In January 2012, Pennsylvania mother Jennifer Whalen found herself unable to find a local abortion clinic for her pregnant 16-year-old daughter. Not wanting to go out of state for the procedure, Whalen did what more and more American women are doing: She ordered a combination of miscarriage-inducing drugs, Misoprostol and Mifepristone, from an overseas online drugstore for $45. One drug was to be taken orally, and the second to be taken vaginally 24 hours later. Whalen was not aware that a prescription was needed for the drugs.
Two weeks later, Whalen's daughter went to the hospital for "severe abdominal pain" and was treated for incomplete abortion. Last December, after an arduous two-year process to file charges, Whalen was charged with felony and misdemeanor counts for medical consultation and judgment, for not being a licensed pharmacist, for endangering the welfare of a child and for simple assault.
The Whalen case is an alarming example of the increasingly politicized state of abortion in the United States. It highlights what can happen when abortion restrictions are as tight as they are in some parts of the country. When women can go to prison for trying to end pregnancies or helping others do so, we criminalize pregnancy itself, according to RH Reality Check.
Although her argument is gathering the significant media attention, Whalen is one of many women who have been arrested in the past few years for a DIY medication abortion. Under the right supervision and when taken early enough in the gestation period, FDA-approved drug Misoprostol is considered a fairly safe and effective means to terminate a pregnancy. Paired with Mifepristone, the drug becomes even more effective and produces fewer side effects. Since the 1980s, women in parts of the world where abortion is heavily restricted, like in Latin America and parts of Africa, have used the drug(s) to terminate unwanted pregnancies. While the overall abortion rate in the United States is falling, the rate of medicated abortion is actually increasing.
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The trend of more women taking abortion care into their own hands is directly related to the uptick in prosecutions, of course. In a traditional abortion case, the doctor is the targeted party, but at-home abortions switch the liability onto the women.
"You pass laws first that say only physicians can perform abortions," said Lynn Paltrow, president of National Advocates for Pregnant Women. "Then you pass laws that make it impossible for those physicians to provide abortions. And then women take the steps they need to take as they do all around the world, as they did before Roe. And you create a perfect setup for making literally millions of women subject to arrest for having illegal self abortions."
Countless studies have illustrated that restricted access to safe, legal abortion does not result in lower rates of abortion or unplanned pregnancies. Rather, tightened abortion laws require women to go to greater lengths to terminate unwanted pregnancies, sometimes endangering themselves in the process. It is troubling to think America might become a country where abortion takes place away from the medical mainstream, and where repercussions are dire in more ways than one.
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The Whalen case, along with being notable for venturing very publicly into into largely uncharted legal territory, illustrates the increased power of prosecutors to surveil, punish and criminalize women as they are stripped of access to the health care they need. If convicted on all counts, Whalen could serve up to 15 years in prison, and she may be only the first of many more like her.


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First Orlando Students is designed to give Middle and High School students a place where they can connect with God and with other people–and have fun! We believe our Student Ministry provides students and families an exceptional program for discipleship to take place. In order for comprehensive discipleship to take place, every student should be involved in all four of these ministry components: Events, Midweeks, Life Groups, Service. Exciting weekend and midweek activities take place throughout the year.
Every Sunday, students gather in small groups by grade to build community among others their age while strengthening their faith. Life groups are available during the 8:30 a.m., 10 a.m. & 11:30 a.m. services. Join us on the first floor of Faith Hall on Sunday to find a group that's right for you.
MVMT (pronounced "Movement") is a once a month worship gathering of Middle and High School students designed to help them unite with God and other students through authentic music and engaging teaching. Students can join us for food fun activities starting at 6 p.m in Faith Hall.
Throughout the week, our High School Students gather in host homes all over Central Florida. We call our off-campus high school midweek groups G3, because we desire for students to Gather, Grow, and Go as a community. These events aim to reach our city while fostering personal growth.
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Q: Inconveniente con instanciamiento de una clase en Java Tengo dentro de un paquete con nombre Interfaces un archivo con nombre Clientes.java, cuyo código es el siguiente:
package Interfaces;

import java.util.List;

//Modelo.Clientes; Ojo en el video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3HER9EGQSI&list=PLkaQhEBG4ck1T6ORjHpS3o5oq-DeZnFSz&index=5 (Como Hacer CRUD en JAVA JSP con Patron MVC y MYSQL - Parte 01) en 6:11 importaron import Modelo.Clientes; aqui no me lo acepta

public interface Clientes {
    public List listarclie();
    public Clientes list(String nit);
    public boolean add(Clientes cli);
    public boolean edit(Clientes cli);
    public boolean eliminar(String nit);

    public List buscar(String texto);

}

Estoy realizando mi requerimiento de acuerdo a lo que se explica en el momento 7:49 del siguiente videotutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3HER9EGQSI, en el que se instancia una clase mediante lo siguiente:
public class ClientesDAO implements Clientes {
    Conexion cn=new Conexion();
    Connection con;
    PreparedStatement ps;
    ResultSet rs;
    Clientes c = new Clientes();   // Aquí se me presenta el inconveniente debido a que en Clientes();

El error que me muestra dice:

Clientes is abstract , cannot be instantiated

No se por que me muestra error pues en video que socializo no aparece error.
Muchas gracias anticipadas por la colaboración que me puedan brindar.

A: Estás confundiendo los componentes al tratar de reintepretar el ejemplo para tu propio caso (y no está mal, pero es importante que entiendas qué pasa)
En el minuto 5 muestran cómo la clase Persona se crea con atributos de una persona, getter y setters. Es algo que puede asimilarse a un DTO, una clase para transferir unos datos estructurados de un lugar a otro. Los datos de una persona. Es una POJO, una clase Java común y corriente.
LUEGO, crean una interfaz CRUD que define métodos para crear, editar, consultar y eliminar elementos de cualquier tipo. Es un prototipo de DAO.
Después hacen lo que intentas, que es implementar el DAO, las operaciones para acceder a elementos Persona (PersonaDAO). Así pues, PersonaDAO implementa EL CRUD, no a la Persona, que es otro patrón.
En tu caso, ClientesDAO no debe implementar Cliente (PD. no uses nombres en plural, pues una instancia de CLiente sólo representa UN cliente). Y te sigue faltando la interfaz CRUD si es que quieres seguir el ejemplo. Y, efectivamente, uno no puede instanciar una interfaz así sin más; uno instancia la clase que la implementa (PersonaDAO en el video).
Puedes revisar cuál es el diseño en tu implementación particular y revisar cuál es la interfaz y cuál es el DTO, para que puedas seguir el ejercicio. Lo otro es que no es un tutorial muy reciente, así que bien podrías buscar ejemplos más recientes y que sean más estrictos con las buenas prácticas en nomenclatura.

A: Primeramente debes tener muy claro lo que es una interface.
Hago referencia a la documentación:

Interfaces en Java
En el lenguaje de programación Java, una interfaz es un tipo de referencia, similar a una clase, que solo puede contener constantes, firmas de métodos, métodos predeterminados, métodos estáticos y tipos anidados. Los cuerpos de método existen solo para métodos predeterminados y métodos estáticos. No se pueden crear instancias de interfaces; solo se pueden implementar mediante clases o ampliar mediante otras interfaces. La extensión se analiza más adelante en esta lección.

