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Commerce, Transportation and Tourism
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US - HR39 A bill to provide for payment of certain insurance benefits to certain protected employees of the Consolidated Rail Corporation to insure that such employees were not disadvantaged between April 1 and September 30, 1976.
US - HR94 A bill to amend the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act to increase the maximum daily benefits from twenty-five dollars to forty dollars.
US - HR95 A bill to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to provide spouses' and widows' benefits to certain divorced persons.
US - HR100 Nondiscrimination in Insurance Act
US - HR149 State Legislative and Administrative Procedure Protection Act of 1983
US - HR180 A bill to provide a remedy for sex discrimination by the insurance business with respect to the availability and scope of insurance coverage for women.
US - HR218 A bill to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to provide certain rules with respect to the treatment of used oil as hazardous waste unless the used oil is recycled under appropriate standards, and for other purposes.
US - HR250 A bill to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to change benefit eligibility requirements so that individuals who have completed 30 years of service as an employee and have attained the age of 55 years are eligible and so that certain other individuals who have attained the age of 55 years and are related to employees are also eligible.
US - HR298 Franchise Reform Act
US - HR299 Consumer Food Labeling Act
US - HR383 Municipal Waste-to-Energy Act of 1983
US - HR409 A bill to extend daylight savings time.
US - HR417 A bill to provide that ionization smoke detectors shall bear a label specifying that they contain radioactive materials.
US - HR459 A bill to amend the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act to assure sufficient resources to pay benefits under that Act, to increase the maximum daily benefit provided under that Act, to restore extended unemployment benefits for certain individuals, and for other purposes.
US - HR506 A bill to amend titles II and XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate the requirement that an individual must have been entitled to disability benefits for at least 24 months in order to qualify for medicare on the basis of disability.
US - HR565 A bill to establish a National Groundwater Commission and for other purposes.
US - HR600 Foreign Investment Reorganization Act of 1983
US - HR761 A bill to amend the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act of 1974 to prohibit the transportation of radioactive materials in densely populated areas.
US - HR794 Service Industries Commerce Development Act of 1983
US - HR797 Sales Representatives Protection Act
US - HR865 A bill to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to assure that surviving parents receive benefits that are equal to those analogous surviving parents receive under the Social Security Act.
US - HR866 A bill to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to require the inclusion of certain compensation in the computation of benefits if that compensation is taxed for railroad retirement purposes.
US - HR867 A bill to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to eliminate the limitation of "years of service" credit for military service to wartime service.
US - HR868 A bill to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to eliminate deductions from certain annuities on account of military pensions, disability compensation, and other gratuitous benefits given under other Acts of Congress.
US - HR869 A bill to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to provide benefits for certain disabled spouses of railroad employees and for certain spouses of disabled railroad employees.
US - HR870 A bill to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to provide that remarried widows who elected a residual lump sum payment may rescind that election, repay the lump sum, and receive an annuity in certain instances.
US - HR871 A bill to amend the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act to provide that unemployment benefits of railroad employees will not be reduced by reason of the receipt of certain unrelated social insurance benefits.
US - HR872 A bill to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 with regard to the definition of the term "spouse".
US - HR880 A bill to increase the number of weeks for which railroad unemployment benefits are payable.
US - HR918 A bill to place a moratorium on activity of the Federal Trade Commission with respect to certain professions and professional associations until the Congress expressly authorizes such activity.
US - HR1144 Infrastructure Revitalization Act of 1983
US - HR1159 Office Machine and Equipment Dealers Act
US - HR1234 Fair Practices and Procedures in Automotive Products Act of 1983
US - HR1316 A bill to make it an unfair practice for any retailer to increase the price of certain consumer commodities once he marks the price on any such consumer commodity, and to permit the Federal Trade Commission to order any such retailer to refund any amounts of money obtained by so increasing the price of such consumer commodity.
US - HR1350 National Commission on the Improvement of America's Infrastructure Act of 1983
US - HR1384 Unfair Foreign Competition Act of 1983
US - HR1415 A bill to protect franchised automobile dealers from unfair price discrimination in the sale by the manufacturer or importer of new motor vehicles, and for other purposes.
US - HR1445 A bill to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to require reports on the financial condition of the Railroad Retirement Account and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Account, and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to increase certain railroad retirement taxes.
US - HR1484 A bill to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to provide that State domestic relations or community property laws are not preempted by the Act.
US - HR1508 A bill to amend the Railway Labor Act to make the findings and orders of a public law board under section 3 of that Act subject to review for any fraud or corruption by a member of the board that relates to the dispute involved, without regard to whether such fraud or corruption was committed before or after the selection of such member to the board.
US - HR1509 Economic Recovery Through Railroad Revitalization and Roadbed Restoration Act of 1983
US - HR1571 Reciprocal Trade and Investment Act of 1983
US - HR1613 A bill to amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ("Superfund") to clarify certain provisions relating to remedial actions at facilities owned and operated by a State or political subdivision thereof.
US - HR1615 A bill to extend the Superfund legislation for five additional years and to provide for annual 5 percent increases in the funding levels after September 30, 1985, and for other purposes.
US - HR1632 A bill to prohibit the land disposal of liquid hazardous waste, and for other purposes.
US - HR1646 Railroad Retirement Solvency Act of 1983
US - HR1670 A bill to prohibit the landfill disposal of hazardous waste, and for other purposes.
US - HR1700 A bill amending Title I of the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act of 1972, and for other purposes.
US - HR1707 A bill to amend the Independent Safety Board Act of 1974 to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1984, 1985, and 1986, and for other purposes.
US - HR1727 Environmental Works Act of 1983
US - HR1751 Federal Boxing Protection Act of 1983
US - HR1778 Congressional Advisory Commission on Boxing Act
US - HR1801 A bill to amend the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act to provide extended unemployment benefits to certain employees with less than 10 years of service.
US - HR1804 A bill to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to exempt rural communities from the prohibition on open dumping of solid waste.
US - HR1989 A bill to establish a National Commission to examine and report to Congress regarding the Superfund program, and for other purposes.
US - HR2046 A bill to provide that aliens employed in the United States shall not be entitled to vote in certain elections conducted among members of labor organizations.
US - HR2089 A bill to authorize funds for fiscal year 1984 for carrying out the International Travel Act of 1961.
US - HR2090 Economic Equity Act of 1983
US - HR2203 Competitiveness in International Trade Act of 1983
US - HR2297 A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to authorize the Federal Communications Commission to regulate the entry of foreign telecommunications carriers into domestic United States telecommunications markets upon terms which are reciprocal with terms under which United States telecommunications carriers are permitted entry into the foreign markets involved.
US - HR2318 Railroad Service and Accountability Act of 1983
US - HR2330 Toxic Victim Compensation Act
US - HR2407 A bill to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to modify the criminal sanctions applicable with respect to hazardous waste, and for other purposes.
US - HR2428 A bill to amend the Commodity Credit Corporation Act to promote the exchange of material produced abroad and needed in the United States for agricultural commodities produced in and exported from the United States through normal commercial trade channels.
US - HR2429 A bill to require Amtrak to accept commuter tickets for passage on certain rail lines.
US - HR2442 Used Car Fair Dealing Act of 1983
US - HR2456 A bill to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 with respect to benefits payable to certain individuals who on December 31, 1974, had at least ten years of railroad service and also were fully insured under the Social Security Act.
US - HR2478 Hazardous Waste Control and Enforcement Act of 1983
US - HR2485 A bill providing for the resolution of the current rail labor dispute in Connecticut and New York, and for other purposes.
US - HR2498 Congressional Advisory Panel On Boxer Safety
US - HR2503 A bill to amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to generate additional revenues for the Superfund and to provide for certain additional forms of assistance respecting releases of hazardous substances, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to impose (in lieu of the tax on chemical feedstocks) an additional tax on hazardous wastes, and for other purposes.
US - HR2514 Technical Information Clearinghouse Fund Act of 1983
US - HR2525 A bill to establish a National Commission on Technological Innovation and Industrial Modernization.
US - HR2582 Hazardous Substance Victims Compensation Act of 1983
US - HR2584 A bill amending title 49 of the United States Code with respect to standards for rail rates and determinations of rail carrier market dominance, with respect to railroad accounting principles, and for other purposes.
US - HR2627 Hazardous Substances Response Act of 1983
US - HR2683 A bill to amend the Federal Trade Commission Act respecting the application of section 6 of that Act to the business of insurance, and for other purposes.
US - HR2693 Highway Safety Act of 1983
US - HR2764 Amtrak Improvement Act of 1983
US - HR2767 A bill to give priority to claims of governmental units pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, and the Solid Waste Disposal Act, for costs incurred to respond to hazards created by release of hazardous substances, except for claims arising from releases into navigable waters.
US - HR2810 A bill to amend and extend the Toxic Substances Control Act, as amended, for three years.
US - HR2848 Service Industries Commerce Development Act of 1984
US - HR2867 Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984
US - HR2901 A bill to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 with respect to the exemption from legal process of certain benefits under such Act.
US - HR2907 A bill to establish a United States Design Council within the Department of Commerce.
US - HR2960 Beverage Container Reuse and Recycling Act
US - HR2974 Federal Trade Commission Authorization Act of 1983
US - HR2980 A bill to declare a portion of the Hudson River in Hudson County, New Jersey, to be not a navigable water of the United States, and for other purposes.
