Several samples are available for download. These free samples are the ZIP version of .DXF files. These files should be downloaded and unziped. The resulting DXF vector file should be imported into your CAD program for testing.
You will need Windows XP or newer, or a copy of PKUNZIP or WinZip installed on your computer to unZIP these files.
Click here to download this .ZIP file Rod is a mechanical drawing of a piston to crankshaft connecting rod. This file was created from an A4 Black and White scan at 300dpi. The conversion time was less than 10 seconds. The vector file has not been cleaned, modified or edited by any of our vector editing tools. This is the same raster image that is included in our demonstration software.
Click here to download this .ZIP file Bike is a piece of artwork (Logo). Typical for a cutting application. This file was created from an A4 Black and White scan at a resolution of 300dpi. The conversion time was less than 5 seconds. The vector file has not been cleaned, modified or edited by any of our vector editing tools. This was created from a raster file that is included in our Demonstration software.
Click here to download this 4K .ZIP file Fanla is a piece of hand drawn artwork. Typical for a cutting application. This file was created from an A4 Black and White scan of the artwork at a resolution of 300dpi. The conversion time was less than 5 seconds. The vector file has not been cleaned, modified or edited by any of our vector editing tools. This file consists of lines and arcs only.
Click here to download this 4K .ZIP file Fanpl is a piece of hand drawn artwork. Typical for a cutting application. This file was created from an A4 Black and White scan of the artwork at a resolution of 300dpi. The conversion time was less than 5 seconds. The vector file has not been cleaned, modified or edited by any of our vector editing tools. This file consists of polylines only.
Click here to ownload this 4K .ZIP file Topo is a part of a topographical map. This file was created from an A0 Black and White scan at a resolution of 300dpi. The conversion time was less than 6 seconds. The vector file has not been cleaned, modified or edited by any of our vector editing tools. This was created from the raster file that is included in our Demonstration software.
Click here to download this 65K .ZIP file Glif is a file created to show how text can be outlined and then applied to a cutting tool or engraving application.
Click here to download this 20K .ZIP file Cadas is a part of a cadastral or plat map. This file was created from an A0 Black and White scan at a resolution of 300dpi. The conversion time was less than 10 seconds. The vector file has been cleaned, modified or edited by some of our vector editing tools. Specifically text boxes were added with parcel numbers and several parcels were filled. This demonstrates our ability to add text and do fills. This was created from a raster file that is not included in our Demonstration software.
Several samples are available for download. These free samples are the ZIP version of .PCX files. These files should be downloaded and unziped. The resulting PCX raster file should be imported into a raster viewing or editing program for testing.
Click here to download this 13K .ZIP file Scan of a floorplan, with additional elements added in Draftsman as vectors then saved as a raster.
This file shows how vector information and annotations can be added to a raster image then saved along with the raster information in a raster file.
Click here to download this 140K .ZIP file Scan of a map, with areas of color added as filled vectors in Draftsman then saved as a raster (detail).
This file shows how you can use solid fills to create zoning maps, master plans and colorful presentations from scanned black and white maps.


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Q: MEF: How to manually configure Export for a contract implementation I have a MEF's CompositionContainer, a contract (say IFoo) and a module (Prism module but it doesn't matter much here, just some component).
I want in my module to register the contract's implementation (FooImpl).
If it's Unity I'd do like this:
unity.RegisterType<IFoo, FooImpl>().

That's all.
With MEF I've puzzled. I have to mark my implementation with ExportAttribute, but that lead to it'll be exported automatically. I want to manage this by myself.
Take a look at the code:
class MyModule: IModule {
  private CompositionContainer m_container;
  public MyModule(CompositionContainer container) {
    m_container = container;
  }
  public void Initialize() {
    ??? I want something like m_container.CreateExport<IFoo, FooImpl>()
  }
}

public interface IFoo {}
public class FooImpl : IFoo {
    //[ImportingConstructor]
    public FooImpl(ISomeService svc) {}
}

In Initialize I want manualy export FooImpl as IFoo contract not relying on ExportAttribute on FooImpl class.
I understand that I just can create an instance FooImpl (in MyModule.Initialize above), but
FooImpl has constructor dependencies on other component/services and I want they to be resolved on creation.
So probably I should ask: how to manually add export having a CompositionContainer instance and a contract? And then mark this export somehow as it has ImportingConstructorAttribute?

A: Have a look at AttributedModelServices.ComposeExportedValue.  You would use it like this:
m_container.ComposeExportedValue<IFoo>(new IFooImpl());

A: The latest preview version of MEF has a class called RegistrationBuilder which you can use to configure your MEF parts via code.  You can get the preview version from the MEF CodePlex site.
Here's a blog post with an overview of the new features.

A: That's not how MEF works by default. However, you can create your own ExportProvider implementation which does this, and pass it to the CompositionContainer constructor.
The MEF contrib project has a few examples of export provider implementations. The Fluent Definition Provider is probably the closest to what you describe. There is also an export provider which provides integration with unity.

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Jan Schenkman (* 1. Oktober 1806 in Amsterdam; † 4. Mai 1863 ebenda) war ein niederländischer Lehrer, Dichter, Kinderbuchautor und Humorist. Er gilt als der Erfinder des heutigen Sinterklaasfestes.

Biografie
Jan Schenkman was das einzige Kind des Mühlenhelfers Gerrit Schenkman und seiner Frau Geesje van den Bosch. Getauft wurde er am 10. Oktober 1806 in der Amsterdamer Zuiderkerk auf den niederländisch-reformierten (hervormd) Glauben. Er machte eine Ausbildung zum Lehrer und trat im Alter von 22 Jahren in den Schuldienst einer Armenschule im Amsterdamer Stadtteil Jordaan. Am 29. August 1832 ehelichte er Elisabeth Alida Cuke, die Tochter eines Diamantschleifers. Mit ihr bekam er vier Kinder.  Nachdem seine Frau nach zehn Jahren Ehe verstarb, heiratete er Anna Maria Elisabeth Endters, mit der er acht Nachkommen zeugte.
Bis 1849 war Schenkman Lehrer an einer Privatschule an der Anjeliersgracht. Er war auch ein prominentes Mitglied der  gemeinnützigen Organisation Maatschappij tot Nut van 't Algemeen.

Der Nachwelt blieb er vornehmlich durch das 1850 erschienene Bilderbuch Sint Nikolaas en zijn knecht in Erinnerung. In diesem bis 1907 gedruckten Werk fügte er die Elemente des in den Niederlanden so geschätzten Sinterklaasfestes, welches stets am 5. Dezember stattfindet (entspricht ungefähr dem, einen Tag später stattfindenden, deutschen Nikolaustag), in einer Geschichte zusammen.

Hierbei vermengte er die bestehenden traditionellen Vorstellungen von dem alljährlichen Besuch des Nikolaus (Sinterklaas) mit neuen Elementen. Besonders sticht hier die Figur des Helfers hervor, der in den ersten Ausgaben noch als Page in orientalischer Kleidung erscheint und in späteren Ausgaben schon als exotischer Mohr gezeichnet wurde. Dieser schwarze Page wurde später dann zum Zwarte Piet. Zu den weiteren Einfällen Schenkmans gehört, dass beide, Sinterklaas und der Zwarte Piet, mit einem Dampfschiff (stemboot), aus Spanien kommend, in Amsterdam anlanden und danach gemeinsam über die Dächer reiten. Die Geschenke werden dabei durch den Schornstein ins Haus gebracht wie auch Hausbesuche unternommen. Aber auch Schläge mit einem Rohrstock oder andere Strafen sind bei besonders unartigen Kindern möglich, wobei aber in vielen Fällen gutmütig vergeben wird. Schenkman schrieb auch den Text des bekannten Sinterklaasliedes Zie, ginds komt de stoomboot / uit Spanje weer aan …, welcher später zur Melodie des deutschen Im Märzen der Bauer vertont wurde.

