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Presentation of the programme "Excellence in Africa"
Centres of Competence in Digital Education (C-CoDE)
Accompanying the digital transition
Through its Digital Education pillar, the Excellence in Africa initiative aims to promote the sustainable integration of digital education in African universities. Selected institutions receive support in the form of expertise and funding. The creation of Centres of Competence in Digital Education (C-CoDE) includes:
training in the technical and pedagogical aspect of digital education, and
building the necessary infrastructure to produce quality digital educational content, such as Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and Open Educational Resources (OER).
Creation of Centres of Competence in Digital Education (C-CoDE) in six African universities
Forty-four universities from nineteen countries across Africa responded to our 2020 call for proposals. Based on the quality and relevance of their projects, the following African universities were selected:
The Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Arusha, Tanzania
Moi University, Moi, Kenya
Kabale University, Kabale, Uganda
University of Abuja, Abuja, Nigeria
École Supérieure Multinationale des Télécommunications, Dakar, Sénégal
Université Nangui Abrogoua, Abidjan, Ivory Coast
The EXAF Centre is working closely with each partner university to accommodate for their specific context and ensure they benefit from the programme. In 2021 and 2022, the EXAF Centre will provide the six universities with support to:
Construct a studio with the necessary multimedia equipment and IT infrastructure to produce MOOCs and OER
Train two technicians in the operation of the production studio
Train three resident experts in instructional design who will act as associate trainers for their C-CoDE
Train an initial cohort of 30 lecturers/professors in digital education
For more information about the project:
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We all know that Fashion Wire Daily is about to undergo yet another facelift, and that according to WWD, the entire existing staff is about to be dismissed. In fact, the relaunch had apparently been planned for this past Monday, but if you go on to the beleagured website (which brazenly bills itself as "The First Word in Fashion"), you can see they are still in a state of flux.
REALLY, do you mean to tell me that the best they could do while they await their 'New Look' is that deardful, overblown picture of Kristanna Loken (?) with the headline, "Kristanna Loken Celebrates the Releasee of Terminator 3"? Yikes!


Hitzig perfects technique using MatriStem and finds wound healing powder accelerates hair growth and wound healing in half the time.
New York, NY, November 11, 2010 --(PR.com)-- Gary Hitzig, M.D., a leading hair transplant researcher and surgeon based in New York, has continued to make significant breakthroughs in hair cloning and has found a way to significantly increase the rate of hair growth using the ACell wound healing powder MatriStem® MicroMatrix™. In late 2009, Dr. Hitzig and Jerry Cooley, M.D., were the first medical doctors to successfully clone hair using the FDA-cleared wound healing powder. Dr. Hitzig has continued his research and has made further breakthroughs in the field of hair restoration.
Using MatriStem, Hitzig and Cooley created a technique that multiplies the number of hair follicles in an area that had previously stopped growing hair. Now, Hitzig has found a way to accelerate the rate of hair growth in half the time and heal scars from the donor area in weeks instead of months.
Hitzig discovered that if you dissolve the MatriStem powder in an arterial blood serum rich in the patient's adult stem cells and inject it into the donor area and top of scalp where hair is being transplanted, the powder and blood serum combination acts like a hair growth accelerator and fertilizer. Patients experienced significant hair re-growth in just six months versus 12 months and the wound where donor hair had been taken and transplanted was completely healed – with little or no signs of a scar - within a few weeks versus several months and more scarring with previous methods.
Hitzig has also discovered that the powder and arterial blood serum combination enabled him to use new hair growth that had previously been transplanted as a donor area to re-grow hair with the same results as using a natural donor area.
MatriStem MicroMatrix, a product of regenerative medicine innovator, ACell, Inc., is a wound healing powder that promotes healing and tissue growth and has now proven to help regenerate hair in the donor and recipient regions of hair transplant patients. While intended for diabetic ulcers, venous ulcers, pressure ulcers, traumatic wounds, second degree burns, surgical wounds (donor sites/grafts) and trauma wounds, Hitzig and Cooley found its properties to offer a broader scope of treatment, including hair cloning.
MatriStem fundamentally changes wound healing by triggering new blood vessel formation at the wound site, as well as providing a favorable substrate for host cell attachment, proliferation and differentiation.
Dr. Gary Hitzig is a board certified hair restoration surgeon in New York City and was one of the first medical doctors to develop a technique to successfully clone hair. He is also the author of Help and Hope for Hair Loss and developed and patented the Hitzig Linear Punch, a collection of extremely sharp disposable surgical punches that make narrow elliptical slots, which are sold to surgeons around the world. Dr. Hitzig has published numerous peer review articles on hair transplant techniques and is a regular presenter at medical hair restoration symposiums around the world. Dr. Hitzig is a member of the American Society of Dermatological Surgery, International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery and the American Hair Loss Council. He can be reached at (516) 536-0385 or visit www.nyhairloss.com.


Finding A Phone For Calls, Only Calls.
Right after your order is effectively completed, you will acquire the unlock code via e-mail! The most inportant point to remember is to have your telephone totally charged and comply with all guidelines just before you start the flashing procedure. You are not changing your current phone's fact according to the FCC altering the ESN is the telephone is flashed to the new carrier you will need to have to get your ESN quantity into their data base typically by visiting a nearby carrier's store or by phone.
Also, if the codes do not perform the initial four instances due to your phone's model or restrictions in place by the service provider, bring it to a expert unlocker generally located in markets, automobile boot sales (estate sales) and on the web exactly where you'll have to spend a modest fee to have your phone unlocked. Yes you can flash any CDMA telephone to any CDMA network like Verizon, Cricket,Metro PCS,Virgin Mobile,Sprint,PagePlus and several other people.
Yes you can flash an iphone from Sprint to Verizon but you will only get Speak and Text no WiFi. As I am not familiar with this particular telephone, I can't say which it is. Either way, I don't see any way for you to get Virgin's service on your Verizon telephone. The normal reactivation fee related with Boost used phones will apply, the spokeswoman stated. Sprint launched a new plan in March that lets consumers use their old Sprint devices on other mobile virtual network operators that use the Sprint network, but the system does not perform for Virgin Mobile customers. Pre-paid service is difficult to flash to as they have their own ESN numbers and will not accept others. Acquire a SIM card or PIN quantity to make your phone function on an MVNO or other network. Any telephone with a SIM card beneath the battery is a GSM telephone and can not be flashed.
It is worth noting that while a telephone from Verizon or Sprint may be SIM unlocked, that does not guarentee it will operate with AT&T or T-Mobile. OK, so a lot of that information was irrelevant, but I've been scouring the Internet internet sites of Verizon and AT&T and trying to understand more about all of this. Both Sprint and Enhance are CDMA carriers and do not use sims card so you can flash to Boost using our software program. I found out Verizon only flashes phones at the corporate areas not those bullfrog outlets. Yes you can flash your droid to Streight Talk by using the ESN from your straight talk phone and using it with your can not piggyback the two phones. Hi Mike, i currently flash my sprint phonein order to use it wit boost mobile, but when i go to the store the sale individual teels me that the method is rejecting the esn, it providing him this message.
Carriers like PagePlus,Cricket and Metro PCS all have develop by leaps and bounds considering that they have enable other phones on their networks. I program on taking it back and telling them they missed a step when flashing but didn't know if there is one thing easy I could do so I did not have to go and stand about the Cricket store nowadays. There are load of them that scream Cost-free UNLOCKING" but will then tell you that it in fact charges $six.50. Beneath are the best 3 sites I managed to find to unlock your cell phone for cost-free. Very first to get service with Enhance they will need to have to get your ESN added to the Enhance data base as soon as you flash the phone.


