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78/366 – The Dilemma
"Thank you," Ben said as the waiter placed his pie in front of him. He waited until he left before talking to Luke. "Do you love her?"
Luke nodded, though his face remained buried in his arms. He felt like there was a weight on his chest, despite facing down. His mind kept shifting between Leanne's face and Jackie's face. He glanced up at Ben as he took a large bite.
"So, what're you going to do?" Ben asked between chews.
"I don't know, man. I'm not unhappy, so I'm not leaving Leanne, but I can't ignore how I feel either," Luke said.
"Does Jackie love you?" Ben asked, shoveling another large fork full in his mouth.
"I don't know," Luke replied. "It's not like it matters. Nothing can happen. I'm not going to do that to Leanne."
"There's your answer then," Ben said, "Why get all worked up over all this in the first place?"
"Because it's raising too many questions. How can I love someone else, while also being in love with Leanne? I'm happy with my wife, so why do I have feelings about someone else? What the hell does it mean?" Luke said, dropping his head back in his arms. "It's too confusing."
"You can't control who you fall for, man. If nothing is going to come of it, just accept that nothing will happen and move on," Ben said.
"You don't understand," Luke said.
"I think it's you that doesn't understand," Ben said, "You see this pecan pie? I love pecan pie. I order it every time I come here. I'll likely never order anything else as long as it's available."
"And?" Luke asked, looking up.
"It's just a choice. I can choose to order any number of pies. Hell, I could go to an entirely different restaurant, but I keep coming back because of how much I like the pecan pie," Ben said. "That's all that's happening with you. You're upset like your mouth started watering over the blueberry pie, and you have pecan in front of you. It's not a hard thing to wrap your head around. You'll either be happy with the choice you made, or you'll be happy with the other. That's all that matters."
"What if I'm not happy with the blueberry?" Luke asked.
"If there is that doubt, then forget about it and enjoy the pie you have," Ben replied as he picked up the remainder of his slice and shoved it in his face.
"You really have some issues," Luke said.
"You should see what I do to it when no one's watching," Ben laughed.
"You're not helping," Luke said.
"There's nothing to help with, bud. You either stay with Leanne, or you go with Jackie. I'll be your friend no matter what," Ben said. "You know that."
"I'm not leaving Leanne," Luke said firmly.
"There's you go. Now let the rest go," Ben said, leaning over as he pulled his wallet from his pocket.
"But what if-" Luke began.
"No ifs, bud," Ben interrupted. "I get that you're going through some stuff, and its important to you. I care, I do, but you're putting too much thought into this. Your logic is becoming cyclical and annoying. You just keep making the same points over and over but rephrasing them."
"Sorry," Luke said. "I don't mean to be annoying."
"It wouldn't be annoying if you didn't already have your answer. It sucks that you are love someone like you love Leanne, but-to quote one of the greatest bands in history-in the end, it doesn't even matter," Ben said. "It's not like you can be with two women at the same time. I've tried, they don't care for it."
"You cheated, there's a difference. You weren't happy with your girlfriend, and she wasn't happy with you," Luke said.
"That hurts, man," Ben said, "but you're right. Neither of us was happy."
"What if I just talk to Leanne about it?" Luke asked.
"It's your funeral," Ben said. "Can I have your baseball cards when she kills you?"
"It won't be like that," Luke replied, shaking his head. "Leanne is amazing."
"If she's that amazing, you shouldn't be falling for another woman," Ben said.
"I don't agree with that logic," Luke said. "People are like puzzle pieces. We all fit, more or less, together, but the parts that really fit have a special feeling when they are put in place. There's no room for movement, and the picture becomes a little clearer.
"Leanne is one of those pieces. She fits just right with me and compliments me on every part of that edge of who I am. Jackie is much the same. When we're hanging out, I can't help but feel that same feeling even without being intimate and all that."
"Sounds like you have a dilemma with having more than one piece, then," Ben said, dropping some cash on the table. "I still don't think you should talk to Leanne about it. I don't think it'll go well for you."
"You don't think so?" Luke asked.
"I think if Jackie feels right as a friend when you two are hanging out, why do you want more?" Ben asked. "What if the side of the piece-to use your analogy-that matches up with Jackie's is only supposed to be friends? You are getting your physical needs, and likely a whole bunch of your mental and emotional needs-though I'm starting to have my doubts-from Leanne. You don't need that from Jackie, and maybe she doesn't need that from you."
"You're right," Luke agreed. "I just want Jackie to be as happy as I am."
"Take the advice of a guy who has wrecked a lot of relationships. You've done way better than me, and there's no reason for you to go down that road. Even if Jackie loves you, you're happy with Leanne, so be the best friend you can for Jackie, and put the rest in the back of your mind in a tightly sealed box with a 'do not open' label," Ben said, standing up. "I've got things to see and people to do, but this has been fun. Call me the next time you have an existential crisis so that I can get more entertainment."
"You're an asshole," Luke laughed.
"Only for my best friend," Ben replied as he walked away with a wave.
Luke thought about it, and, though he hated to admit it, Ben was right. There was probably no reason to talk to Leanne or try to expand the relationship with Jackie. He loved them both, but there was the chance that he would screw things up with one, the other, or both if he tried to change things. He nodded to himself and decided that Jackie was just to be his friend, and he would do his best to make sure that she was happy regardless of what she chose to do.
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Courtney Joseph has a BLOG I have been following for maybe a year or more. She is a dedicated wife to her husband, and a mother of two children. I enjoy reading what she shares on her blog. So, I jumped at the chance to review her new book (which is the same title as her blog), "Women Living Well." The book focuses on 4 areas that Christian women can find joy in - God, husband, children, and home.
The first part of the book - "Your Walk with the King"- has great examples and suggestions on how to improve your quiet times with the Lord, your prayer life, and your overall relationship with the One who loves you most. I especially liked her idea of using a "prayer walk" throughout my home to help me focus on what is most important. For example, when making the bed in the morning, whisper a prayer for my husband as I straighten his side. Then, do the same for the kids as I wipe crumbs off the table, and so on... The idea is to turn chores into short bursts of prayer for the ones we love.
Part 2 focuses on our marriages. The author uses Biblical references and personal experiences to share about what makes a marriage work. Then, she also explains how us women can easily think the "grass is greener" in another marriage. But, the truth is that ALL marriages have flaws, and ALL marriages take work! At the end of this section, Courtney includes a 2-week marriage challenge to follow if you choose to do so.
Part 3 is about parenting. It includes topics like the influence of a mother, the choices we make, anger management, and dealing with bad attitudes. This section made me realize I'm not alone in NOT being a perfect mother and in NOT having perfect kids. We ALL struggle with parenting, and that's a fact. But, isn't it great that we have someone who is perfect that we can turn to when we need wisdom and strength?! Thank you, Lord, for always being there to help us!
The last section is about homemaking. It has thoughts and ideas regarding schedules, routines, and most of all, PRIORITIES. This was a good reminder to me to keep working towards pleasing the Lord as I care for my family and home.
Ladies, if you are looking for inspiration, encouragement, and sincere suggestions for growing in your walk with the Lord and being the kind of wife and mother that is pleasing it God's eyes, I recommend this book to you. I am glad I was given the chance to read it.
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Melissa Ferrick w/ Fiona Luray at Higher Ground
The Melissa Ferrick performance originally scheduled for October 20 has been postponed to May 31. All tickets for the October 20 performance will be honored at the May 31 show. Apologies for any inconvenience.
https://www.melissaferrick.com
Ms. Ferrick is currently a Professor of the Practice at Northeastern University. She's released seventeen albums over the last twenty-five years and has won numerous awards for songwriting, production, and performance. From 2013 - 2019, Melissa was an Associate Professor of Songwriting at Berklee College of Music. Ms. Ferrick holds an Ed.M from Harvard University.
Melissa was the named plaintiff of the class action lawsuit, Ferrick v. Spotify for willful infringement of copyright. Her publishing catalog is administered worldwide by the Raleigh Music Group.
Signed to Atlantic Records in 1992 at the age of 21, after opening up for Morrissey in the US and UK, she released her debut and sophomore albums on Atlantic before moving on to Independent label W.A.R. Records between 1996-1999. In 2000 Ms. Ferrick launched her nationally distributed independent record label Right On Records; she has released 17 albums over the last 24 years.
Regarded in the industry and by her peers as one of the most prolific and hardworking artists in the business, Ferrick still tours regularly playing throughout North America. She has shared the stage with Morrissey, Joan Armatrading, Weezer, Tegan and Sara, Mark Cohen, Paul Westerberg, Bob Dylan, John Hiatt, Ani DiFranco, k.d.Lang, Suzanne Vega, Shawn Colvin, and many others.
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Keeping your workout routine in gear can be a constant process, and many times it's all about mind over matter. These tips will help you get your head in the game and let go of everything that's holding you back from acheiving your mental and physical goals.
That little voice inside your head that's telling you "I can't do this" needs to give it a rest. Focus on calming those doubts and talk yourself up instead.
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require 'net/ssh'
require 'timeout'

