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Timothy Plan Applauds the Tim Tebow Foundation for Its Dedication and Leadership Against Human Trafficking
ORLANDO, Fla.— In July 2020, the Tim Tebow Foundation (TTF) announced an aggressive campaign against human trafficking. Just one month later, they had raised over $1 million in support.
In October, the foundation launched the Rescue Team, an army of people committed to engaging, inspiring and equipping others in the fight against trafficking. Today, the Rescue Team is leading the way in rescuing countless victims around the world and faithfully walking alongside them on the path to true healing and freedom.
Timothy Plan Founder and President Art Ally applauds the Tim Tebow Foundation for its dedication and leadership. "TTF is striving to make an impact in the fight against human trafficking," he said. "In Proverbs 31:8-9, we are told to, 'Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy.' This is precisely what the Tim Tebow Foundation is doing. I encourage Christians to visit the TTF website and support this important cause."
In a letter to visitors on the TTF website, Tebow writes, "The Christian faith is about loving Jesus and loving people, and that is what we are trying to do with this foundation and all of our outreaches. Whether it is spending a weekend encouraging a child with a life-threatening illness through a W15H [a wish-granting program for sick children], helping a family adopt an international child with special needs, crowning kings and queens of the prom or showing God's love through our four other outreaches, our goal is to let people know that God loves them and that they are worthy."
As Timothy Plan explains on its website, the firm makes investment decisions prayerfully and responsibly. For over 25 years, it has been committed to operating with the integrity, excellence and wisdom that brings honor and glory to Jesus. It is a beacon for godly stewardship in the financial community.
When investing in a mutual fund, including Timothy Plan, you should consider the fund's investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. This and other important information can be found in the fund's prospectus. To obtain a copy, visit timothyplan.com or call 800.846.7526. Read the prospectus carefully before investing or sending money. Mutual Funds distributed by Timothy Partners, Ltd., member FINRA.
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May this post inspire you to pull that music that moves you, spread the love, and keep the vibe high.
Today I'm trying out Yupo paper with some Dye-na-flow inks. For anyone who hasn't heard of it or used it, Yupo paper is a synthetic plastic-y paper with a super smooth finish. The inks are meant for fabric and silk painting but I thought that would blend together really well on Yupo (mineral paper would probably work for this too).
On my first one I just used a brush to blend some colors together. Using different techniques/strokes with the brush make a lot of different outcomes!
On another page, I laid down a few blues and brushed them with long strokes. While it was still wet, I splattered magenta and yellows by tapping the brush a few inches over the paper. They sort of spread out and blend in a really cool way!
As it started drying, the splatters only spread in parts of it or where the first splatters were put down and it all blended in a really neat way.
After that, I taped down a coral stencil - this one is fire coral. I used a baby wipe to rub off the ink, since the Yupo paper doesn't absorb it, it comes right off! Any kind of slightly damp cloth/paper towel would work to wipe it off.
The stencil didn't fit over the whole paper, but I just moved it over, then connected the areas by rubbing off more ink with a wet paint brush. It's a lot easier to make a really neat edge like this than with paint!
For my next experiment, I'm going to try to make a galaxy. I started with a bunch of "Midnight Blue," and splattered some magenta and turquoise in it.
I sprayed some alcohol on it, which made a neat texture.
I pushed the ink around with a paintbrush and splattered some more colors on it. As it was drying, I used a paper towel to absorb some big puddles of dark ink to even out the colors. It came out really cool!
Once it dried all the way I added more dark blue ink around the outside to create emphasis in the middle. The white Dye-na-flow wasn't very opaque, so I made a lot of dots with my favorite white gel pen.
I surfed through Pinterest and google for some sort of quote but a lot of them were really long, too cheesy, or too edgy… so I thought I'd use one of the Tam's inspiration stencils. The "Stardust" from the "Believe" stencil fits perfectly! I used the same technique as the coral stencil and fixed it up with a little damp brush and some more ink around the outside.
There's so much you can create with ink on this paper! I bet it would make all sorts of awesome skies, water, leaves, and flowers, maybe even fire… or just throw your favorite colors on for an awesome background!
Arting "on hold" -Shana shows us how it's done!
I had a plan for today's post, but alas plans do change!
Instead I got to spend 6 lovely hours with multiple customer service representatives trying to resolve a phone issue. Fun... Blug.
So while I was on hold I pulled out some of the newer (to me) stencils series - Jill Berry Textures, Fowler Faces, and the Tamara LaPorte Whimsy and Inspiration. I had my Dye-na -flows, prismacolor pencils, Dina Wakley paints and my Hero Arts neon ink dabbers.
Because I was on the phone I wasn't able to take any in process pictures. I ended up using a lot of red, because I was MAD! Lol.
I kept playing, thankfully my art journal kept me from cussing out poor customer service people. In the end this is the page I ended up with!
Hand lettering is truly an art and takes years of practice and patience. I may come up with and master a style that I am happy with some day but until then, I can use these great Artistcellar stencils to make beautiful words happen.
I fell in love with Tam's Inspiration series stencils by Tamara Laporte. There are twelve words to work and the lettering style is very playful which is just what I was looking for. I didn't really have a plan when I started this project today and I wanted to see where these whimsical little words would take me.
I used Yasutomo's Mineral Paper and Splash Ink to create a background of color. Drop several drops of the acrylic ink randomly on the paper and wait a minute to let the color settle a little. Take a brayer and roll the color over the paper until the colors are blended and let the colors dry but not too dry. The ink should be slightly tacky on the paper. I chose the Kaleidoscope series for the the background because I can doodle inside the shapes later. Lay the stencil over the mostly dry color and lift off color with a damp makeup sponge.
Take another stencil from the Kaleidoscope series and apply ink from an ink pad with a sponge for a layered effect. Do this with several sheets of mineral paper and enjoy the process of making beautiful back grounds. If you feel the paper is too saturated with color, you can rinse it off or wipe off excess color with a sponge or baby wipe. I decided to choose the paper with the lightest background for the lettering.
Apply archival black stamp pad ink over the lettering onto the colored mineral paper using a makeup sponge. Bring out highlights using a white paint pen. Bring out shadows and fill in the gaps with a black felt pen. Make doodles using the shapes in the background with more ink.
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2 What's A Good Sambal Oelek Substitute?
If your recipe can work Tabasco seeing that Sriracha and Tabasco are so different in terms of flavor. What are your best options. But why do we mention dirty fix that simply replaces the heat provided by sambal oelek, not the consistency or for this spicy chili paste. PepperScale helps you discover the amazing tastes - and stories. Sambal oelek is increasing in popularity among chefs and foodies - to the point where everyday recipes are now calling. Chocolate Congo Pepper Hot Sauces. Sunchang Gochujang g List Price: What is it good on. This sauce is moorishly yummy. Blair's Sauces and Snacks.
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If you're to find sambal oelek in the store, it's often right by Sriracha chili sauce, seeing the most popular brands are made by the same company Huy Fong Foods. Sriracha is the easiest to get alternative to sambal oelek, and it's also a very good flavor profile match. This item: Huy Fong Sambal Oelek Ground Fresh Chili Paste (Large 18 oz Jars) 2 Pack $ ($ / ounce) In Stock. Sold by AmazingYou Market and ships from Amazon Fulfillment/5().
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Q: Prevent Android Studio from caching the APK filename I use a technique almost identical to Change apk name with Gradle to change my APK filenames to include the current git hash. Android Studio is caching the APK filename (or doing something that results in the same behavior). This means the resulting APK filename is wrong after each commit unless I tell Android Studio to re-sync the gradle files. This is really only an annoyance for when I tell it run my current code on a connected device. It builds fine, but it always tries to install and run an older (or missing after a clean) APK.
Is there a way, other than remembering to re-sync the gradle files, that would fix this? I feel like this used to work fine in older Android Studio releases.