Calorie density is the simplest approach to healthful eating and lifelong weight management. Calorie density is simply a measure of how many calories are in a given weight of food, most often expressed as calories per pound. A food high in calorie density has a large number of calories in a small weight of food, whereas a food low in calorie density has much fewer calories in the same weight of food.
Foods low in calorie density also tend to be higher in satiety so by consuming foods lower in calorie density, one can fill up on much fewer calories without having to go hungry and without having to weigh, measure or portion control our food. Research has shown that people can eat freely of foods that are 300 calories per pound or less and not gain weight. The 2007 report from the American Cancer Institute and the World Cancer Research Fund recommended lowering the average calorie density of the American diet to 567 calories per pound. Calorie density really is a common-sense approach to sound nutrition and is the cornerstone of good health. Ready to get started? Learn more about the life-saving plant-based diet, access hundreds of delicious free recipes, download our convenient recipe app, and register for our online cooking course! Jeff Novick, MS, RD, serves as VP of health promotion for EHE International and lectures at the McDougall Program. This relationship, which is defined by the laws of thermodynamics, dictates whether weight is lost, gained, or remains the same.
When it comes to "energy out," the body's energy needs include the amount of energy required for maintenance at rest, physical activity and movement, and for food digestion, absorption, and transport.
A severe negative energy balance can lead to a decline in metabolism, decreases in bone mass, reductions in thyroid hormones, reductions in testosterone levels, an inability to concentrate, and a reduction in physical performance.
The body doesn't know the difference between a strict diet monitored by a physician at a Beverly Hills spa and simply running out of food in a poor African village.
With too much overfeeding, plaques can build up in arteries, the blood pressure and cholesterol in our body can increase, we can become insulin resistant and suffer from diabetes, we can increase our risk for certain cancers, and so on. The relationship between the amount of Calories we eat in the diet and the amount of energy we use in the body determines our body weight and overall health. The standard "textbook" view of energy balance doesn't offer consistent explanations for body composition changes. Both sides of the energy balance equation are complex and the interrelationships determine body composition and health outcomes. Gone are the days of eating a 1500 calorie meal from McDonald's and then "exercising" it off.
With our focus on specific nutrients, intense dietary counseling, repeated dieting and processed food consumption, body fat levels have also increased.
Many people feel that if they just can add up calorie totals for the day, their energy imbalance problems will be solved. While it can work for some and even make others feel proud of their spreadsheet skillz, by the time we add up calories for the day and factor in visual error, variations in soil quality, variations in growing methods, changes in packaging, and assimilation by the body – do we really know how many actual calories have been consumed? There's a complex interplay between the hypothalamus, neural connections in the body and hormone receptors.
Moreover, information about the acquisition, storage, and retrieval of sensory and internal food experiences are relayed. As a society, the more we focus on calories and dietary restraint, the more positive our energy balance seems to get. Further, if we eat 4 handfuls of mixed nuts per day, which may be an extra 300-500 calories, depending on the size of your hands. If we go with 4 whole eggs for breakfast, instead of 3 egg whites and 1 whole egg, that's an extra 18g of fat and 162 calories. As you can see from the above, in most cases, we wouldn't really be able to tell the difference between our meals with and without the olive oil, with extra lean vs. On the flip side, while necessary for muscle gain, a positive energy balance can be uncomfortable as well.
Increasing the amount of weekly physical activity you participate in is one of the best options. Remember that a skewed energy balance is not something that needs to be achieved from now until the end of time.
Ganong WF (2001) Endocrine functions of the pancreas & regulation of carbohydrate metabolism. To learn more about making important improvements to your nutrition and exercise program, check out the following 5-day video courses.
They're probably better than 90% of the seminars we've ever attended on the subjects of exercise and nutrition (and probably better than a few we've given ourselves, too). This common sense approach to sound nutrition allows for lifelong weight management without hunger; more food for fewer calories, and is easy to understand and follow. In addition, the foods that are lower in calorie density (fruits, veggies, starchy vegetables, intact whole grains and legumes) are also the foods highest in nutrient density. People can consume relatively large portions of foods that are between 300 and 800 calories per pound and still lose or maintain their weight depending on their individual activity levels and metabolism. Every recipe includes easy-to-follow instructions and the ability to add ingredients to your shopping list. The Forks Over Knives Plan shows you exactly how put the life-saving, plant-based diet into practice. For almost a decade, Jeff served as the director of nutrition at the Pritikin Center in Aventura, Florida and as VP of the board of directors for the National Health Association.
We eat, we digest, we absorb, we circulate, we store, we transfer energy, we burn the energy, and then we repeat.
When you're in a positive energy balance (more in than out) and when you're in a negative energy balance (more out than in), everything from your metabolism, to your hormonal balance, to your mood is impacted. The body just knows it isn't getting enough energy, so it will begin to slow down (or shut down) all "non-survival" functions. Overall lifestyle habits help to properly control energy balance, and when properly controlled, excessive swings in either direction (positive or negative) are prevented and the body can either lose fat or gain lean mass in a healthy way.
While nutrition and health experts simply blame weight gain on calories, that doesn't paint the whole picture. Being in a negative energy state can result in hunger, agitation, and even slight sleep problems. Glycogen and triglycerides utilization in relation to muscle metabolic characteristics in men performing heavy resistance exercise.
Postexercise nutrient intake timing in humans is critical to recovery of leg glucose and protein homeostasis. Psychological and behavioral risk factors for obesity onset in adolescent girls: a prospective study.
Girls at risk for overweight at age 5 are at risk for dietary restraint, disinhibited overeating, weight concerns, and greater weight gain from 5 to 9 years. A prospective study of psychological predictors of body fat gain among children at high risk for adult obesity.
In addition, by following the principles of calorie density, you will also increase the overall nutrient density of your diet. The basic principles of calorie density are simple and outlined below.
Therefore, by following a diet lower in calorie density, one also automatically consumes a diet higher in nutrient density.
Liquids have little if any satiety so they do not fill you up as much as solid foods of equal calories. Vegetables are the lowest in calorie density while fat and oil are the highest. Therefore, adding vegetables to any dish will always lower the overall calorie density of a meal, while adding fat and oil will always raise the overall calorie density of a meal. For example, add a few slices of avocado to a large salad, or add a few walnuts or raisins to a bowl of oatmeal and fruit. The intake of foods with a calorie density of 800-1,800 should be limited as these can contribute to weight gain and interfere with efforts to lose weight.
By following a few simple principles, you will increase the amount of food on your plate while decreasing your overall caloric intake, all without ever having to go hungry. At the same time, you will be optimizing your overall nutrient intake. Jeff's Fast Food DVD series demonstrates how anyone can create healthy, low-cost, delicious and easy meals in under ten minutes. Therefore, mechanisms are in place to ensure stable energy transfer regardless of whether energy imbalances exist. Remember, these are just guidelines expressing the principles and not exact recommendations. Additionally, the intake of foods over 1,800 calories per pound should be extremely limited as these foods can very easily contribute to weight gain and obesity and can also greatly interfere with efforts to lose weight.
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Chiefs place Jaye Howard on injured reserve
Losing the five-year veteran means the team's depth along the defensive line takes another significant hit.
By Matt Conner Dec 1, 2016, 4:40pm CST
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The Kansas City Chiefs have placed Jaye Howard on injured reserve.
Chiefs placed DE Jaye Howard on IR, per source.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) December 1, 2016
Howard, a five year veteran, has already missed a few games with a hip injury and continues to sit out practice week after week. Apparently any hopes for Howard's improvement took a turn on Thursday with the news that John Dorsey will sit him for the rest of the season.
Howard inked a two-year deal in free agency to re-sign with the Chiefs, a surprise move in which many thought he would bolt for a bigger paycheck after proving himself with the team. Unfortunately his season is now over after only 8 games (and 5 starts). His final stat line includes 18 tackles on the season and a single sack.
Even more, this means the team's strength along the defensive front will face serious tests down the stretch. The Chiefs continue to see Dontari Poe's name on the injury list for the last few games, and Allen Bailey was placed on Injured Reserve earlier in the season. Back-ups like Rakeem Nunez-Roches and Kendall Reyes have already been given meaningful minutes in recent weeks, and that's a trend that will only continue as the team's schedule nears the final turn.


