assess the risks of potential money laundering or terrorism financing when providing a designated service to a customer. Obligations such as KYC transaction monitoring and ongoing CDD are all designed to assist regulated businesses in identifying suspicious matters and reporting them, regardless of their perceptions of risk.
Australia being one of the largest financial sector
Australia's financial sector is the 12th largest in the world and is dominated by banks. Total banking sector assets amount to over 200% of GDP (over AUD 324.6 billion). Australia's banking sector is the third-largest in the Asia-Pacific region, following Japan and China, and is highly concentrated, with the four largest banks. The Australian banking system comprises a mix of domestic and foreign players, with 48 of the 68 licensed banks being subsidiaries or branches of foreign banks.
Australia's remittance providers
Australia has many remittance providers, which provide an important service to Australia's significant multicultural society. MVTS are offered by remitters, which fall into three types: remittance network providers (RNPs), agents or affiliates of the RNP, and independent remittance providers.
Over 6,000 reporting entities registered with AUSTRAC operate in one of these three categories in the remittance sector. More than 5,500 of these entities are agents or affiliates of RNPs, and the value of transactions flowing through the remittance sector is relatively concentrated. The top five networks account for 90% of all MVTS.
Outside of these networks, there are approximately 650 independent remitters registered with AUSTRAC. In terms of value, international funds transfers through remitters accounted for 1.7% or AUD 66 billion of over AUD 3.9 trillion aggregate international funds transfers in 2013. The banking sector accounts for more than 95% of the total cross-border fund transfers.
AML/CTF reform
Australia's AML/CTF regime has undergone significant reform since the last assessment in 2005. The most important reform was enacting the AML/CTF Act in 2006, which expanded the scope and coverage of Australia's AML/CTF regime. Businesses with AML/CTF obligations increased from approximately 3,000 under the previous AML/CTF regime to about 15,000 under the AML/CTF Act. The AML/CTF Act focuses on the services to be regulated, called "designated services" in the Act, rather than the nature of the entity that provides the service.
Entities that are subject to AML/CTF act
Financial institutions, gambling service providers, bullion dealers, and remittance dealers are all subject to the AML/CTF Act. Reporting entities offer certain listed services and are overseen by AUSTRAC for compliance with the Act.
Other DNFBPs (for example, real estate agents, precious stone dealers, lawyers, notaries, other legal professionals and accountants, and trust and company service providers) are only covered when they provide one of the designated services, for example, when they are essentially acting in the capacity of a financial institution under the FATF Recommendations. There are no services dedicated to real estate agents, precious stone dealers, or trust and company service providers.
AML/CT requirements for reporting entities
The AML/CTF Act requires REs to establish an AML/CTF program, divided into Part A and Part B. The primary purpose of Part A of the standard AML/CTF program is to identify, mitigate and manage ML/TF risks that a reporting entity faces and includes AUSTRAC has the powers to grant exemptions to specified persons from all or parts of the AML/ CTF Act.
In practice, it has granted full or unconditional exemptions to various applicants, including those operating in private banking, prepaid cards, or investment funds. According to the AUSTRAC Exemption Policy, exemptions are considered based on several factors, including, but not limited to, the risk profile of the applicant, the designated service, issues of competitive neutrality, and the level of regulatory burden to which the applicant is being subjected. While AUSTRAC considers these exemptions on a case-by-case basis, the assessment team was not convinced that the exemptions were sufficiently justified as low risk.
Transition plan
Financial institutions' existing measures on CDD and identifying beneficial owners and PEPs are not in line with FATF standards. As mentioned above, the Rules Amendment commenced on June 1st, 2014. The implementation period is outlined on the AUSTRAC website and is accompanied by policy principles issued by the Minister for Justice.
The policy principles indicate that certain enforcement actions, being an application for a civil penalty order or an injunction, the issuing of a remedial direction or the imposition of a requirement to undertake an external compliance audit, will not be taken by the AUSTRAC CEO during the period of the policy principles for breaches of the additional CDD requirements, provided the reporting entities demonstrate that they have taken "reasonable steps" to comply by January 1st, 2016. What constitutes "reasonable steps" is also set out in the policy principles. This includes requiring reporting entities to adopt a board-approved transition plan to comply, setting out how it will comply with the new obligations.
The transition plan was required to have been adopted by November 1st, 2014. Furthermore, when reporting companies can comply with the rules through their current activities, they must do so to show that they have made reasonable efforts. Customers identified as high-risk after June 1st, 2014, but before the full implementation of the new responsibilities, must be retrospectively identified at the level needed by the new obligations.
Compliance of the reporting entities
Based on interviews with reporting entities, assessors determined that at the time of the onsite, most reporting entities were not able to fully implement the requirements in the Rules Amendment; most continue to operate under the pre-June 1st, 2014 requirements.
While all the reporting entities endeavor to comply as soon as possible, Australia-based reporting entities generally responded that they were unlikely to be able to comply with the new requirements ahead of January 1st, 2016. Most sector representatives indicated that enforcement action would be taken against them if they took until that time to implement them. Several international reporting entities noted that they were already implementing a number of the requirements based on their foreign obligations and expected to comply with the Rules relatively quickly.
Employees' Awareness Training
AML/CTF risk awareness training for employees, employee due diligence program, oversight by boards and senior management, and procedures for an independent review of the program. The primary purpose of Part B is to set out the reporting entity's applicable customer identification procedures (ACIP), including beneficial ownership, ongoing customer diligence, and enhanced due diligence.
Regular risk assessment
The AML/CTF Act requires reporting companies to conduct risk assessments regularly. This comprises evaluating what the reporting entity will need to undertake to identify, reduce, and manage the risk of the reporting entity being involved in or aiding ML or TF. A reporting institution must evaluate its client categories, the sorts of designated services it offers, how it distributes designated services, and the foreign jurisdictions with which it trades in its risk assessment, according to the AML/CTF Rules.
Organizations generally understand reporting obligations well, and they are filing SMRs. As AUSTRAC is both the FIU and the AML/CTF regulator, reporting of SMRs and other reporting obligations such as IFTIs and TTRs is often the focus of its engagement with financial institutions and DNFBPs. In this regard, the quality and volume appear to meet AUSTRAC's expectations. Overall, the assessors felt that reporting entities effectively implemented the SMR requirements.
Australia's AML/CFT regulatory requirements are supervised by AUSTRAC which is also responsible for monitoring financial transactions to identify money laundering, organized crimes, tax evasion, welfare fraud, and terrorism. This article elaborates on 'Important Overview Of Key Regulation And CDD And KYC Requirements In Australia In 2022'.
What Are CDD And KYC? Customer Due Diligence And Know Your Customer Important Definition
CDD – Customer Due Diligence And Automation
Layering on Money Laundering
Primary And Secondary Documentary Verification: Preventing Illicit Activities

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The village of Rantoul is situated in Champaign County, Illinois, United States. It is located 16 miles northeast of the city of Champaign and 121 miles south of Downtown Chicago. The village was founded on March 4, 1854, and named after American politician and lawyer Robert Rantoul, Jr. It was home to Chanute Field which was renamed Chanute Air Force Base and closed in 1993. Rantoul National Aviation Center Airport was established after the closure of Chanute Air Force Base. It is a public-use airport and owned by the village of Rantoul. There are several attractions in the village including Rantoul Family Sports Complex, Prairie Pines Campground, Hap Parker Family Aquatic Center, and Willow Pond Golf Course.
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What God Says About Women Pastors
by Blessed Hope Chapel | Oct 23, 2016 | Podcasts
Today we listen to a message from Pastor Joe Schimmel about what the word has to say about women's roles in the body of Christ and whether women are permitted in scripture to be pastors.
"A woman must quietly receive instruction with entire submissiveness. But I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet. For it was Adam who was first created, and then Eve. And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman being deceived, fell into transgression. 15 But women will be preserved through the bearing of children if they continue in faith and love and sanctity with self-restraint."
–1 Timothy 2:11-15 (NASB)


