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Trump l'oeil: How Trump fools the eyes of the people
By Marilla Duffles
They love the fire, the way he fights, the way he beats up the press.
And they love how he tells you what he would do, how he's willing to go in a new direction with different ideas instead of just going with the flow.
This is a mere sampling of what several Trump supporters in South Carolina told a US News reporter during the February primary this year.
"None of us feel it's an act. That's who he is", said a female voter.
The reality of Trump's show is that his acts continue to pull one and all under his circus tent. But is this showman turned politician channeling the politician turned showman? Believe it or not, before P.T. Barnum was foisting hoaxes on believing crowds, he was not only a Connecticut state legislator, but a Republican to boot.
"I am a showman by profession...and all the gilding shall make nothing else of me". Like Trump, he made no bones about his singular purpose of enriching himself.
You can hardly blame Trump supporters for falling for his act when there are plenty of seasoned pundits and politicians who themselves continue to succumb.
History is replete with proverbial suckers born every minute.
Like Mussolini's followers. The Italian fascist dictator was full of obsequious charm and hypnotic tricks. He was a calculating manipulator who powerfully outwitted anyone who got in the way of his narcissistic ventures.
As the quintessential psychopath, Mussolini was masterful at reading others -- their body language, their emotions, their needs and their weaknesses -- in order to lull them into his web of deception and take advantage of them, never feeling a neuron's remorse.
Psychopaths are simply incapable of feeling true empathy. How else can one falsely seduce and abuse his fellow man without feeling the burden of a guilty conscience?
Seasoned critics -- the media and press alike -- brush Trump off as a simple-minded and vulgar gasbag. But Trump is much more enigmatic than the vacuous headline-grabbing banter that ensues -- wasting precious ink and airtime -- each time he opens his mouth.
But they will never figure him out or crack his code of conduct so long as they continue to rely on the wrong combination called political science -- the great oxymoron.
Never before has a presidential election been so desperately in need of the scientific prism of psychology.
Psychopathy can be understood on a continuum, a sliding scale, if you will, which allows for an analysis of the condition's variety and severity of traits, as opposed to the binary conclusion "he has it or not".
Trump displays many of the classic traits of a psychopath -- manipulativeness, callousness, deceitfulness, hostility, risk-taking, and impulsivity. Obviously he doesn't kill others. Not literally anyway. He's cocky, overly confident, self-possessed, and he displays the false empathy required to masterfully read and shape his audience.
In this way he is similar to the most powerful and influential world leaders.
Like Mussolini, the leader he loves to Tweet. Many of Mussolini's comrades and admirers attested that there was no one who better understood how to interpret the spirit of the proletariat.
"It is better to live one day as a lion than 100 years as a sheep", Trump tweeted Mussolini recently. And live like a lion he does. Where other candidates consult with their team before taking a position, Trump aggressively and impulsively shoots from the hip. Sure, many of his shots hit innocent bystanders -- like the women he would like to see punished when he outlaws abortions -- but this is an easy fix for Trump who unapologetically changes his position on a whim.
Trump personifies Mussolini's approach to leadership, too, Tweeting "Let us have a dagger between our teeth, a bomb in our hands, and an infinite scorn in our hearts." It's no wonder that other countries -- even our Western allies -- fear an America under his fighting fist.
Psychopaths use their charm to seduce and control vulnerable people who desperately need someone to believe in and to rescue them. Like Trump, Mussolini's rise was also predicated on his claim to champion the cause of the common folk. Many Trump supporters are working two or three jobs, feeling socially disenfranchised and, until Trump came on the scene, felt totally hopeless about their future.
"I love the poorly educated", was not a mere campaign cry.
They both capitalize on discontent, creating a monster to be destroyed. "China is killing us on trade… " and "They are taking our jobs….I will bring jobs back from China"
"We will ban all Muslims from entering the US. And "...we will build a wall and Mexico will pay for it."
A chilling pugilistic parallel with Mussolini: "When dealing with such a race as Slavic -- inferior and barbaric -- we must not pursue the carrot, but the stick policy".
Trump said he would "bring back a hell of a lot worse than water-boarding" terror suspects and won't rule out using nuclear weapons against ISIS. And, during the Wisconsin primary, he declared he will prevent Mexicans living in the US from sending cash home until the government pays for the wall.
With bluster, a psychopath can make people feel safe. Like Mussolini's, Trump's big persona -- the odious and arrogant scowl, the commanding body language, the belligerent carnival cries -- creates a false sense of trust that he will have the guts and ability to do exactly what needs to be done.
"I will pay your legal bills…. I will bring back jobs from China and Mexico".
Trump is dead clever at exploiting his enemies' weaknesses, using the knowledge to dismember them. This is not just a crass bully hurling insults on the playground. No, no, it's much more strategic than that. Trump's tactics reveal that he likely has received extensive training in the use of indirect hypnotic suggestion.
Instead of using a stopwatch to put you into a trance, he uses imagery and language to insert emotions, ideas, and associations into your subconscious mind. To devastating effect. He anchors that unflattering word or image to his opponents and it kills their campaign. It works because it plays on our brain's overwhelming preference for simple, powerful visual metaphors:
Lyin' Ted. "Liddle" Marco. Low-energy Jeb. Crooked Hillary. And tell me you didn't imagine a begging Romney on his knees before Trump?
Dilbert's creator Scott Adams calls these Trump's "linguistic kill shots."
So here is a kill shot for Trump: Dictator Donald.
Another one of Dictator Donald's tricks is to never say more than necessary and to speak in vague terms. Pundits criticize his lack of specificity, but it is no accident. Trump knows that when it comes to the decision-making of the masses, confidence counts and facts and details don't matter. The more you say, the more room you give your opponents to point out your weakness and to challenge you. When he belligerently blathers on, he's paid a price like having John Oliver parody his growing numbers for the wall as a "Jack and the Beanstalk" budget.
Dictator Donald also uses indirect hypnotic suggestions to lull you into believing him. Watch how often he says the word "win" during a speech. When we hear it enough times, our subconscious minds begin to automatically associate the word with him.
Subconscious, simple, but profoundly effective.
Trump: We are going to win!
The Press: How are you going to win?
Trump: Trust me, we are going to win and keep on winning. We are going to win so much you'll be sick of winning.
Is Trump a winner? Of course he is, in the fooled eyes of his believers.
Several years ago the judge who tried Ted Bundy's case on appeal told one of us the story of Ted's calling card.
With each victim he would bite their butt so hard it left a permanent mark of his grossly distinctive double row of teeth. To Ted it was another visible symbol, apart from the killings, of a power and charm so almighty it snared his victims into falling for his calculated false promises.
Ironically, this is what ultimately convicted him.
Mussolini ruled constitutionally for only three years when in 1925 he abandoned his deceptive "campaign" and, with his minions convinced, turned Italy into a one-party dictatorship.
"Democracy, he said, is beautiful in theory; in practice it is a fallacy. You in America will see that some day".
It seems Dictator Donald knew that day would come and even seeing eye-to-eye with another belief of his Italian hero that "people are of tired of (the) liberty that democracy brings".
"One of the things I'm going to do if I win is open up our libel laws so when they write negative and horrible and false articles, we can sue them and win lots of money".
It's a chilling thought that Dictator Donald is well on his way to becoming president. If he's elected, many fear he may well topple our democracy. Many others fear what he will do if he is not elected. Perhaps, like Ted, his own tricks will do him in.
But one thing for certain, Trump will be sure to bite us all in the butt.
Marilia Duffles worked in the Reagan and Bush I administrations, is a former scientist and now a contributor to The Economist, The Financial Times and the American Spectator.