Now with momentum, go, "stop"
They'll love that ["yeah"] fo'sho'!
Hurry up and get to the chorus!
Like "DJ never let me go"
"Pour shots", and then we'll "lose control"!
"Hey girl, we only got tonight"?
["I can pitch shift my voice if I want"] "ooh"
["I can pitch shift my voice if I want"] "ooooh"
["I can pitch shift my voice if I want"] "yeah"
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Doctor skills needed to play one on TV
2:02 PM PDT 4/27/2008 by Jean Schiffman, Back Stage , AP
Actors go through rigorous preparation to maintain realism.
When Lee Strasberg directed the Group Theatre's premiere of Sidney Kingsley's "Crisis" (better known as "Men in White"), he took the cast to a hospital to talk to doctors and nurses and rehearsed the operating-room choreography more than 100 times in three months. The actors practiced their operating-room moves on their own every morning in pantomime, and those playing doctors kept stethoscopes in their pockets.
Today's TV doctors and nurses are even more rigorous: They have to know lots of procedures and terminology -- and make the fake look real for the camera. It's not just an acting challenge; it may also change your mindset about the medical profession.
On the set, medical advisers are always present, and on some shows real nurses work as extras. Actors also get training after they're hired. For example, when Yvette Freeman was cast as a nurse on "ER," she shadowed some nurses at a Los Angeles hospital. They taught her how to use the various machines and do basic things like wrap bandages and put on surgical gloves quickly. "In real life you have time, but on TV you have to do it in seconds," Freeman says. Now she can fake taking blood pressure faster than it's taken in real life.
Parminder Nagra, who plays "ER's" Dr. Rasgotra, initially followed an attending physician around the UCLA Medical Center for a day. "Observing the different mentalities, the different temperaments, was fascinating," she says.
Like Nagra, who practiced drawing blood at home with a banana and a tourniquet, many actors do their own research. Kal Penn, who plays Dr. Kutner on "House," went to UCLA's library and bookstore, studied anatomy and pharmacology manuals and watched online footage of surgery and other medical procedures. Ellen Crawford, who played a nurse on "ER" for nine years, ultimately became friends with a real nurse.
The technical elements of playing medical personnel are one thing, the character elements another. Jennifer Morrison, who plays Dr. Cameron on "House," read several books by doctors in order to understand their feelings. They wrote about how scary their first surgery was or their frustration with being human and sometimes making mistakes. "Dr. Cameron cares so much for her patients, is potentially too involved," Morrison said, "and this was the key I needed to find that place in her: the need to be perfect and not being perfect."
Several actors compared learning the necessary medical vocabulary to learning lines of Shakespeare: You have to understand what you're saying -- and know exactly how to pronounce the words -- for the audience to understand.
The hardest part for Morrison is doing fussy physical stuff while saying lines in what feels like a foreign language. "If we were actually intubating someone, it might be easier," she says. "But we're faking it, and you're doing eight things with your hands, and you don't want to hurt the patient or stab them. You're almost doing a sleight of hand while you're saying things like, 'He's going into cardiac arrest!' "
Just a few of the things TV docs have to fake realistically, expertly, while cheating for the camera: spinal taps, palpation, echocardiograms, drawing blood, inserting an I.V., intubation, injections, scrutinizing an ultrasound screen, hand sutures and coping with copious quantities of blood. In surgery scenes, of course, a prosthesis is placed on top of the patient's actual body part and the blood is fake, but intestines, for example, might be actual pig intestines. Nagra says she didn't mind working with the porker's innards and even found their texture fascinating, but she got queasy at the sight of blood pumping out of a prosthetic arm stump -- the fake blood grossed her out more than real organs.
Jean Schiffman, Back Stage


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Q: Android Game Laundcher Library Drawer I'm trying to implement a drawer similar to the drawer of Game Launcher in android.
I know how to use react modal or react-native-modal library to create a drawer, but i don't know how to exactly simulate the behavior of the game launcher's drawer.
Also, I don't know what is the keyword the to search for guide or to see code examples for it.
So if anyone can help with a guide or open source code I will predicate it.
Here the screen shots of the game launcher drawer behavior
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Q: Let Apache2 fire a Script located on a Client lets say I have a Webserver (apache2) running, on this server runs my Website (HTML, PHP, JS, CSS). This site calculates and displays data. On a ButtonClickevent I want to execute a python script, which is located on my client (connected to a serial device). How do I communicate for example in exec(), system(), passthru(), ... that my script to be executed is not on the server, but on my client.
Problem is, that my Scripts always select the ttyUSB0 from my server-maschine and not from my client.
Next step is to send the output from my serial-data ClientScript back to the webserver and let it show or send to my database.
I havent found any solution to do this, or I just looked for the wrong aspects. If anybody got some ideas or references please help.
Thanks a lot!


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Citizens of Home Rule Cities in Texas Possess the Power to Push for Changes
Drew Shirley
Residents of home rule cities in Texas are afforded some ability, under certain circumstances, to force their city government to act on measures the government might not have undertaken on its own.
This form of self-determination is not available in other Lone Star state locales and manifests itself in four particular democratic procedures applicable in home rule cities.
Before we elaborate, let's take a moment to review what exactly a home rule city in Texas is. Home rule cities may enact local ordinances in areas that are not expressly preempted by state laws. This contrasts with general law cities, which follow state laws in all regards. In essence, a home rule city may opt to largely manage its own affairs pursuant to local interests.
Home rule cities have populations of more than 5,000 residents and operate under their own city charters. There are more than 350 home rule cities in Texas and some local examples include Fulshear, Katy and Sugar Land. The form of government may vary; these include council-manager and mayor-council. Again, a home rule city's charter provides for it to decide for itself how to run the jurisdiction, including the form of government it takes.
But what if a grassroots concern arises that the government is not (purportedly) performing in some regard? There are four specific ways by which citizens could light a fire under the home rule city government: (1) initiative; (2) referendum; (3) recall; and (4) charter amendments. Deployment of one of these kinds of actions is not an everyday occurrence, but they are provided for under state law.
This process allows residents to propose legislation themselves, if the city government has not opted to act in some regard. First, citizens must gather signatures on a petition for such a measure, which would include text for a proposed ordinance. Just how many signatures will vary by home rule charter; some might be a particular number of voters and others are calculated by some proportion of votes cast in a prior generation election.
The next step is for the city secretary to verify that the signatories are registered voters in the city. If the petition is deemed valid, the city government can either adopt the ordinance or hold an election on the proposed ordinance.
This process is the reverse of an initiative in that it gives citizens a mechanism to rescind an unpopular ordinance. It also can force the hand of a city council. The procedures for demonstrating the will and intent of voters is similar to an initiative as well. Once a petition to nix an ordinance is valid, the city council may, again, either repeal the ordinance itself or hold an election to do so.
This action allows for citizens to remove an elected member of city council before their term is up. To initiate this procedure, citizens would file an affidavit laying out the alleged grounds for removing the individual official. In response, the city clerk or secretary would provide the filer a petition form to collect signatures for the ouster. There are usually limitations on recalls. For example, a city charter may only provide for one recall attempt per council member per term. Also, a city charter is likely to allow a newly elected council member some running room, say 60 days, to get started in their position before being subject to a recall.
Charter Amendments
What if citizens in a home rule city find the city's charter lacking in some regard? Local voters may engage in amending the charter. To push through such a change, a petition signed by 5% of voters or 20,000 voters (whichever is less) is sufficient to require the city council to call an election on a proposed charter amendment. City charters typically include what form of government is established, provisions for administering city finances, procedures for levying taxes and other matters.
While such undertakings may be rare, the spirit of self-governance in home rule cities extends to the citizens. Just as home rule cities can make many of their own decisions, their residents too have some recourse to change how they are governed.
Drew Shirley is a Houston attorney with experience in tort and business litigation and business and real estate transactions. Shirley graduated cum laude from Duke University, then received two advanced degrees – a master's in journalism and a law degree – from the University of Texas at Austin. He joined the Randle Law Office in 2015.
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Can somebody guarantee your loan? Do such loans really exists? Find out more about guaranteed payday loans with immediate approval!
During the last couple of years, the number of people looking for guaranteed payday loans instant approval has grown considerably, considering the enlarging gap between the rich and the poor. This has led to millions of people from all over the world living pay check by pay check and running into huge difficulties whenever life throws a new challenge at them, thus making them need more money to cover certain financial emergencies.
Unfortunately, the process of borrowing money can be quite difficult, especially for those who have not been blessed with a great credit score. In fact, people with bad credit scores have to go extra lengths to secure even small loans, thus making their financial issues even more persistent. Luckily, payday loans instant response have always been around to offer people who are struggling financially a way out of their misery. For those who do not know, payday loans were solely designed for people who are in need of a small amount of extra cash to cover for a financial emergency, which they can then pay back upon receiving their next pay check. Payday loans are great alternative to guaranteed loans! Let's find out why.
To put things better into perspective, one of the main benefits of considering payday loans is the fact that your credit score doesn't really matter. Most payday loan lenders simply require you to be employed and receive a monthly salary. Typically lenders offer loans that range from $100 to $1,000 in value, and the payback time can range between a few days to a few weeks, depending on the type of loan that you have signed for and the lender that you are scoring your payday loan from.
Most people refer to payday loans as an insanely quick source of cash, as they can be scored within a couple of hours. Once you have been matched with lender, either via the internet, via the phone, or directly via email, you'll have to submit and sign a couple of documents, and then simply wait for the money to be sent to your account (this usually takes up to 1 business day, but sometimes you maybe eligible for same day loan deposit!).
Most of the world's payday loan agencies do not require clients to submit a credit score report. With this in mind, the chances of accessing a loan will not be limited as long as you are employed and have a full time job. Do keep in mind that there are payday loan lenders which are even more lenient, and are willing to accept applicants who have part-time jobs, or which do freelance work. The idea is that to be guaranteed approved, you need a source of income that you can prove, so the lender knows that you have the financial possibility to pay back your debt and meet other requirements of the lender.
With this in mind, there are people who may want to use their loan to pay for utilities, or taxes. It is worth keeping in mind that being late on such payments can attract other additional taxes, which is why getting a loan and using the funds to pay the utilities and state taxes can end up saving you money. Not only this, but payday loans can also potentially help you pay ongoing debts on actual loans, thus protecting your credit score from being damaged.
Last but not least, payday loans can encourage young people to better manage their budgets, thus changing up their spending habits for the better, as an effort of avoiding the need of requiring a payday loan in the future. Not only this, but they can also improve your credibility and reputation as a person, judging by the fact that you won't have to spend your time begging family and friends for a small loan, as this can permanently damage the relationships between you and your loved ones.
Knowing whether you are eligible for a payday loan is quite important for all people that are currently in need of some emergency cash. With this in mind, do keep in mind the fact that there is no lender that can guarantee your approval without fact-checking, as this would definitely hurt their business. There are always some eligibility conditions, yet, most people over 18 years old should satisfy them, and be eligible to receive a payday loan as long as they have a job, where they are legally employed at. Having something to offer as collateral is not always a requirement, yet this depends based on the loan agency that you are willing to choose. You may get guaranteed loans only if you meet all the requirements of the lender.
While some may require that you sign over something that is yours, other don't, which is why it is essential for you to carry out a thorough market research, to help determine which lender suits you best. Don't forget the fact that a lending company with lower eligibility requirements can charge potentially higher taxes, considering the idea that they are exposing themselves to a higher risk, whereas companies that have high, or normal requirements generally have smaller taxes as well, as they can consider themselves protected in case the borrowers refuse to pay the debt back. Normally, guaranteed loans do not exist, which is why payday loans can be considered a great alternative to the concept of guaranteed loans.
Based on everything that has been outlined so far, guaranteed approval on payday loan applications is more of a theoretical concept, rather than a practical one. While most people with a job will surely be determined as eligible, especially for small loans, those who do not have a place to work at, or are not employed full time/work on project-based pay schemes, may have to do a bit more research into their local payday loan agencies. Do keep in mind the fact that you can often negotiate on the sport with the clerks, thus granting you access to potentially better offers, especially if you're our website.