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Apparently, Japanese car culture is dead. TG heads to Tokyo to seek the truth The noise hits us before we see them. Which, considering they're peppered in a gazillion frenetic LEDs, is an achievement. At the bottom of a slip road off Tokyo's Bayshore route is a mad Lambo clan we've been admiring online. They've been waiting for us. The deputation is officially dubbed 'Car Guy':…
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Debt consolidation is one of the most effective ways to economize and also pay off credit debt all at once. So how exactly does debt consolidation succeed? The debt consolidation loan provider will pay off all the financial debt that you are obligated to repay with other organizations (essentially, loaning the funds for this). . Every debt consolidation loan in Wheatland is going to have just one single interest rate, instead of the various charges of your various balances. Individuals who profit most out of this will be the people who have a wide difference in their interest rates.
Finding out about the entire process of debt consolidation loans is a must for any person with a range of obligations in California. For many people, minimizing various debts down to one single loan helps make this approach ideal. Put an end to worrying with numerous payment dates, when it's possible to have just one. If you have several accounts you also greatly increase your risk of late payments, or even overlooking one. Debt consolidation drastically decreases this hazard.
Wheatland citizens save quite a lot of income via the debt consolidation reduction option. You should not underrate the importance of what you will save on interest fees when you consolidate what you owe. Imagine the change between having to deal with several moderately high interest rates on a number of accounts and having to deal with one simple minimal rate on a single account, since the other ones have already been paid. Whenever your debt consolidation loan interest rate is less than the average rate of interest of the other balances, you can save. People are saving a ton of money in interest fees because of debt consolidation. Why not join them? You should double check to ensure that you will be saving money before you actually accept any consolidation loan.
It is not any surprise that debt consolidation is a popular strategy for addressing debt. You should not get started counting your financial savings just yet, though, because there's much more to learn about. Consolidation loans are not really for everybody.
A very high credit score is the best resource in trying to find debt help via consolidation. In the end, considering that consolidation loans usually come in very high amounts, banks and other financial institutions are distrustful and reluctant concerning financing such substantial amounts of money to those having weak or even mediocre credit histories. When you have outstanding credit scores, the financial institution will be content to loan money to you, optimistic that they will be paid back.
So, is consolidation a possibility with your credit score? Anything over 700 in a credit score is thought to be excellent and will be approved by most Wheatland debt consolidation loan providers. Credit history is very important, but there's far more to consolidation loan approval than this. Folks without any income source can't get this kind of consolidation loan, in spite of credit history. Bad credit plus zero income source equals no loan. A bad credit score and regular income = zero consolidation loan. Exceptional credit score in addition to no source of income equals zero loan. Fantastic credit rating combined with regular income = loan approved!
Now, you'd like to know what direction to go when you are done ensuring yourself you should be qualified for a Wheatland, California credit card debt consolidation loan. You have to work out exactly which of the debts will be consolidated with this consolidation loan. Your debt consolidation reduction loan provider will request this information in the first meeting. The total of the debts that you need to consolidate will also be requested of you, so ensure that you have got this number down on paper.
Another fundamental component of selecting a consolidation loan is acquiring one that has a realistic rate of interest. This will be a major concern in terms of ensuring that your loan consolidation will save the most funds as possible over the term of its repayment period. You should pay for the least expensive sum you'll be able to throughout the course of the financial loan, so compare the rates of interest of the financial institutions near you.
However, rates aren't the only issues to consider that you need to remember when selecting a debt consolidation loan that's best for your needs. It is advisable to take your time to explore distinct terms of the consolidation loans. The deadline and sum of your payment are usually in the conditions. And so will your rate of interest, your repayment schedule, and any penalties and fees added for overdue payments.
Additionally, it never is unwise to examine the business' Better Business Bureau (BBB) rating prior to arriving at a verdict. BBB scores can even be trusted since they are composed of client service excellence and testimonials from clients. A- will be the lowest acceptable rating for a consolidation loan company. If your company has got a perfect A score, then you have found the right one.
Whatever service you decide to work with will probably have you start out by completing the consolidation loan application. W2s and pay stubs will certainly suffice as verification of earnings, and you may also have to display evidence of your personal identity, although you may prepare the loan application on the net. You simply can't be approved for any kind of consolidation loan without delivering this verification. Whatever bills are going to be consolidated will need to have records supporting them.
The internet consolidation loan application can be extremely handy for many people, but are not the right way for everyone. You can find loan providers who can permit you to hand in your application over the snail mail and even over the phone. Whatever approach you decide on is going to function the same way, though some methods are swifter than the others.
After submitting a consolidation loan application, you will wait. If you've got less-than-perfect credit or when you have falsify facts , this is when the financial institution is going to uncover this. When all your info is established and your credit rating verified, you'll find out if you are approved. You'll want to keep an eye out for an e-mail, a note, or a phone call from your loan company. Folks that fill out an application on the internet are likely to be contacted over e-mail, while others will be contacted via phone call or postal mail, correspondingly.
At long last, the application is accepted, and you are helpless to contain your excitement, while you examine the paperwork you've been asked to sign. Never agree with something that you have not read, so invest time to scrutinize the official document before signing. Search out and carefully investigate the fine print that you see in the official document. Many can not be bothered on this stage, but they typically live to regret not understanding what they agreed to before signing. Now that you have signed, the lending company will pay for your accounts, opens a new account, and begins charging you one time monthly. The credit card companies and loan providers who will be paid through the debt consolidation loan will start to send you notice letters, informing you to the adjustments with your balances. You'll be wise to hold onto these notices. You might need them sometime.
Normally, credit scores less than 700 will not end up getting such consolidation loans. There's good news. Despite having less-than-perfect credit, it is not impossible to overcome your challenges with financial debt. There are several options that you can check into.
If you are living in Wheatland and you're stumbling with the burden of such a lot of debt that you cannot expect to actually repay it in your whole life, you will need to research the local area debt settlement opportunities. All those troubled by more consumer debt than they're able to manage, but with no the credit scores to rescue themselves with debt consolidation loans, frequently benefit from settlement. Much of your debt may actually be eliminated by working with a debt settlement organization. It calls for interacting personally with a debt settlement agency, who will be in closer communication with the loan companies that you need to pay. These loan companies work toward arriving at a mutually advantageous arrangement among you and your loan companies so you can pay off the debt in a fashion that works for you both. You can also work it out so you are paying less each month than you were before. Cut costs, come up with your payments in time, improve your credit. Do all of it by working with a debt settlement expert.
Bear in mind, however, that debt settlement opportunities have a price. Often, the charges are very costly. They're usually based on a portion of your settled debt. If you have lots of financial debt and credit score keeps you against loan consolidation alternatives, debt settlement actually starts to look incredibly enticing, regardless of the price.
Going bankrupt shouldn't be anyone's Plan A. If there is any approach you want to avoid above others, here is the one. It can take several years to recover from the unpleasant results of going bankrupt on your credit ratings. You're going to find it hard to be approved for any kind of lending product, and will be basically mistrusted by banks. By filing for bankruptcy, you demonstrate to loan providers you are not able to pay back the financial obligations you receive.
Know that once you do choose a bankruptcy proceeding, when no other alternatives are present, you are going to go through the incapacitating impact which a bankruptcy proceeding has on a man or woman's credit. Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcy proceedings can make the gap between a before-bankruptcy credit score of 600 and a post-personal bankruptcy credit rating of Three hundred and fifty. This is devastating for people who have to have a loan or something different that needs a credit score assessment down the road.
When you have employed a lawyer and gone through the process of filing all the paperwork, you might also find that it is more money than it is worth. It will be much less nerve-racking to endure the process along with a attorney with you. You need to contemplate how much the lawyer costs, even so. It needs to be a predetermined fee or it may be a portion of your total financial debt.
To completely understand the option of consumer bankruptcy, we can look at a few of the benefits. The very best thing is that consumer bankruptcy consists of paying financial debt with assets and getting many other bad debts forgiven. This is naturally preferable to attempting to pay back your debt for the rest of your life, never ever even managing to pay off the interest. Bankruptcy will take care of numerous bad debts, yet not all of them. For example, this approach is not going to have an effect on your student education loans.
Always take a moment and go over your position with a competent debt reduction counseling professional to determine if consumer bankruptcy makes sense to manage your debt in Wheatland before you decide to test it. A professional might assist you to choose a more suitable and less harmful approach to dealing with your debt.
Buddies, family members, along with the world wide web are all excellent resources for financial debt strategy testimonials and referrals. Use them wisely. Whether it is getting a debt consolidation reduction loan, going through a debt settlement plan, or maybe even bankruptcy, it's important to check out your choices and find out which one is right for you. To truly address the debt struggles, you must invest to an opportunity you've chosen, understand and comply with the deals, and look ahead to a better financial future.