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From Technostress to Technohealth
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Erik Peper, Ph.D. and Richard Harvey, Ph.D
"The total yearly costs of neck and upper extremity pain in the Netherlands (population of 16.4 million) due to decreased productivity, sick leave, chronic disability for work and medical costs were recently estimated at 2.1 billion euros (Blatter et al, 2006)."
----Maaike A. Huysmans (2008)
People, especially young adults, are spending increasingly more and more time connected to their computer (Subrahmanyam, Kraut, Greenfield & Gross, 2000). At school or home they send emails, chat and surf the net, and sit behind the computer eight hours a day at work. Even when going on vacation, they stay connected to the internet through their "Blackberry" or the Wi-Fi connections at hotels and coffee shops. Employees are often on call 24/7 (twenty four hours a day, seven days a week) 365 days a year. The combination of intensive computer use and work demands has resulted in an increase (epidemic) of illness (Kalia, 2002). For example, more than 30% of employees who work at the computer experience neck and back pain; hand and arm pain, tingling and numbness; and exhaustion ( Chauhan, 2003) . The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (2004) has reported that more than a third of European workers complained of back-ache. The largest increase in back-ache are seen among computing professionals and technicians. More than 25% of European experience work-related neck-shoulder pain and 15% experience work-related arm pain (De Kraker and Blatter, 2005). This report suggests that the complaints are most prevalent among people who spent more time on the computer and work continuously without breaks. Beside professionals, college students (average age 25 years old) also report significant discomfort while working at the computer during the periods of high stress (e.g. the later part of the semester when papers and exams are due) as shown in figure 1 (Peper & Gibney, 1999).
Fig 1. Distribution of discomfort for different body areas. Categories high, medium, low are derived from the responses on the self-rating discomfort scale (0=none to 9=extreme).
In Japan, "Karoshi", death from overwork, accounted for more than 5,000 suicides in 2006 (Hida, 2008). Furthermore, Japan had the highest proportion of people working more than 50 hours per week, with 28.1 % as compared to less than 10% of employees working more than 50 hours per week in most EU countries (Hida, 2008). Another alarming statistic described by Hida (2008) is that the ratio of employee use of paid vacations dropped to 47 percent in 2004 from 61 percent in 1980. This paper suggests that overwork without opportunity for regeneration or repair places people at significant risk for experiencing technostress (Burke, 2008).
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Eugène Meiltz, plus connu sous le pseudonyme de Eugène, né le  à Bucarest, est un parolier, écrivain, auteur dramatique, chroniqueur et nouvelliste vaudois.

Biographie
Eugène Meiltz arrive en Suisse avec sa famille à l'âge de six ans. Après des études de lettres, il se consacre presque entièrement à l'écriture.

Parolier pour le groupe de rock Sakaryn, chroniqueur au Nouveau Quotidien et à la Radio suisse romande (émission La Soupe est pleine), auteur de théâtre, de nouvelles et autres textes, Eugène participe aussi aux travaux d'Expo.01 (prémisses d'Expo.02). On lui doit une pièce pour enfants ainsi qu'une pièce commémorant le bicentenaire de l'Indépendance vaudoise. Il est également l'auteur de deux recueils de nouvelles, Quinze mètres de gloire, L'ouvre-boîte et d'un récit Mon nom qui reçoit le Prix de la revue [wwa] et de la Ville de La Chaux-de-Fonds 1997.

En 2007, dans la collection Rétroviseur, Eugène publie La Vallée de la jeunesse, (éditions Joie de lire) pour lequel il reçoit le Prix des auditeurs de la RTS 2008 et est récompensé du Coups de Cœur romand de Lettres frontière.

Lauréat d'un prix culturel de la Fondation vaudoise pour la promotion et la création artistique en 1998, Eugène est, de 2000 à 2002, président de la Société suisse des écrivains. En automne 2009, il passe deux semaines en résidence d'auteur à la bibliothèque d'Yverdon-les-Bains. Durant cette période, il rencontre les lecteurs de la bibliothèque, anime un atelier d'écriture et compose un texte inspiré par les lieux : Quarante-cinq mille livres sur la place publique. Eugène vit actuellement à Lausanne.

Publications
Liste non exhaustive.
 La Mort à vivre, ill. par Bertola, La joie de lire, 1999
 La Vallée de la jeunesse, Genève, Suisse, Éditions Joie de Lire, coll. « Rétroviseur », 2007, 199 p.
 Le Livre des débuts, Lausanne, Suisse, Éditions L'Âge d'Homme, 2015, 159 p.
 BD La Chasse à la licorne, illustré par Gilles-Emmanuel Fiaux, Cossonay, Suisse, Editions de la Maison Rose, 2017

Prix et distinctions

 2002 : (international) « Honour List » de l' IBBY, Catégorie Auteur, pour La Mort à vivre
 2008 : Prix des auditeurs de la RTS 2008 pour La Vallée de la jeunesse

Notes et références

Sources

 Eugène: Lire dans une astrologue - In einer Astrologin lesen, en: Surréalités: Aspekte des Surrealen in der zeitgenössischen Kunst. Traces du surréel dans l'art contemporain. Verlag für moderne Kunst, Nuremberg 2007  (en allemand et français) pp. 8 - 17
 A.-L. Delacrétaz, D. Maggetti, Écrivaines et écrivains d'aujourd'hui,
 Histoire de la littérature en Suisse romande, sous la dir. de R. Francillon, vol. 4, , 200-201, 440
 L'Hebdo n° 4/2001 et n° 3 2008/01/17
 24 heures 2001/05/31 & 1998/05/05 & 1998/01/24 & 2008/05/02,  "Le Portrait"
 La Tribune de Genève, 2000/11/18
 Vita, Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire, Lausanne

Liens externes

 A D S - Autorinnen und Autoren der Schweiz - Autrices et Auteurs de Suisse - Autrici ed Autori della Svizzera
 http://www.lesvoyagesextraordinaires.ch/pamukalie/pdf/dossier_de_presse_pamukalie.pdf
 http://www.yverdon-les-bains.ch/fileadmin/yverdon/Documents/culture/texte_residence_eugene.pdf