module Evrone
  module Common
    module Spawn
      class SSH

        class << self
          def open(host, user, options = {}, &block)
            ::Net::SSH.start(host, user, {
              paranoid:      false
            }.merge(options)) do |ssh|
              yield new(ssh)
            end
          end
        end

        attr_reader :host, :user, :options, :connection

        def initialize(ssh)
          @connection = ssh
        end

        def spawn(*args, &block)
          env     = args.first.is_a?(Hash) ? args.shift : {}
          options = args.last.is_a?(Hash)  ? args.pop : {}
          command = args.join(" ")

          exit_code     = nil
          timeout       = Spawn::Timeout.new options.delete(:timeout)
          read_timeout  = Spawn::ReadTimeout.new options.delete(:read_timeout)

          command = build_command(env, command, options)
          channel = spawn_channel command, read_timeout, &block

          channel.on_request("exit-status") do |_,data|
            exit_code = data.read_long
          end

          pool channel, timeout, read_timeout

          compute_exit_code command, exit_code, timeout, read_timeout
        end

        private

          def normalize_nl(str)
            str.gsub(/\r\n?/, "\n")
          end

          def build_command(env, command, options)
            cmd = command
            unless env.empty?
              e = env.map{|k,v| "#{k}=#{v}" }.join(" ")
              cmd = "env #{e} #{cmd}"
            end
            if options.key?(:chdir)
              e = "cd #{options[:chdir]}"
              cmd = "#{e} ; #{cmd}"
            end
            cmd
          end

          def pool(channel, timeout, read_timeout)
            @connection.loop Spawn.pool_interval do
              if read_timeout.happened? || timeout.happened?
                false
              else
                channel.active?
              end
            end
          end

          def compute_exit_code(command, exit_code, timeout, read_timeout)
            case
            when read_timeout.happened?
              raise Spawn::ReadTimeoutError.new command, read_timeout.value
            when timeout.happened?
              raise Spawn::TimeoutError.new command, timeout.value
            else
              exit_code || -1 # nil exit_code means that the process is killed
            end
          end

          def spawn_channel(command, read_timeout, &block)
            @connection.open_channel do |channel|

              #channel.request_pty do |_, pty_status|
              #  raise StandardError, "could not obtain pty" unless pty_status

                read_timeout.reset

                channel.exec command do |_, success|

                  unless success
                    yield "FAILED: couldn't execute command (ssh.channel.exec)\n" if block_given?
                  end

                  channel.on_data do |_, data|
                    yield normalize_nl(data) if block_given?
                    read_timeout.reset
                  end

                  channel.on_extended_data do |_, _, data|
                    yield normalize_nl(data) if block_given?
                    read_timeout.reset
                  end
                end
              #end
            end

          end

      end
    end
  end
end

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Kaye Scholer advised longtime client Pfizer Inc. in its agreement to acquire InnoPharma, Inc., a privately held pharmaceutical development company. Under the terms of the agreement, Pfizer will acquire InnoPharma for an upfront cash payment of $225 million, with up to $135 million of contingent milestone payments.
The Kaye Scholer Corporate team was led by Partner Lowell Dashefsky, Counsel Aaron Gardner and Associate Viktoriya Karshenboyem, with support from Partners Laurie Abramowitz (Tax), Jeffrey London (Executive Compensation & Employee Benefits), David Barr (Intellectual Property) and Andres Liivak (Life Sciences); Counsels Kathleen Wechter (Executive Compensation & Employee Benefits)and Irv Hepner (Real Estate); and Associates Brian Witkowski (Executive Compensation & Employee Benefits), Amanda Myers (Real Estate) and Connie Ericson (Environmental).
Pfizer's press release announcing the acquisition is below.
NEW YORK and PISCATAWAY, N.J., Jul 16, 2014 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) and InnoPharma, Inc., a privately held pharmaceutical development company, today announced that they have entered into an agreement under which Pfizer will acquire InnoPharma.
InnoPharma's current portfolio includes 10 generic products approved by the United States (U.S.) Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The company also has a pipeline of 19 products filed with FDA and more than 30 injectable and ophthalmic products under development. The company seeks to develop novel formulations of existing drugs, including hard-to-make products, such as those that require complex manufacturing capabilities or have bio-equivalency challenges, in areas such as cancer and central nervous disorders.
The closing of the transaction is subject to U.S. regulatory approval and is expected to occur during the third quarter.
Pfizer's legal advisor for the transaction was Kaye Scholer LLP. J.P. Morgan served as InnoPharma's financial advisor, while Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP served as its legal advisor.
InnoPharma is a sterile product development company, focused on developing complex generic and innovative specialty pharmaceutical products in injectable and ophthalmic dosage forms. The Company has a broad portfolio of products under development, with formulations including solutions, suspension, lyophilized, emulsions, liposomes, micelles and lipid complexes. InnoPharma's pipeline includes small molecules with solubility and stability challenges, as well as difficult to produce and characterize polypeptides and carbohydrates. The Company has a comprehensive infrastructure for the development of its products in its state of the art R&D facilities in New Jersey, with the capability to handle potent and cytotoxic molecules. More information can be found at www.innopharmainc.com.
This release contains forward-looking information about an agreement by Pfizer to acquire InnoPharma, and about InnoPharma's development pipeline and its technology platforms, including their potential benefits, that involves substantial risks and uncertainties. Such risks and uncertainties include, among other things, the satisfaction of conditions to closing the agreement in the anticipated timeframe or at all; the uncertainties inherent in research and development; decisions by regulatory authorities regarding whether and when to approve any applications for InnoPharma's product candidates, as well as their decisions regarding labeling and other matters that could affect their availability or commercial potential; and competitive developments.


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Content Marketing in 2015 - To Do Or Not?
Content marketing involves creating valuable and relevant content in order to acquire an audience to promote customer action. Trends can include shareable visuals, how-to tutorials or blog posts that each cater to a specific audience.
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Jaekelopterus rhenaniae – wielkorak z wczesnego dewonu (ems), największy stawonóg w dziejach.

Opis
Znaleziono wyłącznie niekompletne szczypce, mające długość 36 cm, a po zrekonstruowaniu brakującego fragmentu – 46 cm. Poprzez analogię do innych wielkoraków, zwłaszcza z rodziny Pterygotoidea, oszacowano długość całego ciała (nie licząc długości szczypiec) tego osobnika na około 2,46 m (szacunki oscylują między 233 a 259 cm)

Występowanie
Znaleziony w Niemczech koło miasteczka Prüm w kraju Nadrenia-Palatynat, w odkrywce w obrębie wzgórz Eifel.

Zasięg stratygraficzny
Wczesny dewon, około 390 milionów lat temu, ems. Opisany z tzw. Willwerath Lagerstätte, formacja z Klerf.

Ekologia gatunku
Drapieżnik płytkich wód przybrzeżnych, polujący głównie na drobne kręgowce i  stawonogi. Znaleziony w osadach brakicznej laguny lub jeziora.

Dyskusja wielkości
Dotychczas do największych gatunków stawonogów zaliczano wielkoraki późnosylurskie – Acutiramus macrophthalmus z USA (200 cm) oraz czeski A. bohemicus z tego samego wieku (210 cm). Podobną długość, lekko przekraczającą 2 m, osiągał stawonóg z innej grupy (prawdopodobnie z podtypu wijów) – Arthropleura armata z późnego karbonu. Wszystkie te okazy mają wielkość oszacowaną na bazie mocno niekompletnych znalezisk i dlatego różnią się w różnych opracowaniach naukowych.

