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We know we're living in a tech-savvy world and that even small children love their screen time, but we didn't realise quite how obsessed with gadgets and gizmos babies are.
It's been revealed that 8% of babies says 'tablet' as their first word, hinting at just how many babies have regular access to iPads and the like.
In a survey on the impact of tablets to parenting conducted by Twickenham-based company Tech21 last month, one than one in eight parents admitted that their little one's first word was 'tablet'.
Of the 3,612 polled parents, 12% revealed that they let their toddlers, aged two and under, play with their tablet. Two in five said their allowed their children to use tablets for at least an hour a day and 7% admitted that their kids spend up to four hours a day on a tablet.
But it's not all happy playing – 81% of the polled parents said that their child had previously broken their device by dropping or throwing it.
What was your baby's first word? Let us know in the comments box below.
Baby signing is a great way to communicate with your little one before she can communicate. Plus, it's been shown to bring parents and their babies closer. And the best bit? It's surprisingly simply for you and your baby to learn.


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By now, most people know that identity theft protection, constant monitoring, careful disposal of credit card statements and other sensitive data, and other proactive measures are the best ways to prevent the nightmare of identity theft. However, people are also prone to becoming complacent about identity theft prevention over time, and identity thieves count on complacency to provide easy access to personal information. We're all guilty of it to some extent, and we know that no matter how careful we are, we can't be vigilant 24/7. That's why so many of us seek identity theft protection to provide extra security and to monitor and safeguard our information around the clock.
Nevertheless, it's very important to remember that identity theft protection services can't protect us if we're careless with our personal information. Ultimately, it's the responsibility of each of us to protect ourselves from identity theft, and being aware of common mistakes that invite thieves to steal is a good start.
Sophisticated thieves write software that constantly probes for weak spots on home and business computer networks. These programs are capable of performing millions of probes every hour, around the clock. Failing to install a firewall on your home network is asking for trouble.
Many people create passwords that are easy to remember and then use one or two of them in many different places. However, if a password is easy to remember, it's probably also easy for a thief to guess. Use a different password for each account or login, and change them regularly. In addition, make your passwords strong by using a mix of capital letters and alphanumeric characters. Passwords such as "*G51m)|@mes" are impossible to guess, but middle names, birthdays, and other popular passwords are very easy for others to learn.
You should treat your personal information like cash. Thieves love social networking sites because so many people share their names, addresses, and other personal information, making it easy for them to steal identities.
Not having antivirus protection on your computer is like leaving your bank account and credit card information in a public place for anyone to see and steal. Never open email from people you don't know, never click on pop-up ads, never provide credit card information on an unsecure computer, and never leave your computer unprotected by a firewall and antivirus software.
Identity thieves love it when their victims fail to check their account balances and credit reports. They can go on stealing for months, or at least until the money runs out and delinquent accounts are closed. Again, it's your responsibility to monitor your accounts and credit reports to protect against identity theft.
Even people who proactively take steps to prevent identity theft subscribe to protection services. In the battle against criminals, it makes sense to use every weapon at your disposal.


A strange thing happened on Buffalo's West Side this week: One of the city's leading advocates for affordable housing celebrated a high-end apartment project.
That's because the Rochester developer behind the $25 million project to construct a 10-story apartment building overlooking the Niagara River agreed to set aside nearly 15 percent of the 95 units for low-income tenants.
The advocacy group, PUSH-Buffalo, said the decision proved that developers can make affordable housing work as part of a larger market-rate or luxury project.
They argue the project illustrates what "inclusionary zoning" could look like in Buffalo if the city's lawmakers adopted a rule mandating that new development projects include a fixed percentage of affordable units.
What the group didn't highlight are the added financial hurdles that developer Andrew Crossed of Park Grove Realty said he must now overcome to ensure the project can work.
Under the agreement with PUSH, 14 apartments will be set aside for people earning at or below 60 percent of the area median income. So while one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments would regularly rent for $1,550 and $2,150 per month, the prices would be reduced by hundreds of dollars for affordable units.
"It creates a challenge to get the economic support to fill that gap for us," said Crossed, who plans to pursue programs for affordable housing.
While expressing confidence the project will go forward, Crossed now is seeking additional lower-cost financing through the state Division of Housing and Community Renewal to cover a gap of $500 to $750 per unit per month that he now faces.
The project also is expected to receive historic and brownfield tax credits, along with property tax breaks, said Brendan Mehaffy, executive director of the city's Office of Strategic Planning. "It will be an exclusively publicly-funded project," he said.
Many developers and some city officials don't believe mandatory inclusionary zoning would work in Buffalo without subsidies. Adding lower-rent units, they say, would make it harder for ventures to become profitable.
Jake Schneider, whose Schneider Development has done Turner Brothers Lofts, Apartments at the Hub and AC Lofts, said he already has to turn to gap financing to make projects in Buffalo work. That's without any requirements for affordable housing.
"I have a hard enough time making my projects pencil out as it is," said Schneider said.
Inclusionary zoning has become a hot topic in Buffalo as rents have risen amid a surge in redevelopment activity.
Advocates say Buffalo rents are rising at the third-fastest rate in the country. That makes it harder for those with moderate or low incomes to afford some neighborhoods, and community advocates fear longtime residents will be forced out of their homes.
"There's a major affordable housing crisis, and we need to be using every tactic, from inclusionary zoning to rent control, to make sure that people have a decent place to live," Washington said.
Advocates led by the Partnership for Public Good have been pushing for the city to require all new residential development projects to include a certain number of apartments that will be affordable for those who make 50 or 60 percent of the area median income. They have lobbied for a 30 percent minimum, as part of what would be a mandatory inclusionary zoning code.
Some Common Council members have backed the concept.
But the Brown administration has been hesitant. That's because developers have expressed vehement opposition, saying future development would grind to a halt in the city if such a requirement were put in place without ensuring that other sources of funding, such has additional tax breaks or credits, were available.
"If this comes to pass, it's just going to make it harder for developers to make these projects happen," Schneider said.
City officials last year hired an outside firm, czb, to study the city's housing market.
"Not doing so risks reducing market-rate activity to a level that would yield few, if any, inclusionary units as a by-product," the report said.
"It would just put another layer of bureaucracy into an already difficult process, in an environment when there are so many unknowns already," said Karl Frizlen, who has converted three former public schools into apartments.
Frizlen said construction costs for some trades have risen by 40 percent to 50 percent in the last year, while tariffs have increased the price of lumber and steel.
Schneider noted that market-rate rents in Buffalo are about 14 percent below the national average, while construction costs locally are about 5 percent above average, creating a gap in financing that developers already have to overcome.
Developers insist they support affordable housing initiatives. They just don't want to be forced into it for every situation.
In fact, as the push for inclusionary zoning has gained steam, developers are taking it upon themselves to demonstrate that they can do it voluntarily.
Paladino and Nick Sinatra are planning a 10 percent affordable housing component as part of the redevelopment of the former Women & Children's Hospital of Buffalo site into the new Elmwood Crossing.
Pridgen said he's had more developers recently come to him to express interest in such projects.
PUSH advocates note that a city policy would not have to be all-or-nothing with their target of a 30 percent requirement.
The plan by Crossed and his Buffalo-based partner, Roger Trettel, calls for a 10-story complex at 990 Niagara St., using a long-vacant two-story former train car repair facility and an adjacent parking lot as the site for the new construction. The project would include 95 one- and two-bedroom apartments, plus 4,000 to 6,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space.
Crossed and Trettel would build a 110,000-square-foot tower and would transform the blighted structure and the first two floors of the combined new structure into a 58,900-square-foot garage, with two levels of indoor parking.
The upper eight floors would contain 48 one-bedroom and 47 two-bedroom apartments, overlooking the Niagara River. Each unit would have a private balcony.
Construction is slated to begin in the spring with completion by the fall of 2020, Crossed said.
Developers say they will be closely watching the project to see how the affordable component plays out.