Como vez una Interface no puede ser instanciada cosa que realizas en la línea:
Clientes c = new Clientes();

En todo caso ésta debería ser implementada en una clase entonces podrás instanciar y utilizar esta como bien realizas con la clase ClientesDAO.

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Q: How can a checkbox color be customized without losing checkmark in qml? How can a checkbox color of the indicator be customized without changing the checkmark it shows by default?
I'm going to illustrate what happens by default:
import QtQuick 2.0
import QtQuick.Controls 2.2

ApplicationWindow {
    id: window
    title: "Stack"
    visible: true
    width: 300
    CheckBox {

    }

}

If i go to documentation the examples I see there don't mantain the checkmark…
https://doc.qt.io/qt-5.9/qtquickcontrols2-customize.html
Because of that, instead of a Rectangle i use a Text component on the indicator property
import QtQuick 2.0
import QtQuick.Controls 2.2

ApplicationWindow {
    id: window
    title: "Stack"
    visible: true
    width: 300
    CheckBox {
        id: control
        indicator: Rectangle {
            implicitWidth: 26
            implicitHeight: 26
            x: control.leftPadding
            y: parent.height / 2 - height / 2
            radius: 3
            border.color: control.down ? "#17a81a" : "#21be2b"

            Text {
                width: 14
                height: 14
                x: 1
                y: -2
                text: "✔"
                font.pointSize: 18
                color: control.down ? "#17a81a" : "#21be2b"
                visible: control.checked
            }
        }
    }

}

It doesn't look exactly like the default:

Is there anything we can do to make it like the default one?

A: A brute force solution is to copy the implementation of the CheckBox.qml to your own code and then to change the required parts. It turned out that the check symbol is not a text, but moreover a simple image.
The following would give you a CheckBox being the same as CheckBox.qml, but having a green Check-Symbol instead of a black work. I copied this code from Qt 5.13.
import QtQuick 2.12
import QtQuick.Templates 2.12 as T
import QtQuick.Controls 2.12
import QtQuick.Controls.impl 2.12

ApplicationWindow {
    id: window
    title: "Stack"
    visible: true
    width: 300
    CheckBox {
        id: control
        indicator: Rectangle {
        implicitWidth: 28
        implicitHeight: 28

        x: control.mirrored ? control.leftPadding : control.width - width - control.rightPadding
        y: control.topPadding + (control.availableHeight - height) / 2

        color: control.down ? control.palette.light : control.palette.base
        border.width: control.visualFocus ? 2 : 1
        border.color: control.visualFocus ? control.palette.highlight : control.palette.mid

        ColorImage {
            x: (parent.width - width) / 2
            y: (parent.height - height) / 2
            defaultColor: "#353637"
            color: "green" // Added this
            source: "qrc:/qt-project.org/imports/QtQuick/Controls.2/images/check.png"
            visible: control.checkState === Qt.Checked
        }
        Rectangle {
            x: (parent.width - width) / 2
            y: (parent.height - height) / 2
            width: 16
            height: 3
            color: control.palette.text
            visible: control.checkState === Qt.PartiallyChecked
        }
    }
    }

}

I guess, that there is no way to override parts of the ColorImage component, as there is no id being set, so that the color property cannot be redefined.

A: Here's a somewhat hackish solution, that could break if CheckBox implementation details change:
CheckBox
{

     font.italic: !hasReferential
     font.pointSize: 8
     indicator.width: 15
     indicator.height: 15
     Component.onCompleted: indicator.children[0].color = "green"
}


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Sacred Weeds - Henbane The Witches Brew
Henbane is a herb linked with so many legends and mysteries. According to some sources, Egyptians smoked the plant, witches used it, and it is the poison chosen by Shakespeare for Hamlet's father.
Henbane is a plant known for its hallucinogenic and psychotropic role. During the Middle Age, henbane was widely known as "insane seed that breed madness". Today, henbane is part of the formula for many modern medical painkillers.
The Latin name of the plant is "Hyoscyamus niger", and is part of family of flowering plants. The group includes innocent plants like tomatoes and potatoes, but also other poisonous plants like belladonna.
Some legends link henbane with witches. According to the legend, witches used its magical qualities for recipes for the "flying ointment". German folklore also contains legends as henbane used for witchcraft and witches. In German folklore, witches used the plant to raise rainstorms or curse people and their lands with sterility.
Another interesting legend is linked with beer, a tradition that has history in Celtic culture and tradition. Before hops was adopted as the flavor for beers and ales, Celtics used henbane as a flavoring and enhancer to beer. The legend says the plant made beer more intoxicating.
As for Hamlet, if you read the play, you'll see that Shakespeare chose it for the poison to kill Hamlet's father. The text reads "hebenon or hebona", and the line quotes it "with juice of cursed hebenon". Many scholars have linked the reference to henbane.
In this documentary, Dr. Francoise Barbira-Freedman, medical anthropologist and lecturer at University of Cambridge talks about the effects of henbane.
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Connected devices are creating great experiences for consumers, but they also represent brand new targets for hackers. The Internet of Things (IoT) and cybercriminal activity share two important traits: they are largely invisible to the naked eye, and they surround us at any given moment.
As more organizations use a mix of sensors and sophisticated software applications to create smart homes, smart office environments, and even smart cities, the results often feel magical. Lights come on when you enter a room. A piece of machinery proactively requests an upgrade to prevent breaking down. A retail store automatically restocks a shelf before consumers become frustrated over missing items. These are all ways the IoT makes technology more ubiquitous and seamless.
Unfortunately, the most successful cybercriminals behave in much the same way. Hacking databases, attacking websites, and stealing passwords rarely involves a face-to-face encounter. When technology becomes essential, security issues related to the technology tend to mount. Over time, these issues have transitioned from email to text messages, from desktop PCs to smartphones and now to the IoT.
As a recent story on The Next Web pointed out, security problems with the IoT could be much more dire than anyone imagines today, as the potential targets range from household appliances to almost anything that connects to the internet.
"Imagine the damage that an intentional attack on the electrical grid or other utilities might cause," the article warns. "Hackers could conceivably shut down entire cities, cause major vehicle accidents, or even put the lives of hospital patients in danger if they were to prevent access to computer networks and data."
Although good IT security has always been based around standards, the relatively recent emergence of IoT devices and applications makes it difficult for the industry to keep up. Industry analyst Stacey Higginbotham believes that many IoT products and services could be vulnerable from the outset, not because of inferior due diligence on vendors' parts, but because of the requirements for testing, encryption protection, and certification.
"The lack of clarity around what makes a connected device secure has big impacts beyond adding a lot of extra tests for some nebulous certification. It also means that engineers building connected products don't have a playbook to work from," Higginbotham writes on her blog. "With IoT devices being so complex, the lack of some kind of standard checklist leads to security vulnerabilities."
This may explain why some organizations are still not sure if they are prepared to take advantage of the IoT, even though it offers a lot in terms of productivity, cost savings, and other benefits. According to a pair of surveys discussed on Network World, only seven percent of companies are clear on their IoT plans, while more than half are worried about security issues. Another research report from advisory firm BDO indicates 27% of manufacturers don't have a security policy for vendors and partners associated with IoT projects.
Consumers obviously worry about the dangers the IoT could bring into their daily lives. A recent Parks Associates survey of more than 10,000 U.S. households shows that almost half of consumers describe themselves as "very concerned" about hackers getting control of the connected devices in their homes. The good news is that IoT security builds on many of the same common sense principles used to protect other devices and data.
First, make sure you have a good sense of your vulnerability. How do the products and services you use to automate your life collect, manage, and store your data? How do the devices you use potentially share data when you're walking around environments that make up the IoT?
Next, make sure the passwords for all your devices are unique and include a mix of letters, numbers, and other characters that are difficult to guess. Don't share passwords with others.
Perhaps most importantly, put the proper security tools in place to monitor your environment. Early intrusion detection has always been one of best ways to avoid the worst security incidents, and that remains true in the age of the IoT.
Of course, IoT security is really a collective responsibility between consumers who seek all types of connections and companies that want to use connectivity to create richer customer experiences. TechTarget discusses many of the essential security elements companies should have in place as they bring the IoT to market. It's critical that connected devices be part of a well-established security policy, for example, and companies should be just as responsible as consumers for using monitoring, intrusion detection, and other tools to stop or mitigate the damage of data breaches. Consumers shouldn't be afraid to ask companies tough questions about how they're using — and more importantly, safeguarding — their personal information.
Information Weeksuggests that consumers have a strong ability to influence the way large organizations handle IoT security, because consumers were the first to use connected devices for increased productivity and efficiency in their personal lives in most cases. As with other waves of technology innovation, such as the early days of mobile devices, those consumer experiences set the expectations for what happens in more complex business environments.
Despite the risks, it's unlikely that the IoT will stop expanding into homes and almost every other environment. The IoT is here to stay, and so are the hackers. The answer at this point is to focus on security solutions such as those offered by Kaspersky Lab to protect against new emerging threats. Understanding your vulnerabilities and using the right tools for protection are essential for staying ahead of threats in this ever-changing IoT world.