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CAR reports 2% increase in nine months net profits
Carreras Limited (CAR), for the nine months ended December 30, 2018 reported Operating Revenue of $9.86 billion, 3% more than the $9.53 billion booked in 2017. Revenue for the quarter increased by 2% compared to the corresponding quarter moving to $3.55 billion in 2018 from $3.47 billion in 2017.
Cost of Operating Revenue also increased year over year by 5%, amounting to $4.96 billion from $4.74 billion.
As such, Gross Operating Profit went up by 2% to total $4.91 billion relative to the $4.79 billion in 2017.
Other Operating Income decreased 15% moving from $56.61 million in 2018 to $48.31 million.
Administrative, distribution and marketing expenses increased 3% to total $1.54 billion (2017: $1.50 million). The company stated that this was attributable to "heightened investments in or brands as well as increased costs for security and motor vehicle running costs, including fuel. The company remains vigilant in seeking opportunities to reduce overheads."
Profit before Income Tax was recorded at $3.41 billion in 2017 relative to $3.35 billion in 2017. Taxation of $856.03 million was incurred for the period (2017: $837.52 million).
Net Profit for the six months increased 2% to $2.55 billion relative from $2.51 billion booked in 2017. Net Profit for the second quarter saw a 4% decline amounting to $810.93 million compared to the $842.16 million reported in the third quarter 2017 period.
Total Comprehensive Income attributable to shareholders for the period closed at $2.55 billion compared to $2.51 billion reported for the corresponding quarter in 2017.
The Earnings per share (EPS) for the period was $0.53 as compared to $0.52 for the corresponding period of last year, while EPS for the quarter amounted to $0.17 (2017: $0.17). The twelve month trailing EPS amounted to $0.73. The number of shares used in the computations amounted to 4,854,400,000 units. CAR closed the trading period on February 14, 2019 at $9.50.
CAR noted, "Having recorded revenue growth and modest increases in profitability since the beginning of the 2018/19 financial year, we remain cautiously optimistic that this trend will continue into the last quarter of the financial year. This positive trend along with the investments in our brands, our talented and dedicated team and our continued thrust to satisfy consumer moments augers well for the long-term sustainability of the business."
Management stated, "The company also continued to impress upon the government, the need for a sustainable excise strategy in light of the direct relationship between frequent and excessive increases in taxes and the rise of illicit trade in cigarettes. On several occasions we have sought to draw this parallel to the 21.4% excise increase implemented on March 13, 2017, and an observed shifts of volumes from the legal trade to the illegal trade, and its impact on Government revenues. It is therefore critical to highlight that we are at definitive point, where any further increases in excise will only serve to add greater fuel to the illegal trade, which will no doubt rebound to the detriment of the Government's tax collection and regulation efforts. We also remain committed to supporting the initiatives by the authorities to stamp out the illicit trade in cigarettes and continue the call for stronger border protection and port monitoring towards stemming the influx of the illegal products into our market."
The company will continue to implement initiatives to stabilize our sales volumes, as well as to recover volumes which were transferred from legal trade and channeled directly to the illicit trade as result of the excise increase.
Balance Sheet at a glance:
Total Assets amounted to $3.61 billion as at December 30, 2018, up $747.85 million (17%) from $4.36 billion reported in 2017. This was mainly due to a significant decline of $791.94 million in Cash and Cash equivalents to end the period at $1.95 billion (2017: $2.74 billion).
Shareholders' Equity attributable to stockholders of parent amounted $1.34 billion (2017: $2.02 billion) with book value per share of $0.28 (2017: $0.42).
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Sona Ganatra is a Partner in the FS Regulatory & Investigations practice at Fox Williams.
Sona is a highly experienced investigations practitioner, specialising in representing corporates and senior executives involved in FCA, FRC and SFO investigations, particularly those involving market misconduct, financial misstatements, sanctions, money laundering, fraud, and bribery and corruption in the regulated sector. She is recognised for her expertise in leading large, complex internal investigations and is regularly called upon to advise corporates investigating misconduct and their reporting obligations to UK regulatory bodies and authorities.
In an advisory capacity, Sona has particular expertise in advising regulated firms on their money laundering and financial crime systems and controls, payment services and e-money regulations, as well as the change in control notification regime.
She was seconded to the Enforcement Division of the (then) Financial Services Authority in 2004 to 2005. This proved to be an invaluable insight into regulatory investigations and disciplinary actions of the FSA. Sona provided advice on breaches of the UK financial services regulatory regime, appeared before the Regulatory Decisions Committee and participated in settlement discussions with financial institutions.
She has also published numerous articles and led training sessions in relation to financial services regulatory issues and obligations under the Bribery Act 2010, Fraud Act 2006 and money laundering regulations and is regularly called upon to provide commentary to the press and specialist publications. Sona co-authored the "Employee Rights: A UK Perspective" chapter in GIR's Practitioner's Guide to Global Investigations.
Sona graduated from Kings College, London with a degree in Law in 2000 and went on to complete her Legal Practice Course at the College of Law in 2001, where she obtained a distinction and was awarded the Roger Leyland Memorial Prize. She trained at White & Case LLP and qualified in September 2003 in the Dispute Resolution practice group. She practised at White & Case LLP for over nine years before joining Fox Williams. Sona is a solicitor advocate (higher courts civil).
Sona leads our firm's Diversity & Inclusion Initiative.
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We are slowly making the new house home. Last weekend Ken took time to do a bunch of installations and picture hanging through out the house. Here area few things we got accomplished.
The picture in the entry way.
The ikea leaf in the playroom.
The coat hooks in the laundry room.
The ironing board holder in the laundry room.
My framed wedding bouquet in our bedroom.
A hook in the furnace closet for our floor chairs.
Art work a gift from a friend.
The tv and dvd for the playroom.


Gundam models are called "Gunpla" (ガンプラ) in Japanese. And at this year's Gunpla Expo, there were plenty of them. The event, which runs until November 25 in Tokyo's Akihabara, not only showcases upcoming models, but also the work of master Gunpla builders and famous fans. Let's have a look.
Some of these are actually entries hoping to be selected to represent Japan in the 2012 Gunpla Builders World Cup, which is like the World Cup of Gundam Models. Countries from all over the world square off to see who has made the best Gunpla.
She's Only Eight Years Old!
Websites AmiAmi Blog and Akiba Hobby were on hand to soak up the plastic and document the models on display.


