The needles used in acupuncture are very thin (the size of a strand of hair). Some patients are more sensitive to acupuncture needles than others. Sometimes the patients will feel a tiny pinch on the insertion of the needle. After the needle is inserted, there might be a sensation of heat, numbness, achiness, throbbing, nerviness, or nothing at all. These sensations are normal, and generally mean the treatment is working as it should. If anything is sharp or very unpleasant, I will remove or manipulate the needle right away to ensure my patient is comfortable at all times. If something doesn't feel right, I will fix it immediately. Trigger point dry needling can create a very interesting sensation of the muscle jumping or contracting. Sometimes this kind of needling can be very strong; some patients find it unpleasant, while other patients find it to be a pleasant release. I always go at the pace of each individual patient. You are in charge.
The number of treatments needed varies from person to person. During the initial exam I do my best to give an accurate estimate on how many treatments you will need to begin to see improvement. Most of the time improvement is seen after only one treatment; sometimes (for more chronic complaints) two or more treatments are needed. For quicker results it is important to follow dietary and lifestyle advice closely. At the beginning of the healing process weekly treatments are recommended. As you begin to heal, treatments are spaced further and further apart until they are only needed once a season or once a year!
Acupuncture has a cumulative effect so it is important to stick to the treatment plan. For instance, if you need 5 treatments once every week, and you come once and then not again until 3-4 weeks later, it is kind of like having to start over. At this point in my practice, I am looking for patients who are committed to getting better. In return, you can expect a complete commitment to your health from me.
Most insurance companies in PA don't cover acupuncture (yet). If your insurance does, or is from another state, you might be able to get reimbursed. I can give you a detailed receipt that you can turn into your insurance company for possible reimbursement.
What to expect at my first treatment?
The first treatment will be about an hour and a half in duration. You will begin by filling out a form about your complaint and past medical history. After you are finished we will go over your history and I will ask a variety of questions. After we finish with the interview I will have you lay on the treatment table and feel your pulse and look at your tongue. These are tools acupuncturists use to help them diagnosis. I will then begin pressing certain acupuncture points on your body and ask you if they are tender to the touch. This is another way acupuncturist diagnosis. After I have made a diagnosis I will begin inserting the (very fine) needles into different points on your body. Many of the points will be located below the knee and below the elbow, but depending on the complaint some might be inserted into the abdomen, head, or chest. After the insertion of some points I might ask if you can feel various sensations (such as warm, heaviness, tingling). If any point at any time becomes uncomfortable you can just let me know and we can adjust the needle or take it out. After all the needles are inserted I will lower the lights, turn on soothing music and leave the room for about 20 minutes. During this time some patients fall asleep, others enter a very meditative state, while others work on their breathing technique and just relax. After I return, depending on the complaint, we might treat the back with acupuncture and/or cupping/gua sha.


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Q: BitmapSource binding memory leak The problem is the same with BitmapImage but for demonstration let's use BitmapSource. Basically if I'm showing a fairly large image in a view and I set the bound object to null when I'm done with it the image memory does not get reclaimed no matter how long you wait. The full code to reproduce the problem:
xaml:
<Window x:Class="TestBitmapSource.MainWindow"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
    xmlns:local="clr-namespace:TestBitmapSource"
    Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525">
<Window.DataContext>
    <local:MainViewModel/>
</Window.DataContext>
<Grid>
    <StackPanel>
        <Button Command="{Binding Path=ReloadCommand}">Load</Button>
        <Button Command="{Binding Path=ReleaseCommand}">Release</Button>
        <Image Source="{Binding Path=MyImage}"></Image>
    </StackPanel>
</Grid>

C#:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Linq;
using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows.Input;
using System.Windows.Media;
using System.Windows.Media.Imaging;

namespace TestBitmapSource
{
class MainViewModel : INotifyPropertyChanged
{
    private BitmapSource myImage;
    public BitmapSource MyImage
    {
        get { return myImage; }
        set { myImage = value; NotifyPropertyChanged(); }
    }

    public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
    private void NotifyPropertyChanged([CallerMemberName] String propertyName = "")
    {
        if (PropertyChanged != null)
        {
            PropertyChanged(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
        }
    }

    private ICommand _reloadCommand;
    public ICommand ReloadCommand
    {
        get
        {
            return _reloadCommand ?? (_reloadCommand = new CommandHandler(() => Reload(), true));
        }
    }
    private ICommand _releaseCommand;
    public ICommand ReleaseCommand
    {
        get
        {
            return _releaseCommand ?? (_releaseCommand = new CommandHandler(() => Release(), true));
        }
    }

    Random random = new Random();
    public void Reload()
    {
        int width = 6000;
        int height = 6000;
        int b = random.Next();
        int g = random.Next();
        int r = random.Next();
        unsafe
        {
            byte* pixels = (byte*)Marshal.AllocHGlobal(width * height * 3);
            for (int i = 0; i < width * height; i++)
            {
                pixels[i * 3] = (byte)b;
                pixels[i * 3 + 1] = (byte)g;
                pixels[i * 3 + 2] = (byte)r;
            }
            MyImage = BitmapSource.Create(width, height, 96, 96, PixelFormats.Bgr24, null, (IntPtr)pixels, width * height * 3, width * 3);
            Marshal.FreeHGlobal((IntPtr)pixels);
            MyImage.Freeze();
        }
    }

    public void Release()
    {
        MyImage = null;
        GC.Collect();
        GC.WaitForPendingFinalizers();
    }

    public MainViewModel()
    {
        MyImage = null;
    }
}

public class CommandHandler : ICommand
{
    private Action _action; private bool _canExecute;
    public CommandHandler(Action action, bool canExecute) { _action = action; _canExecute = canExecute; }
    public bool CanExecute(object parameter) { return _canExecute; }
    public event EventHandler CanExecuteChanged;
    public void Execute(object parameter) { _action(); }
}
}

