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Group photo at Russell Glacier. From left to right: Jeremy Bassis, Perry Samson, Marc Koerschner, Alec Beljanski, Ally Finch, McKenzie Zauel, Celeste Rogers, Gwyneth Martin, Ian Kelley, Celia Warner, Homero Rincon, Abby Meyer, Lydia Gilbert, Mark Flanner, Bob Clauer, Sean Patrick.
Making a difference around the world
Story by Fernanda Pires
Bonus video: Rohan Wagle's experience in India. "Instead of doing an internship related to my field, I changed up and did something completely different," he said.
ANN ARBOR—Many University of Michigan students spent their summer actively and passionately engaged in communities nearby and across the globe. Besides creating unforgettable memories, students made a difference in the lives of people through service and research. This extra step in their academic journey—impactful and empowering summer projects—will help shape their careers.
Students from the Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering worked on dozens of atmospheric measurements in Greenland. A team from the Center for Socially Engaged Design created a first-of-a-kind community database in Ecuador.
A student at the School of Public Health worked to reduce food insecurity and its associated health problems in Detroit. A group from the School of Nursing shadowed midwives delivering babies in Denmark.
These projects are just some of the highlights of a wide range of things U-M students were involved in the past few months.
Climate science on the largest island on Earth
An overhead view from Sean's drone of the campsite.
Lydia Gilbert and Homero Rincon Tamez were part of a group of 13 undergraduates from three universities who went on a 10-day research expedition in Greenland.
Abby Meyer, Celia Warner, and Marc packing up a drone.
The collaborative project provided rare hands-on activities for climate science students to explore authentic atmospheric and space science issues.
The expedition was based in Kangerlussuaq, a community on the island's southwestern coast, located north of the Arctic Circle. The group ventured out onto a vast, flat, treeless region to conduct experiments near the Greenland Ice Sheet, the second-largest on the planet.
With new and sophisticated techniques and drones to map the area and take images from the ice sheets, the students worked on several measurements: wind speed, volume, temperature and direction, air quality, water flow and net radiators—how much energy the earth is getting from the sun and if the ground is getting warmer or cooler.
Getting back onto the LC-130 in Canada after a refuel.
"Seeing the glaciers made climate change real," Gilbert said. "I was converted to glaciology and now I want to study the internal dynamics and effects of glaciers to help understand how glaciers are calving and falling apart and how it can affect the levels rise."
Tamez is from Monterrey, Mexico, one of the most polluted cities in Latin America.
"I knew there was an air quality problem in my city and now I can really compare it," he said. "I want to help to change it and investigate what can be done to have a good quality in Mexico and in the city I am from."
Old-fashioned techniques were a big part of this trip as well, as the crew commemorated the expeditions of the 1920s conducted by U-M professor William Hobbs by recreating some of the observations made then with old technologies.
Everyone walking to the Big House at Summit Station.
"Hobbs gave us the first real data on the climatic conditions in Greenland," said Perry Samson, professor of climate and space sciences and engineering. "His research has been invaluable in understanding the regional climate systems in the Arctic, so tracing some of his steps was remarkable."
But Samson said the main goal of the trip was to challenge the students to see what questions they would generate in the field to stimulate them to want to do more about climate change.
"My hope was that the students walked away with a renewed energy and curiosity about climate science that they wouldn't have otherwise," Samson said. "I also hope they will carry that enthusiasm and curiosity to other students and the community. This is the only way we can prepare the next generation of climate scientists."
Water access in rural South America
The C-SED student team hikes to an interview, which generally took place at households of community members in the agricultural community
A Card Sorting Activity we conducted with Nido de Vida to better understand their goals and priorities for community engagement and project types
Jessica Kahn, a student in environmental engineering, spent eight weeks in an agricultural community in Ecuador, conducting a needs-assessment project in partnership with the family organization Nido de Vida of Uníon La Bolivarense.
Together with three other students from the Center for Socially Engaged Design, Kahn collected and organized information about water access and use in the small rural community. The goal is to use that data to identify needs and potential future project areas.
"One of the reasons I selected this project was to explore what a water resources engineering project abroad is like, and to see if I want to pursue making these types of projects my career focus," Kahn said.
Last year, during summer 2018, a group of students from the center traveled there to identify and explore opportunities for impactful projects in the La Bolivarense community.
"It was our first opportunity for on-site research and information gathering," said student Cameron Beversluis. "Water access was seen as one of the most important challenges, since most people rely on surface water sources such as streams and rivers, while some rely on wells.
Erin learns about hybridization techniques to improve fruit sapling growth in the Ecuadorian climate from a local farmer.
"That is why this year the goal of the project was to accumulate, organize and distribute information regarding water access and use within the community. This data will now allow Nido de Vida and the community to better understand their current water access and use habits, and to look toward potential solution spaces related to water."
Among the recommendations the team put together: more investigations on how to move water without a gas or electric pump to minimize costs; instead of plastic tanks, the construction of cement tanks that can reduce prices; and a conservation/education effort accompanied by community building efforts.
"My experience with Nido de Vida made me more familiar with Ecuadorian culture and the specific water issues of La Bolivarense," Kahn said. "And because of my work this summer and my experience with assessing the water-related needs of a community, it will be valuable while exploring the possibility of a partnership between Nido de Vida and another student project called Aquador, where I am the co-president and design team lead."
Public Health student Erica Bennion spent all summer as an intern at a non-profit based in Detroit that serves the American Indian/Alaska Native (AIAN) community.
Erica Bennion, a student at the School of Public Health, spent the summer as an intern at American Indian Health and Family Services, a Detroit-based nonprofit that serves the American Indian/Alaska Native community and other underserved populations in southeastern Michigan.
Her project goal was to help the organization maximize its impact in reducing food insecurity and associated health problems, including poor mental health and obesity.
"To do so, I analyzed survey data from a food provision program called Fresh Rx, in which physicians 'prescribe' fruit and vegetable consumption and provide monthly produce baskets to low-income patients with chronic disease," Bennion said.
Survey results indicated an improvement in participants' overall mental health, depression, energy level and mental capacity to go about their usual activities after participating in Fresh Rx.
Participants also felt more confident in their ability to find fresh fruits and vegetables in their community (24% increase), select quality fruits and vegetables (12% increase) and store produce appropriately to make it last (24% increase).
According to Bennion, Fresh Rx could impact even more people if it coordinated with physicians from other clinics or made care at American Indian Health and Family Services more affordable by extending the ambit of acceptable insurance.
"Many participants have limited transportation to AIHFS, so picking up the baskets before produce began to spoil was a challenge," she said. "They suggested giving vouchers for local farmers markets and grocery stores instead."
Now, Bennion plans to pursue a career in program evaluation to help organizations like American Indian Health and Family Services maximize their efficacy.
"I am passionate about mental health and about improving food environments, air quality and access to quality medical care," she said.
Oh, babies!
Nursing student Gabriela Miles spent a month in Copenhagen, Denmark, shadowing midwives.
In Denmark, midwives deliver more than 90% of babies and can work completely on their own one-on-one with pregnant women.
Gabriela Miles was among 10 students from the School of Nursing who spent a month in Copenhagen shadowing midwives.
"In the U.S., most deliveries are by OBs who come in just for the actual delivery as opposed to total care," Miles said. "Most of us had a particular interest in women's health, OB specifically, and were interested in what we could learn from this holistic care process."
The trip—which consisted of lectures, two weeks of clinical hours and discussions on the Danish system—gave students the opportunity to experiment with the midwife approach and potentially apply some of the techniques in the U.S.
"This experience taught me how I can help empower women as a nurse," Miles said. "During labor, you can be the person who advocates and helps moms to have the best experience they can, so they don't look back traumatized on what happened.
"What I took away from this and want to bring to my future career is a movement toward not fearing birth. I want to educate people so they can embrace this beautiful and natural process. Birth is a natural process and not a medical condition. These women are not sick, they are doing something extraordinary."