I confess quite openly to my guests, I am a lazy gardener–at least when it comes to flower gardens. It's not that I don't enjoy floral beauty. It's just that, for now anyhow, there's only so much time and a lot of other tasks are higher up the TBD list. Yet despite my confession guests are nonetheless impressed by "the flowers".
The Lazy Gardener's next best friend: Hostas!
The flowers they are enjoying the sight of are hollyhocks… which, so methinks, are the lazy gardener's best friend. You do, well, basically nothing and this amazing stem of flowers comes up in a variety of colours in mid-to-late July every year. They self-seed, they are hardy, they are awesome. All for zero work. This year in particular (see banner picture above, taken today) thanks to all the rain we have been having for weeks (and weeks and weeks) some of the hollyhock stems are getting on for 8 feet tall!.


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"Reprogrammed" Stem Cells Approved to Mend Human Hearts in Pilot Study
Three patients in Japan will receive the experimental therapy in the next year
By David Cyranoski, Nature magazine on May 30, 2018
Scientists in Japan now have permission to treat people who have heart disease with cells produced by a revolutionary reprogramming technique. The study is only the second clinical application of induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells. These are created by inducing the cells of body tissues such as skin and blood to revert to an embryonic-like state, from which they can develop into other cell types.
On 16 May, Japan's health ministry gave doctors the green light to take wafer-thin sheets of tissue derived from iPS cells and graft them onto diseased human hearts. The team, led by cardiac surgeon Yoshiki Sawa at Osaka University, says that the tissue sheets can help to regenerate the organ's muscle when it becomes damaged, a symptom of heart disease that can be caused by a build-up of plaque or by a heart attack.
"It will excite worldwide attention, as many groups are working in the same direction," says Thomas Eschenhagen, a pharmacologist at the University of Hamburg in Germany and chair of the German Centre for Cardiovascular Research.
The treatment will initially be given to three people over the next year. The team will then seek approval to conduct a clinical trial in around ten patients. If it proves safe, the treatment could then be sold commercially under Japan's fast-track system for regenerative medicine.
The system, introduced in 2014, aims to speed the availability of potentially life-saving procedures. But critics say the system is flawed because it allows treatments to be sold to patients before sufficient data have been collected showing that the procedures work.
Mending broken hearts
In their technique, Sawa and his colleagues use iPS cells to create a sheet of 100 million heart-muscle cells. From studies in pigs, the team has shown that grafting these sheets of cells — each 0.1 millimetres thick and 4 centimetres long — onto a heart can improve the organ's function. Sawa says that the cells do not seem to integrate into the heart tissue. He thinks that instead they release growth factors that help to regenerate the damaged muscle.
Scientists say one advantage of the sheets is that they create their own cellular matrix, and can maintain their structure without the need for scaffolding made from foreign materials, a feature of some other engineered tissues.
"It is a very elegant and clever way to deliver cells," says Philippe Menasché, a cardiac surgeon at the Georges Pompidou European Hospital in Paris, who has also experimented with making tissue sheets.
Pharmacologist Wolfram-Hubertus Zimmermann at the University Medical Centre Göttingen in Germany, who is also developing an iPS treatment for heart disease, says that the latest trial is based on work conducted by Sawa and other colleagues in Japan over the past 15 years.
Once Sawa's team has treated its three patients, it will apply to conduct a clinical trial involving a further seven to ten people. If the treatment proves to be safe, and shows some signs of working, it can be approved for sale under the accelerated system. This allows researchers to bypass expensive large-scale clinical trials aimed at proving efficacy, and instead to use small pilot trials to show that the therapy is safe and demonstrates an indication of efficacy.
Insufficient oversight
But some researchers say the bar for approving therapies for commercial use is too low. Even if the cells are found to be safe, there are risks associated with any surgery, and patients could give up other therapies for a treatment that might not work. Ethicists and regulators say that the benefits of any new therapy must outweigh the risks.
Yoshiki Yui, a cardiologist at Japan's Kyoto University, says that, as well as meeting the requirements for safety, researchers should show that their treatment is effective, which would require testing it in larger numbers of people than are currently required. The evaluation process should also use randomized, controlled clinical trials, the gold standard for demonstrating efficacy in medical research, he says.
The iPS-cell therapy has potential, Yui adds, but under the current approval system, "we won't know if it works or not" because it won't have been tested in a controlled trial. "The biggest problem is there's no adequate system of evaluation in Japan," says Yui.
A spokesperson for the health ministry told Nature that the current approval system is sufficient because researchers must still show that a treatment works even if it has been approved for commercial use.
Sawa agrees that a control group is important for proving efficacy, but notes that he is abiding by Japan's rules, which don't require this before a treatment is made commercially available.
He says the health ministry's approval is an acknowledgement that the therapy "is scientifically and ethically justified" to be tested in patients. "Whether it really works, [we] have to find out now," he adds.
This article is reproduced with permission and was first published on May 29, 2018.
David Cyranoski works for Nature magazine.
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When you will play Welcome to the Wayne Games, you will enter the incredible world of the apartment building known as the Wayne. There, Olly and Ansi, two best friends, will go on incredible adventures and meet very colorful characters, and you can take part in all their adventures if you play our Welcome to the Wayne Games! In Welcome to the Wayne Games you can find 7 games that we've published for these kids and childrens that are interested to play Welcome to the Wayne Games, this game gategory have been created on 01.06.2016. These games with Welcome to the Wayne Games have been voted 1 times and the avarage of vote is 5.00 stars. We advice you to play the last flash game from Welcome to the Wayne Games, Explore the Wayne that have been published on 15.08.2017 18:00.
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On www.cute-games.com you can now play wonderful Welcome to the Wayne Games, because we have created this great Nickelodeon Games just for this reason, as we want to be able to offer you games based on all kinds of shows, whether they are new or old, and we want our series to be loved by people of all ages. That is why we thought that adding Welcome to the Wayne Games on our website would be a great thing to do, as this mini-series is already becoming more and more popular, a thing proven by the fact that it is now transitioning from a web series to a full-length series on Nickelodeon. Like we said, Welcome to the Wayne was first a mini-series airing on the Nickelodeon website, and it started in 2014. This mini-series became popular enough that in 2016 a full-length series of Welcome to the Wayne will air on Nickelodeon, and we can't be more excited for it. That is the reason we created the Welcome to the Wayne Games category, as we thought that once the series starts airing, the new fans it will make will want to play online Welcome to the Wayne Games, and that is what they will be able to do, here on www.cute-games.com, where the most fun and interesting games on the internet can be found! Of course, if you are really eager for Welcome to the Wayne, you can always hop on the website and watch the six chapters available, and get to know the universe in Welcome to the Wayne, and afterwards, we are sure you will want to start playing Welcome to the Wayne Games on our website! Now, we will continue the description by telling you all the things we know about the show, about the characters in it, so that you will have a general idea about the Welcome to the Wayne Games category, even if you don't know anything about it, and we are pretty sure that after you are done reading all these things, you will want to play Welcome to the Wayne Games. The title of the show is Welcome to the Wayne, so you are probably wondering who or what is Wayne? Well, it is The Wayne, and it is the most whacky and interesting complex of apartment building in the entire world. There is always something curious happening there, and mysteries roam the place, while interesting and fun adventure are to be had there all the time. Olly Timbers and Ansi Molina are the two main characters in the show, and it is they're adventures which you will follow in the show, and in the Welcome to the Wayne Games you will take part in the adventures yourself. All the people living in this complex are kind of interesting and unique, especially the spy from apartment 8, which is always out to get these two friends. Well, more about these two and other characters you will find out right now, so just keep reading, and get to know even more about our Welcome to the Wayne Games. Olly is ten years old, and just like most boys his age, is always out to go on some kind of adventure in The Wayne, which has been his playground his all life, which comes in handy for his new friend, Ansi, whom he took under his wing when he moved there. Ansi and his family just recently moved to The Wayne, which opens his eyes that there is more to life than getting good grades and becoming head of the chess club. He is usually calm and calculated, but his new friend, Olly, will get his adventurous side out of him, and together they will have a lot of fun. Other characters include Saraline, who is Olly's little sister, who is very passionate and goot with technology, and is cooler and better than her brother, Leif, who says and thinks he is cooler than the two boys, but they are still his only friends, even though he is older than them. We are sure you will find these four characters and the other characters which will appear in the show to be very enjoyable, which we think will be the general consensus about the Welcome to the Wayne Games category also! We expect that many Welcome to the Wayne Games will be added on our website once the show starts airing in 2016 on Nickelodeon, and you can make sure that www.cute-games.com will be the website where you will be able to find them first, and have fun playing them all! Since you now know so much about the Welcome to the Wayne Games category, we will leave you to playing the games on this page, inviting you to visit www.cute-games.com each day, because each day we do our best to offer you all the newest and fun games on the internet!