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Wake Up To Find Out: Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY 3/29/1990
Wake Up To Find Out: Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY 3/29/1990 Grateful Dead feat. Branford Marsalis
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1Jack Straw06:16
2Bertha06:59
3We Can Run06:04
4Ramble On Rose08:08
5When I Paint My Masterpiece06:02
6Bird Song13:06
7Promised Land04:46
8Eyes Of The World16:34
9Estimated Prophet14:48
10Dark Star18:20
11Drums10:23
12Space07:53
14The Wheel04:24
15Throwing Stones09:25
16Turn On Your Lovelight07:41
17Knockin' On Heaven's Door08:24
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It's just too good not to! In addition to its inclusion in Spring 1990 (the Other One), we are proud to present Wake Up To Find Out, a triple album set featuring the legendary 3/29/90 Nassau Coliseum show with Branford Marsalis.
Wake Up To Find Out is the official debut of one of the most sought-after shows in the Dead canon: the March 29, 1990 show at Nassau Coliseum, where Grammy®-winning saxophonist Marsalis sat in with the group. The entire second set is one continuous highlight, especially the breathtaking version of "Dark Star." Blair Jackson captures the moment, writing that, "Of all the guest musicians who shared the Dead's stage through the years—and they were many and varied—none embodied both the Dead's adventurous, questing spirit and their obsession with beautiful melodies and accessible structures quite like Branford did." Their performance of "Eyes Of The World" appeared on the 1990 live collection Without A Net, but the entire collaboration has not surfaced officially until now.
"When I agreed to sit in with the Dead in 1990, I didn't know what to expect, aurally or visually," says Marsalis. "What I experienced was what I remembered music to be in my younger years, something that I'd felt was lost long ago. Process over product. No set lists, light shows and costumes required, but music first. It's an experience I will always remember with great fondness."
Jerry Garcia, guitar, vocals
Mickey Hart, drums
Bill Kreutzmann, drums
Phil Lesh, bass, vocals
Brent Mydland, keyboards, vocals
Bob Weir, guitar, vocals
Additional musicians:
Branford Marsalis, saxophone
Recorded March 29, 1990
Produced by Grateful Dead
Label: Grateful Dead/Rhino
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The Grateful Dead (Remastered)
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Pacific Northwest '73-'74: Believe it If You Need It (Live - Remastered)
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From the 1960s until the 1995 death of guitarist, singer-songwriter Jerry Garcia, the Grateful Dead played roughly 2,300 long, freeform concerts that touched down on their own country-, blues and folk –tinged songs, and on a similarly wide range of cover versions. Along the way, they popularized the concept of the jam band, influencing thousands of songwriters and basement improvisers and earning themselves maybe the most loyal fans a rock band have ever had.
Nearly as famous as the band itself were its legions of "Deadheads" — predominantly white men who have lovingly preserved the era that spawned the Dead by emulating their Summer of Love predecessors' philosophy and that period's accoutrements: tie-dye clothing, hallucinogenic drugs, and the Dead's music. These fans supported the band with an almost religious fervor, following the group around the country, trading tapes of live concerts (something the band allowed as long as it wasn't for profit, providing prime spots for tapers at shows), and providing a synergy between band and audience that was unique in rock. In true psychedelic style, the Grateful Dead preferred the moment to the artifact — but to keep those moments coming, the Dead evolved into a far-flung and smoothly run corporate enterprise that, for all its hippie trimmings, drew admiring profiles in the financial and mainstream press.
Lead guitarist Jerry Garcia took up guitar at 15, spent nine months in the Army in 1959, then moved to Palo Alto, where he began his long-standing friendship with Robert Hunter, who late became the Dead's lyricist. In 1962 he bought a banjo and began playing in folk and bluegrass bands, and by 1964 he was a member of Mother McCree's Uptown Jug Champions, along with Bob Weir, Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, and longtime associates Bob Matthews (who engineered Dead albums and formed the Alembic Electronics equipment company) and John Dawson (later of New Riders of the Purple Sage).
In 1965 the band became the Warlocks: Garcia, Weir, Pigpen, Bill Kreutzmann, and Phil Lesh, a former electronic-music composer. With electric instruments, the Warlocks debuted in July 1965 and soon became the house band at Ken Kesey's Acid Tests, a series of public LSD parties and multimedia events held before the drug had been outlawed. LSD chemist Owsley Stanley bankrolled the Grateful Dead — a name from an Egyptian prayer that Garcia spotted in a dictionary — and later supervised construction of the band's massive, state-of-the-art sound system. The Dead lived communally at 710 Ashbury Street in San Francisco in 1966–67 and played numerous free concerts; by 1967's Summer of Love, they were regulars at the Avalon and Carousel ballrooms and the Fillmore West. MGM signed the band in 1966, and it made some mediocre recordings. The Dead's legitimate recording career began when Warner Bros. signed the band. While its self-titled 1967 debut album featured zippy three-minute songs, Anthem of the Sun (Number 87, 1968) and Aoxomoxoa (Number 73, 1969) featured extended suites and studio experiments that left the band $100,000 in debt to Warner Bros., mostly for studio time, by the end of the 1960s. Meanwhile, the Dead's reputation had spread, and they appeared at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 and Woodstock in 1969.
As the Seventies began, the Dead recouped its Warner debt with three comparatively inexpensive albums — Live/Dead (Number 64, 1969) (recorded in concert at San Francisco's Fillmore West in February and March of 1969), Workingman's Dead (Number 27, 1970), and American Beauty (Number 30, 1970). The former featured extended psychedelic explorations, such as the classic "Dark Star," while in sharp contrast the latter two found the Dead writing concise country-ish songs and working out clear-cut, well-rehearsed arrangements. Workingman's Dead (including "Uncle John's Band" [Number 69, 1970] and "Casey Jones") and American Beauty (including "Truckin'" [Number 64, 1971], "Ripple," and "Box of Rain") received considerable FM radio airplay, sold respectably, and provided much of the Dead's concert repertoire.
With a nationwide following, the Dead expanded its touring schedule and started various solo and side projects (aside from the band members' own works, many Dead members also appeared on the half-dozen-plus albums Dead lyricist Robert Hunter began releasing in 1973). The group worked its way up to a 23-ton sound system and a large traveling entourage of road crew, family, friends, and hangers-on — most of whom would later become staff employees complete with health-insurance and other benefits, as the Dead evolved into an efficient and highly profitable corporation. The Dead finished out its Warners contract with a string of live albums including 1971's Grateful Dead, a.k.a. "Skull and Roses" (Number 25), which introduced more concert staples such as "Bertha" and "Wharf Rat." In 1973 the Dead played for over half a million people in Watkins Glen, New York, on a bill with the Band and the Allman Brothers. By then the group had formed its own Grateful Dead Records and a subsidiary, Round, for non-band efforts. Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/the-grateful-dead/biography
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Briana DeJesus: I STILL Don't Know if My Boyfriend Got Someone Else Pregnant!
by Emily Trainham at September 25, 2019 10:28 am .
Briana DeJesus, bless her heart, just doesn't seem to be very lucky in love.
Devoin Austin, Luis Miguel, Javi Marroquin -- it didn't work out with any of them, and that's putting it nicely.
But then Briana met John Rodriguez, and it looked like things might be different.
However, as we're seeing in this season of Teen Mom 2, the relationship wasn't exactly drama-free.
And although they've been broken up for a little while now, it also sounds like the drama hasn't stopped ...
1. Oh, Girl ...
OK, so right around a year ago, Briana started talking about a new guy she'd been seeing.
2. Hey, Johnny
His name was John Rodriguez, he lived in New York, and Briana was very excited about him.
3. Making It Work
It seemed like despite the distance between them, they were able to form a close, loving relationship, and it was really nice to see.
4. Uh Oh ...
But then something happened. And that something was a screenshot.
5. Oh
Specifically a screenshot of some Instagram DMs allegedly between John and some other girl -- in the DMs, the girl claimed she was pregnant with his baby.
6. Well, Fair
And it was pretty much all downhill from there.
7. A Throwback
All of this happened a few months ago, but thanks to the magic of reality TV, we're just now seeing it all unfold. And on last night's episode, Briana was feeling a whole lot of feelings about it all.
8. Understandable
We saw her pull over so she could read the messages to her producer -- we've seen the messages before, the girl wrote "You think you can get me pregnant and then just bail out?" and John allegedly responded with "You were just a piece of ass. Kill yourself."
9. A Conversation
After seeing the messages, she called John up, but instead of seeing that, we saw her talk to a friend about what was said.
10. Confused
Briana said that she was "confused" by it all, that "part of me is like, okay it's fake. Part of me is like, what if this is legit. It looks super legit."
11. Yikes
"I was like 'what the f-ck is this,' I just went off," she explained. "'Who the f-ck is this, you got another bitch pregnant?' He was literally confused, like, 'What? You should know me by now that this isn't me.' I was like, 'I bring you around my f-cking kids, you've met my mom, my sister, we made all these plans and this is what you want to do to me.'"
12. Detective Briana
"I found out who the girl was that created the screen shot," she told the friend, but added that the woman "ended up deactivating her account because of it."
13. Unhappy Circumstances
She did end up going all the way to New York to speak with John, and when they were able to hash things out, she got pretty upset.
14. Oh Honey
"It's a lot to take in," she cried. "A part of me knows that it's fake, the screenshot. But then a part of me is like, this is something I've gone through before. It puts me in a place. Why would somebody make that screenshot to put us in a bad place?"
15. Hmmm ...
John answered with "People don't like it, people don't like me."
16. Confrontation
She asked him directly is there was any truth at all in that screenshot, and he told her "No, if you know me, I don't speak like that. Anybody would be upset if it looks legit, but it wasn't."
17. Where's the Trust?
In the end, they decided to work on some things in their relationship, and she said that she needed a little bit of time to "figure it all out."
18. What Did She Figure?
We still want to see how everything played out on the show, but back in reality, their relationship only lasted a few more months after this -- we imagine it was tough for things to recover from this.
19. A Good Guy
When Briana announced the breakup, she was sure to say that John didn't cheat on her, and that he was a really great guy, but things just didn't work out for them.
20. Um
But last night on Twitter, she was singing a different tune.
21. Well?
Someone asked her directly "Was the DM real or fake?", and her answer?
22. WHAT?
"I believe it was fake," she wrote. "I really don't know. No pregnant woman has reached out to me yet so idk."
23. So Weird
It's just strange that last month she'd go on and on about how he never cheated, but now she doesn't know if those messages were real of fake, you know?
24. For Real Though
Has something changed? Has she learned something new about the situation? Is more going to come out as the season goes on?
25. What a Ride
Whatever is going on ... there's no way this is over.
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Q: Array_intersect and order of values returned I'm fairly new to PHP and I have a question.
I'm trying to make a function that adds tags to a text.
My function works but the order of the tags in the array returned is wrong.
How can I change the order, please
Thanks for any help.
 <?php