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Monstrous fun for all the family
Fall under the spell of riotous animated comedy Monster Family on Sky Cinema
Prepare to laugh your brains out! There's something for everyone in this first Sky Cinema Original Movie – and you can watch it on Sky Cinema the same day it arrives in cinemas
Monster Family, available from Friday 2 March in Sky Cinema on demand. Cert PG. Also available in HD
You know how it is. One minute you're trying to do a bit of family bonding at a fancy dress party. The next you're flung out into the street where an evil witch called Baby Yaga turns you into a family of monsters. Okay, so you probably don't know how it is, but the Wishbones do…
The luck-free family consists of bookshop-owning mum Emma (voiced by Gosford Park's Emily Watson), overworked dad Frank (Hot Fuzz's Nick Frost), sarcastic daughter Fay (Downton Abbey's Jessica Brown Findlay) and misunderstood son Max (Love, Nina's Ethan Rouse). At the beginning of the film, they are sullen and disconnected, but when they fall under an extraordinary spell they face a choice: come together as a family, prove they can happily get along and return to their human forms, or maintain their current ambivalence for one other and spend the rest of their days as monsters.
It's safe to say that the family's attempt to escape Baby Yaga's spell don't go particularly smoothly, with Fay's mutated mummy having issues in Egypt, Frank's flatulent Frankenstein releasing more wind than a hot air balloon convention and Emma's vampire desperately trying to both pin down the witch and unite her family. Can she do it before it's too late? There's only one way to find out...
Monster Family. Available from Friday 2 March in Sky Cinema on demand. Cert PG. Also available in HD
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Q: IDataErrorInfo indexer and array properties I have a custom class that implements the IDataErrorInfo interface and has several properties bound to textboxes in the UI. The string this[string name] indexer works just fine for regular int/string properties, but I can't seem to get it to work with string[] properties. For example binding
<TextBox Text="{Binding StringEntry, UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged, ValidatesOnDataErrors=True}" Width="30" />

Works, but binding
<TextBox Text="{Binding StringList[0], UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged, ValidatesOnDataErrors=True}" Width="30" />

will not. Same for an int[] property. It is not even triggering the indexer function call, at all. Is there a way to make it work with array properties or will I be forced to define a property for each array element?
EDIT: full class, since it appears I wasn't clear.
class MyObject : INotifyPropertyChanged, IDataErrorInfo
{
   public MyObject()
   {
      stringEntry = "text";
      stringList = new string[] { "text1", "text2" };
   }

   private string[] stringList;
   public string[] StringList
   {
      get
      {
         return this.stringList;
      }
      set
      {
         if (this.stringList != value)
         {
            this.stringList = value;
            this.NotifyPropertyChanged("StringList");
         }
      }
   }

   private string stringEntry
   public string StringEntry
   {
      get
      {
         return this.stringEntry;
      }
      set
      {
         if (this.stringEntry != value)
         {
            this.stringEntry = value;
            this.NotifyPropertyChanged("StringEntry");
         }
      }
   }

   public override string Error
   {
      get
      {
         return null;
      }
   }

   public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;

   public void NotifyPropertyChanged(string propName)
   {
      if (this.PropertyChanged != null)
      {
         this.PropertyChanged(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propName));
      }
   }

   public override string this[string name]
   {
      get
      {
         string result = null; // I have a breakpoint here, it's never triggered
                               // when I change the text in the StringList
                               // It DOES work for the StringEntry though.
         switch (name)
         {
            case "StringEntry":
               if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(StringEntry))
               {
                  result = "Entry cannot be emtpy";
               }
               break;
            case "StringList[0]": // doesn't work like this
               if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(StringList[0]))
               {
                  result = "Entry cannot be emtpy";
               }
               break;
            case "StringList": // nor like this
               if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(StringList[0]))
               {
                  result = "Entry cannot be emtpy";
               }
               break;
         }
         return result;
      }
   }
}

A: With the binding Text="{Binding StringList[0], it will always refer to the first indexed string of the StringList property and it won't call the indexer.
If you want to refer the indexer then try with Text="{Binding [StringList[0]], in this case StringList[0] will be considered as a key for the indexer and not the property itself.
Edit: Updated
    class MyObject : INotifyPropertyChanged, IDataErrorInfo
{
    public MyObject()
    {
        stringEntry = "text";
        stringList = new string[] { "text1", "text2" };
    }

    private string[] stringList;
    public string[] StringList
    {
        get
        {
            return this.stringList;
        }
        set
        {
            if (this.stringList != value)
            {
                this.stringList = value;
                this.NotifyPropertyChanged("StringList");
            }
        }
    }

    private string stringEntry;
    public string StringEntry
    {
        get
        {
            return this.stringEntry;
        }
        set
        {
            if (this.stringEntry != value)
            {
                this.stringEntry = value;
                this.NotifyPropertyChanged("StringEntry");
            }
        }
    }

    public string Error
    {
        get
        {
            return null;
        }
    }

    public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;

    public void NotifyPropertyChanged(string propName)
    {
        if (this.PropertyChanged != null)
        {
            this.PropertyChanged(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propName));
        }
    }

    public string this[string name]
    {
        get
        {
            string result = null; // I have a breakpoint here, it's never triggered
                                  // when I change the text in the StringList
                                  // It DOES work for the StringEntry though.
            switch (name)
            {
                case "StringEntry":
                    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(StringEntry))
                    {
                        result = "Entry cannot be emtpy";
                    }
                    break;
                case "[(0)]": // works like this, this block is updated
                    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(StringList[0]))
                    {
                        result = "Entry cannot be emtpy";
                    }
                    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(StringList[1]))
                    {
                        result = "Entry cannot be emtpy";
                    }
                    break;
                case "StringList": // not required
                    if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(StringList[0]))
                    {
                        result = "Entry cannot be emtpy";
                    }
                    break;
            }
            return result;
        }
    }

    public string this[int index]
    {
        get { return StringList[index]; }
        set
        {
            StringList[index] = value;
        }
    }
}

        <TextBox Grid.Column="1" Text="{Binding Path=[(sys:Int32)0], UpdateSourceTrigger=PropertyChanged, ValidatesOnDataErrors=True}" VerticalAlignment="Center" HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" Margin="5"/>

Here we have implemented a wrapper for StringList array which will notify on indexed value change, which will fire your validation indexer code.

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In a report webapp you have calendar filters and drills to configure your data exploration which will be transalted into an SQL query.
Suppose you want to feedback user with the resultset cardinality, it will be easy to transform the JSON representing the query to extract data into a JSON that represents a query that counts how many rows would be returned.
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text:
"""
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Created:   Jackson Lee 6/30/14
This script reads in an fastq and outputs the header information as a dbm file.

Input fastq file
@2402:1:1101:1392:2236/2
CATAGTCTTCGGCGCCATCGTCATCCTCTACACCCTCAAGGCGAGCGGCGCGATGGAGACAATCCAGTGGGGCATGCAGCAGGTGACACCGGACTCCCGGATCCA
+
@@CFFFFFGHHHHIJJIIJIHIJIIIIJIIGEIJJIJJJJJIIIJHFFDDBD8BBD>BCBCCDDDCDCCCDBDDDDDDDDDDD<CDDDDDDDDBBCDDBD<<BDD

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
usage:   get_header_from_fastq.py -i sequence.fastq
"""

#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#Header - Linkers, Libs, Constants
from string import strip
import sys
#sys.path.insert(0, '~/bin/')
from Bio import SeqIO
import shelve
from argparse import ArgumentParser, RawDescriptionHelpFormatter

#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#function declarations

#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"""Body"""
print "Running..."

if __name__ == '__main__':
    parser = ArgumentParser(usage = "get_header_from_fastq.py -i sequence.fastq",
                            description=__doc__,
                            formatter_class=RawDescriptionHelpFormatter)
    parser.add_argument("-i", "--input_fastq", action="store", dest="inputfilename",
                        help="fastq file of input sequences")
    options = parser.parse_args()

    mandatories = ["inputfilename"]
    for m in mandatories:
        if not options.__dict__[m]:
            print "\nError: Missing Arguments\n"
            parser.print_help()
            exit(-1)

    inputfilename = options.inputfilename
    outputfilename = inputfilename.rpartition('.')[0] + '.headers.dbm'

    print "Processing fastq read file...\n"

    fastqinfile = open(inputfilename,'U')
    header_db = shelve.open(outputfilename)

    for fastqcount, sequence in enumerate(SeqIO.parse(fastqinfile, "fastq")):
        header_db[str(fastqcount)] = sequence.id.strip()
    fastqinfile.close()
    header_db.close()

    print "Done!"