To reproduce the problem, click the Load button (which will create the image with BitmapSource.Create) and then the Release button which attempts to release the image and collect unused memory. However, the process monitor shows that the 250MB of memory is still in use, and I know that the MyImage object is still alive if I tag it with an Object ID in Visual Studio.
Two things I've found so far:
1) If I don't bind to the image in the view, everything is fine and the image object disappears immediately.
2) If you click the Release button a second time, the tagged object suddenly disappears and the memory is reclaimed.
So clearly, the act of binding creates some reference somewhere that is not released when the image object is set to null in the view model. I wanted to check if I'm missing something obvious before I get into a memory profiler.
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Max Baron Heereman von Zuydtwyck
Max Baron Heereman von Zuydtwyck was born in 1893 at SurenburgG. He married Adelheid Baronin von Salis-Soglio, daughter of Anton Maximilian Maria Aloysius Freiherr von Salis-Soglio and Elisabeth Gräfin von Galen, in 1960. He died in 1972 at SurenburgG.
Children of Max Baron Heereman von Zuydtwyck and Adelheid Baronin von Salis-Soglio
Marie-Bernadette Baronin Heereman von Zuydtwyck+ b. 1961
Maximilian-Sigismund Baron Heereman von Zuydtwyck b. 1962
Maximilian-Sigismund Baron Heereman von Zuydtwyck
M, #98812, b. 1962
Maximilian-Sigismund Baron Heereman von Zuydtwyck was born in 1962. He is the son of Max Baron Heereman von Zuydtwyck and Adelheid Baronin von Salis-Soglio.
Marie-Bernadette Baronin Heereman von Zuydtwyck
F, #98813, b. 1961
Marie-Bernadette Baronin Heereman von Zuydtwyck was born in 1961. She is the daughter of Max Baron Heereman von Zuydtwyck and Adelheid Baronin von Salis-Soglio. She married Franz-Josef Baron Riederer von Paar zu Schönau in 1987.
Children of Marie-Bernadette Baronin Heereman von Zuydtwyck and Franz-Josef Baron Riederer von Paar zu Schönau
Felix Maximilian Johannes Nepomuck Maria Baron Riederer von Paar zu Schönau b. 17 May 1988
Leonhard Franziskus Antonius Johannes Maria Baron Riederer von Paar zu Schönau b. 18 Jun 1990
Franz-Josef Baron Riederer von Paar zu Schönau
Franz-Josef Baron Riederer von Paar zu Schönau was born in 1958. He married Marie-Bernadette Baronin Heereman von Zuydtwyck, daughter of Max Baron Heereman von Zuydtwyck and Adelheid Baronin von Salis-Soglio, in 1987.
Children of Franz-Josef Baron Riederer von Paar zu Schönau and Marie-Bernadette Baronin Heereman von Zuydtwyck
Felix Maximilian Johannes Nepomuck Maria Baron Riederer von Paar zu Schönau
M, #98815, b. 17 May 1988
Felix Maximilian Johannes Nepomuck Maria Baron Riederer von Paar zu Schönau was born on 17 May 1988 at Eggenfelden, GermanyG. He is the son of Franz-Josef Baron Riederer von Paar zu Schönau and Marie-Bernadette Baronin Heereman von Zuydtwyck.
Leonhard Franziskus Antonius Johannes Maria Baron Riederer von Paar zu Schönau
M, #98816, b. 18 June 1990
Leonhard Franziskus Antonius Johannes Maria Baron Riederer von Paar zu Schönau was born on 18 June 1990 at Eggenfelden, GermanyG. He is the son of Franz-Josef Baron Riederer von Paar zu Schönau and Marie-Bernadette Baronin Heereman von Zuydtwyck.
Pia Maria Baronin von Salis-Soglio
Pia Maria Baronin von Salis-Soglio was born in 1926. She is the daughter of Anton Maximilian Maria Aloysius Freiherr von Salis-Soglio and Elisabeth Gräfin von Galen. She married Karl Baron von Hovel in 1950.
Her married name became von Hovel.
Children of Pia Maria Baronin von Salis-Soglio and Karl Baron von Hovel
Maria Anna Baronin von Hovel b. 2 Oct 1953, d. 8 Feb 1954
Friedrich Baron von Hovel b. 14 Jun 1955
Elisabeth Baron von Hovel b. 3 Feb 1957
Hermann-Joseph Baron von Hovel b. 18 Feb 1959
Karl Baron von Hovel
Karl Baron von Hovel was born in 1915 at Westerholt, GermanyG. He married Pia Maria Baronin von Salis-Soglio, daughter of Anton Maximilian Maria Aloysius Freiherr von Salis-Soglio and Elisabeth Gräfin von Galen, in 1950. He died in 1981.
Children of Karl Baron von Hovel and Pia Maria Baronin von Salis-Soglio
Friedrich Baron von Hovel
Friedrich Baron von Hovel was born on 14 June 1955. He is the son of Karl Baron von Hovel and Pia Maria Baronin von Salis-Soglio.
Hermann-Joseph Baron von Hovel
Hermann-Joseph Baron von Hovel was born on 18 February 1959. He is the son of Karl Baron von Hovel and Pia Maria Baronin von Salis-Soglio.

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Cha Cha - Fernando Juarez
Guaglione
Fernando Juarez and His Orchestra
Waldorf King Size
MHK S.D. 1401
Surprisingly good space age Cha Cha from budget label Waldorf.
Tea For Two Cha Cha
Cara Mia Cha Cha
Cheek To Cheek Cha Cha
My Blue Heaven Cha Cha
Rico Rica Cha Cha
Jealous Cha Cha
S' Wonderfull Cha Cha
Pan Amore Y Cha Cha
Sweet And Gentle
Piano Patterns - Cecil Lloyd
Piano Patterns
Cecil Lloyd
20th Fox - FOX 2010
Lloyd's group, for this set: Lloyd Trottman - bass, Panama Francis and Soloman Hall - Drums.
This is a tight and mellow small combo set, but the arrangements do not reflect the hip or conceptual vibe of the cover art.
From the back cover: It must be the despair of every experienced musician who has worked long and hard polishing and developing his talent to come upon someone like Ceil Lloyd.
For here is a young pianist (22 when these recordings were made) whose total professional experience has consisted almost entirely of leading a hotel band in the British West Indies. Yet he has the style, the polish, the assurance and the individuality of a musician who has spent years absorbing and digesting the best examples of popular rhythm, harmony and phrasing. He has justifiably, been called "the genius of the island of Jamaica.
The first people who had an opportunity to become aware of the unusual abilities of Ceil Lloyd were the tourist who stopped at the fashionable Tower Isle Hotel in Jamaica. Ceil has been leading his own ten-piece band there since he was seventeen years old. The length of his stay there suggests that his appeal to tourists, who are not always the most musically perceptive people, was strong, Certainly it was evident that his own countrymen caught his message for they came from as far as Kingston, two and a half hours away, just to hear him.
One visitor to the island was so impressed with Ceil that he decided to do something about him. He was Frank Gaylord, an American who was serving as entertainment director at the Tower Isle Hotel. Gaylord brought Ceil to the attention of 20th Century-Fox Records and these revealing recordings, showcasing a fascinating new talent, are the result.
It was probably natural that Ceil should come by an interest in music at an early age for his mother had been a student at Juilliard before she married the Rev. A. W. Knott (Ceil's full name is Cecil Lloyd Knott – he dropped the family name for professional purposes). Ceil was born on March 4, 1936, in Spanish Town, Jamaica, but when he was two the family moved to Port Maria, a small town where his father had been put in charge of a church.
As a minister's son, Ceil has easy access to the church organ and when he was four he began to try and pick out tunes on it.
"It was one of those organs that you pump with your feet," he recalled, "and my feet could just barely get enough wind in the instrument to hold a note for more than five seconds."
When the family got a piano, Cecil really began to enjoy life. He received his instruction from both his parents (his father, like his mother, played piano and violin). They wanted him to play the violin but Ceil's leaning to the piano was so obvious that they soon gave in.
"My urge to play the piano was so strong," Cecil declared recently, "that right now I don't even know the right way to hold a violin."
He also had to overcome his mother's ideas that he should study medicine. Cecil did this by the simple process of going to work (without her permission) at the Tower Isle Hotel as soon as he had passed his high school examinations.
If there is any secret to Cecil Lloyd's special talents it may be that he has consistently started doing what he wanted to do to by instinct and later, undeterred by the fat that instinct had apparently led him directly to his goal, he has gone back to shore up his raw skill with special instruction. That was what he did after four months of playing at the hotel. He had found his metier but he still wanted to learn more about what he was doing. So he began taking lessons, this time away from his own home with a versatile Jamaican musician, Miss Brenda Smythe. As a result, he acquired an L.R.S.M., a London degree in music.
And now after five years as band leader, after making this auspicious set of solo recordings for 20th Century Fox Records, Cecil is continuing the pattern of driving ahead on his own and then going back to study and fill in the gaps in his knowledge and skill. Wherever he may pursue his studies he may leave more knowledge than he brings away. Meanwhile, however, we have this recorded evidence of the technique of a fascinating new piano stylist.
Cumana
Foggy Day
Bud Shank Plays Music From Today's Movies
Theme From Warning Shot
Arranged and Conducted by Bob Florence
World Pacific/Liberty Records WP-18864
This is, perhaps, not the most engaging cover image World Pacific might have created to market this project. The audio content is sophisticated "movie theme" jazzy space age fair that deserved an image to match the cool factor of the sound.
From the back cover: For this musical movie, Bud Shank has surrounded himself with musicians who are also no strangers to the studios' sound recording stages. They are also no strangers to recording sessions with Bud, for they have starred in many of his pervious record productions. For this album, Shank has limited himself to playing alto-sax: Bob Florence, who arranged and conducted the earlier "Michelle" and "California Dream" albums returns for similar duty here, plus fancy pianistics. Other members are: Victor Feldman on vibraphone and percussion. Mike Melvoin on organ and harpsichord (electric and otherwise), Frank Capp, drums, Dennis Budimir and Herb Ellis on guitars, Ray Brown on bass and Jimmy Zito on flugelhorn.
Theme From "Warning Shot"
Any Wednesday
Watch What Happens
Two Weeks In September
Venice After Dark
The Pin
Love Is Stronger Than We
Theme From "The Sand Pebbles"
Greatest Latin Hits! - Rene Touzet
Greatest Latin Hits
Rene Touzet
GNP 74
These tracks may be found online as part of the GNP catalog. So I won't be posting a sample.
From the back cover: Rene Touzet was born in Havana and was a child prodigy. He studied with the outstanding music teachers; won first prize in piano at the Falcon Conservatory; and in 1953, the Gold Medal as Cuba's outstanding composer.
Touzet first led his own 16 piece band at the Hotel National in Havana. In 1946, he came to the States to join Enric Madriguera. Shortly thereafter, he formed his own ban and has since been featured at the Crescendo and Ciro's in Hollywood and many of the elite supper clubs in New York and Miami.
Super jazzy space age Latin!
La Pachanga
Mambo Inn
Besame Mucho
The Breeze And I
Perfidia
Malaguena
Peanut Vendor
The Bullfighter's Song
TV Western Themes
Coronet Records CX 175
Tracks cobbled together and sold as if the set was recorded by "Slim Boyd and His Ranger Riders".
Jungle Mating Rhythms - Chaino
Jungle Crazy Maze Bongo
Jungle Mating Rhythms
Chaino
Verve MGV-2104
Verve, who pressed some inventive space age material, wasn't sure how to market this first Chaino album suggesting, from the back cover, that "...this music can be utilized as a home session for you own bongo playing." to "...Chaino... has been invited by several psychiatrists to play for disturbed institutionalized patients, and the patients in turn have been encouraged to take up rhythm instruments to further the releasing process."
Also from the back cover, perhaps a better descriptive paragraph: As for Chaino himself, it's relevant to add that he is capable here of drawing a wider range of emotions that you'd expect (given, I think, from the simplicity of presentation) from his material. There is a tenderness, a lyricism one might say, in much of his work that can also turn into a fervent Bacchic ball.
Basically, this is a one-man show, Chaino and his "drums" produced by Kirby Allen. Chaino and Allen produce a range of engaging percussion arrangements occasionally backed by Chaino vocal chants. Nice late 50s package from the cover art to the creative song titles.
Chiano bio on AllMusic
Jungle Mating Call
Voodoo Love
Voodoo Trinidad
Lost Canyon
Love Chant Of The Mau Mau
Seduction Of The Virgin
Watussi
Rico Tico De Dongo
Mad Bongos
Voodoo Chant
Ora Ora
Mambo Mambo - Perez Prado
Perez Prado And His Orchestra
RCA Victor 45EP EPA-602
Presented here for the cover art. All tracks can be found for purchase online. Nice energetic Prado set.
A La Billy May
Mambo A La Kenton
Mambo De Chatanooga