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package com.example.loadGenerator;

import kafka.producer.Partitioner;
import kafka.utils.VerifiableProperties;

import java.util.Random;

/**
 * Created by sandesh on 3/3/16.
 */

public class SimplePartitioner implements Partitioner {

    Random random = new Random(System.currentTimeMillis()) ;
    public SimplePartitioner (VerifiableProperties props) {

    }

    public int partition(Object key, int a_numPartitions) {

        return random.nextInt(a_numPartitions) ;
    }
}

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File #: 181877 Version: 0 1
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
Title: Substitute resolution to vacate a portion of the east side of South 1st Street, south of East Pittsburgh Avenue to a point, in the 12th Aldermanic District.
Sponsors: ALD. PEREZ
Attachments: 1. 181877 Hearing Notice, 2. 181877_Vacation Notices, 3. 181877_Modified Exhibit A Map.pdf, 4. 181877 City Plan Commission Letter.pdf
10/4/2019 1 MAYOR SIGNED Action details Meeting details Not available
9/24/2019 1 COMMON COUNCIL ADOPTED Pass 15:0 Action details Meeting details Video
9/11/2019 1 PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION
Minutes note: Kevin Kuschel - DCD Yance Marti - DCD Pass 5:0 Action details Meeting details Video
9/9/2019 0 CITY PLAN COMMISSION RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION AND ASSIGNED
Minutes note: Member Nemec left the committee at 2:28 p.m. Appearing: Robert Joseph Matt Rinka, Rinka Chung Architecture Member Bloomingdale moved approval, seconded by vice-chair Gould. (Prevailed 6-0) Pass 6:0 Action details Meeting details Video
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ALD. PÉREZ
Substitute resolution to vacate a portion of the east side of South 1st Street, south of East Pittsburgh Avenue to a point, in the 12th Aldermanic District.
This substitute resolution vacates the above public right-of-way in accordance with vacation proceedings under power granted to the City of Milwaukee by Section 62.73, Wisconsin Statutes, and Section 308-28, Milwaukee Code of Ordinances. This vacation was requested by Gateway 117, LLC for the future development of the adjacent site.
Whereas, It is proposed that a portion of the east side of South 1st Street, south of East Pittsburgh Avenue to a point be vacated pursuant to the provisions of Section 62.73, Wisconsin Statutes; and
Whereas, The Department of Public Works has been directed to prepare a coordinated report estimating all costs and benefit assessments that will be incurred with said vacation; and
Whereas, That as provided by Sections 62.73(1) and 840.11, Wisconsin Statutes, a lis pendens must be filed with the Milwaukee County Register of Deeds; and
Whereas, Said vacation has been reviewed in accordance with Section 308-28, Milwaukee Code of Ordinances; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that said portion of public right-of-way as indicated by Exhibit A and bound and described by:
That part of South 1st Street in the Northeast 1/4 of Section 32, Township 7 North, Range 22 East described as follows: Commencing at the present southwest corner of Lot 6 in Block 9 of Walkers Point, a recorded subdivision, in said 1/4 Section, said point lying 1.00 feet east of the southwest corner of Lot 6 as originally platted; thence North 00°36'41" East, along the present west line of Lot 6 aforesaid, 23.40 feet to the point of beginning of the land to be described; thence North 00°36'41" East, along said present west line extended to the north, 77.31 feet to a point; thenc...