text:
Rhode Island man sentenced for fraud that occurred in Wilkes-Barre
by: Dave Barr
Posted: Aug 5, 2021 / 06:20 PM EDT / Updated: Aug 5, 2021 / 06:20 PM EDT
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A Rhode Island man is sentenced to a year and a half in jail and two years of supervised release after he conspired to commit wire and mail fraud and also for aggravated identity theft offenses.
According to a press release from the Office of Acting United States Attorney Bruce Brandler, Jason Pannone, 40, was sentenced after being convicted of processing false invoices for nonexistent auto repairs through his Rhode Island shop. The invoices were sent to and paid by an automobile warranty company in Wilkes-Barre.
Pannone pleaded guilty back in March after causing between $150,000 and $250,000 of fraudulent loss to the Wilkes-Barre company. He was ordered to pay over $128,000 to the victim.
Three of Pannone's accomplices were also convicted. Two were from Rhode Island and the third was from Clarks Summit.
The Clarks Summit man, Brian Larry, was convicted in May of mail fraud, wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and false statement offenses.
Larry was convicted of defrauding the Wilkes-Barre company for over four and a half years. He was also convicted of stealing personal information of warranty policy holders and providing it to the other conspirators.
According to prosecutors, those other conspirators then created false invoices for nonexistent repair work at garages in both Rhode Island and Pennsylvania by forging signatures of paperwork.
That paperwork was then sent to the warranty company where Larry approved the payment. Overall, they obtained approximately $400,000 paid out by the warranty company. Among that $400,000, thousands were used to repair Larry's personal vehicle.


text:
How to Stop Cyberattacks
It's time for decisive action against those who try to undermine our country
Texas Rep. Lamar Smith, the chairman of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, writes that decisive action is needed to combat cyberattacks. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo).
By Lamar Smith
Posted October 6, 2016 at 5:00am
Foreign governments that sponsor cyberattacks intended to damage our national security and disrupt our upcoming elections pose very real, very serious threats. It's long past time for the Obama administration to take decisive steps to defend our country against these attacks.
Under our Constitution, the individual states have authority over voting and elections. The House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, which I chair, held a hearing last month about cybersecurity threats to our voting and election system. Our witnesses described how state officials are working to defend against cyberattacks and attempted hacks of our election system.
State election officials can and do rely on federal law enforcement and cybersecurity resources. But the Obama administration stubbornly refuses to take action that could deter attacks such as holding specific foreign governments accountable for their continuing attempts to disrupt our elections.
Cyberattacks and hacks of U.S. government and corporate data by China and Russia and other adversary nations are a growing problem. Matters have gone from bad to worse, but the White House still refuses to confront the responsible foreign governments.
Last year, hackers from China infiltrated the Office of Personnel Management's main database and stole confidential records and personal information of more than 22 million current and former federal employees, including those involved in our national security effort with the highest security clearances. U.S. national security agencies linked the Chinese Ministry of State Security to the OPM breaches. The OPM hack was an outrageous act of espionage that will harm our national security and the lives of millions of citizens and affected individuals for years to come.
China isn't the only perpetrator. According to U.S. law enforcement and national security agencies, the Russian intelligence service hacked and then released tens of thousands of emails from the Democratic National Committee. This unprecedented criminal act could have been for no other purpose than to disrupt U.S. politics during an election year.
To punctuate Russia's hostile intentions, recent news of cyberattacks on voter registration databases in Illinois and Arizona have also been tracked to Russia's doorstep. Although neither attack seems to have damaged the states' voter registration lists, it's obvious that Russia has ambitions not just to exert influence but to subvert our election system.
Despite these repeated, foreign-sponsored cyberattacks, the Obama administration has done little more than wring its hands and issue diplomatic protests. The president and his closest political advisers are said to be worried about provoking a new Cold War in cyberspace. But if we are attacked repeatedly and do nothing, we will have surrendered unilaterally and put at risk our national security and our very freedoms.
The president boasts that the U.S. is more technologically advanced, both offensively and defensively, in cyber-capabilities than our adversaries. So why won't he take the necessary steps to deter cyberattacks on our elections system by foreign governments?
State and local officials are doing everything they can to defend our election system against foreign threats. But their efforts are undermined by the Obama administration's refusal to take effective action in the face of an obvious threat from other nations. Even worse, because there are apparently no consequences for their repeated cyberattacks, unfriendly foreign governments will be encouraged to increase their attacks.
When Americans vote, we not only elect our leaders, we choose a direction and set priorities for our nation. Voting is the very essence of what President Abraham Lincoln meant when he spoke of a government "by the people."
Elections with integrity strengthen democracy. They confer legitimacy and boost public trust in government. If Americans doubt the legitimacy of our elections, our democracy will be weakened. That will be the lasting Obama legacy unless his administration takes decisive steps to defend our country against those who are trying to undermine our economy, our government, and our vital democratic institutions.
Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, is the chairman of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee. He also serves on the Judiciary Committee and the Homeland Security Committee.


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text:
package controllers

import com.bryzek.apidoc.api.v0.models.json._
import com.bryzek.apidoc.api.v0.models.Domain
import db.{OrganizationsDao, OrganizationDomainsDao}
import javax.inject.{Inject, Singleton}
import lib.Validation
import play.api.mvc._
import play.api.libs.json._

@Singleton
class Domains @Inject() (
  organizationsDao: OrganizationsDao,
  organizationDomainsDao: OrganizationDomainsDao
) extends Controller {

  def post(orgKey: String) = Authenticated(parse.json) { request =>
    request.body.validate[Domain] match {
      case e: JsError => {
        Conflict(Json.toJson(Validation.invalidJson(e)))
      }
      case s: JsSuccess[Domain] => {
        val form = s.get
        organizationsDao.findByUserAndKey(request.user, orgKey) match {
          case None => NotFound
          case Some(org) => {
            request.requireAdmin(org)
            organizationDomainsDao.findAll(domain = Some(form.name)).headOption match {
              case None => {
                val od = organizationDomainsDao.create(request.user, org, form.name)
                Ok(Json.toJson(od.toDomain))
              }
              case Some(d) => {
                Conflict(Json.toJson(Validation.error("domain has already been registered")))
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }

  def deleteByName(orgKey: String, name: String) = Authenticated { request =>
    organizationsDao.findByUserAndKey(request.user, orgKey).map { org =>
      request.requireAdmin(org)
      org.domains.find(_.name == name).map { domain =>
        organizationDomainsDao.findAll(organizationGuid = Some(org.guid), domain = Some(domain.name)).map { orgDomain =>
          organizationDomainsDao.softDelete(request.user, orgDomain)
        }
      }
    }
    NoContent
  }