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The Promise of Intranasal Esketamine as a Novel and Effective Antidepressant
Daniel S. Quintana, PhD1; Nils Eiel Steen, MD, PhD1; Ole A. Andreassen, MD, PhD1
1NORMENT-KG Jebsen Centre for Psychosis Research, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital & Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
JAMA Psychiatry. 2018;75(2):123-124. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2017.3738
Efficacy and Safety of Intranasal Esketamine in Depression
Ella J. Daly, MD; Jaskaran B. Singh, MD; Maggie Fedgchin, PharmD; Kimberly Cooper, MS; Pilar Lim, PhD; Richard C. Shelton, MD; Michael E. Thase, MD; Andrew Winokur, MD, PhD; Luc Van Nueten, MD; Husseini Manji, MD, FRCPC; Wayne C. Drevets, MD
Nearly one-third of people with major depressive disorder are considered to have treatment-resistant depression (TRD).1 This diagnosis is a serious health concern due to its consequences for each affected individual and its associated economic burden on society owing to the prevalence of TRD.1,2 Despite the large public health influence, the principal mechanisms of action of pharmacologic agents used for the treatment of depression have remained largely unaltered since the introduction of selective serotonin-reuptake inhibitors in the 1980s. Moreover, current treatments are associated with delayed efficacy onset and inadequate remission rates. The N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor antagonist ketamine has emerged as a promising therapeutic agent, with intravenous administration demonstrating rapid antidepressant effects and striking response rates.3 In this issue of JAMA Psychiatry, Daly and colleagues4 present intriguing findings from the first clinical trial of intranasal esketamine hydrochloride (the more potent S-enantiomer of ketamine) adjunctive to oral antidepressants in TRD, reporting on its efficacy, safety, and dose response.
Quintana DS, Steen NE, Andreassen OA. The Promise of Intranasal Esketamine as a Novel and Effective Antidepressant. JAMA Psychiatry. 2018;75(2):123–124. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2017.3738
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Safeguarding Women Defenders in Development
Par Gretchen Gordon Nov 30, 2016
Moon Nay Li Photo credit: International Accountability Project
This week, as we celebrate Women Human Rights Defenders Day, November 29th, we honor the courageous work of women defenders around the world fighting for their human rights and their communities. Women defenders are on the front lines of the struggle for sustainable, equitable development. They run agricultural cooperatives and deliver health and education services. They raise their voices, organize, and mobilize to shape development proposals and to fight against ill-conceived investments that threaten the well-being of their communities.
For this work, they face discrimination, threats, intimidation, sexual violence, detention, and even death.
Moon Nay Li is the General Secretary of the Kachin Women's Association Thailand (KWAT), which runs empowerment and sustainable development initiatives with Kachin women in Thailand and Burma/Myanmar. KWAT operates critical programs ranging from health clinics and vocational training to anti-trafficking and political empowerment programs. Moon describes the challenging environment she faces while doing this work. "My networks and I receive threats and pressure from authorities including the police, military and local government officials who try to crack down on our movement."
According to Moon, this repressive environment poses serious challenges for civic engagement and public participation. "There are many restrictions. If we want to do a big event, we have to file a report with the police officials in the city. They tell us 'You can walk on the street but be silent, don't shout.'"
Earlier this year, Moon and her colleagues organized a march to celebrate International Women's Day. "Although we were told to be silent, we shouted because it is our right to do so. Then police officers came to talk to our leaders. They asked many questions and gave a warning to our leaders," explained Moon. "It is very difficult to mobilize people when the authorities threaten the very people who do the mobilizing."
The World Bank and other development banks are ramping up investments, especially private sector investments, in Burma/Myanmar and other "fragile and conflict affected states". While the banks acknowledge that sustainable development requires human rights principles like transparency, access to information, public consultation, and accountability, they haven't seriously grappled with how to ensure these principles are followed in environments where public participation and fundamental freedoms of expression and assembly are severely restricted.
According to research by Global Witness, some of the fiercest attacks on women and other human rights defenders occur in the context of development investments. Governments often clampdown on human rights in an effort to curtail potential opposition to development projects. As a Human Rights Watch investigation revealed, when communities speak up, they are labeled "anti-development" and subjected to threats, harassment, and violence at the hands of authorities or public and private security forces.
Moon explains that in Burma, there is no public participation around development projects. "They say when development happens, it is always for the good of the people and nobody should complain about development projects. We cannot ask further questions and there is no consultation with local people," says Moon. "We can even directly and openly talk about human rights abuses but not about development. Development is more difficult to resist."
Moon's story demonstrates why it is critical for development finance institutions like the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank to ensure that there is an enabling environment for human rights and public participation around their investments. In their social and environmental impact assessments, development banks should be assessing differentiated impacts on women and girls and identifying risks to women defenders, which may be different than the risks faced by men. They should ensure that their investments aren't causing, contributing to, or exacerbating human rights abuses. And where threats arise, they should have protocols in place to protect defenders and to minimize and remedy any harm.
Around the world, women are doing the heavy labor of sustainable development every day. It's time for development financiers to ensure that women can participate in development processes and raise concerns about development proposals without putting themselves in danger. It's time for development financiers to safeguard women defenders.
You can learn about the campaign to get development financiers to safeguard human rights defenders and read the rest of Moon's story at www.rightsindevelopment.org/hrd.
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Redevabilité des entreprises et développement en Afrique
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Uzbek German Forum
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More graduates and less alcohol consumption among young people in 2020
With a pandemic ongoing, the year 2020 reshaped the lives of young people in the Netherlands. In secondary education, relatively more students were promoted and almost all final examination students graduated. Fewer young people were at work; fewer girls between the ages of 12 and 18 used alcohol on occasion, and there was less excessive drinking among young men. The number of young people receiving youth care declined; on the other hand, the number of reported child abuse cases went up. Furthermore, compared to the previous year, in 2020 a smaller share of young people reported they were happy and satisfied with life. These are some of the results Statistics Netherlands (CBS) describes in the Annual Report of the National Youth Monitor 2021, published today.
Caribbean Netherlands Student Survey
Do young people in the Caribbean Netherlands ever encounter bullying? What do they do in their free time? What are their future plans after graduation? This and more is presented in the Caribbean Netherlands Student Survey, held for the first time at the end of 2020. The survey forms part of the National Youth Monitor, compiled by Statistics Netherlands (CBS) in collaboration with the Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport (VWS).
Youth labour participation recovered partially in Q3-Q4 2020
The upward trend in youth labour participation which started in 2016 came to an abrupt end last year as the coronavirus crisis set in. In Q2 2020, the youth labour participation rate fell from 65.9 to 60.3 percent, returning to the level of Q1 2016. Labour participation rose again in the third and fourth quarters, to 62.7 percent. Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports this in the CBS Youth Monitor.
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Sharp decline in infant mortality since 2000
Last year, 617 out of the 170 thousand live-born babies died in their first year. As a result, the infant mortality rate stood at 3.6 per thousand live births, versus 5.1 in 2000. The infant mortality rate was nearly three times the average among mothers under the age of 20. Infant mortality in the Netherlands is in line with the European Union average. Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports this based on newly released figures.


