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by audiegrl | January 29, 2010 · 12:01 am
Academy Launches College Oscar® Watch Party Contest on Campuses Nationwide
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today the launch of its first College Oscar Watch Party Contest on campuses nationwide. Participation is open to undergraduates from any college or university in the United States that offers a B.A., B.S. or equivalent degree.
Individual party organizers or groups of up to four organizers who register with the Academy will be responsible for organizing their respective parties and submitting recap materials after the event. A registration form is available for download at www.oscars.org. The deadline for registration is Friday, February 19, 2010.
Entrants will post up to 10 photos of their Oscar watch party on http://www.flickr.com and up to five minutes of video footage on http://www.YouTube.com, and submit URLs and a description of no more than 500 words to marketing@oscars.org. The Academy will select the best Oscar watch party based on the following criteria: enthusiasm (i.e., number of attendees, how the event was publicized); creativity (i.e., themes, decorations, food); and guest involvement (i.e., games, activities). The deadline to submit post-event materials is Monday, March 15, 2010.
The organizers of the grand prize-winning party, to be revealed later in the month, will each receive two red carpet bleacher seats at the 83rd Academy Awards® in 2011. Photos and/or video of the winning party will be posted on the Academy's Facebook page. Organizers of two runner-up parties will also receive acknowledgment on the site, as well as official Oscar prize packages.
For a complete list of rules and regulations for the College Oscar Watch Party Contest, please visit www.oscars.org/watchpartycontest.
Back to 44-D's Virtual Red Carpet to the Oscars® Main Page
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80 Best Picture Posters to Premiere at the Academy
"The Wizard of Oz," "Citizen Kane" and "Casablanca" will be among the 80 Best Picture nominees represented in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' new exhibition "The More the Merrier: Posters from the Ten Best Picture Nominees, 1936 – 1943," opening on Saturday, January 23, in the Academy's Grand Lobby Gallery in Beverly Hills. Admission is free.
Focusing on the eight consecutive years during which there were annually ten Best Picture nominees, the exhibition will showcase what are arguably some of the most striking movie posters ever created, including artwork for "Romeo and Juliet" (1936), "A Star Is Born" (1937), "Jezebel" (1938), "Stagecoach" (1939), "The Philadelphia Story" (1940), "The Maltese Falcon" (1941), "The Pride of the Yankees" (1942) and "Heaven Can Wait" (1943). Key artists and illustrators whose work will be featured include Norman Rockwell, Al Hirschfeld, Jacques Kapralik, France's Boris Grinsson and Pierre Pigeot, and Italy's Ercole Brini.
The exhibition also will present the only known three-sheet posters for "The Great Ziegfeld" (1936), the special British cinema display for "Lost Horizon" (1937), and an original painting for "Gone with the Wind" (1939) by the prolific artist Sergio Gargiulo.
"The More the Merrier" is drawn from the collection of Academy member and poster art director Mike Kaplan, and augmented by materials from the Academy's Margaret Herrick Library. The posters include foreign versions from South American and Europe.
The specific number of Best Picture nominees ranged from 3 to 12 in the Awards years from 1927/28 through 1943; in 1944 the number was set at 5, as it remained until 2009. The 82nd Academy Awards®, which will be televised on Sunday, March 7, will return to the Academy's past practice of nominating 10 films for the Best Picture award.
Kaplan will lead a public gallery talk at the Academy on Sunday, January 24, at 3 p.m. No reservations are required.
Mike Kaplan, Jan Rooney, Mickey Rooney and Malcolm McDowell
Jan Rooney, Mickey Rooney and Lauren Hutton
June Lockhart and Malcolm McDowell
"The More the Merrier: Posters from the Ten Best Picture Nominees, 1936 – 1943" will be on display through Sunday, April 18. The Academy's Grand Lobby Gallery is located at 8949 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills and is open Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and weekends, noon to 6 p.m. For more information call (310) 247-3600 or visit www.oscars.org.
Filed under Art, California, Culture, Dancing, Entertainment, History, Hollywood, Media and Entertainment, Movies, Music, Musicals, News, Photography, Pop Culture, Uncategorized, United States, US, World
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by audiegrl | December 4, 2009 · 10:29 am
44-D's Book Diaries: Abe Lincoln Makes An Awesome Vampire Hunter
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
The storyline…When Abraham Lincoln was nine years old, his mother died from an ailment called the "milk sickness." Only later did he learn that his mother's deadly affliction was actually the work of a local vampire, seeking to collect on Abe's father's unfortunate debts. When the truth became known to the young Abraham Lincoln, he wrote in his journal: "henceforth my life shall be one of rigorous study and devotion. I shall become learned in all things–a master of mind and body. And this mastery shall have but one purpose." While Abraham Lincoln is widely lauded for reuniting the North with the South and abolishing slavery from our country, no one has ever understood his valiant fight for what it really was. That is, until Seth Grahame-Smith stumbled upon The Journal of Abraham Lincoln, and became the first living person to lay eyes on it in more than 140 years. Using the journal as his guide and writing in the grand biographical style of Doris Kearns Goodwin and David McCullough, Seth has reconstructed the true life story of our greatest president for the first time–all while revealing the hidden history behind the Civil War, and uncovering the massive role vampires played in the birth, growth, and near-death of our nation.
That's a history re-write as seen by Seth Grahame-Smith. Whether it's real or not, all I know is one thing. Grahame-Smith's new book sold at auction on Wednesday. According to Publisher's Weekly, he landed a two-book deal with Grand Central Press, with a $575,000 advance. Believe me, $575,000 is real as real as it gets.
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith
Claudia Ballard at William Morris handled the deal, which was for North American rights only. It's rumored that a film proposal has already started circulating and that William Morris is also handling film rights. Seth Grahame-Smith's current novel, Pride, Prejudice & Zombies has sold has more than 120,000 copies since April, and is in development into a 2011 movie starring Natalie Portman.
Like the cover? Vampire Hunter's striking cover art shows the noble Lincoln, standing in bloody footprints, holding an ax behind his back. Spoiler alert: The back cover reveals what else he's holding: the head of a vampire.
As Katey Rich of CinemaBlend puts it, "why not a vampire-hunting Abe Lincoln? Our 16th President is quite popular right now, given all the Obama comparisons. But how much more would we like Obama if he could help us eradicate the scourge of the undead?"
Look for Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter to drop on March 2, 2010.
Filed under Abraham Lincoln, Art, Barack Obama, Book Diaries Series, Books, Culture, Entertainment, History, Media and Entertainment, Pop Culture, Pres. Barack Obama, Presidents, Seth Grahame-Smith, Uncategorized
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MSNBC Interviews Clueless Sarah Palin Supporters At Book Signing
MSNBC's Nora O'Donnell unsuccessfully tries her best to convince supporters of Sarah Palin that she really was for the bailout, before she was against it. SMDH
Filed under Books, Media and Entertainment, MSNBC, Norah O'Donnell, Partisan Politics, Politics, Pop Culture, Republicans, Television
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Rachel Maddow Rips Rep. Pete Hoekstra For Leaking Sensitive National Security Information
ThinkProgress/Faiz Shakir—Last night, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow accused Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-MI), the ranking member on the House Intelligence Committee and current gubernatorial candidate, of leaking sensitive intelligence information to the press. Hoekstra told the Washington Post this week that Maj. Nidal M. Hasan had e-mail conversations with a radical Yemeni cleric, Anwar al-Aulaqi. Maddow excoriated Hoekstra for letting Aulaqi know that his e-mail is being monitored.
The Nation's Chris Hayes, said Hoekstra's reputation is "of an epic grand-stander."
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30th March - 2nd April 2018.
Although poor weather reduced the number of attendees, our Easter trip to Jersey still went ahead. Our base for this long weekend was the amazing Radio Tower at Corbiere on South West tip of the island. One travel journalist described the view from the top as the best in Europe, so our expectations were high and it did not disappoint. The tower was built as a German look-out during the islands occupation at the time of the Second World War. The building has two metre thick walls with the more recent addition of a glass control tower at the top, added in 1976 by the States of Jersey Harbours and Airport Committee, before the property was renovated as holiday accommodation. This was our base for the usual fly-out activities of drinking, exploring, eating and even cycling expeditions.