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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is the fourth most common psychiatric disorder. It's marked by obsessions and compulsions that significantly impact on the daily life of those affected, as well as their family and caregivers. So how can you best support a friend or loved one with OCD? Mental health clinician Ketrina Dilo and social worker Sandra Cushing offered some guidance at the All in the Family: Supporting a Loved One With OCD or Anxiety Speaker Series.
The impacts of OCD can be different for every family, but many describe it as an "intruder" that calls all the shots. Family members can experience a wide range of emotions, including helplessness, uncertainty about what to do, frustration, concern and anger. There is also a stigma around OCD for some families, leading to a withdrawal from various social scenarios and a hesitation to reach out for help.
There can also be impacts on siblings and other people in the home. Often, so much time is spent helping that one person with OCD, others may feel neglected or obligated to follow various OCD rules in order to alleviate stress for the sufferer.
There is a range to how families affected by OCD react, including denial and even rejection. By far, however, the most common response is accommodation, where family members will participate in a relative's rituals in various ways to try to keep the peace.
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While it's normal to feel frustrated, hostile criticism and pressure don't work and can actually make things worse. Keep in mind that rituals stem from a feeling of compulsion, and trying to ease the pain and anxiety being experienced in the moment. Also, those suffering with OCD often view everyday items and activities very differently as the condition can distort reality. For example, if someone has an upset stomach, the OCD sibling may be consumed with fear that that person has cancer.
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Cyminology: Exploring New Compositional Frontiers
By JOHN PATTEN
That's the good part in music--you never know how it will work out, but that's also the dangerous part because you never feel that you're a great composer because it's not in your hands to compose something; you really are depending on the inspiration.
After forming in 2002, Berlin-based Cyminology has been exploring the rich musical territory bound by the backgrounds of members Cymin Samawatie, pianist Benedikt Jahnel, drummer Ketan Bhatti and bassist Ralf Schwarz. Holding the foursome's unique tapestry of styles together is Samawatie's vocal and compositional work, built around classical Persian poetry, as well as her own writing.
The band began forging its sound after Samawatie started exploring her Iranian musical heritage. Moved by the power of the Persian music and poetry, Samawatie discovered new directions to pursue in her melodies. The elemental sounds of her Farsi lyrics, combined with the band's grounding in modern jazz styles, led to recognition and a host of awards for Cyminology, including winning the Jazz and Blues Award Berlin in 2004 and 2006, and the New Generation international jazz competition in 2003.
Now signed with ECM, As Ney delves further into the soundscapes Samawatie has written for the poems of Rumi, Hafiz and Forough Farrokhzad.
Those familiar with the band's self-produced per Se (Double Moon Records, 2005) and Bemun (Double Moon Records, 2007), produced by Frank Moebus, will find the band moving away from jazz-oriented compositions to more complex and subtle arrangements that still give the performers room to improvise.
Another change in the band's sound on As Ney resulted from working with ECM producer/label head Manfred Eicher, who helped sculpt the CD's sound both in the overall arrangement of the tunes, and the order of the tunes on the release.
All About Jazz: How did working with Manfred Eicher impact the recording?
Cymin Samawatie: I feel that when I'm the composer, when I'm the singer, and I'm involved in so much, it's really difficult for me to step outside. It relaxes me a lot when I know there's a person I can really trust and that I share his opinions and his taste, I mean it's about taste still, and I really do that with Manfred Eicher. I think we're really very close, and I'm very impressed with how close we are—I didn't expect that.
So for me, it gives me a very important calmness to focus on what I'm doing at that moment in the studio, because I know somebody else is taking care of other things. So that helps me to relax and to be there.
AAJ: How did he help with your compositions when recording the tunes?
CS: We had one rehearsal in Berlin with him and he made some [suggestions] and he said, "Maybe you want to repeat this part on this tune," or he said, "Maybe you want to leave the intro because the tune is so strong. It's great just to start with the voice and piano." That was the tune "As Ney" actually, and on another part he said, "Maybe you want to keep out the drum solo—it works great live but for the recording it might make more sense if we go in another [direction]."
He made some changes, but I was expecting more changes from him, and it feels great for the composer when you think you're working with a great person and you're waiting for him to do changes and then he doesn't do any. It gives you some confidence in the work that you do.
The other thing is that the music you play is influenced by what you hear. And how much you hear is influenced by the room that you play in, the instruments that you use and, of course, what you have for the mix in your headphones. So these are things that Manfred also has a gift for: for knowing which room is great for the music; knowing what we need in our headphones. This inspires us, and so that gives us a direction for the music and, of course, for the improvisation, too.
AAJ: How fully compose were the songs when you began recording them? Did you have them fully scored and written out?
CS: Each song had a different approach. If I think about the song "As Ney," a lot of it is written out. There's just one small passage where I wrote some changes and Benedikt is kind of improvising, but it's more like he's taking the melodic idea and putting it into the chords. Other than that, everything is arranged and written out.
There are other tunes, I can think of "Por Se Ssedaa," for example, "Sendegi" and I think there's a third one I don't remember right now, where I wrote a beginning, which is pretty much written out. Then I didn't write anything at all—it's really blank and I said, "Let's see where we go to let's just try out different things, but whatever we try it has to lead to this place." So then there's another place that I've written out that leads to the end. And I like that, too, to see what the musicians are making from it.
And to be honest, that's the really difficult part and the band is not always happy when I'm coming with those ideas, because then I have to make them write music at the moment.
l:r: Benedikt Jahnel, Cymin Samawatie, Ralf Schwarz, Ketan Bhatti
But if you do things that you don't do all the time, that's something—to go from an idea and have something blank and go back to another idea and give it a sense [of] corners—to connect those corners. And then [it's] the four of us—not only one musician doing it but four people doing it. Sometimes I did something, too, and it can happen that I sing along; it depends on the mood, it depends on the room, the audience and the mood that we are in.
That's what I like about jazz music—you have all the freedom to go for the freedom, but you also have the freedom to stick to some details that you worked on during rehearsal or during recording time.
AAJ: "As Ney" is structured more like a suite than typical jazz songs. How did your choice of form come about?
CS: That was one song I really had to struggle with at the beginning. The words and melody were very clear from the very beginning, like everything the voice does was there, right away, but I really struggled a lot, thinking about, "Can I maybe [make] the odd meter not [feel like] odd meter?" I tried something out, but this didn't feel right for me. Then, I tried to put just harmony underneath it, and this didn't feel right for me, and then one day after talking to Benedikt and him trying out some things, I thought, "Well, why not just go in for the classical direction?"
I mean I was listening, at that time, to lots of classical music, so it turned out that for me [that] it felt right. I thought, "OK, that's what the voice needs, what the melody needs." It just worked out. And the idea of the poem—it's such a classical idea, so why not put classical music underneath?
I don't think you find so many times in classical music the odd meter stuff, and my hope is that people don't actually realize the odd meter inside, but that's how it turned out for me.
AAJ: When performing live, how much room do you leave for improvising on the compositions? Does the band take radical departures from the tunes?
CS: Once we find a sound going on with a tune, we like to stick to that sound. I mean the details are still open and free. And just recently it happened two days ago, when we played here in Berlin, that one tune just happened to be very different from what's on the recording. So, we have that freedom and nobody is upset when we don't stick to the idea on a CD. But most of the time we really stick to those sounds because once we find the sound we think goes great to the poem and to the music, we like to be there.
I think, for the listener, it's nice because once you know the CD and then you listen to the music, or the other way around where you listen to the concert then go back to the CD, you suddenly start realizing the details that are there. And the details that are changing slightly because you can still improvise with the sound that you have and make people think that it's composed, but then at the same time knowing there are some composed ideas but it's not [actually] composed.
Maybe you can compare it a little bit with a standard tune. When you have a typical standard tune, the changes always stay the same, and when you know the tune, you know the changes and the person improvises underneath the special change line. So we improvise, but we have the sound there so the sound changes. Maybe that's something you can relate to.