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"Aftersun"- did any of you watch it?
I just finished watching this absolutely beautiful, poignant film, and I couldn't help but wonder if any of you watched it. It's a very quiet, slow movie, so if you are someone who needs fast shots and big things happening, this isn't for you. Paul Mescal gives such a poignant, subtle, understated but beautiful performance.
It's about an 11 year old girl who goes on a holiday to Turkey with her 30 year old father, who is turning 31. The film takes place 20 years later, with a now 31 year old Sophie remembering that Holiday she took with her father 20 years earlier, and the last time she saw him (from what I gathered). Sophie lives with her mother, as her father and mother divorced, and she has a very distant relationship with her father, who she wants to feel close to and he pretends to as much as he can but she can tell he's going through his own personal struggles (financially and personally).
It's such an interesting film with such a beautiful performance from Paul Mescal. While I doubt he will get nominated, I would love to see him get an Oscar nod for this. He didn't get in at the Globes but he did the Critics Choice.
I did see this movie, it was interesting , I wish they had more context to what situation the father got into the night he got drunk and ended up naked in bed.
by Anonymous reply 1 December 23, 2022 9:26 PM
R1 I don't think there was any situation. That was the night he went up to bed early and his daughter didn't wanna come. He fell asleep early and she was locked out.
Maybe he had some drinks but I don't think there was much there to think of.
And Mescal dong in the movie?
R3 no.
Any gay content or themes?
by Anonymous reply 5 December 23, 2022 10:07 PM
the father is handsome and has a nice ass R5
R5 no. Because the world doesn't revolve around us. I said what the movies about. A father and daughter. Jesus.
So what are his personal struggles
R8 wait… you think sexuality is the only struggle someone can have?
R8 men and women can have many issues in life that have nothing to do with sexuality. Maybe you should get off the internet and go out into the real world. Clearly the internet is doing you zero favors.
by Anonymous reply 10 December 24, 2022 1:24 AM
Paul Mescal is lovely. I need to watch him in other projects.
by Anonymous reply 11 December 24, 2022 7:59 PM
Such an odd film. There's a lot to respect in this - raw and creative cinematography, perfect acting, clever and observant script. But those detail describe a well crafted "small" film. Yet the film had such emotional power. The total way more than the sum of its parts.
R12 the girl who plays the daughter was wonderful, but Paul Mescal really kept me interested. He was so good. I loved this small film. I didn't expect to.
Raw and creative cinematography, prefect acting, clear and observant script, such emotional power, and made me ravenous to lick Mescal's shitter.
R 10 is spot on. Stating the obvious but nobody cares
R10 you're a jerk
It's a beautiful film. Really moving.
R16 It trolls a lot - block worthy
It was a beautiful film - I found it heartbreaking - even though it was so well done, I could never watch it again!
Does he show his cock?
R20 Already that failed attempt at R3.
I do not, and r10 is still a jerk.
Why do I get the impression one of the posters on here hasn't even watched it?
Since I probably will never see it, could someone just provide spoilers:
Why is this trip the last time sophie sees Calum? Does he die or does he simply exit her life?
What is the significance of the rave scenes and the ending of his walking into the room with the rave?
What is the takeaway regarding theme?
Thank you for sharing this, OP! I love films like this - it's definitely on my 'must watch' list for the coming weeks.
Wasn't there stories of Mescal being a homophobic bully in drama school?
R24 One of its virtues is not supplying easy answers. None of your questions have clear answers,
I just assumed he committed suicide, but that was not shown in the least. Like great poetry, it's not what you make of the film, but rather what the film makes of you.
R27 is right. We can only assume what might have happened. But we will never know. We only know that he is severely depressed, hurting and broke, and he has made many mistakes. We also know that he adores his daughter. We see him crying at one point. He runs away one night and looks like he might have died that night (I know that he comes back to the room but....we never see him getting out of the water on a very dark, windy night). And that, whatever happened to her father, she might never get over what happened. It is heartbreaking.
He saw her off at the airport so we know he was still alive then.
Yes, but did you realize how strange the background was when he finished filming? Also, since it deals with her memory (even though there are recordings, they are still memories) we are never sure what is what or when is when. It is a puzzle that is missing too may pieces for ours to solve.
Spoiler alert (or rather, interpretation alert):
R28 R29 The scenes were not chronologically arranged always. Cuts back and forth in time. The scene of his walking off into the dark tide was presented as his "lost night" where he left her locked out of the room... but I took it to be what happened after he left her at the airport. He went back to the resort. The darkness overwhelmed him.
One of the few times I'm happy to see spoilers.
The trailer didn't get me interested in seeing this film but I thought I might check it out on streaming but after reading about it here I'm definitely not going to watch.
R27 there isn't an ounce of implication he committed suicide. He just cut ties with her and her mom.
[quote]Interspersed throughout the film are strobe-lit dance rave sequences featuring a crowd of dancing people, Calum in a stupor dancing, and a confused adult Sophie watching the rave unfold from afar. She attempts multiple times to close the distance between herself and Calum but fails, and an adult Sophie appears and angrily pushes her father over when she reaches him.
[quote]Later, Calum and Sophie are at the airport, signalling the end of their holiday and the last moment they spend in each other's presence. He, waving goodbye, sends her off on her flight back home to her mother. Calum then turns around and walks down the hallway to the room of the dance rave.
Any interpretations of the importances of the raves?
Also, how does the title, Aftersun, fit in?
R33 the man is depressed. When his daughter sings happy birthday, he is very uncomfortable, and he cries when he is alone. I am not saying that he has committed suicide, but it is not out of the question.
He is happy when he isn't with her. He feels no connection to her anymore.
I think it's rather heavily implied he kills himself.
I think it's heavily implied he said goodbye and never looked back.
The young actress playing Sophie deserves an Oscar for this.
Good lord OP. I actually followed this thread and watched the film a few minutes ago. This one made me cry. If you ever possibly had a single parent or a
parent die when you were young, I think this film will have special meaning.. There are alot of times now where I think about my mother/father and how they
dealt with certain things, and even wanted to wake up in the morning.. (and I have far more respect for them now as I get into my forties)
This was an outstanding film.
There are a lot signs and some really beautiful symbolism, etc..
There is pretty much no doubt for me what happened to the dad.
I even just checked out the WIkI page, and I think it explains the film as good as anyone can.
That one scene toward the end of the dad alone really got me, as well as the very subtle shot of the meditation books, etc..
One of the best films I have seen in years.
Mescal on Graham Norton alluded to his character as having mental problems.
Mescal was spotted out with Angelina
Interesting but lethargic film that is nowhere near the MASTERPIECE it's been touted to be since Cannes.
This person thinks Mescal's character may have been queer. But don't all gay men assume that with everyone?
"In an ideal world, best actor would be between Paul Mescal and Colin Farrell this awards season"
"Lee Byung-hun in I Saw the Devil Paul Mescal in Aftersun Two internalized performances that set up an emotional trap on you, and then release it so, so powerfully."
Has anyone watched I Saw The Devil? Was it good?
I would love Mescal to at least get nominated.
For whatever reason this film gets into your bones- and he really had a charisma of a star in this film.
R44 — aha !
R5 and r8
Paul Mescal for James Bond?
R49 that's a rumor.
Months ago the director, Charlotte Wells, posted a picture of her and her dad when they were on vacation in Turkey. He was about 31 years old and she was about 11 years old. The characters in the movie are a fair approximation of the real characters in this picture. The picture is posted at link, but you may have to click into it to see the entire picture(s).
I can't find anything where she states clearly what happened to her father, but she seems to refer to him in the past tense in interviews and press junkets for the film.
Here's the source for the information on the real picture of her and her father. From Charlotte:
[quote] This film is unmistakably fiction, but within it is a truth that is mine; a love that is mine. Photos, videos—records of different types—are enclosed in the film and so it felt appropriate to enclose one here. A photograph of my dad and of me—the starting point for this project—each a single shot because photos of us both are in short supply in that pre-selfie era. I am 10 or 11, Sophie's age in the film. My Dad is 31 or 32, a little younger than I am now. We happen to be in Turkey.
Adult Sophie is a lesbian with a partner and child so there's some gay content.
I got teary eyed when I saw Paul received that Oscar nom. Much deserved for such a beautiful, poignant, understated performance. He was lovely.
R54- I am thrilled for him-
The linked video compares the Aftersun script to the last 6 minutes of the movie.
IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE MOVIE YET, don't watch the video and skip this post. You'll never get the impact of the scene without seeing what comes before it in the film.
IF YOU HAVE SEEN THE MOVIE, you may be interested in this presentation of the end of the film with the script comparison. It reveals a couple of interesting things:
The script makes it clearer what adult Sophie is doing while dancing with the memory of her father. It's sometimes hard to make out her reactions in the strobe lights of the rave.
Also, the script doesn't end with the last scene used in the movie. The script includes two small scenes that were to follow the movie's last scene, but they were eventually discarded. They apparently decided it was too hard to add anything to the final scene in the movie where Calum walks down the airport hallway, opens the double doors, and enters his daughter's everlasting memory. The audience is left alone in that cold, florescent lit hallway, staring at the strobe-light flashes leaking behind the double doors. THE END.
What a beautiful, heart-wrenching movie. I adored it, and it will stick with me.
R57 I loved it too. And I just happened to stumble across it. I never heard of it and saw a photo of it and read what it was about, so I looked it up and rented it on iTunes. I loved it and it really struck a chord with me, and that's when I made the thread to recommend it to you all. It was lovely.