US - HR3113 Domestic Automobile Industry Revitalization Act
US - HR3129 Hazardous Waste Reduction Act of 1983
US - HR3169 Renewable Energy Industry Development Act of 1983
US - HR3332 A bill to prohibit Conrail from taking actions to damage its rail facilities and equipment before final disposition or sale of the interest of the United States in the Corporation.
US - HR3397 A bill to establish a Commission on Capital Markets to evaluate the capital needs of the United States economy and the effects of Federal and State regulation of financial investment institutions and other financial intermediaries on capital formation and allocation and on economic activity, and for other purposes.
US - HR3537 Financial Institutions Deregulation Act
US - HR3591 Sales Representation Contractual Relations Act
US - HR3631 A bill to amend the Social Security Act and the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to repeal the 24-month waiting period for disabled individuals to become eligible for medicare benefits.
US - HR3804 Interstate and Foreign Commerce Development Act
US - HR3870 A bill to restrict the sales of alcoholic beverages in interstate commerce.
US - HR3943 A bill to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to remove the "last employer" limitation on the receipt of certain annuities in cases where the employment concerned is part-time non-railroad employment.
US - HR3948 A bill to provide for a study of work and earnings limitations on the receipt of certain railroad retirement benefits and the effects of a proposed modification of those limitations.
US - HR4045 A bill to impose a moratorium for one year on the deregulation of railroad boxcar traffic by the Interstate Commerce Commission.
US - HR4132 A bill to amend section 10713(a) of title 49 of the United States Code to define "purchasers of rail services", and for other purposes.
US - HR4141 A bill to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to remove the "last employer" limitation on the receipt of certain annuities in cases where the employment concerned is nonrailroad employment compensated at a rate not exceeding $4800 per annum.
US - HR4188 Consumer Fraud Act of 1983
US - HR4303 Toxic Substances Control Act Liability Amendments of 1983
US - HR4304 Toxic Substances Control Act Improvements Amendments of 1983
US - HR4360 Industrial Competitiveness Act
US - HR4396 A bill to authorize community relocation and business and employee protection in cases of toxic substance contamination.
US - HR4416 A bill to extend the Superfund legislation through the fiscal year 1990, and for other purposes.
US - HR4432 Trade Reorganization Act of 1983
US - HR4439 A bill extending the authorization for the Railroad Accounting Principles Board, and for other purposes.
US - HR4499 Made in America Act
US - HR4506 Insurance, Banking, and Securities Moratorium Act
US - HR4642 Fair Insurance Coverage Act
US - HR4643 Textile Fiber and Wool Products Identification Improvement Act
US - HR4736 A bill to provide for the continuation of certain rail freight service by Conrail, and for other purposes.
US - HR4760 A bill to amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to establish certain requirements with respect to hazardous substances released from Federal facilities, and for other purposes.
US - HR4761 Leaking Underground Storage Tank Liability and Standards Act of 1984
US - HR4813 Comprehensive Hazardous Substances Cleanup and Emergency Relief Act of 1984
US - HR4831 A bill to provide for full and prompt disclosure of rail transportation contracts.
US - HR4858 A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act and the Railway Labor Act to modify the circumstances under which certain collective bargaining agreement subject to such Act may be rejected by an employer in a case under chapter 11 of title 11 of the United States Code.
US - HR4862 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Act of 1984
US - HR4915 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act Amendments of 1984
US - HR4955 A bill to require the Secretary of Transportation to prescribe regulations requiring certain modes of public transportation in interstate commerce to reserve some seating capacity for passengers who do not smoke.
US - HR4965 Hazardous Materials Transportation Act Amendments of 1984
US - HR4985 A bill to amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (Superfund) to provide for cleanup authority and liability for petroleum releases and to regulate underground storage tanks used for the storage of hazardous substances.
US - HR5002 A bill to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to establish certain rules regarding the liability of corporate officers and employees for criminal acts with respect to hazardous waste.
US - HR5013 A bill to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to make certain adjustments in benefits contingent on the financial condition of the railroad retirement system.
US - HR5078 A bill to permit States to exercise regulatory jurisdiction over intrastate railroad abandonments.
US - HR5108 A bill to amend the Magnuson-Moss Warranty--Federal Trade Commission Improvement Act to require that consumer product warranties include a statement of the availability from the manufacturer of spare parts.
US - HR5109 A bill expressing the sense of Congress with respect to preemption of State and local laws restricting the transportation of hazardous materials and requiring the Secretary of Transportation to submit to Congress a report on proposed routes for the transportation of hazardous materials through less populated areas.
US - HR5153 Basic Industries Merger, Acquisition, and Joint Ventures Study and Moratorium Act
US - HR5175 Emergency Petroleum Industries Stability Act of 1984
US - HR5186 A bill to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to permit any State to regulate the transportation of solid waste into the State for purposes of storage or disposal in that State, and for other purposes.
US - HR5217 A bill to impose a moratorium on certain actions of the Interstate Commerce Commission.
US - HR5249 A bill to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to require any person selling a hazardous waste site to provide certain notice to the purchaser.
US - HR5295 A bill to terminate certain authority of the executive branch of the Government which is subject to congressional review unless that authority is approved by an enactment of the Congress.
US - HR5305 A bill to protect consumers and franchised automobile dealers from unfair price discrimination in the sale by the manufacturer of new motor vehicles, and for other purposes.
US - HR5342 Capital Markets Commission and Moratorium Act
US - HR5376 A bill to amend section 10301(b) of title 49, United States Code, to provide for increased representation of the agricultural and natural resource products industries.
US - HR5388 Professional Sports Team Community Protection Act
US - HR5452 A bill to amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to impose certain requirements with respect to the acquisition of substantial energy reserves holders, and for other purposes.
US - HR5507 A bill to amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to give the Federal Trade Commission authority with respect to certain regulations of the Civil Aeronautics Board relating to unfair acts or practices, and for other purposes.
US - HR5530 A bill to amend the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1985 and for other purposes.
US - HR5536 A bill to prevent a franchisor from operating, or authorizing the operation of, a new marketing premises within the marketing area of an existing franchised marketing premises if the new premises will have a significant impact on the sales of the existing franchised premises.
US - HR5585 Railroad Safety Improvement Act of 1984
US - HR5591 Urban Radioactive Materials Protection Act of 1984
US - HR5640 Superfund Expansion and Protection Act of 1984
US - HR5704 A bill to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to provide survivors' annuities to certain employees' survivors not currently eligible for such annuities, and to provide for reductions in annuities otherwise due to persons likely to become such survivors and employees.
US - HR5717 A bill declaring a portion of Bayou Lafourche, Louisiana, a nonnavigable waterway of the United States.
US - HR5731 Railroad Regulation Improvement Act
US - HR5801 Ethanol Energy Policy Act of 1984
US - HR5881 Financial Institutions Act of 1984
US - HR5929 A bill to amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to make the sale or distribution in or affecting commerce or the production for sale or distribution in or affecting commerce of counterfeit goods or services an unfair or deceptive act or practice and an unfair method of competition and to authorize the Federal Trade Commission to initiate seizure actions in such cases, and for other purposes.
US - HR6050 A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, the Federal Trade Commission Act, and title 18 of the United States Code to increase the criminal penalties for those who willfully sell or offer for sale drugs, devices, or medical treatment knowing that it is unsafe or ineffective or unproven for safety or efficacy.
US - HR6051 A bill to establish a Strike Force on Health Quackery to coordinate the efforts of Federal agencies to curb the sale and promotion of fraudulent health remedies.
US - HR6053 A bill to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to eliminate certain reductions in cost of living increases.
US - HR6065 Conrail Sale Date Deferment Act
US - HR6068 Railroad Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 1984
US - HR6082 Conrail Sale Rail Infrastructure Fund Act
US - HR6140 Steel Advisory Council Act
US - HR6148 Health Spa Consumer Protection Act
US - HR6359 Congressional Advisory Commission on Amateur Boxing Act
US - HJRES219 A joint resolution declaring the support of the United States Government for efforts of the United States Soccer Federation to bring the World Cup to the United States in 1986, designating the Secretary of Commerce as the official representative of the United States Government to the Federation Internationale de Football Association, and for other purposes.
US - HJRES389 A joint resolution calling upon the Federal Trade Commission, Department of Justice, and all other appropriate Federal agencies to enforce the Federal Trade Commission Act, the Sherman Act, and all other Federal antitrust laws including the prohibition against vertical price restraints.
US - HCONRES28 A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that studies should be undertaken immediately into possible alternative methods for financing annuities provided under the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974.
US - HCONRES46 A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that studies should be undertaken immediately into methods of adequately financing the railroad retirement and railroad unemployment systems.
US - HCONRES70 A concurrent resolution disapproving a rule submitted by the Federal Trade Commission relating to funeral industry practices.
US - HCONRES103 A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that studies should be undertaken immediately into possible alternative methods for financing annuities provided under the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974.
US - HCONRES219 A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the Interstate Commerce Commission has not been exercising its statutory authority in a matter which adequately balances the interests of rail shippers and the public against the interests of rail carriers.
US - HCONRES234 A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the Federal Railroad Administration should pursue solutions to alcohol and drug abuse problems in the railroad industry.
US - HRES149 A resolution disapproving the Administration's recommendation that the States assume all costs associated with operating joint State and federally funded rail service now operating under section 403(b) of the Rail Passenger Service Act.
US - HRES574 A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that professional sports teams should be discouraged from relocating from communities that have supported and grown to depend on them, and for other purposes.