Schenkman veröffentlichte seine Texte bei zwei Verlagen: Gerardus Theodorus Bom war der Herausgeber seiner seriösen Werke und Kinderbücher; J.A. Schuurmans gab seine Grotesken und pikant anmutenden Werke heraus, darunter Texte mit antisemitischen Passagen.

Veröffentlichungen

 Einzelgedichte in Almanachen
 Overpeinzingen van een eenvoudige burgerman op den 16den verjaardag van zijn zoon (1850)
 Sint Nicolaas schenkt ieder wat: burleske Dichtung (1850)
 St. Nikolaas en zijn knecht, herausgegeben von G. Theod. Bom, Amsterdam (1850)
 Rekwest van Amsterd. jongens aan den Burgemeester der stad (1850)
 Een ijverige hand vindt werk door 't gansche land (ca. 1850)
 Het nieuwe apenspel zonder weêrga (ca. 1850)
 De mislukte aanslag op de stad Amsterdam, door prins Willem den Tweede in het jaar 1650 (1851)
 Oud en nieuw. Berijmde voorlezingen en losse dichtstukjes (1851)
 Weer wat moois voor lieve kleinen (ca. 1851)
 Nieuwe gedichtjes op de vertellingen van Moeder de Gans (ca. 1851)
 Vertellingen van Moeder de Gans, herausgegeben von G. Theod. Bom, Amsterdam (1851)
 Wat een eenvoudig burger dacht bij de onthulling van het standheeld voor Rembrandt van Rhijn. Boertig dichtstukje, 1852
 Jeremiade van Rembrandt van Rhijn in den avond van den 26 Mei 1852.
 Brief van St. Nicolaas aan zijne vrienden te Amsterdam. Humorige Dichtung, 1852
 Het eerste prenteboek op moeders schoot (1852)
 De Belangrijke brief van eenen Amsterdamschen jood, vrijwilliger in het Fransche leger (unter dem Pseudonym Mozes Levie Zadok) (1852–1854)
 Vermakelijk allerlei: prentjes met versjes (1855)
 Nieuw AB boek, naar een oud rijmpje, en op een aardig wijsje (1856)
 Ontwerp van eene nieuwe belastingwet op de crinolines (1858)
 Het leven van Jan Klaassen (1859)
 Arlequin's bont AB boek (1860)
 Vos en konijn (1862)
 De kermis-artisten (1863)
 Humoristische Vorlesungen in Prosa und Poesie. Mit einem Vorwort von J. van Lennep und einem Autorenportrait (1863)
 De nieuwe circus: groot paarden-spel voor het jeugdige publiek (1863)
 Humoristische voorlezingen in proza en poëzie (1863)
 De boerderij: nieuw prentenboek (ca. 1863)
 Asschepoester in het cirque Carré (1874, Nachdruck um 1885?)
 Gezellige plaatjes en versjes (ca. 1885)
 Pierrot's leven en bedrijf (ca. 1900)

Publikationen von Schenkman online
 Sint Nicolaas en zijn knecht, 1850
 Andere uitgave van Sint Nicolaas en zijn knecht, 1850
 Nieuwe gedichtjes op de vertellingen van Moeder de Gans, ca. 1851
 Omroeper, Gedicht
 Melkboerin, Gedicht

Literatur
 P.J. Buijnsters, Leontine Buijnsters-Smets: Lust en Leering. Geschiedenis van het Nederlandse kinderboek in de negentiende eeuw (2001) Kapitel:  Jan Schenkman: vermaak zonder nut
 Eugenie Boer, 'De Sint Nicolaas van Jan Schenkman. Zie ginds komt de stoomboot uit Spanje weer aan', in: Ons Amsterdam Nr. 47 (1995) Ausgabe 12 (Ddezember), Seiten 282–286.
 Frits Booy: AAA Kijk dat kreeg ik van Papa, in: Boekenpost Nr. 8 (2000) Ausgabe 46 (März/April), Seiten 4–8
 Frits Booy, 'AAA Kijk dat kreeg ik van Papa (II)', in: Boekenpost Nr. 8 (2000) Ausgabe 50 (November/Dezember), Seiten 4–9

Weblinks

  Dossier auf der Webseite der Königliche Bibliothek der Niederlande
 St. Nikolaas en zijn knecht bij Librivox (Audio- und E-book)
 Ons Amsterdam. Nummer 11 (November) 2009
 Sinterklaas. Van heilige tot kindervriend

 Die ambivalente Botschaft des ersten 'Zwarte Piet' erschienen bei Arbeitskreis Bild Druck Papier, Band 12 (2008), deutsch  (PDF 1,13 MB)

Einzelnachweise

Autor
Literatur (Niederländisch)
Kinder- und Jugendliteratur
Niederländer
Geboren 1806
Gestorben 1863
Mann