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Naissance en juillet 1969
Naissance à Bucarest
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Rob Masters will moderate a panel discussion entitled, "Design Innovations that Address More Cost-Effective Delivery in the Context of Ambulatory Expansion: Flexibility, Disruptive Innovation, Operational Planning and Utilization, Infrastructure Challenges, Solutions and Branding," at this year's Greater New York Healthcare Real Estate Summit at the Yale Club of New York on March 2. The summit is a highly-respected one-day forum of informational panels and network events focused on the key ideas driving healthcare real estate.
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The LGBTIQ+ List 2021: Zoe Williamson, UTA
Continuing a series of interviews with this year's queer pioneers, IQ speaks to Zoe Williamson, agent at UTA in the US
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Zoe Williamson, UTA
The LGBTIQ+ List 2021 – IQ's first annual celebration of queer professionals who make an immense impact in the international live music business – was published in the inaugural Pride edition (issue 101) this month.
The 20 individuals comprising the LGBTIQ+ List 2021, as nominated by our readers and verified by our esteemed steering committee, have gone above and beyond to wave the flag for an industry that we can all be proud of.
To get to know this year's queer pioneers a little better, IQ asked each individual to share their challenges, triumphs, advice and more. Each day this month, we'll publish a new interview with an individual on the LGBTIQ+ List 2021. Catch up on the previous interview with Austin Sarich, tour director for North America at Live Nation here.
Zoe Williamson
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Brooklyn, New York, US
Tell us about a personal triumph in your career.
Working on and announcing Arlo Parks' North America headline tour for this fall was a huge highlight. Seeing how much love there is in the US validated the incredible work that Arlo has poured into her music and into building an authentic and organic relationship with her fans.
What advice could you give for young queer professionals?
Ignore the people trying to tell you to act or behave a certain way to succeed. If we're going to make a shift in the industry, I would encourage any young queer and/or trans professionals to help break the mould of the traditional perception of 'leaders'. We are the new leaders, and so anything we do is what leadership looks like.
"I would encourage any young queer and/or trans pros to help break the mould of the traditional perception of 'leaders'"
Tell us about a professional challenge you often come across as a queer person.
I'm sometimes put in situations where I'm asked to work with someone for the sole reason that they're in the LGBTQIA+ community. It's disappointing because at times it can feel as though I'm being paired with someone because of my identity, not because of my hard work or skillset.
Industry professionals often misgender and misunderstand sexuality, and we have to take time and energy to educate, which can be exhausting and daunting. I'm all about patience, but it's hard to work in an industry that has been saying for years it's going to do the work, yet year after year that work falls on us to do.
"I want [the LGBTQIA+ community] calling the shots; not just having a seat at the table but having a say in the decision making"
What one thing could the industry do to be more inclusive?
During the pandemic, I am proud to have been a part of the launch of Justice Now, a task force within UTA's music department that aims to reverse systemic racism in the industry through four pillars of education, mentorship, empowerment and fearless imagination.
I feel lucky to work at a company that celebrates and embraces the LGBTQIA+ community, but I want to see more of my community in the industry. I want us calling the shots; not just having a seat at the table but having a say in the decision making.
Causes you support.
For The Gworls, The Okra Project, Marsha P. Johnson Institute, The Center, Trevor Project.
How could the industry build back better, post-pandemic?
We need to create a space for industry professionals within the LGBTQIA+ community to not feel targeted, isolated, neglected, and unsafe. Accountability means nothing without consequences. Basically, if we don't start telling people "You are not above consequences for your actions" and actually walking the walk on that, I don't see this industry changing at the rate it needs to.
The LGBTIQ+ List 2021: Doug Smith, Ticketmaster
Continuing a series of interviews with this year's queer pioneers, IQ speaks to Doug Smith, SVP field operations UK & Ireland, Ticketmaster
The LGBTIQ+ List 2021: Austin Sarich, Live Nation
Continuing a series of interviews with this year's queer pioneers, IQ speaks to Austin Sarich, tour director for North America at Live Nation
The LGBTIQ+ List 2021: Sean Hill, UTA
Continuing a series of interviews with this year's queer pioneers, IQ speaks to Sean Hill, director of tour marketing at UTA in the UK


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Project "Strelkov": Awkward Questions for the Fugitive Commander
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Not so long ago a post about the "downed pilot" Girkin caused a heated discussion and left a lot of questions. That's why I would like this time to write not so much a "story" about Strelkov, but a certain appeal to the audience of the website and, to some extent, to Strelkov himself.
The infamous adventures of I. Strelkov in Donbass as of today still haunt many of the militiamen, who appeared to be much more bold and more courageous than their former commander.
Today, when the "outfit of a hero", which Strelkov, aka Girkin, was cloaked in by the press, actually slipped away, the sole purpose of the stay of the political figure on the frontline became clear.
After Strelkov in a flash went in the direction of Moscow from the high post in the structure of defence of the DPR, he became a popular blogger in liberal circles, criticizing the LPR, DPR, and Russia's position vis-a-vis Ukraine.
In fact, the current attacks of Strelkov are obviously tailored in-advance to the opposition, because the publicist back then, when he fled from Donbass, was well aware that the truth about his adventures sooner or later would emerge. And who, if not liberals, are able more than others to defend liars and other vermin?
Thus, the more criticism of Girkin by the Pro-Russian contingent, the higher his ranking in the "liberal gathering". It is precisely for this reason that it is possible to conclude that Strelkov's project "Donbass" was initiated only to achieve mercantile and pre-defined goals. To be honest, I really thought of Strelkov as a worthy man, and even after he fled, I didn't hang on him the label of coward, nobody dragged the publicist there by his ears. So he left.
READ: "Donetsk Day" in Kiev
But later, when the true essence of the "commander" appeared like sh*t from under the spring mound of snow, it turned out that cowardice is the lesser of two evils that Girkin possesses. Strelkov turned out to be a notorious scoundrel, who purposefully made a name for himself on the blood of those who believed in him.
Judging by the fact that today Girkin ignores the questions on the essence of his "activities" in Donbass, however, he finds time to respond to almost all high-profile events in the world, a conclusion that all, to put it mildly, unflattering comments about Girkin, suggest themselves that it's the truth. As they say, silence is a sign of consent.
We would very much like that the failed "hero" Strelkov at least somehow responded to criticism, instead of observing how liberals are involved in his defence. And there are enough questions for Girkin.
The fact that you chose Slavyansk non-incidentally is understandable. "I was told that in Slavyansk the local activism is the strongest," you said. "We were not going to hand over the city. We were going to fight, fight to the last. We had enough power of the spirit for this, there was also enough weapons, enough food, we prepared in-advance drinkable water, stockpiled it in the shelter," said the mayor of Slavyansk Vyacheslav Ponomarev.
So why was the city handed over without a fight or a warning? Why did the militiamen, remaining in their positions, for which the fleeing of the nearly "ideological leader" became a shock, learn about the retreat only afterwards? Why did you lie about the evacuation of civilians, who after the handing over of the city were subjected to repression?
READ: Syrian Soldiers in Palmyra: Our Flag Resembles the One Used by Soviet Soldiers Who Stormed the Reichstag
Why do you, comrade Girkin, feel you have the right to speak on behalf of the militia that you betrayed? "This traitor is the only commander of the Novorossiya Armed Forces, who retreated. The only one. His call sign shouldn't be 'Strelkov' [shooter in Russian – ed], because he didn't shoot much," that's what people say about you on the frontline.
Why doesn't the fate of your former brothers-in-arms, including the deceased the day before Sergey Zdriluk, who called himself your Deputy, interest you anymore? Why did you start to be more interested in, say, the actions of Russia in Syria and the material-technical base of government forces, the criticism of which you concocted on the eve of the alleged initial "word of mouth"?
Your stories about the "failures" of the Syrian Arab Army and the volunteers of the PMC "Wagner", who more than successfully stand against international terrorism, are based on a source that most likely was in your imagination. Your vilification of the army and of the structures, which have obvious success, of the Republic look too pretentious.
It seems the fresh volunteers both in Syria and the Donbass Republics don't suit your employers, which it seems you nevertheless found…
"I thank all for the congratulations. I apologise for not answering everyone. I am searching for work. P.S. If there is a proposition, I ask to send it by PM."
Why did you set up the committee of "25 January", which for all its time/existence showed zero effectiveness?
The same question about the "Novorossiya" committee you also created. What is it for? After all, it's possible to describe what this movement did for Donbass as "support" only at a big stretch. Why did you, Mr Girkin, have everybody fooled? Is it true that all this "sand" was kicked up just for media promotion?
READ: Time of the USSR: We Were Leaving Our House Keys Under the Doormat
By the way, some of the militiamen believed that the cause of your fleeing was the occurrence of a nervous breakdown, however, the activities that we are forced to watch today definitely dotted the "I". There was no "hero", there was no "idea of liberation", there was no "cowardice" and "failure", there was only the well-planned project "Strelkov", designed to bring the "Russian factor" to the rebellion in Donbass (the appearance of Strelkov in Slavyansk allowed Kiev to argue that Ukraine is at war with Russia), and then drop everything and hop over to the side of the "enemy".
Maybe it's time to answer awkward questions, comrade Strelkov. Give people answers to the questions that were left in large quantities after your activities in Donbass.
https://www.stalkerzone.org/response-texas-strelkovs-allegations-donbass-army/
Tags: DonbassDPRGirkinNovorossiyaRussiaStrelkov