Oleg Cassini dressed some of the most iconic and fashionable figures in history. You'll join that esteemed lineage in this timelessly beautiful lace wedding dress. The elegant Oleg Cassini aesthetic can be seen in the illusion boatneck, chapel train, feminine ball gown silhouette and beaded lace appliques.
Also available in Regular, Plus Size, Petite and Extra Length Plus Size. Check your local stores for availability.
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Want to Triumph in 2021? Start by Tackling Tech
"Curveball after curveball after curveball" is a pretty accurate summary of 2020. Yet, despite every unpredictability that came our way, the legal industry found ways to survive — and even thrive — with technology playing a central role in the transformation.
Having gained a whole new set of tools (and lessons learned), legal professionals are poised to reshape the future of the legal workplace. And while there are many opportunities for growth, tech may be the biggest of all. Here's how you can take your tech strategy to the next level.
Read this article to learn how you can take your tech strategy to the next level (and make sure to explore our full report on Thriving in a Post-2020 Workplace: How Law Firms Can Leverage Lessons Learned to Succeed in 2021).
Organizations Are Relying on Cloud Tech More Than Ever
With team members distributed across remote work locations, technologies that were once optional quickly became essentials— especially for communication and coordination with internal team members, external firms, and clients. Virtual meetings, real-time messaging, and other collaboration tools have replaced coffee meetups, shoulder taps, and even the water cooler.
But even more crucial than the tools themselves has been the accessibility factor, which is why adoption of cloud technology has accelerated dramatically (yes, even among law firms) since the onset of the pandemic. On-premises systems and finicky VPNs simply cannot keep up with the flexibility, ease, and security of cloud-based platforms.
Legal Professionals Found the Groove of Remote Work
The transition to working from home was challenging for most — although those who had already started down the road of digital transformation fared better than those who hadn't. Deploying new solutions on the fly (as many companies and teams were forced to do) often created as many problems as they solved, including issues like data fragmentation, poor integrations between platforms, and noncompliance.
But as law firms and legal have grown more accustomed to working remotely, it's time to look beyond mere survival and explore ways to make work (remote or not) more inspired. It's time to reassess your organization's relationship with technology and make sure that you're getting the tools and experience you need to truly thrive.
It's Time to Put People at the Heart of Your Tech Strategy
In this period of social distancing, human connection has become more vital than ever before. So as you review different aspects of your technology strategy and stack, put your team first. Here are a few of our top suggestions for choosing tech that benefits your people and your business:
Commit to the Cloud: Whether or not remote work and flexible scheduling are permanent features of the workplace of the future — and for the record, we predict that they are — 2020 has shown us that teams work more effectively when their location doesn't limit their productivity. True cloud solutions can help attorneys and legal professionals stay productive at any time, and from anywhere, while integrating seamlessly with the platforms they already know and love. Cloud tools are simply more compatible with the pace of modern life and business.
Create Your Single Source of Truth: From lost productivity and inefficiency to frustration and security risk, your team cannot afford to deal with scattered documents and data (also known as data fragmentation). It's a recipe for trouble. On the other hand, with a cloud document management system (DMS), it's easy to build a single source of truth that provides access to all the information your team needs to work and collaborate effectively.
Embrace Automation: Your team's unique skills and expertise are your most valuable resources. But sometimes their time and effort is wasted on low-value tasks. Automation can relieve those unnecessary burdens and enable your team to put their best energy into the high-value work that only they can do.
Make 2021 a Triumph
How your firm tackles the coming months and years may have a profound impact on the legal workplace of the future — and technology is a major piece of that puzzle.
In the must-read whitepaper, Thriving in a Post-2020 Workplace: How Law Firms Can Leverage Lessons Learned to Succeed in 2021, you'll learn about more unique challenges presently facing the law firms and legal teams, to help you become better equipped to create effective strategies and help your organization thrive in the coming year.

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Q: How to show the Tooltip even on disabled buttons with ngx-bootstrap In my Angular 6 app, I'm currently using the Tooltip feature from ngx-bootstrap to show tooltips.
I need to show the tooltips in some disabled buttons, however it does not work (it only works with non-disabled buttons).
Is there a way to change this behaviour and always show the tooltip (regardless if the item is disabled) ?

A: Please read this article: https://jakearchibald.com/2017/events-and-disabled-form-fields/
Probably Chrome and many other browsers stop emitting all mouse events on disabled form fields, including buttons.
I stuck in similar scenario and this Workaround worked very well for me
triggers="pointerenter:pointerout"

Depending on content used inside button it may require to add pointer-events: none; in CSS for them.
Confirmed to work on following browser:
Chrome 73+
FF 66+
IE 11+
Edge 42+

I hope it may help you!

A: Try the example using disabled class I had success.

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        <button type="button" class="btn btn-default btn-secondary mb-2 disabled "
                tooltip="Vivamus sagittis lacus vel augue laoreet rutrum faucibus."
                placement="top">
            Tooltip
        </button>

A: the best solution is pack button by span like the example below:

    <button type="button" class="btn btn-default btn-secondary mb-2 disabled">
        Tooltip
    </button>

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Rad6 Antibody | Bethyl Laboratories, Inc.
Rad 6, also known as Ubiquitin conjugating enzyme E2A, is an E2 enzyme of the three step ubiquitination pathway. Targeting of proteins by ubiquitination occurs in three main steps that involve the activation of ubiquitin by E1 enzymes, the carrying of ubiquitin to the target protein by E2 enzymes, and the ligation of ubiquitin to the target protein by E3 enzymes. Ubiquitination provides an important post-translational means to regulate protein abundance and activity. Rad6 has been demonstrated to be important to DNA damage repair. Mutations in Rad6 cause an X-linked mental retardation syndrome.


Tour on foot, by trolley, horse-drawn carriage, Segway, or bike. If you have the will, Savannah has the way to unravel and understand the history and culture of the city. Your Historic Inn of Savannah host can lead you to the tour or tour company that matches your interests. From gardens and ghosts to cuisine and architecture, you are certain to find a tour or two that takes you to your thrill. Below are some of our recommended tours.
By far, the most popular tour arranged at all of the Inns is Old Savannah Tour's On/Off trolley tour of Savannah's historic district. Each day, tours depart approximately every 15-20 minutes. You can ride along and see all the highlights of Savannah's historic district in about 90 minutes, or you can make a day of hopping on and off the tour at 15 of the city's most popular historic sites. It's a great way to see the city at your own pace, and we highly recommend it as a way to get to know the city.
8 PM - Voices of the Dead: Hear stories of shadow people, murder, and of cemeteries that have been paved over. Watch and listen to evidence of both residual and intelligent entities that still reside within these historic homes. Find out why one home required us to bring in a Catholic priest to perform an exorcism.
10 PM - The Restless Souls: Discover the history of hotels that were once converted into hospitals during the Yellow Fever Epidemic and during the Civil War. Find out about a serial killer that came to Savannah in the 1990's. Listen to stories of poltergeist activity and hear evidence of malevolent spirits that still cause physical attacks in these buildings to this very day.
The Savannah Walking Tour & Guidebook. This is an excellent way to tour Savannah on your own and at your own pace. The book has pictures and a brief description of the historic sites and buildings. It has directions to each site, with the city being broken down into areas.
Savannah Architectural Tours. This book, composed of three self-guided walking tours, takes you on a journey through Savannah's past and introduces you to the City's magnificent historic architecture.
Savannah Food, A Delicious History. Savannah's remarkable cuisine is a reflection of its own unique history. Savannah's eclectic European influences mix neatly with traditional Gullah techniques, surprising local ingredients, and world-class seafood. Follow the journey to find the roots of Savannah's famed dishes and the current restaurant renaissance.