Has anyone ever gotten 8 hours of battery life from an Eee PC?
Asus is continuing its odd advertising campaign for the Eee PC with a new commercial touting the netbook's long lasting battery. And apparently its ability to clone attractive dancing women in bunny suits.
There's just one problem (other than the whole bunny suit thing). The premise of the ad is that you can squeeze 8 hours of battery life out of an Eee PC. First of all, I'm not aware of any existing Eee PC model that can get that kind of battery life with an Asus-supplied 3 or 6 cell battery. And second, the netbook in this commercial clearly does not have a 6 cell battery, as there's nothing protruding from the back.
Now, I suppose it's theoretically possible that you could underclock an Eee PC to run at 800MHz, turn off the WiFi and Bluetooth, and dim the screen all the way and get close to 8 hours. It would help if you turned off the screen and maybe didn't touch the computer at all, but what's the point?
This isn't to say that the Asus Eee PC doesn't get excellent battery life. I freuently use my Eee PC 1000H for 4 to 5 hours without stopping to charge. I've just never come anywhere close to 8 hours.
You can watch the commercial for yourself after the break.
I have the six-cell battery, and it doesn't protrude out the back. Only nine-cells do on the Eee, to the best of my knowledge.
I have a 901 with the 6 cell battery, 20gb ssd and linux. My only power saving tweak was to turn off bluetooth and run with a medium screen brightness setting. Use includes web browsing with an occasional video; viewing, sorting, uploading pictures with picasa and video chat with skype. In addition, most of the time rhythmbox is playing mp3s. Using the default xandros install I was consistently getting 6 to 7 hours.
I recently switched to ubuntu-eee (which I like much better, I use ubuntu 8.04 on my desktop). I haven't yet tweaked it in any way, but battery life has dropped to 4 to 5 hours. I haven't checked yet, but I don't think ubuntu-eee adjusting the processor speed.
For a student, all I need for taking notes is Wifi and Bluetooth turned off, and the screen brightness ALL the way down. I only need to make out the text I am typing for note taking. I do not "need" the full experience when I "need" to save as much battery as I can. After classes I usually swap out battery and set every thing to full power and catch up on my blogs.
So I bet I could get 8 hours…Word and PowerPoint does not use the CPU much at all.
I've never gotten 8 hours on my Eee 1000H, but I get close — about 6 1/2 hours or a little more in Power Saving mode with wifi off and screen at 50% (which is more than enough).
Well, I bought my 1000H last week and I am getting 4:45 hours with bluetooth and wifi with webcam off in power saving mode at 20% screen brightness, and 5:35 with same settings with bluetooth and wifi turned off.
And that is when I hardly touch it, just very light usage.
If I do a lot of web browsing with many tabs and some occasional youtube, and with wifi and bluetooth then I get 4 hours of battery life.
When I had tested the Eee PC 901 with the 6-cell battery I've got almost 8 hours battery life in the "Reader Test" provided by Battery Eater 2.70.


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Neil A. Armstrong Flight Research Center and Hugh L. Dryden Aeronautical Test Range Designation Act
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EDWARDS. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, H.R. 667 has been offered to redesignate the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Dryden Flight Research Center as the Neil A. Armstrong Flight Research Center. The bill would also rename the Western Aeronautical Test Range as the Hugh L. Dryden Aeronautical Test Range.
While I plan to support this bill, it is a bit unfortunate since it honors one aerospace pioneer by stripping away the honor previously extended to another worthy pioneer, Hugh L. Dryden.
Dr. Hugh Latimer Dryden was director of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, NACA, from 1947 until the creation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration where he was named deputy administrator.
President Johnson said of his passing that it was: A reason for national sorrow. No soldier ever performed his duty with more bravery, and no statesman ever charted new courses with more dedication than Hugh Dryden.
Whenever the first American spaceman sets foot on the Moon or finds a new trail to a new star, he will know that Hugh Dryden was one of those who give him knowledge and illumination.
NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, was named in his honor on March 26, 1976. The center is NASA's premier site for aeronautical flight research. At the dedication ceremony, then-NASA Administrator, James Fletcher, stated: It is most fitting that this Flight Research Center, with its unique and highly specialized capability for solving aerospace problems, should memorialize the genius of Hugh Dryden.
Neil Armstrong joined NACA in 1955 following his service as a naval aviator. Over the next 17 years, he was an engineer, test pilot, astronaut and administrator for NACA and its successor agency, NASA.
As a research pilot, he flew over 200 different models of aircraft, such as the storied X-15. He transferred to astronaut status in 1962 and was command pilot for the Gemini 8 mission on which he performed the first successful docking of two vehicles in space. As spacecraft commander for Apollo 11, Neil Armstrong successfully led the first manned lunar landing. His service and his famous words, ``that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind,'' inspired millions around the world, including this Congresswoman sitting in front of a black and white television.
Mr. Speaker, it's clear that Mr. Armstrong never sought the honor of having a NASA center named after him while alive. In truth, his name will live on throughout history whether or not we ever name anything for him. I doubt, in this era of declining funding for NASA, that either Neil Armstrong or Hugh Dryden would want a single precious dollar to be spent on a cosmetic facility name change when that money could be spent instead on fulfilling NASA's mission to reach for the stars. And, in fact, when Neil Armstrong appeared before our Science Committee, he almost said exactly that.
While I expect that we will approve this legislation today, I hope that all the Members who vote to honor Neil Armstrong today will remember his testimony before the House Science, Space and Technology Committee during which he said: The key to the success of American investment in space exploration is a clearly articulated plan and strategy supported by the administration and the Congress and implemented with all the consistency that the vagaries of the budget will allow. Such a program will motivate the young toward excellence, support a vital industry and earn the respect of the world.
I hope we can honor his words. But his words were foreshadowed by Hugh Dryden in a letter he wrote to Senator Robert Kerr, chairman of the Senate Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences in 1961: The development of space science and technologies strengthen our whole industrial base and serves as insurance against technological obsolescence. Education will profit. The discipline of cooperation in a great national effort may well be the instrument of great social gain.
If the same Members who vote to rename these two NASA facilities today will commit to working in the coming months and years for those exploration goals to which both men devoted their lives, then we will have truly honored both of their legacies in an enduring and a meaningful way.