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Posted May 26, 2016 by Joseph Rositano in Feature
Xbox Live Games with Gold June 2016 announced
Xbox Live's Major Nelson has revealed the Games with Gold freebies for June 2016.
On Xbox One, players will be able to download Goat Simulator and The Crew. Goat Simulator puts players in the hooves of a goat and lets them wreck havoc in a sandbox world. What makes the game particularly entertaining is the broken physics engine – there's something memorising about watching a goat being launched into the air as it rotates its head like something out of The Exorcist. Definitely worth a look if you have a quirky sense of humor.
The Crew is an open world online racing game from Ubisoft. The game features a scaled down version of the United States, offering the opportunity to drive through New York, Las Vegas, Seattle and many other cities and states. Players can also form "crews" with friends to race each other online or against ghost data.
For the Xbox 360 platform, the popular Super Meat Boy and XCOM: Enemy Unknown take centre stage. Super Meat Boy is an old school platformer which focuses on split-second timing to avoid hazards. It's notorious for being a difficult game to master, but that certainly will not spoil the fun across the game's 300 levels.
XCOM: Enemy Unknown is a turned based strategy game that pits mankind against alien invaders. There are different alien classes which have unique strengths and weakness, so it's important to keep a balanced team before tackling levels. XCOM also features a base management system which lets you customise your home base and research new skills and equipment.
Full details of when each title will be available for download can be found below:
Goat Simulator (available June 1-30)
The Crew (available June 16 – July 15)
Xbox 30:
Super Meat Boy (available June 1-15)
XCOM: Enemy Unknown (available June 16-30)
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Guaibasauridae byla čeleď poměrně malých, vývojově značně primitivních plazopánvých dinosaurů, žijících v období svrchního triasu na území dnešní Brazílie a Argentiny. V současnosti do této skupiny řadíme s jistou mírou nejistoty tři rody - Agnosphitys, Guaibasaurus a Saturnalia. Průlomem v pochopení čeledi byl objev kompletnějšího materiálu guaibasaura v roce 2007. Stále však nejsou vyjasněné fylogenetické vztahy v rámci skupiny i mezi touto a příbuznými skupinami. Podčeledí této čeledi by mohl být klad Saturnaliinae.

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Literatura
 Bonaparte, J. F., Ferigolo, J., and Ribeiro, A. M. (1999). "A new early Late Triassic saurischian dinosaur from Rio Grandedo Sul State, Brazil." Proceedings of the second Gondwanan Dinosaurs symposium. National Science Museum Monographs, Tokyo 15: p89–109.
 Bonaparte, J. F., Brea, G., Schultz, C. L., and Martinelli, A. G. (2007). "A new specimen of Guaibasaurus candelariensis (basal Saurischia) from the Late Triassic Caturrita Formation of southern Brazil." Historical Biology, 19(1): 73-82.

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Plazopánví dinosauři
Dinosauři z Jižní Ameriky
Dinosauři z Evropy

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Mick Schumacher recruited to Ferrari Driver Academy?
An increasing number of reports claim that Ferrari has recruited Mick Schumacher, son of 7-time world champion Michael Schumacher, to its young driver programme, the Ferrari Driver Academy (FDA).
As has been the case for the last couple of years - and will hopefully change following the departure of Maurizio Arrivabene - Ferrari is saying nothing, its communication department refusing to respond to requests for clarification. However, the increasing strength of the claims suggest that the core of the story is correct.
Coming off the back of his European F3 title win, where he scored eight wins, seven pole positions and 14 podium finishes, this season sees Schumacher (19) move up to F2 as he remains with Prema Racing.
Even before securing his first major title, Schumacher was the subject of much speculation in terms of F1, though his only connection to a manufacturer was the fact that he used Mercedes engines in F3, his father having driven for the German team for three seasons when it returned to F1 as a constructor in 2010.
In recent month, even before the youngster had secured the F3 title, team bosses were being asked about Schumacher, but though clearly aware of his talent - and his genes - most were keen not to put too much pressure on him too early.
"The most important thing is to let him grow without giving pressure," said Arrivabene in Singapore. "His recent results were very, very good and I wish to him a great career.
"With a name like this, that wrote the historical pages of the Ferrari history, I think the door at Maranello is always open," he added, "but without burning the step, that is, a Schumacher family decision but let the guys have fun.
"I think there is a huge step between F3 and F1," warned Fred VAsseur, who has worked with countless upcoming young drivers over the course of his career, "and with the small number of test days we have during the winter, I think it's... I don't want to say impossible because we will see, but it's quite difficult to do the step and it will make sense probably for him to do Formula 2 or something like this.
"But he could have a link with a Formula One team, he could do some FP1... There are many ways to prepare for F1."
Speaking in Austin, Lewis Hamilton denied that the family name will be a burden for Mick.
"I don't think it will be a burden," he said. "I think naturally for any of the champions when they have youngsters come through, naturally Michael is named the greatest driver of all time, he's got the most titles, so there will one hundred percent be a Schumacher back in Formula One, partly because of the name, but secondly because he's doing a great job.
"He's obviously got a lot of talent as his Dad had, just like Keke and Nico, just like when Fernando has kids I'm sure an Alonso will be here again. Even if I have a kid who wants to race and even if he's no good he can make it Formula One because of the name.
"But no, he's doing a really great job and he's a really great kid as well," he added. "He's come to... and been a part of our team a couple of weekends, I think it was last year, very attentive. He's got a great talent as his Dad had so I don't think it will be a burden in my personal opinion. I think it could be great for the sport."
If the reports are correct, Schumacher would make his F1 debut this year, most likely at one of the in-season tests, though he would also spend time in the team simulator as the Italian outfit seeks to replace its former test drivers Daniil Kvyat and Antonio Giovinazzi.
This season sees Charles Leclerc, a former member of the FDA, partner Sebastian Vettel.