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<?php

namespace Kirby;

use Obj;

class Roots extends Obj {

  public $index;

  public function __construct($index) {
    $this->index = $index;
  }

  public function content() {
    return isset($this->content) ? $this->content : $this->index . DS . 'content';
  }

  public function site() {
    return isset($this->site) ? $this->site : $this->index . DS . 'site';
  }

  public function kirby() {
    return isset($this->kirby) ? $this->kirby : $this->index . DS . 'kirby';
  }

  public function thumbs() {
    return isset($this->thumbs) ? $this->thumbs : $this->index . DS . 'thumbs';
  }

  public function assets() {
    return isset($this->assets) ? $this->assets : $this->index . DS . 'assets';
  }

  public function autocss() {
    return isset($this->autocss) ? $this->autocss : $this->assets() . DS . 'css' . DS . 'templates';
  }

  public function autojs() {
    return isset($this->autojs) ? $this->autojs : $this->assets() . DS . 'js' . DS . 'templates';
  }

  public function avatars() {
    return isset($this->avatars) ? $this->avatars : $this->assets() . DS . 'avatars';
  }

  public function config() {
    return isset($this->config) ? $this->config : $this->site() . DS . 'config';
  }

  public function accounts() {
    return isset($this->accounts) ? $this->accounts : $this->site() . DS . 'accounts';
  }

  public function roles() {
    return isset($this->roles) ? $this->roles : $this->site() . DS . 'roles';
  }

  public function blueprints() {
    return isset($this->blueprints) ? $this->blueprints : $this->site() . DS . 'blueprints';
  }

  public function plugins() {
    return isset($this->plugins) ? $this->plugins : $this->site() . DS . 'plugins';
  }

  public function cache() {
    return isset($this->cache) ? $this->cache : $this->site() . DS . 'cache';
  }

  public function tags() {
    return isset($this->tags) ? $this->tags : $this->site() . DS . 'tags';
  }

  public function fields() {
    return isset($this->fields) ? $this->fields : $this->site() . DS . 'fields';
  }

  public function widgets() {
    return isset($this->widgets) ? $this->widgets : $this->site() . DS . 'widgets';
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    return isset($this->controllers) ? $this->controllers : $this->site() . DS . 'controllers';
  }

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    return isset($this->models) ? $this->models : $this->site() . DS . 'models';
  }

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    return isset($this->templates) ? $this->templates : $this->site() . DS . 'templates';
  }

  public function snippets() {
    return isset($this->snippets) ? $this->snippets : $this->site() . DS . 'snippets';
  }

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    return isset($this->languages) ? $this->languages : $this->site() . DS . 'languages';
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      'content' => $this->content(),
      'site'    => $this->site(),
      'cache'   => $this->cache(),
      'thumbs'  => $this->thumbs(),
      'assets'  => $this->assets(),
      'autocss' => $this->autocss(),
      'autojs'  => $this->autojs(),
      'avatars' => $this->avatars(),
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}


Do you save money by composting?
Our price comparison of composters covers a variety of styles and prices and we compared prices at different online stores and found you the best prices.
Home Depot – $69.99 —Best Price!
The Free Garden Earth Compost Bin is a stationary bin which makes it a cheaper option. It also has a door at the bottom of the bin, so you have the option of removing a small amount of finished product. Since the bin is lightweight you can also lift the bin off the finished contents to spread in a garden. The door is a feature that reviewers really love. Since it is a standing bin it can take longer to produce compost, on average about 4 months.
Kitchen by Kara – $64.33 Best Price!
The Yimby Tumbler Composter makes compost in as little as two weeks. It is much smaller than the Free Garden standing bin, but the tumbling action creates compost much quicker.
VermiFactory.com – $55 Best Price!
The Vermi Hut 3 tray worm composter creates compost using, well, worms! They recommend starting with 1,000 worms. It works like this. Fill each tray with scraps: vegetables, fruits, egg shells, coffee grounds, and even paper (yep, junk mail is worm candy). Your worms will dig in, silently and odorlessly, leaving behind the very best compost available. They will produce about 5 lbs. of compost per week! That's fast! If worms or bugs scare you, then this may not be the composter for you.
Amazon – $29.99 -Best Price!
This is the least expensive option and they are a great size for the price! Reviewers on Amazon claim that this product holds up well and is easy to use. Even better, the Geobin website offers discounts when buying in bulk: 2 for $24.99 or 10 for $22 each. If you had family members or neighbors interested in composting you could score a great deal!
Amazon – $83.99 – Best Price!
The soil saver classic compost bin produces compost in about 6-8 weeks. It has a locking self-watering lid to keep animals out, while openings allow air to reach the compost and speed up the composting process. There is also a large opening with two sliding doors that makes it easy to remove the compost.
GlobalIndustrial.com – $133.95 – Best Price!
What's great about the compost tumblers, is that you can have two compact batches running simultaneously. It's a little pricier,but it's like getting two composters in one!
Making this list showed me that doing your research can result in big savings! Some of the cheapest prices were on sites I'd never heard of. I have a garden and while I've never composted before I think I'll be starting this year. How about you? If you're thinking about buying or beginning a compost pile be sure to check out our list of thing you didn't know about composting to help you get started.
Do you plan on composting this year?
@N. Davis Thanks for these tips! We'll add them to the post so others can benefit (in case they don't read the comments). My town also subsidizes the cost of composters. We got our Earth Machine for $40. I love to see my tax dollars at work this way!
I use a compost bin that I received for free from my City Sanitation Dept. I just had to attend a short class in composting and drove away with a fantastic bin!
I also compost by digging fairly large holes in my backyard and toss in my daily veggie scraps and junk mail…when it's nearly full I cover it with dirt. I have had a family raccoons visiting to see what's in the heap, so I have started covering it with a weighted down crate. Last year I got some free tomato, potato, butternut squash, leeks and green onion plants! They just grew wild out of the compost! I've had carrots pop up and ginger root too! I also have a 5 foot chestnut tree! I love this method because I don't have to turn the scraps or anything, the hardest part is digging the hole!
@Katswan That's great that digging a hole to compost has worked so well for you. Plus, it eliminates the step of transferring the compost to your soil. I'm not a fan of digging out the finished compost, filling a bucket, then unloading it in my garden beds. But I do like having the compost contained. My dog or my children would dig through an open compost pile in a minute!
I've always wanted to compost, but never gotten around to it. What do you recommend for first time composters? Is jumping into buying a composter the right thing, or should I try the old fashioned way first?
If you're hesitant, see if you can find a super discounted composter on Craigslist or a garage sale.
By the way, what's the old fashioned way? Digging a hole, as @Katswan does?