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In 2006, Oracle began trying to abscond with RHEL's paying user base. On Thursday, Microsoft announced that it's now going to give Oracle a similar treatment. What's that they say about paybacks?
Microsoft has declared war on Oracle, which is the type of story I wish was on Netflix. If it were, I'd make some popcorn, mix it with some M&Ms, sit back and binge watch. As it is, I'll have to watch it unfold the old fashioned way, as it happens.
Some of you might remember the hostilities which broke out between Red Hat and Oracle after Red Hat acquired JBoss. Until then, the two companies had worked hand in hand in something of a partnership which saw Red Hat helping its customers get Oracle's business stack up and running on RHEL servers. According to news reports of the day, Oracle's head honcho, Larry Ellison, thought he had Red Hat in his back pocket and happily referred clients who were interested in migrating Oracle's stack to Linux from Unix or Windows to the Raleigh, N.C. based company.
That all changed after Red Hat announced on April 10, 2006 that they had acquired JBoss, which was the largest supplier of open source enterprise middleware. Again according to news reports of the day, this put Ellison into something of a snit for a couple or reasons.
In those days, Oracle was on a buying spree, using it's pocketbook, market share, and muscle if necessary, to gobble up every software company it could find with products that would add beef to its own offerings. Early in 2006, the company had attempted to purchase JBoss in order to better compete with BEA Systems and IBM in the middleware market, reportedly offering the Atlanta based company $400 million.
When just a few months later Red Hat announced it had purchased JBoss for an initial $350 million outlay, with up to $70 million to be paid at a later date, "subject to the achievement of certain future performance metrics," Ellison was livid. Not only was he upset at having his offer spurned in favor of one he perceived as no better and even inferior, he also saw this as a breach of the loyalty he expected from Red Hat — one of those "after all I've done for you" sort of things. By acquiring JBoss, he thought, his back pocket partner was attempting an end run that would put it in direct competition with Oracle.
Ellison decided to show Red Hat that two could play this game. In October he announced Unbreakable Linux, Oracle's own in-house Linux distribution, a direct clone of RHEL which would henceforth be the Linux distro of choice for running Oracle products on Linux. At first Oracle made no attempt to hide the fact that its Linux distro was a line-by-line copy of RHEL, while offering support contracts at a fraction of what Red Hat was charging. "Support" mostly meant that Oracle was supplying Red Hat's patches, as at the time Red Hat was making the application of patches easy.
To add insult to injury — or more precisely, injury to injury — Oracle also began actively attempting to woo Red Hat's clients by offering cheap support for RHEL with no need to migrate to Oracle's own brand of rebranded Linux. Again, the support they offered was mainly paid for by Red Hat, with Oracle merely applying Red Hat's patches, although Oracle claimed otherwise, and in fact, tried to make the case that its support was superior to that coming from Raleigh.
This series of actions by Oracle created something of a brouhaha within FOSS circles. While it was true that Oracle didn't seem to be breaking any terms of the GPL, under which Linux is licensed, it was widely believed that Oracle wasn't obeying the spirit of the license. Unfortunately — or fortunately, depending on how you look at it — the law doesn't take into consideration the "spirit" of anything.
In 2011, the move by Oracle (along with a similar move by Novel) to poach RHEL subscribers, led Red Hat to change the way it distributed it's Linux kernel code by making it difficult for Oracle and Novel to determine which patches had been applied and where.
This might have been a necessary move by Red Hat, but it put the company in hot water with the FOSS community, where many thought that Red Hat, like Oracle, was now violating the spirit of the GPL. It was also seen by some as a move targeted at another RHEL clone, CentOS, a notion which Red Had immediately attempted to dispel.
Flash forward to March, 2016 and it's payback time, not-so-instant karma time or what-comes-around-goes-around time — pick your own descriptor. It seems that Microsoft has taken a page from Oracle's playbook and now intends to do to Oracle what Oracle tried to do to Red Hat all those years ago.
On Thursday at a Data Driven tech event in New York City, Microsoft said that Oracle customers who migrate to SQL Server 2016 will get free licensing for the lifetime of the product, as well as free technical support. The only requirements for companies wanting to take advantage of the offer is that they be Software Assurance customers at the time they apply for the freebie. They also must act quickly and sign up by June 30 in order to obtain full benefits, such as getting Redmond's technical support staff on premises to help with the migration and to train staff. However, don't be surprised if the deadline isn't extended if the project starts to get serious traction.
As part of the PR around this offer, Microsoft is claiming it can create a database system for about 10 percent of what a comparable system would cost from Oracle. From what I know about Oracle's pricing, this should be easy, even for Microsoft. Microsoft also hints that SQL Server is more secure than offerings from Oracle, which is also probably true given Oracle's horrendous security track record.
This was the second big announcement made about SQL Server last week. On Monday, Scott Guthrie, the executive vice president of Microsoft's cloud and enterprise group, announced that the new SQL Server will be the first to be ported to Linux, so obviously Redmond sees it as a big part of its future.
Given Microsoft's recent history, the porting of enterprise crown jewels to Linux wasn't entirely unexpected. However, declaring war on Oracle is a complete surprise. The question now is, how will Oracle retaliate. If I know anything about Larry Ellison, it's that he's not about to take this lying down. As I said at the beginning, it's time for popcorn and M&Ms. Come to think of it, Netflix probably wouldn't be able to do this story justice, with or without HD. I want to see this on IMAX.
Two of the largest Database companies fighting for a spot on the Linux wagon, who'd have thought. When was the year of Linux, and how did I miss it?
I said it before and I'll say it again. I don't trust MS. And just because they're dangling a carrot (called "SQL") in front of the masses doesn't mean they don't have an ulterior motive. There is nothing MS makes that FOSS developers can't refine and improve upon. I'm going to stay in my "all FOSS Universe" and watch this while observing fro ma distance the fallout of those who grabbed hold of Microsoft's outstretched hand….I imagine it won't be pretty, and I promise I won't say "I Told You So"….LoL!
So now we all know the real reason why Microsoft Corporation is making Microsoft SQL Server available for GNU/Linux systems — not in any way motivated by "love for Linux" (or the policies of open source software), but simply because it opens up a new market for poaching customers from Oracle.
From all I've read from those who are in a position to know, Oracle's database License and EULAs are /horrible/, much worse than even MS.
So in that regard, while it's certainly nothing people and businesses truly in the freedom world are likely to take up, that's not the people this is aimed at. And for the Oracle users this is aimed at, believe it or not, there's an extremely good chance that the MS devil is far easier to live with than the Oracle devil.
But that doesn't change the fact that from a freedomware perspective they're both servantware/slaveryware devils, requiring some degree of selling your soul as a condition of use, it's simply a matter of better terms under which you agree to sell your soul. Unfortunately, there's a lot of folks out there who have made the worse deal, and for them, this may well offer an out. All things are relative, and while an MS deal remains a relatively horrible deal from a freedomware perspective, it really is likely to be jumped on as the much better deal it likely is, to those who are now suffering under an Oracle deal.
After posting the above reply, I continued following my feeds, and came across this case in point, a prime example of why/how the Oracle database licensing devil may well be far worse than the MS database licensing devil.
Bottom line for those not wishing to click thru, Oracle licenses by the CPU, but Oracle and VMWare define hardware partitioning differently, such that organizations deploying on VMWare and not astute enough to get specific contracts locked in up front or to take limiting measures, can find themselves on the line for millions of dollars in license fees in the event of an Oracle audit, as Oracle's default license language and definitions then lets them charge for all hardware the database /could/ have been deployed on organization-wide, regardless of how many it was /actually/ deployed on.
To illustrate, as an article-linked twitter comment suggests (but I won't link directly and thus hopefully avoid the post looking /too/ spammy), if Oracle owned car parks and used a similar scheme, they'd charge you for all the spaces in the car park, since you /could/ have parked anywhere inside.
With such a draconian license policy it's little wonder many with experience consider Oracle the devil incarnate. Clearly, they're both slaveryware devils, but MS could be pretty evil and still come off looking like an angel compared to that.
Meanwhile, from the MS perspective there's a lot of room for Oracle to drop prices to try to counter the MS sales tactic, while still leaving room for both MS and Oracle to continue to rake in the licensing cash, as "free for the life of the product" /doesn't/ say /anything/ about what future upgrades will cost.
Both Microsoft and Oracle are so anti-foss that I don't really care what they do.
That said, it would be fun to watch them slug it out.
it's unlikely that novell was trying to poach red hat customers in 2011, because by then it had been bought by attachmate and suse was back in nuremberg operating as an independent business unit.
maybe suse was trying to poach red hat customers.
Struggle for survival. If Microsoft and Amazon fail to poach Oracle's customers now then Oracle probably will one day end up mopping up all their cloud customers.
Maybe Larry Ellison could retaliate against Microsoft by hurting Java on Windows. Oracle's own customers getting hurt in the process doesn't matter. Collateral damage. This is war amongst powerful egos!


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Breast cancer usually happens when certain cells located in the breast start to grow out of control, taking over nearby tissue and spreading throughout the body. Large collections of this infected tissue are called "tumors". Some tumors are not even considered to be cancer because they cannot spread throughout the body or threaten a person's life. These types of tumors are called "benign tumors".
The types of tumors that do spread throughout the body and invade the tissues around the breast are considered to be cancer and have been given the name "malignant tumors". It is said that any type of tissue in the breast can form some type of cancer, but it mostly comes from either ducts or glands.
It can take months or even years for a tumor to get big enough for someone to actually feel it in their breast, so they are encouraged to be screened for tumors by a mammogram. Mammograms are designed to detect any type of disease before a person even begins to feel it.
Breast cancer is the most common "malignancy" that affects women in America and throughout Europe. Every single woman is at risk of getting breast cancer and almost 200,000 cases of were said to be diagnosed in the United States in 2001. It is the second highest cause, behind lung cancer, of cancer deaths among women in North America.
The types of risk factors for breast cancer are divided into two types, those you can't change and those you can change. The factors associated with increasing your risk of breast cancer that your can't change include: just being a woman, getting older, or having some type of family history or a relative with breast cancer. Other risk factors are having your menopause late, having children past the age of thirty, or contracting a genetic mutation that would somehow increase your risk.
- not taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT), which means that long term uses of estrogens for menopause symptoms does in fact slightly increase your risk.
- stopping the use of birth control pills, because it is noted that ten years following the cessation of The Pill, a woman's risk of breast cancer reverts to what it would have been if she had not used this form of birth control.
However, neither of these risks are as significant as the ones that are associated with your gender, age, and family history.
All the factors are based on probabilities, and that means that a person without any of those mentioned is still subject to developing breast cancer and the best way to be sure is to get the proper screening and detection for breast cancer development.
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The most important step for a woman to prevent breast cancer is to schedule regular checkups, screenings and mammograms, learn how to perform her own exams, and also to acquire all the information she can about the subject.