AAJ: How does living in Berlin affect your composing? Is the community supportive of artists bringing different styles of music together?
CS: Living in Berlin for maybe six years now, I realize that Berlin is the kind of place you come here and you don't feel like a stranger. Because everybody does, there are no real "Berlin persons" here. I grew up in small town—a village—and I sometimes felt like a stranger because the German people would see an Iranian girl, and the Iranians who were living there would see a girl who was born in Germany.
So, I was not one, I was not the other; I was something in between. So, I came to Berlin—I don't see strange here. It's just easier to get together and you and can take inspiration from other people, from the culture they bring to you. You have the opportunity to be an inspiration to the other people so it's really something getting together and creating something.
I'm very, very happy it's happened like that. When we first got together, we didn't think about "Let's take an Indian drummer, and you're from Iran, so we have a multi-cultural band." That's not how we started the band. We were just thinking, "I know a bassist and I've been working with him..."
It just happened that we were working together and now it just happened, we're where we are right now.
AAJ: Did Berlin's community of modern music composers help Cyminology blend your sounds into something different?
CS: I think the music that you hear—the environment you grew up with—is the way you improvise and the way that you compose. So especially if you try to take off your hat, to not try to think but more try to feel what you're doing, then those things just appear by themselves.
When you listen to so many different things, it just appears to influence you when you're open minded, when you are excited to learn new music, new things and to meet new people, new cultures.
AAJ: Can you describe your approach to composing? Do you begin with a melody, or by learning a poem and working around from that?
CS: A lot of my music develops while I'm improvising at home, as I record myself. Sometimes, when I sing with words, without words, when I sit the piano and play music and just improvise on ideas, I like I try to stick to them and repeat them and see maybe if they need a change here or a change there. That's what I actually did most of the time—improvise, record myself and listen back to it. And write down the ideas I like most.
Sometimes, it happens that the lyrics are leading me, sometime it's thinking about different instruments, sometimes it's just hearing the melodies and trying find what I'm hearing.
Sometimes when Benedict writes a tune, I also try to write lyrics for his tune. I want to stick to the idea that he had, when he was writing the tune, but also I need to find the words that go with the melody so that the words make sense within the melody. That's actually the most difficult part for me to do, and I think I only did it on one of my songs on the CD, but I did it on two of his tunes.
AAJ: What impact has touring had on your composing schedule?
CS: When I go on tour, I'm always very fascinated because I found out every country is different from the others, even when they are very close. And even every city is different than every other city, so that's something that influences me—that I think is going on in my head when I come back home after a tour.
I need some days to recover, and once I'm recovered ideas start to show. That happened when we just came back from India and Burma, and it was for me very moving to see the people, to meet them. We went on a three-hour train tour through Yangon [Burma] and just saw how the people lived on the market, and going on the train and getting off the train. And some people liked to talk to us—they know very little English but they're very happy—you can really see their eyes shining when they get a chance to talk to you and you answer. These are the moments that are just in my head and they sometimes lead me to special ideas; sometimes it works out, sometimes it doesn't.
That's the good part in music—you never know how it will work out, but that's also the dangerous part because you never feel that you're a great composer because it's not in your hands to compose something; you really are depending on the inspiration.
AAJ: What have you been working on recently?
CS: Actually, starting last year, I've been working on some piano pieces. In fact, one of the tunes on the new CD, it's called "As Ssafar," that's the first piano tune that I wrote in this style. I've written out 10 tunes and I feel maybe one of those tunes I can put on the next CD too, but [not] all 10 of them go in the direction where I believe the band goes. So, I [will] just keep those compositions and see what will happen—I met a pianist when we were on that tour, she's a Chinese pianist who is living in England and she likes my music. Maybe we will get a chance to work together and maybe I can arrange that music well enough for her to play, I don't know yet.
When I compose, I like to compose directly for the band—like imagining Khetan, the drummer, sitting next to me and playing the way he does. That influences me and influences the way I compose, too, and so today was the first tune that I thought sits very well for the band and uses those ideas and is still in the Cyminology [style], if I can say it like that.
AAJ: As Ney seems to move away from the overt jazz sounds to something more blended. Is that a direction the band is taking?
CS: I think definitely it's the songs, they're more important; they're actually the center of everything, so we try to make the sounds as good as possible. And another thing that I would say is the fingerprint of the producer.
The first CD we did all by ourselves, the second CD we had Frank Moebus, he's a guitarist in Berlin and he's famous with the Der Rote Bereich—that's really some unique music and we're really happy he said he would go into the studio with us, and on two songs he's actually playing guitar. So I would think him being there in the studio with us and being the producer in this case was one fingerprint on the second CD.
And definitely there's a fingerprint from Manfred Eicher on the third CD. So maybe that's another explanation of why the CD went in the direction it is now.
AAJ: As Ney was recorded at Rainbow Studio in Oslo, and has a very clear sound. How did the studio impact the recording?
CS: For the first time, I was staying in the room where the pianist and the bassist were, only our drummer was in another room—and we could see him. I think we were a little bit closer than on the other CDs.
That is definitely also a gift that Manfred Eicher has—that he can listen to the music and know that's what the music needs or what makes the music special, or the shape and this blending and everything. I'm amazed he did it so fast—our other CDs took so long to bring them to where they are. He just kind of snapped his fingers and everything was there—that really was amazing for me. So, after two days everything was done, nothing changed after that.
Cyminology, As Ney (ECM, 2009)
Cyminology, Bemun (Doublemoon, 2007)
Cyminology, Per Se (Doublemoon, 2005)
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Every morning this week, ArtStarts staff, volunteers and our two current UBC Education practicum students are starting the day with a creative kick. We are taking part in Daily Drawing Challenges in the days leading up to Vancouver Draw Down.
Monday's challenge was to draw five things that begin with the letter "W"... Water, Waves, Wile E. Coyote, Watermelon, Well, Worcestershire Sauce, Windmill, Witch, Whale, Wheel, Wonder Woman, Wishbone, Walrus, Waffle, Wheelbarrow, Worm, Wooly Mammoth, Weeping Willow, Wineglass, Wheat, Wig, Weasel, Washing Machine, Window, Wink, Whisper, Wrist... What else?
Who knows what we'll draw tomorrow!
Vancouver Draw Down is a city-wide celebration of drawing that takes place this Saturday, June 20, 2015. Join us at the ArtStarts Gallery for a special event for all ages — Draw and Tell: Northwest Coast Storytelling.
Through storytelling, drawing and textile work artists Anastasia Hendry and Christine MacKenzie will explore First Nations culture, history and traditional teachings. Participants will discover the importance of learning from our elders, respect for others and respect for nature.
We will start the day with a traditional Talking circle, an important part of First Nations etiquette and protocol. Then, through First Nations storytelling, participants will learn the story of Lelou, a young man who explores and finds unexpected help on his treacherous journey. Participants will be actively engaged as they listen to this exciting story. As they hear the story the artists will use the Draw and Tell technique incorporating North West Coast formline to create a "crest". By the end of the story the drawing will reveal a secret. Upon completion of the drawing participants will create a mini button blanket.
Admission is free! Participants of all ages and experience are welcome. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
We'll be holding two sessions on Saturday, June 20, 2015 — at 11am and 2pm — at the ArtStarts Gallery, located at downtown Vancouver at 808 Richards Street (at Robson) in Vancouver (map).
The following day — Sunday, June 21, 2015 — be sure to drop in anytime from 10am to 4:30pm to celebrate National Aboriginal Day, a special day to celebrate the unique heritage, diverse cultures and outstanding achievements of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples across Canada. Learn more about National Aboriginal Day.
To honour the day, at the ArtStarts Gallery you can create personalized masks of a local animal you feel represents you. Through this hands-on activity you will learn about the different animals in British Columbia and what they symbolize in different national aboriginal cultures.
Inspired by the beautiful block printing style of the Inuit people residing in the Arctic lands of northern Canada, you can tell your own story about the city you live in thorugh art. Together we'll create a collective piece that captures the features and inhabitants of our diverse community.
These activity stations will be open to the public throughout the day. Activities are self-serve, with ArtStarts volunteers on-site to assist as needed.
The ArtStarts Gallery is located at 808 Richards Street (at Robson) in Vancouver (map). Admission is free and all ages are welcome!