     $tags = [
        'animals' => ['cat', 'dog', 'horse', 'ferret'],
        'nature' => ['walk', 'outdoor', 'tree', 'plant']];

        function getTags(string $text, array $tags): array
        {
            $lowerC = strtolower($text);
            $str = preg_replace("/[^A-Za-z\'\- ]/", '', $lowerC);
            $arrayT = explode(" ", $str);

            $tagArray = [];
            foreach ($tags as $tag => $value) {

                    if (array_intersect( $value, $arrayT )) {
                        $tagArray[] = $tag;
                }

            }   return $tagArray;

        }

    $res = getTags('During my walk, I met a white horse', $tags);
    var_dump($res); // returns ['animals', 'nature'] but I'm trying to get ['nature', 'animals']

A: If you want to get 'nature' first, because 'walk' comes before 'horse', you need to iterate over the words first, not over the tags.
$tags = [
    'animals' => ['cat', 'dog', 'horse', 'ferret'],
    'nature' => ['walk', 'outdoor', 'tree', 'plant'],
];

function getTags(string $text, array $tags): array
{
    $lowerC = strtolower($text);
    $str = preg_replace("/[^A-Za-z\'\- ]/", '', $lowerC);
    $arrayT = explode(" ", $str);

    $tagArray = [];
    foreach ($arrayT as $word) {
        // find tag for this word
        foreach ($tags as $cat => $values) {
            if (in_array($word, $values)) {
                // append the tag to the list
                $tagArray[] = $cat;
            }
        }
    }

    // remove duplicates
    return array_unique($tagArray);

}

$res = getTags('During my walk, I met a white horse', $tags);
var_dump($res);

Output :
array(2) {
  [0]=>
  string(6) "nature"
  [1]=>
  string(7) "animals"
}

EDIT
As @GeorgeGarchagudashvili mentionned, the code could be optimized by preparing an array for comparison. Here is a way :
function getTags(string $text, array $tags): array
{
    $lowerC = strtolower($text);
    $str = preg_replace("/[^A-Za-z\'\- ]/", '', $lowerC);
    $arrayT = explode(" ", $str);

    // Prepare tags for searching
    $searchTags = [];
    foreach ($tags as $cat => $values) {
        foreach ($values as $word) {
            $searchTags[$word] = $cat;
        }
    }

    $tagArray = [];
    foreach ($arrayT as $word)
    {
        // find tag for this word
        if (isset($searchTags[$word]))
        {
            // append the tag to the list
            $tagArray[] = $searchTags[$word];
        }
    }

    // remove duplicates
    return array_unique($tagArray);

}


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using Newtonsoft.Json;
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{
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        {
            get;
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Complex and telling, my amazing art project can be seen as a metaphor for our current culture - nature's fragile beauty manipulated by our modern industrialized world in order to create something compelling. I think this philosophy is truly the correct path to eco-enlightenment. But also it is the way to declare love and kindness. The flowers can bloom in any place even in the darkest place in the world if only you love. Light and force of your soul can allow you to flourish does not depend on any circumstances. And black garden becomes blooming garden.
My natural pictures consist from recycled cardboad, onion skin and egg shell, paper and other natural elements. Each material used in this work has found other life. My mixed media recycle art work can broaden intellectual understanding, help engender an intuitive appreciation of the environment.
Believing in the power of ecological art, I work with a most basic concept of placing value on the floral collage, developing an art practice that is based in dialogue and social interaction. My goal is to deepen the connection between people and the natural world through my art. Busy in daily living we forget the beauty of life around us, the energy of being. Thoughts of desire fill our minds as we try to get what we want while we miss the roots of what sustains us, nature in all her forms.
Another wonderful thing about these collages is a game of light. Sunlight or artificial light. But it's an amazing sight to see the flitting shadows, their movement, radiance of materials. Perhaps you have never seen how many shades onion skin has. I just experimented and looked at my art from the both sides of the canvas. It is really stunning! Looking at them from different angles I wonder movement that going in your mind, because each new view this is a new picture.


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Rúmil (elf of Tirion)
"Who told you, and who sent you?" — Gandalf
This article or section needs more/new/more-detailed sources to conform to a higher standard and to provide proof for claims made.
The name Rúmil refers to more than one character, item or concept. For a list of other meanings, see Rúmil (disambiguation).
Rúmil
Noldo
"Rúmil" by Steamey
Other names "Elf-sage of Valinor"
Position Lambengolmo
Location Tirion, Valinor
Language Common Eldarin, Valarin, Quenya and Telerin
Notable for Sarati; see Works
Hair color Black[source?]
Gallery Images of Rúmil
Rúmil was a Lambengolmo ("Loremaster") of the Noldor, living in the city of Tirion.
4 Other versions of the legendarium
[edit] History
Rúmil was notable for inventing writing. His alphabet was called Sarati, as each letter was called a sarat. This alphabet was later expanded and perfected by Fëanor as the Tengwar. He was also a skilled linguist, and when the Teleri finally arrived in Valinor he was first to discover just how the Telerin language differed from Common Eldarin compared to Quenya.
It is assumed that Rúmil was one of the Noldor who refused the summons of Fëanor, because he stopped writing his part of Annals of Valinor with the return to Valinor of those Noldor, led by Finarfin.[1].
[edit] Works
Rúmil was said to be the author of various works, some of which would find great acknowledgment after they were translated into Westron by Bilbo Baggins. These include:
Annals of Aman
Lhammas
Lhammasethen
Ambarkanta
i Equessi Rumilo
Pengolodh of Gondolin, when arrived to Valinor, later continued and completed much of his work.
The only thing known about the name Rúmil is that it is Quenya.[2]
In The Book of Lost Tales, an Elf of Tol Eressea named Rúmil narrates to Eriol the creation of Arda by Ilúvatar and the Ainur; this mirrors Rúmil's connection to the Ainulindale tale.
↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Lost Road and Other Writings, "Part Two: Valinor and Middle-earth before The Lord of the Rings, II. The Later Annals of Valinor"
↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings", in Parma Eldalamberon XVII (edited by Christopher Gilson), pp. 51, 54
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Q: regex in sublime text for change [0-9]th In my several pages I'd like to change all
43th
12th

in UTF-8 code
43&th;
12&th;

how can I do this in sublime text 2 using regex?
Thanks in advance
Luca

A: To find the element, you can use a regular expression like this:
([0-9][0-9])th