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Should it Be a Crime to Exert 'Coercive Control' Over a Domestic Partner?
14/10/2020 by Jarryd Bartle
In a move met with a mixed response from family violence experts, a law has been introduced into New South Wales parliament which aims to make it a criminal offence to isolate and control a domestic partner through coercive means.
The Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Amendment Bill 2020 seeks to introduce the offence of 'coercive control' within the context of a domestic relationship into the Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007 – which is a piece of legislation containing offences such as stalking or intimidation as well as contravening an apprehended violence order.
The proposed offence is also known as 'Preethi's Law' in memory of Preethi Reddy, who was murdered by her former partner.
If passed, it would carry a maximum penalty of 5 years in prison, or 10 years where the offending is directed towards or occurs in the presence of a child.
Coercive control is a pattern of behaviour within family or intimate partner violence, where perpetrators seek to make a person dependent by isolating them from support, exploiting them, depriving them of independence and regulating their everyday behaviour.
Within the criminal law, the offence is seen as a form of "liberty crime" perpetuated to strip a victim of their autonomy.
Specific criminal offences directed at coercive control have been implemented in England and Wales since 2015, and Scotland since 2019.
An important precursor to coercive control laws are offences directed at emotional abuse. For example, the Tasmanian criminal law has recognised offences of economic abuse as well as emotional abuse and intimidation since 2004.
Coercive control is a course of conduct offence, that is, it isn't proven by a singular act but a pattern of behaviour. The NSW bill defines 'coercive control' as conduct that has, or is reasonably likely to have, one or more of the following effects:
making the other person dependent on, or subordinate to, the person,
isolating the other person from friends, relatives or other sources of
controlling, regulating or monitoring the other person's day-to-day
depriving the other person of, or restricting the other person's, freedom
of action,
depriving the other person of, or restricting the other person's, access to
support services, including the services of health practitioners and legal
practitioners,
frightening, humiliating, degrading or punishing the other person.
This definition is in line with the Scottish offence of coercive control, which is now seen as the 'gold standard' for criminalisation amongst advocates.
Arguments for Criminalisation
Some family violence researchers and advocates have been calling for the criminalisation of coercive control in recognition of the harm that results from controlling patterns of behaviour. Coercive control is commonly conceived as a form of 'intimate terrorism'.
From the perspective of advocates, to criminalise discrete acts of violence such as assault or injury, whilst remaining silent on behaviours designed to strip victims of their sense of autonomy and self-worth reflects a clear gap in the criminal law.
Criminalisation, advocates argue, can provide a means for cultural change to recognise abusive patterns of behaviour as deserving of widespread criticism. As academics Paul McGorrey and Professor Marilyn McMahon put it:
Criminalising these abusive behaviours demonstrates our strongest denunciation of them. It legitimises victims' perceptions that what they are experiencing is unacceptable. It gives the broader community a language and shared understanding that can lead to long-term changes in attitudes.
There is also hope that criminalising coercive control can result in earlier interventions in abusive relationships before violence escalates further.
A review of 372 intimate partner homicides in the UK found many men who kill their intimate partners (and it is almost always men killing women) followed a timeline of escalation which included patterns of coercive control. It is hoped that by criminalising coercive control, actions by law enforcement and support services can prevent tragedies from occurring.
Concerns Regarding Criminalisation
Support for criminalising coercive control is not shared by all family violence researchers and advocates.
Many have noted a lack of evidence supporting the criminalisation of coercive control. Early evaluations of coercive control offences in England and Wales have noted issues with both police acknowledgement and successful prosecution of these offences.
Moreover, the relatively recent implementation of the 'gold standard' approach in Scotland, along with the hindrances of the COVID-19 pandemic, mean that it's unclear whether the Scottish offence has achieved its goals.
Many advocates note that the law is a blunt instrument when it comes to social practices of violence rooted in gender inequality, with our adversarial system a poor fit for the needs of victims and the rehabilitation of offenders.
There have also been concerns raised regarding potential unintended effects of criminalisation including the use of coercive control offences against victims of domestic violence as well as the poor history of protective criminalisation for marginalised groups including indigenous women and women with disabilities.
Whilst these concerns have been labelled 'nihilistic' by advocates for the criminalisation of coercive control, sceptics of criminalisation could equally argue that faith in criminal justice responses to entrenched patterns of violence remain unrealistic and naïve.
As Professors Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Jude McGulloch and Sandra Walklate have noted:
Law reforms should be evidence-based and informed by an understanding of the problems the reform seeks to address. Policymakers must also look beyond the criminal law as a "quick fix" to a long-standing social problem and instead strengthen civil remedies, service access and delivery.
The NSW bill is currently before the Legislative Assembly and many believe it will pass in some form, given it has received support from the NSW Liberal Government.
The Department of Communities and Justice has released a discussion paper on the subject, inviting submissions from interested parties.
If you have been charged with a domestic violence offence or served with an apprehended violence order, call Sydney Criminal Lawyers anytime on (02) 9261 8881 to arrange a free first conference with an experienced defence lawyer who will advise you of your options and the best way forward, and fight for the optimal outcome.
Jarryd Bartle
Jarryd Bartle practised as a criminal defence lawyer before moving on to specialist consultancy. He has written for several publications including The Guardian, VICE and The Conversation, covering a range of criminal justice-related topics.
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How Tiger Woods' Ex-Wife, Elin Nordegren, Is Doing, 11 Years After Their Scandalous Divorce
Tiger Woods's ex-wife Elin Nordegren was living through a nightmare. So where is she now, more than 11 years after her husband's scandal?
By Shaoni Das August 1, 2022
The world will never forget the allegations that Tiger Woods cheated on his (now) ex-wife, Elin Nordegren. It was the moment that forever tarnished the athlete's reputation. Before then, he'd been known as one of the greatest — if not the greatest — figures in golf. There's a reason why he's broken innumerable records and is No. 1 in PGA Tour wins alongside Sam Snead — he's simply phenomenal. He also carved out a unique place in what is traditionally a stomping ground for rich White men.
That's not to say Tiger Woods isn't considered a superb sportsman any longer. But a lot of discourse around his career revolves around the 2009-2010 affairs scandal. The news dominated mainstream media for a solid year, resulting in the divorce between Tiger and his wife, Swedish model Elin Nordegren.
While the allegations have been scrutinized to death, there isn't a lot of information out there on the current dynamic between Tiger Woods and ex-wife Elin Nordegren. So it's worthwhile to take a step back, look into their sweet beginnings, and examine how their relationship has evolved over the years.
Who Is Tiger Woods' Ex-Wife, Elin Nordegren?
Elin Nordegren was born on Jan. 1, 1980, in Stockholm, Sweden, to Barbro Holmberg and Thomas Nordegren. Her mother, Barbro, was Sweden's Minister for Migration and Asylum Policy from 2003 to 2006, and served as governor of Gavleborg County for seven years. Elin's father, Thomas Nordegren, is a political journalist and writer who served as a Washington, D.C., bureau chief. She has a twin sister, Josefin, and an older brother, Axel.
Although Elin hails from a prominent Swedish family, she didn't necessarily grow up with a silver spoon in her mouth. She and her sister had to earn their pocket money; they worked as cashiers through the summers to pay for school. Erin also did some modeling work in the early 2000s, landing a cover on Cafe Sport magazine at just 20 years old.
She'd been working at a retail clothing store when she met Mia Parnevik, the wife of Swedish golfer Jesper Parnevik. Mia immediately took a liking to Elin, and offered her a position as nanny to her children. Elin accepted, and moved with the family to the United States. There, Elin accompanied the family to golf tournaments, turning heads wherever she went.
Elin Nordegren 'Had No Interest' in Tiger Woods When They First Met
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She met Tiger in 2001 at British Open. But while he was immediately smitten with her, Mia recalled that Elin "had no interest in Tiger, and he was OK with that." Elin told People magazine that she had her "opinions about celebrities," but Tiger made her think they were more similar than expected.
I got convinced that we were a lot alike and agreed to a date. The biggest reason I fell for him was because we had a lot of fun together.
Elin Nordegren to PEOPLE
Elin had been seeing someone at the time, and wasn't particularly keen on beginning a long-term relationship. She was also focused on going to school to become a child psychologist. Yet Tiger convinced her to give him a chance. In November 2003, Elin accompanied Tiger to the President's Cup in South Africa. The two became engaged the same month during a four-day stay at the Shamwari Game Reserve.
The two tied the knot on Oct. 5, 2004, in a ceremony that spared no expense. The golf legend rented the entire Sandy Lane Hotel in Barbados, including three golf courses and about 110 rooms. It cost around $2 million for the venue. The couple went on to have two children during their nearly six years of marriage: daughter Sam Alexis, born in 2007, and son Charlie Axel, born in 2009.
Tiger Woods' 'Transgressions' and 2009 Car Crash
Rachel Uchitel (Image: HBO)
The first of the accusations against Tiger Woods surfaced in a National Enquirer report that alleged the golfer had an extramarital dalliance with New York City nightclub owner Rachel Uchitel. Although Uchitel denied the accusation, it soon became apparent there was more to the story. According to HBO's Tiger Woods documentary, the golfer had Uchitel call Elin to assure her there was nothing going on between them.
The situation only grew murkier when Tiger became involved in a car accident on Nov. 27, 2009, a few weeks after the Enquirer article. He crashed into a fire hydrant, a tree, and several hedges near his Florida mansion, and suffered facial injuries. The press jumped to speculate on how the accident occurred, with some even theorizing Elin Nordegren finally broke, and was somehow responsible for the crash.
HBO's Tiger confirmed Elin had confronted Tiger the same night about his affair with Uchite. Therefore, tensions were running high between the married couple. According to the Los Angeles Times, theories circulated that Elin had been "chasing Woods with a golf club at the time of the crash and smashed the back windows of the vehicle."
Tiger Woods' Reputation and Marriage Unravel
From the "Tiger" documentary (Image: HBO)
Tiger and Elin vehemently denied those rumors, and Tiger claimed full responsibility for the collision. "My wife, Elin, acted courageously when she saw I was hurt and in trouble," he said in a statement. "She was the first person to help me."
Elin told People, "There was never any violence inside or outside our home." She added that speculation that she could have inflicted violence on him is "truly ridiculous."
However, the reported tryst with Rachel Uchitel was only the tip of the iceberg. Over the next couple of months, a dozen or so women came forward, claiming to have slept with the married golfer. Tiger subsequently owned up to these "transgressions," and stated that he's "far short of perfect."
Elin Nordegren and Tiger Woods File for Divorce
Tiger reaffirmed his love for his wife, writing, "Elin has always done more to support our family and shown more grace than anyone could possibly expect." He once again dismissed malicious gossip about his car accident. He also announced he would take time off to try to salvage his marriage.
Those efforts didn't come to fruition, however. Amid widespread media coverage, Elin filed for divorce in mid-2010. The two finalized their divorce on Aug. 23, 2010, at the Bay County Circuit Court in Panama City, Florida. Elin received $100 million in the divorce settlement.
If there is no trust between the parents, I think it is better for the children that the parents split up. I am now going to do my very best to show them that alone and happy is better than being in a relationship where there is no trust.
Elin Has 'Moved On,' and Is in a 'Good Place' with Tiger
Although the adultery scandal generated global interest at the time, the gossip subsided in the years afterward. That's provided both Elin and Tiger with enough space to begin their lives anew. One can only imagine the hardship Elin must have faced amid the media circus. She'd become an overnight "spectacle," to be mocked and ridiculed simply for existing.
It's no wonder Elin didn't want to have anything to do with Tiger in the wake of the scandal. Following the divorce, she bought a 1920s-era mansion in North Palm Beach, Florida. She then demolished it to build an innovative new structure, inadvertently giving way to a metaphor of her life. Elin fulfilled her dream of earning a degree in psychology, and graduated in May 2014 from Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida, earning the distinction for Outstanding Senior. She said in an interview that education "is always what [she] wanted," and that she is proud to set an example for her children about following your passions.
Elin Nordegren and Jordan Cameron Have Been Together Since 2019
Tiger Woods' ex-wife, Elin, has fallen in and out of love a few times since their divorce. She dated coal tycoon Chris Cline between 2011 and 2016 (he later died in a helicopter crash). In early 2019, Elin began dating former NFL tight end Jordan Cameron. In June 13, 2019, it was reported the two were expecting their first baby (Jordan has a son, Tristan, from a previous relationship). Elin gave birth to her third child, son Filip Nordegren Cameron, in October 2019 (they filed to change his name two months later to Arthur Nordegren Cameron). Elin and Jordan are still together.
She has been fiercely private about her life, post-Tiger. However, the few interviews she's given reveal a great deal about the evolution of their relationship. In a 2010 interview, Elin disclosed that she'd never suspected Tiger of cheating on her. In fact, the whole state of affairs proved to be an absolute shock.
I'm so embarrassed that I never suspected — not a one. […] Forgiveness takes time…I am going to be completely honest and tell you that I am working on it. I know I will have to come to forgiveness and acceptance of what has happened for me to go on and be happy in the future.
Elin Is Determined to Make Co-Parenting Work with Tiger
Tiger Woods and children Sam and Axel in 2022 (Image: Instagram)
At the same time, Elin is committed to making things work with Tiger as co-parents to their two children. The mother of three made it clear 11 years ago that she wanted the children to be close with Tiger. "I will always have a working parenting relationship with Tiger," she asserted.
I have moved on, and I am in a good place. Our relationship is centered around our children, and we are doing really good — we really are. He is a great father.
All Unpleasant Situations Eventually End
Elin's development over the past decade speaks volumes about her sense of self and maturity. She'd been a young mother of two when her entire world crumbled and she had to reckon with a betrayal of the most extreme kind. But the Swedish psychology kept her head down and focused on her priorities.
The scandal, and subsequent divorce, empowered Elin Nordegren to fulfill her dreams and invest in education. Yet, she also has enough room in her heart to maintain a cordial rapport with Tiger, if only for the sake of their children.
We need to remember that all situations, no matter how pleasant and testing, have an expiry date. If we can cope with them thoughtfully and patiently, they too shall pass, and we'll be able to climb back up to the surface and gain a fresh perspective on our life.
Shaoni Das
Shaoni Das is a writer based out of Alberta, Canada. Copywriter by day, true crime enthusiast by night - she has a passion for uncovering perspectives that capture the full spectrum of human nature. She deploys language as a way to connect with her audience and empower them to take action. When she's not writing or scouring the internet for ideas, you can find her playing Genshin Impact or eating Biriyani.