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Swedish Reality Show on Post-Tsunami Diplomacy: Spoiled and Hasn't Leaned Anything
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According to a new docu-soap from Sweden, diplomats have not leaned anything from their criticized handling of the many dead Swedes in Phuket during the Tsunami-catastrophe. Besides they are spoiled and unprepared.
The Swedish television network SVT has, during the past six weeks, broadcast a documentary reality series entitled "Diplomaterna" (The Diplomats), Dagens Nyheter reported.
The series, which began its filming in 2006, has, among other things, focused on the work done by staff from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs while evacuating Swedish nationals from Lebanon during the Israeli attacks in 2006 as well as an insight into the diplomatic lifestyle by following an embassy council in the United Arab Emirates.
The documentary which was supposed to give viewers an insight into the "behind the scenes" work of the Swedish diplomatic corps has caused an outrage among viewers. It is seen as having painted a picture of Swedish embassy staff as lazy, incompetent and unprepared for international emergencies. In one scene, a diplomat is shown "working" while lying in a swimming pool, with a cocktail in his hand and looking into the camera, thanking the Swedish taxpayers for allowing him to have such a job. In another scene, the same diplomat is seen on what is supposed to be an official meeting, lying on a beach surrounded by seven young female flight attendants in bikinis, explaining to the viewers the importance of "networking" within the diplomatic community. Other scenes reveal diplomats making racist comments about non-white people.
The series also reveals the Ministry of Defence as unprepared for immediate action in times of international crisis. In the segment in which a Swedish delegation travels to Lebanon to evacuate Swedes from the Israeli war, the delegation leaders are portrayed as unprepared and seem to have little training for such an effort.
This is in spite of promises from prominent Swedish politicians that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs would be prepared for a large international crisis after the Thailand tsunami catastrophe in 2004.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has received hundreds of e-mails from viewers, expressing anger that their country is being presented abroad in a disgraceful manner. The ministry's head of communication has commented on the criticism by saying that the series contains elements of behaviour that are not representative of Swedish diplomatic work or the values of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Three former prominent diplomats and staff members of the ministry have published an article in Dagens Nyheter, in which they criticize SVT for the angle of the series which they feel paints an unrepresentative picture of diplomatic work and is insulting for the entire diplomatic corps.
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Abderrahim Chafay (born July 21, 1977) is a Moroccan-French Muay Thai kickboxer.

Biography
In 2011, Chafay challenged the reigning WAKO World Low Kick champion Salko Žildžić for the title. He defeated Salko through a second round KO.

Chafay fought Cyril Benzaquen for the FFSCDA -81kg title during the inaugural Night Fighter event. Benzaquen won the fight by a third round TKO.

His last fight, before taking a six year break from the sport, was a rematch with Salko Žildžić. Žildžić won their rematch in the third round, by TKO.

Returning from his break, Chafay was scheduled to fight Andrey Chekhonin for the WAKO World Low Kick 85.1kg title. Chekhonin won the fight by a first round KO.

Titles and accomplishments
 2011 FFSCDA Muay Thai -81kg Champion
 2011 WAKO World Low Kick -85.1kg Champion
 2012 FFSCDA Kickboxing -81kg Champion

Fight record

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| 2020-02-22 || Loss ||align=left| Andrey Chekhonin || Senshi 5 || Varna, Bulgaria || TKO || 1 ||
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| 2014-05-23 || Loss ||align=left| Salko Zildžić || Noć Šampiona VII || Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina || TKO || 3 ||
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| 2014-04-26 || Loss ||align=left| Cyril Benzaquen || Night Fighter 1 || Toulouse, France || TKO || 3 ||
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| 2014-01-25 || Loss ||align=left| Vladimír Moravčík || Clash Muay Thai || Bratislava, Slovakia || KO || 1 ||
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| 2013-03-16 || Win ||align=left| Didier Charlesege || Kick Imperator V - K1 Rules Explosion || L'Île-Rousse, France || Decision (Unanimous) || 5 || 3:00
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| 2013-03-03 || Loss ||align=left| Alka Matewa || Ikuza 2 || Brussels || TKO || 4 ||
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| 2012-12-15 || Win ||align=left| Marina Rosu || Croatia Open 2012 - Christamas Cup || Osijek, Croatia || Decision (Unanimous) || 5 || 3:00
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| 2012-06-22 || Loss ||align=left| Yassine Ahaggan || Carcharias || Perpignan, France || KO || 1 ||
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| 2012-06-01 || Loss ||align=left| Yassine Ahaggan || Impacts Fight Night: championnats d'Europe WBC || Bordeaux, France || TKO || 2 ||
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| 2012-05-12 || Win ||align=left| Alassane Sy || Championnat De France Elite K1 || Bompas, France || Decision (Unanimous) || 5 || 3:00
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| 2012-02-11 || Loss ||align=left| Alexander Gordei || WAKO World Grand Prix K1 Rules France/Russie || Marseille, France || KO || 1 ||
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| 2011-12-28 || Win ||align=left| Salko Zildžić || Night Of Champions VI || Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina || KO || 2 ||
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| 2011-05-07 || Win ||align=left| Malik Aliane || Finales Championnat De France Muaythai || Paris, France || TKO || 4 ||
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| 2011-03-26 || Win ||align=left|  || 1/2 Finales Championnat de France De Muaythai FFSCDA || Paris, France || KO ||  ||
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| 2010-11-06|| Win ||align=left| Fatah Abderrezak || Shock Muay 3 || Saint-Denis, Réunion || KO || 4 ||
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| 2010-04-03|| Loss ||align=left| Johane Beausejour || Finales du Championnat de France de Muaythai || Paris, France || TKO || 3 ||
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| 2009-05-23 || Win ||align=left| Kader Doumbia || Shock Muay 2 || Saint-Denis, Réunion || TKO || 1 ||
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| 2009-05-23 || Win ||align=left| Kader Doumbia || Shock Muay  || Saint-Denis, Réunion || TKO || 1 ||
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See also
List of male kickboxers

References

1977 births
Living people
French male kickboxers
Moroccan male kickboxers
Middleweight kickboxers
Sportspeople from Marrakesh