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Native Americans and the History of the United States - Program No. 4
The arrival of white settlers on the Great Plains marked the beginning of the end for the horse and buffalo culture of the Indians.
Native Americans Are Essential to the History of the United States
Welcome to the Making of a Nation – American history in VOA Special English. I'm Steve Ember. This week in our series, we look at the history of early American Indians.
The native peoples of North and South America came from Siberia thousands of years ago. There was a land bridge between Siberia and Alaska before the end of the last ice age. As the groups settled different parts of the land, they developed their own cultures and religions. Each group's story is important in the history of the Americas. But our story today will focus on the tribes in what became the central part of the United States.
In 1804, Merriwether Lewis and William Clark led a group of explorers to the Pacific Ocean. They met the tribes of the Great Plains. The explorers were perhaps the first white people these Native Americans had ever seen.
When the group of explorers neared the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains, they encountered the Shoshone tribe. Merriwether Lewis was the first to see them. Imagine for a moment that we are with Merriwether Lewis near the Rocky Mountains. Across a small hill, a group of sixty Shoshone men are riding toward us.
The first thing we see is that these men are ready for war. Each is armed with a bow and arrow. Some carry long poles with a sharp knife on the end.
They are riding very fast. Some of the horses look like they do not have riders. But as they get closer we see that the riders are hanging off the sides of the horses, or under the neck. They are using the horses' bodies for protection.
The horses are painted with many different designs in blue, black, red and other colors. Later we learn that each design has a special meaning for the man who owns the horse. Each one tells a story. For example, the rider of one of the horses is a leader in battle. Another has killed an enemy.
As they come nearer, the Shoshone group sees that we are not ready for war. They slow their horses but are still very careful. Merriwether Lewis holds up an open hand as a sign of peace. The leader of the Shoshone does the same. They come closer.
The Shoshone are dressed in clothes made from animal skins. Most of these skins are from deer or buffalo. The skins also have designs, and tell stories like the designs on the horses. One design shows that someone has fought in a battle. Another shows that the person has been in many raids to capture horses. Still another shows that someone saved the life of a friend.
Merriwether Lewis smiles at these men. He and the Shoshone chief cannot speak each other's language. The explorer again makes a sign of peace, and the sign is again returned.
One young Shoshone comes near. He gets off his horse. He is tall and looks strong. His hair is long and black. He wears one long bird feather in the back of his hair. His arms have been painted with long lines. We learn that each line represents a battle. There are many lines on his arms. Fortunately we are able to continue our travels without a need for him to add another line.
Many tribes, including the Shoshone, populated the area known as the Great Plains. The land they lived on influenced the lives and cultures of these Indian nations.
The plains stretch across the central part of the country and north into Canada and south to Mexico. Even in a car traveling at 100 kilometers an hour, it can take two long days of driving to cross the Great Plains.
In the East, the plains begin near the Mississippi River and go west to the huge Rocky Mountains. There are big rivers here, and deserts. Some areas are so flat that a person can see for hundreds of kilometers. Huge areas of this land were once covered by thick grasses.
Those grasses provided food for an animal that made possible the culture of the Indians of the Great Plains.
The grass fed the buffalo, or bison, that were the center of native culture in the Great Plains. The huge animals provided meat for the Indians -- and much more. They were an important part of the religion of most of the native people in the Great Plains.
The Lakota tribe, sometimes called the Sioux, believed that everything necessary for life could be found in the buffalo.
The back of the animal provided the thick skins that the Plains Indians used to make their homes. Other parts of the buffalo hide were made into clothing and warm blankets. The bones were made into tools. No part of the animal was wasted.
No one knows how many buffalo were in North America when Merriwether Lewis first met the Shoshone. But experts believe there were probably between 60 million and 75 million.
Another animal also played an important part in the Indian cultures of the Great Plains. When Native Americans first saw these animals, they called them big dogs or "mystery dogs." They had no word for this kind of animal in their languages.
We know it as the horse.
The horse had long been extinct in North America.
"You have to understand, there were horse species here, millions of years ago, but they died out 10,000 years ago, and so no one had seen a horse."
Until the arrival of Christoper Columbus, and other Spanish explorers.
Emil Her Many Horses, curator at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, describes the at first frightening sight to the native Americans.
"So what comes back with the Spaniards, with Christopher Columbus on his second voyage, are horses as we know them today, the large animals. And so, you can understand that people who had never seen these before, then to see a rider on top of it, dressed in armor, it must have looked like this tank coming at you, that you did not know what it was.
"So, of course, it struck fear – the Spaniards, the conquistadors, capitalized on that, realizing that it was causing fear and confusion, they actually put bells on there, adding that extra level of noise to frighten the natives, who'd never encountered the horse."
Before the introduction of horses to North America, Indians mostly traveled by foot. Traveling long distances was difficult. So was hunting buffalo.
The horse greatly changed life for the tribes of the Great Plains. It gave them a new way to travel and to carry food and equipment. It made it easier, and safer, for them to follow and hunt the buffalo.
"Originally, you may have killed one or two buffalo, where, if you're on horseback, you'd be able to kill more buffalo."
The Smithsonian's Emil Her Many Horses, who is a member of the Oglala Lakota.
"And, with killing more buffalo, you had more meat, you had more resources to make clothing from the hides And also to make teepees. So things became more and bigger. So you might see a bigger teepee because you had more hides. You were able to kill more buffalo and process it, and so, more abundance."
The horse made it possible to attack an enemy far away and return safely. The measure of a tribe's wealth became the number of horses it owned. Spanish settlers rode horses to the small town of Santa Fe in what is now the southwestern state of New Mexico. They arrived there in about 1609.
How Native Americans got their first horses is not known. Perhaps they traded for them. Perhaps they captured them. Soon, many tribes were doing both. By the 1750s, all the tribes of the Great Plains had horses. They had become experts at raising, training and riding them. And they became experts at horse medicine.
Indians of the Great Plains could ride a horse by the age of five. As an adult, a man would have one horse for work. Another would be specially trained for hunting.
A horse would be trained to ride into the herd. And buffalos, although they're huge in their size, they can turn very quickly. So, a horse had to be ready and be able to anticipate that, so you did have hunting horses that were trained to ride into a herd of buffalo.
And a third would be trained for war. An Indian warrior's success depended on how closely he and his horse worked together.
"You wanted to train this horse. I mean, you were one in battle with the horse. When you went into battle, you were a brother, an ally, a comrade. So the horse was trained to fight in close skirmishes."
George Catlin was an artist who traveled in the early American West. He painted many pictures of the Indians and their horses. Catlin said the Plains Indian was the greatest rider the world had ever known. He said the moment an Indian laid a hand on his horse he became part of the animal.
Both the buffalo and the horse were extremely important to the Plains Indians. Because the horse made hunting easier, more time could be spent on other activities, including art. The Plains Indians began to make designs on their clothing, and on blankets for their horses.
The arrival of white settlers on the Great Plains marked the beginning of the end for the horse and buffalo culture of the Indians. Settlers did not want buffalo destroying their crops. Great numbers of buffalo were killed. By1885, the Indians of the Great Plains were mostly restricted to areas called reservations.
America's westward expansion led to violent clashes between white settlers and Native Americans. That will be our story next week.
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import time
import os

class MotorPositions(object):
    def __init__(self, filename):
        self._filename = filename
        self._history = []
        #self._modification_time = os.path.getmtime(self._filename)
        self._filesize = None
        self._num_lines = None

    def get(self, timestamp):
        #timestamp += 18590000
        #print("timestamp = {0}".format(time.strftime("%H:%M:%S", time.localtime(float(timestamp)))))
        self.timestamp = timestamp
        filename = self._filename
        if os.path.getsize(self._filename) > self._filesize:
            self._update_file(self._filename)

        for index in xrange(len(self._history)-1, 0, -1):
            if self._history[index][0] > timestamp:
                continue
            else:
                return self._history[index][1]
        return self._history[0][1]

    def _update_file(self, filename):
        with open(filename, "r") as file_handle:
            total_history = file_handle.readlines()
        self._filesize = os.path.getsize(filename)
        if len(total_history) == self._num_lines:
            return
        else:
            self._num_lines = len(total_history)
        diff_history = total_history[len(self._history):]
        parsed_diff_history = [self._parse_line(l) for l in diff_history]
        self._history += parsed_diff_history

    def _parse_time(self, time):
        #return self._date + int(time[:2])*3600 + int(time[3:5])*60 + float(time[7:])
        return float(time)

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        #     if this_expected_key not in data_dict:
        return (self._parse_time(line_data[0]), data_dict)