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Invitae's Revenue Breakdown by Region (2016-2022)
This chart shows Invitae's Revenue Breakdown by Region, across US, Canada and the Rest of the world, reported from Q1 2016 onwards.
By Parampreet Kaur
Invitae is modifying the field of genetics from a series of one-time, one-dimensional queries to a lifelong clinical dialogue with their genes using complex analyses and information management to improve medical decisions and optimize health interference. In 2020, they charged a high volume of approximately 6,59,000 units and generated revenue of $279.6 million reflecting an approximate 41% and 29% increase over 2019 billable volume and revenue, respectively.
Invitae's Revenue Breakdown by Region
Region Q3 2020 Q2 2021 Q3 2021 Revenue Contribution in Q3 2021
US $64.32 $102.50 $100.96 88%
Rest of the world $3.31 $13.81 $13.44 12%
Total Revenue $68.73 $116.31 $114.40 100%
The total revenue of Invitae rose from $68.73 million in Q3 2020 to $114.4 million in Q3 2021 indicating an increase of 66.4% on a year-on-year basis. Q2 2021 proved to be better in terms of total revenue generated as compared to Q3 2020, given a growth of $47.58 million in the former. A major portion of the total revenue (an average of almost 88%) is consistently contributed by the United States. The rest of the world had a combined contribution of 12% in Q3 2021.(All figures in millions except percentages)
The company marked substantial growth in the period between September 2020 and September 2021. For the months ending on September 30, 2021, and 2020, the company's revenue was $334.3 million and $179.2 million, respectively, and it had recognized a net loss of $173.9 million and $367.8 million, respectively. On September 30, 2021, Invitae's accumulated deficit was $1.5 billion. To meet the demands of scaling the business, the company increased its number of employees to approximately 2,900 on September 30, 2021, from approximately 1,500 on September 30, 2020.
Approximately 57% of the billable volumes generated in the first nine months of 2021 were billable to patients, biopharmaceutical partners, and other business-to-business customers which resulted in revenue generation of 66.44% on a year on year basis.
The company's billable volumes decreased significantly in the second half of March 2020 due to COVID-19 and related limitations, priorities across the healthcare system. The daily test volumes have somewhat recovered in March 2020, although the current pandemic continues to impact Invitae's business operations and practices.
Invitae experienced limited disturbance during the third quarter of 2021. The company reviewed and adjusted its earnings, when necessary, for COVID-19 left a larger than expected impact on its revenue generation estimates and resulted in huge credit losses. In April 2020, Invitae received $3.8 million as a part of this initiative, and in January 2021, they received an additional $2.3 million.
Invitae Corporation is in the business of delivering genetic testing services that support a lifetime of patient care – from inherited disease diagnoses to family planning, proactive health screening, personalized diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring of cancer. It was founded in 2010 by Alex Furman.
Invitae applies proprietary design, robotics, process automation, and bioinformatics software solutions to achieve efficiencies in sample processing and complex variant interpretation, hence allowing medical interpretation at scale. The company generally recognizes revenue on an accrual basis, which is when a customer obtains control of the promised goods or services, typically a test report. Their primary revenue generation is from testing services and sales of distributed precision oncology products.
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casted to pointers (going to search for it...).
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We're live with candidates for Peoria City Council's 1st District – bring your questions and join the conversation.
H.S. SPORTS AWARDS
Meet the girls cross country honorees for the 2021 Central Illinois High School Sports Awards
Stan Morris
There proved to be plenty of competitive fire among girls cross country runners and teams throughout a pandemic-plagued fall.
Eureka had the best small school 1-2 combination in the state and was the area's top team all season, before running into COVID-19 contact tracing issues in the postseason. The Hornets were ranked No. 3 in the state and won a Class 1A regional.
Like Eureka, Morton was veteran led but very young. The Potters powered to conference, regional and sectional titles — the latter the first in school history. Notre Dame was also among the top teams in the state in Class 2A.
Here are the 2021 Central Illinois High School Sports Awards honorees for girls cross country, listed in alphabetical order. Three finalists will be named as we approach the 6 p.m. July 8, 2021, live-streamed awards event, during which the winner will be named.
Savanah Beavers, sr., Olympia
Helped the Spartans to a second place finish at sectionals, with a second-place individual finish. Her 18:13.9 for a third-place finish at the Illinois Prairie Conference meet was the fifth fastest time of the season for area girls. Ended the year with a fifth-place finish at the XC Championships at Three Sister Park.
Alexi Fogo, sr. Eureka
The two-time all-stater would have made it three honors had her season not been cut short by contact tracing five days before sectionals. Her 17:30.2 time at the Heart of Illinois Conference meet was the second fastests in the area and fourth best in the state for Class 1A. She finished second to teammate Anna Perry in five of eight races, including the HOI and regionals.
Jadyn Jacobs, sr., Washington
Bounced back from a knee injury that cut her junior season short with a solid senior campaign. Opened the year with a quadrangular victory, added a triangular win a week later, before racing to a season-best 18:37.2 three-mile time for a second-place finish at the Mid-Illini Conference meet. The time was the sixth-best in the area for the season. Finished sixth at sectionals and 44th at the XC Championships at Three Sisters Park.
Anna Perry, jr., Eureka
Won nine of her 10 races this season, losing only to Class 3A runner Ali Ince of Normal Community in a quadrangular. She avenged that loss with a victory at the Metamora Runnin' Red Invitational. And was unstoppable after that. She won the HOI title by 22 seconds, the regional by 56 seconds and the sectional by a minute and 15 seconds. Her 16:59.87 at sectionals was the second best in the state in 1A. She corrected that with a Division I "state" title at the XC Championships, where she defeated state leader and defending 1A state champ Lianna Shurtz of Aurora Rosary.
Emma Skinner, jr., Morton
Led a young Potters girls team to regional and sectional titles. She won the Dunlap Invitational title and repeated as Mid-Illini Conference champion. Her 18:05.0 second-place finish at the Notre Dame Blue Green Invitational was the fourth fastest time in the area. Capped her year with a Division II area best 11th-place "state" finish at the XC Championships at Three Sister's Park, leading her teammates to a seventh-place overall finish.
Maria Stedwill, so., Notre Dame
Highlighted her second high school season with a sectional championship at Detweiller Park, where she ran a personal record 17:49.4 — the third best time of the girls 3-mile season. She also won the Peoria City Cross Country championship and ended the year with a 15th-place finish at the Shazam XC Championships in Division II.
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The Nigerian Army has commenced the relocation of the evacuated residents of Jakana who are currently at the Bakassi IDP camp in Maiduguri back to their community in Konduga local government area, Daily Correspondents has learned.
This followed the intervention of Governor Shettima on Wednesday when he paid visits and held separate closed door meetings with the Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, the chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai and Director General of State Security Services, Yusuf Magaji Bichi over the issue.
The meetings, which was at the instance of Shettima, discussed issues of security including the recent relocation of residents in Jakana to an IDP camp in Maiduguri, which the military in Borno State said was for operational purpose in the ongoing fight against Boko Haram.
The military authorities had on Monday ordered the relocation of residents of Jakana village, a community in Borno State, amidst concerns that Boko Haram insurgents use the community as a hideout to launch attack.
According to security officials, the recent resurgence of Boko Haram assaults on the village and its neighbourhood was as a result of alleged collusion of the villagers with the outlawed group.
It was gathered that the military's decision to relocate residents of Jakana was without consultation with the Borno state government.
Speaking to Daily Correspondents on Thursday morning, an official of National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, who would not want his name mentioned because he was not allowed to speak to journalists, said the military has reached an amicable resolution of the issues at stake with the Borno state government.
He said the Nigerian Army and camp management officials at Bakassi IDP camp in Maiduguri met on Thursday morning and have commenced preparations for the relocation of the evacuated people of Jakana back to their community, starting with the relocation of women and children.
"The relocation will commence with evacuation of women, children and the other vulnerable groups before the men.
"Food and non-food items are being mobilized by NEMA for distribution in Jankana community to reduce the effect of the disruption of economic activities as a result of the evacuation," he said.