2008 Woods 16" custom show saddle, has less than 50 rides. Stored inside a non-smoking home. Excellent condition, comes with nice saddle bag. Perfect Christmas gift!
Details 2008 Woods 16" custom show saddle, has less than 50 rides. Stored inside a non-smoking home. Excellent condition, comes with nice saddle bag. Perfect Christmas gift!


Burberry has always been one of my favorite brands, fashion wise and now makeup too. It's one of those classic lines that is so timeless and makes me ooh and aah every season. While in Los Angeles last month, I had the pleasure of trying their makeup first hand at their new store on Rodeo. It was one of my favorite days I spent in California, taking some bits back home with me and acquiring some others recently.
I'm so happy to finally share my trip to California last month. I had so much fun and would gladly return to LA tomorrow if someone asked me. This trip was special since I was celebrating my 21st birthday which was on August 20th. I enjoyed Santa Barbara, where I spent the first part of my trip but I really fell in love with Los Angeles, as anyone could once they take in the California vibe (yes there is a feeling that differs from anywhere else I've been).


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On the Hill: A Century of Depicting the Sarjeant
Frank Denton 'The Sarjeant Gallery 1926' 1926, black & white photograph, 1965/1/23. Collection of the Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui. Gift of Mary Powell, Marjorie Marshall and Harold Denton, 1965.
2 December – 25 February 2018
The Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui has been an institution of national importance since its opening in 1919. It is one of New Zealand's most important heritage buildings but it is earthquake-prone, rated at only 5% of the current New Building Standard. The Gallery's art collection is also of national importance, with some 8,000 works ranging from 16th Century European pieces to modern New Zealand art works, all in the care of Sarjeant Gallery staff.
The works in this small selection from the Sarjeant collection showcase the way the Gallery's Neo-Classical architecture, designed by Donald Hosie in 1917, has inspired many different artists during its near century-long existence. It is particularly timely as we close in on our funding target for the proposed redevelopment of our Gallery in Queens Park.
Photographers have been attracted to the elegant exterior of the building since it was officially opened in 1919. Frank Denton took an iconic image of the building through trees in 1926. Sixty years later, Laurence Aberhart found similar interest in the Gallery's relationship with nearby foliage and shadow when he took multiple photographs of the building during his time as artist-in-residence at the inaugural Tylee Cottage artist residency in 1986.
Laurence Aberhart 'The Sarjeant Gallery, Back View' 1986, black & white photograph, 1986/13/2. Collection of the Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui. Gift of the artist, 1986.
The Gallery has also attracted the attention of many painters, including Peter Ireland, Craig Collier, Arthur Barnes and Nigel Brown. The latter's 1993 depiction of the Sarjeant, containing the inscription 'A moment preserved for a moment under the dome of eternity', was generously gifted to the Gallery by Nigel and his partner in 2002. Matt Pine's "replica" model in cast aluminium highlights the building's cruciform design (a style usually reserved for churches), containing four galleries branching off a central space capped with a hemispherical dome. Rodney Fumpston's print flattens the building to colour and line on the page, but it is still recognisable as our iconic building.
When the redeveloped Sarjeant Gallery building reopens it is our hope the architecture will continue to inform and inspire new generations of artists for many years to come.
For information on how to support the Sarjeant Gallery Redevelopment Project visit: www.sarjeant.org.nz/join-us/
Jessica Kidd
Assistant Curator

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PSI says that Windows 7 is up to date when it isn't, Belarc Advisor says 18 security updates missing!
Post "Windows 7" has been selected as an answer.
That's strange. I have Windows 7 64bit too. Installed last Windows update June 4th. Both PSI and Belarc report no issues. Did you check for Windows updates by running Windows update manually?
I've been trying to do a manual update for weeks, update bar just keeps going and gets no updates, not worked since March, so no updates for April or May.
Last edited on 7th Jun, 2016 05:38 Belarc reports missing updates because you were unable to install updates since March. That makes it strange that PSI reports nothing. I don't understand why manual update doesn't work, maybe another forum member can help you with that. Did you try automatic update?
Automatic updates are on so don't know why it isn't updating. I don't connect the laptop that often to the internet.
That might be the reason. If you connect to the internet now & then during short periods Windows update doesn't have the time to search for updates, download them and install. I have a laptop as a backup machine which I update once a week. I run Windows update manually and install manually. For you the best solution is, I think, do the same: switch on, connect to the internet, select Windows update settings (left side of the screen)set Windows update to 'never search for updates' and press OK in the lower bar, start Windows update and let it run till you see that the updates are downloaded, then select all updates and install. Because you have 18 updates to install I predict that it will run for a long time. During installation it can happen that you see one or more warnings asking you to reboot, if so, do that and restart update when the the laptop is online again. Before starting this you can take a look at Windows updates history where you see when the last updates were installed. I'm curious which date it was. I hope this helps you. Contact me again if something isn't clear enough or further problems come up.
Hi @rd52, I know that this tool is available to solve technical problems with Windows updates. However, I didn't mention this to @asavage70 yet because I thinks there's no technical problem with Windows 7 on his laptop. Because he told me he's starting and connecting his laptop to the internet just 'now and then' and for short periods Windows updates didn't get enough time to do the job. And that's exactly what I experience with my laptop as I explained. I now wait the outcome of @asavage70' actions as advised in my post.
Leender Kip, The reason I recommended it was: it is easy, takes a couple of minutes, will not harm his machine, and will pinpoint and fix problems with Windows update. It would be nice to cross that off the list of problems, in case that it is just a Windows' Update problem. I just downloaded and ran it on my machine (W7/Pro/64) before giving the link in my prior post (it said my computer was OK).
Already did the fix it tool, it fixed a corrupt or missing file and a couple of other things.
Thanks, tried that and it worked. However, laptop froze up and had to reboot then lost the updates. I will redo again tomorrow.


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McCaskill not worried about moving Guantanamo detainees here
The arrival of the first Guantanamo detainee in the United States has provoked the expected political backlash. Missouri's junior senator says people need to calm down.
The presence this week of Ahmed Ghailani for trial in New York has led Ohio Congressman John Boehner, the House Minority Leader, to charge Democrats with planning "to import terrorism into America." Ghailani is charged with being involved in two embassy bombings that killed 224 people. Senator McCaskill says it's time people took a deep breath about Guantanamo. She says no one in government wants to do anything to endanger the nation and its people. She says she's hearing some of the same arguments today that she heard 20 years ago as a state legislator when lawmakers argued about what to do with maximum-security prisoners.
"We're talking about people who are incredibly violent criminals, " she says, "and..in Missouri we've managed to lock 'em up tight, and we do not have a problem…"
McCaskill says we've had terrorists in Missouri—at the federal prison system medical center in Springfield—and they've always been under tight security.
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For Those Who Don't "Measure Up"
Sometime ago I saw a video on YouTube that blew my mind. This guys was doing the craziest Calisthenic push-ups I had ever seen. One particular push-up consisted of him literally launching his body into the air from a prone lying position using only his arms. Being a guy that likes fitness I wrote him a comment and asked him how in the world he got to that level because I wanted to get there too. What do I have to do? I asked. I read his response with disappointment when he basically told me he didn't really know what to say.
When I read this verse my question is, John, how in the world do you get to that level? Will John, like my YouTube friend give us the answer? Or will he leave us hanging? Let's find out.
Everyone here knows that God loves them. Almost every person in the west has seen a billboard with the words "God loves you" on it. But notice, John does not say "listen." He does not say, "study." He doesn't even say "read". John says, "behold." To behold means to see. Let me ask you a question. What was the last time you actually saw Gods love for you?
Is it possible then that for John the first step to overcoming sin is in seeing how much God loves us on a daily basis despite the fact that we are far from where he wants us to be?
John goes on to say that God lavishes his love on us by calling us his children. But notice something interesting. In verse 2 he adds, "now we are children of God." Notice, John did not say that you have to reach a certain level of holiness before God considers you his child. He did not say you had to grow spiritually first before you could be considered his child. He said "now" we are his children. Today. Not tomorrow. You see, I have two boys. One is a toddler and he is wild. But as wild as he is he is my son. I will not consider him a son when he grows up and learns to behave better. He is my son now even though he is far from being the man I hope he someday becomes. In other words, you are a part of Gods family today, right now, even if you are a spiritual toddler. You may be far from the person God wants you to be. You may still have things in your life you need to get right and yet even so you are Gods child right now.
Could John be telling us that the secret to being an over-comer is to recognize that we are Gods children right now despite our imperfections?
it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.
I have been miserable for years being a SDA. I love the Death and Hell message and mostly… the fundamentals of the Church but If I have to be perfect before God in the Flesh, then What DID JESUS come and do for me? I find myself being in fear all the time because I don't measure up.
You see, this guy thinks in order for Jesus to come and take him to heaven he has to become absolutely perfect. But John says, even though we wont be like him until we see him, guess what! We are going to see him. He is coming and when he does we will be transformed into his image.
Perhaps the third secret to being an over-comer is in recognizing that you don't have to be absolutely perfect in order to go to heaven.
Notice John does not say "all purify themselves." John says, "whoever has this hope in him purifies himself." Here is the answer to the question, "How can I be sinless?" There is only one way: All who have this hope in him. But what is the hope? The message that God loves us, calls us his children, and is coming to take us to heaven despite our flaws forms a foundation of hope that purifies the one who believes it.
Perhaps John is telling us that the fourth secret to overcoming lies in feeling safe in the arms of God (having the hope of salvation) despite your imperfections.
But what exactly does it mean to be sinless? Notice John says, "everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure." Later on John tells us that God is love. Here he tells us that God is pure. So according to John God is pure love. If I pour salt into a glass of water is it pure? What about lemon? No. Pure water is H2O plus nothing else. According to John God is love plus nothing else. That's not me. I have a bit of love mixed with selfishness, anger, and pride. But God is pure love. So to purify myself just as God is pure is to love like God loves. And while it is possible to correct behavior by focusing on behavior, you cannot love like God by trying harder.
I don't know about you but I want to love like Jesus loves. That would be awesome. It begins by daily seeing his love for me. Not just reading about it. Talking about it. Or hearing about it. But experiencing it in our hearts. It begins by believing that you are a child of God, a member of his family, despite your imperfections. It begins by recognizing that you don't have to be absolutely perfect in order for Jesus to come and take you to heaven. When you have this hope in you, you can go forth to purify yourself just as God is pure. You can learn to love like Jesus. The search for sinlessness is ultimately a search - not for perfect behavior or flawless obedience to the letter of the law - but for the love of God to make its home within us more and more. And so long as you are anxious and worried about your behavior you will never discover this love. It is when you recognize that its not about you at all, it is when you let go of your supposed "qualifications" and trust entirely on the sacrifice of Jesus for your salvation that you can then, in hope and joy, go forward to grow in love.