Then replace with:
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BBC News reports new UK definition of antisemitism – without the definition →
BBC News passes up coverage of recent Fatah congress
With over a week having passed since the 7th Fatah party congress came to a close and no BBC reporting on that subject in the English language having appeared, it is apparent that the corporation does not intend to provide its audiences with information which would enhance their understanding of the chronically under-reported topic of internal Palestinian politics and their broader implications.
BBC audiences hence remain unaware of the fact that convicted terrorist Marwan Barghouti received the most votes in the election to the Central Council of the party which dominates the Palestinian Authority as well as the PLO: the body supposed to conduct negotiations with Israel.
"Coming in first place was Marwan Barghouti, held in Israeli prison for murder after orchestrating deadly terror attacks during the Second Intifada, followed by Jibril Rajoub, the head of the Palestinian Football Association (PFA). For months, Rajoub has been seen as the most popular personality in Fatah, after Bargouhti, of course, and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
Next on the list are Mahmud Eshtawi, Hussein Eshtawi and Muhammed Al-Alul — all of whom are allies of Rajoub.
And that is likely to be the most significant outcome of these elections within the framework of the seventh Fatah Congress – Rajoub's camp is strengthening and he is the leading candidate for the position of general-secretary of the top decision-making Central Committee, which positions him as number two in the party and a possible successor to Abbas."
Jibril Rajoub's long-standing and repeated attempts to delegitimise Israel via various international sports bodies have of course received BBC amplification in the past.
The BBC's failure to cover the Fatah congress also entrenches its under-reporting of the internal power struggles within Fatah.
"Both Barghouti and Rajoub are considered to be Abbas loyalists. Reuters reports that 16 of the 18 central committee seats contested were won by Abbas allies. Having been unanimously re-elected as Fatah leader earlier during the Congress, Abbas is able to appoint another three members to the committee.
Critics have suggested that Abbas used the Fatah Congress to effectively oust political opponents, especially supporters of Mohammed Dahlan, who headed the Palestinian security forces in Gaza until Hamas forcibly seized power in 2007. Dahlan was expelled from Fatah by Abbas and effectively exiled to Dubai in 2011. His supporters were largely absent from the list of Congress delegates."
And of course BBC audiences remain unaware of the mood on the Palestinian street.
"The Fatah conference, which ended last weekend, crowned Abbas the unchallenged leader, boosting his ability to deal with the West and Arab states, said pollster Nader Said. For Palestinians, though, it meant prolonging a situation that "most people see as ineffective, unable to bring about a political solution, and corrupt to a large extent," he said. […]
Dalal Salameh, 50, the second youngest member in the Central Committee and the only woman, said the election reflects the prevailing norms of patriarchy in Palestinian society and that it's up to the young to push for change. "I see the system responding, but slowly, slowly," she said."
With Fatah dominating the PLO and the foreign donor funded Palestinian Authority, its internal politics clearly have implications for what the BBC terms "the Middle East peace process". BBC audiences, however, continue to be deprived of the information which would enhance their understanding of that particular "international issue".
Abbas' Fatah reelection ignored by the BBC – in English
BBC News continues to under-report internal Palestinian politics
BBC's Knell omits back stories in portrayal of PA succession
By Hadar Sela • Posted in BBC, Omission, Public Purposes	• Tagged BBC, BBC News, Fatah, Jibril Rajoub, Marwan Barghouti, MEPP, Palestinian Authority, PLO
5 comments on "BBC News passes up coverage of recent Fatah congress"
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The BBC deliberately deprives its English-speaking audiences of all truthful background information on the Palestinian political scene simply because it is not very becoming nor admirable – to say the least. So far as the BBC is concerned "No news is good news".
FelixShepton
The BBC is guilty of gross institutional bias against Israel. The BBC is funded by license fees which must be payed BY LAW. It is clearly intolerable that such an institution has any biases at all.
Duvid Crockett, King of DeLancey Street /Home of gefilte fish and kosher meat
Here is a view on the recent Fatah congress and deadly Pali-politics generally from Michael Curtis at The Commentator. The article is extremely informative, particularly on the history of Fatah, which is such a refreshing change from the corrupt BBC's propaganda by omission.
http://www.thecommentator.com/article/6457/trump_must_understand_vicious_palestinian_politics
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Corruption in the White House.
Bush Filed a Motion Last Year to Uphold the 33-Month Sentence of Victor Rita, a 24-Year Marine Corps Vet Convicted on Same Crimes as Libby
Posted by Jon Ponder | Jul. 4, 2007, 4:41 pm
Last month, the Supreme Court agreed with the Bush Justice Dept., ruling against Rita's appeal for a reduced sentence based his exemplary military service.
Mitt's Heartfelt Convictions Do Another Flip-Flop; Now He Supports Pardons
Let's Have a Look at Scooter Libby's 'Exceptional Public Service'
Prophetic '04 Bush Quote: CIA Leaker 'Will Be Taken Care of'
Support for Libby Pardon Reveals New Depths of Rightwing Decay
Sen. Joe Biden:
Tony Snow said that President Bush decided to commute Scooter Libby's two and a half year-prison sentence for perjury and obstruction of justice, because it was "excessive."
Yet last year the Bush Administration filed a "friend-of-the-court brief" with the Supreme Court, in an attempt to uphold a lower court's ruling that a 33-month prison sentence for Victor Rita, who was convicted of the same exact charges, perjury and obstruction of justice, was "reasonable."
Pres. Bush cited Libby's "years of exceptional public service" in commuting his prison sentence. But Libby is the classic Bushie chickenhawk — a neocon bureaucrat with no service record whose fingerprints are all over the worst military planning in American history.
Conversely, Victor Rita is the real deal:
Victor Rita is a very sympathetic defendant: he served 24 years in the Marine Corps, had tours of duty in Vietnam and the first Gulf war, and has received over 35 military metals and awards. Also, he is an elderly gentleman who suffers serious health problems.
The Supreme Court ruled on the case last month:
The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that criminal sentences within guidelines set by a federal commission are generally entitled to be upheld on appeal, a decision that limits legal options for defendants who feel that they have been punished too harshly.
By a vote of 8 to 1, the court held that, even though it recently ruled that the sentencing ranges set by the U.S. Sentencing Commission are no longer mandatory, judges who follow them may be presumed to have acted reasonably…
The case that the court decided yesterday, Rita v. United States, No. 06-5754, was meant to help define "advisory."
PDF of legal brief with Pres. Bush's decision to uphold the prison sentence
Victor Rita, convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice, asked for a lighter sentence based in part on his past military service. But the judge gave him 33 months, as suggested by the guidelines. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, based in Richmond, upheld the sentence, saying that penalties within the guidelines are "presumptively reasonable."
It is customary in the pardoning process for the president to contact the Justice Dept. for input. But the White House is adamant that Bush did not speak to anyone at Justice about the Libby pardon. If he had run it past them, it's possible he could have avoided what appears to be a spectacular blunder.
# posted by The Punisher @ Thursday, July 05, 2007