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Q: Webpack html plugin delete causes landing page to return 'Cannot GET /' The application setup runs as expected when served.
But when I update the vue.config.js with:
chainWebpack: config => {
    config.plugins.delete('html')
    config.plugins.delete('preload')
    config.plugins.delete('prefetch')
}

and serve the project it lands:

It works as expected when the vue.config.js file just has:
chainWebpack: config => {
    config.plugins.delete('preload')
    config.plugins.delete('prefetch')
}

It works as expected


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Q: How to simplify nested map calls? Suppose I have a few nested functors, e.g. List[Option[Int]] and need to call the map of the most inner one.
Now I am using nested maps:
scala> val opts: List[Option[Int]] = List(Some(0), Some(1))
opts: List[Option[Int]] = List(Some(0), Some(1))

scala> opts.map(o => o.map(_ + 1))
res0: List[Option[Int]] = List(Some(1), Some(2))

What if I have 3 nesting levels, for instance ?
Is there any simple alternative to nested maps ?

A: Yes, this is possible with scalaz.Functor:
scala> import scalaz.Functor
import scalaz.Functor

scala> import scalaz.std.list._
import scalaz.std.list._

scala> import scalaz.std.option._
import scalaz.std.option._

scala> Functor[List].compose[Option].map(List(some(0), some(1)))(_ + 1)
res1: List[Option[Int]] = List(Some(1), Some(2))

However, this is longer than to simply call map with a nested map. If you often map nested structures, you can create helper functions:
def map2[F[_], G[_], A, B](fg: F[G[A]])(f: A => B)
  (implicit F0: Functor[F], G0: Functor[G]): F[G[B]] =
  F0.map(fg)(g => G0.map(g)(f))

def map3[F[_], G[_], H[_], A, B](fg: F[G[H[A]]])(f: A => B)
  (implicit F0: Functor[F], G0: Functor[G], H0: Functor[H]): F[G[H[B]]] =
  F0.map(fg)(g => G0.map(g)(h => H0.map(h)(f)))

...

Usage:
scala> map2(List(some(0), some(1)))(_ + 1)
res3: List[Option[Int]] = List(Some(1), Some(2))

scala> map3(List(some(some(0)), some(some(1))))(_ + 1)
res4: List[Option[Option[Int]]] = List(Some(Some(1)), Some(Some(2)))

A: If you have a lot of nested functors and you don't want to flatten them (i.e. they're not monads or you don't want to use them as monads) - then lenses may help. There is quicklens implementation, which supports traversable lenses : http://www.warski.org/blog/2015/03/quicklens-traversing-options-and-lists/.
Example (sorry didn't try to compile it):
modify(opts)(_.each.each).using(_ + 1)

Anyway, you have to specify nesting level, but you don't have to nest functions here. And it's enough to specify it once, like (conceptual example, didn't check):
def md2[T]: (l: List[Option[T]]) => modify(l)(_.each.each)

md2[Int](opts).using(_ + 1)

A: From the question I understood that you are tying to prune the list iterator e.i. remove upper levels of list in that case you can use flatten which convert list of lists into a single list.
I will be removing few layers of list using flatten
Code:-
val lists = List(
                    List(
                        List(
                                List("1"),List("2")
                            ),
                        List(
                                List("3"),List("4")
                            ) ,
                        List(
                                List("a"),List("b")
                            ),
                        List(
                                List("c"),List("d")
                            )
                            )
                  )

val innerVal = lists.flatten.foreach(println)

results :-
List(List(1), List(2))
List(List(3), List(4))
List(List(a), List(b))
List(List(c), List(d))


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Județul Nowy Targ (în ) este o unitate teritorial-administrativă și administrație locală (powiat) în voievodatul Polonia Mică, sudul Poloniei, lîn partea de sud având graniță cu Slovacia.

Județul a fost înființat în data de 1 ianuarie 1999 ca rezultat al reformelor poloneze locale adoptate în anul 1998. Sediul administrativ al județului și cel mai mare oraș este Nowy Targ care este la 67 km spre de capitala regională Cracovia. În județ mai există singur orașele:
 Rabka-Zdrój la 18 km spre nord de Nowy Targ și
 Szczawnica la 35 km spre est de Nowy Targ.

Județe învecinate
Județul Nowy Targ se învecinează:
 spre nord-vest cu județul Sucha
 spre nord cu județul Myślenice
 la nord-est cu județul Limanowa
 la est cu județul Nowy Sącz
 la sud cu județul Tatra și cu Slovacia.

Diviziunile administrative
Județul este împărțit în 14 comune (gmina)  (două urbane, una urban-rurală și 11 rurale). Acestea sunt prezentate în tabelul de mai jos, în ordinea descrescătoare a populației.

Legături externe

 Populația poloneză oficială, 2006
 Datele privind județe și municipii poloneze

Referințe

Districte teritoriale din Voievodatul Polonia Mică

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Quantgene started in 2015 in a small UC Berkeley Lab under the leadership of Jo Bhakdi and Dr. Monika Hagen. Our theory was that most disease can be detected far earlier than today by introducing quantitative science and a new level of precision into medical practice. Since then, our team has spent over 4 years building the industry's best team of pioneers and developing the GRIFFIN Deep Genomics platform. GRIFFIN combines extreme precision sequencing, software and AI technologies to profile cell-free DNA (cfDNA) fragments with unprecedented depth and precision. In 2016, Quantgene launched its first clinical feasibility trial which continues today with the goal of adding 10,000 patient samples to the GRIFFIN platform by 2020.
We are determined to build a future where everyone is protected against most diseases through early detection with our innovative technology.
Jo Bhakdi in the Santa Monica office. Source; Quantgene.comMeet. Jo Bhakdi
Jo Bhakdi is the founder and CEO of Quantgene. His work in machine learning, sequencing technology, and DNA extraction procedures defines the cutting edge of genomic diagnostics, early disease detection, and precision medicine.
Prior to Quantgene, Jo founded i2X, an investment framework that composes low-risk Venture Capital portfolios across large numbers of technology startups. The i2X platform laid important foundations for advanced analytics in both financial and biotechnology applications, such as the Quantgene machine learning platform.
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de Jong, R. & Treadaway, C. G. 2007 Hesperiidae of the Philippine Islands. In Butterflies of the World, Supplement 15 (ed. E. Bauer & T. Frankenbach), pp. 1-72. Keltern: Goecke & Elvers.
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We deeply regret the loss of life and injury of so many victims as a result of this heinous act and extend our heartfelt sympathy to the affected families.
Our thoughts and prayers are with the friendly Government and people of India at this difficult time.


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Tom Wiley of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania flew more than 50 missions as a B-17 pilot in the 15th Air Force in Italy during World War II. He never wanted to be a pilot. He wanted to be a Marine, like his WWI veteran father. But, as an ROTC cadet at Ohio State, he was ordered to remain in the Army after Pearl Harbor and thought the Air Corps would be the most interesting branch.
On his first mission, flying co-pilot over a lightly defended target, Tom saw an anti-aircraft shell explode outside the cockpit window. "Ohhh," he thought, "that's what this is all about." He realized at that moment there was no way he would ever survive the war.
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When Marisol Everly's friend Rory sets her up with Fin Herald, Marisol doesn't expect that it will amount to anything, but that was before she saw Fin's searing blue eyes and mischievous smile. Not to mention, he seems absolutely fascinated by her mundane life. He's everything that a girl could want, but there's something else that ripples under the surface of his flirty behavior. Something darker. Something that fascinates Marisol, but scares her at the same time. Is she willing to risk falling into an abyss she might not get out of?