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Amid international angst, dealmakers look to domestic successes
The economies of China and Hong Kong are bouncing back following the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
With growth of 2.3%, China was the only major economy to have expanded in 2020 and is expected to see growth of 8.1% in 2021, according to the Asian Development Bank. While Hong Kong's economy shrank by 6.1% amid the pandemic, the local government is forecasting growth of between 3.5%-5.5% in 2021.
"Compared with the developed economies, China has much more momentum," says John Yuan, head of China and Southeast Asia at iDeals Solutions Group. "The country's GDP growth rate is much higher. At the same time the renminbi is in a relatively strong position, which is motivating companies to go out and buy high-quality targets."
This improving economic outlook is translating into greater deal activity. Together, China and Hong Kong recorded 963 deal announcements worth US$296.4bn in H1 2021, representing a 88.5% year-on-year increase from the same period last year, and with 148 more deals recorded.
Domestic dealmaking reaches new highs
Domestic activity was strong in H1, as Chinese and Hong Kongese companies looked inward to take advantage of local opportunities. All but one of the ten largest deals were intranational, including the mammoth US$111.5bn merger between Chinese infrastructure companies Sichuan Railway Investment Group and Sichuan Transportation Investment Group – the largest deal of the year by far.
The second largest deal through the first six months of this year – Xinjiang Tianshan Cement Co's US$15.2bn acquisition of controlling stakes in four regional peers – also fell in the construction sector.
As a result of such mega-mergers, regional domestic deal value looks on track to set a new benchmark, having already totalled US$276.4bn in H1 on 873 deal announcements, almost double the aggregate value of the 732 domestic transactions logged during the same period last year.
"The amount of domestic M&A activity has increased significantly. There are a few major drivers, including, on a global scale, inflation and the depreciation of the dollar, as well as, here in Asia-Pacific, the presence of strong state and government investment support," reports Yuan.
Hong Kong also saw domestic activity ramp up in H1. The most valuable deal to take place between local firms was multinational conglomerate Jardine Matheson Holdings' delisting of its second-largest unit, Jardine Strategic, in a US$5.5bn buyout deal aimed at simplifying the company's complex structure.
US buyers flock to China
International appetite for Chinese and Hong Kongese assets remained high in H1 2021, particularly in respect of US buyers. A total of just under US$20bn-worth of inbound deals were recorded, on 90 transactions, roughly on par with H1 2020.
The largest inbound deal of H1 was Blackstone's US$5.7bn acquisition of a majority stake in real estate firm SOHO China, a developer of office buildings. Blackstone is said to be confident about China's long-term economic prospects and the potential of the office market in Beijing and Shanghai.
Hong Kong attracts European interest
Inbound dealmaking targeting the Hong Kong market was also pronounced in the first half of the year. Hong Kongese assets are attracting attention across Europe, particularly Austria and France.
One significant deal carried out by a European bidder was French utility Suez's acquisition of the remaining 42% stake in Suez NWS – its China-focused wastewater treatment services provider – for US$538m. The deal makes clear the French utility firm's ambitions to expand its operations within the region.
Tech deals power ahead
Dealmakers in both China and Hong Kong remained active in the technology sector in H1. There was a total of 119 deals worth US$45.7bn in aggregate (15.4% across all industries, second only to construction's massive 44.3% share of proceedings in H1) targeting tech firms in the region, representing a year-on-year increase of 59.2% in value terms on 23 more deals.
Deals such as the US$4bn purchase of mobile and video games developer Shanghai Moonton by ByteDance's video games unit Nuverse highlight the rapid growth of China's gaming industry. The move into the video gaming business puts TikTok-owner ByteDance in direct competition with Tencent, China's biggest video game company.
"China's M&Aa market will continue to grow steadily in terms of transaction volume and value, and I think TMT will continue to stay at the centre of that activity," says Yuan. "Internet companies will acquire high-quality overseas targets and look for new cross-regional business growth opportunities."
Hong Kong also saw its fair share of tech dealmaking, exemplified by the US$4.4bn take-private of e-commerce platform China Youzan by a consortium led by the company's CEO and founder, Zhu Ning, which reflects e-commerce's growing prominence in Asia.
China buyouts on the rise
The Chinese deal market saw a year-on-year uptick in buyout activity. A total of 98 buyouts in H1 2021 was up on both the preceding six months (97) and H1 2020 (71). Value, meanwhile, reached US$38.5bn, the highest half-yearly sum since H1 2018's US$45bn.
"People are trying to identify the most attractive subsectors for PE investment, based on changing consumer behaviours," says Yuan. "We can see that they are most interested in digital healthcare, e-commerce and e-learning. There are signs, too, that projects related to carbon neutrality are also coming towards centre stage."
The surge in domestic dealmaking in both China and Hong Kong witnessed in H1 implies an inward focus amid an uncertain global economic outlook. This looks set to continue through H2 2021, as local firms – particularly large state-owned enterprises – continue to look for opportunities to consolidate.
China and Hong Kong remains a draw for international investors, with corporates and PE houses alike securing deals in the first half of the year. The high-growth tech sector will continue to attract investment as international firms look to gain a foothold in the burgeoning Asian market.


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In 2019, Bemidji State University will be celebrating its 100th anniversary. The center for diversity and inclusion was formed due to recent nationwide events in which marginalized students, faculty and staff are calling for an end to institution structures that continue hierarchical arrangements, and also from Bemidji State's commitment to be a university which allows for all of its students and employees to feel heard and welcome.
The work that was put into making the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Center began in 2014. The taskforce noted that the diversity on BSU's campus had drastically changed since the institutions first student body. Out of 4906 students enrolled in fall 2014 courses, approximately 10% of the student body is American Indian or a student of another racial or ethnic group. In addition, another 1.94% are international students. Clearly, the student body is more racially diverse than it once was. However, BSU still lags behind Minnesota State universities in this aspect. On average, students of color and American Indian students comprise 15% of the student bodies at Minnesota state university campuses.
In the most recent National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE 2015), only 50.7% of students stated that they "often" or "very often" had serious conversation with students who differ from them in terms of gender, sexual orientation, age, or disability.
After reviewing this data, student feedback and overall assessment of the campus, the Diversity Taskforce started its efforts to recruit a more diverse student body. That's is where the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion center comes in. A place where students and faculty can have a space that fosters a supportive environment regardless of sexual orientation, age, gender, culture, race, background... the list goes on. Everyone has a unique perspective to share, and Bemidji State, with the help of the organizations like Students United, is helping encouraging diversity on its campus.
The following is an interview done with Kale Hennek, a Diversity Taskforce member, and Brian V. Xiong, Ed.D, the Coordinator for the Center of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.
Q - Diversity is a very broad subject. Do you have a simplified definition of diversity?
A - It depends which group of people defines diversity, other might seem diversity in terms of skin color, culture but it is much more than that diversity includes age and life experiences. I always see diversity as a right to share opinion while showing them respect where they are coming from. Everyone has different perspectives to share. We should all include students' voices as well while making decisions regarding diversity.
Q - Who is allowed to use diversity center?
A - Diversity center is open to all the students, faculty members and staff regardless of their sexual orientation, color, status, ability or race. Anyone can come and use the space to meet other people. It is open for group meetings as well, they will just have to email the director of the center.
Q - What is the goal of diversity center at BSU?
A - The goal of the diversity center is to make sure that our students feel welcomed at college. We want all of our students to experience varieties of culture at BSU. The main goal is to have a space where student, faculty and staff can come together and learn at a deeper lever about different people.
Q - Where did the idea/need come for the Diversity Center?
A - Among the several state universities, BSU was the only one to not have a diversity center. The idea came from students. It has long been a dream for many students at BSU to have a space like this.
Q - Is inclusion an issue on our Bemidji campus? If so, was the room created to help combat this?
A - Yes and no. We definitely do not have the most inclusive campus, but we have seen so much progress in just the passed few years.
Q - How can someone help diversity and inclusion efforts on Bemidji State University?
A - Students can help by sharing their ideas and creating small event related to diversity. Faculty can promote diversity as well, when faculty members participate on campus events, it acts as a motivating factor and will definitely help in creating more diverse environment.
Would you like to know more about diversity on Bemidji State's campus? Students United is a great place to start. Advocating for changes like these to take place on Minnesota State campuses is essential in creating a healthy environment for all.
Check out this video to watch the ribbon cutting from the opening of the faculty! This is just the beginning.
If you have questions regarding this article, please contact Brain V. Xiong, Ed.D. at 218.755.3773.
*Statistics were taken from Bemidji State University's Diversity & Inclusion Plan June 1, 2016 - May 21, 2019.