Pollutionwatch: How clean is the air we breathe at home?
The World Health Organisation estimates that we spend around 90% of our time indoors but relatively little attention is paid to indoor air quality. Being indoors can offer some protection from outdoor air pollution but it can also expose us to other air pollution sources.
There is good awareness of issues around badly maintained gas appliances, radioactive radon gas and second hand tobacco smoke but indoors we can also be exposed to nitrogen dioxides from gas cooking and solvents that slowly seep from plastics, paints and furnishings. The lemon and pine scents that we use to make our homes smell fresh can also react chemically to generate air pollutants and ozone based air fresheners can cause serious indoor air pollution problems. The US Environmental Protection Agency underlines that the best way to clean indoor air is ventilation with clean outdoor air, but this can be difficult due to weather conditions and outdoor air pollution.
Travelling in cars and buses exposes us to exhaust from other vehicles and several studies highlight high particle concentrations in tube and metro systems.
Despite the amount of time we spend indoors, improvements in outdoor air pollution have led to improved population health, and indoor smoking bans have been followed by decreases in the numbers of people having heart attacks.
Indoor air pollution problems in the developed world are tiny compared to those in developing countries where badly ventilated solid fuel cooking is thought to cause over 1.6 million deaths annually, over half of these being children. Strategies to improve this include better stoves, better fuels and keeping children away from cooking fires.


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I imagine our new CEO who is a St George old boy and played rugby league at the highest level, may weight in on some of these controversial decisions.
Like Aitken has reached his level as a centre.
The latest example being Sowards podcast where he insists Lomax should start and Aitken out. He also voiced the fact he thought Widdop should be the fullback.
IMO the fact this happens often speaks volumes for the credibility the advice/discussions on this forum.
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ON HOLD: Dragons youngster Zac Lomax is happy to put his long-term fullback ambitions on hold if it means regular NRL action. Picture: Adam McLean.
DRAGONS sensation Zac Lomax makes no secret of his desire to one day make his mark at fullback, but he's not rushing that shift just four games into his NRL career.
The 19-year-old was a standout junior in the No. 1 jumper, but made his NRL debut on the wing last season before finishing the year in the centres.
That three-game cameo, that included two finals appearances, came after regular right centre Euan Aitken injured his hamstring.
He's likely to return there in 2019, with Lomax tipped to fill the void left by the retirement of stalwart Jason Nightingale on the flank.
It's a role he's happy to play in the interim as he continues his top-grade apprenticeship.
"Fullback would be my favourite position but as a young bloke you've got to understand the demands of the NRL and the toll it can take on your body and mentally," he said.
"I came through the junior ranks playing fullback and having my hands on the ball a little bit more than you do out on the edge.
That has meant splitting his time between centre and wing through the preseason, the latter proving a learning curve.
"I've been training half and half, a lot at centre and a lot at wing, and they're two completely different positions these days," he said.
"I'm more confident at centre than I am at wing so I've been trying to learn the game as a winger a little bit better.
"There's some quality centres here that have been good for the last three-four years so the spot's not going to be given to any of us.
As for who earns the No. 1 for the opening round of the season, Lomax says it remains a mystery with incumbent Matt Dufty, skipper Gareth Widdop and new recruit Corey Norman all solid options for McGregor.
"There's obviously a fair few players there fighting for the No. 1 position," Lomax said.
"I couldn't tell you who's going to be there, obviously Duft had a good end to the season last year and Gaz has played for his country at No. 1 and he's our skipper.
He'll be on the pick n swing this year and will do a fine job.
Yes, mainly because our coach is clueless....let's watch this experiment fall apart..and Aitken will continue to get picked over Lomax..absolute joke.
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I tried to share a link regarding Zac but it won't open. The kid has aspirations of playing origin either this year or next. Appears Fittler highly regards him as a young prodigy.
Lomax says that his preferred position is fullback. He also says that he feels more comfortable at centre than wing. I expect Mary to pick him on the wing.
Early last season, I actually said that I wanted Aitken to get injured, so that Lomax would get an opportunity to play centre, as that was the only way that I thought Lomax would get a chance. Dragon Sammy and Old Timer had a go at me for wishing injury to Aitken, but in hindsight I was right, the only way Lomax was going to get a chance to play centre, was if one of our current centres got injured. It took until around round 24 or so, for Aitken to get injured and for Lomax to get his chance. Now we have about 90% of forum posters calling for Lomax to start the season at centre ahead of Aitken, but it sounds like Mary is going to pick Aitken at centre again, which will probably mean that we will need an injury to either Aitken or Lafai for Lomax to get a shot at centre again. Lomax should be our first centre chosen. Mary really lost me with his selection of Aitken and Nightingale last year, especially when he was picking both ahead of Lomax.
Maybe Lomax is our long term fullback?
Because I don't know what the coaching staff have been saying to Aitken, it is very hard to make any comment with certainty. However, it appears to me that if the coaching staff had put time into helping Aitken address his skill shortages, maybe he would be a better player.
Aitken is the weak-link in our backline and for me, it was a real breath of fresh air seeing Lomax play at right centre.
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Great option, play wing outside Aitken who has bad reads in defence and never passes the ball!
There goes all his flair !!
He has just simplified my game," Lomax said.
Agree...Translation - probably what Mary told Aitken.and everyone else in the side....,just die with the ball and play it quickly.
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and,...... negotiations are under way to extend Mary's tenure.
Every time there is a hint of an "x" factor, it is destroyed by this ultra simplistic "power" game of our coach.
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C847: Prior to the railfans weekend in April the boiler was striped for survey and passed with no problems. However the Westinghouse pump decided it didn't want to participate in the weekend and the spare (ex 935) also was not interested. The pump off WW571 was borrowed and was eventually coaxed into life allowing the loco to take part. A number of superheater elements were later found to be leaking and these have been either repaired or replaced. The regulator was proving to be quite difficult to open and shut. Originally this was thought to be the packing on the operating lever side of the cam shaft which was duly replaced. This helped slightly but a full strip down revealed the bush on the fireman's side of the cam had seized onto the shaft. It proved quite difficult to remove however it did budge finally after several different torque multipliers were tried. It was re-machined and refitted. The valves and their seats also came in for attention the seats being refaced to tidy up some bruised areas and the valves similarly treated. They also had their spindle collars built up and machined to get them opening in the correct sequence again.
De505: More work has been undertaken on the low voltage wiring replacing wires that the insulation has broken down on.
Rm30: To cure the long standing problems with the batteries a successful grant application has seen the purchase of a set of brand new batteries. These are currently being fitted. The better old batteries will be used to make up a new set for Rm 34.
Rm34: It's been a while since this railcar has featured in this column but progress is being made on putting it back into one piece. Several months have been spent sorting out the wiring problem associated with when it was striped for its "overhaul". This culminated with the engines being test run for the first time in many years. Work is now focusing on finishing off of the interior work and refitting the seats.
C132: Since the last report things have been happening steadily with this project. All the boiler welding repairs were completed by late march allowing the boiler to be x-rayed on the 3rd of April. With this hurdle successfully past the team turned their attention to re-riveting the lap seams and the smokebox tubeplate followed by tubing. The boiler is fitted with 10 stay tubes and these were welded in place after which the rest of the tubes were cut, swaged, annealed and the ends polished. They were then all expanded into place and the firebox ends seal welded. The 2 brackets removed for easier access inside the dome were re riveted allowing the boiler to be filled with water. Some problems with the fit of the mud hole doors were the only problem areas and these are being attended to allowing the boiler to be hydro tested. Work has also continued on the frame. After a through steam cleaning (steam being provided by #5) it was decided to remove the springs and wheels. The springs were in a rather sad state with several broken leaves. These were first taken to the blacksmith in Eastbourne however after waiting for several months and having no action they were picked up and taken to Whitecliffs blacksmith outside of Christchurch. Only a couple of weeks later they were shipped back completed. The Wheels and axle boxes were dropped out in a morning using the newly commissioned drop pit. The axle box brasses are in fairly good order however all the gear associated with the springing is well and truly flogged out and is currently the main focus of work. Yet another grant application resulted in us being able to purchase, and have cut out and rolled steel for a new saddle tank.
L509: Work has continued on the cowcatcher construction with the first one completed and riveted awaiting fitting to the rear. This will require the air pipe to be rerouted behind the rear headstock. The Loco ran without the large headlight for a few weeks while the one belonging to MOTAT was measured up for a new one to be fabricated. This was undertaken, the new one fitted and MOTAT's one returned to them. The mechanical lubricator has been giving erratic feeds recently so was removed from the loco, striped and cleaned giving a slight increase in feed. It was always know that when the loco returned to service that it would have to be retubed before too long and following another successful grant application this was undertaken over a 2 week period. The ash pan has also required some attention after the both the doors were buckled by ash build up and the side mesh was replaced with more suitable material.
Barclay 531: Since arriving at SSR in May the loco was stripped down to allow the wheels to be removed for re-profiling. This work was undertaken at Acme engineering in Petone. While the wheels were removed some other areas were tidied up on the fame and it was painted. The wheels were then refitted allowing parts of the motion work to be reinstated. The new components for the couplers was finished, sandblasted, painted and returned to the frame. Work on the new boiler has also progressed with the making up of new studs allowing the mountings to be blanked off for a hydro test. New wash out plugs were turned up and also fitted. The boiler has been filled with water and there are no leaks or problems apparent. The doubling plate for the regulator quadrant has been made along with the studs for the firebox door and these await fitting. The new smoke box was rolled up and the joining ring and front of the boiler drilled allowing the smoke box to be slipped on for welding to the joining ring. The boiler was placed on the frame for the first time to mark out the saddle bolts and to cut the foot plate to suit the shape of the firebox. The smoke box was then fully welded and fitted with the door hinges and the holes for the exhaust pipes and funnel cut out.
A1833: This car is currently inside the workshop to have some repairs done to the roof cover after a gust of wind caught it one Sunday.
Wagons: The new works Kp wagon arrived on site in March and over the following few weeks was fitted with missing brake components. It was planned to use the wagon for the railfans weekend however it wasn't but it did allow the track gear to be transferred out of the Fm Modules on Ub1206 and them to be taken off the Ub making that wagon available for the goods trains. E3703 the small 4 wheel tank wagon was water blasted and painted prior to the railfans weekend.
Workshop: Visitors to the workshop in the last few months would have noticed that it is looking very different. This came about after Hutt Workshops were selling off some surplus machinery. SSR were successful in tendering for a Dean Smith and Grace Lathe. A corner near the entrance to the depot was chosen as the place where the lathe would be set up. However it was chock full of over 20 years of "accumulations" which had to be shifted before it could be moved in. The lathe is already being put to good use on parts for C132. Also purchased in recent months was a large milling machine and a place had to be cleared for this to be set up. This has resulted in a far more organised and less cluttered workshop. A few of the unlined walls were even lined and painted to give the whole area a brighter look.
North end: The major filling work on the left creek side of the tracks has been completed in recent months and the whole area levelled. The area south of the new shed has been cleared of growth and track etc and a start made on filling this. The carriage under frame that was sitting here for many years was sold to Mainline Steam who is using parts of it for a new 50ft under frame they intend to build. The new carriage storage shed was basically complete by March however a problem with the rail doors caused a problem however this is now sorted. The concrete nib wall is now in place leaving just track laying to complete.