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Марселлино Пипите () — политик Вануату.

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Работал учителем, директором школы, занимал пост национального координатора программы Фонда ООН в области народонаселения по репродуктивному здоровью подростков.

В 2004 году избран в Парламент Вануату от сельского избирательного округа острова Эспириту-Санто. Переизбирался в 2008 и 2012 гг. Представляет Республиканскую партию Вануату.

В июле-декабре 2004 гг. занимал пост министра всесторонней программы реформ в правительстве Сержа Вохора, курируя приватизационные проекты; в ноябре-декабре был также министром иностранных дел. В 2006—2007 гг. министр сельского хозяйства в правительстве Гама Лини. Вернулся в правительство в 2012 году при премьер-министре Сато Килмане, заняв должность министра образования. В марте 2013 году принял участие в демарше части членов правительства, объявивших о своём переходе в оппозицию; в результате Килман ушёл в отставку, а кресло премьер-министра занял Моана Каркассес Калосил, в кабинете которого Пипите получил портфель министра туризма и внешней торговли, однако уже в июне того же года после конфликта с премьером вновь оказался в оппозиции.

16 июня 2015 года был избран спикером Парламента Вануату вместо Ф. Боэдоро. 9 октября судья Мэри Сей признала Пипите и 13 других парламентариев виновными во взяточничестве, установив, что Каркассес заплатил своим коллегам по парламенту в общей сложности 35 миллионов вату ($452,000) за голосование по вотуму недоверия правительству Джо Натумана 11 июня 2015 года. В воскресенье 11 октября Пипите, воспользовавшись тем, что президент Вануату Балдвин Лонсдейл на выходные уехал из страны, в связи с чем формально исполняющим обязанности президента становится спикер Парламента, издал распоряжение о помиловании всех осуждённых, включая самого себя.

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Q: Setup one member MongoDB replica set I want to convert a standalone machine into one member replica set by configuring the same in /etc/init.d/mongodb.
I came across the below command to do the same:
sudo mongod --port 27017 --dbpath /srv/mongodb/db0 --replSet rs0

But it's not working out. My mongo is configured to run on autostart.
I ran the following command to stop the running instance before running with the --replSet option.
sudo service mongod stop

Both commands above run without any output/error but when I run rs.initiate(), I get the error below:
{
    "ok" : 0,
    "errmsg" : "not authorized on admin to execute command { replSetInitiate: undefined }",
    "code" : 13
}

From the error message it looks like the issue seems to be of access. Can anybody give any pointers?
Also, if I succeed with above command, will I need to make any changes to /etc/mongod.conf or /etc/init.d/mongodb so that the instance continues to run as a one node replica?

A: Firstly: There are two ways of setting a mongod process's configuration; either (as in the command you found) as parameters on the command line, or in a configuration file mongod.conf. Your setup seems to be using a configuration file, so you need to put the replica set settings in the mongod.conf file, not on the command line.
Secondly: to run the rs.initiate() command on a system where authentication is enabled, as yours is, you must be authenticated as a user who has permission to run this command

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Q: How to make Alexa respond two time? How do i make alexa to respond as describe using node js ?
User: Hello, i am john.
Alexa: Ok, i know who you are you
Alexa: Do you want to know my name?

A: You make it one reponse with a period between the sentences. You can also use Alexa's SSML tags for a longer pause between sentences. Neither requires node.js as it would just be part of the response string, whatever programming language you use.
Here's a getting started tutorial for node.
https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/alexa/alexa-skills-kit/get-deeper/tutorials-code-samples/build-an-engaging-alexa-skill/module-3


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Q: Using Unmanaged! as key in NSMutableDictionary I'm trying to create a keychain query but I'm having difficulties with using Attribute Item Keys as dictionary keys. When creating the dictionary I can pass the attribute items wrapped in an array as dictionary keys like so without any issues
genericPasswordQuery = NSMutableDictionary(objects: [kSecClassGenericPassword, identifier], forKeys: [kSecClass, kSecAttrGeneric])

However if I try to add another similar item to the query dict like so:
genericPasswordQuery.setObject(accessGroup, key:kSecAttrAccessGroup)

It complains that the key doesn't conform to NSCopying and supplies the type error:
"could not find an overload for 'setObject' that accepts the supplied arguments"
This is the standard implementation of a SecItemAdd but I'm having issues doing it in Swift.

A: I think I figured out a solution. From the docs:

When Swift imports APIs that have not been annotated, the compiler
  cannot automatically memory manage the returned Core Foundation
  objects. Swift wraps these returned Core Foundation objects in an
  Unmanaged structure. All indirectly returned Core Foundation
  objects are unmanaged as well.
When you receive an unmanaged object from an unannotated API, you
  should immediately convert it to a memory managed object before you
  work with it. That way, Swift can handle memory management for you.
  The Unmanaged structure provides two methods to convert an
  unmanaged object to a memory managed object—takeUnretainedValue() and
  takeRetainedValue().

Current implementation:
genericPasswordQuery = NSMutableDictionary(objects: [kSecClassGenericPassword, identifier], forKeys: [kSecClass, kSecAttrGeneric])

var kSecAttrAccessGroupSwift: NSString = kSecAttrAccessGroup.takeRetainedValue() as NSString
genericPasswordQuery.setObject(accessGroup, forKey: kSecAttrAccessGroupSwift)

This runs fine in Xcode but a Playground immediately crashes when I add .takeRetainedValue


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beyonce really is queen of pop as she earns €92m this year
By Kiran Moodley
November 06 2014 11:09 AM
Forbes magazine has labelled Beyoncé the highest-earning woman in music in 2014, having experienced the biggest year of her career and having doubled her earnings from last year.
In 2013, the superstar brought in €42.35m. This year, she raked in a tidy €91.9m.
According to Forbes and Pollstar, Beyoncé played 95 shows and on average she took home €1.9m per city.
The release of her self-titled surprise album in December 2013 also helped boost the singer's earnings.
Beyoncé's bank balance was also aided with endorsement deals from H&M and Pepsi.
The singer, who is married to rapper Jay-Z, may see things get even better, having announced last week that she will launch a label of athletic streetwear with Topshop for autumn 2015.
"This not a collaboration. This is about building a brand and building a business - a separate, proper business, with separate overhead and a separate office," Topshop owner Sir Philip Green said of the deal.
Second on Forbes' list is Taylor Swift with €51.15m in the bank that is aided by countless live shows and endorsements for Diet Coke, Keds and CoverGirl.
Her latest album, 1989, is already soaring up the charts.
Pink and Rihanna are third and fourth on the list, worth roughly €41.5m and €38.5m respectively.
Forbes' top-earning women in music:
l Beyoncé - €92m
l Taylor Swift - €51.15m
l Pink - €41.5m
l Rihanna - €38.5m
l Katy Perry - €31.9m
l Jennifer Lopez - €29.5m
l Miley Cyrus - €28.7m
l Celine Dion - €28.7m
l Lady Gaga - €26m
l Britney Spears - €16m


Discussion in 'RACE 07 Racing Club & Leagues' started by Stefan Werner, Jul 20, 2010.
Do you really need a description after that?
WOW not a single entry yet? Are you guys really going to force me to race publics tonight or watch the YAnkees whoop the snout out of the Royals rather than race?
I would love to join you guys, but since I got my new monitor race on, race 07 or evo will not run for me. It's weird it will run if I plug my old monitor in but crash everytime I try to start it with the new monitor. I'm going to reformat one day and start over fresh. Anyone else have that problem? I went from a 22"@1680x1050 to a 28"@1920x1200, the monitor was the only thing that changed. I tried the config program but it crashed to.
OH boy thats not cool!
Try posting your info in the harware/software forum here at RD!
Those guys know their stuff inside out man! IN fact I have my current machine entirely spec'd and priced out by one of the harware gru's!