}


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The possible often challenging part at times is that you will be at the grace of their delivery schedule which may be agreeable to you or not. But typically, they do provide within an affordable time frame.
The reality is, putting together flat pack furnishings is fairly simple, but not many people have the persistence needed to study the instructions and find out what pieces go where.
For many, the plot gets lost as soon as one unpacks the boxes only to be confronted by all sorts of furniture pieces and a large bag of screws, bolts, and washers plus a number of more unidentifiable things.
If you are like the majority of Little Sheffield DIY assemblers, by the end of an hour you'll be seated in the middle of the space, cross-legged with pieces of furniture all around you while little beads of sweat drip down your temples in utter anguish at how you have not managed to get even one single joinery done.
The great part is, you don't need to fret as there are specialists who specialise in putting together flat pack furnishings.
The distinction between doing it yourself and calling the assembly pros does not happen because of the task being hard, but because you need loads of persistence experience and time which many people simply don't have.
With these aspects together, you will marvel at how a stack of bits and pieces of furniture relatively in disarray start coming together and taking shape with exceptional rapidity.
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The title of Jeff Zentner's remarkably sensitive debut novel, The Serpent King, is a bit deceptive, suggesting something in the fantasy realm rather than the sometimes tender, sometimes tragic, profoundly affecting portrait of three young friends navigating the slings and arrows of late adolescence in rural Tennessee.
The book is drawing early comparisons to big YA hits such as The Fault in Our Stars and The Perks of Being a Wallflower, plus starred reviews and advance raves. The hype is 100% warranted.
The serpents in the novel appear in its backstory. Dill Early, the novel's main protagonist, is branded by his family history: his imprisoned father was the pastor of a congregation of Pentecostal snake-handlers; his grandfather became known as the "Serpent King" after developing a deranged obsession with snakes in the wake of a family tragedy. With his father incarcerated and in heavy debt, Dill and his mother have been left impoverished and outcast. Dill's only solace comes through his friendships with fellow misfits Lydia and Travis and his gifts as a singer-songwriter, which he hides from everyone but his two friends. The three friends seem to have little in common other than their mutual status as oddballs — which is more than enough, it seems, to help them forge the kind of bonds they couldn't likely survive without.
But all things must pass, and with the end of high school looming, Dill is facing down a bleak and lonely future. Lydia — the figurative glue of the group — will be moving on to college, most likely far away; Travis will likely settle in Forrestville, working at the lumber yard and disappearing into the imaginary world of his beloved fantasy novels and the online forums where he connects with other obsessive fans. Travis must choose either to remain in Forrestville, where he has become a pariah thanks to his father's sins, or to leave home and abandon his mother, a devout Pentecostal deeply suspicious of the modern world.
Jeff Zentner, a songwriter and musician who has recorded with major acts like Nick Cave, Iggy Pop, and Debbie Harry , got inspired to write YA fiction by volunteering at Tennessee Teen Rock Camp, where he was reminded of the struggles and hardships of adolescence and discovered an urge to tell stories for and about the lives of young people. With The Serpent King, he has achieved something extraordinary, at once capturing the laughter, heartache, and yearning of growing up, in a setting that is both distinct and universal. Dill Early's circumstances are highly uncommon and his problems profound, but you don't have to have a snake-handling daddy in the pokey to know what it means to feel trapped, or torn between your family's expectations and your own hopes, or misunderstood by almost everyone, or afraid to show the world who you really are, or — as Zentner writes near the novel's conclusion — to struggle to find the courage to do "painful, brave, and beautiful things." I hope you'll enjoy reading the book as much as I did — and as much as I enjoyed discussing it in this interview with Zentner.
ET: The defining aspect of Dill Early's life is his family history with snakes—first through his grandfather, the titular "Serpent King," and later through his father, an imprisoned preacher from a Pentecostal snake-handling church. What drew you to snake-handling as a subject for your novel? What kind of research did you conduct on the snake-handling congregations of Tennessee?
JZ: I've been fascinated by snakehandling for more than a decade. I played in a band called Creech Holler that played electric versions of Appalachian ballads. We adopted snakehandler imagery as a tribute and as a shorthand signifier for the urgency, passion, fervor, danger, and Southernness we hoped our music would convey. So that it wasn't a hollow tribute, I did a lot of research about snakehandling sects. One of my main sources of information was the excellent book Salvation on Sand Mountain. I also spoke with a friend who had attended services at a snakehandling church in North Georgia.
I was interested in including snakehandling in my novel because it provided me with an excellent way to talk about a certain type of religious faith–one that emphasizes tests and signs of faith–and contrast it with the quieter, more ambiguous sort of faith that Dill has to develop. The sort of faith where you know that God loves you even if you aren't able to pick up a poisonous serpent.
ET: We Nashvillians are a proud people. Local readers will enjoy seeing Nashville make a few cameo appearances in The Serpent King. But a big part of what's at stake here is the sharp contrast between the increasingly urban and cosmopolitan Southern city and these small, rural, extremely conservative hamlets like Forrestville, which make up much of the South. One of the strongest themes in your novel is the complicated relationship between these two worlds and the way the young people growing up in small towns feel torn between their families and traditions and the allure of places like Nashville. Is this a theme you were working on consciously, or was it a natural byproduct of the story you have to tell?
JZ: I was working on this consciously, and Nashville was one of the most perfect cities imaginable to highlight this contrast. Nashville is a large, urbane city, but its cultural heartbeat is country music — a fundamentally rural art form. So urban and rural sensibilities exist side by side in Nashville more comfortably than in just about any American city I've ever seen. And at the same time, there's a tension there, as rural America is commodified, polished up, packaged, and sold to the rest of world from Nashville.
I should add, tangentially, that I have boundless love for Nashville and it will be the setting for my second book, which will feature a cameo from one of The Serpent King gang. I realized after I finished The Serpent King that I hadn't scratched my Nashville itch and I needed to set a whole book there. And even then I'm not sure it's been scratched completely. This is a great, great place. It's my home.
ET: In a lot of Southern novels, there's a kind of country-song romanticism given to rural towns — as if, for all of their shortcomings, they represent a kind of throwback wholesomeness that's lost in the big city. Not so in The Serpent King; indeed, it seems that the only way for these kids to move forward with their lives is to escape the place they've come from. Is this something you feel strongly about? Are the small towns out-of-touch, or is it simply that these kids are too unique to thrive in them?
JZ: Actually, where my heart lies is in Lydia' dad's line, when he says, "People lead quiet lives, and there's dignity in that, no matter what you may think." Some people, like Lydia's parents, are perfectly capable of carving themselves out a place in rural America. Lydia's parents have their Restoration Hardware-outfitted house, their wine, their Netflix, and their trips to Trader Joe's, so what do they need a big city for? And in a sense, Travis represents someone who doesn't really need to get out to have a better life. As long as he can get out from under his father's thumb, where he can read his fantasy novels in peace, he's going to be pretty much fine staying in Forrestville, Tennessee.
But some people, like Dill and Lydia, need to get out. Dill needs to get out to break his family's curse. Lydia needs to get out to see the parts of the world she needs to see and realize her ambition. But by no means should The Serpent King be read as expressing anything prescriptive toward getting out of a small town. It's very case-specific. Some people need to get out. Or they just want to. Some people need to stay. Or they just want to. All are valid. I have a great affinity for small-town America, though, particularly in the South, so I hope people will continue to decide to stay.
And that's just the beginning! There's much more to Ed Tarkington's conversation with Jeff Zentner. Want to see the rest? Subscribe to ParnassusNext, and you'll receive bonus material in an exclusive email. And yes — there's still time to get the March box!
For another great review of The Serpent King by a fellow Nashville author, don't miss Kristin O'Donnell Tubb's take on it for Humanities Tennessee and Chapter16.
Tuesday, March 8 at 6:30 p.m.


text:
China's Ho-Pin Tung Test Drives Formula E's SRT_01E
Ho-Pin Tung – the first Chinese driver to ever test a Formula 1 car – reckons that the all-new FIA Formula E Championship will feature 'super-close' racing, after testing the fully-electric Spark-Renault STR_01E race car for the first time last week.
Tung, who has tested F1 cars for Williams and Renault, piloted the single-seater at the Circuit Monteblanco in Spain. He completed three race simulations and was impressed by what he experienced. He said:
"There's going to be super-close racing because you can brake really late. Having seen the Beijing track layout, it looks like there's going to be lots of overtaking opportunities and with the Fan Boost system you will have to be really strategic with the way that you use it. Obviously you can save on some laps and then use extra energy on the other laps, so an energy saving strategy is going to be very important during the race and I think you'll see a lot of drivers looking for and creating chances and making an opportunistic move on the inside into a corner."
The 31-year-old, who currently races in the Asian Le Mans Series and the Asian Carerra Cup, was surprised by the performance of the first ever all-electric single-seater which will be used by all 10 Formula E teams when the season gets underway in Beijing on September 13 2014.
"It's very different from what I expected and I think the main reason being that I didn't really know what to expect! Obviously everything is different from every other Formula car you're used to. It's got a very different type of tyre, which is a significant difference. It's hard to explain to someone who hasn't driven Formula cars, but the construction of the tyres make the tyre very stiff, which I would say is even more influential than the fact that it's a grooved tyre. It's got no sidewall and has a very big diameter – 18 inch – and so the sidewall is very stiff and that makes the car very stiff."
Having raced in A1GP and Superleague Formula, Tung reckons the Formula E concept has great potential. He continued:
"I think Formula E might well be the future of racing. Sustainability and environmental responsibility is something that is very high on the agenda for racing but also in daily life and I think this is a great initiative. Now it's something I've had a chance to get a taste of after driving the car I've become more excited and convinced about having such a series."
Formula E is a new FIA championship and the world's first fully-electric racing series. Beginning later this year, the championship will compete on 10 city-centre circuits around the globe including London, Buenos Aires and the opening round in Beijing. Ten teams, each with two drivers, will go head-to-head to create a unique and exciting motor racing championship designed to appeal to a new generation of fans, whilst accelerating the electric vehicle market and promoting sustainability.
After more than 3,000km of running, testing for the SRT_01E is now complete with the first delivery of cars arriving at the new Formula E Donington Park headquarters on May 15 when the doors to the new facilities will officially be opened.
Source; FIA Formula E


Anyone heard of Ross Carrel? or his products?
Has anyone heard of Ross Carrel? Is he a member here?
His products seem useful but I can't help but feel like I am watching a TV commercial on Bargain TV when I see his videos on why I should join his community.
Anyone a member of this community and use the products/service he offers?