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Young People Should Pay for Green Agenda, Say House of Lords Peers
March 6, 2022 1 Views 0 Comments breitbart, Breitbart-com 3 min read
The economic burden of Boris Johnson's 'Build Back Better' green push towards a net-zero economy should be borne by younger generations as older Britons will not benefit from the schemes, a House of Lords committee has suggested.
A report from the Industry and Regulators Committee in the upper house of the British parliament claimed that it will cost the government some £321 billion to reach the goal of transitioning the British economy to net-zero carbon emissions by the year 2050. This figure is hotly contested, however, with a recent report from the House of Commons stating that the government itself has "no reliable" estimate of the costs for government and indeed consumers of the green agenda.
The Lords committee said that they were not persuaded that the government has enough of a detailed policy plan to meet the commitments laid out, stating that there is a "large gap between the ambitious targets and the extensive investment required from businesses and individuals."
"We have been told that there is substantial UK and international private capital waiting to fund new technologies, but clarity is needed if we are to take advantage of it," the report said.
In order to pay for the massive overhaul of the economy the chairman of the committee, Lord Hollick, said: "The amount that can realistically be raised via surcharges on energy bills is not enough.
"Bills are regressive as the poor pay more of their income on energy costs. It is also unfair to the current generation, as we are asking current billpayers to cover the huge costs of something that is designed to mainly benefit future generations."
The House of Lords peer suggested, therefore, that the government should look to incur more debt through public borrowing to pay for the "long-term infrastructure costs" and pass on the costs to future generations.
The committee went on to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak to rethink his "opposition to the use of government borrowing, due to its suitability for this type of investment financing, and because future generations will be the main beneficiaries of net-zero investment".
Meanwhile, the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee reveals Boris's government has "no reliable estimate" of how much its #BuildBackBetter net-zero green policies are going to cost https://t.co/Pp7epw30w4
— Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) March 3, 2022
This passing of the buck to the young would broadly line up with the generational views on climate change, with those over the age of 70 being less likely to be concerned about the issue than their younger counterparts.
Interestingly, the average age of a member of the House of Lords currently stands at 71 years old.
However, in terms of being able to bear the brunt of the spending, older generations are significantly wealthier than their successors, with those aged between 60-64 having nine times as much wealth as their 30-34-year-old counterparts.
It is unclear, however, how willing the Conservative Party-led government will be to increase the debt, which has been a major focus in the wake of massive public spending during the Chinese coronavirus crisis, with the debt jump to over £2.2 trillion or 103.7 per cent of GDP.
In order to cover such costs, the government has introduced a swath of tax hikes, resulting in the highest tax burden for over 70 years.
Boris Johnson's government has also been unwilling to use new Brexit powers to cut taxes on energy bills — often directed towards funding green schemes — despite the spiralling cost of energy in the country.
Build Back Better: From Boris Johnson to Greta and Extinction Rebellion, Britain's Year of Climate Craziness https://t.co/L4Vn4BAqMi
— Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) December 31, 2021
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Q: Google Cloud Platform Tensorboard - No dashboards are currently active I was working on the tensorflow object detection API. I managed to train it locally on my computer and get decent results. However, when I tried to replicate the same on GCP, I had several errors. So, basically, I followed the documentation mentioned in the official tensorflow -running on cloud documentation
So this is how the bucket is laid out:

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*Bucket

*weeddetectin-data

*Train-packages
This is how I ran the training and evaluation job:

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*Running a multiworker training job

*Running an evaluation job on cloud
I then used the following command to monitor on tensoboard:
tensorboard --logdir=gs://weeddetection --port=8080

I opened the dashboard using the preview feature in the console. But it says no dashboards are active for the current data set.
No Dashboards are active
So, I checked on my activity page to really see if the training and evaluation job were submitted:

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*Training Job

*Evaluation Job

A: It seems as if there are no events files being written to your bucket.
The root cause could be that the manual your are using refers to an old version of the tensor models.
Please try and change
 --train_dir=gs:...

to
 --model_dir=gs://${YOUR_BUCKET_NAME}/model

And resend the job, once the job is running check the model_dir in the bucket to see if the files are written there.
Check out: gcloud ml-engine jobs documentation for additional read.
Hope it help!