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'use strict';

const m = require('mochainon');
const _ = require('lodash');
const angular = require('angular');
require('angular-mocks');
const Store = require('../../../lib/gui/models/store');

describe('Browser: SettingsModel', function() {

  beforeEach(angular.mock.module(
    require('../../../lib/gui/models/settings')
  ));

  describe('SettingsModel', function() {

    const SUPPORTED_KEYS = _.keys(Store.Defaults.get('settings').toJS());
    let SettingsModel;

    beforeEach(angular.mock.inject(function(_SettingsModel_) {
      SettingsModel = _SettingsModel_;
    }));

    beforeEach(function() {
      this.settings = SettingsModel.getAll();
    });

    afterEach(function() {
      _.each(SUPPORTED_KEYS, (supportedKey) => {
        SettingsModel.set(supportedKey, this.settings[supportedKey]);
      });
    });

    it('should be able to set and read values', function() {
      const keyUnderTest = _.first(SUPPORTED_KEYS);
      const originalValue = SettingsModel.get(keyUnderTest);

      SettingsModel.set(keyUnderTest, !originalValue);
      m.chai.expect(SettingsModel.get(keyUnderTest)).to.equal(!originalValue);
      SettingsModel.set(keyUnderTest, originalValue);
      m.chai.expect(SettingsModel.get(keyUnderTest)).to.equal(originalValue);
    });

    describe('.set()', function() {

      it('should throw if the key is not supported', function() {
        m.chai.expect(function() {
          SettingsModel.set('foobar', true);
        }).to.throw('Unsupported setting: foobar');
      });

      it('should throw if no key', function() {
        m.chai.expect(function() {
          SettingsModel.set(null, true);
        }).to.throw('Missing setting key');
      });

      it('should throw if key is not a string', function() {
        m.chai.expect(function() {
          SettingsModel.set(1234, true);
        }).to.throw('Invalid setting key: 1234');
      });

      it('should throw if setting an object', function() {
        const keyUnderTest = _.first(SUPPORTED_KEYS);
        m.chai.expect(function() {
          SettingsModel.set(keyUnderTest, {
            x: 1
          });
        }).to.throw('Invalid setting value: [object Object]');
      });

      it('should throw if setting an array', function() {
        const keyUnderTest = _.first(SUPPORTED_KEYS);
        m.chai.expect(function() {
          SettingsModel.set(keyUnderTest, [ 1, 2, 3 ]);
        }).to.throw('Invalid setting value: 1,2,3');
      });

      it('should set the key to undefined if no value', function() {
        const keyUnderTest = _.first(SUPPORTED_KEYS);
        SettingsModel.set(keyUnderTest);
        m.chai.expect(SettingsModel.get(keyUnderTest)).to.be.undefined;
      });

    });

    describe('.getAll()', function() {

      it('should be able to read all values', function() {
        const allValues = SettingsModel.getAll();

        _.each(SUPPORTED_KEYS, function(supportedKey) {
          m.chai.expect(allValues[supportedKey]).to.equal(SettingsModel.get(supportedKey));
        });
      });

    });

  });
});

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I have quite literally lost count of the number of NRL players who are currently accused of assaulting women over the years.
Until October this year, my husband Ryan (Hoffman) was an NRL player, and had been for 16 seasons. So as part of this community, it is particularly heartbreaking.
To be clear, from this point on, I refer to these incidents in general. No one specific. I have no interest in muddying the issue by quibbling over the facts of individual cases. The fact is, violence happens.
It is frightening, appalling, and as violence always is, utterly unacceptable.
And it needs to be said, this is not a football issue. Torn up contracts, missed training sessions and stalled careers all pale in comparison to the actual, human cost paid by victims of violence and abuse.
Unfortunately, allegations of violence against women by football players are nothing new and over time there has been much conjecture as to the root of the issue.
Some argue that rugby league is simply a microcosm of society, and that violence against women is present in society, therefore, it is present in rugby league. Add to this, the fact that rugby league is lousy with males of a certain age, and some even make the argument that if there is an over-representation of violence, it's down to some skewed demographics.
But, whilst rugby league is one of the few industries laden with men between the ages of 18 and 35, it is also one of the few industries that address the issue of violence against women head-on.
In recent times, players have actually be made to attend training (during their paid working hours) where in a variety of creative and engaging ways, they are taught in no uncertain terms, that violence against women is never okay.
Sure, many professional workplaces have anti-discrimination and bullying training, but these are a bunch of blokes who are annually reminded specifically that violence, or any kind of abuse against women, is not acceptable.
Let me just say that again: it is someone's job to sit down with groups of fully functioning adult human beings, and make sure they understand that it is wrong to hurt women.
It's a sad state of affairs, but if it goes any way to helping protect at-risk women then I'm glad that this type of training exists.
That said, the existence of this training is the reason I don't buy the whole, 'it happens in the world so it happens in rugby league' argument. This is a group of men who are privileged by education, when others are not. There is never any excuse, but it is particularly true here.
So why does it continue to happen?
There may never be an answer to that question, but I have some thoughts.
If there is one resounding frustration I have with rugby league, and professional sport in general, it's that footballers and football clubs seem to abide by a different set of rules to the rest of us.
There are examples everywhere, some advantageous, some detrimental, some innocuous and some really, bloody serious.
Footballers don't line up to get into nightclubs. Footballers don't get sick leave, parental leave or public holidays. Footballers get to jump medical queues. Footballers are customarily encouraged (or not discouraged) to go out and drink to excess in a celebration of a job well done. In some cases, footballers don't have to pay for their education. Or their shoes. Or their clothes. Or their cars. Footballers are subject to physical and mental working conditions that in any other workplace would be considered unsafe at best. Footballers play 'pranks' on one another in the workplace that are the textbook definition of harassment, whereas others in the real world have been disciplined for much, much less.
"Yeah, but that's just footy, it's different," they say. For the forty-five-thousandth time.
The point is, in a variety of ways, rugby league – and particularly the playing group – has long been a space that only teeters on the cusp of professionalism and as a result, the normal rules – workplace, societal and otherwise – don't always apply.
But should it be? For me, this constant, underlying message that professional sport is an island is highly problematic. Hey you with the professional rugby league career – you are not like everyone else, you are special, you are above the rules.
And perhaps, over time, this relentless elevation of footballers above others, this constant operation within a space that proudly compares to no other, communicates a subconscious message about obedience that in some outposts then becomes dangerously twisted: I know the rules, but they don't apply to me. If I break the rules, there'll be no real consequences.
It might be a long bow to draw. But to be fair, nothing else is working. Not education. Not punishment. Not that thing where you simply rely on people to do the right thing and then get on with your life. Something has to change.
Because when you consider this culture of nonconformity, within an industry that is fundamentally built on aggression, filled with young men whose needs are daily elevated above everyone around them, and where women are never – ever – seen as peers, then perhaps we start to get a sense of some of the factors that contribute to a much larger issue.
There is no easy fix here. This idolisation of sportspeople and pedestalling of their achievements is deeply ingrained not only in the industry itself but also in society's obsession with it. This is not going to change any time soon.
But given the diabolical consequences that are being faced by women everywhere, both involved in the industry and beyond, it would be great to see NRL clubs backing up their anti-violence training with some changes to approach and therefore to the powerful subconscious messaging. Step up the professionalism. Stamp out the larrikin culture. Put women in positions of real power. Align your behavioural policies with those of the rest of professional Australia. Simply put, send the message – the rules absolutely apply to you too.
Well said. Applies to all boys clubs, politics & religion come to mind.
Movies, politics, business. The perception of power is an attraction and this causes a sense of entitlement to develop. Rewards gained on this basis lead to others being expected when they are not forthcoming. This can lead to inappropriate behaviour especially when coupled with alcohol or other drugs.
Let's be honest, we are the most intelligent species but pretty close to the most unsavoury one on the planet.
Great article, completely agree. The bad example they set is one thing, having no accountability really is another, and the idea that the law can't apply to on field actions should be changed too.
And while ever the boofoons are allowed to continue to bring the game into disrepute on the pretense of innocent until proven guilty nothing will change their attitudes. The biggest deterrent would be to ensure they abide by a Code of Conduct that would see them punted from the game as soon as they are charged. Peter Beatie and his brains trust need to show leadership. Do nothing and nothing changes. Send a strong and consistent message by rubbing out grubby behaviour each and every time. In a game of toughness and skill the cowards attacking women have no part to play.
Innocent until proven guilty is a fundemental pillar of our justice system. Except for the ATO……..
It's very easy to accuse an innocent person. Sadly it's almost as easy to convict an innocent person too.
And a lot of the time it's is easier for victims of domestic violence to do nothing because of the humiliation and distress they have to go through in order to get justice. I've not suggested somebody is guilty based on a charge, rather I've suggested establishing a measurable standard that should be used to trigger consequences for ignoring a standard of decency. More often than not (based on the string of events over the past years) the smoke comes from the fire. Decent people will find ways to avoid putting themselves players in situations that might end badly…I'm sure that's what the education programs are teaching them and that seems to be working right?
Thank you for the insight into how this issue is created at a system level within sport culture. Of course, as you are suggesting, it is still an issue of individuals making terrible decisions which they need to be held accountable for, but it's also a whole organisation and culture creating an environment where these decisions are made. I think your suggestion about the NRL increasing their expectations of professionalism and particularly putting more women into positions of power is an excellent one. Changing the culture to one that acknowledges women as equals and deserving of basic human rights and respect could only be helped by actually interacting with women as peers. Thanks again for a great article.