Endodontic treatment has now been completed. The root canal system has been permanently sealed. However, the outer surface is sealed with a temporary restoration. A follow-up restoration must be placed to protect your tooth against fracture and decay. A complete report of treatment will be sent to your dentist. They will then contact you to schedule the appropriate appointment for restoration of your tooth.
Your tooth is susceptible to fracture after endodontic treatment. You should chew on the other side until your dentist has placed a protective restoration, usually a crown.
Included in your endodontic treatment is a follow-up examination to evaluate the progress of healing. This appointment will require only a few minutes and no additional fee will be charged.
Lower teeth and nerve injury. There is a slight possibility that nerve injury can occur during root canal surgery to the lower posterior teeth. Your endodontist is trained to assess this possibility prior to treatment and will advise you accordingly. For lower posterior teeth, the root tips may be near a nerve that supplies feeling to the lip, chin and gums. Your endodontist is trained to design your surgery to minimize the chances of damaging this nerve. Rarely, this nerve can become irritated during the process of surgery. In these cases, when the local anesthesia wears off, you may experience tingling, altered sensation or, in rare cases a complete lack of feeling in the affected tissues. Should this occur, it is usually temporary and will resolve over a period of days, weeks or months. In rare cases, these changes can be permanent and/or painful. If you are experiencing persistent numbness, please contact our practice.
Upper teeth and sinus communication. The upper teeth are situated near your sinuses, and root canal surgery can result in a communication between your mouth and the adjacent sinus. Should this complication occur, it will usually heal spontaneously. We will give you special instructions if this is apparent at the time of surgery. We prefer that you don't blow your nose for two to three days after surgery. If you have to sneeze, you should sneeze with an open mouth into a tissue. You should not create any pressure in the sinus area. If you sense a complication after surgery, please contact our practice.
Post-operative infections. Post-operative infections occasionally occur. Many times placing you on an oral antibiotic for one week will take care of the infection Occasionally, other follow-up procedures will be needed. If you feel you are experiencing any unanticipated pain or swelling, please contact our practice.


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Decisions, decisions... Ever have one of these moments...?
"Would you tell me please which way I ought to go from here?"
"That depends a good deal on where you want to get to," said the cat.
"I don't much care where", said Alice.
"Then it doesn't matter which way you go", said the cat.
'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'


Google+ is live for about a month now, and after the initial set of invites and follows going back and forward, it has been disapointingly silent in my circles. That may be because in Belgium, people typically catch on only slowly when it comes to online stuff, or because I just don't have enough friends. Whatever the reason, I don't believe Google+ has what it takes to outperform Facebook when it comes to informal online communication. And I don't think it should try to.


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Here's Every New Holiday Movie Coming To TV This Week To Help Put You In A Festive Mood
©2018 Crown Media United States LLC/Photographer: Bettina Strauss
Is there really ever such a thing as too many Christmas movies? That was a rhetorical question, of course, because the answer to that is obviously no. That's why TV networks and streaming platforms do everything in their power to provide new holiday movies each week leading up to Christmas to help get us all in a festive mood. And this week proves to be no exception. There are plenty of new must-see holiday movies debuting this week that are guaranteed to make your days merry and bright. Because while hanging out with your loved ones is great and all, nothing beats the joy of escaping into a good holiday movie with some popcorn and eggnog by your side.
While there is always Freeform's annual 25 Days of Christmas schedule to enjoy, which will feature some truly beloved classics, there will also be some brand new projects making their way to your TV screens this week, including the Hallmark Channel's traditional "Countdown to Christmas" lineup and a new UpTV original thrown into the mix as well. So if you're looking for a few yuletide films to fill up your days this week, check out the list below and set your DVRs accordingly.
1. Aggretsuko: We Wish You A Metal Christmas — Dec. 20
Season 1 may have hit Netflix back in April, but fans of the anime series will be gifted with a special Christmas episode, which becomes available for streaming on Dec. 20 and features a punk cover of "Jingle Bells," performed by Tim Timebomb and the Interrupters. The official logline reads as follows: "Retsuko's newfound obsession with posting pics on her social media account threatens to ruin her Christmas, while Haida still hopes to spend Christmas with her."
Watch on Netflix.
2. Christmas At Grand Valley — Dec. 22
Christmas movie favorite Danica McKellar stars as Kelly, who heads to Grand Valley in hopes of taking a break from the hustle and bustle of Chicago life. Soon she runs into single dad Leo (Brennan Elliott), and you can imagine where things go from there.
Watch on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries.
3. Jingle Around The Clock — Dec. 22
The story centers around Elle (Brooke Nevin), whose Christmas-time reunion plans are thwarted when an opportunity for work comes along that she can't pass up. However, this involves Elle teaming up with advertising campaign 'fixer' Max (Michael Cassidy), who she seems to have nothing in common with. Naturally, the two of them fall in love (surprise!).
Watch on Hallmark Channel.
4. Christmas Bells Are Ringing — Dec. 22
Sam (Emilie Ullerup) and Mike (Josh Kelly) were best friends when they were kids spending their summers in Cape Cod. Sadly, Sam's mom passed away, making vacations in their favorite locale too hard to bear, so the friends drifted apart. Now Sam's dad is getting remarried, giving her and Mike a chance to reconnect.
5. Small Town Christmas — Dec. 23
While out promoting her hit novel, Nell Phillips (Ashley Newbrough) runs into Emmett Turner (Kristoffer Polaha), a former colleague who stood her up for a date and actually helped to inspire the very book she ended up writing. Could this chance encounter lead to something more? You'll just have to tune in to find out.
6. Christmas Made To Order — Dec. 23
When Steven (Jonathan Bennett) finds himself in charge of hosting Christmas for his family this year, he recruits holiday coordinator Gretchen (Alexa PenaVega) for a little help. Sparks fly, chemistry ensues, you know the drill.
7. Hometown Holiday — Dec. 23
UPtv
Ryan (Bradley Hamilton), an entertainment executive, heads to a small town in the hopes of landing an up and coming talent. While there, he meets a local woman named Krista (Sarah Troyer), who he ends up falling hard for.
Watch on UpTV.
Needless to say, there are a handful of great Christmas movie gems to pick from this week. And the best part is that you don't have to choose — you can watch them all. Tis the season, after all.