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Future video samples with close ups and other varying shots of people/models, even lighting up some locations, would provide useful examples of the potential detail quality of this camera. They'd be very helpful. So far, it looks like it could replicate the late 70s/entire 80s film look, and maybe some modern lighting aesthetics could produce dynamic results.
4:3 HD @ 24fps possible on Canon 7D?
Has there been a firmware hack or something developed to allow for such?
Would anyone have a spare they're willing to sell? Or know of a seller/vendor? Thank you.
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I would honestly prefer to have David Tatterstal back as DP. He did beautiful, stylish work and knows how to maintain the visual language of the series both in lighting and composure.
No American Cinematographer article for Man of Steel?
Checked my local Barnes & Noble and on the asc site and there doesn't seem to be any coverage on the film. Am I missing something? Or what gives?
Take my money. Very interested. I hope this is real. Looking forward to your demos.
The movie was lame. Cheesy, no depth. Bleh. They should've just bit the bullet, and bought the rights to adapt Neon Genesis Evangelion which this film riffs off of.
Wow. Yes, how did you get the footage so sharp for Super8? And what resolution did you scan it in at?
Why are so many productions switching over to digital?
Side by Side was a pretty superficial attempt to analyze the situation.
They used Hawks for Star Wars Episode I. Suffice to say, its a great looking film.


Each league will consist of a minimum 10 game schedule with a single elimination tournament at season's end. There are monetary awards and team plaques for both the league and tournament champions. A non-refundable $100 deposit is required when registering. The maximum number of players per roster is 20 players.
Taught by PGA Professional Bill Parisi, participants will get one-on-one instruction as they learn the proper mechanics to the fundamentals in the game of golf.
5 vs. 5 on Tuesday nights. The maximum number of players per roster is 12 players. The season will consist of an 8 game schedule with a single elimination tournament at season's end. There will be monetary awards for both the regular season and tournament champions. A non-refundable $100 deposit is required when registering.
Sign up before the Early Bird Registration Deadline of May 11, and pay $575; a savings of $50!
Games will run from 1pm until tournament's end at 7pm. Cash prize and schedule will be based on the number of teams who register. Games will be played 4 vs 4 on the hour. Cash prize for the winning team.


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Australia country profile
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-15674351
Australia ranks as one of the best countries to live in the world by international comparisons of wealth, education, health and quality of life. The sixth-largest country by land mass, its population is comparatively small with most people living around the eastern and south-eastern coastlines.
The country's first inhabitants, the Aboriginal people, are believed to have migrated from Asia tens of thousands of years before the arrival of British settlers in 1788. They now make up less than 3% of Australia's 23 million people.
Years of mass immigration after the Second World War heralded sweeping demographic changes, making modern Australia one of the world's most multicultural countries. But migration continues to be a sensitive issue politically.
In shaping its foreign and economic policy, Australia first looked to Europe and the US but in the last 20 years has developed stronger ties with Asia. It has acted as peacekeeper in the region sending missions to Solomon Islands, East Timor and Papua New Guinea.
Although Australia remains part of the Commonwealth, the future role of the monarchy has been a recurring issue in politics. An aging population, pressure on infrastructure and environmental concerns such as climate change are some of the long-term challenges facing the country.
Read more country profiles - Profiles by BBC Monitoring
Commonwealth of Australia
Capital: Canberra
Population 22.9 million
Area 7.7 million sq km (2.9 million sq miles)
Major language English
Major religion Christianity
Life expectancy 80 years (men), 84 years (women)
Currency Australian dollar
UN, World Bank
Monarch: Queen Elizabeth II, represented by a governor-general
Prime Minister: Scott Morrison
Image copyright Martin Ollman/Getty Images
Image caption Mr Morrison made his mark as immigration minister
Treasurer (finance minister) Scott Morrison emerged victorious from a week of governing Liberal Party infighting in August 2018 to succeed Malcolm Turnbull as leader of Australia's main conservative party and prime minister.
The socially-liberal Mr Turnbull steered same-sex marriage among other measures through parliament after ousting his more conservative predecessor Tony Abbott in 2015, but his poor poll ratings spurred an unsuccessful right-wing challenge from Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton.
The weakened prime minister bowed out a few days later, allowing the socially-conservative but pragmatic Treasurer Morrison time to unite the party ahead of elections in 2019.
As immigration minister under Tony Abbott in 2013-2014, Scott Morrison came to prominence for enforcing the policy of stopping boats run by people-smugglers from docking in Australia.
Image caption Australia has a lively media scene and is considered to have a relatively free press
Australia's media scene is creatively, technologically and economically advanced. There is a traditoin of public broadcasting but privately-owned TV and radio enjoy the lion's share of viewing and listening.
Ownership of print and broadcast media is highly concentrated, with two companies - The Murdoch-owned News Corp and Fairfax Media accounting for some 85 per cent of newspaper sales.
Around 19.5 million Australians are online.
Read a full media profile
Some key dates in Australia's history:
40,000 BC - The first Aborigines arrive from southeast Asia. By 20,000 BC they have spread throughout the mainland and Tasmania.
1770 - Captain James Cook charts the east coast in his ship HM Endeavour and claims it as a British possession, naming it "New South Wales".
1901 - The Commonwealth of Australia comes into being.
1914 - Australia commits hundreds of thousands of troops to the British war effort during World War 1. Their participation in the Gallipoli campaign leads to heavy casualties.
Image caption "White Australia" policies restricted non-white immigration in the first half of the 20th century
1948 - Australia launches a scheme for mass immigration from Europe.
2002 - In Bali, 88 Australians are among 202 people killed when bombs go off in two nightclubs.
2008 - Government makes a formal apology for past wrongs committed against the indigenous Aboriginal population.
Read a full timeline
Asia country profiles
Australian parliament
Australian Tourism Commission
Asia Sections


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Q: Z-test with large sample sizes but small proportions I'm running an A/B test to determine if a change/treatment we're proposing for our website has an impact on users opting into a specific (niche) category of notifications.
To do so, I'm performing a one-tailed z test of two independent proportions (treatment vs control). However, I'm concerned with the results of my test because of how small the proportions are despite having large samples sizes. Here's my situation:
Control group:

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*User count: 108,807

*Users opting into notifications: 6

*Proportion: 0.0000551435

Treatment group:

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*User count: 108,480

*Users opting into notifications: 16

*Proportion: 0.000147493

Z test results:

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*My results show a p-value of 0.016211, which would be statistically significant given our confidence level of 95%.

My questions:

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*Are my current results valid?

*Is using a z test correct in this situation, or is there a more appropriate test (e.g. Fisher's exact)?

It's worth noting that there are multiple other metrics I'm hoping to track during A/B tests where proportions are similarly very small while samples sizes are quite large.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Edit: FYI, user assignments for the two groups are randomized.


Over at left-leaning (or left-tipping) MOCOPOLITICS there is a recent but dated post (hat tip to Maryland Politics Watch)on the weakness and sheer lightweightedness of the Montgomery County delegation.
Check it out. Pretty brutal stuff topped off with the perennial whine one hears in Montgomery County about how they are so big and so rich and so powerful and so pure but they get no respect in Anapolis from anyone.
If the legislature was Jessup, Baltimore would be Tiny and Montgomery County would be cleaning the cell, running to the canteen for sandwiches, and satisfying other needs.
I don't see why anyone is surprised at this. If you called central casting and asked them to send up a stereotypical guilty white liberal you can bet the person would be from the Montgomery County delegation. If you think this type of Caspar Milquetoast is going to do anything but sell their constituents down the river when confronted by people who are playing for keeps you are sadly mistaken.