I saw this post on Twitter and found it super funny that I decided to give it a try with Duckie. Hahaha. I got a cold reply but.. I still found it funny! Kulitan lang. Hehehe.
Birzzle is my favorite iPhone game these days. Here's my highest score. Adik lang?
Got so bored the other day that I started playing Tired Birds again. And my highest score now is 81260. What's yours?


Mama has many signature dishes, truly she makes magic in the kitchen. One of her dishes that I miss and crave is her Kabab Tawa, crispy on the outside and soft in the middle. She usually makes a big batch and freezes it for me, and I make sure I take my freezer bag with me on the Eurostar knowing it will be filled with yummy kabab. I tried many times to duplicate her recipes but I never get it as perfect as hers. I guess each magician has his/her own secret magic that can't be passed down to the apprentice. But I got it close and here is the recipe.
Firstly what is tawa. It means a frying pan, and this is what you will use to cook the kabab. Why Iraqi kabab? Because it is a popular dish in Iraq and doesn't use hot spices that the indian subcontinent use.
Just note , you will get your hand very sticky and messy. And you must get this consistency to allow the kabab to be soft in the middle.
The main ingredients are mince meat that has fat (it will not work if there is not fat) onions and parsley. Mum adds potato to make it crispy. You can add courgette also. Otherwise use can just stick to the three ingredients.
500 g mince lamb meat with fat. You can use any type of meat you like.
Step 1- Grate the potato and onions , or cut into thin small slices. Chop the parsley.
Step 2- In a bowl add place the meat and vegetables and herbs together and mix. Then add spices, flour and seasoning and mix well.
Step 4- In a large frying pan add enough oil on a medium / high heat.
Step 5- Take the kabab mix out of the fridge and have a small bowl of water next to you. Using your hands take a medium amount of the mix and place it on the palm of you hands and flatten it out, dip your fingers in the bowl of water and shape the kabab to help you.
Step 6- Start to fry the kabab till brown on one side and gently turn.
Serve with bread or fried potatoes, or with fried aubergines, salads or on it's own.


You use it every day, maybe more than your car, actually probably in your car, at work, at home, on vacation. You probably never cared which one you are using. It's the one tool that gives you access to it all. But at the same time could make you lose a lot, if not all. Whatever computer, tablet, smartphone, smartwatch or other device your using. What is it? Your web browser.
A lot of people were waiting for this. The real challenger to Facebook may have finally arrived.
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Girl gets really high and made a powerpoint about Shrek's children. It's glorious.
A girl has gone viral after getting really really high and waking up to find she'd made a full powerpoint presentation about Shrek's children, from the Shrek films.
Adea Pristine, in her own words, "Got rly high last night and made a powerpoint about Shrek's children. I hate myself."
Well, no-one else hates her, because her her presentation is pure, unadulterated WTF.
Got rly high last night and made a powerpoint about shreks children. I hate myself pic.twitter.com/FlaAeoeHyZ
— adea (@adea_pristine) September 14, 2016
What's that, you didn't know Shrek had kids? Here's Adea's presentation, for the uninitiated.
They're good friends with Donkey's children, apparently. That's nice. That's the kind of stuff you need to put into a presentation about Shrek's children, good work Adea. But we need more. Oh, there's more.
"But how can I differentiate them?" You ask. Adea's got you covered.
Before Adea sobered up / slept it off, she finished off the presentation with a "fun facts" section, because why the hell not?
After she tweeted her presentation to the world, it went viral. Other people tested Adea's knowledge on Shrek's kids, even though she's clearly the world's authority on the subject, as she even knew that Felicia's doll is named "Sir Squeakles".


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Art Prize
The clock face, Meroogal
Clock face detail, Meroogal. Photo Scott Hill © Sydney Living Museums
Washed away: the story of Meroogal's clock
Occupied for a century by five generations of the same family, Meroogal has accumulated a rich store of treasures and stories. In the hallway is a grandfather clock with the most wonderful and eventful history.
It first arrived from Scotland with the McKenzie family and was with them when they moved to a small village called Terara, on the banks of the Shoalhaven River. There the McKenzie family and their clock might have stayed if not for a catastrophe that struck in 1860.
By the banks of the Shoalhaven
Before the arrival of Europeans, including the McKenzies, the Shoalhaven district was a very different place. Its thickly wooded landscape, divided by river valleys, was home to the Yuin and Tharawal peoples.
The Shoalhaven River starts from far away in Cooma, winding through gorges and past inland sandy beaches, and eventually spreading out onto a rich alluvial flood plain which was originally thick with vegetation. In 1805 the explorers Lt. Bartholomew Kent and surveyor James Meehan first reported red cedar trees (Toona ciliata) along the river and it was the opportunity for cedar-cutting that initially brought more Europeans to the area.
'The lower reaches of the Shoalhaven River, Nowra'. W. H. Howes. ca1880s-1890s. Meroogal collection, Sydney Living Museums.
Alexander Berry (1781-1873) was another early explorer of the Shoalhaven River. With an eye to the wealth the cedar trees offered, he arrived in the district on the 21st June, 1822 to take up a land grant of 10,000 acres. The private estate he established on the north side of the river was called Coolangatta, while the land holdings on the southern side he called Numbaa.
In later years, as more settlers arrived, the village of Terara was established on the southern bank of Shoalhaven with a large public wharf. The productive alluvial soil was a magnet for the new colonial settlers. The river was vital for the development of the region as all the transportation of passengers, goods and information was by boat. Proximity to the river was important, however this came with an ominous side; as the indigenous inhabitants had long known, floods came with alarming regularity.
Upper Shoalhaven River', Louis Frank, Australia, 1884. Sydney Living Museums, Meroogal collection
The Mackenzies and Thorburns
In October 1838, Thomas (ca.1794-1892) and Mary McKenzie arrived from the parish of Loch Broom Ross Shire, in the highlands on the north-west coast of Scotland. Their first farming venture was in the coastal village of Kiama, which in 1839 boasted only four houses. A few years later Thomas entered into a partnership and took a farm upriver on the Shoalhaven in an area known as Wogamia. It was while living here in 1846 that their daughter Jessie Catherine (1824-1916) married Robert Thorburn, with the birth of their first child, a boy named for his father, the following year. Jessie and Robert eventually bought their own farm closer to the escarpment, away from the river, and raised their eight children.
In 1859, Thomas, Mary and their unmarried children moved and bought some allotments in the town of Terara, possibly for his retirement as he was now 67 years old. The move to what was, by comparison, the more cosmopolitan life of Terara was to prove disastrous.
Ambrotype portrait of Thomas McKenzie. Meroogal collection, Sydney Living Museums
'The most appalling scene of wildest desolation': the great flood of 1860
Only a year later the Shoalhaven flooded; one of a series of flash floods across the South Coast and entire Sydney Basin as the Nepean, Hawkesbury and Shoalhaven rivers all burst their banks, with catastrophic results. Thomas, Mary and their children narrowly escaped with their lives as their home was swept away. The Sydney Morning Herald, in a lengthy and detailed report about this most recent flood, described the devastation:
"The desolation of this district is beyond adequate description. …So quickly did the river rise that no time was afforded to save a single article. Women and children were carried through the water; some took refuge on the tops of their houses, and were swept away ; others flew to haystacks; many hung on to the branches of trees, and remained there for hours until taken off by boats.
…The great, the awful, and most appalling scene of wildest desolation, irrecoverable wreck, loss of life, and annihilation of houses and property, is Terara township. It would appear as if the avenging fury and power of the flood were reserved for the special destruction of the locality. Truly, it is a melancholy and soul harrowing sight, to look abroad upon the spots where goodly dwellings once stood, and happy, too confident families, once dwelt-living in peace and comfort; the creation of their own industry, and smiling in contentment and feelings of independence. "
The account continued, detailing scenes of heroism and tragedy. The McKenzies escaped with their lives as all around them was destroyed:
… The Mackenzies, a numerous, well-to do, and happy family of farmers, residing on the same estate, have lost house, barn, other out-buildings, and all they contained, also money ; indeed, they had barely time to save their lives; the headland, called 'Mackenzie's Point', jutting out some distance into the stream, has wholly disappeared, and better judges than I am say that from twenty to thirty acres, including portions of several Terara town allotments have been engulphed [sic] in the swollen river.
Sydney Morning Herald, Tuesday 13th March, 1860 'The late floods in the southern districts'.
A poignant reminder
Their possessions, home, and even the land on which it had stood vanished; so, with the help of their married children, the McKenzies moved away to the nearby village of Cambewarra. It seemed that the family had lost everything. Miraculously however, after the flood waters fully receded, the face and inner workings of their grandfather clock were recovered; the case had been smashed and the mechanism was full of mud. Eventually the clock was cleaned and returned to working order and, with a new case, became a treasured reminder of their lucky escape.
In 1879 the McKenzies were joined at Fairfield, Cambewarra, by their 14-year-old granddaughter Kennina Thorburn - known as Tottie or Tot - who cared for them. Tottie's widowed mother Jessie and three sisters, meanwhile, had moved into a new house. This was Meroogal, built for the family by Tot's older brother Robert to a design by their uncle, Jessie's younger brother Kenneth McKenzie (1836-1922).
Meroogal was built on several allotments on the western edge of the new town of Nowra, which had been laid out well above any possible flood line to avoid the earlier catastrophe.
Tottie Thorburn with her grandmother Mary McKenzie, around 1874. Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection, Sydney Living Museums
Robert Taylor Thorburn and his sisters Belle & Tot in front of Meroogal, Nowra, around 1887. Phillips & West, Landscape Photographers. June Wallace Papers. Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection, Sydney Living Museums
After the deaths of Mary (1886) then Thomas (1892, aged 98), the grandfather clock was left to Tottie and, when she returned to live at Meroogal, she brought it with her, along with a number of their other possessions.
The clock was installed in the hallway and now, 125 years later, it is still keeping time for visitors to the house. It is an enduring reminder of the family's emigration to New South Wales, the destruction at Terara, and the founding of the township of Nowra itself.
The clock in the hall at Meroogal around 1945. Photograph Mary Duckworth. June Wallace papers. Caroline Simpson Library and Research Collection, Sydney Living Museums
The clock in the front hall at Meroogal. Photo Scott Hill © Sydney Living Museums
Cheryl Scowen
Cheryl is a Visitor Interpretation Officer at Meroogal in Nowra.