Periodically this offseason, we'll be examining some of the issues facing the Dodgers in the near future. First order of business: Matt Kemp.
I remember several years ago having a conversation with Angels manager Mike Scioscia, who was raving about the all-around brilliance of Eric Davis' game when he was first establishing himself with the Cincinnati Reds in the mid-1980s.
I asked Scioscia if Matt Kemp, who was about 24 at the time, reminded him of a young Davis. They both had speed, power, the ability to track down anything hit in the air.
The difference, Scioscia said, was size. And therein lies the rub.
You simply don't see many center fielders who are 6-foot-4 and 230 pounds. When a body that big collides with a less-than-forgiving wall or flops awkwardly on the ground, the physics aren't forgiving. The Dodgers season, in fact, may have effectively ended when Kemp went barreling into that wall in Colorado, preceding one of the worst slumps of his career. It seemed to create a chilling effect on the rest of the lineup, which slumped its way out of contention for the next several weeks.
Is it worth it to keep Kemp in center? Or should the Dodgers consider sliding Kemp into a corner spot, which -- by the way -- is exactly what happened with Davis when he got into his 30s. It happens, in fact, to virtually all the power-hitting center fielders one day. Torii Hunter was 36 before he moved and he's coming off one of the best offensive seasons of his career.
The Dodgers could save a lot of wear and tear on Kemp's body if they make the move before his 30th birthday. According to both Ultimate Zone Rating and defensive Wins Above Replacement, two of the more widely used defensive measures, Kemp has been a below-average center fielder since 2009.
When we talked to general manager Ned Colletti after the season, he said it's something the team might revisit later, but is not considering for 2013. Why? Alternatives. Carl Crawford hasn't played center field since 2008 and also will be coming off surgery. The Dodgers aren't going to force longer throws on his reconstructed left elbow by moving him to center. Andre Ethier has played all of one career game in center field, last season in place of Kemp.
It may not be a 2013 possibility, but it should be a 2014 priority. Crawford may not be as good as Kemp in center field. But if he misplays a few more balls or can't get to as many as Kemp would have, it will be worth it if it means Kemp plays for six months, not five. Over time, pitchers often find that they have equal if not greater arm strength once they fully heal from Tommy John surgery. It shouldn't be a long-term impediment for Crawford.
As we saw in 2012, the Dodgers' fortunes graph closely to Kemp's. It's really all about keeping him in the batter's box.


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Posted on April 21, 2014 by Elizabeth E.
1. Finish Lollypop Trees quilt. I need to finish up the quilting, sew on the sleeve, label and binding. Still looking for a name.
2. Quilt the Sol Lewitt's Quilting Basics quilt. I have no idea how to do this, or what to back it with, but I'm thinking some of that Charleston Farmhouse I picked up last week.
3. Bee Blocks for April, May and June. There's obviously no illustration for May or June blocks because they haven't come my way yet. But *here* are April's.
4. Finish off my Colorwheel Blossom Quilt Top. I've got a couple of ideas on how to expand it slightly. Then, next, will come the headache of How Do I Quilt This? A happy headache.
5. Ongoing: Selvage Blocks. I have centers cut for white, followed by cream. From sunshiny brights to neutrals.
6. Cut out Mexican Quilt. I call it that because the fabric I've chosen has a lot of calaveras, motifs, and colors from south of the border.
7. Cut out Good Luck Quilt. When our area had it's last quilter fun-run, I missed it, but was able to get some of the yardage to make a quilt. I've got it dreamed up, now just have to execute.
8. Finish the Amish With a Twist-II quilt. You know: binding, hand-sewing the binding down, sleeve and label.
9. I've also thrown on sewing three skirts. Fabric bought and pattern chosen. Motivation missing.
Of course all of this flies in the face of Derek Sivers' TED talk: Those who announce their goals are less likely to finish them. Watch below.
What I do find is that when I'm brain dead and only want to do *nothing at all* having that list taped to the front of my fabric cabinet gives me a place to start.


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Q: Cloze package: Hyphenation does not work (anymore?) I use the cloze package to create cloze texts. The documentation states specifically (p. 4):

The command \cloze doesn't change the behavior of the hyphenation.