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John Richardson: 'It's really helped that the news has stayed depressing'
Jon Richardson
Press Association Reporter
Published: 17:28 Monday 24 June 2019
Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier is returning to Dave, and the comedian certainly has plenty to get off his chest again. Georgia Humphreys finds out what to expect from series two.
We all know comedian Jon Richardson is an obsessive worrier.
But there's something he can cross off his list of things to fret about - the first series of his laugh-out-loud topical show was a hit with Dave viewers, and he was asked to come back for more episodes.
Once again, the Lancaster-born star, 36, enlists the help of some top comedy talent and enlightening experts to address, analyse and log both the serious, and more trivial, issues currently on his mind.
Very appropriately called Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier, this time round there's also a custom-built worry lab in the studio, in which the host will be physically facing his fears with some "aversion therapy".
"We knew the show a bit better, so we planned it slightly differently; we were able to look at the news and do the worries from that," notes the deadpan funnyman, when asked how series two is different.
"So, it feels a bit more topical this series, to me, because of the meltdown of the planet and global politics. It's really helped that the news has stayed depressing."
Here, the father-of-one - also known for his appearances on shows such as 8 Out of 10 Cats - chats to us about mental health, the challenges of making TV and working with his wife.
ON WHY THE SHOW RESONATES WITH VIEWERS
We all know the global things we should be worried about, but if you're honest, the things that keep you awake at night are the small things that happen in your house.
Very often with a topical show, you get the chance to do the big news stories but not the silly ones - or vice versa, you pick a show that is a bit lighter. But this one means you can flit really easily from one to the other.
There's a whole section in one episode about the 12 years left to save the planet, but you juxtapose that with me and Joe Wilkinson [actor and comedian] in hotpants rollerblading.
ON COVERING CLIMATE CHANGE
Michael Jackson's legacy endures 10 years on from his death
The greatest and most controversial Glastonbury headliners
If you're going to do a show that tackles worries, we agreed from the beginning you have to tackle the biggest one of all, which is that we've got some real work to do to save the planet for future generations.
If you're asked to make a TV programme, you want to have a laugh with your mates and have that be enjoyable for the people, but equally you want to feel like you've done some positive work. I think we did a good job on making it funny but not shying away from the actual facts.
ON BEING OPEN ABOUT OUR WORRIES
There's a move towards communicating more. I don't think we delve too much into any of the heavier mental health aspect. If people choose to find me repeatedly being criticised by my wife [comedian Lucy Beaumont, who appears in a few episodes of Ultimate Worrier] on television as a way of furthering debate about happiness and positive mental health, then so be it.
In my own life, I probably spent my twenties bottled up, and I think you can see that in the stand-up that I did then. And then in my thirties, it's a bit more loose.
ON BEING ON SCREEN WITH PALS
We had one episode which was Lucy, and Roisin Conaty and Russell Howard, who are real friends of mine, and that topic was leisure time. It's nice to have an episode where you are literally talking about something quite light with all your friends, and that show felt so easy to me, because we were all laughing and we all know each other anyway.
That was where we discussed Lucy asking whether or not I have a fetish, so we went into the worry lab - I didn't know about any of this until the record. That ended with Russell screaming as I was blindfolded in my underpants.
ON WORKING WITH HIS WIFE
Initially, I was the one saying I don't think we should [work together] because it had taken me 30 years to find a woman who was willing to live with me; I felt it would be a big step to then say, 'Let's work together as well'. But we gradually did a few bits together and it just seemed to come really easily.
You push each other along a little bit. And then the minute we get off the tube after, or in the car, you go back to talking about what we need from Tesco the next day. It's surprisingly mundane.
There sort of isn't time [to talk about work at home] because we have a two-year-old daughter and there's a lot else going on as well - I guess we'll do it in some sort of actual therapy in about ten years' time.
ON HOW THE INDUSTRY HAS CHANGED
It's far more diverse than it was and much the better for it - and it's also diverse in terms of outlet as well. When I started, there were broadly four channels and now there are a number of channels commissioning comedy, and there's much more opportunity of finding your own audience through YouTube.
If I were a young person interested in comedy now, that part of it would be liberating, that, actually, you don't have to find a stage and do 10 minutes within the confines of what people think live comedy is.
ON THE CHALLENGES OF MAKING TELEVISION
Telly is sort of eternal and you're aware anything you do in front of the camera is going to be seen by an infinite number of people. It can be taken out of time context as well.
So, you can do something that felt funny at the time and then suddenly worry about, 'What will that joke look like in 20 years?' And my daughter, I think, 'She's going to be at uni at some point, or she's going to be with friends, and someone could watch a clip of what I'm doing now and that will be her dad'.
All of that context is gone with stand-up; you're just in a room and you say what you like and then you all go home. It's why I hope I'll be able to tour for the rest of my life. It's so liberating.
- Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier returns to Dave on Wednesday, July 3


As a child, school can be a nerve-racking experience for a variety of reasons. First day nervousness, fear of socializing and meeting new classmates and teachers, bullying; any one of these can cause your child to feel insecure about themselves at school and can lead to them giving you trouble in the morning or even flat out refusing to go to school. While it's easy to think there is no effective way to help your child get over their school anxiety, this is not the case, Homeopathic treatments can help ease anxiety associated with school, and here's how.
There are three main homeopathic treatments that can help with school anxiety in children, and they are Baryta carbonica, Silica, and Pulsatilla.
Baryta Carbonica– this homeopathic medicine is usually for children who have difficulty socializing in groups. They are unsure of how to act or what to say in a group and this can easily be a form of school anxiety, seeing as socializing with other groups of children is a regular part of school. Made from Barium as the main component, Baryta carbonica is used for a variety of purposes, but in homeopathy it can be used to treat anxiety. Baryta carbonica helps the body to alleviate intense fears that are associated with anxiety and phobias. Treating a child with this medicine is a good way to get them feeling better about joining in and making friends at school. This remedy will help a child with anxiety better express what he or she does and doesn't like, and how he or she is feeling.
Silica- this is another homeopathic remedy that can help children with school anxiety. It is similar to Baryta carbonica, however the main difference is that it is focused on children with a cognitive weakness rather than children who are simply lacking development in their behaviours. Cognitive weakness can make children extra sensitive to things such as the environment and other people. Going to school can be stressful to children that require silica, seeing as things like exposure to light and noise can make them feel overwhelmed and cause them to be more timid. Silica is used to treat these children and decrease their sensitivity to the situations and environments typically experienced at school.
Pulsatilla- a third homeopathic remedy for school anxiety in children is Pulsatilla. Pulsatilla is mainly used to treat children that have an underlying fear of being abandoned. It's easy to see how going to school can heighten this fear, since leaving the safety of home and spending the day in a strange place away from mom and dad may make a child feel as though they have been abandoned by their parents. These fears can be made even worse if the child's teacher is not warm and positive towards them. A more neglectful teacher that does not strive to make students comfortable and feel at ease is going to negatively impact children that need Pulsatilla.
With school having started up again recently, now is a good time to pay attention to your children and look for any behavioural changes that may indicate they are suffering from school anxiety. If this is the case, consider homeopathic treatments as a solution.


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Chi Qiang (born 26 December 1975) is a Chinese competitive sailor who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics.