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Decision coming on whether to charge top Buncombe law enforcement officer with felony gun theft
Joel Burgess
Asheville Citizen Times
ASHEVILLE - An investigation into whether the chief deputy of the Buncombe County Sheriff's Office stole a gun is complete and now awaits a decision on whether he will face charges, up to a felony.
Along with criminal punishment, the incident could result in loss of law enforcement certification for Chief Deputy Don Eberhardt, second in command to Sheriff Quentin Miller.
After completion of the investigation by the State Bureau of Investigation, Buncombe District Attorney Todd Williams passed the case to another prosecutor because of what he said is a conflict of interest. It is not clear when that prosecutor, Chuck Spahos of Morehead City, will make a decision on possible charges. Spahos could not be reached July 1 for comment.
Criminal investigations are not public record under state law.
Gun theft is felony, could lead to certification loss
Eberhardt, who was accused of stealing a firearm from a South Asheville gun store on April 9, has been on administrative leave since April 24.
Theft of a firearm is a class H felony under North Carolina General Statute 14-72. Charlotte criminal defense attorney Brad Smith said that is a lower grade felony that could result in a conditional discharge for someone without a criminal history, meaning it would be erased from the person's record after fulfilling certain conditions.
"But it could potentially put him in jeopardy in terms of his basic law enforcement certification," said Smith, of the firm Arnold and Smith.
An officer's certification can be revoked if the NC Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission deems he committed a felony, even if the officer wasn't convicted.
Eberhardt did not respond to a request for comment.
Asheville Fraternal Order of Police President Rondell Lance said Eberhardt, who has more than 20 years in law enforcement — most of it with the Asheville Police Department — was an FOP member. Eberhardt supervised APD's public housing unit, working closely with children through public outreach programs, and served as a recruiter for the department. Lance said that the FOP was providing Eberhardt with legal counsel, though declined to say who his attorney was.
Sheriff spokesman Aaron Sarver confirmed Eberhardt was still suspended but declined further comment.
"Since the beginning of this investigation, Sheriff Miller has been clear he will have no comment until we reach the conclusion of this process," Sarver said.
'Conflict of interest,' independent prosecutor
Williams requested the SBI investigate the firearm larceny allegation on April 21. After completion of the investigation last month, the district attorney announced he would not handle the case.
"I feel there is a conflict of interest due to Chief Deputy Eberhardt's central role in the command structure of the Sheriff's Office," he said in a June 16 tweet. Asked July 1 to clarify about the conflict, he said "there is a personal and professional relationship, and I perceive a conflict."
For an independent prosecutor, Williams went to the NC Conference of District Attorneys, which picked Spahos of Morehead City, who is listed as a financial crimes specialist.
It will not be the first time that Spahos stepped in to handle a prominent Asheville case. In 2019, he was picked when Williams requested an independent prosecutor look into the leaking of APD body camera footage that showed the beating of Black pedestrian Johnnie Rush. Spahos declined to bring charges following an investigation that included an attempt to question the Citizen Times reporter who published the footage.
Joel Burgess has lived in WNC for more than 20 years, covering politics, government and other news. He's written award-winning stories on topics ranging from gerrymandering to police use of force. Please help support this type of journalism with a subscription to the Citizen Times.


Cruise holidays can lead to multiple misconceptions. An ex-crew member dispels some of the myths around holidays on a cruise liner.
If we look back in history, cruise ships as we know them today are only about fifty years old. Way back, passengers used them to cross the Atlantic; these were mail ships that with time developed into cruise liners; Titanic or Queen Mary, anyone?
In a world were technology is rapidly changing life as we know it, undoubtedly it is also changing cruise ships. Building them bigger, taller, wider and smarter, some even becoming "smart-ships" offering high-tech touches.
Info: Did you know that the biggest cruise ship in the world can carry up to 6.000 passengers and has eighteen life boats with a capacity of 370 people each? Nowadays, building a big cruise ship takes up to two to three years and can cost anything around eight hundred million dollars.
Built in 2010 by 'Royal Carribbean International' the Allure Of The Seas is the world's largest cruise liner. A maximum of 5.400 passengers can be extended to an impressive 6.412 guest at double occupancy. 18 decks and 24 passenger elevators make the Allure Of The Seas comparable to a medium-sized skyscraper.
Regardless whether you are a passenger or a crew member yourself, nothing can prepare you to the overwhelming feeling of finding yourself inside one of these floating cities where no details are spared. Try to come up with something that the cruise companies haven't thought of already, and you will find it's almost impossible.
Still not convinced? Cruise ships are designed to please a large number of demanding passengers, meaning that the options aboard are endless. Some of the biggest ships currently in navigation offer Ice skating, outdoor movie screens, rock climbing walls, science labs, tattoo parlours, nurseries, comedy clubs, several swimming pools, theme parks and even virtual balcony cabins for those passenger who can't afford a real one. The list just keeps growing.
Nowadays cruising is good value for money and more affordable than ever before, equally accommodating and treating equally silver passengers, families and singles.
While the average age of a cruiser is 55-56 years old, do not let that put you off. Cruises are a heap of fun, they are entertaining, and also can be ideal places for flirting and blossoming new romances. Most of the crew is young and energetic and work hard to keep the passengers active and entertained. Activities are countless on board; sailing-themed parties, formal nights, tropical nights, regular evening entertainment, photo galleries, casino gambling and many bars and nightclubs keep even the most exigent party lover entertained.
The offer in cruise holidays is varied and colourful and with plenty of hours at sea, there are several opportunities to socialize with both fellow passengers and crew members. Friendships are easily built as the passengers embark in good humor. However, cruises aren't exactly for those looking for privacy. Starting from dinner where as a passenger you are assigned a table at the main dining room with other fellow passengers, some see it as an opportunity to establish conversation and possibly even friendships whilst others feel stuck with people they'd rather not sit with.
Frequently visited Most Bar aboard the Allure Of The Seas.
The man dining room aboard the Allure Of The Seas.
to be eating in the same restaurant during your trip.
With cruises becoming more affordable each year allowing a wide variety of people to enjoy them, the policies are getting more flexible, relaxed and adaptable to just about every kind of person. Cruising has stopped being an elitist holidays for the rich and famous and nowadays welcomes people from all walks of life.
While life on board is the reason why people take cruises, a non-less important aspect is also the ports of call and the time spent ashore: one of the most exciting parts of cruising is disembarking to explore. As a passenger, this can lead to a unique experience as occasionally mega-cruise ships are not able to dock at every port due to their sheer size.
As a result larger ships provide tender services that act as a link between cruise ship and shore, and that by some have been named "tender-misery". Ships use normally their own lifeboats for that purpose and passengers have priority over the crew to embark and disembark. Tender service can be quite chaotic at times with passengers aiming to disembark quickly as if their own life depended on it.
On other occasions long queues make tendering an exhausting experience, especially in sunny destinations where it is obvious that tendering is inadequate and not much sought-after by guets and crew members alike.
With guests waiting in line to be transfered ashore, other queues follow closely; they are the crew members'. These queues can be a funny thing from a crew member's point of view as members debate between remaining professional and the savage desire to get rid of their theatrical performance on board to finally being able to be themselves, if only for a short period of time. It's an understatement to say that the best part of working in a cruise ship from a crew member's point of view is when they are able to leave the ship behind.
LIfeboats serve both as links to the mainland as well as regular lifeboats. Lifeboats of the Allure Of The Seas can carry up to 370 people and are much more sophisticated than the dinghie-like lifeboats that larger ships carry.