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Pending move: USAA to Alamo City's downtown Pending move: USAA to Alamo City's downtown https://www.recenter.tamu.edu/news/newstalk-texas/?Item=18572 2017-12-11T06:00:00Z 2017-12-11T23:15:00Z
 SAN ANTONIO – Pending City Council approval of a municipal incentives package, USAA plans to move as many as 2,000 workers to its downtown office towers—One Riverwalk Plaza and Bank of America Financial Services Center.
The deal calls for the San Antonio-based financial services giant to expand its local workforce by as many as 1,500 new positions over five years.
The municipal incentives package includes a $4 million economic development loan and a tax abatement of up to $2 million.
In return for the incentives, USAA has agreed to spend at least $70 million in improvements for its two downtown buildings, including an expansion of its One Riverwalk parking garage.
The tax rebate amount, which is capped at $2 million, is tied to the number of jobs USAA creates within five years.
Currently, USAA has about 200 employees at One Riverwalk and already planned to move another 400 personnel into that building next year.
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30th Oct – The day is finally here I was eagerly waiting for.
I had a flight at 8 am from Sydney. Roger Shrestha joined me from Sydney campus. But the interesting moment was when I met Sophie at the Sydney Airport. I had no idea that she was also taking part in the Leadership Conference because earlier I was told that there would be only two students from Sydney campus who would be joining the conference. I met Sophie in our uni library as she is working part time as library staff. We became actually a friend in the Orientation program last term in Sydney campus where we both worked as a volunteer and after that it was the first time I met her.
With Qantas flight, we landed on Brisbane and then another flight to Gladstone. The moment I was about to land on Gladstone was so hard for me because my both ears were hurting so badly. I couldn't express how I was feeling at that time but it was really bad – felt like my ears would burst with pain. We landed on Gladstone and I could really feel the summer had started there because back in Sydney, when I left, the weather was cool.
I supposed his name was James ( apologize if the name is mistaken) who picked us in the Gladstone Airport. It was there where I figured out that most of the people from Brisbane who were on the same flight were actually for the Leadership conference. Around 11 am in the morning, we reached the Gladstone CQU campus and I was totally shocked by its location and the surrounding environment. Well, Sydney Campus is just a single building surrounded by crowds and look here at Gladstone, it's totally different. At one time, I wished I could have come here instead of Sydney Campus.
Then, we had Registration followed by Welcome session.
The conference started with the workshop introducing the i4 Neuroleader model and its self assessment by Tanya. Actually Tanya is the one who actually created this whole leadership conference model. This was the first time I have seen her, otherwise, I just used to receive her email.
I completed my self assessment before online and I got my result on that day. Then, I figure out that I need to improve on communication as per my report and that's true. I usually speak less and listen more. Sometime I know speaking less is bad for me but I believe this is one my of the greatest strength because by listening other, I can feel what they are trying to say and by observing them, I can figure out, how they feel.
One of the reason to take part on this leadership conference for me was to learn from others and that could only be possible if I listen and observe them. That's what I did and it was really helpful.
One of the interesting part of the workshop was the commitment part where we wrote our commitment we were going to fulfill in these three days and we took photo with Instagram tag. Tanya started with a commitment to drink more water while other were making commitments like speaking with at least 20 people, starting meditation, increasing optimism, jogging 30 minutes everyday, speaking less and listening more to other and many more…….
One dollar can make difference in somebody's life ……..
The another interesting part that resonated me was the meditation session. Usually, I practice meditation on daily basis for 15 to 20 minutes. But this time, it was different. I do meditation counting and focusing on my breath but the way, we did in the workshop was quiet fascinating where I started with breath, then focused towards our feet, then knee, then hip to every parts of my body. Not only that, I even was thankful to every parts of my body for functioning properly. That was quite surprised because I have never done it before. After meditation, I feel like there is not only one way to do meditation and I convinced myself to give this kind of practice in coming days.
Then, we had a beautiful lunch.
I got a heart. So, my first session was Mind.
Since couple of weeks, I have been reading books like "Mindset" by Carrol Dweck, "Grit" by Angela Duckworth that are related to our mind, brain and psychology in order to enhance my growth mindset. So, I was so much excited that today, I would be learning something new. But, after the session, I was disappointed because I didn't get something new that I was expecting for. That may be due to the fact that I was already familiar with everything that had been said in the workshop. Also what I have found was that the mentor was not someone who was well expertise in that subject. So, it would have been much better if we had a mentor who was actually well knowledge regarding the session.
Then, It was the time for check in to accommodation and have some refresh. The accommodation was superb. I got a room at 9th floor. After some refresh, we headed back to Campus and there was Guest Speaker – Silvia Damiano, a name I have never heard before.
The presentation of Silvia Damiano was one of the best part of this session. Actually, she was one who created i4 Neuroleader workshop. The best thing I liked about her speech was the way she talked about our brain, its functioning and how to make it more effective because for me, through out my academic career, no body ever talked about our brain and how could we improve our life better my developing our brain. That was really useful for me. According to her, we can develop our brain through meditation, positive thinking and actually working on it.
What I have realized through her is that basically most of us try to change the circumstances around us but the more important part is to control the thoughts of our brain. If we could control our brain, our mind and our thoughts, the circumstance automatically changes accordingly.
After that powerful presentation, we had a dinner and back to the room.
I slept early and trust me, it was one of the finest sleep. May be due to tiredness of the hour long travel and workshops on the single day.


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package com.facebook.presto.operator.aggregation.multimapagg;

import com.facebook.presto.array.ObjectBigArray;
import com.facebook.presto.bytecode.DynamicClassLoader;
import com.facebook.presto.common.block.Block;
import com.facebook.presto.common.block.BlockBuilder;
import com.facebook.presto.common.type.ArrayType;
import com.facebook.presto.common.type.StandardTypes;
import com.facebook.presto.common.type.Type;
import com.facebook.presto.common.type.TypeSignatureParameter;
import com.facebook.presto.metadata.BoundVariables;
import com.facebook.presto.metadata.FunctionAndTypeManager;
import com.facebook.presto.metadata.SqlAggregationFunction;
import com.facebook.presto.operator.aggregation.AccumulatorCompiler;
import com.facebook.presto.operator.aggregation.AggregationMetadata;
import com.facebook.presto.operator.aggregation.AggregationMetadata.AccumulatorStateDescriptor;
import com.facebook.presto.operator.aggregation.GenericAccumulatorFactoryBinder;
import com.facebook.presto.operator.aggregation.InternalAggregationFunction;
import com.facebook.presto.operator.aggregation.TypedSet;
import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;

import java.lang.invoke.MethodHandle;
import java.util.List;

import static com.facebook.presto.common.type.TypeSignature.parseTypeSignature;
import static com.facebook.presto.operator.aggregation.AggregationMetadata.ParameterMetadata;
import static com.facebook.presto.operator.aggregation.AggregationMetadata.ParameterMetadata.ParameterType.BLOCK_INDEX;
import static com.facebook.presto.operator.aggregation.AggregationMetadata.ParameterMetadata.ParameterType.BLOCK_INPUT_CHANNEL;
import static com.facebook.presto.operator.aggregation.AggregationMetadata.ParameterMetadata.ParameterType.NULLABLE_BLOCK_INPUT_CHANNEL;
import static com.facebook.presto.operator.aggregation.AggregationMetadata.ParameterMetadata.ParameterType.STATE;
import static com.facebook.presto.operator.aggregation.AggregationUtils.generateAggregationName;
import static com.facebook.presto.spi.function.Signature.comparableTypeParameter;
import static com.facebook.presto.spi.function.Signature.typeVariable;
import static com.facebook.presto.type.TypeUtils.expectedValueSize;
import static com.facebook.presto.util.Reflection.methodHandle;
import static com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList.toImmutableList;