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Music is a smash hit at inaugural bash INAUGURATION 1993
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WASHINGTON -- "We're so happy to be here," Little Feat front man Craig Fuller told the crowd crammed into Reunion Hall yesterday afternoon. "Ain't it great to have a president who likes rock 'n' roll?"
He got no argument from the crowd. From a musical standpoint, this first part of the Clinton inaugural celebration was a stunning success, from the exuberant tent shows that made up America's Reunion on the Mall to the star-studded An American Reunion extravaganza at the Lincoln Memorial.
At times, it seemed more like a pop festival than a political event. Just look at the Live Aid-quality talent that turned out for the Lincoln Memorial concert: Aretha Franklin, Tony Bennett, Bob Dylan, Diana Ross, Luther Vandross, Michael Bolton, Kathleen Battle, L. L. Cool J and even Michael Jackson.
Although, to be fair, Live Aid didn't have the Marine Corps Band.
Nor was the music simply rock 'n' roll -- not even if you stretch the definition far enough to include R&B;, rap, gospel and country. Aaron Copland's "A Lincoln Portrait" -- which featured narration from Jack Nicholson, Oprah Winfrey, Edward James Olmos and James Earl Jones -- was just as bright a highlight of the big show as was the obligatory rendition of "We Are the World."
In fact, one of the afternoon's great pleasures was simply being able to wander from tent to tent, soaking up an array of exciting and exotic sounds. For instance, as Michelle Shocked warbled the Steve Goodman song "Penny Evans" in one tent, another had salsa group Seis del Solar bringing its set to a close in a blaze of percussion. Drummer Elvin Jones kept the Coltrane legacy alive with his seven-piece Jazz Machine, while Los Comperos de Nati Cano played mariachi classics with their pal, Linda Ronstadt.
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In 1 Corinthians 11:3-10 what does it mean that the head of the woman/wife is the husband/man?
What is the Biblical basis for male headship per 1 Corinthians 11:3-10? From what I have studied, the meaning of the word "head" back in the time Paul wrote it meant "source". The definition "leader" was only introduced in the 4th century A.D.
N.T. Wright also had this to say on the matter, among others and in connection to other related ideas:
The trouble is, of course, that Paul doesn't say exactly this, and we run the risk of 'explaining' him in terms that might (perhaps) make sense to us while ignoring what he himself says. It's tempting to do that, precisely because in today's western world we don't like the implications of the differentiation he maintains in verse 3: the Messiah is the 'head' of every man, a husband is the 'head' of every woman, and the 'head' of the Messiah is God. This seems to place man in a position of exactly that assumed superiority against which women have rebelled, often using Galatians 3.28 as their battle-cry.
But what does Paul mean by 'head'? He uses it here sometimes in a metaphorical sense, as in verse 3, and sometimes literally, as when he's talking about what to do with actual human heads (verses 4–7 and 10). But the word he uses can mean various different things; and a good case can be made out for saying that in verse 3 he is referring not to 'headship' in the sense of sovereignty, but to 'headship' in the sense of 'source', like the 'source' or 'head' of a river. In fact, in some of the key passages where he explains what he's saying (verses 8, 9 and 12a) he is referring explicitly to the creation story in Genesis 2, where woman was made from the side of man. I suspect, in fact, that this is quite a different use of the idea of 'headship' from that in Ephesians 5, where it relates of course to husband and wife and where a different point is being made. That doesn't mean Paul couldn't have written them both, only that he was freer than we sometimes imagine to modify his own metaphors according to various contexts.
I am generally curious about this and have been struggling with this idea for quite some time. I've done my bit of studying but would also like to get insights from others.
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What Bible verse are you alluding to?? – user25930 Dec 9 '18 at 5:18
1 Corinthians 11:3-10. – Philip Dec 9 '18 at 5:30
There is no need for a change in metaphor if marriage is seen as the same 'preaching of the cross' that baptism is. How a marriage is practiced is a mirror of the relationship between Christ and the church. Nothing Paul says should be taken as new law, but as guidance to those who would preach Christ in love. Why does a woman learn from her husband? As a testimony the church learns from Christ. Not as a command, but as an act of love to preach the cross in metaphor by our actions. – Bob Jones Dec 12 '18 at 14:55
(1). Daniel 2:38 was written long before the fourth century. (2). It also carried the connotation of source, as it still does. (3). The latter implies the former: God is the author of everything there is, which is why all creation is meant to obey Him (Matthew 6:10; Luke 11:2); parents are the origin of their children, therefore their offspring are supposed to obey them (Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 5:16); even the Son Himself obeys His Heavenly Father (Luke 22:42; Philippians 2:8); and man, Adam, is the source of woman, Eve, hence wives are to obey their husbands (1 Corinthians 11:8-12). – Lucian Dec 22 '18 at 1:52
@Philip...I remember studying this in detail back in 2011 or so while I was doing my academic studies online. It's been a while. I just reviewed all my peer-reviewed journal articles I had accumulated and the critical commentaries I have in Logos Bible Software. This is clearly an issue of Greco-Roman background (1 Cor. as a whole and 1 Cor. 11 in particular), lexicography and word semantics. The literature on "head" (Greek, kephale) is immense! There were many debates for dozens of years among scholars, grammarians and lexicographers. Anyhow, Im not an expert on this particular matter, but it seems to me that scholar Anthony C. Thiselton in his critical commentary ( The First Epistle to the Corinthians: A Commentary on the Greek Text [2000]) has a good lengthy analysis on Kephale with a huge bibliography and very detailed analyses of the greek text and what scholars have said in the past, including the Patristic Fathers of the early Church.
I read the sources you pointed out and N.T. Wright. It seems to me that N.T. Wright is mostly correct that Kephale has various meanings. In my words, it has subtle nuances that are hard to represent in English because they overlap. So, it's hard to detect what Paul had in mind when he used it in Ephesians and 1 Cor 11.
Thiselton explains in length that the English "head" is an acceptable translation, but that it might wrongly communicate the idea of "leader" or "authority", as in the woman is subordinate to the man. But, in context, that doesn't seem to be Paul's point. Paul's point seems to be sex differentiation and position--i.e., the man was created before the woman and thus has prominence. The man is "first" and the woman is "second". In some sense, it's equally true that the woman was taken out of the man ("source") as Paul says elsewhere, and so man first and woman second.
Thiselton on Kephale as English "head" (not necessarily "leader" or "authority"):
If we use the term "head," its multiple meanings from context to context as serving a polymorphous concept must always be kept in view.
Thiselton on Kephale as English "source":
This has eminent advocates, including three leading commentators, namely, Barrett, Fee, and Schrage. Yet in spite of claims to the contrary, the paucity of lexicographical evidence remains a major obstacle to this translation. Such contexts of head of the river are so self-evident as a transferred metaphor that they should be held aside from those contexts where no such clear signal is generated by the immediate context
Thiselton on Kephale as Preeminent, Foremost, and Synecdoche for a Representative Role OR in his other words: " prominent, foremost, uppermost, preeminent " (bold in original) :
This proposal has the merit of most clearly drawing interactively on the metaphorical conjunction between physiological head (which is far and away the most frequent, "normal" meaning) and the notion of prominence, i.e., the most conspicuous or topmost manifestation of that for which the term also functions as synecdoche for the whole…Neither "headship," nor "order," nor "equality" alone conveys the complexity and wholeness of Paul's theology. Again, multiple meaning holds the key.
Anthony C. Thiselton, The First Epistle to the Corinthians: A Commentary on the Greek Text (New International Greek Testament Commentary; Grand Rapids, MI: W.B. Eerdmans, 2000).
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Hey XegesIs! I thank you for your objective, holistic answer. Personally, to lock down the meaning of what Paul really meant we have to look at how the word was used back when he wrote it (some say that it was the meaning "source", not "leadership"). But because there isn't any clarity from other sources, for now it isn't as crystal clear as we want it to be. – Philip Feb 24 '19 at 9:31
@Philip....Yep, and there is so much nuance that there is no good reason for us to spend so much effort on this except for grammarians and lexicographers simply because it's their passion and work to drill down these rabbit holes. – XegesIs Feb 24 '19 at 12:20
True, but there also is a benefit to figuring out that because it drastically changes gender relations within Christianity. – Philip Feb 26 '19 at 2:35
@Philip...of course, but only inasmuch emphasis is put on the nuances of the word(s). Gender relations should rest on the wider context and background, not word nuances. I dont know how many times I have to repeat it here, but lexicographers and scholars say: " Words do not have meanings. Meanings have words. " – XegesIs Feb 26 '19 at 2:45
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International Peace Garden "Monument of Peace" Project
Our Club has a unique opportunity to participate in the four-year celebration (2012-2016) commemorating 200 years of peace since the War of 1812 between the nations of the United States of America and Canada by replacing the WBCCI/Brandon monument that was placed in the International Peace Garden in 1975.
The original monument was a joint effort by the city of Brandon, Manitoba and the WBCCI. It was dedicated on June 27, 1975 in the International Peace Garden during the International Rally in Brandon, Manitoba. The International Peace Garden is located on the Canadian and USA border between Dunseith, North Dakota and Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. During the early beginnings of the "Hands Across the Border" program between the USA and Canada, this monument was a symbol of the achievement by two nations working together for peace, which should be celebrated especially in our international situations today. As of this date, the International Peace Garden's staff has been unable to locate the original WBCCI monument, as it apparently was removed several years ago due to its poor state of disrepair.
A motion intended for this project was introduced and passed unanimously by the North Dakota Peace Garden Unit of Region 7 at the Unit's meeting on July 16, 2011, held at the Unit rally in the International Peace Garden. On July 27, 2011, at the Region 7 rally in De Pere, Wisconsin, the Region board unanimously agreed to have the Region 7 President place a motion to create a Special Committee for the International Peace Garden Monument Project on the agenda for the Mid-Winter IBT meeting to be held in January 2012 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The IBT approved the motion to form a Special Committee to proceed with this project.
Committee members representing Canada are Gail Harrower, Chair, and Chris Wells of the North Dakota Peace Garden Unit. Representing the United States are Jerry Larson, Don Thomson, and Vern Zink of the North Dakota Peace Garden Unit; Linda Agre of the Minnesota Unit; and Joan Lahr of the Wisconsin Unit. Research to replace the monument is progressing with final details to be completed soon. The International Peace Garden is located within Region 7 and committee members are considering staging a Special Event Rally around the dedication of the monument. The committee will give a progress report at the June 27, 2012 IBT meeting.
Dedication of this replacement monument presents an excellent public relations opportunity for our club. Dignitaries from both nations will be invited to participate in this international event of promoting peace among its peoples. In support of Wally Byam's Creed to us all, representatives from the Airstream Company and Thor Industries will also be invited to attend the ceremony. This is a noteworthy legacy to Wally Byam, his Airstream, and his club, the WBCCI.
Funds will be raised at the region rally in Spicer, Minnesota through our region community undertaking to support this mission.
This project will be funded on donations which are fully tax deductible. The International Peace Garden (IPC) is a 501(c) (3) organization (45-0368420) in North Dakota; and a registered charity (127250181RR0001) in Manitoba. Donations, with checks payable to "International Peace Garden Inc." either in US funds or Canadian funds can be mailed to the addresses below, OR direct deposit into the IPC bank account. Identify "WBCCI Project" on checks. Please contact Mr. Doug Hevenor, International Peace Garden CEO, for more information on direct deposits.
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In Part 3 we said that IaaS and Virtual Server providers basically take hardware out of the equation for the end user – it's the IaaS provider's responsibility to purchases, physically install and pay for. The hardware is then provided as a service – a virtual machine, with specifications that can be chosen, changed and billed by the minute. Your responsibility as the end user, is from the Operating System up. PaaS build on this, not only providing the hardware as a service, but the operating system and run time environment as well, which could include certain programs, including programming languages and libraries. The benefit of PaaS is that not only do you not have to worry about hardware purchase and maintenance, neither do you have to be concerned about administering an operating system, security controls or updates. This means you can simply write an application in a programming language and deploy it to the PaaS, enabling developers to concentrate on writing the code not system management. The downsides are that PaaS generally cost more, and they are less flexible, since you may not have access to the entire operating system that is running. Furthermore, you may have to write your code in a specific way for the PaaS, meaning it is harder to switch providers at a later time.
Below aare some PaaS providers, there is a good comparison of these at this page.
Returning to our example of a MS Word to PDF converter, the program could be the same as deployed in the virtual server example, without the hassle of setting up and maintaining the server itself.
In the final post in this series we'll look at Software as a Service and consider the differences between, IaaS, PaaS and SaaS.