Medical-legal partnerships (MLPs) combine health and legal services at a single site of care to address and prevent civil legal problems that affect health. The strength of these partnerships lies in the collaboration between health care, public health, and civil legal aid professionals who don't normally work together, but collectively engage in trainings, patient care, and policy work. To be more specific, in an MLP, lawyers work with patients to alleviate—through legal intervention—social or other stressors that are impacting their health; doctors, nurses, and social workers receive training on how to screen for possible legal issues that affect their patients' health and well-being.
Hundreds of health care and legal institutions across the country have developed MLPs to help children, the elderly, veterans, and people with chronic illnesses get and stay healthy. These partnerships are taking off as health care providers increasingly acknowledge their positive effects for patients and health care workers alike.
A 2010 study of a medical-legal partnership in California, for example, found that two-thirds of the people who participated in the program reported improved child health and well-being. Another study, which focused on an MLP in Georgia, found increased physician satisfaction, a rise in Medicaid payments for the partnering hospitals' services, and a savings of $10,000 in annual continuing education costs.
Currently, nearly half of all LSC grantees operate MLPs, including Legal Aid of Nebraska—whose Nebraska Medical-Legal Partnership was featured on PBS NewsHour in September 2015—and Legal Aid of Arkansas.
In 2009, the Walmart Foundation and the Walmart Legal Department donated $100,000 to Legal Aid of Arkansas and the Arkansas Access to Justice Commission to better assist low-income Arkansans in getting the help they need.
An MLP was then formed in 2011 between Walmart, Arkansas Children's Hospital, and Legal Aid of Arkansas, through which Walmart attorneys provide free legal services to patients and their families. Since then, more than 700 patients have been referred through the hospital, and over 120 Walmart attorneys and professional staff associates have volunteered approximately 1,400 hours on various pro bono projects, including patient cases worth more than $200,000 in free legal services.
Due to the success of the partnership—the first of its kind between a large corporate legal department and a major hospital, as well as Walmart's first foray into free legal services—more are on the way. After Arkansas, Walmart funded an MLP between Texas Children's Hospital and Houston Bar Association's Houston Volunteer Lawyers in 2012, and it wants to create a national network of MLPs at children's hospitals. Children's hospitals are also increasingly embracing the partnerships.
For more information on Legal Aid of Arkansas' medical-legal partnership, view the PowerPoint slides from the organization's presentation on "Innovations in Civil Legal Aid" at the 2015 NLADA annual conference here.
The Alaska Legal Services Corporation (ALSC) has 12 offices across the state and fewer than 30 attorneys, who serve approximately 6,400 low-income Alaskans per year. Forty-five percent of these clients are Alaska Natives, whose access to justice can be hindered and exacerbated by the isolated areas where they live.
Not only does this initiative provide a lawyer in or near a health care facility in a collaborative effort to facilitate the referral process and combat health-harming social conditions, but it is also a significant addition of six attorneys—a 20 percent increase—to ALSC's team of approximately 30 attorneys.
This project likely wouldn't have existed, though, if it were not for a conference on Native American health held about two years ago on the Navajo Nation in the southwestern United States. That is when ALSC Director Nikole Nelson learned about the Navajo Nation's MLP with DNA-People's Legal Services in Arizona. Such a collaborative effort, she realized, would be a great fit for Alaska and its widespread population.
After a year and a half of hard work, the project got funding and became part of a six-state public and private investment that includes 14 new sites and 14 legal fellows who will support each other as they work in MLPs in tribal communities in New Mexico, Arizona, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Utah, and Alaska.
Looking to the future, it is possible that additional partnerships in Alaska may be formed over the course of the three-year project, modeled after the MLP between the Navajo Nation and DNA-People's Legal Services and the other 300 MLP's across the country.
Struggling through an illness such as breast cancer is never easy, especially when money is tight.
One of the few legal aid organizations to have such a program—Atlanta Legal Aid Society is another—Legal Aid of Nebraska's (LAN's) Breast Cancer Legal Hotline provides access to free civil legal advice, service, and representation to breast cancer patients and survivors, regardless of income.
The hotline, started in 2013 with a grant from Susan G. Komen Nebraska, is an important part of LAN's medical-legal partnership (MLP). The partnership initially began in 2009 with funding from Nebraska Medicine. The hotline is available five days a week from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., and is staffed by a paralegal who is solely responsible for intake and litigation support.
The hotline is all-encompassing too, in the sense that any breast cancer patient or survivor can call in to receive legal assistance—as well as representation—on a number of issues. These issues may include but are not limited to consumer law, family law, public benefits, employment discrimination, and end-of-life issues. This enables patients and survivors to focus on their health and healing instead of being worn down by the stresses of their legal situation. To put LAN's work in context, one particular case involved helping a client who was in an abusive relationship get a divorce while she was going through chemotherapy.
A person's [socioeconomic status] (SES) affects his or her ability to get health care. A person with more education is more likely to get a job that pays well and provides health insurance and paid sick leave. People who have higher incomes and health insurance are more likely to get tests that can find cancer early, and get the right treatment if cancer is found. So people with a higher SES often have higher cancer survival rates.
People with a low SES are less likely to get cancer screening tests. So their cancer is often found at a later stage when it causes symptoms. Even if their cancer is treated, patients are less likely to survive cancer that's found after it has advanced.
On the other hand, LAN has been actively working to meet the need, and it has been making progress. In fact, LAN's MLP has grown from one department in one hospital to all five of Omaha's major hospital systems, including two neighborhood clinics. And, according to a PBS NewsHour segment on the MLP in September 2015, Nebraska Medicine's payments to LAN have increased from $25,000 to more than $200,000 a year.
Shortly after the project started, in 2005, the Greater Atlanta Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure gave it funding. Since April 2010, ALAS has received seven grants from Komen Atlanta, totaling $337,403.
Specialized outreach, similar to that done in medical-legal partnerships, on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
For more information on ALAS' Breast Cancer Legal Project, click here.
From the seemingly harmless act of collecting, to the accumulation of stuff, to the inability to let go of anything, hoarding is a real problem that can have an adverse effect on individuals, families, and communities.
Hoarders currently account for between 2 percent and 5 percent of the population—an estimated 23,600 to 59,000 adults in Philadelphia. Unfortunately, they also lack access to legal services, and legal representation for tenants and homeowners with hoarding behaviors facing eviction can be challenging, time-consuming, and frustrating.
CLS staff initially reached out to a number of organizations to discuss the idea of starting a task force. Around the same time, Mayor Michael Nutter convened a task force of city agencies to implement hoarding-prevention strategies. Then, after PHTF was formed, CLS found speakers from across the United States and Canada to educate members of the task force about hoarding disorders and best practices for hoarding intervention.
PHTF doesn't provide direct services, but rather ensures access to resources, training for provider organizations, and education about hoarding in the Philadelphia area. This is important because developing a shared understanding of what leads to hoarding behaviors among the organizations that work with these issues and, in a general sense, improving outcomes for those who hoard, is critical.
For more information on the Philadelphia Hoarding Task Force, view the PowerPoint slides from Community Legal Services' presentation on "Innovations in Civil Legal Aid" at the 2015 NLADA annual conference here.
In New York, criminal history is the basis of a "protected class" regarding employment discrimination. However, many residents are unfairly denied licenses necessary for some businesses or employment contrary to the New York Corrections Law.
LawNY—an LSC grantee that serves a 14-county area through 7 offices—developed a re-entry project that provides civil legal services to re-entering former offenders. It resulted from the organization's involvement with community groups that help ex-offenders. The project kicked off in LawNY's Rochester office in 2006, and has since been replicated in two other offices.
Funded by a grant from New York State, the project allows an attorney in LawNY's Rochester office to work on the project in addition to three Equal Justice Works Employment Opportunity Legal Corps fellows. The fellows are housed on the points of a triangle covering LawNY's service area in Jamestown, Ithaca, and Rochester.
Emphasizing coordination and involvement with community groups through mutual referral systems.
Training volunteer attorneys about certificates of rehabilitation.
Educating the legal community—including judges—on available options and barriers that exist.
Participating in Federal Reentry Court and New York Criminal Court's Drug Treatment Court.
For more information on the re-entry project, view LawNY's presentation on "Innovations in Civil Legal Aid" at the 2015 NLADA annual conference here.
The average consumer is susceptible to a number of threats at any given time, spanning the areas of money and credit, online privacy and security, and more.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC)—the nation's consumer protection agency—works to protect consumers from fraud and deception in the marketplace, and in partnership with LSC, it released several webinars geared towards legal aid organizations.
This webinar has practical information to help clients who have experienced unauthorized charges—whether a credit card, debit card, bank account, prepaid card, gift card, telephone bill, or app store account. It also discusses the importance of complaining about unauthorized charges.
To view the PowerPoint slides from the video, click here.
In this webinar, staff from the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection talk about and walk through the agency's identitytheft.gov website, which provides personal recovery plans for victims of identity theft. In addition, they discuss tips for preventing and addressing identity theft, as well as the growing problem of tax identity theft.
This webinar discusses a variety of scams and deceptive practices that may affect the clients of legal aid organizations when they purchase cars. Among the topics covered are: misleading automobile advertising; deceptive and unfair acts and practices in the sale of add-on products or services; deceptive and unfair financing tactics, often known as yo-yo financing; law enforcement actions filed by the FTC combating these practices; and other FTC initiatives and consumer resources on these topics.