The chilling scene unfolds on surveillance video: Two men are walking in the parking lot of Clackamas Town Center and spot another man as he heads to his car with a shopping bag in one hand and a cellphone in the other.
The two men pick up their pace, jogging toward the other man as he's just feet from his car. The mall security recording is silent as the two suspects fire again and again, 21 times in all, the muzzle flashes blasting from their 9 mm handguns.
The victim, struck five times, falls to the ground.
On Monday in a Clackamas County courtroom, the shooters, Jeffrey C. Jessie, 20, and Taivon Campbell, 18, were sentenced to 7 1/2 years for the crime that left Jahrell H. Lillard, 21, of San Leandro, California, with serious injuries.
Lillard is the half-brother of Portland Trail Blazer star Damian Lillard. Prosecutors said the attackers didn't know Lillard's relation to the basketball player when they fired at him last March.
Authorities suspect the men mistook Lillard for a rival gang member.
Healy said the younger Lillard was visiting his brother and happened to go shopping at the mall that night.
"He's just shopping, minding his own business," Healy said.
After being shot, Lillard managed to return to the mall, where he collapsed and was discovered by someone inside.
Campbell and Jessie recently pleaded guilty to attempted murder with a firearm in the shooting. Jessie also pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm.
Prosecutors said Campbell and Jessie went to the mall shortly after making a rap video at an apartment complex on Southeast Causey Avenue, across from Clackamas Town Center.
The video, which has been uploaded to YouTube, features guns.
In the video, Jessie mimics firing a gun and raps about killing people, leaving victims "flat in the road." The video has been viewed more than 31,000 times.
Healy said Campbell was still wearing the same clothing when he and Jessie attacked Lillard later that day.
Lillard and his family didn't attend the hearing.
The shooting "significantly changed the trajectory of his life," Deputy District Attorney Matt Semritc told Circuit Judge Ulanda Watkins.
Lillard has undergone multiple surgeries, including a recent one in which doctors removed a bullet from his abdomen, Semritc said.
Security cameras recorded Campbell and Jessie in the mall and when they left and walked into the parking lot. The men at one point saw Lillard and started jogging toward him.
"And then they are jogging across the street and you see them pull out their guns as they are running toward Lillard," Healy said after the sentencing.
They fired on the victim from 30 feet to 50 feet away.
Campbell, a juvenile who was prosecuted as an adult because he was charged with a Measure 11 crime, also pleaded guilty to attempted murder with a firearm in a Portland shooting last year that injured a 16-year-old boy. He is scheduled to be sentenced in that case next month. He is expected to get an additional 66 months for a total sentence of 13 years.
Jessie faces an attempted murder charge in a separate shooting last year in Northeast Portland. In that case, no one was injured but bullets hit several cars, a building and a fence. That case is pending.
During Monday's hearing, Campbell, who has been held at the Donald E. Long Detention Center, wore a gray sweatshirt and brown pants. Jessie, who is detained at the Clackamas County Jail, wore a black-and-white striped jail uniform. Both were shackled at the wrists and ankles during the hearing.
The District Attorney's Office hasn't finalized restitution that Jessie and Campbell owe Lillard; they said the final tally will take into consideration the medical care Lillard has required as a result of the shooting.


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package org.archboy.clobaframe.io.file.impl;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.LinkOption;
import java.nio.file.Path;
import java.nio.file.Paths;
import java.nio.file.attribute.FileTime;
import java.util.Date;
import org.archboy.clobaframe.io.file.FileBaseResourceInfo;

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	protected File file;
	protected String mimeType;

	public DefaultFileBaseResourceInfo(File file, String mimeType) {
		this.file = file;
		this.mimeType = mimeType;
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This online program covers exercise sequencing for more creative and metabolically effective workouts. In addition, it will highlight various tips to help trainers improve their overall presentation skills. A complete workout is included.


Tickets are now on sale for the Building Controls Industry Association (BCIA) Awards which will be hosted by multi award-winning Lucy Porter.
Lucy has been a huge hit with comedy audiences up and down the country for over 10 years with her distinctive, bouncy and feel-good comedy. She has also had vast success internationally and performed in the USA at Last Comic Standing and the Las Vegas Comedy Festival. Her career has also seen her undertake various acting roles, including the critically acclaimed One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest alongside Christian Slater. What's more, as a writer and performer, Lucy has contributed to documentaries on BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 4 and was one of the lead writers on ITV1's prime-time Sunday night satirical animation series Headcases.
Jon Belfield, President of the BCIA said: "We are delighted to have someone of Lucy's stature on board as our host for the BCIA Awards. With her vast experience in comedy, acting and writing, we have no doubt that she will be a firm favourite with our guests and be the perfect host for what promises to be a highly entertaining evening.
The prestigious awards ceremony and gala dinner will take place at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole on Thursday 10 May 2018. Tickets include a three-course dinner, the awards ceremony, a range of post-show entertainment as well as networking with colleagues, media and industry peers.
A table of ten costs only £1,100 with individual places available for £130.00. To book your spaces, visit the BCIA website today and download a booking form.


In 1979, village resident Doris Baldwin conceived the notion of a seasonal tree illumination with blue bulbs to represent the hue of the forget-me-not flower. Each bulb represents the memory of a chaerished loved one. Through the years, due to the efforts of many, this tradition has become an important fundraiser for the Fayetteville Senior Center. The evergreen next to the Fayetteville Fire Station will be illuminated in stages as donations and memories grow throughout the holiday season.
The Wortley Foundation continues to sponsor the star that adorns the top of the tree, and we are dedicating this year's tree to all those members that have passed away, including our founding members of the Memory Tree fundraising campaign.
FSC receives some funding from the Village of Fayetteville, but we must raise the balance from a combination of membership dues, donations, and fundraising activities.
One of our biggest fundraising efforts is the Annual Appeal. Won't you please support us in reaching our goal of $25,000 ? Your kind donations help make it possible for us to continue to provide worthwhile programming for our ever increasing elder population, and will have a positive impact on our community.
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We offer 2 levels of sponsorship. If interested, please download our Business Sponsor Form here.
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Q: Appending a list in this situation This is the question,
Write a Python program to find numbers in between 100 and 400 (both inclusive) where each digit of
the numbers is an even number. The numbers obtained should be printed in a comma-separated
sequence. I'm only allowed to use while loops so I'm not sure how.
Edited: It has to in a single line
My current code:
x = 100
while x < 400:
    x += 2
    str_x = str(x)
    if int (str_x[0]) % 2 == 0 and int(str_x[1]) % 2 == 0 and int(str_x[2]) % 2 == 0:
        l = [str_x]
        print(l)

A: This is just some correction to have a list with all the values at the end. With only using a while loop.
x = 100
l = []
while x < 400:
    x += 2
    str_x = str(x)
    if int(str_x[0]) % 2 == 0 and int(str_x[1]) % 2 == 0 and int(str_x[2]) % 2 == 0:
        l.append(x)
print(l)

A more pythonic way in doing this:
l = lambda a, b : [
    x for x in range(a, b+1)
    if all(int(digit) % 2 == 0 for digit in str(x))
]
print(l(200, 401))