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Ryan was diagnosed with NK/T-cell Lymphoma when he was 14 years old. His mum, Sarah, tells their story so far:
Ryan was given 48 hours to live
Ryan was 14 years when he was first diagnosed with NK/T-cell lymphoma. His diagnosis came in August 2016 and, by that point, Ryan was too poorly to even begin treatment. He was admitted to the Teenage Cancer Trust Unit in Cardiff to begin nasogastric feeding and IV steroids to attempt to get him strong enough to begin treatment.
He then had a PEG feeding tube fitted which ruptured his stomach and he was given 48 hours to live with sepsis and peritonitis. He pulled through and finally began a gruelling nine months of radiotherapy and chemotherapy treatment.
Ryan managed a few weeks here and there out of hospital, resting at home between cycles. But he did not attend a single day of schooling in what should have been Year 10, the first year of GCSEs.
Ryan relapsed
Ryan returned to school in September 2017 to begin Year 11 on the agreement he was only going to attend part-time for English and Maths lessons and only sit those GCSEs with his peers. Ryan is autistic and putting him back a year would have been catastrophic to his wellbeing. As it turned out, Ryan only managed the first four days of the new school year before his cancer relapsed on 11 September.
Fortunately, he was well enough this time to begin a new immunotherapy treatment that meant he could still attend school for his English and Maths lessons. But due to treatment schedules and regular hospital appointments, he only managed to attend 43% of those lessons. Nevertheless, he sat his Maths GCSE exam with his peers in November 2017 and achieved, beyond all expectations, a Grade B.
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Our golden moments are seeing him defy the doctors time and time again and beating the odds that are constantly stacked against him. The battle continues.
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Does anyone have any tried and true alternate setups for 1939, 1940, 1941
If not, maybe we should make one, then work together to playtest it to perfection.
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If we want to tinker with the setup for an earlier point in the war, what's to be done about France for '39 and '40? I think we'd have to redraw the map over there. It's only one territory so there's no room for maneuvering and it's directly bordering Germany and Southern Europe. Unless we introduced political rules, if France isn't ridiculously outgunned, she could probably take the weaker of the two, Southern Europe. Or if turn order dictates that a wise Germany would attack France before she can take a turn(or do something significant), then doesn't game balance hinge on the dice in one early large battle? Even if the odds are massively in Germany's favor, "extra" losses will really hurt the Axis and vice versa.
Just from a gaming standpoint, it could still be fun if the alternative setup didn't follow strict historical constraints. In a way it could be easier to design.
IL already did a 1939 game: http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=18439.0
Yes I suppose, but I'm a cheapo, so I don't want to buy $140 in A&A official games, and not really $40 on an Ink cartridge needed to print on of those maps+ player aids, after all my debit has $100 on it, and I'd have to work for four weeks to gain the money needed, then it'd be a chore persuading my mom to let me "waste" money on a game when it's just going to "be replaced a year later". Then by the time that's done it's late November and I need the money to cover Christmas. then I need to work it back until I have the money, then it's february.
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That version is set for the Global map, not the Spring 1942 map if I'm not mistaken.
You might want to check the House Rules/Variants sections of the forum (which is where this topic actually belongs), but I don't think there's anything there regarding Spring 1942.
I've thought of making a Spring 1941 version but I never quite finished it yet.
Global 1939 is really based on AA50 on sea, and on land entirely new concept ( though for some reason the AAE40 map has some bearing to mine)
And yes this goes to house rules
IL's 1939 map
House Rules • • Dylan the Canadian
fixed a few issues…
http://www.mediafire.com/?gbhfnm2hjdr
[Anniversary '41] Alternate National Objectives
House Rules • • Argothair
Looks fine but from what I can see, two objectives I don't like the values.
Northern Lend-Lease should be more due to getting equipment from both UK and US.
Pacific Lend-Lease should be less because USSR refused to take any combat Lend Lease through that route because they did not want to give an excuse for Japan to declare war so they only took non combat issued items.
AARHE 1939 - Why Does China Have A Factory?
House Rules • • oldsalty
My bad… I forgot the 4x rule. That clears up a lot.
1939 AARHE France Occupation
Just curious why "Oil producing Countries" are not brought into play in the 1942 game as they are for 1939. Makes for a very strategic play.
Its a deliberate tiered approach to introducing ideas outside OOB/LHTR… the idea of three stages of learning: basic, intermediate, advanced.
People invariably start basic and learn that the game does not need to remain an abstraction of WW2, but even with pieces can allow for rules to create a historical model of the real war and its realistic capabilities. Many issues are swept under the rug to deliberately dumb down the game for the beer crowd, but Grognads expect something more and AARHE delivers the promise.
AAA Anniversary Edition 1939 Variant.
House Rules • anniversary • • Randy_Randelman1234
@SS-GEN Yes you did. That helped me come up with a good balance for the anniversary map. Thanks for the feedback on the V1s didn't see that typo.
1939 Poll on American opinions regarding entering the war in Oct 39/ Dec 39
House Rules • • Imperious Leader
The value in this is for people who might want to get info for 1939 scenario to determine rules for American entry.
From fortune magazine:
New ideas for AARHE: 1939
thats just fine.
Larry Harris's 41 Global set up
House Rules • • suprise attack
I guess ill get to work on a 1941 and 1940 setup for the 1942 2nd edition……