The professor who teaches students how to teach students with disabilities, will not be back in a Trevecca classroom next year.
Dusteen Knotts, associate professor of education, confirmed Wednesday she was told by TNU administrators that her annual contract will not be renewed.
Knotts, who has taught education classes at Trevecca for four years, said she is following the proper procedure with Trevecca human relations to address the decision.
"I don't have any answers. I'm as mystified as everyone else," Knotts said.
Knotts, as well as human resource officials, said they could not share details about why her contract was not renewed.
Several students have expressed support for Knotts and question why her contract is not being renewed, she said.
"I'm incredibly humbled by the quality of students and their maturity," she said.
A group of students said they are presenting a petition to administrators. The students refused a request for an interview for this story and would not say specifically for what the petition asks administrators to do.
But, a recent Facebook event was created called Prayer for Dr. Knotts by Trevecca students, Jessica Massey and Alexandria Alspach. Massey and Alspach invited around 300 Trevecca affiliates to participate in a campus-wide prayer while a small group of students will present the petition to Carol Maxson, associate provost and dean of academic affairs, the Facebook page said.
Provost Steve Pusey said that several laws prevent administrators from discussing personnel issues.
Non-tenured faculty members' annual contracts are renewed each spring. Administrators can determine on an annual basis if a faculty member will be teaching again the following year.
Pusey said these decisions are given much thought.
Knotts, has served more than 30 years in the field of education as an elementary school teacher and/or university professor. She has taught education courses such as Foundations in Special Education, Ethical and Professional Aspects of Special Education, and Learning and Cognition at Trevecca, Cumberland University, Murray State University and Southern Illinois University. She is certified in special education with both licenses of mild and severe disabilities, highly educated in elementary education, and is also certified in all three levels of K-12 language arts and reading.
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Actually, the petition does not "ask administrators to keep Knotts on the faculty ." If the petition said that, it would be like praying to God for a specific outcome– trying to put limits on Him. Just like the facebook group asking for prayer for Dr. Knotts and this situation says, "We want our voice to be heard, and further investigation to be done," that is mainly what the petition is asking for. This isn't an "us versus them" situation. This is not an attack on the School of Education. We just love our professor. We are advocating for her, just like she continually does for us.
I am a parent of one of Trevecca's students. I also work in the educational field. Dr. Knotts has helped not only Tiffany grow and mature in school and in her spiritual life. She has helped me in the problems I have faced in my classroom. I beleive that a it will be a big misjustice to let Dr. Knotts leave. She is the reason we have allowed Tiffany to remain at Trevecca after her first year. She goes beyond a duty of a teacher/professor to care for her students and their families.


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.super Lcom/google/common/collect/DiscreteDomain;
.source "DiscreteDomains.java"

# interfaces
.implements Ljava/io/Serializable;

# annotations
.annotation system Ldalvik/annotation/EnclosingClass;
    value = Lcom/google/common/collect/DiscreteDomains;
.end annotation

.annotation system Ldalvik/annotation/InnerClass;
    accessFlags = 0x1a
    name = "BigIntegerDomain"
.end annotation

.annotation system Ldalvik/annotation/Signature;
    value = {
        "Lcom/google/common/collect/DiscreteDomain",
        "<",
        "Ljava/math/BigInteger;",
        ">;",
        "Ljava/io/Serializable;"
    }
.end annotation

# static fields
.field private static final INSTANCE:Lcom/google/common/collect/DiscreteDomains$BigIntegerDomain;

.field private static final MAX_LONG:Ljava/math/BigInteger;

.field private static final MIN_LONG:Ljava/math/BigInteger;

.field private static final serialVersionUID:J

# direct methods
.method static constructor <clinit>()V
    .locals 2

    .prologue
    .line 133
    new-instance v0, Lcom/google/common/collect/DiscreteDomains$BigIntegerDomain;

    invoke-direct {v0}, Lcom/google/common/collect/DiscreteDomains$BigIntegerDomain;-><init>()V

    sput-object v0, Lcom/google/common/collect/DiscreteDomains$BigIntegerDomain;->INSTANCE:Lcom/google/common/collect/DiscreteDomains$BigIntegerDomain;

    .line 135
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    invoke-static {v0, v1}, Ljava/math/BigInteger;->valueOf(J)Ljava/math/BigInteger;

    move-result-object v0

    sput-object v0, Lcom/google/common/collect/DiscreteDomains$BigIntegerDomain;->MIN_LONG:Ljava/math/BigInteger;

    .line 137
    const-wide v0, 0x7fffffffffffffffL

    invoke-static {v0, v1}, Ljava/math/BigInteger;->valueOf(J)Ljava/math/BigInteger;

    move-result-object v0

    sput-object v0, Lcom/google/common/collect/DiscreteDomains$BigIntegerDomain;->MAX_LONG:Ljava/math/BigInteger;

    return-void
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.method private constructor <init>()V
    .locals 0

    .prologue
    .line 131
    invoke-direct {p0}, Lcom/google/common/collect/DiscreteDomain;-><init>()V

    return-void
.end method

.method static synthetic access$200()Lcom/google/common/collect/DiscreteDomains$BigIntegerDomain;
    .locals 1

    .prologue
    .line 131
    sget-object v0, Lcom/google/common/collect/DiscreteDomains$BigIntegerDomain;->INSTANCE:Lcom/google/common/collect/DiscreteDomains$BigIntegerDomain;

    return-object v0
.end method

.method private readResolve()Ljava/lang/Object;
    .locals 1

    .prologue
    .line 153
    sget-object v0, Lcom/google/common/collect/DiscreteDomains$BigIntegerDomain;->INSTANCE:Lcom/google/common/collect/DiscreteDomains$BigIntegerDomain;

    return-object v0
.end method

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.method public bridge synthetic distance(Ljava/lang/Comparable;Ljava/lang/Comparable;)J
    .locals 2
    .param p1, "x0"    # Ljava/lang/Comparable;
    .param p2, "x1"    # Ljava/lang/Comparable;

    .prologue
    .line 131
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    .end local p1    # "x0":Ljava/lang/Comparable;
    check-cast p2, Ljava/math/BigInteger;

    .end local p2    # "x1":Ljava/lang/Comparable;
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    move-result-wide v0

    return-wide v0
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.method public distance(Ljava/math/BigInteger;Ljava/math/BigInteger;)J
    .locals 2
    .param p1, "start"    # Ljava/math/BigInteger;
    .param p2, "end"    # Ljava/math/BigInteger;

    .prologue
    .line 149
    invoke-virtual {p1, p2}, Ljava/math/BigInteger;->subtract(Ljava/math/BigInteger;)Ljava/math/BigInteger;

    move-result-object v0

    sget-object v1, Lcom/google/common/collect/DiscreteDomains$BigIntegerDomain;->MIN_LONG:Ljava/math/BigInteger;

    invoke-virtual {v0, v1}, Ljava/math/BigInteger;->max(Ljava/math/BigInteger;)Ljava/math/BigInteger;

    move-result-object v0

    sget-object v1, Lcom/google/common/collect/DiscreteDomains$BigIntegerDomain;->MAX_LONG:Ljava/math/BigInteger;

    invoke-virtual {v0, v1}, Ljava/math/BigInteger;->min(Ljava/math/BigInteger;)Ljava/math/BigInteger;

    move-result-object v0

    invoke-virtual {v0}, Ljava/math/BigInteger;->longValue()J

    move-result-wide v0

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.method public bridge synthetic next(Ljava/lang/Comparable;)Ljava/lang/Comparable;
    .locals 1
    .param p1, "x0"    # Ljava/lang/Comparable;

    .prologue
    .line 131
    check-cast p1, Ljava/math/BigInteger;

    .end local p1    # "x0":Ljava/lang/Comparable;
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    move-result-object v0

    return-object v0
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.method public next(Ljava/math/BigInteger;)Ljava/math/BigInteger;
    .locals 1
    .param p1, "value"    # Ljava/math/BigInteger;