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LOGAN TENNIS CLUB- RULES AND REGULATIONS
SINGLES — 45 minutes, plus 5 minutes to sweep court.
DOUBLES — 1 hour and 15 minutes, plus 5 minutes to sweep court.
When time is completed, you must stop playing and sweep the ENTIRE court.
When playing doubles and one player retires after 1 set, the remaining players may select a replacement for the remainder of their time.
If 2 players retire from play, the court must be surrendered.
SIGN UP BOARD:
Upon arrival, place your name on the waiting list on the chalk board. Failure to do so forfeits one's right to play to other members who wrote their name on the board first.
A player may not sign the waiting list and leave the club. Leaving the club will result in forfeiting your place.
All names and time must be written on the board whenever playing, regardless if anyone is waiting or if there are empty courts. Failure to do so subjects you to being bumped automatically.
The top name on the board may select anyone to play singles.
The top three names listed may choose anyone as a fourth for doubles. Senior members must be asked first.
The top one or two names listed cannot choose any players from the list to play doubles. They must ask players directly below them in descending order to play until players are found to fill a doubles game. If the top one or two names wish to play with specific players on the board, they must give up their turn and wait for them.
A player or group of players may elect to wait to play on a specific court even if other courts are empty.
GUESTS MUST BE REGISTERED by their host who is responsible for a guest fee of $5.00.
Once a guest is registered, he has SENIOR status for the day. Family members are not considered guests with senior status and are subject to the rules applicable to family members even if more restrictive.
Guests are allowed to play a MAXIMUM OF 3 TIMES DURING THE SEASON.
No guests may play on Holidays.
On weekends, guests are ONLY allowed to play after 12:00 p.m. An exception is made for an occasional guest from out of town who is a family relation. Such guests may play anytime on the weekend or Holiday.
JUNIOR AND FAMILY MEMBERS:
Family members include children, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, grandchildren, spouse or significant other.
No Junior or Family members can be picked to play if a senior member is waiting. This applies to singles and doubles. Junior and family members can be bumped if a senior member is waiting. SuperSeniors are excepted and can choose a Junior or Family member to play even if Senior members are waiting and cannot be bumped.
On Sundays after 3:00 p.m., family members playing with a Senior member cannot be bumped once they have signed up and are on the court. Senior members still have priority on the board.
There is NO limit to the number of times a Family member may play during the season; Family members may play on a Holiday.
WHEN TWO COURTS ARE UNAVAILABLE:
Singles and doubles are limited to 35 minutes.
When a 4th court opens up, players already playing are still subject to the shortened time limits. However, all new players on any of the courts are subject to the regular time limits.
There is none; men may play without shirts. Tennis clothes are encouraged.
CELL PHONES:
Cell phones should be on silent ring or turned off. Cell phones MUST be used outside the fence and not court-side.
Food and beverages taken from the kitchen must be signed for.
The LAST MEMBER to use the facilities must lock the Club House Doors, turn off the lights and the air conditioner, and lock all of the GATES before leaving.
LOGAN RULES OF ETIQUETTE
All members shall be courteous to the neighbors and treat them with respect.
All members shall observe the 5 MPH speed limit when entering or leaving the Club and drive safely through the neighborhood.
All members shall be courteous to one another and shall use their best efforts to avoid loud confrontations, foul language or other displays of temper.
Don't sulk when you are losing; instead, praise your opponent's good shots.
Above all, try to make tennis a fun game for all participants.


We are having a fantastic first day back after what we hope was a restful break for everyone. We loved seeing the students greet their classmates and teachers with excitement as they shared their spring break memories.
As a reminder, there is no school tomorrow, Tuesday, April 2nd due to the local elections.
Our third through sixth grade students will begin to take the Illinois Assessment of Readiness on April 8th. This test will be given to students throughout the state of Illinois.
Please see the schedule below and attached letter for more information about the assessment.
You are invited to the 2019 Collins Art Show on Monday, April 22nd from 4-5 PM. Every student will have an artwork displayed in the show fitting with the theme "Seasons". Students who attend will receive a full stamp card and a certificate for their achievement in art! The show is an open-house style art show. Walk around, take photos in the photo booth, and write a fan letter to an artist you are impressed by!
April 1st though April 12th, Collins will be sponsoring a book drive to support Bernie's Book Bank. Bernie's Book Bank sources, processes, and distributes quality children's books to significantly increase book ownership among at-risk infants, toddlers and school-age children throughout Chicagoland. The organization serves 300,000 children annually. Check them out at berniesbookbank.org, Facebook, or Instagram. If possible, please check your bookshelves at home and collect any gently used books that your family could donate to the drive. There will be bins near door 8 for your child to donate the books through April 12th. There will also be a bin near the front entrance on the night of the Fun Fair. They accept gently used books ranging from birth to sixth grade, but they do not accept any workbooks or activity books. Thank you for supporting the book drive and the Chicagoland community!
Collins Annual Family Fun Night will be Friday, April 12 from 6:00-9:00 pm at the school. There will be many games, prizes, face painting, a cake walk, and a food court to purchase dinner and snacks. Collins students and younger siblings are all welcome to play games and win prizes! Many parent and family volunteers are needed to make this a successful event. Please consider volunteering for a 2 hour shift to help with games, face painting, prizes, food court, or ticket sales. A volunteer flyer was sent home prior to break, or you can email Carolyn Taylor, schrammc@nullgmail.com , to let me know your availability to help. Any time that you can volunteer to help is greatly appreciated!
To register please visit the SPU Online Form or for more information, contact Meg Kwak at 847-357-6586 or spu@nullsd54.org. Leave your name, contact information, the number of children needing childcare (free) and your child's school.
Every year, the Schaumburg Township Council of PTA's offers summer scholarships to elementary students enrolled in grades K through 7 in District 54. Each scholarship is valued up to $125, and covers most summer camps, programs and workshops. We have attached the instruction sheet and application and both are also available in our main office or online by clicking the link below. The Google Docs link will allow you to fill out the information on line, however, you will still need to print everything and submit it to our office. We will still accept scholarship applications through Wednesday, April 3rd. Applications must be in a sealed envelope marked STC Elementary Scholarship application. The Parent/Guardian must be a PTA member as of March 1, 2019.


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Home Research > Members > 1754-1790 > BECKFORD, William (1760-1844)
BECKFORD, William (1760-1844), of Fonthill, Wilts.
Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1754-1790, ed. L. Namier, J. Brooke., 1964
1790 - Dec. 1794
b. 29 Sept. 1760, o. legit. s. of William Beckford. educ. private tutor; Grand Tour 1780-1. m. 5 May 1783, Lady Margaret Gordon, da. of Charles, 4th Earl of Aboyne [S], 2da.
On attaining his majority, Beckford was content to leave his parliamentary patronage in the hands of his guardian, Lord Chancellor Thurlow. He had no immediate wish to turn Lloyd Kenyon out of his Hindon seat, and so enter the Commons. 'What use can such a being as me be of in our boisterous Parliament? ... Age will soon draw on, and the gay texture be shrivelled. Then I will mump, growl, snarl, bite, and be political', he wrote on 30 Aug. 1781.1 The visit made by Lord Shelburne for his coming-of-age, 'in view of fixing or drawing young Beckford into his party', was in vain.2 He regarded politics with detachment, expressed only his loyalty to the King, and spent much of his time on the continent. In a draft letter, 19 Jan. 1784, he commented: 'England is in a glorious uproar. I do nothing but elect and re-elect Mr. Kenyon for Hindon—but feel no vocation to lift up my own voice in the land.'3 Nevertheless, on 2 Apr. he wrote to Thurlow from Paris: 'My health being greatly re-established, I am much inclined to sit in Parliament,' evidently with a view to obtaining a peerage, an 'object' already entrusted to Thurlow.4 As arrangements had been made to return Edward Bearcroft for Hindon, Beckford came in for Wells (which his maternal grandfather had represented) in place of John Curtis nominated at Saltash, where Beckford was financing the attempt of John Buller jun. to break the Government's hold.5
Though it has been stated that Beckford did not take his seat before 1807,6 there is evidence of earlier attendance: on 6 May 1784 he wrote to his cousin, Louisa Beckford, that he would visit her, 'if I can spare a few days from the joys of the House of Commons'.7 Yet immediately he was elected, he pressed Thurlow about the peerage;8 and newspapers already included his name in the list of forthcoming creations,9 when in October 1784 accusations of homosexual behaviour ruined his prospects. He went abroad in July 1785, returned for two months in January 1787 after his wife's death, and, banished by his family, made a lengthy stay in Portugal and Spain.
In June 1788 the Buller-Beckford candidate for Saltash was seated on petition. This gave control of the borough to Buller, who had agreed with Beckford to let him have the the nomination to one seat during his lifetime.10 Although Beckford was in England for the last eight months of the Parliament, there is no evidence of his having attended. No speech or vote of his is recorded before 1790. His nominees supported the Administration throughout this period.
He died 2 May 1844.
Author: Sir Lewis Namier
1. L. Melville, Life Letters of Wm. Beckford, 119.
2. Mems. Bentham, x. 107.
3. G. Chapman, Beckford (2nd ed.), 326, But on p. 171 Prof. Chapman gives a different version of the passage: 'I think it will not be long before I lift up my own voice in the land'.
4. J. W. Oliver, Wm. Beckford, 194. See also a letter from Thurlow in Melville, 185-7 (dated by Melville 'April 1784', but clearly December 1783).
5. I. R. Christie, 'Private Patronage versus Government Influence', EHR, 1956, pp. 249-55.
6. Chapman, 280.
7. Cat. Autog. Letters Coll. Alfred Morrison A-B, 189.
8. Thurlow to Beckford, 14 Apr. 1784, Melville, 229.
9. Morning Intelligencer, 1 Oct. 1784; Morning Chron. 9 Oct. 1784.
10. Christie, 225 n.