Total Petroleum Ghana, for the fifth time, has supported the efforts of Gold Fields; one of its cherished customers by sponsoring its Professional Golfers Association Championship. This annual event was held in the Western Region of Ghana from 28th November to 1st December 2018.
This year's championship marked 25 years Gold Fields' business operations in Ghana.
As a proud Gold sponsor, The Total Energy Solutions brand and global visibility of Total was palpable on the golf course.
The first day of the tournament welcomed professional golfers across the globe, senior management of Gold Fields, special guests, co-sponsors and the media.
The major day of the tournament which was designated to Total was graced by both professional and amateur golf players. Otumfuor Nana Osei Tutu 11, the King of the Ashanti Kingdom; and Anthony Yeboah, Former Black Star player graced the occasion with their presence and participation in the game.
Golfers received colorful Total branded golf shirts amongst other attractive goodies. The championship was crowned with an award and dinner ceremony.


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Q: difference between X and Xorg executables under Debian 6.0(kernel 2.6.32-5-686) What is the difference between X and Xorg executables? I have both in /usr/bin directory:
# file /usr/bin/Xorg
/usr/bin/Xorg: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.18, stripped
# ls -lh /usr/bin/Xorg
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1.7M Oct 30  2011 /usr/bin/Xorg
# file /usr/bin/X
/usr/bin/X: setuid setgid ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.18, stripped
# ls -lh /usr/bin/X
-rwsr-sr-x 1 root root 7.1K Dec 16  2011 /usr/bin/X
#

I guess that while /usr/bin/X is not symbolic link to /usr/bin/Xorg, it still calls the /usr/bin/Xorg?

A: /usr/bin/X is the X wrapper. It is documented in the Xwrapper.config man page.
The X wrapper is a small program that controls who is authorized to launch the real X server. Only root can launch the real X server because it needs access to the video hardware. The wrapper is setuid root, and by default only allows users logged in on the console to start the real X server.