A: You need to collect the values in a list, and at the end print them comma-separated
x = 100
keep = []
while x <= 400:
    strx = str(x)
    if all(int(digit) % 2 == 0 for digit in strx):
        keep.append(strx)
    x += 2
print(",".join(keep))
# 200,202,204,206,208,220,222,224,226,228,240,242,244,246,248,260,262,264,266,268,280,282,284,286,288,400

A: Here is a solution with only while loops and without converting to string:
i = 100
while i <= 400:
    d = i
    flag = True
    while d > 0:
        d,r = divmod(d,10)
        if r%2:
            flag = False
    if flag:
        print(i)
    i += 2 # optimization as only even numbers are valid

output (as single line):
200 202 204 206 208 220 222 224 226 228 240 242 244 246 248 260 262 264 266 268 280 282 284 286 288 400

A: Cant you just do :
x= 100 # start number
while x <= 400:
  odds = ['1','3','5','7','9'] # odds
  t = len(str(x)) # how long string is
  v = 0 # a variable
  for i in list(str(x)): # a for loop
    if i not in odds:# checking if its even or not
      v += 1 # adds 1 to v
    else:
      v += 0
  if v == t: #if its all even,
    print(x, end = ',') #print it out.
  x += 1 # move on to next one
#200,202,204,206,208,220,222,224,226,228,240,242,244,246,248,260,262,264,266,268,280,282,284,286,288,400,


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Lack of WASA infrastructure hurting Tobago
A lack of major infrastructure from the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) has contributed to the water woes Tobago is currently facing.
This was stated by Chief Secretary Orville London, who spoke on the issue at the weekly media briefing at the Administrative Complex, Calder Hall. Areas most affected by the water shortage include Plymouth, Turtle Beach, Mt.Grace, and Charlotteville.
Residents have been hard-hit by the problem, while the Tobago House of Assembly has also heard complaints from hotels and other facilities across the island, including Pigeon Point Heritage Park. Only yesterday (August 5th), London said, two hotel owners contacted him because they are "experiencing significant fallout" due to lack of water.
Guests are even threatening to leave the island, he stated.
"We know that we've had a long dry season and this is just the start of the rainy season," the Chief Secretary said, "but I think we need to put in place the type of infrastructure that will guarantee that we are in a position that we could treat with any challenges coming from the weather."
The issue is even more difficult because there is limited infrastructure for water on the island.
"The desilting of the Hillsborough [Reservoir] is something that's been talked about for years; nothing has happened. The well exploration initiative—it is only recently within the last six months or so that efforts have been made to accelerate that. And even an adequate distribution network has not been put in place."
London said the THA will have talks with WASA to ensure that the required infrastructural work gets done.
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The FDA And EMEA Drug Approval Process; Who Gets Cancer Drugs First?
Written by Sy Kraft on June 16, 2011
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is often criticized as inefficient compared to its European counterpart, the European Medicines Evaluation Agency (EMEA). This criticism is especially common in the field of oncology, where severely ill patients have few therapeutic options. However, contrary to popular opinion, the US is actually getting their hands on important treatment medications faster than the European Union.
In a recent study, 23 drugs cancer drugs that were approved in both the U.S. and Europe were tracked and it was found that each debuted in the U.S. first.
Regulators from the two approval agencies don't always agree on a drug however. The researchers note that three cancer drugs were approved in Europe but the FDA has approved 9 that didn't reach Europe. The two agencies have positively have been collaborating on their expectations for clinical trials, to help streamline the development process though.
So what are the steps, more or less to get drugs approved by each agency, or watchdog?
In the United States, the main consumer watchdog in this system is the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER). The center's best-known job is to evaluate new drugs before they can be sold. The center's evaluation not only prevents quackery, but also provides doctors and patients the information they need to use medicines wisely. CDER ensures that drugs, both brand-name and generic, work correctly and that their health benefits outweigh their known risks.
Drug companies seeking to sell a drug in the United States must first test it. The company then sends CDER the evidence from these tests to prove the drug is safe and effective for its intended use. A team of CDER physicians, statisticians, chemists, pharmacologists, and other scientists reviews the company's data and proposed labeling. If this independent and unbiased review establishes that a drug's health benefits outweigh its known risks, the drug is approved for sale. The center doesn't actually test drugs itself, although it does conduct limited research in the areas of drug quality, safety, and effectiveness standards.
Before a drug can be tested in people, the drug company or sponsor performs laboratory and animal tests to discover how the drug works and whether it's likely to be safe and work well in humans. Next, a series of tests in people is begun to determine whether the drug is safe when used to treat a disease and whether it provides a real health benefit.
Okay, so what about in Europe and the United Kingdom? Well, there are 2 systems within the EMEA that pharmaceutical companies can use to license drugs.
The first is called the 'centralized system'. Any drugs for AIDS, cancer, neuro-degenerative conditions or diabetes have to be licensed this way. The committee that reviews drugs for human use (the CPMP) assess the application, and then recommend whether a drug should have 'marketing authorization' (a license) or not.
The other is the 'decentralized (or mutual recognition) system'. One member state assesses the application (this is the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency in the UK, or MHRA). If they recommend that the drug be licensed, the other member states then either agree ('mutually recognize' the drug license) or object. If everyone agrees, the drug is given marketing approval. If someone objects, the CPMP will step in and decide. They then advise the EU Commission whether to license the drug or not.
Once a drug has EU marketing authorization, it is 'licensed', 'registered' or 'approved'. All these terms mean the same thing. This means the company can market the drug in any EU country - but they don't have to. For one reason or another, they may choose to market the drug in some countries but not others.
When a drug has marketing authorization, it is not available straight away. The company first have to apply to market their product in each individual country. In the UK, they will apply to the MHRA. When this last small step is done, the product is 'launched', and doctors can prescribe it.
Sources: Health Affairs, Cancer Research UK and U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Written by Sy Kraft
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You have all heard the arguments against declawing. There must be something to them if cities and countries have made it illegal to declaw cats. Israel is the most recent country to outlaw this painful and unnecessary procedure. Although I am obviously opposed to declawing, today's blog is not focused on the arguments against declawing. Instead it will cover why cats scratch objects and I will outline humane, alternative solutions that will keep both claws and furniture intact.
Cats have to scratch. In addition to giving themselves manicures, when cats scratch they mark their territory. They have scent glands on their paw pads that produce pheromones. So whenever they scratch, they leave information about themselves on the objects they scratch. They also mark visually through the physical scores and audibly through the sound. Think of it as a cat's way of autographing objects. Cats scratch objects for other reasons as well. Scratching objects functions as an effective emotional release and is often a displacement behavior. Often cats will scratch when they are feeling stressed. Scratching also is an outlet for releasing excessive energy and after a nap, cats love to stretch and scratch. As you can see, cats have many reasons for scratching objects.
Cats can be trained to ignore the furniture and scratch designated objects. Start by making the targeted areas off limits to sharp little claws. If your cat is focusing her attentions on the sofa, then block it with either double sided-tape or cover the sofa with a fabric that is not satisfying to scratch. Sheets work great, tucked tightly around the sofa cushions.
Blocking areas is only half of the solution though. While making an area off limits to claws, put a sturdy scratching post directly in front of the now blocked area. The post needs to feel irresistible to the cat. Some cats love the feel of sisal beneath their paws, others prefer cardboard or carpet. If your cat enjoys carpet, make sure that the scratching surface is a different texture then the carpet on your floor. Scratching posts need to be tall and stable—they should not tip over while they are exuberantly scratched. It is important that you positively reinforce your cat when she is scratching the post. My book Naughty No More! (link) has a chapter dedicated to training cats through clicker training and environmental changes to scratch the right objects and ignore the furniture.
The scratching post won't have to live prominently in the middle of the living room forever. After the cat consistently scratches the post, move it a couple of inches each day, to another spot in the room. Don't move it in back of the sofa or to a hidden area. Remember, your cat is scratching to mark territory, so the post still needs to be in a relatively high profile area.
Another effective alternative to declawing cats is fitting cats with Soft Paws®. These commercially available nail caps are placed on each claw and periodically replaced. Cats still scratch the furniture, but the nail caps keep the furniture protected. Although Soft Paws® are effective, they don't train cats to scratch appropriate objects and avoid targeting the rugs and sofas.
Scratching is a natural instinctive activity that cats have to do. Even though cats have to scratch, they don't have to target the carpets and sofas. Instead of declawing, furniture and rugs can become scratch-free through painless and humane methods.