    .prologue
    .line 141
    sget-object v0, Ljava/math/BigInteger;->ONE:Ljava/math/BigInteger;

    invoke-virtual {p1, v0}, Ljava/math/BigInteger;->add(Ljava/math/BigInteger;)Ljava/math/BigInteger;

    move-result-object v0

    return-object v0
.end method

.method public bridge synthetic previous(Ljava/lang/Comparable;)Ljava/lang/Comparable;
    .locals 1
    .param p1, "x0"    # Ljava/lang/Comparable;

    .prologue
    .line 131
    check-cast p1, Ljava/math/BigInteger;

    .end local p1    # "x0":Ljava/lang/Comparable;
    invoke-virtual {p0, p1}, Lcom/google/common/collect/DiscreteDomains$BigIntegerDomain;->previous(Ljava/math/BigInteger;)Ljava/math/BigInteger;

    move-result-object v0

    return-object v0
.end method

.method public previous(Ljava/math/BigInteger;)Ljava/math/BigInteger;
    .locals 1
    .param p1, "value"    # Ljava/math/BigInteger;

    .prologue
    .line 145
    sget-object v0, Ljava/math/BigInteger;->ONE:Ljava/math/BigInteger;

    invoke-virtual {p1, v0}, Ljava/math/BigInteger;->subtract(Ljava/math/BigInteger;)Ljava/math/BigInteger;

    move-result-object v0

    return-object v0
.end method

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The point of MaaS, Cromheecke said, is about selling the outcome of the asset through machine performance metrics plus contract terms, and providing a financial transaction that benefits both parties in a secure environment where the data cannot be tampered with.
SteamChain's smart contracts also provide a secure way to handle warranties without the possibility of people making mistakes or being manipulated.
Companies like SteamChain are working to develop applications tailored to clients' problems and business needs. Early APIs and platforms also enable end users to easily access blockchain, similar to the way Web browsers, paired with an Internet data connection, allow users to access the Internet.
Milwaukee based SteamChain recently raised capital for a new concept called Machine-as-a-Service ("MaaS"). MaaS is a new idea of selling industrial machines based on performance metrics collected from the machine.
SteamChain Inc., an automated business process engine that leverages the Internet of Things (IoT) and blockchain to access the data from industrial machines and use it as a way to execute financial transactions. Blockchain, commonly associated with the cryptocurrency Bitcoin, is a secure and immutable digital ledger that logs machine output and calculates transactional payments.
SteamChain, founded in 2017, has developed a Machine-as-a-Service platform geared specifically to machine builders who can use the blockchain-based software to measure a variety of critical machine productivity parameters in real-time and use them to calculate transactional payments based on the machine's overall performance.
The OEM has ventured into the MaaS model before blockchain technology existed, which meant the process was more manual. But now, implementing blockchain technology to this model has streamlined data collection and payment.
Why would an end user want to buy a machine from a company that doesn't have a financial interest in how it performs post-delivery? And why would an OEM, that has confidence in their equipment, not want to generate revenue from their ability to outperform their competition?
SteamChain allows us to let customers buy what they want in the first place, which is output, throughput and efficiency—not packaging machinery. Senske says many of the company's customers have indicated they would embrace the new MaaS business model that streamlines the measuring and monetizing of equipment output.
SteamChain seeks to help assuage those concerns with a MaaS model using blockchain to provide usable, helpful data for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and end users. Not to be confused with one of the powering forces for the first industrial revolution, the acronym in the company's name stands for secure transaction engine for automated machinery (steam).
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This may be a weekend meal, but with grilling season upon us we gotta put ribs on the menu. After applying the dry rub to the rib racks, you can grill 'em, bake 'em, or slow cook 'em…whatever you want. Here we give you fixings for a salad favorite: spinach, strawberries, goat cheese and balsamic vinaigrette, topped off with candied walnuts.


The win for Shin was her seventh in two years.
EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France -- For her first win of 2010, Jiyai Shin not only recaptured the No. 1 spot in the world ranking, but also the 17th Evian Masters crown and its $487,500 purse. The largest 18th hole crowds of the year on the LPGA Tour -- more than 10,000 people -- were more than ten deep along the fairway, perched on the hill, and overflowing the skyboxes around the green to see the drama unfold. Following Shin's victory two parachutists jumped from a helicopter with the Korean flag for her.
"My game plan was no mistakes today. I only had few birdies on the par 5's this week. I knew I needed birdie on 18," said Shin, who finished with a 67 for 274. "And I made the 9-footer thankfully. Since my emergency appendectomy six weeks ago, I am recovered and enjoy playing so much."
Shin's first birdie only came on the fourth, but she followed with another on the fifth. She nailed another on the long par-3 eighth for 33 on the first nine. Shin birdied the 13th getting into a share of the lead with Morgan Pressel. Game on.
Morgan Pressel remained atop the leader board until the 18th, when she missed her birdie putt to tie Shin. An eagle on the par-4, 333-yard fifth helped her stay in contention along with a birdie on the ninth to make the turn at 33. She closed with 70 to tie for second with Na Yeon Choi and Alexis Thompson.
Korea's Na Yeon Choi tied second with a sparkling 66 on 275. Choi, a great ball-striker with three LPGA victories, went after the win with five birdies for 34 on the back. Choi was joint leader with Pressel and Shin coming down the stretch.
Playing in just her third event as a pro, the 15-year-old Thompson started strong with birdies on the short par-3 second, then on the par-4 fifth. With her length, Thompson nailed birdies on the two par-5s for a sizzling 32 on the front. Knowing she had to birdie 18 for a chance at the win, Thompson's drive ended up in the rough, but she wasn't deterred.
"I had to make birdie the old-fashioned way," she said. "Stick my lob wedge close from 98 yards. Just inside ten feet, I made the putt." Then came the wait and watching on the 18th. Thompson smiled afterwards, "I made my goal of a top 10 here."
Third-ranked Suzann Pettersen of Norway teed off at six under and quickly rattled off five birdies on the front side for a 31. But only one birdie on the back left her at 12 under and in fifth place. A painful hip hasn't helped her the past weeks. "I had a chance," Pettersen said. "This is my best finish here." Pettersen is still chasing the No. 1 ranking, which she could have captured with a victory here.
Spain's Azahara Munoz, playing in her rookie season on the LPGA, shot 68 to finish T-11 and remain in close contention for the Louise Suggs Rolex Rookie of the Year award. "I pay close attention to the Rolex Rankings," confirmed the ASU graduate. "But I don't know exactly how they are obtained."
The Rolex Rankings have taken on even more importance this year with the tight battle for No. 1 changing almost weekly, with six ladies being in contention since Lorena Ochoa stepped away from the game. Shin held the coveted spot for seven weeks, then Japan's Ai Miyazoto with her four wins in 2010 had the honor for a week, followed by Cristie Kerr, the first American to claim the top spot, for three weeks. Miyazoto returned to No. 1 July 19th but will relinquish the spot again on Monday to Shin.


There are total 11 letters in Letterforms, Starting with L and ending with S.
Letterforms is a scrabble word? Yes (16 Points) Letterforms has worth 16 Scrabble points.
In Letterforms L is 12th, E is 5th, T is 20th, R is 18th, F is 6th, O is 15th, M is 13th, S is 19th letters in Alphabet Series.


The Haryana government will conduct a survey of manual scavengers in 76 towns of the state by September 30, the data of which will be complied by October 31.
An official spokesman, in a release, said on Tuesday that the local bodies department would undertake the survey in areas under the municipal limits, while the panchayat and development department would carry out the survey for areas outside the municipal limits. In all, 12 places are outside the municipal limits.
He said the National Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation (NSFDC) would provide funds for the survey as it was a national priority. Haryana was among 11 states where the union ministry of social justice and empowerment had nominated the NSFDC as the nodal agency at central level to coordinate the survey of manual scavengers, he added.


Recently moved full time to Copenhagen, from Ireland . My Danish is limited at the moment. Great conversations and creative interests get me going. Working in Copenhagen as a designer . Active lifestyle but I know how to relax and lounge.
Love to explore, strolling through city streets or traveling to distant lands and having great stories to tell in the end. Don't we all?
I want to be a story teller but feel the need to have a co author at the moment. Life's great when you can share it!
So would you like to meet, I felt I have skimmed the surface but hit some points about me. The more and more I come on to this site I whitle away at this profile info, there is a lot to say all one has to do is ask.
I am very communicative but will only respond to a people with a photo, I don't have anything to hide and why should you?