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Killing Dragons The Conquest of the Alps by Fergus Fleming 2000 Atlantic Monthly Press hardcover w dust jacket
This is a near fine (almost like new) hardcover with dust jacket. 2000 Atlantic Monthly Press. This copy is crisp and clean inside and out. The pages are crisp, clean and free of markings. Gray hardcover boards under jacket are also near fine. The binding is tight and straight. The dust jacket is very good with only a hint of shelf wear. Standard octavo size or 6" x 9" with 398 pages.
Today the Alps are the playground of the world's most densely populated continent. Until moderns times, however, they were a wilderness of fear and superstition. Above the pastures of Switzerland, it was believed that dragons and ghosts inhabited the realms of ice and snow. No one considered climbing the Alps. Eventually scientists and mountaineers began to explore the mysterious summits. Their exploits ranged from the heroic to the tragic, to the hilarious, and in this book, Killing Dragons, Fergus Fleming recounts the conquest of the Alps and the fascinating characters who accomplished it.
Adventures began in the late 18th century when scientists tackled the peaks searching for glacial information. Later, the romantics celebrated the Alps, and then in the 1850's c1930's ame the climbers. The author describes these adventurers with great care to highlight their eccentricities and astonishing egos. From the singer snob to the Victorian showman, the physicist and the printer, the characters abound. One by one the great peaks fell to climbers and by the 1930's only the north face of Eiger and Matterhorn remained to be conquered. This is the history of mountain climbing captured in this wonderful book.
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Richard Corbett MEP: Why I'm backing Dr Rosena Allin-Khan for deputy leader
Richard Corbett
There are many strong candidates in the Labour leadership and deputy leadership races. As leader of Labour's MEPs, I have, of course, worked very closely with Keir Starmer in his shadow cabinet Brexit role, but I have also seen first hand how effective he can be on other issues. I have nominated him for leader and wish him and his excellent campaign well.
For deputy leader, I have nominated Tooting's Dr Rosena Allin-Khan. She may be less well-known than some of the candidates, but she is an impressive and engaging woman. I hope colleagues in the Labour Party will take a few minutes to consider why I think they too should support her.
An NHS doctor, Rosena was elected as an MP on the same day that the incredible Jo Cox was brutally murdered. With the 2016 referendum coming just a week later, Dr Rosena had a tempestuous and tragic start to her parliamentary term. Within a year she was fighting for her seat again, increasing her majority by around 9,000 and holding it again in 2019.
In a climate of rising Euroscepticism and racism, this is a remarkable achievement for a BAME woman with mixed Pakistani-Polish heritage. And her commitment to her heritage and her values is strong – she speaks Polish, a fact I was delighted to discover recently. The increase in her majority is a tribute to her campaigning skills, further illustrated by her recent video based on a scene from the film Love Actually.
Most impressive, though, is her drive to give voice to the voiceless at home and abroad. As vice-chair of the European Parliament delegation to SE Asia, I worked with her to raise awareness of the plight of the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh – including thousands of children who had lost their parents – 'unaccompanied minors'. We both saw first-hand the terrible conditions in which these children suffered, and as ever, Rosena rolled up her sleeves and used her medical expertise to help where she could.
Minorities always suffer more in times of trouble – be they wars, terrorism, natural disasters or climate change. Regardless of Brexit, compassionate policies on refugees, especially child refugees, are the mark of a civilised modern democracy. Rosena has long been an advocate of former Battersea MP (now Lord) Alf Dubs' amendment to the Withdrawal Agreement Bill protecting the rights of child refugees. This was shamefully voted down by the Tories this week, but I know that this will not be the end of the battle as far as Rosena is concerned.
From a difficult background herself, Rosena has spent her adult life helping others in need – as a doctor, a councillor and as an MP. She is an example of all that is best in the labour movement, which is why I am proud to have nominated her. Her NHS experience will resonate across the country. I hope I can encourage you to support her in becoming Labour's deputy leader.
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Best known for his expressionist and abstract still life paintings that include pictures of flowers, stark contrasts of color and layout, as well as lemons and even playing cards is the famous painter Donald Sultan, born in 1951 in Asheville, North Carolina. However, unlike other artists who have created still life paintings with an abstract approach, Sultan's work is widely regarded and so well-known because of the unique materials that he uses to create his large scale paintings.
Instead of traditional paints, Donald Sultan is instead using industrialized materials such as tar used on streets and roofs of buildings or material like spackle, enamel, and even vinyl and ceramic tiles that are all used together to create a unique and highly original piece of artwork. Interestingly, Donald Sultan was mostly exposed to the culture and lifestyle of Appalachian people at a very early age after having lived most of his life in the mountains of North Carolina. This allowed Sultan to later on in life start developing a portfolio of paintings of wild flowers like poppies or daisies, food, or even simple pleasures like a deck of cards.
Donald Sultan eventually went to college at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, receiving his Bachelors of Fine Arts and then going on to receive his Masters of Fine Arts at the Art Institute of Chicago. However, going into the 1970s and 1980s, Donald Sultan moved to New York City to establish himself as a noted artist. It is also where he began to utilize strange materials to create his original pieces of artwork.
His process normally consists of taking linoleum or Masonite slabs and layering them with tar, rubber, and other things until eventually Donald Sultan starts to strip away certain pieces of the layers in order to create pictures. While the pieces normally do have a general theme or still life drawing to them, a majority of his paintings are still within the realm of expressionism because of how he layers and strips away material to create silhouettes or uneven compositions.
Not only has Donald Sultan brought a fresh look to abstract painting through a unique painting method, but he is also an accomplished sculptor and printmaker, too. However, these works are normally traditional in that they don't use industrial materials, but regular printing and sculpting materials. Regardless, Sultan has collaborated and worked with countless artists throughout his career on art books, collaborative sculptors, and even on paintings.
Currently, Donald Sultan is still painting and collaborating, bringing even more wonderful artwork that can be seen in exhibits and galleries all over the world. And just in 2010, Sultan was awarded the highly respectable North Carolina Award for his legacy and continuing career in abstract art.
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Texture has always been an important part of Donald Sultan's work. Tar, rubber and linoleum give his works texture and depth. Sultan became familiar with industrial materials when, as a boy, he hung out at his father's tire shop in Asheville, North Carolina. When Sultan moved to New York in 1975, after receiving his MFA from the University of Chicago, he supported himself by doing construction during the day and painting at night.
Donald Sultan's fascination with industrial materials began at his father's tire shop in Asheville, North Carolina, where rubber was ground off old tires, heated and placed onto new tires and then into molds.
Early in his career, Sultan was among a small group of influential American artists who frequently collaborated with Picasso's master-printer Aldo Crommelynck. He now works with printers closer to his Manhattan studio, creating works like Blacks and Blues, a screenprint with diamond dust and Lantern Flowers, silkscreened with enamel inks and flocking, both for sale at VFA.