A UNSW Sydney study calls for a reorganisation of health care priorities that focus on quality of life rather than prolonging the life of older people with terminal illnesses.
Terminally ill, older adults would prefer to receive higher quality supportive care rather than aggressive end-of-life treatments to prolong their lives, a UNSW Sydney study has found.
In an article published recently in the journal Health Expectations, the authors interviewed 24 older adults in NSW who were either terminally ill or cared for a person faced with advanced or irreversible disease, to determine whether their end-of-life (EOL) care needs were being met. The researchers were then able to identify a list of common themes that patients or their caregivers expressed about their health care experience.
The seven themes were identified as follows: quality as a priority; a desire for a sense of control; living a life on hold; the need for health system support; a preference for being at home; talking about death; and dealing with competent and caring health professionals. An underpinning priority throughout the seven themes was knowing and adhering to patient's wishes.
To date, much of the research concerning consumer preferences around end-of-life care has been undertaken in the oncology setting. But according to lead author of the study, UNSW School of Public Health and Community Medicine's Ebony Lewis, the latest findings look at older terminal patients with a range of chronic conditions beyond cancer, as well as including caregivers.
Ms Lewis says the study found that older terminally ill health care consumers and caregivers have a strong community-based preference for less aggressive EOL treatments and higher quality supportive care in line with their personal values. But despite this, many older Australians are still spending their last weeks of life in hospital.
"While the government recognises the importance of providing high-quality and safe end-of-life care, and has developed guiding principles for its provision, our consultation found that 'real life' alternative options for end-of-life care outside the acute hospital may not be available,"Ms Lewis says.
Ms Lewis says such action would address this gap in services as well as the unmet care needs of older adults and relatives caring for dying patients, which ultimately affects everyone in society.
The fact that the proportion of those over 65 in the Australian population is expected to double in the next 30 years is also a pressing concern for Ms Lewis.
"Our growing ageing population will have an impact on the efficiency and workload of emergency services and hospitals. Our health system needs to start getting ready to face this challenge." Ms Lewis says.
Rather than persisting with care guidelines that have evolved out of top-down delegation of health policy and practice, Ms Lewis and her co-authors call for a community-based approach for terminal care services.
This would require better communication between medical staff and patients and between patients and their families to ensure expectations are met in palliative and supportive care.
"Much work remains in the area of increasing public awareness of the need to hold the conversations with their family and GP about what people consider unacceptable and what they are prepared to go through in the event of a health crisis when they cannot speak for themselves," says Ms Lewis.
The research authors also call for the development of planning tools for medical staff enabling them to identify earlier those people who are near the end of life and whose end-of-life care needs have not been articulated.


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package io.egen.service;

import java.util.List;

import io.egen.entity.UserComments;
import io.egen.entity.UserDetails;
import io.egen.exception.UserAlreadyExistsException;
import io.egen.exception.UserNotFoundException;

public interface UserService {

	public UserDetails create(UserDetails userdetails) throws UserAlreadyExistsException;

	public UserDetails login(String emailId, String password) throws UserNotFoundException;

	public UserDetails findByEmail(String emailId);
}


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The premiere show of Muay Thai Live: The Legend Lives has taken place at The Stage, a new theatre at the heart of Asiatique, the riverside entertainment, dining and shopping complex.
Inspired by the renowned Thai martial art, the show gives an insight into the untold story of the origins and chief exponents of Muay Thai, which dates back at least 300 years to the glory of the Ayutthaya era. The performance portrays five thrilling heroic actions of Muay Thai fighters from the past to contemporary times. The show features real Muay Thai fights, amazing stunts and special effects. The live show takes place nightly at 8pm. The theatre's seating arrangement has been laid out to resemble a traditional boxing stadium and it can accommodate 600 people at a time.
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Cambridge is a university city and the county town of Cambridgeshire, England, on the River Cam approximately 50 miles (80 km) north of London.
Cambridge is home to the world-renowned University of Cambridge, which was founded in 1209. The university includes King's College Chapel, Cavendish Laboratory, and the Cambridge University Library, one of the largest legal deposit libraries in the world. The city's skyline is dominated by several college buildings, along with the spire of the Our Lady and the English Martyrs Church, the chimney of Addenbrooke's Hospital and St John's College Chapel tower. Anglia Ruskin University, evolved from the Cambridge School of Art and the Cambridgeshire College of Arts and Technology, also has its main campus in the city.
Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology Silicon Fen with industries such as software and bioscience and many start-up companies born out of the university. More than 40% of the workforce has a higher education qualification, more than twice the national average. The Cambridge Biomedical Campus, one of the largest biomedical research clusters in the world, is soon to be home to AstraZeneca, a hotel and the relocated Papworth Hospital.