leaders by production and export of sunflower oil are Russia, Ukraine, and Argentina. They produce more than a half of world amount of oil and export almost 90 % of sunflower oil.
Sunflower is a monocyclic plant of aster family. Sunflower seeds are used for production of sunflower oil and margarine. Wastes of sunflower seeds processing are press cake and oil cake which are used as high-protein fodder additives in animal-breeding.
Sunflower seeds contain minerals, phospholipids, fat acids, vitamin PP, vitamin E, and have high feeding and biological value.
Chemical composition of sunflower seeds is specified in table 1.


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package io.grpc;

import static com.google.common.base.Charsets.UTF_8;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertSame;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
import static org.mockito.Matchers.eq;
import static org.mockito.Matchers.isNull;
import static org.mockito.Matchers.notNull;
import static org.mockito.Matchers.same;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.timeout;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.verifyNoMoreInteractions;

import com.google.common.io.ByteStreams;
import com.google.common.util.concurrent.AbstractService;
import com.google.common.util.concurrent.Service;

import io.grpc.transport.ServerStream;
import io.grpc.transport.ServerStreamListener;
import io.grpc.transport.ServerTransportListener;

import org.junit.After;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
import org.junit.runners.JUnit4;
import org.mockito.ArgumentCaptor;
import org.mockito.Mock;
import org.mockito.MockitoAnnotations;

import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.concurrent.BrokenBarrierException;
import java.util.concurrent.CyclicBarrier;
import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference;

/** Unit tests for {@link ServerImpl}. */
@RunWith(JUnit4.class)
public class ServerImplTest {
  private static final IntegerMarshaller INTEGER_MARSHALLER = new IntegerMarshaller();
  private static final StringMarshaller STRING_MARSHALLER = new StringMarshaller();

  private ExecutorService executor = Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor();
  private MutableHandlerRegistry registry = new MutableHandlerRegistryImpl();
  private Service transportServer = new NoopService();
  private ServerImpl server = new ServerImpl(executor, registry)
      .setTransportServer(transportServer);

  @Mock
  private ServerStream stream;

  @Mock
  private ServerCall.Listener<String> callListener;

  /** Set up for test. */
  @Before
  public void startUp() {
    MockitoAnnotations.initMocks(this);

    server.start();
  }

  /** Tear down after test. */
  @After
  public void tearDown() {
    executor.shutdownNow();
  }

  @Test
  public void startStopImmediate() throws InterruptedException {
    Service transportServer = new NoopService();
    ServerImpl server = new ServerImpl(executor, registry).setTransportServer(transportServer);
    assertEquals(Service.State.NEW, transportServer.state());
    server.start();
    assertEquals(Service.State.RUNNING, transportServer.state());
    server.shutdown();
    assertTrue(server.awaitTerminated(100, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS));
    assertEquals(Service.State.TERMINATED, transportServer.state());
  }

  @Test
  public void transportServerFailsStartup() {
    final Exception ex = new RuntimeException();
    class FailingStartupService extends NoopService {
      @Override
      public void doStart() {
        notifyFailed(ex);
      }
    }

    FailingStartupService transportServer = new FailingStartupService();
    ServerImpl server = new ServerImpl(executor, registry).setTransportServer(transportServer);
    try {
      server.start();
    } catch (Exception e) {
      assertSame(ex, e);
    }
  }

  @Test
  public void transportServerFirstToShutdown() {
    class ManualStoppedService extends NoopService {
      public void doNotifyStopped() {
        notifyStopped();
      }

      @Override
      public void doStop() {} // Don't notify.
    }

    NoopService transportServer = new NoopService();
    ServerImpl server = new ServerImpl(executor, registry).setTransportServer(transportServer)
        .start();
    ManualStoppedService transport = new ManualStoppedService();
    transport.startAsync();
    server.serverListener().transportCreated(transport);
    server.shutdown();
    assertEquals(Service.State.STOPPING, transport.state());
    assertEquals(Service.State.TERMINATED, transportServer.state());
    assertTrue(server.isShutdown());
    assertFalse(server.isTerminated());

    transport.doNotifyStopped();
    assertEquals(Service.State.TERMINATED, transport.state());
    assertTrue(server.isTerminated());
  }

  @Test
  public void transportServerLastToShutdown() {
    class ManualStoppedService extends NoopService {
      public void doNotifyStopped() {
        notifyStopped();
      }

      @Override
      public void doStop() {} // Don't notify.
    }

    ManualStoppedService transportServer = new ManualStoppedService();
    ServerImpl server = new ServerImpl(executor, registry).setTransportServer(transportServer)
        .start();
    Service transport = new NoopService();
    transport.startAsync();
    server.serverListener().transportCreated(transport);
    server.shutdown();
    assertEquals(Service.State.TERMINATED, transport.state());
    assertEquals(Service.State.STOPPING, transportServer.state());
    assertTrue(server.isShutdown());
    assertFalse(server.isTerminated());

    transportServer.doNotifyStopped();
    assertEquals(Service.State.TERMINATED, transportServer.state());
    assertTrue(server.isTerminated());
  }

  @Test
  public void basicExchangeSuccessful() throws Exception {
    final Metadata.Key<Integer> metadataKey
        = Metadata.Key.of("inception", Metadata.INTEGER_MARSHALLER);
    final AtomicReference<ServerCall<Integer>> callReference
        = new AtomicReference<ServerCall<Integer>>();
    registry.addService(ServerServiceDefinition.builder("Waiter")
        .addMethod("serve", STRING_MARSHALLER, INTEGER_MARSHALLER,
          new ServerCallHandler<String, Integer>() {
            @Override
            public ServerCall.Listener<String> startCall(String fullMethodName,
                ServerCall<Integer> call, Metadata.Headers headers) {
              assertEquals("/Waiter/serve", fullMethodName);
              assertNotNull(call);
              assertNotNull(headers);
              assertEquals(0, headers.get(metadataKey).intValue());
              callReference.set(call);
              return callListener;
            }
          }).build());
    ServerTransportListener transportListener = newTransport(server);

    Metadata.Headers headers = new Metadata.Headers();
    headers.put(metadataKey, 0);
    ServerStreamListener streamListener
        = transportListener.streamCreated(stream, "/Waiter/serve", headers);
    assertNotNull(streamListener);

    executeBarrier(executor).await();
    ServerCall<Integer> call = callReference.get();
    assertNotNull(call);

    String order = "Lots of pizza, please";
    streamListener.messageRead(STRING_MARSHALLER.stream(order));
    verify(callListener, timeout(2000)).onPayload(order);

    call.sendPayload(314);
    ArgumentCaptor<InputStream> inputCaptor = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(InputStream.class);
    verify(stream).writeMessage(inputCaptor.capture(), eq(3), isNull(Runnable.class));
    verify(stream).flush();
    assertEquals(314, INTEGER_MARSHALLER.parse(inputCaptor.getValue()).intValue());

    streamListener.halfClosed(); // All full; no dessert.
    executeBarrier(executor).await();
    verify(callListener).onHalfClose();

    call.sendPayload(50);
    verify(stream).writeMessage(inputCaptor.capture(), eq(2), isNull(Runnable.class));
    verify(stream, times(2)).flush();
    assertEquals(50, INTEGER_MARSHALLER.parse(inputCaptor.getValue()).intValue());