public class MultimapAggregationFunction
        extends SqlAggregationFunction
{
    public static final String NAME = "multimap_agg";
    private static final MethodHandle OUTPUT_FUNCTION = methodHandle(MultimapAggregationFunction.class, "output", Type.class, Type.class, MultimapAggregationState.class, BlockBuilder.class);
    private static final MethodHandle COMBINE_FUNCTION = methodHandle(MultimapAggregationFunction.class, "combine", MultimapAggregationState.class, MultimapAggregationState.class);
    private static final MethodHandle INPUT_FUNCTION = methodHandle(MultimapAggregationFunction.class, "input", MultimapAggregationState.class, Block.class, Block.class, int.class);
    private static final int EXPECTED_ENTRY_SIZE = 100;
    private final MultimapAggGroupImplementation groupMode;

    public MultimapAggregationFunction(MultimapAggGroupImplementation groupMode)
    {
        super(NAME,
                ImmutableList.of(comparableTypeParameter("K"), typeVariable("V")),
                ImmutableList.of(),
                parseTypeSignature("map(K,array(V))"),
                ImmutableList.of(parseTypeSignature("K"), parseTypeSignature("V")));
        this.groupMode = groupMode;
    }

    @Override
    public String getDescription()
    {
        return "Aggregates all the rows (key/value pairs) into a single multimap";
    }

    @Override
    public InternalAggregationFunction specialize(BoundVariables boundVariables, int arity, FunctionAndTypeManager functionAndTypeManager)
    {
        Type keyType = boundVariables.getTypeVariable("K");
        Type valueType = boundVariables.getTypeVariable("V");
        Type outputType = functionAndTypeManager.getParameterizedType(StandardTypes.MAP, ImmutableList.of(
                TypeSignatureParameter.of(keyType.getTypeSignature()),
                TypeSignatureParameter.of(new ArrayType(valueType).getTypeSignature())));
        return generateAggregation(keyType, valueType, outputType);
    }

    private InternalAggregationFunction generateAggregation(Type keyType, Type valueType, Type outputType)
    {
        DynamicClassLoader classLoader = new DynamicClassLoader(MultimapAggregationFunction.class.getClassLoader());
        List<Type> inputTypes = ImmutableList.of(keyType, valueType);
        MultimapAggregationStateSerializer stateSerializer = new MultimapAggregationStateSerializer(keyType, valueType);
        Type intermediateType = stateSerializer.getSerializedType();

        AggregationMetadata metadata = new AggregationMetadata(
                generateAggregationName(NAME, outputType.getTypeSignature(), inputTypes.stream().map(Type::getTypeSignature).collect(toImmutableList())),
                createInputParameterMetadata(keyType, valueType),
                INPUT_FUNCTION,
                COMBINE_FUNCTION,
                OUTPUT_FUNCTION.bindTo(keyType).bindTo(valueType),
                ImmutableList.of(new AccumulatorStateDescriptor(
                        MultimapAggregationState.class,
                        stateSerializer,
                        new MultimapAggregationStateFactory(keyType, valueType, groupMode))),
                outputType);

        GenericAccumulatorFactoryBinder factory = AccumulatorCompiler.generateAccumulatorFactoryBinder(metadata, classLoader);
        return new InternalAggregationFunction(NAME, inputTypes, ImmutableList.of(intermediateType), outputType, true, true, factory);
    }

    private static List<ParameterMetadata> createInputParameterMetadata(Type keyType, Type valueType)
    {
        return ImmutableList.of(new ParameterMetadata(STATE),
                new ParameterMetadata(BLOCK_INPUT_CHANNEL, keyType),
                new ParameterMetadata(NULLABLE_BLOCK_INPUT_CHANNEL, valueType),
                new ParameterMetadata(BLOCK_INDEX));
    }

    public static void input(MultimapAggregationState state, Block key, Block value, int position)
    {
        state.add(key, value, position);
    }

    public static void combine(MultimapAggregationState state, MultimapAggregationState otherState)
    {
        state.merge(otherState);
    }

    public static void output(Type keyType, Type valueType, MultimapAggregationState state, BlockBuilder out)
    {
        if (state.isEmpty()) {
            out.appendNull();
        }
        else {
            // TODO: Avoid copy value block associated with the same key by using strategy similar to multimap_from_entries
            ObjectBigArray<BlockBuilder> valueArrayBlockBuilders = new ObjectBigArray<>();
            valueArrayBlockBuilders.ensureCapacity(state.getEntryCount());
            BlockBuilder distinctKeyBlockBuilder = keyType.createBlockBuilder(null, state.getEntryCount(), expectedValueSize(keyType, 100));
            TypedSet keySet = new TypedSet(keyType, state.getEntryCount(), MultimapAggregationFunction.NAME);

            state.forEach((key, value, keyValueIndex) -> {
                // Merge values of the same key into an array
                if (!keySet.contains(key, keyValueIndex)) {
                    keySet.add(key, keyValueIndex);
                    keyType.appendTo(key, keyValueIndex, distinctKeyBlockBuilder);
                    BlockBuilder valueArrayBuilder = valueType.createBlockBuilder(null, 10, expectedValueSize(valueType, EXPECTED_ENTRY_SIZE));
                    valueArrayBlockBuilders.set(keySet.positionOf(key, keyValueIndex), valueArrayBuilder);
                }
                valueType.appendTo(value, keyValueIndex, valueArrayBlockBuilders.get(keySet.positionOf(key, keyValueIndex)));
            });

            // Write keys and value arrays into one Block
            Type valueArrayType = new ArrayType(valueType);
            BlockBuilder multimapBlockBuilder = out.beginBlockEntry();
            for (int i = 0; i < distinctKeyBlockBuilder.getPositionCount(); i++) {
                keyType.appendTo(distinctKeyBlockBuilder, i, multimapBlockBuilder);
                valueArrayType.writeObject(multimapBlockBuilder, valueArrayBlockBuilders.get(i).build());
            }
            out.closeEntry();
        }
    }
}

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This CRL Mirror Wardrobe Roller has a 3" (76 mm) steel housing with an adjustment screw and a 1-1/2" (38 mm) outside diameter, concave edge, nylon ball bearing roller. The roller assembly fits on Monarch Series 'L' steel framed mirror doors. One roller assembly per package.


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Standing Together for Press Freedom
On World Press Freedom Day 2019, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists director Gerard Ryle talks about the importance of press freedom.
By Scilla Alecci and Gerard Ryle
"Press freedom for ICIJ means we all work together and help each other bring out stories that in some countries would not be told if we weren't doing them collectively.
"World Press Freedom Day really is a celebration of that for us."
ICIJ is an independent, donor-supported investigative news outlet. Together, we expose wrongdoing so that the world can make it right.
Panama Papers was 'simply too big for one news outlet'
The Panama Papers in Ecuador: not even an earthquake could stop their reporting
Topics: Inside ICIJ, Investigative journalism, Panama Papers, Press freedom
Reporter and Asia and Europe coordinator


LG has unveiled its latest home cinema laptop range, the Widebook.
Offering widescreen movie playback, the laptop has been designed to cater for your home entertainment needs.
Essentially this means that the laptop has enough power to playback HD content, including games.
At the heart of the laptop is an Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 2GB or 4GB of 'turbo memory' (RAM to you and me), and depending on which model you go for, the screen-size is 13.3-inch (R380), 14-inch (R480/R460) and 15.6-inch (R580/R560).
Graphics-wise, the Widebook packs in a NVIDIA GeForce graphics chip with up to 1GB of DDR2 video memory, which LG claims is enough for 3D gaming, if you are that way inclined.
As the screens are LED-backlit (which means they are super bright) the laptops save on power too, up to 15 to 20 per cent less than ordinary notebooks.
Although pricing is still to be confirmed, the Widebook has a release date of late September and will be available in a number of colours including 'shiny' white and 'crystal' black.
Oh, and pink for the ladies. Because girls obviously can't buy gadgets unless they are pink.
Go to www.uk.lg.com for more details.