Our client has a truly global footprint within the automotive industry, and its story is very much part of our Australian heritage. They are an integral part of the communities within which they operate and are passionate about being an outstanding corporate citizen. The business is at the cutting edge of developing new products and have made significant investments into new technology which will transform how consumers get from A to B. Joining a collaborative, close-knit team, this high performing organisation offers flexible working conditions, values diversity and nurtures talent.
Reporting to the Communications Director, this highly visible role will lead the corporate and internal communications agenda through a significant period of change. As the custodian of the organisation's corporate reputation, you will be responsible for developing and executing a cohesive corporate communications strategy that builds engagement and resonance with customers, partners, dealers and the public. You will ensure a consistent voice across all channels, provide strategic communications counsel to the CEO and Executive Leadership team, and develop the internal communications strategy. You will lead the management of crisis / reactive communications and be effective at working cross functionally to ensure the company reputation is protected. With 3 dotted line reports, this role will be crucial in furthering the brand through events, thought leadership opportunities and outstanding PR. Given the large employee base of this organisation, this role will also lead all internal communications strategies across a number of geographical locations with functions ranging for engineering to corporate services.
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As of Week 3, I don't know if I can justify having Drew Brees on this list. Maybe he'll turn things around.
Added Tony Romo. He's had a great start.
It should be noted that I do make many other changes to the ratings, besides the ones listed here.
For example, Rex Grossman's PC is -1 from the typical starter rating (the boy makes poor decisions), and Vince Young has a boost in MS, HP, BB, and AG. There are many QB's who have had their athletic ratings (RP, RS, MS, HP, BB, AG) increased.
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I read a piece from my novel, Invisible Ink, at City Art Gallery for Lit Crawl 2016. Lit Crawl is the pub crawl portion of San Francisco Litquake, a long-running celebration of the Bay Area literary scene. I was invited to participate as a member of the Alabama Street Writers Group, one of my weekly writing groups.
You know how it is for parents of a toddler; it's easy for two to get lost in the tumult of three. So Jesse and I try to go out at least once a month, just me and him. Sometimes we do the whole dinner thing but often enough it's cocktails and appetizers at the bar. A new venue in an up and coming neighborhood, something that lets us feel like we're still part of the energy of the City. Tonight it's Mecano. Fallow field cuisine. Hunters Point.
Jesse reaches across the table and pushes a strand of hair out of my face. His fingers linger on my cheek and I look up at him coyly from underneath my bangs. I'm the redhead tonight and the redhead is flirty. I lean forward and find his knee under the table. He blushes; that's how it goes with the redhead.
It started with the paparazzi. That's not true, it started with my eyebrows. The grief counsellor said that anxiety can manifest itself in strange ways, especially with people who are protective of their loved ones. Everyone said how well I was handling the chaos the followed when the Golden Gate Bridge came down. But inside my head swirled the things I should, could, must have done.
My brows are strong: dark, arched, they help define my face. Normally I tweezed them once a week or so, as regular maintenance between visits to the salon. But one day it went further than that. The series of tiny stabs, delicate, poignant, pricking me ever so slightly in a place I rarely felt pain. It focused me. I entered some kind of trance and when I snapped out it, my left brow was just a scarecrow, the right one patchy and weird.
I tried to repair the damage but I didn't have much time - I was already late to pick up my daughter from Betsy's place. I jammed a baseball cap on my head and got in the car. But when Betsy saw my clumsy attempt to pencil my brows back in, she ushered me into her bedroom. "I have backup," she said, pointing to her shaved head, then she opened her closet door. A row of empty faces looked back at me. She grabbed one of their wigs and held it up next to my face.
Back then I did. After the bridge came down I'd been relentlessly hassled, and not just by the paparazzi. I'd arrive somewhere and the barrage would begin: selfie fans jostling to get next to me, people grilling me about my family. Referring to my daughter as though they knew her: "Is Taima walking yet?" Harmless enough, but I needed it to stop.
Luckily my features are not that distinctive. Even Jesse did a double-take when the blonde-with-a-bob sidled into the living room that night. It gave me a rush. Jesse too because, even with the tweezers at bay, we've amassed quite a harem. Our evenings out often feature another girl.
It occurs to me tonight that I've been one-upped by my stepsister, her whole face permanently restyled. But the redhead pushes that thought away. She can do that, she's not one to dwell or ponder. And when she enters a room, she doesn't search the space for intruding eyes. She just strides in and lets them look.
Not that the redhead is the center of attention here. The crowd at Mecano is brovva young and styled up. A minx-y girl with long black hair squeezes by our table; her eye makeup is startling, orange and red stripes. She checks Jesse out, I swear, then she joins a group of guys playing ShotClock at the bar. Is one of them wearing a Tom Ford cape? It's weird when your social life gets dialed down by work and kid. Suddenly you're blindsided by what's not even new.
"Is everything OK at work?" he asks. Bam! The redhead struts away and slams the door behind her. How does she move so fast in those heels?
And so I begin: My job is to produce a design for the new bridge; the trial is just bringing attention to the fact that we still don't have one. My team is not making things easier. I have three designers who report to me: the first one wants my job, the second one argues with the first one, and the third one wants my attention all the time. It's like having extra children.
"Not an approved design. But we do have a solid proposal," I explain. Do we? I break off a piece of flatbread. It's good, really good, and I discover once again that no amount of anxiety will diminish my appetite. Food is more than comfort to me and Jesse. It's practically our religion.


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LEGO Star Wars: Freemaker Adventures nominated for Annie award
05/12/2017 Graham 1277 Views 0 Comments Animation, Awards, Freemakers, LEGO, LEGO Star Wars, LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures, Michael Kramer, Star Wars, TV, wilfilm
Animated TV series LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures has been nominated for an Annie award for the show's music.
The nominations for the Annie awards have been announced, and LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures has been nominated for Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production. The animated series has been nominated for the episode 'Trouble on Tibalt', part of the second season that aired earlier this year. Michael Kramer, who has also worked on LEGO NINJAGO, is the composer on the Disney XD series.
A home video release for LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures Season Two has not yet been announced.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi will be released on December 14 in the UK and December 15 in the USA. The LEGO sets based on the upcoming movie are available now.
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The LEGO Batman Movie Collectible Minifigures Series 2 announced →
Graham was the BrickFanatics.com Editor up until November 2020. He has plenty of experience working on LEGO related projects. He has contributed to various websites and publications on topics including niche hobbies, the toy industry and education. Follw Graham on Twitter @grahamh100.


"That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet" said William Shakespeare, and sweet is this rose smelling Brut Ros. From its pale salmon pink depths, rise aromas of rose petals, spring's first strawberries, cherry blossoms, and just a hint of hay in a sun drenched summer field. This Ros shows a complex and elegant palate of red berries with underpinnings of licorice, guava, and filo pastry, all supported by a wonderfully slaty acidity and a delicate, yet persistent mousse. This is truly one of those "Ah ha" moment wines that show why great Ros never goes out of style.