Hawaii State Hospital has received an "extraordinarily high" number of court-ordered mentally ill patients in recent months, leading to increased assaults and safety concerns, mental health officials say.
The hospital's daily population dropped from 196 in December 2005 to an average of about 172 in January and February, then rose rapidly the past two months, said Dr. Thomas Hester, chief of the state Health Department's Adult Mental Health Division.
A surge in forensic or court-assigned patients drove the increases, he said. "We're all trying to understand it."
Marsha Kitagawa, state Judiciary spokeswoman, said, "There have been no procedural changes in the 1st Circuit (Honolulu) to account for the increase in court referrals. As usual, judges view each case individually."
The hospital's patient census reached 191 this week, slipping over the licensed capacity of 190. More than half of the cases involve substance abuse (largely crystal methamphetamine) as well as mental illness, Hester said. "It is a huge problem."
"The census adds to the anxiety at the hospital," he said, with assaults occurring against patients and staff. "Some are very minor and don't result in injury, but all are treated as a serious event.
"The ones of most concern to me were four more serious assaults against the staff," Hester said, adding that a nurse was seriously injured in January.
Every violent or aggressive incident is an individual case with different circumstances that must be analyzed and treated differently, he said. "Obviously, we're all very concerned about this. We go through a whole variety of in-depth analysis to see how we can reduce this, how to keep this from happening, if at all possible."
Some unrest also has occurred at the facility because two psychiatrists are making career moves, Hester said. However, the staffing level has remained the same, he said.
"Safety is our biggest issue," said Mark Fridovich, administrator of the Kaneohe hospital. "We are working with staff at the hospital and the division to increase our safety for patients, the staff and public.
"There are too many patients," he said. "The challenge of admissions is felt by me and the rest of the staff. Our target range is closer to 168 to 178."
The number shot up with 19 forensic patients admitted in March and 22 in April, he said. The high population "requires adjustments in environment and staffing to safely address needs of the patients," he said.
Another big change, the officials said, is an increasing number of court-ordered people being evaluated for fitness to stand trial on misdemeanor charges -- 14 since January.
Fridovich emphasized that the Kaneohe hospital "is here to try to take care of seriously mentally ill people who require hospital-level treatment and arrange for appropriate discharge for patients who no longer require that level of care."
Hawaii State Hospital was operated under federal court oversight for overcrowding and unconstitutional conditions from 1991 until December 2004.
Capacity for discharges has been expanded, but legal and transition issues take time, Fridovich said.
Four cottages on the hospital grounds formerly occupied by staff have been converted into 24 beds for conditional release patients. The program, Hale Imua, is operated by Steadfast Housing Corp. and Windward Community Mental Health Center and now has 16 patients.
The hospital also has 22 beds in four other cottages on the grounds in a specialized residential program operated by Care Hawaii.


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4DH is an international research centre which develops 4th generation district heating technologies and systems. This development is fundamental to the implementation of the Danish objective of being fossil fuel-free by 2050 and the European 2020 goals.
With lower and more flexible distribution temperatures, 4th generation district heating (4GDH) can utilize renewable energy sources, while meeting the requirements of low-energy buildings and energy conservation measures in the existing building stock.
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→ The Laboratories
Started by NKF , Oct 03 2006 02:39 AM
#1 NKF
[Global Moderators]
Here's an idea from my own private project that I thought I'd share.
I recall playing Ultima 8 a long time ago. Its savegame interface made it look like a diary of sorts where you could record your adventure in prose. I thought this was a brilliant idea and was quickly disappointed when I found out that it was only a journal in look only. But it did get me thinking about something I'd really like to have in a computer game.
A little in-game notebook that you can open up, jot notes down, perhaps some minimal organisation tools (sorting, custom topic tab titles, etc), and the ability to export these notes into an external text file.
Sure, you can just grab a bit of paper and write everything down, or dedicate your ideas to memory. But it would still be convenient to be able to write down ideas, write a list of things to do for when you return to the game several months later, chronicle your entire game in prose, write a strategy guide while playing the game, etc. Perhaps even use it as a method to export in-game text like the game message log to an external file to fire off to the devs.
Except for coming up with the GUI, it's not ground shattering or so cutting edge that it cuts itself. Nothing that would be terribly difficult to implement. But would it be useful? Any thoughts? Am I mad? Have a think about it anyway.
- NKF
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#2 Robo Dojo 58
Robo Dojo 58
Commander's log: Boobs. Heheh.
Such a feature might be useful for testing purposes. Being able to log what's happening in the game could end up being a great way to provide input. But I don't see it having much use in the game. X-COM is not like those adventure games where you're barraged with places, dates, and passwords which mean life or death for your character. Pretty much everything you need to know is always available on one screen or another. IMO, it's not as though there is a point in the game where the options become too great for the player to keep track of.
This brings up the idea of some flavor text from the Commander's point of view. It would be interesting to know a little more about what's going on beside the hotseat.
Well, I suppose it might not that be useful for a player who has played the game for a while and knows all the ins and outs. But for a first time player, you could possibly imagine notes like "Sloshtoids. Get weaker when exposed to loud noises and sunlight?", "Reminder: Something seems to be happening near the South Pole - need to buy longer range ships", "Lasers can reflect off mirrors!" , etc. Oh and inane banter if that takes your fancy.
It's one of those limited scope ideas that has its uses.
#4 Blood Angel
I can't imagine it would be supremely difficult to code, may be useful to some people, and would ultimately be fun. So yeah, I say yes.
#5 Snakeman
Snakeman
I like it too. An area inside the game to let you type up anything you need to and view it both in the game and out. It sounds very practical.
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The Last Riders, #3
Knox, a former Navy Seal, has been in several dangerous situations, but nothing compares to dealing with Diamond Richards. Framed for murder, he needs the passionless lawyer to prove his innocence. But when he no longer needs her help, he's going to show her the passion she's capable of and walk away a free man.
Diamond plans on earning her huge fee to prove Knox is innocent, but she had no idea the muscled biker could bring out the passion she kept hidden behind her designer clothes. Trying to find a murderer is easier than dealing with The Last Riders and Knox's sexcapades. He's going to find out there is one woman worth standing and fighting for, despite his desire for freedom.
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We are always looking for ways to improve the experience when using Skeddly. Today, we're unveiling our new Billing Portal.
Today, we're releasing a new utility action: Modify S3 Objects.
Using this new action, you can scan an S3 bucket for objects and modify some of their properties.
AWS Directory Service is a managed service from Amazon where you can connect your EC2 instances and other resources to a Microsoft Active Directory. The directory can either be your own on-premises directory, or you can create your own directory hosted within the AWS cloud.
More information about this service can be found on the AWS Directory Service page.
Today, we are pleased to announce support for scheduling and automating the creation and deletion of AWS Directory Service snapshots.
More details about the Credential Reports can be found at docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/credential-reports.html.
Tagging resources is so important that Amazon has created a dedicated resource tag editor built into the AWS Management Console.
Skeddly also supports this new instance type. So you can use Skeddly to change your existing EC2 instances to the new D2 instance type, or you can launch new EC2 instances using the new type.
If your Amazon EC2 instance was imported from an external virtual machine environment, AWS provides the ability to export your EC2 instances back out to other virtual machine environments such as Citrix, Microsoft and VMware. Information about this feature can be found at VM Import/Export.
Today, we're happy to announce a new scheduled action: Export EC2 Instances. Using this new action, you can export your EC2 instances (assuming they were previously imported) to virtual machines images such as Citrix VHD, Microsoft VHD, and VMware VMDK and OVA.
Amazon Route 53 is a DNS web service for serving domain name lookups. Each domain is configured as a "Hosted Zone" in which you configure the various subdomains. In addition, Route 53 has features such as health checks and geo location results.
Today we have made available a new action: Backup Multiple Route 53 Hosted Zones.
Today we are happy to announce a new action for your RDS instances: Reboot RDS Instance. Using this new action, you can reboot your RDS instances on a scheduled basis.
Today, we are making available a new option to our "Backup Multiple EC2 Instances" action: Rolling Instance Stops.
Skeddly's "Backup Multiple EC2 Instances" action is a powerful tool for creating EBS snapshots of your EC2 instances. It can discover your instances automatically, create the snapshots, tag them, and copy them to another region.