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Home K-pop The panto is back and better than ever
The panto is back and better than ever
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In 2020, the Joburg Theatre pantomime had to be postponed due to the pandemic. However after a year of no pantomime, the show is back in 2021. The 2021 edition of Janice Honeyman's pantomime has returned to the Joburg Theatre with Cinderella. Theatre goers can expect all of the traditional elements of a pantomime with some added surprises.
The show was originally supposed to be performed last year. However, in July 2020, the theatre announced the postponement of the show due to the pandemic. Even the postponement of the show to 2021 seemed unlikely to happen due to the various lockdowns and waves. CEO of the Joburg Theatre, Xoliswa Nduneni-Ngema said: "We are not out of the woods yet, but we have been thrown a lifeline through the vaccination rollout…"
The theatre has obviously had to adapt to "the new normal". All theatre-goers are required to wear masks and sanitise before entering the theatre. There is also social distancing throughout the theatre seating. However, none of this takes away from the magic of the show. There are still brilliant costumes, stage productions, and musical performances. The show also brings together writer and director Honeyman with executive producer Bernard Jay once more.
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Then there is the special surprise for audiences. All theatre productions are characterised by the fantastic and mega-scale stages that are built to depict the different scenes of the show. Cinderella is no different. However, this time the production team has married the traditional stage elements with special effects. The live performance is combined with projections and 3D graphics on over 500 LED screens. There are disco lights and pyrotechnics which all add to the delight of the show. Andrew Timm who joined the team for the first time as production designer is responsible for these improvements.
Besides the props and technology, it is the thespians on stage who truly make the show. The entire cast from the main characters to the supporting dancers and singers come together to give a brilliant performance. There is of course the main characters of Cinderella (Kiruna-Lind Devar) and Prince Charming (Kyle Grant) showing everyone the magic of a happy-ever-after. We cannot forget the stepsisters played excellently by Desmond Dube and Ben Voss.
But no doubt, one of the most memorable performances has to be by Bongi Mthombeni as Bru' Buttons. He plays the role of Cinderella's best friend and the second lead in the show – hopelessly pining after Cinderella. Mthombeni is so good as the supportive best friend and heartbroken recipient of unrequited love. He truly brings the whole show together.
The show has a little bit of everything for everyone. While young audiences might not get the political and mature jokes which adults will enjoy, they will definitely enjoy the songs and slapstick comedy. The younger audience members are also likely to enjoy the appearance of the TikTok trends which the older people might not understand. There's also a special treat for BTS fans with all three of the group's recent English hits being performed in the show along with local and international hits.
The pantomime is on at the Joburg Theatre from November 5 until December 24.
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Simon Peake joins PDR team
Simon Peake has joined to bolster our Planning, Development and Regeneration (PDR) team.
Simon joins as an Associate Director and will deliver enhanced support to our public and private sector clients in the planning and delivery of regeneration and development sites. Simon works across the residential, health and education sectors with a strong track record in the delivery of placemaking and heritage orientated regeneration, working collaboratively with urban designers and the public sector.
Simon has previously worked for WYG and IBI Group/Taylor Young and brings 20 years of planning consultancy experience across the North West and the UK. He has been instrumental in advancing the delivery of over 2,000 new homes across the North West in the last five years.
Our PDR team in Manchester is now nine strong, including three recent appointments: the return of Phil Crowther as Associate Director, the arrival of Poppy Hilton who has since been promoted to Senior Planner, and most recently, James Shuttleworth.
This follows a number of new appointments in our national PDR team which now stands at c45 strong following recent investment in its London, Bristol and Birmingham teams.
Paul Shuker, Director of Planning and Development said:
"Simon has a very strong track record delivering complex planning projects including robust due-diligence. We welcome him with open arms to our team and that of our strategic partners."
Simon, added:
"I am very pleased to be joining the team at LSH, working with people I have successfully delivered projects with over many years. There are lots of opportunities for us to further grow the company's PDR capability in the North West."
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Carlos F. de la Mora Navarrete
Is a Civil Engineer from the National Autonomous University in Mexico (UNAM). He carried out postgraduate studies at the École Nationale de Ponts et Chaussées, at the University of París, and at the Institut International d'Administration Publique (IIAP) in París, France. He also holds a postgraduate degree in finance from the London Business School, in England.
He worked for 25 years at Empresas ICA, S.A. de C.V., mostly in the finance and industrial sector divisions within the group. He has been a businessman in the residential (real estate) construction as well as urban construction sectors, and participates as a consultant and board member for several firms.
Gabriel A. Ibarra Elorriaga
Is a Mechanical Electrical Engineer from the National Polytechnical Institute (IPN). He carried out postgraduate studies in Design and Manufacturing at the École Nationale Supérieure d'Arts et Métiers, at Chalons in Champagne, France, and holds a diploma in Executive Corporate Management from the Pan-American Executive Management Institute (IPADE) in Mexico City.
He worked for 25 years at in the business development group at Empresas ICA, S.A. de C.V., having held, amongst other positions, the posts of Advisor to the President, Corporate Director for Promotion, Corporate Director for Development, Business Development Director at ICA Infrastructure, Business Development Director and Marine Platforms Director at Industria del Hierro, S.A. de C.V. He worked for 8 years at Nacional Financiera S.N.C (NAFIN) (Mexico's Development Bank), acting as Deputy Director for Capital Goods Industry, Prime Mover and Transportation Equipment, as well as 4 years at the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE), as Head of the Office for Capital Goods Programming, 2 years at the Electrical Research Institute as a Researcher, and 1 year as Process Engineer at Ford Motor Company.
Artemio Santos Santos
Is a Chemical Engineer from the Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon (UANL), and holds a Postgraduate degree in Food Technology from the University of Kyoto in Japan as well as a diploma in Executive Corporate Management from the Pan-American Executive Management Institute (IPADE) in Mexico City.
He has been a businessman in the food industry in Cancún, Quintana Roo, since 1984, he cofounded and Presided the Cancún Central Procurement Market, he Presided Cancun's branch of the National Business Owners Association (COPARMEX), and Presided the Caribbean Business Coordinating Council.
In the public sector he has carried out the posts of Tourism and Economic Development Secretary (Minister) for the State of Quintana Roo; General Director for the Cancun Tourism Development Trust (OVC), General Director for Promotion of the Mexican Council for Tourism Promotion (CPTM) and Representative of the State of Quintana Roo in Mexico City.
Mario Leal Campos
Is a Mechanical Engineer from the National Polytechnical Institute (IPN). He carried out a specialization program for Manufacturing and Design at DEMAG Co in Duisburg, Germany. He founded and directed Reductores y Accesorios Industriales S.A. de C.V., a speed reducer manufacturer, and MALECAMetalurgica S.A. de C.V., a company dedicated to non-ferrous metal castings. He presided the San Luis Potosí Industrial Association (IPAC).
In the public sector he has carried out several posts beginning in 1988, amongst them; Federal Deputy, Municipal President for the City of San Luis Potosí, and Local Deputy. In the diplomatic arena he has held the post of Counsel General for Mexico in Hong Kong from 2002 through 2008 and Mexican Ambassador to Chile from 2008 through 2013. He currently advises several companies and is a partner at Grupo Promotor de Energias Limpias S.A. de C.V. (GPEL), a renewable energy company, and is the Mexican representative for the Chinese (Hong Kong) Company CW HKCPA, promoting commerce between Mexico and China.
Fernando de la Mora Navarrete
Is a Business Administrator from the National Autonomous University in Mexico (UNAM). He holds a Masters Degree in Administrations and Development from the International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University, at The Hague, Netherlands, a Diploma in Urban Planning and Environmental Protection from the University of Oslo in Norway, as well as a Diploma in Japanese Studies from the Institute for International Studies and Training, in Fujinomiya, Japan.
He founded and was General Director of SEPRIN, S.A. de C.V., a company focusing on international trade. He has been Deputy Commercial Advisor at the BANCOMEXT (Mexican Development Bank for International Commerce) office in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Deputy Commercial Advisor at the BANCOMEXT office in Atlanta, Georgia, USA; General Superintendent for Industrial Promotion and Import Substitutions at PEMEX (the Mexican National Petroleum Company) and Deputy General Director for Planning and Coordination of Small and Medium Size Business at the Ministry of Economy.


The R.E.A.L. Foundation Trust was established in 2008 to support innovative and creative educational solutions for children and young people, between the ages of 5 and 19, who are "lost to learning" and "hard to place". The Trust strives to create a continuum of excellence in education that spreads beyond the school or academy gate and allows those who may struggle in a mainstream setting to reach their potential.
A welcome and introduction to R.E.A.L. Foundation Trust, by Shaun Murphy, our patron.
Re-think Engagement & Approaches to Learning for each individual, in a solution focussed way, which places them at the heart of their own learning.
This process is drawn together by collaborative working strategies with our partners to create cost effective approaches linked to the progressive engagement of each student. At the heart of this is a full commitment to person-centred planning approaches and the effective use of student and parent voice.
The Trust members and partner organisations have developed considerable experience and research in this area of work. This has enabled the identification of core stages of individual progression that supports the effective planning of personal pathways and leads strategic thinking. This may range from intensive 1:1 support in the home through to curriculum group work and vocational training opportunities as individual confidence and self-esteem improves.
The Trust looks to invest in, and support, state of the art facilities and creative initiatives that build self esteem and resilience in young people who present with a broad range of challenges. By placing a focus on finding and creating the right working environment, the Trust seeks to promote its values and commitment to young people and so build their self-worth by breaking the cycle of set backs that may impact on their progression.
How to support the R.E.A.L. Foundation Trust, by Shaun Murphy, our patron.
The Trust seeks to make a clear impact through the role of collaborative work within local communities that offers a broad range of opportunities and experiences to support engagement. The continued use of quality facilities outside of the school day is an essential part of R.E.A.L.'s offer and commitment to working with local community groups. Part of this work has included numerous holiday clubs that have been well received within communities across the East Midlands which shall be further developed in the future.


As a Silverlight 4 application developer, I use the Silverlight DataGrid control very frequently. The DataGrid is an excellent control provided for displaying data and manipulating it. One of the nice features of the Silverlight DataGrid is it helps us to add custom columns. Using these custom columns, we can add different controls in the column like a Button, Image, CheckBox, DropDownList etc. for DML operations, data representations and so on. Last week, while conducting a training at one of my clients, a requirement for deleting multiple rows from the DataGrid came up. In the code snippet given below, I have explained the technique of deleting multiple rows in a DataGrid.
The above class file defines collection class for Employees.
<Button Content="Delete Selected Rows" Height="23"
The CheckBox in the DataGrid Template Column defines the Click event. When any checkbox is checked, that row from the DataGrid is considered marked for deletion.
The above code defines an object of the type ObservableCollection<Employee>, 'EmpToDelete'. This object will contain all Employee objects which are selected by the user by clicking in the CheckBox. The code 'Delete Rows' will delete all entries from 'EmpCol' Observablecollection<Employee> type by matching the related Employee entries from 'EmpToDelete' object.


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The Medical Microbial Genomics Centre of Münster University is pleased to announce its 2015 workshop 'Rapid NGS for Clinical, Public Health, and Food Microbiology' taking place in Münster, Germany, on March 11th – 13th, 2015. Next-Generation-Sequencing (NGS) technology has developed rapidly during the last years. Innovative benchtop NGS platforms broaden application opportunities, especially for diagnostic use and surveillance. The program highlights opportunities and challenges posed by this technology. The workshop has been designed to boost practical knowledge exchange as well as ample discussions with experts from all over Europe.
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