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package com.twitter.heron.statemgr;

import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;

import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ListenableFuture;
import com.google.protobuf.Message;

import com.twitter.heron.api.generated.TopologyAPI;
import com.twitter.heron.proto.scheduler.Scheduler;
import com.twitter.heron.proto.system.ExecutionEnvironment;
import com.twitter.heron.proto.system.PhysicalPlans;
import com.twitter.heron.proto.tmaster.TopologyMaster;
import com.twitter.heron.spi.common.Config;
import com.twitter.heron.spi.common.Context;
import com.twitter.heron.spi.statemgr.IStateManager;
import com.twitter.heron.spi.statemgr.WatchCallback;

public abstract class FileSystemStateManager implements IStateManager {
  private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger(FileSystemStateManager.class.getName());

  // Store the root address of the hierarchical file system
  protected String rootAddress;

  protected abstract ListenableFuture<Boolean> nodeExists(String path);

  protected abstract ListenableFuture<Boolean> deleteNode(String path);

  protected abstract <M extends Message> ListenableFuture<M> getNodeData(WatchCallback watcher,
                                                                         String path,
                                                                         Message.Builder builder);

  protected String getTMasterLocationDir() {
    return concatPath(rootAddress, "tmasters");
  }

  protected String getTopologyDir() {
    return concatPath(rootAddress, "topologies");
  }

  protected String getPackingPlanDir() {
    return concatPath(rootAddress, "packingplans");
  }

  protected String getPhysicalPlanDir() {
    return concatPath(rootAddress, "pplans");
  }

  protected String getExecutionStateDir() {
    return concatPath(rootAddress, "executionstate");
  }

  protected String getSchedulerLocationDir() {
    return concatPath(rootAddress, "schedulers");
  }

  protected String getTMasterLocationPath(String topologyName) {
    return concatPath(getTMasterLocationDir(), topologyName);
  }

  protected String getTopologyPath(String topologyName) {
    return concatPath(getTopologyDir(), topologyName);
  }

  protected String getPhysicalPlanPath(String topologyName) {
    return concatPath(getPhysicalPlanDir(), topologyName);
  }

  protected String getExecutionStatePath(String topologyName) {
    return concatPath(getExecutionStateDir(), topologyName);
  }

  protected String getSchedulerLocationPath(String topologyName) {
    return concatPath(getSchedulerLocationDir(), topologyName);
  }

  @Override
  public void initialize(Config config) {
    this.rootAddress = Context.stateManagerRootPath(config);
    LOG.log(Level.FINE, "File system state manager root address: {0}", rootAddress);
  }

  @Override
  public ListenableFuture<Boolean> deleteTMasterLocation(String topologyName) {
    return deleteNode(getTMasterLocationPath(topologyName));
  }

  @Override
  public ListenableFuture<Boolean> deleteSchedulerLocation(String topologyName) {
    return deleteNode(getSchedulerLocationPath(topologyName));
  }

  @Override
  public ListenableFuture<Boolean> deleteExecutionState(String topologyName) {
    return deleteNode(getExecutionStatePath(topologyName));
  }

  @Override
  public ListenableFuture<Boolean> deleteTopology(String topologyName) {
    return deleteNode(getTopologyPath(topologyName));
  }

  @Override
  public ListenableFuture<Boolean> deletePhysicalPlan(String topologyName) {
    return deleteNode(getPhysicalPlanPath(topologyName));
  }

  @Override
  public ListenableFuture<Scheduler.SchedulerLocation> getSchedulerLocation(
      WatchCallback watcher, String topologyName) {
    return getNodeData(watcher, getSchedulerLocationPath(topologyName),
        Scheduler.SchedulerLocation.newBuilder());
  }

  @Override
  public ListenableFuture<TopologyAPI.Topology> getTopology(
      WatchCallback watcher, String topologyName) {
    return getNodeData(watcher, getTopologyPath(topologyName), TopologyAPI.Topology.newBuilder());
  }

  @Override
  public ListenableFuture<ExecutionEnvironment.ExecutionState> getExecutionState(
      WatchCallback watcher, String topologyName) {
    return getNodeData(watcher, getExecutionStatePath(topologyName),
        ExecutionEnvironment.ExecutionState.newBuilder());
  }

  @Override
  public ListenableFuture<PhysicalPlans.PhysicalPlan> getPhysicalPlan(
      WatchCallback watcher, String topologyName) {
    return getNodeData(watcher, getPhysicalPlanPath(topologyName),
        PhysicalPlans.PhysicalPlan.newBuilder());
  }

  @Override
  public ListenableFuture<TopologyMaster.TMasterLocation> getTMasterLocation(
      WatchCallback watcher, String topologyName) {
    return getNodeData(watcher, getTMasterLocationPath(topologyName),
        TopologyMaster.TMasterLocation.newBuilder());
  }

  @Override
  public ListenableFuture<Boolean> isTopologyRunning(String topologyName) {
    return nodeExists(getTopologyPath(topologyName));
  }

  private static String concatPath(String basePath, String appendPath) {
    return String.format("%s/%s", basePath, appendPath);
  }
}


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Nepali Sahitya Sammelan () is an organisation dedicated to promotion of Nepali literature in India. It was formed on 25 May 1924 in Darjeeling, a Nepali speaking town in West Bengal state of India.

The organisation was awarded with Jagadamba Shree Puraskar for the year , for preservation, promotion and uplifting of Nepali language. The organisation conducts various conferences, publish books and journals and works for the overall preservation of Nepali literature.

Formation
The organisation was formed on 25 May 1924 after a public assembly by eminent Nepali scholars Surya Bikram Gyawali, Dharanidhar Koirala, Parasmani Pradhan as well as other contemporaries. A session was then held on 27 July 1924, outlining the objectives of the organisation.

On the completion of three year of the organisation, Parasmani Pradhan prepared a three-year report listing the history and activities of the organisation. According to the report, in the first three year of the organisation, there were eleven lifetime members and twenty two general members. General membership was provided to those who paid a fee of six rupees annually and lifetime membership of the Nepali Literature Conference was distributed to those who paid a sum of fifty rupees at once. The organisation had members from Nepal, the British India and the United Kingdom. Some of the non Nepali members of the organisation were Kalimpong scholar John Anderson Graham, Brigadier General Charles Granville Bruce of London, as well as Ralph Lilley Turner, professor of Sanskrit at the SOAS University of London.

Objectives
The objectives of the organisation are given as:
 To promote and improve Nepali literature.
 To publish original and/or translated texts in Nepali language.
 To consider how Nepali literature can be promoted and improved by holding conventions in different places from time to time.
 To create love for Nepali literature among people by
 Publishing books periodically.
 Publishing monthly, fortnightly or weekly newspapers.
 Conducting debates and lectures periodically.
 To study different languages and literature of Nepal and to publish the best literature related to it.
 To study the ancient history, civilization etc. of Nepal and to publish books related to that.
 To explore the ancient literature of Nepali language.
 And try to improve the Nepali language by whatever means possible.

Activities
The organisation holds various conferences and literary meetings occasionally. The organisation also  organises Bhanu Jayanti, the birth anniversary of Bhanubhakta Acharya, on 13 July every year in Darjeeling with huge fervour.

The organiation installed a bust of Bhanubhakta on 17 June 1949 in the main square of Darjeeling. The installation was one of the first and led to a series of Bhanubhakta's bust and statues being installed all over various parts of Nepal and India. The bust was sculpted by a Norwegian sculptor. The original bust was beheaded on 10 July 1992 by the anti–Gorkhaland faction. A life size statue was then installed in the same place on 13 July 1996 (29 Asar 2053 BS).

The organisation also present various literary awards every year.

See also
 Manipuri Sahitya Parishad
 Sahitya Akademi

References

Indic literature societies
1924 establishments in India
Darjeeling
Nepali literary institutions

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When this title came up for review, what caught my attention was the place mentioned in the title. I remember many years back, my father had taken us to the Bhagavathi Amman temple in Chottanikkara, Kerala. I couldn't recollect much of the temple visit now but it had a spooky feel to it. We were told - "Inga pei verattuvaanga" (they chase away the demons here).
Years later, a book with the similar sounding title based out of Chottanikkara along with a scary cover image popped up in my inbox. Curiosity pushed me to opt for the book review.
When I started reading the book, I just couldn't go past the first 30-40 pages. It was gory, violent and I struggled to make any progress for nearly 4 days. Then on a late Sunday evening, I broke the barrier and finished reading the rest of the book in one go.
The story revolves around Devi, a young female protagonist who is brave and skilled enough to slay the demons that attack the village of Chottanikkara. If you read "Kanda Sashti Kavasam", you would have come across the different names of demons. All of them find a mention in this story. She knows the weaknesses of the various demons and ways to destroy them. A new demon enters the village, attacking common people in a gory manner. Devi doesn't have any clue about this new demon. With the help of her teacher Parasurama, she learns about this demon, traces its past and finds a way to destroy her. Along the way, she also needs to take tough decisions based on righteousness. Whether she wins over the new demon or not forms the rest of this engaging story.
I was so engrossed in the plot that I was reading it almost close to midnight while the rest of my family was sleeping. It reminded me of the times when my brother and I used to watch horror movies together late in the night.
If you are intrigued by super-natural phenomenon, rebirth and slaying of demons, then check out this book. But I must warn you, there are a few gory details and violent attacks.
"A warrior is only as strong as his mind"
"You do not know your enemy's strengths or weaknesses. Yet you have already decided she is unconquerable".
Devi's character was well-etched and her traits of bravery and strength were well portrayed. I especially liked the part where her teacher explains the background of Yakshi and her agenda.
The suspense could have been carried through nicely, if the author hadn't written about how Miricha and Ela didn't seem to fear the new demon when Devi warned them. At that point, it was easy to guess that their mother was the demon. Chapter 12 ends with a perfect revelation "A crow". If only the author hadn't revealed about Miricha and Ela earlier, this would have been so exhilarating. I was also expecting that Rajan had something to do with the demon but somehow his character was just left hanging. Also it would have helped if the premature blossoming of Pala flowers had an explanation.


There are total 7 letters in Lapides, Starting with L and ending with S.
Lapides is a scrabble word? Yes (10 Points) Lapides has worth 10 Scrabble points.
In Lapides L is 12th, A is 1st, P is 16th, I is 9th, D is 4th, E is 5th, S is 19th letters in Alphabet Series.