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You WILL have a merry Christmas!
What is your favorite Geek Holiday memory (the best geeky gift you have ever either given or received, a cool geek-themed holiday gathering, etc.)?
In return, if you wish you can ask me any question you like about whatever you like, which I will answer either completely truthfully or not at all (in which case you can ask something else). You don't have to ask me anything if you don't want, but I'd still like to hear your answer to the question.
One year when I was a kid I got this big plastic Japanese robot called Mazinga that had a ship docked in its head and missiles that fired out of its hand. I had seen very little anime and didn't know who the heck Mazinga was, but he was cool. I had that thing forever and got a lot of enjoyment out of it.
No questions from me this time Jeff, just happy holiday wishes to the best bunch of internet people I know!
Dan, I remember poring over the Sears Catalog for HOURS leading up to Christmas, circling the Star Wars figures I wanted. They were great because it was one of the few places you could find pictures of them all in one place. The major problem with the actual toys, of course, was their lack of movement — you could only rotate the shoulders, head, and hips and those only in one plane. Lame. The MEGO 8″ action figures were way more posable and fun, but … they didn't have light sabers. I always wished they'd do the Star Wars figures the same way.
Oh wow, I forgot about the Sears catalog! I did the same thing. I remember getting it and just flipping through the thing looking for the toy section. Remember how when a new line was coming out they'd show them blacked out, so you'd sit there staring at them just trying to imagine what they were going to be?
Holy reindeer droppings on a stick! My brother and I got those Shogun warrior dudes wne year for Christmas! He got Mazinga, and I got Raydeen.
Yeah, I'm gonna have to go with the crowd on this one; the Star Wars Christmas; Action figures, Speeders, At-at. Awesome 🙂 Just about everything we got one year was Star Wars.
All have a fun and safe weekend.
You guys struck a nerve with those memories. Did we all secretly have the same rituals as kids? The good old days….
I'll mention this blast from the past.
No question, just a suggestion. More "sketch of the day" please! Merry Christmas to all! Cheers!
A friend of mine says that all men are a*****es, so two years ago I bought her "Y: the last man". She hasn't read it yet, by the way.
The year that my immediate and extended family got together and bought me a ton of Dungeons & Dragons action figures: Warduke and Nightmare, Strongheart, "Melf" (really?), Elkhorn the Dwarf, Kelek the Sorceror, the Titan, and several more.
Perhaps my favorite geeky Xmas gift is the Alien Legion Graphic Novel (1986). My older brother gave to me. Huge surprise because I didn't ask for it and he isn't a comics fan. Have it on display with my collection of books, CDs, and DVDs.
I'm super busy this weekend with celebrations and obligations. Might not have time to sneak one in for the Character Contest.
Whatever or whether you celebrate, have a fun weekend!
Oh heck yeah, Atomic Punk, I bought the Alien Legion collections a couple of years ago for myself. Love 'em!
I did love my Six Million Dollar Man action figure, mostly for looking through his eye via the rear-head viewport.
This one's easy for me. I was about 13 when the original Star Wars came out the first time, and of course I fell head over heels in love with that movie, like everybody else in America who saw it. That Christmas, my Mom found lightsabers for me and my nephew (who was only a few years younger than me and who was living with us at the time), but I digress. These lightsabers were just flashlights with plastic tubes on the end. I think they were actually called something besides lightsabers because they were unlicensed knockoffs. My Mom had to hide them at my grandmother's house next door because she had no way to box them or wrap them. How can you wrap a flashlight with a tube on the end of it? She waited until my nephew and I went to bed on Christmas Eve and sent my older brothers over to my grandmother's house to get the lightsabers. My brothers proceeded to have a lightsaber fight in the snow. We absolutely loved those things and played with them until they fell apart.
Oh, Jeff. BTW, if I use another browser besides Firefox, I can get to your blog just fine. The access issues I've been having must be a problem at my end. Dunno why.
Two most memorable for me were my 5th birthday (11 days before Christmas)and my first Christmas with my fiance.
For my 5th Birthday, my dad, who was a truck driver, brought me a G1 Optimus Prime, complete with super awesome unfolding trailer missile launcher.
Then, for our first Christmas, my girl found me a cast photo from "Firefly", and got it autographed by all nine of the original cast members. Made my heart the happiest it's been in years.
@Nial Mor(11): Just out of curiosity, what IS your poison (Firefox, Opera, Safari, Chrome, IE, other)?
I was 15 when the original Star Wars came out in 1977, I watched it 50 times in the theatre that summer! Often just staying in the theatre and watching it 2-3 times in a row..
Sadly I dont know what eventually happened to them, wish I still had them, although, being a pack rat, I really would have no place for them, but I would make room.
But the main thing that I always remember about that year, is not only the fun I had with all the Star Wars toys, but that somehow my parents came through for me, and got me all that stuff, although we probably couldn't really afford it.
Jeff, what was the most meaningful gift from your parents?
Wishing you all a Blessed and Joyful Holiday.
@Joel (12): All nine? Wow, that's cool (and geeky).
Oh, and my question to Jeff: What's your favorite show that no one else remembers?
Oh shoot! Forgot the Diplodocus.
Wow, where to start? From Mighty Max to Ninja turtles to Todd McFarlane's Spawn franchise, I was toyed up for eternity!
But, to bring the gamer side back into the conversation, I think the best two I had were the Super Nintendo and the Playstation 2. I actually still have my Super Nintendo, recently been eyeing some of the Mega Man X series titles. Vintage gaming for the win!
Have a great holiday everybody!
My best friend got the Death Star novel for me a few years back. I was dissappointed until I actually started reading it… One of the best Star Wars Expanded Universe novels that was not written by Timothy Zhan.
What would be the best Christmas present you could ever wish for, Jeff?
Cliff, my mom made an afghan blanket for me a few years ago that I love. Every time I huddle up in it over the CO winter I think of her.
BenK22: Pretty much everyone remembers everything nowadays! I'll go with "Columbo", though, since most of the folks 'round these parts are more into geeky shows instead of obscure 70s police mysteries.
Dionne Jinn, my best Christmas present would be world peace. Or to end hunger. Also, I totally would win the swimsuit competition.
If videogames count, then mine would no question be several years ago (forget how many) when my parents got me a gamecube and Super Smash Bros game. It was the first time I had ever owned any for of videogame system except for a old gameboy advance and crappy dial up computer (if you can call that a videogame system). When I got it I think I might have nigh-on hyperventilated, and I think I played that pretty much all day long.
Any super power? I would go with my standard "Magic Pocket" wish — I would have the ability to pull anything I like out of any receptacle I want. So if I put my hand in my pocket I could pull out a magic potion that would make me immortal at no other cost, or a wad of twenty dollar bills, or an ocelot, or anything else I like.
If that doesn't qualify as a super-power (which I can understand, but to which I would reply "Zatanna"!), I'd go with teleportation.
My favorite would be recently when my buddy Joe got me a pikachu scarf as an early Christmas present. I got him a STARS pin which he waers everyday.
The second-best would be when I was a wee little hellion and my parents bought my brother and I a gamecube, Luigi's Mansion, and the Legend of Zelda Collector's Edition for Christmas. To this day I still have that Zelda disc, now I just play it on my Wii.
On a side note, I only just recently beat Majora's Mask.
Yeah, sounds like I had a similar childhood to a lot of guys. Flipping through the toy section of the Sears catalog…that was my favorite reading material during December. Ran the gamut of geeky: Star Wars, Transformers, I remember getting a bunch of Battlestar Galactica ships one year. The edges of the Cylon Raider separated outward, revealing missile launchers that actually shot these little red missiles that I somehow managed to not lose for 6 months. Even more amazing, I don't think I lost the little Cylon and the Viper Pilot that came with the ships until I lost track of the toys themselves. I had the Raider and the Colonial Viper engage in space battles for hours on end.
Jeff, what's at the top of your (attainable) Christmas list this year?
Mine would have to be the year my parents decided we could have video games. We ( my sibling and I) got a N64 Donkey Kong Bundle Pack, along with Super Smash Bros. and a Toy Story game, then I personally got a gameboy pocket with a zelda game ( forgot which one), another donkey kong game, and Pokemon Red version. I can't remember how many times I played that Pokemon game. I never could figure out the Zelda game, though. Years later I found a walk through online and finally beat the game.
Jeff – Ah yes, I have several hand crochet afghans from vatirous family members.
Brad – well if vampire/goth count as geeky, I got 2 silver hinged finger cuffs with pointed tips one year.
another major geeky Christmas ….
Being a perpetual kid to this day, in 1988 I was 26 and I loved the Brave Starr cartoon from Filmation. My friend Brenda, who would in the next year become my wife, bought me Brave Starr, Fuzz, Handle bar, the Stage Coach, Tex Hex, his Skullwalker, Sand storm, and the Fort Kerium Playset.
I also got a plastic snitch, and a furry Monster Book of Mosters, that purred and vibrated when you pulled his tongue.
Jeff, imagine if, on Christmas Day, you're in your backyard where a strange meteor has just crashed. Inside the crater, what would you rather find– A). Mister Mxyzptlk emerges and promises you the powers of Superman for a year? or B). A Green Lantern ring selects you to be the newest Green Lantern for a lifetime, but you can only stay on Earth three months out of every year?
Myro, we already got each other a new bed set for our holiday gift, so nothing more coming down the pike, alas. We're trying to save money for a rainy day instead.
Joshua, I'd go GL in a heartbeat. Mr. Myx is a jerk and would probably do something horrible to me in exchange for the powers. As opposed to nine months of exploring the known galaxy?! Hell yeahs!
Jeff are you working on, or did you see my request for a predator mask or army of two mask from the martial artist contest I won a while back?
TOOL, yes, it's on the list.
Most of my geekier presents I seem to remember getting on birthdays for some reason. But one Christmas a few years ago, one of my favourite presents was a Dalek Sec toy that I probably ended up playing with all day. One that's a definite contender for 'favourite' though would be a 12-inch radio-controlled dalek. I'm not sure about when I got them but I really loved them but I did have a VHS boxset of the Star Wars original trilogy and a Thunderbirds video that for some reason I got rid of. I've no idea why, because I really wish I hadn't now (my grandparents still have a video player so I could watch them up there- if I'd kept them).
A consistent geeky gift is getting a Doctor Who annual pretty much every year since 2005. My favourite's probably the 2006 one.
Yeah, I really like Doctor Who.
This year I'm hoping to get copies of the Allspark Almanac parts 1 and 2, as well as the works of Lewis Carrol, H.P. Lovecraft, and Jhonen Vasquez. And a My Little Pony doll.
ams (31): The best part was dragging the toys out to watch BSG. I felt sorry for the rest of my family who didn't have a Cylon Raider or Colonial Viper to play with while watching Battlestar.
Jeff (34): Yeah, that's a big purchase. I remember buying a new queen-sized mattress a couple years back, no bedframe, and just that put a big hit on the bank account. That's too bad though, I know you were jonesing to get your hands on Skyrim last month, and I was going to suggest asking Santa for it.
Top of my list this year (sadly above the geeky fun stuff) is a new hiking backpack. The old one is barely hanging on.
1984: I got every Transformer I wanted, when they were *impossible* to find in stores.
I suppose compared to many Heromachinists, I'm relatively young. But the coolest geekiest gift i recieved was Assassin's Creed 2 because I'm such a huge fan of Assassin's Creed. Unfortunately I don't have any cool toy stories from the 80's like most, considering I wasn't alive. No question. Happy Holidays to all!!!
Hey it's Tranzor Z. Voltron had it all over that thing when I was a kid. Come to think of it, still does.
We celebrate "Pi Day" (3/14) and "Pi Approximation Day" (7/21) by eating pie.
Unrelated sharing: We recently got a fish tank, and have named our fish after Roman mythological figures and characters from Mortal Kombat. The only other with a more unique name is our dragon fish, Alduin. 😀 Skyrim is a whole new life! Honor it!
My new version of McKnight. The same chest piece from the earlier version still exists, but is mostly a bullet-proof vest underneath the jacket.
The geekiest gift I ever gave anyone was to my brother: A set of figurines of the original Legion of Superheroes. They were completely immobile and all about 3 inches tall (except for Colossal Boy, who was kneeling and thus about 6″), nicely painted and came in a cool display box. Chameleon Boy had a little Proty attached to his leg. Sadly, there was only one Triplicate Girl.
The geekiest part of all this perhaps is that we were in our late 40s at the time. He still has it on display.
Two New Year's ago, some of my friends put on a time-travel-themed party the afternoon of New Year's Day. We dressed in costumes (I went steampunk). We played some themed games, and we also did some LARPing, which this group of friends really enjoys. The way we do the role-plays, the guy running it hands out sheets asking us questions about our character. Some of the questions clue us in just a bit on the plot, but not a lot. So then, we start trying to act out our roles. The guy leading it at various points announces decisions that each of us or the whole group has to make. Sometimes, depending on the decision, we have to perform some kind of feat to determine whether we succeeded or failed. It may be moving one block in a Jenga tower, it may be successfully adding a magnet to this one game where you place magnetic balls in hopes they don't attract each other. Your success or failure determines the direction of the plot. When the game ends–when we've all died or whatever else is the aim of the story, the guy leading the game reveals all the bits of the story we were trying to figure out along the way.