Linköping University, Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Division of Health Care Analysis. Linköping University, Faculty of Health Sciences. Vårdal Institute, The Swedish Institute for Health Science, Sweden.
Gothenburg University, Sweden Sahlgrens University Hospital, Sweden .
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Objective: Compare the impact of two interventions, a web-based support and a folder support, for young persons who care for people who suffer from mental illness. Methods: This study was a randomized control trial, following the CONSORT statements, which compared the impact of two interventions. Primary outcome variable was stress, and secondary outcome variables were caring situation, general self-efficacy, well-being, health, and quality of life of young informal carers (N = 241). Data were collected in June 2010 to April 2011, with self-assessment questionnaires, comparing the two interventions and also to detect changes. Results: The stress levels were high in both groups at baseline, but decreased in the folder group. The folder group had improvement in their caring situation (also different from the web group), general self-efficacy, well-being, and quality of life. The web group showed increase in well-being. Conclusion: Young informal carers who take on the responsibility for people close to them; suffer consequences on their own health. They live in a life-situation characterized by high stress and low wellbeing. This signals a need for support. Practice implications: The non-significant differences show that each intervention can be effective, and that it depends upon the individuals preferences. This highlights the importance of adopting person-centered approach, in which young persons can themselves choose support strategy.


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Twins in Fiction
Enter the often-perplexing world of twins in these novels available to borrow from the Lititz Public Library.
Dead Letters by Caite Dolan-Leach
A missing woman leads her twin sister on a scavenger hunt of twisted clues about her disappearance.
Beside Myself by Ann Morgan
Six-year-old twins switch identities for a day, but when one refuses to change back, the other loses her self-confidence and identity, leading to a spiral of behavioral problems and mental illness.
The Earl Takes All by Lorraine Heath
To honor the vow he made to his dying brother, a man pretends to be his now-dead twin until his sister-in-law gives birth to an heir.
Eleanor by Jason Gurley
When one of a pair of inseparable identical twins dies in a terrible accident, her sister's life begins to unravel in strange ways.
Mischling by Affinity Konar
In 1944, twin sisters are part of the experimental population of twins at Auschwitz where they experience privileges and horrors unknown to others.
The Sisters by Claire Douglas
After the tragic death of her twin sister leads to a personal breakdown, a woman tries to make a fresh start, but can't stop looking for her sister's face in crowds.
The Damned by Andrew Pyper
A man, who has been haunted and terrorized by his dead twin sister for twenty years, decides to silence her for the last time.
Deadlight Hall by Sarah Rayne
Asked by a colleague to investigate a reputedly haunted house, a man seizes the opportunity to investigate the disappearance of twins who vanished near the end of WWII.
The Ice Twins by S.K. Tremayne
Moving to a tiny Scottish island a year after one of their identical twin daughters died in an accident, a couple is shattered when their surviving daughter claims they have mistaken her identity and she is actually the twin they believe dead.
The Girl Who Was Saturday Night by Heather O'Neill
The twin daughter of a famous French Canadian singer, who grew up with few rules or parental attention, struggles to escape her dysfunctional childhood as well as her brother's erratic influence.
Identical by Scott Turow
A mayoral candidate's twin brother is released from prison twenty-five years after pleading guilty to the murder of his girlfriend, a situation that leads to the re-opening of the case.
The Tin Horse by Janice Steinbert
More than sixty years after her twin sister ran away, cutting off contact with her family forever, a woman is stunned to find a possible hint of her sister's whereabouts.
Mistaken Identity by Lisa Scottoline
At the trial of a woman accused of killing her policeman boyfriend, a lawyer comes to suspect her client is the victim of a conspiracy and that the judge is in on it.
The Night Strangers by Chris Bohjalian
After moving to northern New Hampshire, a mother finds herself wondering about the peculiar women in their sparsely populated village and their interest in her fifth-grade twin daughters.
The Stormchasers by Jenna Blum
Twenty years after her bipolar twin brother's fondness for chasing tornadoes leads to deadly consequences, a woman discovers he has escaped from a psychiatric ward, prompting her to join a band of professional storm chasers in hope of finding him.
The Last Child by John Hart
Years after his family is shattered by the disappearance of his twin sister, a thirteen-year-old boy risks everything in a final, desperate search through the dark side of his hometown.
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The Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital offers many community based outreach camps during the summer in the Washington D.C. area! One and two-week day or early evening camp programs for individual girls are offered around the council at both urban sites and traditional campsites. In addition, there are sleep away camps. Register early, spaces fill quickly.
The Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital offers many community based outreach camps during the summer in the Washington D.C. area! One and two-week day or early evening camp programs for individual girls are offered around the council at both urban sites and traditional campsites. In addition, there are sleep away camps. Register early, spaces fill quickly.


Faye Sholiton developed her work in the Cleveland Play House Playwrights' Unit (1996-2011) and is a charter member of Dobama's Playwrights' Gym. Her full-length plays have been read and performed more than 45 times throughout the U.S. and in London and have won her four Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence grants, plus many national honors. Scenes from THE INTERVIEW, V-E DAY, ALL THINGS BEING EQUAL, and TELLING LIVES appear in multiple anthologies and THE INTERVIEW is published by Speert Publishing. PANAMA, her newest full-length had staged readings recently at Dobama and at Detroit's Marygrove College. Since 2009 she has served as Ohio Regional Representative to the Dramatists Guild. In 2011 she founded Interplay Jewish Theatre, a company that offers free staged readings of significant works on contemporary Jewish themes. Visit www.fayesplays.com.


NTUC's Employment and Employability Institute (e2i) and Singapore National Employers Federation (SNEF) are the official Programme Partners appointed to market and administer WorkPro.
Adopt progressive age management practices.
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Enables companies to acquire the necessary competencies to implement age management practices. The grant helps to raise awareness of age management practices and support companies in the implementation of these practices.
Provides companies funding support to create physically easier, safer and smarter jobs for older workers i.e. aged 50 years and above.
Companies that embarked on the Inclusive Growth Programme (IGP), the Capability Development Grant (CDG) or the Business Improvement Fund (BIF) for their job redesign projects may apply for the Job Redesign (Rider), upon project completion, if the project leads to a positive impact on older workers.
 Applicable for new projects approved under IGP or CDG on/after 1 Jul 2016 or under BIF on/after 1 Dec 2017, and completed within WorkPro programme period (1 Jul 2016 to 30 Jun 2019). Applications must be submitted no later than 6 months after project completion.
Provides companies funding support to implement and sustain flexible work arrangements (FWAs) for all employees, to create work-life harmony at the workplace.
Please click here to view the Programme Factsheet and here for the Programme FAQs for more details.
Both e2i's and SNEF's FWA Incentive under the Work-Life Grant is fully subscribed for companies with workforce size < 50 and closed for application until further notice. Companies with workforce size < 50 may still apply for the Job Sharing Incentive under the Work-Life Grant with either Programme Partner.
e2i's Job Redesign Grant is fully subscribed and closed for application until further notice.
Both e2i's and SNEF's Job Redesign (Rider) are fully subscribed and closed for application.
Under the Job Redesign Solution Sourcing (JRSS), WorkPro Programme Partners NTUC's e2i and SNEF are seeking to work with solution providers that have scalable, innovative and easily implementable solutions that can help companies create easier, safer and smarter workplaces benefiting older workers.
Solution providers interested to collaborate can read more about the initiative on SNEF's Website.


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Yohan is a male given name of many origins.

Notable people with the name include:

Yohan Benalouane (born 1987), Tunisian football player
Yohan Betsch (born 1987), French football player
Yohan Blake (born 1989), Jamaican athlete
Yohan Cabaye (born 1986), French football player
Yohan Goonasekera (born 1957), Sri Lankan Sinhala cricketer
Yohan Goutt Gonçalves (born 1994), Timorese skier
Yohan Kende (born 1949), Israeli Olympic swimmer
Yohan Le Bourhis (born 2000), Canadian soccer player
Yohan Lidon (born 1983), French kickboxer
Yohan Montès (born 1985), French rugby player
Yohan Ramírez (born 1995), Dominican baseball player
Yohan de Silva (born 1985), Sri Lankan Sinhala cricketer
Yohan Tavares (born 1988), Portuguese football player

See also
Yo-han
Yohannes (disambiguation)
Johannes


Day Trips & Excursions Activities in North Island, New Zealand. North Island, NZ Day Trips & Excursions.
Come with us and visit the craft breweries each one unique. You can view the breweries, have a look around and hear the story about the process that goes into perfecting a such a fine brew.
Majestic View - Holiday Home.


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With an irreverent sense of humor and a fantasy protagonist with a healthy dose of skepticism, Digger rapidly gained a huge following of devoted fans eager for the twice a week updates of the webcomic. This volume collects the first two chapters of the story, along with an all-new six page comic revealing the origin of the talking statue of Ganesh.