References

1975 births
Living people
Olympic sailors of China
Chinese male sailors (sport)
Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Laser
Sportspeople from Shanghai
21st-century Chinese people

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Seven Things to Do in Cañon City After Rafting
Royal Gorge
One hundred miles south of Denver, Cañon City, CO, is a gateway to adventure. The region is home to abundant outdoor recreation from climbing to white water rafting. After you spend the morning riding some rapids, spend the afternoon and evening exploring these seven spots in the historic town of Cañon City:
Dinosaur Experience
Study some of the biggest bones of the past at the Royal Gorge Dinosaur Experience. The museum features full-scale dinosaur fossil casts, interactive displays, and hands-on exhibits that pull you into The Land Before Time era of these magnificent creatures. Bonus: don't miss their multi-story ropes course!
Royal Gorge Bridge
You may have rafted through the Royal Gorge—now it's time to stand on top of it! With an incredible 360 degree view, the Royal Gorge Bridge is one of the world's highest suspension bridges. Take a gondola ride 2,200 feet across the canyon—1,200 feet above the Arkansas River—and enjoy the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. If you want to take in the breathtaking views of the Royal Gorge from the river and the bridge in one trip, check out American Adventure's Royal Gorge Raft + Bridge Package.
Royal Gorge Park Concert Series
As the sun sets, enjoy live music in the shadow of majestic mountains. The Royal Gorge Park holds a yearly summer concert series, featuring performances from musicians such as Pam Tillis, Diamond Rio, and John Michael Montgomery. Bring along plenty of warm layers, blankets and a picnic basket chock-full of delicious snacks. For long-distance travelers and brew lovers, campgrounds abound!
Royal Rush Skycoaster
If you need another adrenaline kick after paddling through the rapids, fly over the Royal Gorge on the "World's Scariest Skycoaster". Lay in your harness and open your arms as you swing 1,200 feet above the water and canyon walls.
Museum of Colorado Prisons
Penitentiaries are a fascinating, definitive piece of Colorado's history. The Museum of Colorado Prisons is look back in time. A stone wall and armed towers connect the museum to a prison that's been in operation since 1871. The exhibits span more than 140 years into the past to share stories of the prison system's staff, inmates, and atmosphere. Visitors can also glimpse a historical cell house: the original Women's Correctional Facility, which was built in 1935.
Winery at Holy Cross Abbey
Swing by the Holy Cross Abbey's tasting room post-rafting for another type of soak: absorb the pastoral landscape with a flight tasting and views of the Wet Mountains. In a short three-year span, Holy Cross Abbey has received more than 100 awards and medals, including international accolades. Artisan cheeses, bread, fruits and chocolates round out the tasty offerings.
Royal Gorge Dinner Train
After riding the rapids, rinse off in the river and don your suspenders for a first-class dinner train ride, via the Royal Gorge Route Railroad. The three-course evening celebrates the railroad tradition of fine dining, and couples sit across the table from one another in a restored dining car or the Vista Dome—which offers wide-open views of the extreme Royal Gorge canyon. If you're looking for a more casual option, American Adventure offers a Royal Gorge Raft + Train Experience, where you will ride the rapids in the morning and take in the stunning scenery of the Royal Gorge from the train in the afternoon.
No matter what kind of vacation you're looking for, Cañon City offers something for everyone! Of course, no trip to Cañon City is complete without riding some of the best rapids Colorado has to offer. Start planning your Cañon City rafting trip with American Adventure Expeditions today!
For each location, call ahead for reservations, tickets and to confirm hours of operation.


For some reason despite being human I start in a goblin hamlet in the middle of some haunted hills. The goblins take a immediate dislike to my human adventurer and a fight breaks out between me and the goblin townsfolk. I'm doing pretty well since most of the goblins are farmers but in the middle of the melee a ash cloud rolls in engulfing a goblin and transforming him into a Haunting Ash zombie. At this point I figure I'm pretty much screwed, most of the undead formed from clouds are insanely tough, so I run... straight into another ash cloud.
But here's the thing, my adventure doesn't die, HE turns into an Ash zombie too. I turn back and kill the goblin Ash zombie and despite getting my brain broken keep adventuring.
I'm apparently pretty much invincible at this point, between my ash zombie status and some mixed copper and iron armor I can kill just about anything. I've gotten swords to the lung, arteries severed and all my fat melted off from a evil rain, and I'm still going. On the minus side everybody hates me and attacks on sight (except vampires and necromancers they just tell you to go away) also my speeds dropped substantially I'm only at 816 despite being super-humanly agile. Unfortunately I also can't retire anymore since everybody hates me, so starvation is my only retirement option at this point.


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Die Burg Dietenberg, auch Burg Griesingen genannt, ist eine abgegangene Turmhügelburg (Motte) direkt südlich der gleichnamigen Höfe des Ortsteils Dietenberg auf der Gemarkung der 1971 zu Rot an der Rot eingemeindeten Gemeinde Spindelwag im Landkreis Biberach in Oberschwaben. Die Hügelburg liegt bei rund 674 Meter über Normalnull.

Sie wurde 1271 bis 1278 von den Herren von Dietenberg erbaut und im 14. Jahrhundert zerstört. Ehemalige Besitzer waren auch die Herren von Winterstetten-Waldsee. Von der heute eingeebneten Motte waren 1924 noch Reste des runden Burghügels zu sehen.

Literatur
 Otto Beck: Kunst und Geschichte im Landkreis Biberach. Ein Reiseführer zu Kulturstätten und Sehenswürdigkeiten in der Mitte Oberschwabens (= Thorbecke-Taschen-Bildführer. Bd. 7). Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Sigmaringen 1983, ISBN 3-7995-3707-4.

Weblinks

Dietenberg
Bauwerk in Rot an der Rot
Abgegangenes Bauwerk im Landkreis Biberach
Dietenberg


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Here's everything you need to know about the UFC's Fight Night Dublin on Saturday
It's been fourteen months since Conor McGregor rounded off an Irish clean sweep at UFC Fight Night Dublin by KOing Brazilian challenger Diego Brandao in the first round.
In that time there has been rumours of Irish stadium shows, new Irish fighters joining the organisation, some losses, but a lot more wins.
It's been an incredible period in the history of Irish MMA, and now that UFC is back in town for fight week, we thought we'd put together a handy guide for all you need to know about it.
Who's fighting?
Saturday's card sees five Irish fighters step inside the Octagon,
Paddy "The Hooligan" Holohan is now headlining the event with Louis Smolka in this Flyweight clash, after the card's original main and co-main events being scrapped due to injuries. With both fighters tipped for potential surges up the rankings, it's not quite make or break, but it's a fantastic launching pad for two fighters coming in with identical 3-1 UFC records. The Hooligan has never had a boring fight with his one loss a back and forth bonus winner for Fight of the Night.
Norman Parke looks to end a two fight losing streak as he squares off against Reza Madadi. A chance to impress for the Antrim man as the fight has been moved up to the main card, after the Stipe Miocic vs Ben Rothwell fight got scrapped following an injury to Heavyweight contender Miocic.
Welterweight Nicholas Darby faces off against Darren Till, in the only main card fight that doesn't feature an Irish fighter. Then it's down to the undercard which sees Cathal Pendred, Neil Seery, and Ashling Daly face up to Tom Breese, Jon Delos Reyes, and Ericka Almeida respectively.
That's brings us onto the next important point.
Where can you watch it?
The entire under card is available on UFC Fight Pass and should start at roughly 5.30pm.
The main card will be shown live on 3e and Setanta Ireland from 9.00pm.
If you haven't got a membership to Fight Pass already, they offer a free 30-day trial, but if that doesn't suit, you can catch 3e's build up which starts at 8.00pm.
When are the weigh-ins?
The official weigh-ins are set for 2.15pm on Friday, and will take place in the 3Arena. We're always tentative about confirming these times as delays often happen, so don't blame us if you're sat around an extra half hour waiting.
Who are the guest fighters?
Expect to see a lot of Conor McGregor. He's one of the guest fighters, and he'll be getting as much coverage from ring side as the men in the Octagon that night, but he's not the only one. Featherweight #5 Max Holloway, former Heavyweight champ Andrei Arlovski and recent Welterweight title contender Rory MacDonald will be in Dublin all week doing media work. MacDonald currently trains at Tristar Gym, Montreal, with Joe Duffy and Tom Breese, so he's not exactly going to be a neutral. Although he has said he'd like to train with John Kavanagh in SBG.
Is there anything else?
When it comes to the actual fights? No, not really, but keep an eye out for all the media coverage that you won't be able to get access to, namely the open workouts. The guest fighters will be doing a tonne of media work during the week, as well as seeing some sights, so keep and eye out for a 6'4 Belarusian bear and a Canadian guy with half a nose who kind of looks like Patrick Bateman, they'll both make for good selfie opportunities.
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The food trucks just keep on coming in Bangkok. By the look of it, Aree's Summer Street should be a real afternoon crowd-pleaser.
The food trucks just keep on coming in Bangkok. By the look of it, Aree's Summer Street (IG: SummerStreetAree, http://ow.ly/yM08G) should be a real afternoon crowd-pleaser.
Situated a few steps from the start of Aree Soi 2, close by the popular Tokyobike Shop Bangkok, this photogenic white Kinfolk magazine-worthy truck serves up fresh grilled seafood like giant freshwater prawn (B120) and squid (B120), plus seafood platters priced from B399 to B999.
Beers include Singha (B90) and Hoegaarden (B180).