For a bustling, noisy and popular harbor place, here's a nice detail: All sweets are still homemade. So don't miss the local babà, a giant donut smothered in cream. Zia Teresa (who else) cooked for local fisherman, and in 1916 the daily routine turned into business. Food? What else? Sit at a table overlooking the port (book in advance) and order bruschetta, penne all'arrabbiata and orata all'acqua pazza (roasted bream). Or go all-seafood: antipasti, spaghetti alle vongole, cozze (clams), and the day's fresh catch, announced loud and clear by a hustling wait staff. There are also some backup turf dishes. Michelin and Gambero Rosso have always tipped their hat to Zi', which hasn't really made the seafood taste any better (they had that part down), but has raised per head prices to a daunting €80 and up.


For years my creativity lay virtually dormant, but like any great passion, there came a time when the creative pulse became too strong to deny. It became harder not to create than to create. That intense inward movement had to be released. Thus began my journey of self-discovery.
All of my art is quintessentially a self-portrait. It is about my personal truth. It is about my reality, conscious or subconscious. It is about how I feel and how I experience and perceive the world I live in.
I believe my creativity is a spiritual matter. The real creator is that power greater than me which flows through my soul and escapes all human limits. The joy lies in entertaining my creativity. The joy is indeed in the journey. It is the creative process, not the end product that fills my being.
For 25 years I taught art to grades 1-6 in the Monadnock Regional School District. I retired in 2011 and have been able to spend more time making art in my Purple Sunflower Studio. I like to work in a variety of materials, hence I label myself a multimedia artist. The materials I choose to use are based on the idea I am trying to express.
This is the Purple Sunflower Studio where I spend my creative time making art.
This is my view of Mt. Monadnock from my studio windows.