Toe Shortening | Marietta Foot Doctor | Read More Now!
What Is Long Toe and Toe Shorting? A long toe is exactly what the name describes, a long toe. The long toe can be straight or buckled. Over time, a straight long toe can become buckled forming a hammer toe. Any of the toes may be considered long, but the 2nd toe is most commonly long.
Patients with a long toe may pain associated with the tip of the toe. Excessive pressure from shoes may result in the formation of a hardened portion of skin (corn or callus) on the tip of the toe. A buckled long toe (hammer toe) can also have pain and callus formation over the toe knuckles. Some people may not recognize that they have a long toe, rather they identity the excess skin build-up of a corn.
The toe(s) may become irritated, red, warm, and/or swollen. The pain may be dull and mild or severe and sharp. Pain is often made worse by shoes, especially shoes that crowd the toes. While some long toes may cause significant pain, others may not be painful at all. Painful toes can prevent you from wearing stylish shoes. A long toe is at risk to progress onto a hammer toe as the tip of the shoe pushed directly on the toe – causing it to contract. Over time, the toe can become permanently contracted.
Genetics (hereditary) is most common reason for a long toe. The toe itself may be excessively "long" or the toes adjacent may be short in comparison – making a toe appear long. A short big toe will make the second toe longer. A bunion (medically called, hallux valgus) will effectively shorten the great toe, making the second toe prominent and long. The presence of a bunion with a long 2nd toe can lead to a hammer toe or a crossover toe.
Depending on your overall health, symptoms and severity of the hammer toe, the condition may be treated conservatively and/or with surgery.
Non-surgical methods for a long toe are aimed at decreasing symptoms (i.e., pain and/or calluses) and/or limiting the progression into a larger problem.
Anti-inflammatory Medicines: Prescription strength medicines to decrease pain and inflammation.
Physical Therapy: To strengthen poorly functioning muscles and stretch tight muscles that may be exacerbating the toes. Special ultrasound techniques may reduce inflammation.
Custom Foot Orthotics: Dr. Gephart creates an orthotic with an exact mold of your foot to better align and support the foot to ease current discomfort and prevent future progression.
Toe Splints or Pads: Specific pads may prevent pressure and physical irritation in shoes. Bunion splints and toe spacers physically realign the toes and can lessen pain and halt or stall hammer toe progression.
Injections: Cortisone injections are strong anti-inflammatory agents to decrease pain, and swelling directly at the toe region. Injections only treat the symptoms, and in some cases used in caution (and sparingly) they can weaken supporting ligaments of the toe(s).
Long toes can be surgically shortened. Depending on the severity and length of the toe, there are several methods to surgically correct shorten a toe. In general, the surgery involves removing a portion of the bone at the contracted joint, to realign the toe.
How Are Long Toes Surgically Corrected?
The basis for toe shortening surgery most often involves removing s portion of bone within the toe. Often pinning the toe with a surgical wire is performed.
There are generally two methods surgeons use to correct shorten toes – they are joint resection (arthroplasty) or bone mending (fusion), and the location where this is performed on the toe depends on where the toe is deemed "long" or at the location of bucking (if present). Its important to recognize that most of the surgical work involved the joints of the toe, not the joint of the ball of the foot.
Joint resection procedures involves removing a small portion of one of the two small joints of the within the toe itself. Medical terminology for this procedure is called an interphalangeal joint arthroplasty.
Bone-mending procedures shorten the contracted toe by removing an entire small joint of the toe. This allows for the bone ends to mend together in a shorter position. Often surgical hardware (fixation) is necessary to keep the bones steady during healing. Hardware options can involve a buried implant inside the toe, or a temporary wire that is removed at a later date. Medical terminology for this procedure is called an interphalangeal joint arthrodesis (fusion).
Recovery after toe shortening surgery, is the same as recovery from hammer toe surgery. Recovery depends on the method of surgery performed. In all cases, healing takes about 6 weeks in healthy people and there is no way to speed up that process. Patients often return to normal activities and shoe gear by 2 weeks to 3 months depending on just how severe the toe deformity was preoperatively. Simple toe surgery can recover very quickly, and return to a shoe in two weeks. Factors that may prolong healing are age, smoking, poor nutritional status, and some medical problems.
Nearly all of Dr. Gephart patients are walking immediately after toe shortening surgery in a stiff soled surgical shoe. In general, walking is dependent on the method (procedure) surgeons choose to correct the toe and the techniques used to stabilize the digit while mending. Also, the ability to mobilize quicker depends on which toe was operated on. In general, the Fourth and Fifth toe allows for a quicker return to shoes, as these toes are not needed for propulsion. The Second toe, however, is the most commonly longer and because this is need for push off gait, may prolong return to shoes slightly.
Toe Shortening surgery is performed as outpatient surgery (this means you go home the same day). It may be performed in a hospital, ambulatory surgery center and even in the doctors office (so long as the facility is set up for surgery).
The surgery can be performed under a local, regional, spinal or general anesthetic. Local and regional blocks, with monitored anesthesia care are most commonly performed. This means that the foot will be numbed with an anesthetic while an anesthesiologist provides sedation to relax you.
Is Hardware Implanted Into The Foot With Toe Shortening Surgery?
The use of surgical hardware for toe shortening surgery is very common, and depends on the severity of the problem and which toe is operated on. The 5th toe rarely requires surgical hardware, while the 2nd toe almost always does. Surgical hardware may involve stainless steel wires, screws, synthetic material, absorbable pins, cadaveric bone, and/or specialty fixation devices.
Will Hammer Toe Surgery Also Remove The Corns On The Toe?
Long toes that are not buckled tend to have corns at the tip of the toe. In general, correcting the toe problem will also resolve the corn buildup.
There are general risks associated with toe shortening surgery (or any surgery) and the use of anesthesia. Complications may occur and are not necessarily your fault, or the fault of your surgeon. Nonetheless, you should understand the risks.
Toe surgery complications include, but are not limited to: infection, pain (temporary or permanent), swelling, hematoma, bleeding, blood clot, poor wound healing, incision breakdown, poor bone healing (delayed union, nonunion), malunion, nerve injury, disability, recurrence, flail toe, new toe deformity, metatarsalgia, unsightly scar, stiffness, shortness of toe, weakness in toe, loss of toe to purchase ground, hardware problems, need for revisional surgery, and/or catastrophic loss.
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Q: Issue with sorting algorithm and object pointers I have an object containing some data such as:
class Employee{
    private:
         int employee_number;
         // +more objects and data
    public:
        int get_number() {
            return employee_number;
        }
};

The objects are stored in a pointer array:
Employee* employees[MAX + 1];

The first element in Employee is not used, so the algorithm skips employees[0]
The sorting algorithm is called each time a new employee has been added, here is what the sorting algorithm looks like:
int to = employees.length - 1;
for (int from = 1; from < to; from++) {
    if (employees[from]->get_number() > employees[from + 1]->get_number()) {
        Employee *tmp = employees[from + 1];
        int i = from;

        while (i >= 1 && employees[i]->get_number() > tmp->get_number()) {
            employees[i + 1] = employees[i];
            i--;
        }

        employees[i + 1] = tmp;
    }
}

I'm not sure why this doesn't sort the employees array, as this algorithm works well with regular int arrays. Also keep in mind my entire code is written in my own language, so I had to translate into English here.

A: Assuming that you want to sort the Employee pointers in ascending order by the data member employee_number (i.e., employee_number is the key) of the objects they are pointing to, you could define the following predicate using a lambda expression:
auto cmp = [](auto a, auto b) {
   return a->get_number() < b->get_number();
};

Then, use the std::sort() algorithm with the predicate above:
auto begin = &employees[1]; // skip 1st element
std::sort(begin, employees + num, cmp);

where num above is 1 (since you said that the 1st entry is not used) plus the number of Employee pointers inserted so far.

I'm not really sure what you want to achieve, but if you have the intention of calling std::sort() on the array every time a new Employee is added to the array, you might want to consider using another container like std::set instead of an array.


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Q: References on building and using static libraries in C++ I've created a simple FTP server in C++ using Sockets, and as a part of the project I need to port over some of my code into a library. Basically I'll be wrapping some of the native Socket functions and utilizing them in library form.
The library has to be compatible with 32 and 64 bit systems, compile into either static or DLL form, and also work for debug and release mode. Our professor went over this process over the course of three hours in class, but obviously much of the process was lost on us, and it's not written down anywhere.. so I'm hoping to find a good reference on the subject that can help me do this correctly.

A: Read the program library howto. It explains quite well. Read also ar(1)
I am not sure you should make a static library (eg some libfoo.a). Dynamically linked i.e. shared libraries (e.g. libfoo.so) are generally preferable. Read Drepper's paper: How to write shared libraries
Look also inside libcurl source code. It should teach you a lot.
GNU make knows about archive files, i.e. static libfoo.a libraries.


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X Surprise-Release First Album With Original Lineup in 35 Years, Alphabetland
By Lizzie Manno | April 22, 2020 | 4:52pm
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Classic L.A. punk rockers X dropped their debut album Los Angeles on this day in 1980, and they've apparently taken the occasion to surprise-release a new album called Alphabetland—their first album with their original lineup since 1985's Ain't Love Grand! It's also their first studio album since 1993's Hey Zeus!, and it's available now via Fat Possum. Alphabetland doesn't deviate too far from the fast punk of their early records, and that's a very good thing. Paste caught X live last May at KAABOO Texas festival, and you can read our full live recap here.
"When your heart is broken you think every song is about that. These songs were written in the last 18 months & it blows my mind how timely they are," vocalist and bassist John Doe says. "We all want our family, friends & fans to hear our records as soon as it's finished. This time we could do that. Thanks to Fat Possum & our audience."
Purchase or stream the full record via Bandcamp here.
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