But when I try the given example, I see that words are not properly hyphenated anymore:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{cloze}
\begin{document}
Telekommunikationsüberwachung geht Unternehmenssteuerfortentwicklungsgesetz
\cloze{Telekommunikationsüberwachung} geht \cloze{Unternehmenssteuerfortentwicklungsgesetz}
\end{document}

Can someone confirm this? Is this "fixable"? What worries me is that I kind of remember that hyphenation worked when I tested it a while ago.

A: If I look in the source for the documentation (file cloze.dtx), I see
\begin{clozeexample}
es
\cloze{Te\-le\-kom\-mu\-ni\-ka\-tions\-ü\-ber\-wach\-ung}
geht
\cloze{Un\-ter\-neh\-mens\-steu\-er\-fort\-ent\-wick\-lungs\-ge\-setz}
\cloze{Ab\-teil\-ungs\-lei\-ter\-in}
\cloze{Ober\-kom\-mi\-sar\-in}
auch
\cloze{Fil\-lial\-lei\-ter\-in}
kurz
\cloze{Ober\-kom\-mi\-sar\-in}
\cloze{Un\-ter\-neh\-mens\-steu\-er\-fort\-ent\-wick\-lungs\-ge\-setz}
\cloze{Fil\-lial\-lei\-ter\-in}
\cloze{Metz\-ger\-mei\-ster\-in}
in
\cloze{Ab\-teil\-ungs\-lei\-ter\-in}
der
\cloze{Ober\-kom\-mi\-sar\-in}
\cloze{Hoch\-lei\-stungs\-flüs\-sig\-keits\-chro\-ma\-to\-gra\-phie}
\cloze{Fil\-lial\-lei\-ter\-in}
Kürze
\cloze{Un\-ter\-neh\-mens\-steu\-er\-fort\-ent\-wick\-lungs\-ge\-setz}
\cloze{Metz\-ger\-mei\-ster\-in}
liegt
\cloze{Ab\-teil\-ungs\-lei\-ter\-in}
die
\cloze{Metz\-ger\-mei\-ster\-in}
\cloze{Ab\-teil\-ungs\-lei\-ter\-in}
Würze
\cloze{Ober\-kom\-mi\-sar\-in}
\end{clozeexample}

and indeed, when this is compiled, hyphenation is OK.
On the other hand, this seems to reproduce your problem:
\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{cloze}

\begin{document}

\parbox{2cm}{
  \cloze{supercalifragilisticexpialidocious}
}

\bigskip

\parbox{2cm}{
  supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
  \cloze{supercalifragilisticexpialidocious}
}

\bigskip

\parbox{2cm}{
 x
 \cloze{supercalifragilisticexpialidocious}
}

\end{document}

It seems that if \cloze comes after a space, it doesn't allow hyphenation. If I change the second example into
\parbox{2cm}{
  supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
  \cloze{\hspace{0pt}supercalifragilisticexpialidocious}
}

then the result is as expected:

A possible fix, but it works only with TeX Live 2017 (pretest, LuaTeX 1.0.4)
\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{cloze}
\usepackage{xpatch}

\xpatchcmd{\cloze}{#2}{\hspace{0pt}#2}{}{}

\begin{document}

\parbox{2cm}{
  \cloze{supercalifragilisticexpialidocious}
}

\bigskip

\parbox{2cm}{
  supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
  \cloze{supercalifragilisticexpialidocious}
}

\bigskip

\parbox{2cm}{
 x
 \cloze{supercalifragilisticexpialidocious}
}

\end{document}

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The Greater Will er en amerikansk stumfilm fra 1915 af Harley Knoles.

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Should NC sex offenders pay to be on registry?
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Former Yugoslavia - planning for implementation of Vance-Owen Plan
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Q: Linear application on finite dimensional product space Consider the set of probability measure $M(X\times Y)$ on $X\times Y$ with $X$ and $Y$ finite dimensional spaces (for example euclidean or discrete space).
Consider the application $f:M(X\times Y)\to \mathbb{R}$ linear on $\mu\in M(X\times Y)$.
I know that a linear application on a finite dimensional space is always continuous. Is this correct for $f$ as well? My guess is that the set of probability measure is finite dimensional as well which lead to continuity of the application.
Thank you for your help.