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Official renders of Samsung's forthcoming Galaxy A6 Mid-Range Series
By DS Staff	 On Apr 30, 2018
Samsung's Galaxy A6 series of Android mid-range handsets leaked once again before its formal launch, with the fresh smartphones additionally acquiring accreditation from China's telecom regulator TENAA in previous days, and also both sightings getting consistent with earlier rumors on the handsets. The pictures were found by German technology store WinFuture that can be viewed below, with the components supposedly being dug straight from one of Samsung's web pages. The images verify Samsung's upcoming smartphone line-up will include the Galaxy A6 as well as Galaxy A6 Plus, both of them to feature a SAMOLED Infinity Screen with an 18.5:9 ratio. The minor variant is going to feature a 5.6-inch HD plus display with 1,480×720 resolution, while the bigger device is going to boast a 6-inch Full HD plus screen with 2,220 x 1,080 resolution, with the follower to the Galaxy A5 (2017) line-up getting deployed as cheaper substitutes to the Galaxy A8 smartphone series Samsung released in 2017, featuring modern-looking handsets at value-focused price tag.
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Samsung's Exynos 7870 processor ought to integrate into both devices, clocked at an optimum running rate of 1.6GHz. The starting models provide you with 3GB of RAM as well as 32GB of inbuilt storage, however, chosen markets might get a hold of versions with bigger flash memory capacity. Based on the latest reports, The Galaxy A6 is going to be portrayed by the model number SM-A600 and also feature a 16 MP backside camera positioned behind a f/1.7 lens, while its front selfie camera will provide the equivalent resolution and exercise a f/1.9 glass module. The Galaxy A6 Plus is going to feature an identical backside camera yet support it with an extra 5 MP with f/1.9 lens, as well as featuring a 24 MP front camera with f/1 .9 lens. Other than bearing backside located fingerprint scanners, the Galaxy A6, as well as Galaxy A6 Plus, are also going to provide facial detection function, with Samsung's lately identified marketing components particularly referring to that capability. The Galaxy A6 is noted as being powered by a 3,000mAh battery, whereas its bigger variant ought to deliver with a 3,500mAh battery power. The mid-range series from Samsung is anticipated to launch in Europe, China, India, and various other countries in the upcoming weeks, with a price tag around $360.
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Cory Gardner DeJoy donated huge to GOP senators up for re-election; they're still silent on USPS
By Andrew Romanoff for Senate, August 18, 2020
Cory Gardner Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, a top donor to Donald Trump and till earlier this year the head charity event for the Republican National Convention, has offered tens of thousands of dollars to Republican Senators up for re-election this November, according to Federal Election Commission records reviewed by Salon.
FEC records likewise reveal that DeJoy frequently maxed out with 10s of thousands of annual contributions to the official GOP committees devoted to electing Republican lawmakers: the National Republican Politician Congressional Committee and the National Republican Senatorial Committee.
DeJoy's political fundraising and donor records have actually come under examination considering that his consultation to the head of the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors. He captured fierce backlash recently from Democrats and Postal Service staff members after reports broke that USPS cautioned 46 states that their mail ballots might not be provided on time for the November election, possibly disenfranchising millions of citizens.
The news accompanied other reports that USPS mail arranging makers and drop boxes have been eliminated, as well as another notification from DeJoy that the company is engaging in a sweeping overhaul that may postpone delivery times.
Your Home of Representatives has now gotten in touch with DeJoy to affirm about what it views as an unpleasant pattern to reduce votes in November's basic election, and has threatened him with arrest if he does not comply.
A variety of DeJoy's GOP recipients are facing tight races this year: Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina, Sen. Martha McSally of Arizona and Michigan Republican politician candidate John James, who is running against Democratic Sen. Gary Peters. None of these Republicans have spoken publicly about DeJoy or his current actions as postmaster general.
DeJoy offered a total of $8,100 to McSally– $2,500 for her losing 2018 Senate campaign versus Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, and $5,600 to her present race. While a current survey showed McSally pulling a little closer to Democratic opponent Mark Kelly, partner of previous Arizona Rep. Gabby Giffords, Kelly still leads by about 7.4 portion points, according to a Genuine Clear Politics average of polls.
Though McSally states she supports absentee voting, she has expressed the same issues about mail-in ballot as President Trump, despite a warning from Arizona's leading election official that the president appears bent on screwing up mail-in ballot.
" I disagree this close to an election [with] states or at the federal level having some sort of mass mail-in ballots to everyone on the voter roll. I have some real concerns about that," McSally said recently.
A spokesperson for the McSally project decreased to comment.
DeJoy, former head of the freight business XPO Logistics, a significant gamer in the supply chain sector and a chief USPS competitor, contributed $11,000 to John James, the GOP candidate in Michigan– $5,400 for his failed 2018 run versus Sen. Debbie Stabenow and $5,600, the optimum amount, for his existing project.
James is head of the supply chain company James Group International and its affiliate Renaissance Global Logistics, which got in between $1 million and $2 million in federally-backed Paycheck Security Program loans throughout the very first months of the coronavirus pandemic.
Current polls in Michigan, a key swing state in November, show James regularly routing Peters, who is ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, which conducts oversight of the Postal Service. He is presently investigating USPS delays related to mail-in tallies.
James does not appear to have actually spoken out openly about DeJoy or voting by mail, and his campaign did not offer remark for this short article.
Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina and his associated committees have actually taken a combined $48,500 from fellow state residents DeJoy and his better half, Aldona Wos, previous head of the North Carolina Health and Human Services Department. The couple have actually added to Tillis' election efforts considering that his 2014 project.
DeJoy likewise offered to the John Bolton Super PAC, which has actually invested heavily for Tillis and, like Tillis, has ties to the shadowy information company Cambridge Analytica, the topic of subpoenas throughout special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into 2016 election disturbance.
Following last Friday's reports of the USPS state warnings, the Tillis campaign told the Raleigh News & Observer that "Senator Tillis is confident in North Carolina's strong absentee tally program, is encouraging North Carolinians to vote absentee and believes we will have a reasonable election."
Tillis, one of the chief early designers behind North Carolina's questionable citizen ID law– called the "beast" law by critics– played a main function in what a federal judge called the state's "sordid history" of voter suppression when she struck down a North Carolina citizen ID law late last year.
The Tillis project did not respond to concerns about the contributions or the last time Tillis and DeJoy spoke.
DeJoy likewise offered $5,000 to Graham's 2014 campaign, per FEC records. Graham, who as Beauty parlor recently reported has voted by mail on numerous celebrations, has likewise made incorrect claims that the practice is prone to fraud.
Graham sits on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which is presently holding hearings to confirm DeJoy's better half, Aldona Wos, as ambassador to Canada.
In a rare break with the president, Graham has protected the USPS in the face of Trump's attempts to obstruct financing: " The idea of cutting the Postal Service's budget plan is not the best approach," he said, adding that he thinks the president is "trying to stop what he views as an effort to have mass mail-in voting."
Graham has obviously not discussed DeJoy particularly. A campaign spokesperson did not respond to Beauty parlor's ask for comment.
Manuel Bonder, a representative for the South Carolina Democratic Party's collaborated project, slammed DeJoy's decisions and Graham's absence of response. "The present hazards to the USPS are not only weakening Americans' ballot rights ahead of this election; they endanger the health and well-being of communities and small businesses throughout South Carolina," Bonder said. " The truth that Sen. Graham has actually not taken any action to secure this necessary service is yet another failure in leadership, and it is hurting South Carolinians."
DeJoy has actually routinely made optimum donations to NRSC, the main GOP committee dedicated to choosing Republican senators. During the 2018 election cycle, the NRSC was chaired by Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado, now the focus of among the most consequential 2020 Senate contests, which is currently noted as a "toss-up" by Cook Political Report. (Cook also thinks about Tillis' seat a toss-up; McSally's race is "lean Democratic" and Graham's "lean Republican.")
Gardner, just recently asked whether he thought DeJoy was doing an excellent job, dodged, saying, " First we have to comprehend what the postmaster is trying to do."
DeJoy's donor concerns extend well beyond the Senate, however.
The Greensboro-based entrepreneur as soon as used a nearly untraceable North Carolina shell company, LMD Characteristics LLC, to offer $50,000 to Karl Rove's American Crossroads incredibly PAC in2014 That year, DeJoy combined New Type, Inc., his former contracting logistics company, with freight delivery company XPO Logistics, serving on the board of directors up until Might 2018, according to his bio on the DeJoy-Wos Household Foundation site.
DeJoy, along with Wos, was a Jeb Bush donor in 2016, but has actually given that offered the Trump campaign more than a million dollars. He also made a $100,000 contribution to the Trump inaugural committee, according to monetary records available through Open Tricks. He pointed out New Breed, Inc., as his company.
" I take my ethical commitments seriously, and I have done what is needed to ensure that I am and will remain in compliance with those obligations," DeJoy said in a declaration supplied to Salon by a USPS representative.
The spokesperson decreased to comment specifically on DeJoy's political donations.
For many years, XPO has actually been awarded hundreds of countless dollars in federal government agreements, mostly through the Pentagon, according to government costs information– consisting of more than $14 million in Defense Department contracts the month DeJoy stepped down. Considering that his departure, XPO's federal government contracting appears to have all but stopped.
Another former Pentagon freight contractor, Expense Zollars, was confirmed to the USPS board of guvs by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Federal Government Oversight in June. Weeks later, Zollars' previous company, YRC Worldwide, received a $700 million federal bailout, despite deserving just $70 million at the time.
Beauty parlor reported last month that YRC is presently being taken legal action against by the Department of Justice for supposedly defrauding Pentagon delivery agreements to the tune of numerous countless dollars. Most of those apparently fraudulent contracts happened during Zollars' tenure as CEO.
FEC records reveal that DeJoy likewise donated $5,200 to the 2018 project of Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., who sits on the committee that confirms Postal Service guvs.
DeJoy tried to offer Hawley an extra $2,500, but it was returned since he had surpassed the limitation for the election cycle. It's a typical characteristic in DeJoy's FEC history, suggesting that he gives so much cash so frequently, to a lot of Republican prospects, that sometimes he loses track.


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Detroit Regional Chamber > Member News > Butzel Long attorney named a graduate of Leadership Oakland's Class LOXXIV; Ziyad I. Hermiz is one of 47 graduates of year-long program
Butzel Long attorney named a graduate of Leadership Oakland's Class LOXXIV; Ziyad I. Hermiz is one of 47 graduates of year-long program
DETROIT, Mich. – Butzel Long attorney Ziyad I. Hermiz is one of 47 business and non-profit professionals who completed the requirements for Leadership Oakland, a year-long leadership development program. The class of LOXXIV gained leadership insight personally, professionally and through public awareness and service.
Based in Butzel Long's Detroit office, Hermiz concentrates his practice in the area of business litigation and was named a Michigan Super Lawyers Rising Star (Business Litigation) 2012-2013.
Hermiz also has served as a coordinator for the Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association's Access to Justice Program's legal clinic, providing pro bono legal services. In 2011, he was honored during the Legal Aid and Defender Association, Inc.'s First Annual Laddy's Pro Bono Awards Ceremony for exceptional pro bono volunteer service.
Prior to joining Butzel Long, Mr. Hermiz interned for the Honorable Judge Avern Cohn for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (2007-2008).
Hermiz recently served as the Vice President of the Chaldean American Bar Association. He is a member of the State Bar of Michigan and the American Bar Association. Hermiz is admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
Hermiz is a graduate of The University of Detroit Mercy School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2008), where he was the Executive Editor of the University of Detroit Mercy Law Review and received the Dean's Scholarship for Academic Excellence. Moreover, he was inducted into the Justice Frank Murphy Honor Society, honoring graduates with outstanding academic achievement. He completed his undergraduate business studies at Michigan State University (B.A., with honors, 2004) where he was the recipient of the Phillip and Viola May Scholarship.
Butzel Long is one of the leading law firms in the United States. It was founded in 1854, making this year its 160th anniversary of providing trusted client service. Butzel's full-service offices are located in Detroit, Bloomfield Hills, Lansing and Ann Arbor, Mich.; New York, NY; and, Washington, D.C., as well as alliance offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Mexico City and Monterrey. It is an active member of Lex Mundi, a global association of 160 independent law firms. Learn more by visiting www.butzel.com.


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Q: PHP, array count, two foreach combination I am solving this not understandable script, I even don't know where from to start. Maybe someone will help me.
I got two arrays example:
$a1 = array(1,2,3 ...);
$a2 = array(4,5,6 ...);

what I need is that first array will divide all values by itsel
for this I would like to get script which will work like this (array values can be savet to the same name because will be anyway continue with them, can be new variable, in this example I use new). In the same way variable can be devidet by itself to get 1 but prefer not to. Example of count.
$b1 = array([0]/[1], [0]/[2], [0]/[3], [1]/[0], [1]/[2], [1]/[3], [2]/[0], [2]/[1], [2]/[3], [3]/[0], [3]/[1], [3]/[2]);
$b2 = array( *** The same like $b1 ***);

On the end will go foreach to write values to table, this I solved already
echo "

";
    foreach($b1 as $key1 => $val1){
        foreach($b2 as $key2 =>$val2){

           echo "".$key1.$key2."
".val1*val2."	";

        }
        echo "

";
      }
    echo "

"

Anyone can give me a help to this issue?