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BIOS TO PIONEER NEW TREATMENTS FOR HEART DISEASE USING AI NEURAL INTERFACE TECHNOLOGY POWERED BY NVIDIA GPUs
Cambridge, UK & Montreal, CA – 02 December 2020 – BIOS Health today launched an initiative that will see them work with world leading partners to deliver a new class of treatments for some of humanity's most pressing chronic diseases. Announced at Web Summit 2020, the BIOS Autonomic Therapy Initiative (BIOS ATI) will be the first deployment of their next generation neural interface technology for treating heart disease directly via the nervous system.
Despite the fact that cardiovascular diseases are the number one cause of death worldwide, treatments have seen little improvement since the Beta blocker (which was discovered in 1964). Pharmaceutical companies are hitting a wall in developing new treatments, with over 10,000 compounds tested for each drug brought to market. Neural interfaces can be used to form a direct connection with the neurons around the heart and other organs, which offers a whole new class of treatments for cardiovascular disease. BIOS ATI will demonstrate proof of concept for such treatments in pre-clinical and clinical settings to allow for further translation & commercialisation of this state-of-the-art technology for real human impact.
BIOS' mission is to unlock the potential of the nervous system in treating chronic disease by using AI-powered neural interfaces that can automatically read and write neural signals, initially focussing on cardiac conditions. BIOS' vision is that patients will have their chronic conditions managed via the nervous system directly by AI, giving personalised, real-time treatment recommendations and even replacing current drugs with computer generated neural signals.
To enable this technology, BIOS have been partnered with Nvidia since 2017 as part of their Inception programme. Nvidia's Jetson GPUs are used to power the BIOS neural interface technology where AI is used to translate the language of the nervous system in real time and to understand the neural basis of cardiovascular disease.
Alongside announcing the initiative, BIOS today announced a panel of experts, key opinion leaders & clinicians from across the sector who will be guiding the work, including:
Prof Tim Denison, Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in BioEngineering at the University of Oxford
Prof David Paterson, Head of Dept of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics at the University of Oxford
Mona Flores MD, Global Head of Medical AI at Nvidia and practicing Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Dr Cem Baydar, Head of Portfolio Strategy & Consulting Services at IQVIA
Emil Hewage, CEO & Co-Founder of BIOS said: "BIOS is proud to be developing the technology to create treatments for chronic heart disease as one of the first applications for digital neural therapies. This will be life changing for millions of people suffering from these diseases. The support of our advisory panellists, who are at the forefront of their respective industries, is a testament to the company's key position in pioneering the use of the human nervous system and AI in the next generation of chronic disease treatments."
About BIOS Health
BIOS is unlocking the potential of the nervous system in treating chronic disease by using AI-powered neural interfaces that can automatically read and write neural signals.
Gabriella Jeakins
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This is the final edition of the 2012 Big Ten power rankings. And it's pretty clear who the two best teams in the Big Ten are: Ohio State and Nebraska. Alas, they can't meet in the conference title game, as the Buckeyes are on probation. But Ohio State finished 12-0, including a 63-38 win over the Cornhuskers in Columbus earlier this season. So, the Buckeyes must be best, right?
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Secret Weapons of Luftwaffe è un simulatore di volo sviluppato da LucasArts (all'epoca chiamata Lucasfilm Games) nel 1990. Nel gioco è possibile pilotare, oltre che alcuni aerei statunitensi, diversi modelli sperimentali tedeschi ideati durante la seconda guerra mondiale e destinati alla Luftwaffe.

Si tratta del terzo di tre simulatori di volo nella seconda guerra mondiale, dopo Battlehawks 1942 e Their Finest Hour, ideati da Lawrence Holland, che in seguito sarà la mente dietro titoli come Star Wars: X-Wing e Star Wars: TIE Fighter.

Modalità di gioco

Velivoli pilotabili

Luftwaffe

 Bf 109 Versioni G-6 e G-10
 Fw-190 Versioni A-5 e A-8
 Me-163 Komet
 Me-262 Schwalbe
 Horten Ho 229
 Heinkel He 162 (espansione)
 Dornier Do 335 Pfeil (espansione)

USAAF

 P-47 Thunderbolt Versioni C e D
 P-51 Mustang Versioni B e D
 B-17 Flying Fortress
 P-38 Lightning (espansione)
 P-80 Shooting Star (espansione)

Editor
Il gioco è dotato di un'editor di missioni integrato; inoltre è possibile salvare replay di volo per poi riguardarli.

Espansioni
Sono state prodotte quattro espansioni, ognuna dotata di un aereo aggiuntivo (il modello del titolo) e di alcune missioni aggiuntive.
 P-38 Lightning Tour of Duty
 P-80 Shooting Star Tour Of Duty
 Do 335 Pfeil Tour of Duty
 He-162 Volksjäger Tour of Duty

Bibliografia

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President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday spoke with Mohammed Liman, father of the International Committee of the Red Cross' midwife who was killed by Boko Haram terrorists, Hauwa Liman.
Shehu said during the telephone conversation, the President commiserated with the family and assured the deceased's father that the Nigerian government did everything possible to save his daughter's life.
Buhari reportedly expressed sadness that all the efforts turned out unsuccessful.
"He (the President) regretted that her commitment to helping victims of the Boko Haram insurgency ended in such a brutal way," the statement read.
The presidential spokesman said Buhari also spoke with the President of the ICRC, Peter Maurer, and extended condolences on the loss of the midwife.
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Booth – Modern Dogma and Rhetoric of Assent
Posted on June 7, 2012 by LaToya L. Sawyer
Booth, Wayne C. Modern Dogma and the Rhetoric of Assent. 5 Vol. Notre Dame Ind.: University of Notre Dame Press, 1974. Print. Ward-Phillips Lectures in English Language and Literature.
In Modern Dogma and the Rhetoric of Assent, Wayne Booth worked to deconstruct and show the incompatibility of motivism and the dogma of doubt with rhetoric and the finding of a common truth. At the core of the text is the centuries old tension between philosophy and rhetoric. Booth analyzed a series of Bertrand Russell's essays that illustrate the dogma of doubt to demonstrate its inability to bring people together because no reason can ever be "good" enough. Booth argued that based on motivism, where there are no experts because everyone has underlying motives that discredit them, and the requirement that Bertrand gives that the experts must agree on something for the opposite of it to be uncertain – there can never be sufficient grounds for a positive opinion.
"Russell had no place whatever for what traditional philosophers called dialectic, or sometimes rhetoric: the careful weighing of more-or-less good reasons to arrive at more-or-less probable or plausible conclusions — none too secure but better than would be arrived at by chance or unthinking impulse." (59)
Despite Bertrand's at times more rhetorical view on certainty, Booth asserted that Bertrand's and other's dogma of doubt and modernism has led to what Booth called a "befouled rhetorical climate" (99).
"…all three Russells in their different ways had told me that if they found it seeming right to do so, if their consciences told them that other men were flatly wrong and they themselves flatly right, if their visions of truth and justice were in conflict with those of other men, arbitrary decision about right and wrong could "rightly" be imposed upon others. This worldview of modernism has given support to self-righteous authoritarians of the right and to their spiritual brothers who use violence to attack the "rational establishment" from the left. A thoroughly articulated, seemingly impregnable system of dogmas has sliced the world into two unequal parts, the tiny domain of the provable, about which nobody cares very much, and the great domain of "all the rest," in which anyone can believe or do what he pleases." (85). (emphasis mine)
SN: A contemporary example of this climate can be seen in our current political discourse, for example, as discussed by Karolyn Kohrs Campbell and Kathleen Hall Jamieson in their keynote at the 2012 Rhetoric Society of America Conference where Campbell stated Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's assertions about his opponent, President Obama, depend on public assumptions of the POTUS. These arguments, she said, don't rely on traditional forms of argument or rebuttal because they are not evidence-based, but based on "belief". Note these are not beliefs that are gained through mutual inquiry from both sides, but by the pushing of preconcieved notions.
Booth offered an alternative:
"My goal is (once again) not to establish a philosophy… What we must find, I think, are grounds for confidence in a multiplicity of ways of knowing. Such grounds need not be what was sought by philosophers who based themselves in science: a theory providing fixed and proved principles from which all genuine reasoning could proceed. It need only be a revitalization of what we naturally assume as we go about our intellectual and practical business in the world: namely, that there are many logics, and that each of the domains of the mind (or person) has its own kind of knowing." (99)
Booth used Aristotle's three proofs of logos, ethos, and pathos to elucidate how his rhetoric of assent might change the way we view rhetoric and argumentation. Booth suggested that this shift would not lead to a clear distinction between the three types of proof but a hazier one where "emotional and ethical proof will often turn out to be 'substantive,' and logical proof useless and misleading" (145).
Booth asked readers to "entertain" the possibility of a "social test for truth" whereby "'it is reasonable to grant (one ought to grant) some degree of credence to whatever qualified men and women agree on, unless one has specific and stronger reasons to disbelieve'" (101).
How does this play out, however, in an example like the 2008 Presidential campaign where it was asserted and believed by many that the then presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama was a Muslim and somehow anti-American. Even "qualified" elected officials have also intimated that they believed variations of this. Is there there a greater reason to disbelieve them because of their prejudices and motives to have "their" candidate win?
Booth would argue against his rhetoric of assent being used for deception and manipulation as he asserted the goal is not to talk someone into a preconceived view, but to engage in mutual inquiry or exploration (137). For him, it is the joint inquiry that is most important and productive:
"The process of inquiry through discourse thus becomes more important than any possible conclusions, and whatever stultifies such fulfillment becomes demonstrably wrong" (137). Even if a committed doubter did not accept the "valued fact" of all individuals rhetorical nature, Booth contended, the doubter could not avoid illustrating it as she/ he argued against it – "we discuss our doubt together, therefore we are" (138).
This all sounds great in a "good" world as Booth claimed that "rhetoric is a supremely self-justifying activity for man when those engaged in it fully respect the rules and the steps of inquiry" (138). But, as Booth well knew, we are not inthat "good" world; therefore, perhaps more than anything else, a rhetoric of assent presses us to change the constraints that hinder its fulfillment:
"A rhetoric of assent does lead, generally but firmly, to important political conclusions. Some of them will seem conservative, at least in our society, though in most societies in the world's history they would be revolutionary enough: traditions of free discourse, of respect for persons, of civil rights, of democratic process become defensible in this view not simply as traditions but as the very conditions for fulfilling man's life as we have defined it. But some of them are radical enough: for example, "capitalist" forms of production and distribution, as now defined, must be discarded, insofar as they depend on systematic deception." (footnote 201) (emphasis mine)
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2 thoughts on "Booth – Modern Dogma and Rhetoric of Assent"
Dr. LSr says:
on August 8, 2014 at 2:56 pm
In Para 1: "Russell Bertrand's essays" ?? (Bertrand Russell's essays … ?)
LaToya L. Sawyer says:
on January 28, 2015 at 3:55 am
Thank you for pointing that out.