    Metadata.Trailers trailers = new Metadata.Trailers();
    trailers.put(metadataKey, 3);
    Status status = Status.OK.withDescription("A okay");
    call.close(status, trailers);
    verify(stream).close(status, trailers);

    streamListener.closed(Status.OK);
    executeBarrier(executor).await();
    verify(callListener).onComplete();

    verifyNoMoreInteractions(stream);
    verifyNoMoreInteractions(callListener);
  }

  @Test
  public void exceptionInStartCallPropagatesToStream() throws Exception {
    CyclicBarrier barrier = executeBarrier(executor);
    final Status status = Status.ABORTED.withDescription("Oh, no!");
    registry.addService(ServerServiceDefinition.builder("Waiter")
        .addMethod("serve", STRING_MARSHALLER, INTEGER_MARSHALLER,
          new ServerCallHandler<String, Integer>() {
            @Override
            public ServerCall.Listener<String> startCall(String fullMethodName,
                ServerCall<Integer> call, Metadata.Headers headers) {
              throw status.asRuntimeException();
            }
          }).build());
    ServerTransportListener transportListener = newTransport(server);

    ServerStreamListener streamListener
        = transportListener.streamCreated(stream, "/Waiter/serve", new Metadata.Headers());
    assertNotNull(streamListener);
    verifyNoMoreInteractions(stream);

    barrier.await();
    executeBarrier(executor).await();
    verify(stream).close(same(status), notNull(Metadata.Trailers.class));
    verifyNoMoreInteractions(stream);
  }

  private static ServerTransportListener newTransport(ServerImpl server) {
    Service transport = new NoopService();
    transport.startAsync();
    return server.serverListener().transportCreated(transport);
  }

  /**
   * Useful for plugging a single-threaded executor from processing tasks, or for waiting until a
   * single-threaded executor has processed queued tasks.
   */
  private static CyclicBarrier executeBarrier(Executor executor) {
    final CyclicBarrier barrier = new CyclicBarrier(2);
    executor.execute(new Runnable() {
      @Override
      public void run() {
        try {
          barrier.await();
        } catch (InterruptedException ex) {
          throw new RuntimeException(ex);
        } catch (BrokenBarrierException ex) {
          throw new RuntimeException(ex);
        }
      }
    });
    return barrier;
  }

  private static class NoopService extends AbstractService {
    @Override
    protected void doStart() {
      notifyStarted();
    }

    @Override
    protected void doStop() {
      notifyStopped();
    }
  }

  private static class StringMarshaller implements Marshaller<String> {
    @Override
    public InputStream stream(String value) {
      return new ByteArrayInputStream(value.getBytes(UTF_8));
    }

    @Override
    public String parse(InputStream stream) {
      try {
        return new String(ByteStreams.toByteArray(stream), UTF_8);
      } catch (IOException ex) {
        throw new RuntimeException(ex);
      }
    }
  }

  private static class IntegerMarshaller implements Marshaller<Integer> {
    @Override
    public InputStream stream(Integer value) {
      return STRING_MARSHALLER.stream(value.toString());
    }

    @Override
    public Integer parse(InputStream stream) {
      return Integer.valueOf(STRING_MARSHALLER.parse(stream));
    }
  }
}

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Noncompetes aren't the answer to protecting an organization's intellectual property—hiring employees with integrity is. So toss your noncompete covenant in the trash.
Noncompetes: Just say no
by Erik Eckel in Tech & Work
on September 24, 1999, 12:00 AM PDT
Companies today can learn a lesson or two from Lord Alfred Tennyson, who had something to say about trust more than one hundred years ago. "Trust me" he said "not at all or all in all."
Tennyson's words ring true today. Just run your own search of noncompete agreements on Yahoo! or Lycos, and I think you'd be surprised at what you find.
Apparently, businesses have become sufficiently insecure that employees must sign covenants agreeing not to work for a competitor if they leave. The entire concept reminds me of feudal lords enslaving their serfs.
If you conduct that search, I think you'll find the biggest proponents of noncompete covenants are law firms. I wonder if that would have anything to do with the money they make drawing these things up?
Obviously, companies use such agreements in an attempt to protect trade secrets and prevent competitors from learning details of their operations. However, noncompete agreements offer a poor method of protecting such information. This is especially true for network administrators, consultants, and other IT professionals. Yet they're often asked to execute such documents.
Trade secret agreements are understandable. It makes sense to ask an employee not to tell Ford about the special new hot rod a coworker was developing at GM across town. But don't ask an employee not to use his or her skill set at a competitive organization. There's no reason an IT professional can't administer a network for Coca-Cola, then move to Pepsi-Cola and support systems there without releasing confidential information.
If a company doesn't trust an individual, it shouldn't hire that person. That's what references, a resume, and interviews are for. Businesses must take responsibility for their hires. They should use positive reinforcement to retain employees, rather than legal documents that are often questionable in a court of law.
Employees are more highly motivated if they have respect for an organization's officials. They're more likely to dedicate themselves to a corporation's mission if compensated fairly. I'll bet you'd also see more employees sticking with a company if they were extended flexible and pleasant work environments.
Provide value if you must use covenants
If an organization is going to bind its employees to the company, it should provide them with ownership. Stock options and other forms of corporate ownership should be extended to the employee.
Businesses should know, though, that noncompete agreements can prevent the development of an affinity between a company and an employee. The warm and fuzzy discussions of goals, the zest and excitement of preparing new projects, and an enthusiastic recruit's fresh, effervescing energy can all be brought to an icy halt when a noncompete agreement is pushed across the table.
Take a look from the other side of the desk: "Oh, essentially you want me to agree to work 55-hour weeks, be on call 24-hours a day, 365-days-a-year, invest all my energy into improving the company's systems and networks, and accept whatever bonuses you actually agree to pay? Further, you want me to agree not to use somewhere else the skills I paid tens of thousands of dollars to acquire and invested five or six years of my life to develop, should I ever choose to relocate my family, work for a mentor, or pursue a better opportunity?"
This is not the best method for impressing new or prospective employees with an organization's interpretation of empowerment. And it's not an appropriate or proper retention tool.
Here are three indisputable reasons why businesses should reconsider implementing noncompete covenants:
Courts often don't recognize the validity of noncompete agreements
The covenant will push away qualified prospects
It could cost the company a bundle
Noncompete validity is questionable
Even if an organization implements noncompete agreements, there's no guarantee the legal instrument will provide value for anyone but the law firm that creates it. While I'm not an attorney, a quick perusal of case law proves courts often refuse to enforce noncompetes. In fact, a number of states (among them Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, and Wisconsin) have found them to be invalid instruments or subject to limitation.
Generally, and remember I'm not dispensing legal advice, consideration must be supported for a noncompete to be found binding. Small Business Counsel has more information on the particulars, If you're interested in reading more.
SmartAgreements indicates that courts zero in on three aspects of a noncompete document:
Does the employer have a legitimate need for the covenant?
Are any geographic restrictions realistic and reasonable?
Is the duration reasonable?
If a noncompete agreement is issued after an individual has begun employment, courts usually find the covenant unenforceable. And according to SmartAgreements , a trend exists among states to "enforce a noncompete promise only if the employee made that promise in the context of a larger agreement."
Risks of repelling prospects
Many prospects won't like the idea of consigning themselves and their skill sets to one company. Mergers, rapid adjustments in business climate, and unpredictable trends can all change an organization's course quickly. Thus, many talented recruits will think twice about joining an organization seeking to levy such restrictions.
Information technology is a great place to be, too. Jobs are everywhere. Companies don't have the luxury of holding the higher hand. The laws of supply and demand are in the prospect's favor. Many MCSEs, CCIEs, and Master CNEs are finding they can name their price. Why would they want to do so at an organization where they'd be restricting their future? After all, these certified professionals may have the best intentions when they join your firm in Atlanta, Boston, San Francisco, or wherever, but when the company is acquired by a German conglomerate that wants everyone to move to a rural enclave in eastern Europe, they'll want to leave their options open. And rightfully so.
Noncompetes could put companies on the wrong side of the law
As I mentioned above, noncompete covenants are simply invalid in many states. In others, such agreements are scrutinized closely and are often limited in reach. In other jurisdictions, minor technicalities contained within an agreement render the entire instrument invalid.
Occasionally, an organization will stretch a covenant's reach. Such behavior can come back to haunt it. Just take a look at Stacey Miller's check for $689,743.53. A previous employer that allegedly abused conditions of Miller's noncompete agreement wrote it. The tenacious Ms. Miller continued her pursuit of justice for 10 years after she was released from a position at a new firm, which feared a lawsuit with the previous employer.
Still other companies have had to fight lawsuits filed by ex-employees who felt shortchanged by their covenants.
Remember, the courts appear to favor the individual battling unfair conditions within a noncompete agreement, even if the person agreed to it prior to beginning employment. Just as companies can pursue relief through the courts, so, too, can the employee.
If you're asked to sign a noncompete agreement, read it carefully. Ask questions. Have your own attorney review it. Check to see what the company is willing to provide you in exchange for an agreement not to move on later, possibly to a competitor. Or, move on to the next prospective employer.For more advice, check out James Marks' article in The Next Step on surviving a noncompete agreement. You can read it here .
Erik Eckel
Published: September 24, 1999, 12:00 AM PDT Modified: June 8, 2007, 9:11 AM PDT See more Tech & Work
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Erik Eckel is a managing partner at Louisville Geek and president of Eckel Media Corp. He previously served as Executive Editor at CNET Networks' TechRepublic. He earned his Bachelor's Degree in English from the University of Louisville and received Microsoft Engineer accreditation from Sullivan University. He's earned Network+, Windows NT 4.0 MCP+I and MCSE, and Windows 2000 Professional MCP accreditations.
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Manuel Santos Aguilar (San Miguel de Tucumán; 12 de septiembre de 1969) es un exfutbolista argentino que se desempeñaba como volante, realizó inferiores en San Lorenzo y es muy recordado en Estudiantes de La Plata por haber conseguido el ascenso a Primera División y en Talleres por el título de la Conmebol de 1999. Luego de retirarse en el 2005 se recibió como abogado y actualmente se encuentra ejerciendo.