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GLOBAL WARMING AND PRIORITIES FOR ADVANCING GLOBAL WELFARE
The Senate debates the Lieberman-Warner bill on Global Warminig. Over 31,000 scientists sign the Oregon Institute of Science petition rejecting Global Warming. Twenty-five 6th-grade pupils in the David A. Brown Middle School in Wildomar , California, sent eight letters on Global Warming to The Heartland Institute describing what they had been taught about Global Warming by reading ten articles. The articles they read were of floods in Asia, Mexico, and India, and of the shrinking of fetuses by air pollution. None mentioned Global Warming but the children made that attribution. Here are a couple of their letters, with their errors uncorrected:
"I think your fools for denying G.W. you know it could kill us all & you're just adding to it. I want you to help stop G.W. not increase it."
"We feel that they are destroying our planet by saying G.W. is not a crisis. You think GW is not a crisis but it is; you know deep down that it's a real thing that's happening. Everyone has a part in helping GW, and you're making worse."
"We've read article about global warming. And we know all the facts."
The children were absolutely certain that they had all the facts. But the articles they read spoke not a one of Global Warming. How many other next-generation policy-makers are being thus indoctrinated?
The Danish political scientist Bjorn Lomborg, author of The Skeptical Environmentalist, in 2003 invited eight economists to his Copenhagen Consensus Center to discuss important global issues. The economists included five Nobel laureates (Americans. Mr. Lomborg could have turned to the list of Nobel laureates in economics for his participants.)
The economists were provided with competent briefs on major global issues. They were invited in 2004, again in 2006, again in 2008, to rank the most important issues that would benefit the largest number of people. The final assumptions were a cost limit of $75 billion and five years for effectuating the issues.
They prioritized the issues, but earlier assessments were in four classes, very good, good, less good, and not good. Among the very good were improving HIV and AIDS, reducing malnutrition and hunger, liberalizing trade, and controlling and tracking malaria. In the good class were improving sanitation and water quality.
The economists prioritized the issues. Of a total of 30, diseases came 1st, malnutrition 2nd, women also 2nd, Global Warming 3rd, water 4th, trade 5th and conflicts, 5th. Though Global Warming in general was the 3rd most persistent issue, Global Warming was ranked last, 30th, just after G.W.-mitigation-and-Research-and-Development which ranked No. 29. Related was No. 14, research and development in low carbon energy technologies.
(In Lomborg's view, the cost of mitigating Global Warming is tremendous, and the benefit, slight. The money, Mr. Lombord believes, is more wisely spent advancing new technology. Why spend a fortune for a negligible result when the money could be spent finding a new technology with more beneficial results?)
A critic calls him biased; for though he did not vote, he selected the participants, the subjects, and the authors of the briefing papers. Another or the same contributor to Wikipedia states that participant Schelling would have preferred another, less costly Global Warming proposal, which would have ranked it somewhat higher on the list. (Two mentions of Mr. Schelling in The Wall Street Journal over the past ten years give the critic credibility.) Another aspect of Global Warming ranked somewhat higher on the list, low-carbon energy technology, which was No. 14.
What was first on the priority list? Vitamin A and Zinc supplements; these would improve the health of 112 million children in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa , at a cost of $60 million a year. Together with salt iodization and de-worming--ranked No. 3 --they would help prevent blindness and promote growth, increasing lifetime productivity by some $1 billion.
Ranked No. 2 is the Doha trade round. It is hard to find an economist who does not believe in free trade. Trade liberalization and the fall of trade barriers enable people to have more money, which will decrease malnutrition and disease and improve education.
No. 3 is Iron supplements and salt-iodization. No. 4 is immunization. These, The Wall Street Journal points out, are issues that non-profit organizations can usefully undertake. It was the Rotary International that led the efforts to eradicate polio.
The current means for mitigating global warming is cap and trade, which, ultimately will severely reduces energy--that being its purpose--and turn back growth many decades. Cap and trade is essentially a "massive redistribution of income and wealth," as one critic has called it.
The names of the 6th graders who may inherit this earth are unknown. The participating Nobel economists were Robert Mundell, Douglass C. North, Thomas C. Schelling, Vernon L. Smith and Robert Fogel; and the others were Jagdish Bhagwati, Bruno Frey, Justin Yifu Lin, and Nancy Stokey.
On Global Warming, two Senate committees listened with rapt attention to Al Gore, and disdained to listen to the next speaker, Bjorn Lomborg. They literally all together got up and walked out of the hearing room. We watched them on television.
Lomborg has made his mark. He keeps making it. Whether it will leave a mark on U.S. policy is dubious, enthusiasm for Global Warming being what it is.
By Natalie Sirkin
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Parafia pw. Narodzenia Najświętszej Maryi Panny w Sypniewie – parafia należąca do dekanatu Jastrowie, diecezji koszalińsko-kołobrzeskiej, metropolii szczecińsko-kamieńskiej. Została utworzona 13 maja 1690.

Miejsca święte

Kościół parafialny
Kościół Narodzenia Najświętszej Maryi Panny w Sypniewie

Kościół parafialny został zbudowany w latach 1835-1837 w stylu późnoklasycystycznym, poświęcony w 1837.

Kościoły filialne i kaplice

 Kościół Chrystusa Króla w Brzeźnicy
 Kościół Świętych Apostołów Piotra i Pawła w Brzeźnicy
 Kościół pw. św. Wawrzyńca w Nadarzycach

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 Opis parafii na stronie diecezji koszalińsko-kołobrzeskiej

Parafie diecezji koszalińsko-kołobrzeskiej
Parafie pod wezwaniem Narodzenia Najświętszej Maryi Panny
Religia w gminie Jastrowie
Parafia Narodzenia Najświętszej Maryi Panny w Sypniewie

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I am Mel Jeffrey, a Tactical Flight Officer on NPAS 23 the Lancashire based aircraft of the National Police Air Service.
It has been my pleasure to introduce and run the ASU Pact meetings for the last 7 years, and produce the newsletters that you tell me you enjoy so much. Do you know when you have a job like mine it is so easy to tell you all about my marvellous job and what we are up too because I enjoy it so much. Now I'm approaching retirement I just thought I'd bring you up to speed with the success of our PACT meetings.
PACT was set up to not only to engage with the public but to stay in touch with officers on the ground who rarely got the chance to find out what we are all about and what we can and can't do. To some we have had to explain, the camera isn't an x-ray machine that it can't see through walls, if it's foggy and they can't see, then neither can we, etc.
The Pact meetings started with just 7 people and this has grown to at the last meeting 50+ people. We have representatives from all over Lancashire, from Neighbourhood Watch, Volunteers groups, people just interested in our work, to Police Officers, the Fire and Rescue Service, the Air Ambulance, the NHS, Councillors, Schools, Coastguard, Mountain Rescue and the Lifeboats just to name a few who have helped me bring Air Support to everyone.
Throughout the last few years we have guest speakers who interact with the helicopter graciously come to the meetings and tell us all about their work and how we can assist. This in itself has boosted a greater working relationship between different agencies because we now know a little more about each's needs and ways.
From the Pact meetings, a newsletter was established on a quarterly basis which has been a great success. I love doing the newsletter as it gives me the chance to see what the boys have been doing and pick the "best bits" for you to read. We regularly turned out to carry out presentations to schools, clubs and groups of all ages to show our work. I'm sure any one attending these presentations only really wanted to see videos of our work rather than listen to me droning on!!
A website was formed and we appeared on several local neighbourhood sites, predominately promoting the newsletter. As we moved into NPAS, the newsletter has continued and we have gone all 21st century with a Twitter account and Facebook page. Fairly soon there will an NPAS website for you up and running so for anyone with an interest in Air Support you can look at all the Units around the country and how they work.
The changes in Air Support have been immense. Lancashire is celebrating its 20th birthday on the 21st November 2014 and I have been lucky enough to have been involved in Lancashire Air Support and through the transition to North West Regional ASU and now for the last 20 months with NPAS. The changes in technology as you all know in your own homes over 20years have gone beyond all our expectations. I can't imagine where we will be in another 20 years.
I hope you will continue to enjoy the newsletter next year when PC Andy Barlow takes over and that you will when PACT is reinvented continue to support it like you always have.
Thank you to every one once again who has shown an interest in Air Support and for your continued support. Long may it continue.