A: To do the division of each element is relatively simple. You do it with 2 for loops. The one thing you have to bear in mind, however, is avoiding division by 0. Do you have elements that could be 0? If so, do you want the division result to be 0, or the same as the numerator? the code I show below assumes the latter:
function getDivided($array) {
    $length = count($array);
    $return = [];
    for ($i = 0; $i < $length; $i++) {
        for ($j = 0; $j < $length; $j++) {
            if ($i === $j) continue;
            //the following assumes that the values in the array are never < 1 Change this according to your needs
            $return[] = $array[$i] / max($array[$j], 1);

            //Another option is to use a conditional
            $return[] = $array[$j] === 0 ? $array[$i] : $array[$i] / $array[$j];
        }
    }

    return $return;
}

$b1 = getDivided($a1);
$b2 = getDivided($a2);


Current editorial fits into the series that started with Team Building: 10 Tips To Improve Team Focus, Morale and Results, followed by Successful Techniques To Team Building. This issue is about Why Team Building Is Vital To Success.
As introduction to Why Team Building Is Vital To Success, let us consider a football team (soccer in the States).
I am a fan of Arsenal Football Club / The Gunners. For 10 years running, under the management of trainer Arsene Wenger, the team is executing game after game an harmonic ballet-footwall unrivaled by the other competitors. Maybe only matched by the Ajax-Amsterdam of the 1970s and Real Madrid of the 1960s. And the game remains attractive, year in year out, whatever maybe the players on the pitch. Even the departure of top leader players does no modify the fluid and efficient playing matrix.
That is the reason, in 10 years time Arsenal remained on the top four of the league and won three championships plus three Football Association (FA) cups and other Coca-Cola and Carling cups. Further, the team won year 2004-Championship without loosing a single game in 60 appearances. The Invincibles.
Such persistence in high level performance is a proof that Arsene Wenger developed a team spirit that lifts the players to play attractive football, enjoyed by fans, win trophies - and increase turnover year after year.
Indeed, Arsenal, on September 27, 2007 released fiscal year ending May 31, 2007 report, which figures show their move to the Emirates Stadium in 2006/ 2007 helped increase turnover to more than �200m.
The report also revealed group operating profits up by an astonishing 274%, to �51.2m. These well exceed the likes of Manchester United and Chelsea, whose respective turnover for the same period was �167.8m and �152.8m.
So, Arsene Wenger in 10 years time, gave a soul to Arsenal and created a team spirit independent of players acting on the pitch.
That spirit is visible and palpable at the beginning of 2007 / 2008 season for which many pundits predicted a rough ride for Arsenal as their best player striker of the 1998/2007 decade, Thierry Henry, left for Barcelona Football Club.
That is not what is evolving now as the club won The Emirates and Ajax Amsterdam Tournaments in 2007 summer, and since the beginning of the 2007/2008 season won 10 games in a raw (Barclays Premier League and European Championship League) - with a healthy lead in the Premiership table. That is quite a performance. Let us see if the fourth league championship title would be added to the list at the end of the 2007/2008 season.
Arsene Wenger speaking to France Football magazine third week of September 2007 (partially translated in The Guardian dated September 30, 2007 under the title: Doctor Wenger's Diagnosis) about his misgivings over the departure from Arsenal of David Dein (Arsenal then football director) and Thierry Henry, took a dig at Chelsea in emphasising the importance of 'growing' a team rather than buying one.
France Football magazine's interviewers asked Wenger: Wasn't allowing Henry to go to Barcelona, paradoxically, a sign that you wanted to stay for the long term?
A paradox? No. Thierry was coming up to 30 years old [born 18 Aug, 1977]; he knew we were moving forward with a young team. He wasn't exactly sure of my plans about staying. He had come to a stage, where, as a forward he didn't have much time left. I understand that completely. He said to me: 'Coach, it's true we have a good team, it's also true we have a young team. It will become very strong, for sure, but me, I don't have the time to wait. Will it be strong next season, or the one after that? I don't know - but me, now, I've faced up to this decision.
And I said to him: 'But Thierry, I understand your problem completely. I think the team will be very strong, very soon but I understand why you ask the question.' So, he told me: 'I want to leave,' and that's why he left. With hindsight, it's true that David leaving had a bearing on Thierry's decision, made it easier in some way. Thierry's injuries also contributed to his leaving. He was less involved with the team and then, after a few games, you had to say, no, we are not going to win the league. The strength of a team depends on self-belief and once we were out of the title race, we lost our belief. I mean the belief the players have in themselves. Maybe, at a certain stage, Thierry thought the belief had gone.
The last delivery of this series provides basic information about a network of medium-scale ops to producing brown (unrefined) sugar in African countries.
Current issue briefly highlights the importance of the industry as a fundamental component to a Strategic Developing Scheme [1, 2, 3].
However, sugarcane is a paramount representative of biomass [a term that refers to plant materials including wood pulp, leaves, cereals' straw (rice, sorghum, wheat and corn), and livestock waste] from which almost all the products obtained from petroleum can be manufactured or extracted.
2- (a) Biodegradable plastic; (b) animal-feed; (c) various types of paper; (d) pharmaceuticals products and nutriments [42, 43, 44, 45, 46] and other products such as highly reactive furfurol, for synthesizing organic compounds, that can be used as raw-materials for chemical and pharmaceutical industries.
Ethanol can be used as fuel (pure or as additive to petrol) to power motor cars and power-generating engines. It is the gateway to the so-called alcohol-chemistry for manufacturing an impressive line of products: polyethylene, styrene, ketones, acetaldehyde, polystyrene, acetic acid, ether, acetone. And a broad range of products that can be transformed into a vast array of synthetic fibers, paints, varnishes, containers, tubes, solvents and hardening agents. And fertilizers (from the effluents). Not to forget other derivatives: dextran, xanthan, sorbitol, glycerol, refined cake wax, anti-fungicides. Etc.
In brief, sugarcane industry is capable of generating the same kinds of chemicals derived from petroleum industry in addition to yeast, herbicides and insecticides, with an important difference that these products are biodegradable and environment friendly.
The vast list of products above listed that can be produced from sugarcane show why it is important for an emerging country (that has or does not have oil fields) to establish a sugar industry.
In addition to saving hard foreign currencies, such an industry would boost the developing on a high sustainable double-digit yearly growth rate as it contributes to the introduction to the scheme of new business opportunities that would keep the high growth rate process on track, year in year out.
Further, if the industry is tailored as a network of medium scale producers as here suggested, the benefits in industrial and rural jobs' creation is high.


A whopping 252 acres of land acquired for the Mopa international airport will be utilised for commercial development, Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar said on Thursday. Addressing media persons, Parsekar said the Mopa airport, the second international airport in Goa, will be built on an area of 84,68,261 sq mtrs (2093 acres), of which 252 acres, over 12 percent of the area, would be utilised for commercial development.
The first phase of the airport will be completed by 2019-2020 and will handle 4.5 million passengers annually, Parsekar said adding that the concession agreement with Bengaluru-based GMR Airports Ltd would be signed on November 8, adding that Dabolim airport will continue to retain its existing status of being an international airport.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone for the airport along with that for the Electronic City at Tuem on November 13 during his visit to the State. Both projects are proposed on public-private partnership (PPP) model.
Speaking in presence of cabinet colleague Rajendra Arlekar, who is the Pernem MLA, the Chief Minister said that the first phase of the airport is expected to be completed by 2019-20 with a total handling capacity of 4.5 million annually. "It would be incrementally increased to 13 million by completion of the fourth phase. The ultimate capacity of the airport is 28 million annually," he said.
Asked whether the State would be in a position to handle such a large passenger load, Parsekar said that during the BJP tenure, the State recorded a substantial rise in tourist inflow. "In the first year it went up by 20 percent, then 25 percent and in the last season it touched 30 percent rise. We have been able to handle such huge traffic and will continue to do so. It is one of the leading revenue generation sources for the State," he said.
The airport with code 4F runway, will be capable of handling A380 Jumbo jet aircraft with unrestricted flight operations, Parsekar said. "Having no time restriction, airlines will be able to decide on their efficient fleet and route planning and this will help in competitive costing," he said adding that the facility will also have a state-of-art terminal building.
The electronic manufacturing cluster proposed at Tuem, in an area measuring 5,97,125 sq mtrs, has been sanctioned Rs 50 crore by Central government and the amount is likely to go up to Rs 60-70 core in the next few days.
"For the very first time, BJP has managed to give two MLAs to Pernem and both are ministers. One is a chief minister. This is the biggest benefit that a remote taluka like Pernem has got. Both projects will help the remote villages to get international status," the Chief Minister said.
Asserting that in both the projects the bid documents make it mandatory for providing employment to locals, Parsekar said the projects will have significant impact in case of increase in air traffic, job creation and boosting overall state economy.


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