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Microsoft's TMG product aka Threat Management Gateway is one of those old services that many businesses keep going as they can't think of an obvious replacement. Now it is way past end-of-life, even ardent fans need to get a replacement lined up.
When the cloud was young and punky, there was a fast-growing range of security point solutions to help protect business operations and their data. One of those was Microsoft's Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010 supporting large numbers of Windows 2000-based environments and endless gateway appliances.
It provided an integrated edge security gateway with (EAL4+) certification, providing URL filtering, virus scanning and intrusion detection among others. Acting as an enterprise-class application-layer firewall with support for proxy services, content caching and VPNs, even back then, that was a lot of power with its per-processor license.
Protecting the businesses as users increasingly relied on public resources, it helped secure remote access to Microsoft services like Exchange and SharePoint, with mail protection and VPN support rounding out a compelling offering. No wonder businesses are reluctant to put this powerhouse to bed.
However, Microsoft stopped supporting the product officially in April 2015, with the extended support date passing in April 2020, which means that it will become more vulnerable. This is usually the time when even the most recalcitrant users will consider moving on.
As part of its migration drive, Microsoft is pushing users toward various services with Exchange having a growing roster of its own security features, along with built-in elements in the likes of Azure Security Center, Active Directory and, of course, Microsoft is happy to recommend partner products.
Beyond the TMG universe
As of late last decade, according to Datanyze, TMG was listed as the no. 9 software solution in threat intelligence with a 2.44% market share and over 100 reporting companies using it.
Anyone still using TMG needs to deliver equivalent security from one or a series of products to protect the business. These can be from open source, vendor enterprise-class or other products to provide the various features that TMG covered. Microsoft forums were full of chat over possible workarounds like, "Is Server 2016 WAP a possible TMG replacement?"
Many vendors promote their own solution, naturally, and far be it from us to direct you toward Edgenexus . Our market-leading ADC/load balancers hit the sweet spot of being easy to use without the complexity of some services while offering the professional support you might not find going open source.
EdgeNEXUS's load balancer and ADC products offer all the features a company needs to replace the defenses provided by TMG, with easy-to-use rule-based implementation and management.
Any business still using TMG really needs to be looking for a replacement with urgency. Anything is better than a badly outdated solution, but load balancers provide many of the required features without creating IT headaches.
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Measurements and mathematics increasingly important in protecting inventions
In addition to industry, measuring technology is now gaining importance in various consumer products. In order to ensure the best possible protection for inventions in these sectors, IPR experts must know their way around measuring technologies and mathematical formulas. European Patent Attorney Arto Karppinen, if anyone, knows them from top to bottom.
Different measuring technologies have traditionally been used in industry, but with the rise of various sensors, self-driving vehicles and smart homes, different measurements are inching ever closer to the average consumer as well. Environmental awareness, in turn, is producing more and more so-called GreenTech inventions all over the world. Their number has multiplied in recent years.
Whether we are talking about the purification of waste water, combustion processes or battery technology, the development of new solutions requires accurate measurements. When wanting to save energy and materials, the role of measurement becomes central.
"For example, there are currently combustion processes in use whose emissions must be controlled. Waste water and drinking water measurements and purification processes are gaining whole new interest. Since everything that is old cannot be abandoned in an instant, efforts must be made to develop old processes. All this will become more common in the next few years", says Kolster's European Patent Attorney Arto Karppinen.
Faith in the power of inventions to make the world better is now strong everywhere. This means that Karppinen's special expertise is in demand. His passion since his school days has been physics, and now most of his IPR work is related to measuring technology. That may be, for example, paper industry innovations and the paper and pulp measurements needed to protect them. Or acoustic or microwave technology measurements.
"Measurement often includes optoelectronics. Optical measurement is used to measure vital functions and processes as well as distances. It is also applied to new solutions in the automotive industry that involve the cars themselves assessing the traffic situation in their environment."
Mathematics plays an important role in IPR determinations
In the valuation of intangible assets, mathematics plays a key role, for example, when estimating present and future value, using risk factors and taking into account technological as well as economic and strategic factors. For Karppinen, all this is everyday work. He is known as a mathematical thinker and measurement specialist for whom no area of technology is unfamiliar.
"While studying electronics at the electrical department of the Faculty of Technology at the University of Oulu, I took courses in, among other things, optoelectronics, measuring technology, digital image processing, ultrasound technology, medical instrumentation and process engineering. I became familiar with optical measuring technology while working on my licentiate thesis. I have needed all of these in my work as a European patent attorney."
Karppinen says that he is a theoretician who mainly reads non-fiction books and almost never fiction. There are so many fascinating things to explore in the real world that it also nourishes the scientific imagination.
"Most recently, I read the interesting description of the Swedish physicist and cosmologist Max Tegmark on how the entire universe or multiverse cannot just be described by mathematics, but that it actually is just mathematics and numbers. This idea would also suit inventions related to process measurement and control, which are largely mathematical", Karppinen says.
Growth of GreenTech increases energy harvesting in innovations
Currently, for example, electric motors are being developed to be cleaner and more efficient to minimise waste of energy. According to Karppinen, nature can also be conserved by collecting energy from the environment, i.e. by harvesting.
"Batteries and wires can be eliminated when energy is collected, for example, by using solar cells. As the Internet of Things (IoT) becomes increasingly common and various sensors are used more and more, the need for energy harvesting increases. Low-consumption components are able to operate without an external energy source and even without batteries, which are hazardous waste. This is how harvesting brings savings", Karppinen says.
According to him, a small sensor that measures, for example, temperature, pressure or elongation in the environment may need so little energy that it can obtain a sufficient amount from the environment – such as ambient heat or light – for measurement and possibly even signalling.
"Harvesting can be applied in a wide technical field. That is why it is good for a patent attorney to have comprehensive knowledge of many fields of technology as well as natural science."
Mathematical complexity increases the likelihood of a patent
So-called differ-integral applications had been developed in one invention handled by Karppinen.
"This meant that, in a solution in accordance with the invention, data processing would be handled by mathematical algorithms in which the q order of differential or integral operator Dq can be something other than an integer. This came down to complex numbers in addition to fractions and real numbers. They are special in that they are presented as vectors and cannot be arranged in order of magnitude."
According to Karppinen, the course of a signal from a mobile phone to a base station, for example, cannot be properly depicted without fairly complicated complex number mathematics either.
"It is often the case that as the mathematical complexity of the invention increases, so does the likelihood of obtaining a patent."
Understanding even the most complicated mathematics is one of Karppinen's strengths in IPR matters, and reading figures is everyday work for him. Since he is also familiar with mechanics, protecting virtually any innovation related to technical fields would not be alien to him.
"After all, mathematics is tautology, or repeating self-evident truths. Nothing more."
Even the number of words matters in a patent application
Karppinen describes the core of an invention through word count: when many words are needed to describe an invention, its scope of protection becomes narrow.
"The more attributes I write for an invention, the more accurately I am describing the matter and the smaller the scope of protection of the invention becomes. Therefore, I must strive to define only the necessary but at the same time sufficient characteristics of the invention if I wish to obtain broad protection for the invention."
He illustrates this with a simple example from everyday life: an invention called the door is known for having a metal door handle. However, the word metal is too constricting here since the handle could often also be made of plastic or wood.
"So if a broad scope of protection is desired for the door, it is not advisable to specify only one type of handle material in the patent application. Then the patent will cover all kinds of doors."
Karppinen calls discussion the secret weapon of his work – not only with customers, of course, but also with representatives of patent offices.
"Informal telephone conversations with, for example, researchers from the European Patent Office are an effective way of improving the success rate of applications. I have noted this many times over the years. Ultimately, it is people who do this work as well, and the best outcome is reached by discussing together."
Do you need protection for your invention that requires measurement or mathematical thinking?
arto.karppinen@kolster.fi
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