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The Delectable Dame Dotty Donut To Be Played By Danny Posthill!
Danny Posthill is the latest star name to be added to the bill of Tyne Theatre and Opera House 2017 pantomime, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The comedian and impressionist who shot to fame on Britain's Got Talent in 2015 will be starring as Dame Dotty Donut in this year's Christmas panto.
yep, you know the one! Joining Danny are two more star-studded names; Matt Pagan, a Britain's Got Talent winner from 2014, who will be playing the Prince and Michelle Heaton, from pop band Liberty X, who will be the pantomime's Wicked Queen.
Matt, who is part of world-famous singing group Collabro, has just finished supporting Cliff Richard on a UK tour. But before taking on the role of panto Prince, Collabro have their own headline tour which finishes on the 2nd December. Matt will then be flying straight back to Newcastle to star in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Families can expect to hear some fantastic singing from Matt and the rest of the cast as well as the much-loved songs 'Heigh-Ho' and 'Whistle While You Work' from the movie. Gateshead born Michelle Heaton is back on home ground to play the Wicked Queen. Adding glamour and fierceness, as well as a Liberty X song or two into the panto, Michelle will be an audience favourite for sure.
Tyne Theatre Panto enthusiasts will also be thrilled to know that Geordie comics Charlie Richmond and Lewis Denny will both be returning in the show again this year as the comedy characters Muddles and Herman the Henchman. The leading lady is played by Robyn McEnaney, a local singing star who won the theatre's search to find the perfect Snow White from the North East. No stranger to playing a fairy tale Princess, Robyn recently worked at Disneyland as Cinderella proving that she is more than qualified to take on the role.


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Le Circuit international de Constantine, est une course cycliste masculine algérienne. Créé en 2015, il est disputé au mois de mars dans la commune de Constantine. Cette course fait partie depuis sa création de l'UCI Africa Tour, en catégorie 1.2.

Palmarès

| 2015
|  Azzedine Lagab ||  Abderrahmane Mansouri ||  Abderrahmane Bechlaghem
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| 2016 ||  Joseph Areruya ||  Essaïd Abelouache ||  Abderrahmane Mansouri
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Notes et références

Notes

Références

Liens externes
 Palmarès de la course sur siteducyclisme.net
 Palmarès de la course sur cqranking.com

Compétition cycliste en Algérie
Ancienne course cycliste
Sport à Constantine

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Treating depression without side effects could be the beginning of a new era, and not many hospitals offer the option to patients.
But in February, Ohio State's Wexner Medical Center began offering a treatment which helps to relieve symptoms of depression without the side effects normally associated with medications.
The treatment, which was first tested on a human brain in 1985, involves placing magnets on the scalp of the patient and creating small electrical currents on the surface of the brain, said Dr. James Young, medical director of OSU Harding Hospital.
People with depression have an unequal balance of activity in various parts of their brain, Young said, which is what the treatment, called Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, is intended to target.
"What it's basically doing is bringing these different circuits in different parts of the brain into more of a balance and the end result of that is that in can cause someone's need to improve if they're depressed," he said.
Only four patients are in the process of receiving TMS at the Medical Center at this point, Young said, and the overall effects of the treatment on each patient have yet to be determined.
According to 10TV, patients undergo treatment for about 40 minutes, five days a week for roughly a month.
In order to be evaluated for potential benefit of the procedure, a patient must have a diagnosis of major depressive disorder and failed a trial of at least one antidepressant when administered and duration in the current depressive episode, said Mollie Gardner, TMS coordinator.
Gardner also said the Medical Center is only treating adults between the ages of 22 and 70 for now.
While TMS is known for having no systemic side effects, there is still some risk involved. In extremely rare conditions, patients could have seizures as a result of the treatment, but generally there is just minimal discomfort during the procedure, Young said.
While the FDA has only approved TMS as a treatment for depression, Young said, it could also potentially be used to help with tinnitus, a ringing or buzzing noise in the ear, schizophrenia and other issues related to mental health in the future.
Alexa McGuire, a second-year student in neuroscience, said that after learning about TMS in a class, she approves of the treatment based on what it can accomplish.


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Q: Why would I not choose the Team Offer with the highest bonus? Before every race, you get to choose your Team (or rather, your car).
Different cars offer different reputation bonuses for completing certain objectives during the race.
But I, rather boringly, am constantly drawn to the team with the highest Objective Bonus.
Is there any reason (other than personal preference and variety) not to pick the highest team bonus?
The stat differences seem rather minor and so far I haven't had much difficulty completing the objectives, but I'm fairly early in the game.

A: There is no reason why you should not choose the team which offers high rep. Also it was added for replay-ability because once you complete a race with a particular team then you can't get the rep again but if you play the race with other team then you can again get the rep for objectives.
As you are early in the game, that is why you are getting this question. After ample amount of rep, you'll get teams which are not on top but will provide better rep because of the bonus objectives which would be easier to complete in that particular race.

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Preheat your oven to 180c and line a cupcake tray with cases.
In a bowl, combine the agave, mashed banana, peanut butter and almond yoghurt and mix everything together.
Add all of the dry ingredients and fold these into the mixture until everything is well combined.
Transfer the batter into your cupcake cases and pop these into the oven to bake for around 14 minutes. Allow to cool on a wire rack.
Once your cakes are cooled, mix together the coconut yoghurt and agave nectar and spread a dollop of this on top of each of the cakes.
Decorate with toppings of choice and enjoy!
Best Peanut Butter in the world.
Tried this peanut butter whilst on holiday in NZ, so glad I did it's the best next order will be a "Tub Full"


Brandon McLean is a mixed media artist who's works reside somewhere on the outskirts of Pop Art. Utilizing the found image techniques of collage & image appropriation, he aims to transform his findings into some type of new nostalgic narrative. Currently the work has been following McLean's aesthetic attractions through the shrubbery into a type of 'Tropic Noir' setting. We find imagery laced with connotations centered around the ideas of escape, male ego, obsession and mystery.
Brandon explains the work by saying, "I'm just simply into making what I want to see. Exploring my own intuition, and embracing my own strange".


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Сяніцький деканат — колишня структурна одиниця Перемишльської єпархії греко-католицької церкви з центром в м. Сянік. Очолював деканат Декан. У 1934 році деканат був включений до Апостольської адміністрації Лемківщини.

Територія

В 1936 році в Сяніцькому деканаті було 14 парафій:
 Парафія с. Гломча з філіями в с. Мриголод, с. Лодина;
 Парафія с. Загірє з філією в с. Долина та приходом у с. Заславє;
 Парафія с. Залуж—Війське з приходом у присілку Долини;
 Парафія с. Костарівці;
 Парафія с. Межибрід з приходом у присілку Іловать;
 Парафія с. Вільхівці з філією в с. Биківці та приходом у с. Лішна;
 Парафія с. Прусік з філією в с. Сянічок та приходом у с. Половці;
 Парафія с. Сторожі Великі з філією в с. Загутинь та приходом у с. Сторожі Малі;
 Парафія м. Сянік з філією в с. Дубрівка Руська та приходом у с. Дубрівка Польська, с. Посада Вільхівська;
 Парафія с. Терепча;
 Парафія с. Тирява Сільна з філіями в с. Семушова, с. Голучків;
 Парафія с. Чертеж з приходом у с. Заболотці;
 Парафія с. Юрівці з приходом у с. Согорів Горішній, с. Согорів Долішній, с. Фаліївка, с. Рачкова, с. Попелі;
 Парафія с. Ялин з філією в с. Грабівка та приходом у с. Пакошівка, с. Небоцько, с. Грабівниця Старженська, с. Гумниська, с. Страхотина, с. Гірки.

Декан

 1936 — о. Іоан Цегелик, Парох в Загутиню.

Кількість парафіян
1936 — 18 896 осіб.

Деканат було ліквідовано в травні 1946 р.

Література
 Шематизм Греко-Католицкого Духовеньства Апостольскої Адміністрації Лемковщини. — Львів: Наклад ААЛ, 1936. — с. 138-161

Деканати Перемишльської єпархії УГКЦ
Політика I Речі Посполитої
Лемківщина


Here in America we are tearing our hair out over having a very bad government much of which does not consider women fully human. But in Sweden, memes are being scrutinized for sexism.
The Guardian reported on Wednesday that Sweden's advertising ombudsman ruled that the Distracted Boyfriend meme—which was once a quaint stock photograph by Antonio Guillem called Man Looking at Other Woman, and has been forever fused to our central nervous systems I am sure—is sexist. The image was used in ads for the internet services provider Bahnhof, which assigned the labels "You" to the boyfriend, "Your current workplace" to the girlfriend, and "Bahnhof" to the second woman.