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New York/Canada Border to Open-One Way
Mike Karolyi Published: July 22, 2021
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For Americans that have been fully vaccinated for at least 14 days, you will once again be allowed to cross the Canadian border as of Monday August 9th.
With vaccination rates continuing to increase every day in both the U.S. and Canada and infection rates remaining low, we are pleased that the Canadian government is finally reopening its borders to fully vaccinated individuals beginning August 9. An open border with our neighbors to the North means families will be reunited once again and much-needed relief for our border communities that depend on cross-border trade and supply chains." - Governor Andrew Cuomo
According to NPR, Canada is opening the border to Americans first, followed by fully vaccinated individuals from around the world on Tuesday September 7th. Vaccinated or not you will still need proof of vaccination and a negative pre-arrival coronavirus test result but won't have to quarantine when you get to Canada.
Ironically, as the Canadian border opens to fully vaccinated Americans, the United States border remains closed to Canadians. USA Today reports that the United States has extended border restrictions on nonessential travel through August 21, 2021.
We are continuing to review our travel restrictions. Any decisions about reopening travel will be guided by our public health and medical experts. We take this incredibly seriously. We look and are guided by our own medical experts. I wouldn't look at it through a reciprocal intention. - White House press secretary Jen Psaki
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(1) The buyer loses the right to rely on the provisions of article 41 or article 42 if he does not give notice to the seller specifying the nature of the right or claim of the third party within a reasonable time after he has become aware or ought to have become aware of the right or claim.
(2) The seller is not entitled to rely on the provisions of the preceding paragraph if he knew of the right or claim of the third party and the nature of it.
1. Article 43(1) imposes on the buyer a notice requirement with respect to claims that the seller has breached articles 41 or 42. In certain circumstances, article 43(2) provides for a defence if a buyer has failed to give the notice required by article 43(1). The provisions of article 43 parallel in many ways the notice requirement and defence thereto that articles 39 and 40 establish with respect to breaches of article 35.
2. A small number of cases have applied article 43. In one, the buyer gave oral notice, during a personal visit to the seller, that the goods (an automobile) had been confiscated by authorities seven days earlier as stolen property; the court indicated that this constituted notice of a third party's right or claim to the goods (which would be a breach of the seller's obligations under article 41 CISG), that the notice was given within a reasonable time after the buyer became aware or ought to have become aware of the right or claim, and thus that the notice satisfied article 43 — although the court also suggested that the parties had excluded article 41 by agreement, and that the buyer's article 41 claim was barred by the applicable statute of limitations.
3. In another decision, the seller and its parent company were engaged in an ongoing dispute with the licensor of patent rights relating to CDs manufactured by the parent and sold to the buyer by the seller; the buyer may have become aware as early as 18 October 2000 that the licensor had attempted to terminate its license contract with the parent, but the buyer did not become aware that the seller was withholding license payments to the licensor until around the beginning of December 2000. In a fax to the seller dated 3 December 2000 the buyer complained that it feared the licensor would seek to collect license fees directly from the buyer's customers. The seller brought an action to collect payments on the price of the goods that the buyer had withheld, and the buyer defended by claiming the seller had breached article 42 CISG. The court of first instance held that the buyer's notice to seller concerning the third party's intellectual property claim was timely under article 43(1) because the buyer had no obligation to investigate, even in the face of "suspicious circumstances," whether the license contract with the licensor remained valid; therefore the buyer need not have become aware of the third party's intellectual property right or claim earlier than it in fact did; in addition, the court of first instance held that, under article 43(2), the seller could not rely on any alleged failure by buyer to give notice as required by article 43(1) because the seller was aware of the third party's right or claim. The intermediate appeals court affirmed the lower court's decision concerning article 43 notice on the basis of article 43(2); the final appeals court reversed the decision of the court of first instance on other grounds, without commenting on the article 43 notice issue. Another decision addressing article 43(2) declared that the provision applied (and thus would excuse a buyer's failure to give proper notice under article 43(1)) only if there was "positive knowledge by [Seller] of the right or the claims of third parties at the time when the claim would have had to have been presented to him."
4. A court has also held that the buyer's notice indicating the goods had been confiscated as stolen, given two months after the goods were seized, was untimely under article 43(1): the court emphasized that the buyer should easily have recognized, without the need to secure legal advice, that such seizure was a significant event suggesting that the goods the seller delivered had been stolen; the court also found that the buyer had failed to substantiate its claim to have engaged in a complex and protracted legal evaluation of the seizure. In addition, the court found that the buyer had failed to give the seller proper article 43(1) notice that the insurer of the party from whom the goods were allegedly stolen had demanded that the buyer turn over the goods: even if information concerning such demand contained in the buyer's legal complaint against the seller could satisfy article 43(1), the court held, the notice was too late because the complaint was filed almost seven months after the buyer received the insurance company's demand. In the course of this decision, the court made a number of general observations concerning article 43 notice. The court indicated that the "reasonable time" for giving notice under article 43(1) was to be determined by the circumstances of each particular case, and that a "rigid" interpretation of the buyer's period for giving notice would therefore be improper; that the buyer was entitled to "a certain period of time within which it could get an approximate picture of the legal situation," and the length of that period would be influenced by the type of legal defect involved. Concerning the contents and purpose of the notice required by article 43(1), the court stated that it was not sufficient to inform the seller generally that the goods were alleged to have been stolen because "[t]he notice of a third party claim is supposed to allow the seller to make contact with the third party and to defend the claim against the buyer. The notice must therefore set forth the 5. Presumably those called upon to interpret article 43(1) or 43(2) may look for guidance from the numerous decisions that apply the parallel provisions of article 39 and 40, although the differences between those provisions and article 43 should certainly be kept in mind.
1. See [GERMANY Oberlandesgericht Dresden 21 March 2007 and 18 January 2007] (holding that the buyer's duty to notify under article 43(1) applied only to the buyer's claim that the goods seller delivered were subject to a right or claim of a third party in violation of article 41 CISG, and not to the buyer's claim that the seller failed to transfer the property in the goods as required by article 30 CISG).
2. [GERMANY Oberlandesgericht Dresden 21 March 2007 and 18 January 2007].
3. See CLOUT case No. 753 [AUSTRIA Oberster Gerichtshof 12 September 2006] (see full text of the decision) (containing a report of the decision of the court of first instance).
4. See CLOUT case No. 753 [AUSTRIA Oberster Gerichtshof 12 September 2006] (see full text of the decision) (containing a report of the decision of the intermediate appeals court).
5. See CLOUT case No. 753 [AUSTRIA Oberster Gerichtshof 12 September 2006] (see full text of the decision). For another decision dealing with the application of article 43 to a buyer's claim under article 42 CISG, see [GERMANY Landgericht Köln 5 December 2006] (dealing with a claim under article 42 CISG).
6. Oberlandesgericht Hamm, Germany, 15 July 2004, decision described and affirmed (without specific comment on article 43(2)) in CLOUT case No. 822 [GERMANY Bundesgerichtshof 11 January 2006] (see full text of the decision).
7. CLOUT case No. 822 [GERMANY Bundesgerichtshof 11 January 2006] (see full text of the decision). For another decision holding that the buyer had lost its claim for failure to give timely article 43(1) notice, see [GERMANY Landgericht Köln 5 December 2006] (dealing with a claim under article 42 CISG).
8. CLOUT case No. 822 [GERMANY Bundesgerichtshof 11 January 2006] (see full text of the decision).


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Yahoo Buys Interclick for $270 Million
By Todd Wasserman 2011-11-01 11:52:43 UTC
Yahoo has purchased data-driven ad firm Interclick for $270 million.
Interclick, a 4-year-old company that analyzes and identifies the most responsive audiences for marketing using digital media, will help Yahoo better value remnant ad space. Typically, such unsold opportunities are snapped up by other firms, which resell it for a higher price.
Yahoo makes about $600 million a year from its remnant ad space, according to The Wall Street Journal, which cites "a person familiar with the matter."
The attempt to draw more revenue — presumably more than Interclick's price tag — makes sense for Yahoo, which saw its earnings and revenues fall 26% and 5% respectively, in its most-recent quarter.
The acquisition is Yahoo's most high-profile since it bought TV-tagging startup IntoNow in April for between $20 million and $30 million.
Topics: Advertising, Business, Interclick, IntoNow, Media, Yahoo