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Broadband customer expectations should be about experience, not speed
October 7, 2016 John C. Tanner Views 0
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ITEM: Rod Sims, chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, told a telecoms industry conference earlier this week that the ACCC has seen high levels of complaints, confusion and frustration about broadband performance. And while broadband service providers blame this on consumers having "unrealistic expectations about broadband speeds", Sims said that's at least partly the fault of the telcos themselves – or at least their marketing departments.
From the Sydney Morning Herald:
Mr Sims said there was a lack of incentives for retail services providers – such as Telstra and Optus – to compete on performance.
This has led to "vague and unqualified" information being provided to consumers, making it difficult for them to compare apples with apples.
"About 80 per cent of consumer respondents … told us it is not easy to compare the speed of different internet offers when choosing between internet providers or particular plans," he said.
Sims acknowledged that telcos have been making an effort to educate customers on the kinds of things that can impact connection speeds – such as lots of people getting on the network at once. But that's not enough. Sims suggested the introduction of an independent broadband monitoring program that verifies connection performance, reliability, etc, and makes it easy for consumers to compare broadband services.
The ACCC has proposed this before, and Australian telcos have resisted the idea, arguing that it's both expensive and ineffective. But other markets do it, Sims argues, and the general result is better consumer information and more robust competition. If nothing else, a monitoring program could at least determine whether customers could blame their ISPs or the National Broadband Network.
While a monitoring program is a good idea in terms of consumer awareness and comparison shopping, it's worth noting that the heart of the problem here isn't speed: it's the customer experience. The ACCC is getting complaints ostensibly because broadband players aren't delivering the experience their customers expect – regardless of where those expectations come from or how they're measured. Customers look at data speeds because it's a handy reference point, but what they really care about is this: does my stuff work?
That's the basic and penultimate question in the hyperconnected culture many of us now live in. More and more people have centered their lifestyles and work habits around black glass rectangles that handle everything from basic communications to social events, multiscreen entertainment and home network control. Connectivity is so central to modern life that we're connecting anything and everything than can be fitted with a chip, a sensor and a modem – toys, cars, guns, cows, whatever – and we're building services and apps around all of this.
Meanwhile, we're moving ever closer towards the 5G Virtual Reality Cloud Of Things, where (we're assured) everything will be connected and everything will work, because once access links get into gigabit territory, the connection speed itself is no longer an issue from the consumer point of view.
And it arguably isn't now – until the services and apps get sluggish or stop working. That's when consumers really care about data speeds. If the service works fine, it generally won't occur to them to check their data rate with a speed test.
Certainly customers do still look at data speeds because that's how broadband services are marketed and bundled, and that's what customers are used to. But sooner or later, customer expectations are going to be about QoS/QoE, not the specific speed of the pipes.
Meanwhile, here's a key difference to keep in mind: when it comes to data speeds, it's usually the ISPs that set the expectations for customers. With customer experience, it's the other way around.
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Library Shelby Powell is happy to welcome patrons back the 100 Mile Branch of the Cariboo Regional Library (Kelly Sinoski photo, 100 Mile Free Press)
100 Mile Library reopens
It's a new chapter at the 100 Mile branch of the Cariboo Regional District Library.
Kelly Sinoski
The library reopened Tuesday but with new COVID-19 precautions in place, including a greeter at the door with hand sanitizer, physical distancing protocols in place and a 10-person limit in the building at any one time. Chairs and tables have also been removed, librarian Shelby Powell said, to encourage people to take their books or other materials and "enjoy them at home." Library hours are 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday.
"We want everyone to be able to browse for what they want to take out but we want it to be a short visit," Powell said. "We've missed having the public around."
During the past six months, library staff has been busy making internal lists – for example, Canadian authors – to help patrons find what they're looking for.
The library has also been equipped with a glassed-in circulation desk while staff will wear masks and gloves while handling materials.
Signage has also been posted to outline the measures taken. These include not allowing unattended children in the library at this time, while users must reserve the one computer available for a maximum of 45 minutes. Users who touch an item but decide not to check it out can leave it in a quarantine bin, where it will remain for 72 hours before going back on the shelf. Some collections, such as newspapers and archival materials, will not be available at this time.
Those wishing to get new library cards are encouraged to do so over the phone and pick it up at the branch to limit physical interactions.
All in-library programming remains cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. More information on available digital programming can be found on the branch's Facebook page.
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#SNAPANDWIN photo contest ends October 6
Missing Clinton man has been in touch with investigators
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Today Ms. Gray put herself into nine of the answers by finding landmarks that contain the letters "me" in succession. It's a cute idea, but not one that particularly AMAZEs. The introductory "Facebook Status:" seemed a little unnecessary.... or maybe it could have rotated through different social media types, like "Instagram post:" or "Incoming Snapchat:" or whatever the kids are using these days. Also, there was nothing really tying the answers together except that they are all things or places or companies that most people have heard of.
So the theme was a tad meh. Let's move on to some things that were better. Seeing ADORBS (17D: Very cute, in slang) in the grid made me smile, and 109D: You might take it to go (EXLAX) was hilarious, but my favorite clue was definitely 11D: Dingy part of a kitchen? (OVENTIMER). Hah! I was immediately thinking "How can I make 'behind the stove' fit in there?"
There were some other nice entries, like HELLNO, AMBLE, UPBRAID, and RATTRAP, but as there often is on a Sunday, there was also a fair amount of DAH, ORANT, AREOLA, SAO, IEDS, and SEM. I don't want to dwell on it, but some of it was a little AGEWORN.
New personal best Sunday time for me, but I did have to take a guess on the last letter, where BWANA (112A: Swahili "Sir") crossed TINORE (99D: Cassiterite, e.g.).
I agree that the theme was a bit forced, but I did find the concept amusing that the person writing these clues is really just all about themself. A one-joke theme, but at least the answers were gettable.
Amazing time, Mr. Berman. I've been to MALLOFAMERICA, the JEFFERSONMEMORIAL and TIMESSQUARE, but none of the other theme answers as yet. A bit easy for a Sunday, and, like Mr. Berman, my final entry was the TINORE/BWANA cross. OVENTIMER was an unexpected answer.