Marc Bogoff might be the best chef you've never heard of.
He's the founder of Stockyard, a food service that hosts pop-up dinners in Metro Detroit.
The main course combined beef short ribs and bay scallops with corn puree and citrus "caviar" -- the tiny bulbs of juice found within a finger lime.
Bogoff has hosted seven dinners, or supper clubs as they call them, at the Pontiac loft since June, each with a new five course menu. He plans is to host dinners in Detroit and other Metro Detroit locations in 2014.
Bogoff's food skills are largely self-taught, he says. While studying finance and journalism DePaul University in Chicago, the Metro Detroit native worked in restaurants -- although never as a chef.
At Table 52 in Chicago, Bogoff worked "in the back butchering pigs and doing all these things no one else wanted to do."
While he was there, he was intrigued by watching chef Art Smith, Oprah's former personal chef, in the kitchen. Bogoff says the experience was when he "first took notice of my love for food and hospitality."
A few restaurant jobs later, Bogoff moved back to Metro Detroit, where the Stockyard way of dining was born. A friend asked Bogoff to serve dinner at a graduation party. Guests liked the food, so the pair continued crafting meals about once a month from a loft space in Pontiac.
Left: Thursday's pop-up dinner in Pontiac. Right: A dish from Thursday's dinner-- a proscuitto wrapped egg with creamed leek, cauliflower, parsnip hash and salsa verde.
"First it was for friends, then it was friends of friends, and now I don't know anyone at the dinners," Bogoff explained. So, they're ready to expand.
Stockyard will move from their tiny kitchen at the Pontiac loft to a banquet center near Eastpointe in January so they're better able to prepare for future pop-up dinners. The team is looking for a permanent home in Detroit.
The Pontiac kitchen. Bogoff says he and Nunez "just crammed things into the oven."
Bogoff is planning 2014 meals in "cool spaces"-- Detroit flower shops, warehouses, and at Ponyride, a co-working space near Corktown.
The bigger digs in Eastpointe will also be prep grounds for the soon-to-be-open Stockyard food truck. Bogoff partnered with Mike Ivkov, a metro area real estate agent, to create a truck that will serve accessible gourmet sandwiches. The mobile Stockyard plans to serve lunch goers in Detroit two days a week and other metro cities a few other days a week starting at the end of January. It's also being rented out for weddings and events.
"I went to like 40 bakeries looking for bread," Bogoff said of his food truck planning. "It has to be perfect."


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Is this description of "universal systems" with regards to Deconstruction valid?
EDIT : I have accepted an answer for the time being
I have accepted an answer to this question. The answer and subsequent comments exchange has given me some more insight into my question. It does not, however, answer it from the perspective of formal logic. I am still curious about this aspect of my question. Stated more directly: How could Derrida's argument (or the interpretation of it given in the quoted passage below) be analyzed in terms of a logical system?
Ultimately, I am trying to understand why this kind of thinking was so vehemently opposed by Searle and others and would be interested in a response from a different methodology and discipline than Poststructuralism itself.
Since I am unfamiliar with Postmodern philosophy I have been reading Deconstruction: A Reader. In the introduction the author makes a claim that I find to be somewhat dubious. He states the following:
Consider the following universal system:
Imagine a system in which all the system of the world (A to Z) are related. In order for this system to be a system (for it to be systematic) it must be closed. A to Z must be related in clear and predictable ways in order for their relation to be systematic and this means that there must be a discernible limit to the action of the system. Therefore the system must be closed. So, let us call this system of system the universal system and its aim is to relate all known system to one another. There are two consequences from this description. First, if there is indeed a limit to the action of the system, something must exist outside the system. Whenever we draw a limit we are defining what is inside the limit by presupposing an outside of the limit. Thus, if there is something outside the limit of the universal system (and it must have a limit in order to be a system) then the system cannot be 'universal' because it leaves 'something' unaccounted for. Secondly, what is it that the universal system does not account for? Which system lies outside the closed field of systematic relations described by the 'universal system'? The answer is the system itself. The universal system cannot account for itself as a system. To do so would be to recognize the impossibility of maintaing the limit to the universal system and so to admit that it is neither systematic nor univeral. In this way the universal system, far from regulating all systems, would have to admit that no system can be truly systematic because it is not possible to maintain the rigorous purity of a limit. The universal system demonstrates the impossibility of the system per se, and so undoes the logic of a 'properly' maintained inside and outside.
It would seem to me the author is trying to state that a universal system, by definition, has to exclude something in order to maintain its completeness. But why? If it is a universal system (a set of all sets?) then why must there be a "discernible limit to the action of the system". And if the system "is closed" how can this be the case? If the system is universal then it includes everything there is to include.
Further it seems the author's usage of the words limit is more like a boundaries between two zones (the system and not the system) rather than actual limit. So yes, "something must exist outside the system" and "whenever we draw a limit we are defining what is inside the limit by presupposing an outside of the limit". But if this is actually true then by what right do we have to call this system of systems a universal system in the first place?
Furthermore, why can the universal system not account for itself? If this is the missing piece (Derrida's "supplement") then it seems the author is implying that what lies beyond the limits of the universal system is itself. This make no sense to me. In fact, this appears to be a paradox.
It seems to me that the author is making some kind of informal reference to Godel's Incompletness Theorem. I do not have the proper background in the mathematics behind this (or formal logic for that matter) but as I understood it, Godel's theorem applies to the arithmetic portion of axiomatic systems. How does that apply in this case?
And the bigger problem to me is that how does any of this extend to discussions on sociology, language, consciousness, and so forth? Ultimately, the author is going to use this logic to define the relationship between many different kinds of systems (social, political, scientific etc) and do not see how this is possible given the description above.
I would be most interested in a response that answers this question from the perspective of formal logic.
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I would recommend reading Derrida's "Structure, Sign, and Play in the Discourse of the Human Sciences." What this author says is related to what Derrida says there, but Derrida describes himself much differently. – Jonathan Basile Apr 1 '15 at 12:45
I know Derrida better than I know formal logic, but i'll do my best to incorporate that perspective.
What I think this author leaves unmentioned, which is most important to understanding this configuration Derrida's thought, is the concept of a system's center, as it is called in "Structure, Sign, and Play in the Discourse of the Human Sciences", or the transcendental signified as it is called in Of Grammatology. The center is not simply an important piece of a system, and it would be difficult to illustrate its relations in a diagram like the one above. The center grounds the systematicity of the system, which is to say that it is the reason the system holds together as a unified whole and is intelligible as a single entity.
The paradox (Derrida would say the aporia) of the center is that it must be both inside a system (at the center, no less) and beyond it, transcending it in order to ground it. To use a topological or architectural metaphor, what grounds a structure must be outside of it or independent of it in order to offer support (think of the earth in relation to a building) yet it must have a point of contact and that force must suffuse and sustain the entire structure.
There are several examples of how a center of the universal system has been imagined, and all of them reveal this same aporia. It has been common since the Enlightenment to imagine that natural causality could be the guiding force of all reality, determining everything from the motion of planets to the motion of atoms, and dictating consciousness through the activity of the brain. But such explanations leave a necessary gap in their accounting of the universal system. If everything in nature has a cause, then the universe itself, in order to be natural and subject to the absolutism of this explanation must have a cause. What could have caused it? Its cause must be outside of the universe. This aporia shows the simultaneous immanence and transcendence of the center, or the notion of a limit having an outside, as the author you mentioned described it.
Many thinkers portrayed God as a solution to this aporia, by causing all natural existence, and being causa sui, or cause of Herself in turn. But this only displaces the problem, as the entire history of mysticism and theology attests in its different configurations of the immanence and transcendence of God. (Immanuel Kant in the Critique of Pure Reason showed how both scientific thought and religious thought face this same aporia in attempting to grasp universality.)
With respect to logic, as your question asked, it would be necessary to ask the question of the ground of logic. That is, what makes logic a system? What makes it true? What makes it applicable universally? Universal and necessary truth is intrinsic to the idea of logical systematicity, and the Principle of Sufficient Reason (itself a fundamental logical principle) insists that everything true have a sufficient reason why it is true. As you probably know, the Empiricist tradition attempted to ground logic in experience - we learn of syllogistic reasoning and other basic logical principles through seeing that they work every time we try them. But Hume and Kant pointed out that this is faulty logic because logical truth is accompanied by the conviction of its universality and necessity, and these two traits could never be learned from finite experience.
Ultimately, another aporia faces logic at its roots. If it were grounded empirically, either learned through the senses or written somehow in our psychology or the gray matter of our brains, then it would be impossible to account for its universality or necessity. If these principles are eternal, static entities or Ideas, like immobile Gods, it is unclear how they ever enter reality - how do we ever become conscious of them and how do they come to shape phenomena in the world? To fully elaborate this aporia it is necessary to consider the metaphysical notion of a first principle as it was articulated most powerfully by Aristotle and Hegel. The principle cannot be static but must both explain and be the cause of all the individual change and motion which exists.
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There's a lot to unpack here. I'll start with a few of my first questions. 1. Why can't the universe itself be its own support? Why must there be something outside? What reason do I have to believe that this is not the case? You touch on this in your explanation but can you expand? 2. With regards to logic are you suggesting that all logical systems are built upon assumptions (axioms) which the structures rest but that these axioms themselves cannot themselves be proven without referring to other axioms (thus forming an aporia?). – syntonicC Apr 1 '15 at 20:36
1. Think of the idea of a universe which is it's own support as a displacement of the problematics which come from having a God who is causa sui as the ground of all existence. Part of what Derrida's thought brings out is that this structure of aporia repeats itself no matter how philosophical discourses attempt to configure themselves or rearrange their elements. To understand how empirical thought confronts an aporia, think of Kant's description of the antinomy of causality - either the chain of natural causes is infinite, or there is a first cause... – Jonathan Basile Apr 1 '15 at 23:34
...if the chain of causes is infinite, this fails to satisfy the demands of reason - how could something exist without having a beginning? how could it be without first coming to be? But a first cause is no greater satisfaction to the demands of reason. If we choose something which is part of this universe, than it is a natural thing and by definition must have a cause. This is why the universe cannot ground itself, as you say - really that is a contradiction in terms, like saying that something is caused and causeless, because that natural things have a cause is a priori... – Jonathan Basile Apr 1 '15 at 23:38
...if you choose something outside the universe, like God, then it is not necessary to claim that it must be caused, but we can never have any evidence that such a thing in fact exists, precisely because it is beyond any possible perception. This is what Kant calls the antinomy of reason as it relates to the category of relation (which includes causality), and what Derrida would call aporia. – Jonathan Basile Apr 1 '15 at 23:40
Your comments have been helpful in clarifying the passage I cited. Additionally, the Derrida lecture you linked to made things much more clear to me. I would like to discuss this further but that would take a lot of your time. If you would like to move this to chat at any point and continue the discussion there I would be up for that. I have accepted your answer to my question. – syntonicC Apr 8 '15 at 21:32
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There are good burgers in Hong Kong. These are from Electric Ave in Sai Ying Pun.
There are plenty of gourmet burgers in Hong Kong and you can find them in sit-down restaurants but they tend to be pricey. Sure, you could get your burger fix from these up class restaurants with burgers topped with raclette cheese at Beef & Liberty, the Wu Tang-Style burger from the Butchers Club or the Foie Gras Burger from Burgeroom. But if it's the classic bun and patty you're after, these humble burger restaurants are sticking to the basics without all the fancy trimmings.
The kitchen at Electric Ave serves up one of the thickest and juiciest beef patties in Hong Kong. If you're the beef and patty kind then you best order the classic beef burger. Check out their other menu offerings such as their highly recommended Chicken Carbonara Burger.
Pro tip: Get a side of bone marrow or rosemary fries to go with your burger.
The classic beef burger with a side of fried at Electric Ave.
Burger Circus on Hollywood road in Central styles itself as a 1950s American diner so you can expect some good ol' fashion, honest to goodness cheeseburgers here. They're worth the visit because they have some of the best value burgers in the Central/LKF area (Lan Kwai Fong).
Burger Circus has a 1950s diner themed decor. Back to the Future!
USA style burgers. Think In-N-Out Burger and Shake Shack.
Burger Circus is not quite near the Central MTR exits but it is located within the bar and restaurant area on Hollywood road.
The combination of burgers and beers should firmly place Burger Joys on the aficionado's watch list. Sure, it's nestled between the infamous pubs on Lockhart road but don't let that deter you. They do have some of the best burgers in Wan Chai and draw in a large lunch crowd on weekdays as well.
Pro tip: They have weekday takeaway lunch specials that are exceptional value.
This is why they come to Burger Joy.
Burger Joys is located near the Wan Chai bar and hotel area.