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Q: Handling Host Listener and third party libraries in Angular universal I am implementing angular universal and successfully created
dist/server.js.
package.json
{
      "name": "website",
      "version": "0.0.0",
      "scripts": {
        "ng": "ng",
        "start": "ng serve",
        "build": "ng build",
        "test": "ng test",
        "lint": "ng lint",
        "e2e": "ng e2e",
        "build:ssr": "npm run build:client-and-server-bundles && npm run webpack:server",
        "serve:ssr": "node dist/server.js",
        "build:client-and-server-bundles": "ng build --prod && ng run website:server",
        "webpack:server": "webpack --config webpack.server.config.js --progress --colors",
        "start:express": "node_modules/ts-node ./server.ts"
      },
      "private": true,
      "dependencies": {
        "@agm/core": "^1.0.0-beta.5",
        "@angular/animations": "~7.0.0",
        "@angular/cdk": "^6.4.7",
        "@angular/common": "~7.0.0",
        "@angular/compiler": "~7.0.0",
        "@angular/core": "~7.0.0",
        "@angular/forms": "~7.0.0",
        "@angular/http": "~7.0.0",
        "@angular/platform-browser": "~7.0.0",
        "@angular/platform-browser-dynamic": "~7.0.0",
        "@angular/platform-server": "~7.0.0",
        "@angular/router": "~7.0.0",
        "@nguniversal/express-engine": "^8.1.1",
        "@nguniversal/module-map-ngfactory-loader": "^8.1.1",
        "angular-carousel": "^1.1.0",
        "bootstrap": "^4.3.1",
        "class-transformer": "^0.2.0",
        "color-thief": "^2.2.5",
        "core-js": "^2.5.4",
        "moment": "^2.24.0",
        "ng-pick-datetime": "^7.0.0",
        "ng5-slider": "^1.1.14",
        "ngx-bootstrap": "^4.1.1",
        "ngx-loading": "^3.0.1",
        "rxjs": "~6.3.3",
        "ts-loader": "^6.1.0",
        "zone.js": "~0.8.26"
      },
      "devDependencies": {
        "@angular-devkit/build-angular": "^0.13.8",
        "@angular/cli": "~7.0.2",
        "@angular/compiler-cli": "^7.2.14",
        "@angular/language-service": "~7.0.0",
        "@fortawesome/fontawesome-free": "^5.7.2",
        "@types/jasmine": "~2.8.8",
        "@types/jasminewd2": "~2.0.3",
        "@types/node": "~8.9.4",
        "codelyzer": "~4.5.0",
        "jasmine-core": "~2.99.1",
        "jasmine-spec-reporter": "~4.2.1",
        "karma": "^4.1.0",
        "karma-chrome-launcher": "~2.2.0",
        "karma-coverage-istanbul-reporter": "~2.0.1",
        "karma-jasmine": "~1.1.2",
        "karma-jasmine-html-reporter": "^0.2.2",
        "protractor": "~5.4.0",
        "ts-node": "~7.0.0",
        "tslint": "~5.11.0",
        "typescript": "~3.1.1",
        "webpack-cli": "^3.3.8"
      }
    }

server.ts
// These are important and needed before anything else
import 'zone.js/dist/zone-node';
import 'reflect-metadata';

import { enableProdMode } from '@angular/core';

import * as express from 'express';
import { join } from 'path';

// Faster server renders w/ Prod mode (dev mode never needed)
enableProdMode();

// Express server
const app = express();

const PORT = process.env.PORT || 4000;
const DIST_FOLDER = join(process.cwd(), 'dist');

// * NOTE :: leave this as require() since this file is built Dynamically from webpack
const { AppServerModuleNgFactory, LAZY_MODULE_MAP } = require('./dist/server/main');

// Express Engine
import { ngExpressEngine } from '@nguniversal/express-engine';
// Import module map for lazy loading
import { provideModuleMap } from '@nguniversal/module-map-ngfactory-loader';

app.engine('html', ngExpressEngine({
  bootstrap: AppServerModuleNgFactory,
  providers: [
    provideModuleMap(LAZY_MODULE_MAP)
  ]
}));

app.set('view engine', 'html');
app.set('views', join(DIST_FOLDER, 'browser'));

// TODO: implement data requests securely
app.get('/api/*', (req, res) => {
  res.status(404).send('data requests are not supported');
});

// Server static files from /browser
app.get('*.*', express.static(join(DIST_FOLDER, 'browser')));

// All regular routes use the Universal engine
app.get('*', (req, res) => {
  res.render('index', { req });
});

// Start up the Node server
app.listen(PORT, () => {
  console.log(`Node server listening on http://localhost:${PORT}`);
});

I have used OwldatePicker library which uses events.
Error i get

I tried to use global['Event'] as per this.

*

*How this can be solved if one is using third party libraries and want to achieve SSR for SEO.

*What is standard way of handling events for implementing Angular universal?


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require "spec_helper"
require "hamster/list"

describe Hamster::List do
  [:at, :[]].each do |method|
    describe "##{method}" do
      describe "on a really big list" do
        before do
          @list = Hamster.interval(0, STACK_OVERFLOW_DEPTH)
        end

        it "doesn't run out of stack" do
          -> { @list.send(method, STACK_OVERFLOW_DEPTH) }.should_not raise_error
        end
      end

      [
        [[], 10, nil],
        [["A"], 10, nil],
        [%w[A B C], 0, "A"],
        [%w[A B C], 2, "C"],
      ].each do |values, number, expected|

        describe "#{values.inspect} with #{number}" do
          before do
            @original = Hamster.list(*values)
            @result = @original.send(method, number)
          end

          it "returns #{expected.inspect}" do
            @result.should == expected
          end
        end
      end
    end
  end
end

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An innovative procedure of percutaneous cryoablation of a renal tumor
On 2 December this year, in the Second Department of Radiology of UCC MUW, a pioneering computer tomography-guided procedure of percutaneous cryoablation of a renal tumor was performed.
Order no. 272/2020 of the Rector of the Medical University of Warsaw
Please read the following Order no. 272/2020 of the Rector of the Medical University of Warsaw of November 30, 2020 amending the Order No. 193/2020 of the Rector of the Medical University of Warsaw of September 24, 2020 on the organization of classes at studies, doctoral studies, doctoral school, postgraduate studies, courses and training, and the organization of credits and exams, in the winter semester of the academic year 2020 / 2021 in connection with the COVID-19 epidemic.
212th anniversary of teaching medicine in Warsaw
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The first Polish COVID application will help to relieve the burden on the hospitals and the sanitary and epidemiological station
On the initiative of the Medical Simulation and Innovation Center of the Medical University of Warsaw and the Termini company, the COVID.Termini.app was created, the first Polish application to help diagnose coronavirus-infected patients without the need to visit a doctor. This application used on a large scale will be able to relieve the burden on the health service and provide the data on the course of the disease.
Initiative of MUW students with the "Pro Juvenes" award
On November 8th this year, we met the winners of the "Pro Juvenes" competition organized by the Students' Parliament of the Republic of Poland. The first place in the "Students' health promotion initiatives" category was awarded to our students' project "Dethroning action - let's take the crown off the virus".
600 barrier tents for MUW hospitals in the fight against COVID-19
The MUW Medical Simulation and Innovation Centre in cooperation with the Warsaw Stock Exchange will equip hospitals across the country with 2 000 barrier tents-innovative tools to fight the coronavirus pandemic. Among the medical entities that will receive the tents are also MUW's clinical hospitals-a total of 600 pieces of this equipment will get to the hospitals.
MUW implements a project concerning the treatment of Crohn's disease in children
Researchers from our University will launch a study on a new method for treatment of young patients diagnosed with Crohn's disease. The project received funding from the Medical Research Agency in the amount of 5 515 280 PLN as part of the first competition for the implementation of non-commercial clinical trials. The study will be conducted in three academic hospitals dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of children with Crohn's disease: in Warsaw, Krakow and Wroclaw.
Prof. Marek Krawczyk with the title of Doctor Honoris Causa of Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce
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We know the results of the Times Higher Education by Subject 2021 ranking
On 28 October 2020 the results of the prestigious world ranking were made available - Times Higher Education by Subject 2021. The Warsaw Medical University making its debut in "clinical and health" field, is one of the three Polish universities which were taken into account by the authors of the ranking.