Trayectoria

San Lorenzo
Manuel fue una de las pocas figuras surgidas de inferiores del club en una época de vacas flacas en el tema de sacar "pibes" de la cantera. Su debut se dio en el partido ante Vélez en el que los titulares fueron reservados para la Copa Libertadores, el 2 de octubre de 1988. Empezó luchando el puesto con Claudio Gugnali y Daniel Riquelme y recién adquirió más continuidad en el Apertura 90, donde alternó con Alejandro Montenegro. Fue un lateral con más técnica que marca. Especialmente útil para darle una salida limpia al equipo por su andarivel. Sus buenas condiciones le valieron ser convocado por Carlos Pachamé al plantel que disputó el Mundial Sub-20 en Arabia Saudita 89. No hizo goles en San Lorenzo por torneos de AFA, su único gol se lo convirtió a Newell´s en el 6-0 por la Libertadores 1992.

Talleres
Llegó a Talleres en 1999 proveniente de Colon de Santa Fe , permaneció en el club hasta mediados del año 2000, llegó para disputar el Torneo Apertura de 1999. Fue parte del plantel que consiguió la Copa Conmebol de 1999.

Estudiantes
Fue uno de los jugadores más destacados un equipo que quedó en la historia por alcanzar el regreso a primera en tiempo récord.Era un equipo con responsabilidad que logró marcar la diferencia por la jerarquía de los jugadores. Con el paso de los años uno ve lo realizado por cada jugador del plantel. El compromiso y el hambre de gloria de cada uno de los que estábamos hizo que pensáramos en el desafío de lograr cosas importantes, dice Manuel en una entrevista.

Clubes

Palmarés

Enlaces externos
Perfil en BDFA

Referencias

Futbolistas del Club Atlético Talleres (Córdoba)
Futbolistas del Estudiantes de La Plata en los años 2000
Futbolistas del Club Atlético All Boys
Futbolistas del Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro
Futbolistas de las inferiores del Club Atlético San Lorenzo de Almagro
Futbolistas del Club Atlético Colón en los años 1990


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August 29, 2013 February 9, 2018 by Chris K. - World Am
Say it Ain't So! Last Night of the 19th Hole is Upon Us!
As a tournament staff, we prepare for the World Am all year. Then it arrives and, like a wedding, it seems to go by to fast. It's hard to believe we've completed four rounds of play under, at the risk of overstating things, almost perfect weather.
All that's left is the final night of the World's Largest 19th Hole and the always highly anticipated World Championship Playoff tomorrow at Barefoot Resort's Dye Club.
There is plenty to look forward to at the 19th Hole, including a special 30th anniversary video and random drawing prizes. Headlining the random drawing prizes will be a seven-day trip to Myrtle Beach that includes flights for your foursome, rental car, golf, accommodations and four $200 gift cards to PGA Tour Superstore. (Complete List)
We will also be awarding a ProXS In-Home Simulator by P3Pro Swing, two $1,000 shopping sprees at PGA Tour Superstore and much more.
Tonight's food offerings will provide a "Taste of the Strand," and be catered by some of the area's best restaurants, including Greg Norman's, Capriz Italian Feast, Rioz, Sam Snead's Oak Grill and Tavern and Explore Asian Bistro. (See Full Menu)
Author David Wood, who spent a year traveling to world and playing golf, will be on stage to discuss his highly acclaimed book, "Around the World in 80 Rounds."
One of the Carolina's best party and wedding bands, PlaneJane will provide the live entertainment in the ballroom. PlaneJane is a six-piece ensemble that plays exciting hits from the sixties to the present. The talented group has performed over four thousand shows in eight states to great acclaim since its inception in 1997. This band is built to keep the crowd on its feet, dancing to electrified funk tunes that are punctuated with swinging horn section solos, hip-hop, funk, shag and disco songs, and rock and roll favorites from every era. PlaneJane has five vocalists, each with a distinctive style, who harmonize to form a trademark vocal sound.
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Controlling Medicaid Costs
Concerning controlling costs under the "Colorado Medical Assistance Act", and, in connection therewith, using data and technology, creating a hospital review program, and making and reducing an appropriation.
Accountable care collaborative - information to providers - claims review - cost-control strategies - report and evaluation - appropriation. The act directs the department of health care policy and financing (department) to provide information to providers participating in the accountable care collaborative regarding:
Cost and quality of medical services provided by hospitals and other medicaid providers; and
Cost and quality of available pharmaceuticals prescribed by medicaid providers.
The department may make the same information available to other medicaid providers.
The department shall automatically review claims to identify and correct improper coding prior to payment and may obtain commercial technology to conduct the reviews.
The department is authorized to pursue cost-control strategies, value-based payments, and other approaches to reduce the rate of expenditure growth in the medicaid program. The department shall allow recipients, providers, and stakeholders an opportunity to comment and shall report to the joint budget committee prior to implementing any strategies or measures. The department is required to contract for an independent evaluation of any measures pursued and to provide reports to the joint budget committee on the evaluations.
Subject to federal approval, the act also directs the department to design and implement an evidence-based hospital review program to ensure that utilization of hospital services is based on a recipient's need for care. Prior to implementing any changes, the department shall allow recipients, providers, and stakeholders an opportunity to comment and shall report to the joint budget committee. The act requires the department to report to the joint budget committee on the estimated savings from the changes and to report to its committees of reference at its SMART act hearings on the savings and impact on recipients.
The act appropriates $2,737,764 to the department of health care policy and financing.
Kevin Lundberg
House Amendments
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05/02/2018 House House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Floor
04/27/2018 Senate Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor
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04/24/2018 Senate Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole
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Rep. M. Hamner, Rep. B. Rankin
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Rep. J. Arndt, Rep. J. Bridges, Rep. J. Buckner, Rep. T. Carver, Rep. M. Catlin, Rep. J. Coleman, Rep. P. Covarrubias, Rep. J. Danielson, Rep. C. Duran, Rep. D. Esgar, Rep. T. Exum, Rep. M. Foote, Rep. A. Garnett, Rep. J. Ginal, Rep. M. Gray, Rep. C. Hansen, Rep. L. Herod, Rep. E. Hooton, Rep. D. Jackson, Rep. C. Kennedy, Rep. T. Kraft-Tharp, Rep. L. Landgraf, Rep. P. Lee, Rep. L. Liston, Rep. S. Lontine, Rep. B. McLachlan, Rep. J. Melton, Rep. D. Michaelson Jenet, Rep. D. Pabon, Rep. B. Pettersen, Rep. K. Ransom, Rep. J. Reyher, Rep. D. Roberts, Rep. P. Rosenthal, Rep. L. Saine, Rep. J. Salazar, Rep. S. Sandridge, Rep. J. Singer, Rep. K. Van Winkle, Rep. M. Weissman, Rep. J. Wilson, Rep. A. Winkler, Rep. F. Winter
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