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UDAN Scheme – Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik
by govinfoadmin January 17, 2017, 9:24 pm 1.7k Views 1 Comment
The Government of India under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched a mighty scheme to make air travel affordable to everyone. Its called as UDAN (Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik). The UDAN scheme is meant to provide air connectivity to tier 2 & tier 3 cities. The ambitious UDAN scheme will introduce budget regional flying by connecting small towns in India and hence also called as Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCN). The scheme will be funded by levying a nominal additional charges on the aircrafts on the bigger airports in the country. As a result of this the airfares are expected to increase a bit for the flights to and from bigger airports. The increase of the airfares on such route tickets will be not more than Rs. 60 said the Aviation Secretory RN Choubey. The scheme is introduced by the Aviation Minister Jayant Sinha. Helicopter flights are also be available under UDAN scheme at the affordable rates.
Objective of the UDAN scheme:
To connect tier 2 and tier 3 cities via air
To provide cost effective and affordable air travel to everyone
To utilize 50+ undeserved airports across India
UDAN scheme fares:
One hour of flight i.e. a distance of 400 – 500 KMs will cost Rs. 2,500 under the UDAN scheme
Half an hour of helicopter ride will cost Rs. 2,500 under UDAN scheme and an hour of flight would cost close to Rs. 5,000
How UDAN scheme will work?
The scheme will be funded based on the nominal extra charges to the airlines operating at the bigger airports in India. It is almost certain that they will pass on this extra charges to the customers and the air fares for the domestic travel will go up a little bit. Airlines now can bid to operate the under served airports under the UDAN scheme and the successful bider will get exclusive rights to operate on those routes for 3 years. On such routes the minimum frequency will be 3 flights and maximum frequency will be 7 flights per week.
More details of the UDAN scheme:
Ministry of Civil Aviation: http://www.civilaviation.gov.in/
Press Information Bureau Government of India Ministry of Civil Aviation: http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=15185
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Q: Does the size of transparent area of a non-opaque image affect rendering performance? Say I have two non-opaque images of the same size and format on the same background view, one with only four corners being transparent, and the other with four corners and a center hole being transparent. Will there be any rendering performance differences when doing color blending for these two images and the background view?
More generally, if a image is non-opaque — so color blending will happen whether it is wholly transparent or only partially transparent — does the number of transparent areas and the sizes of these areas matter in the blending performance?

A: Well, yes...there will be a performance difference.  The question in this case is will it be big enough for you to notice?  Probably not.  Any time you have an image that is not opaque, the rendering engine must then calculate per pixel what color to render the layers underneath that image.  The more non-opaque pixels you have, the more times this calculation needs to happen.  However, iOS is blazingly fast at single-precision floating point calculations (as of armv7 architecture) so unless you are layering tons of images, you are not likely to notice the difference.


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The Log Boom Park pedestrian bridge connecting the Log Boom Park to a public daytime easement on the marina site has been installed in January 2017.
In previous years, a pedestrian bridge existed over Stream 0056 near its confluence with Lake Washington. The previous bridge provided a pedestrian connection between the City's park and an existing public easement through the marina property. The previous bridge was damaged in 2009 during a large storm event and the pedestrian connection between the public easement and park was temporarily lost. The City now seeks to replace the previous bridge with a new structure meeting existing environmental regulations.
The project will include construction of new bridge footings, placement of a pre-fabricated metal bridge, new walkway to connect to the bridge, and landscaping & mitigation plantings; the project plans may be viewed using the link in the box to the left. The bridge will be an 8-foot wide, 35-foot long structure with open-grate decking meeting current ADA standards. While no in-water work is proposed, the City did acquire an HPA permit from the State as required for working over the water. The project also includes mitigation plantings to enhance the habitat provided in and around the stream mouth.