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package org.netmelody.cieye.core.utility;

import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.NoSuchElementException;

import com.google.common.base.Predicate;
import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
import com.google.common.collect.UnmodifiableIterator;

import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
import static com.google.common.collect.Lists.newArrayList;
import static java.util.Collections.unmodifiableList;

public final class Irritators {

    private Irritators() { }

    public static <T> Iterable<List<T>> partition(final Iterable<T> iterable, final Predicate<T> splicer) {
        checkNotNull(iterable);
        checkNotNull(splicer);
        return new Iterable<List<T>>() {
            @Override
            public Iterator<List<T>> iterator() {
                return partition(iterable.iterator(), splicer);
            }
            @Override public String toString() {
                return Iterables.toString(this);
            }
        };
    }

    public static <T> UnmodifiableIterator<List<T>> partition(final Iterator<T> iterator, final Predicate<T> splicer) {
        checkNotNull(iterator);
        checkNotNull(splicer);

        return new UnmodifiableIterator<List<T>>() {
            private List<T> nextResult = newArrayList();

            @Override
            public boolean hasNext() {
                return iterator.hasNext() || !nextResult.isEmpty();
            }

            @Override
            public List<T> next() {
                if (!hasNext()) {
                    if (nextResult.isEmpty()) {
                        throw new NoSuchElementException();
                    }

                    List<T> result = unmodifiableList(nextResult);
                    nextResult = newArrayList();
                    return result;
                }

                final List<T> result = nextResult;
                nextResult  = newArrayList();
                for (; iterator.hasNext(); ) {
                    final T next = iterator.next();
                    if (splicer.apply(next)) {
                        nextResult.add(next);
                        return unmodifiableList(result);
                    }
                    result.add(next);
                }
                return unmodifiableList(result);
            }
        };
    }
}


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There are times when you may want to make downloads available for your users or visitors. If you have a few, it may be hard to track them all. I've covered Easy Digital Downloads before, but Download Monitor offers an option for those that only want to feature downloads, not necessarily sell them.
Fairly recently, Download Monitor underwent a major upgrade which changed the way the plugin stored and featured download. Now, the plugin allows you to add downloads in a custom post type, then display them on your site using a shortcode or widget. Downloads can contain any file and have a versioning system, so each file can have multiple versions assigned to it. Downloads can also be easily marked as for logged in users only, or available for anyone visiting the site.
In order to output download links, Download Monitor makes use of content templates, such as buttons, boxes with images and plain links. These templates can be easily customized, and new ones can be added to your theme.
When you install Download Monitor you will see a new section in your admin panel labeled "Downloads." Think of downloads as a series of posts that can be arranged and organized according to the same kind of taxonomy and hierarchy. The way these files are organized effects how it is output in the end, but these taxonomy tags can be changed at any time.
The first thing to do is go to Downloads -> Add New to create your first download. Fill in the title for your download at the top. Under this, you will see the normal post content box. You may leave this blank, as it is not used by most content templates, but you can optionally add a description there. Under this, you'll see the meta box "Downloadable File Versions." This is where you actually add your downloadable files.
Click the "Add Version" button to add a file. If you want to store multiple versions of a file, enter a version number. Otherwise, leave it blank. Then, from the box chose either "Upload file" or "Browse for File." The upload option will bring up the normal WordPress media manager. The browse options let you search through your WordPress install if the file is located outside of wp-content. You can also copy and paste any URL into the download box.
If you chose to use versions, then you can add a new version by clicking the button and repeating the process. Versions are handy when you want to automatically replace a link sitewide with an updated file, and still keep all of your stats in one place. The downloaded file will, by default, be the most recent version of a file.
On the right side, you'll see standard post meta boxes for publishing, categories, and tags. Add whatever metadata you would like to the file. It could be useful to group together similar downloads into a single category, for instance. However, there is one more box in the top right called "Download Options." This box has two checkboxes, one to make a download "Featured," the other for "Members Only." The Featured box works like a special category and is used by the plugin's shortcode and widget to organize download listing. If you check the members' box, then the file will only be downloadable for users who have an account on your site. Other users will be directed to the login page.
You can add as many downloads as you would like, and organize them into different categories using the custom post type "Downloads" section. If you go to Downloads -> Downloads, you will see a list of every download item you have added. Next to each will be the ID number and the file that is listed. This ID can be important when including download links in your posts and pages.
You can add downloads to WordPress by either using a shortcode or the widget. There are two different shortcodes, [[download]] which will display an individual download, and [[downloads]] which will display a list. Each of these has its own parameters which can be found in the shortcode reference, but here are a few examples.
For more information on how to actually change content templates, you can see the plugin's documentation.
This will show all of the featured downloads in the category plugins as a grid of boxes, with images and the short description content displayed. These will be ordered by their title.
This will show a list of 10 downloads from the category mystuff, just as links with their filename. This entire list will be wrapped in an unordered list with the class "mydownloads" and each download will be wrapped as a list item.
There are other parameters that can be used with the plugin, which will customize its output in different ways.
You can also include downloads as a widget. The parameters are basically the same as with the shortcode but visit Appearance -> Widgets and drag the "Downloads List" widget into a sidebar. You will see options to customize how many downloads to include, which template to use, how to order the downloads and whether to show only featured or only members downloads. Once you are finished with the widget, click save and it will be included in your theme.
The only other customization for the plugin happens in Downloads -> Settings. In the General tab, you can specify which template to use by default (if you leave it blank, then filename will be the default). The Endpoint tab deals with where in your WordPress file structure files and downloads should be listed. Use the text boxes to customize how the slug of each download will look, though I would recommend leaving these at their default. If you have X-Accel-Redirect or X-Sendfile configured on your server, you can enable these to use them to serve files instead of PHP, which may be quicker. If you don't know what this option is, though, leave it unchecked. Lastly, the Logging tab lets you turn on and off automatic logging of errors, and lets you block certain IPs and User Agents from accessing any of your downloads. Again, you can leave this blank unless you have a reason to edit it.
Download Monitor also contains quite a few Actions and Filters that can be used to modify the output of downloads at different stages. If you are a developer, this is probably worth checking out. The plugin developer has also made some add-ons available to build on the functionality of the plugin. I expect that more will be added over time.
Download Monitor is free to use, and right now at least, all of his add-ons are listed as free. That makes the plugin donateware for now, though special customizations, priority support, and new add-ons will eventually become premium services for the plugin. But if you find it useful, please consider donating.
The plugin is updated with new features and bug fixes, and you can always find basic support on the WordPress support forums.


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text:
class RemoteCommandRequest : public QObject
{
    Q_OBJECT
public:
    explicit RemoteCommandRequest(QObject *parent = 0);

signals:

public slots:

};

#endif // REMOTECOMMANDREQUEST_H