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Now open: call for ITM journalist-in-residence programme 2019
Image 1/1 : 2017 Journalists-in-Residence
Are you a journalist living and working in Africa, Asia or Latin America? Are you passionate by the fascinating world of infectious diseases and international health? The Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM) in Antwerp welcomes applications for the sixth edition of its journalist-in-residence programme. Journalists working in all types of media are offered the unique opportunity to write a series of articles, shoot a documentary or make a podcast in the area of infectious diseases and international health.
"My world opened up because of my stay at ITM, my perspectives and understanding of public health are now stronger and more robust."
Bharathi Ghanasyam from India
ITM Journalist-in-residence in 2015.
The selected journalist will interact with world experts in a wide range of topics in biomedical sciences, clinical sciences and public health. As ITM journalist-in-residence, s/he will have time to explore different areas or delve deeply into a single topic. There is also plenty of opportunity to participate in a variety of scientific meetings, seminars and other learning experiences, as well as enjoy quiet time for reading and independent study.
The initiative is part of ITM's capacity building programme in developing countries financed by the Belgian Directorate-General for Development (DGD). This year's edition is the fifth Journalist-in-Residence programme. Last year, ITM exceptionally welcomed four journalists-in-residence who came to Antwerp on the occasion of the 10th European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International health which brought 1500 participants to Antwerp. Read more about the work of the previous Journalists-in-Residence.
Apply before 22 June 2018
Journalist-in-Residence 2018 application form
ITM maps the presence of chlamydia among Belgians
Chlamydia is most common in young people. However, little is known about its actual spread in our country, because certain sections of the population do not, or rarely, participate in screening activities.
DNA holds the key to tackling tuberculosis
Researchers set out path towards whole genome sequencing as single method for the diagnosis, treatment and tracking of tuberculosis
ITM receives Antwerp Diner check worth €33,500
With the contribution of Antwerp Diner 2019, researchers at the Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp intensify the hunt for hidden HIV reservoirs.
Tiger mosquito travels down the motorway
This year no tiger mosquitoes have been spotted in Belgium, but ITM researchers warn that the insects are finding new ways to get into the country.


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UQ medical research recognised with NHMRC project funding
Australia's peak funding body for health and medical research has awarded $14.2 million to projects at The University of Queensland's Faculty of Medicine.
Acting Executive Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Professor Robyn Ward said the project grants from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) validate the quality and importance of the Faculty's work, up by more than $1 million on last year.
"Our researchers excel at tackling the tricky health issues that affect not only Australians, but people the globe over," she said.
"This funding helps them in finding practical solutions to improve medicine and healthcare, and I look forward to seeing what our outstanding researchers will achieve next."
Dr Coral Gartner from the School of Public Health will receive $1.5 million for a clinical trial to investigate the use of vaporisers to help 'at risk' groups to quit smoking.
"Smoking is a leading cause of early death for people with health conditions including HIV, Hepatitis C and opiate dependence, and we will test whether long-term use of nicotine vaporisers helps them to give up and stay smoke-free," Dr Gartner said.
Professor Gita Mishra has been granted almost $1.4 million to add biomedical data to Australia's flagship survey of women's health.
"By collecting samples we will be able to add an important new layer of information to more than two decades of data from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health," Professor Mishra said.
"This will enable us to investigate links between reproductive factors and body size with the risk of major chronic conditions such as cardiovascular disease and asthma."
At the UQ Centre for Clinical Research, Dr Barbara Lingwood and Professor Paul Colditz have received funding for a pre-clinical trial to see whether early blood transfusion could increase oxygen flow to the brain in pre-term babies.
Professor David Paterson and Associate Professor David Whiley will trial a new treatment approach for gonorrhoea, which has now developed resistance to almost all antibiotics used against it.
Genomics researcher Professor David Evans from UQ's Diamantina Institute received two project grants, to investigate whether viruses may trigger autoimmune disease, and to identify genes which increase the risk of the arthritis ankylosing spondylitis.
UQDI's Dr Antje Blumenthal received funding for research into new tuberculosis treatments, and Dr Andrew Brooks will further his research which identified a potent anti-inflammatory protein for the liver.
The NHMRC has also funded a nanotechnology project led by Dr Xiaowen Liang to investigate non-invasive visualising and early prediction of drug response in liver cancer.
School of Medicine researchers Professor Darrell Crawford and Dr Xin Liu will collaborate on a project investigating effective and optimal dosing of cell-based therapy for liver diseases with Professor Michael Roberts.
Professor John Upham will lead a study into why common colds can trigger flare-ups in asthma patients, while Professor Ian Yang will investigate microbes in the lung to predict frequency of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations.
At the School of Biomedical Sciences, Dr Jana Vukovic will explore whether modulating the brain's immune cells (microglia) could be used to target the cognitive decline associated with ageing.
Dr David Simmons has received funding for a project examining the fusion of cells in the placenta during pregnancy and how impairments relate to complications such as pre-eclampsia.
Associate Professor Trent Woodruff and Dr Richard Clark will develop and test novel anti-inflammatory compounds in animal models with a view to identifying potential new treatments for motor neuron disease (MND) thanks to an NHMRC development grant.
MRI-UQ's Professor John Hooper and his team will further research into a particular ovarian cancer cellular receptor- CDCP1, while Associate Professor Ingrid Winkler with Professor Jean-Pierre Levesque will investigate new therapeutic avenues to sensitise cancer stem cells to therapy enabling long-term cure.
The NHMRC has also announced three Career Development Fellowships for the Faculty.
Recipients include cardiac researcher Dr James Hudson (School of Biomedical Sciences), head of the new Stillbirth Centre of Research Excellence Dr Vicki Flenady (Mater Research Institute-UQ), and Associate Professor Kiarash Khosrotehrani (UQ Diamantina Institute) whose interest is in regenerative medicine and skin cancer.
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Gujarat gets maximum number of students from Maharashtra, followed by Andhra Pradesh in various technical and professional courses. This has been revealed in the first-ever bifurcation of admissions by the Admission Committee for Professional Courses to decipher the geographical representation of students.
While the State has never been known as a destination for students from other states for higher education, as many as 577 students took admission in various technical and professional courses at institutes in the State in 2018.
According to statistics shared by ACPC, around 147 students from Maharashtra have taken admission in professional courses in Gujarat in 2018. This is followed by 143 students from Andhra Pradesh board, 64 from Rajasthan board, 37 from Bihar board, and 33 from Madhya Pradesh (CBSE). The least representation is from Jammu & Kashmir State Board, Haryana board, and Himachal Pradesh State Examination Board to mention a few.
This was for the first time that ACPC analysed the participation of students from other Indian states instead of just gathering the data, said officials at ACPC.
Colleges offering professional courses in Gujarat are given the option of choosing 2 per cent super numerary seats. Last year, only 26 colleges from nearly 150 colleges had opted for additional 2 per cent super numerary seats.
Overall, as many as 70,000 students have gained admission to various professional courses in the colleges in Gujarat. "These are are either domicile students or the ones who have to come to Gujarat with parents who might be working in the State. There are special quota for students from Jammu & Kashmir or North Eastern states," said GP Vadodaria, member secretary of ACPC.
He also said that there are institutes like DAIICT, Nirma University and IIT-RAM that have around 50% students from Gujarat and the rest of the admission is done by the varsity on merit. ACPC, however, only has data of students who got admission in the seats allocated by it.
Ennumerating the factors why the state sees students from Maharashtra the most, Rupesh Vasani, director of SAL Institute of Technology, "Students from Maharashtra may be the ones who are Gujaratis settled there. Such families prefer to send their children to Gujarat as it offers good education and safer environment."
He also said that students from Andhra might choose Gujarat as a number of colleges are closing down in that state. "Education is not at par and preferred branches of admission are not available there," he added.
Manish Shah, President of LJ Group of Colleges, said lack of direct marketing could be a reason why there are fewer students from other states. "We have proposed to the technical education department that there has to be direct window for students from other states seeking admission in Gujarat. Currently, they have to apply through ACPC or through colleges," he said.
Suresh Katariya, a student from Balotra in Rajasthan, feels that quality of education is better in Gujarat compared to Rajasthan. "Degree and education from colleges in Gujarat have higher value than those from institutes in Rajasthan. Also some courses like BBA is not available there so we have to choose a state apart from Rajasthan to take up higher education," he said.


The game features a basic hack & slash style gameplay, with several puzzles that need to be solved to progress through the game and unlock bonus material. Featuring 20 playable characters, of which 4 are available in each level, each character uses different weapons and abilities. These Include: The Pevensie children, Prince Caspian, Glenstorm, Trumpkin, Dr. Cornelius, Reepicheep, Giant Wimbleweather, Tyrus the Satyr, and Asterius the Minotaur. In addition to these, several unnamed characters are also playable, including Trees, Fauns, Centaurs, Dwarfs and Minotaurs. Giants, Gryphons and horses can also be controlled after they have been mounted by the player's character. Bonus material is, however, primarily unlocked by opening Treasure Chests, which require a certain amount of keys to be opened.
Your PC will need a graphics card thats as powerful as a GeForce 6600/Radeon X300 Series and it should be paired with either a Athlon XP 2000+/Pentium 4 2.0GHz CPU to match the The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian recommended system specs. This PC setup will deliver 60 Frames Per Second on High graphics settings on 1080p monitor resolution. Make sure your GPU can run DirectX 9 or The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian won't run. To summarise, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian needs around a 15 year old PC to play at recommended settings.
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