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Senior Director of Media Relations - Marketing & Communications, SCS
Senior Director of Media Relations - Marketing Communications SCS 2015816 Carnegie Mellon University s mission is to build a transformative educational experience for students focused on deep disciplinary knowledge problem..
Copy Editor for 200 page nonfiction book on African American Politics and White Liberals
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Assistant to the President for College Relations
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Copy Editor /Writer - Horsham, PA
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Director of Marketing, Earned Media
Sales Cycle: Short Travel: No Travel Location: Pennsylvania :&nbspPhiladelphia JOB DESCRIPTION DescriptionReporting to the Senior Director of Marketing, the Director of Marketing, Earned Media will be a creative team leader..
Req #12542 Monday, December 7, 2020 Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI) is an innovative, digitally focused media and marketing solutions company committed to strengthening communities across our network. With an..
Varsity Sports multimedia reporter
Req #12943 Tuesday, December 22, 2020 Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI) is an innovative, digitally focused media and marketing solutions company committed to strengthening communities across our network. With an..
Our client is seeking a strong Communication Specialist on a contract basis to join our prominent client right away! As a Communication Specialist, you will work with others on the..
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Content Designer / Project Manager
Introduction Thomas J. Watson said it best: "Good design is good business." Visualization is critical to discovering data-driven insights and effectively communicating that knowledge to others. Designers at IBM work..
Reporter I, Sports Anchor
It's fun to work in a company where people truly believe in what they are doing! WTAJ-TV is searching for the right person to continue our excellent coverage of local..
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Assistant Director, Marketing and Social Media
About Drexel Drexel is a comprehensive global research university ranked among the top 100 in the nation. With over 24,000 students, Drexel is one of America's 15 largest private universities...
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Digital Reporter
It's fun to work in a company where people truly believe in what they are doing! The News Reporter collects, analyzes and presents facts about newsworthy events by interview, investigation..
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It's fun to work in a company where people truly believe in what they are doing! WGN America is looking for a reporter based in Atlanta for News Nation ,..
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Req #12971 Friday, December 18, 2020 Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI) is an innovative, digitally focused media and marketing solutions company committed to strengthening communities across our network. With an..
Multimedia Copywriter
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Housing is central to people's lives and is important to both physical health and wellbeing. Delivering the right housing to meet the needs of Wiltshire residents involves making the best use of current housing assets, delivering new housing where needed and addressing the housing problems currently facing residents such as affordability, sustainability and suitability.
Wiltshire Council, together with its partners works continue to deliver good quality and affordable homes in areas where people want to work and live, which in turn is important to Wiltshire's economic development and regeneration. Delivering the right accommodation in the right places helps people to sustain their accommodation for longer, resulting in less upheaval for families and is a positive factor in sustaining education and employment.
The following report provides comparative analysis of a range of key indicators relating to housing in Wiltshire and is intended as a resource to help identify local priorities at Community Area level. The report covers local rates of social housing, use of social and private housing stock, house prices and housing development. The data is designed to help communities to understand local issues and to develop community-led work to improve local outcomes.


Local residents are invited to come along to a free clothes swap event to be held in Newent later this month.
The swap is being organised by Gloucestershire's Joint Waste Team in support of the national 'Love Your Clothes' campaign, which aims to keep textiles out of landfill by providing advice on how clothes can be cared for to make them last longer as well as tips on upcycling, recycling and reuse.
The event is taking place on Saturday 25 March (10.30am-12.30pm) at the Memorial Hall, Bury Bar Lane in Newent. Clothing can be dropped off at the venue from 9.30am to give time for items to be sorted and displayed prior to the event start. Clothing, and any footwear, bags or accessories, need to be in good clean condition so they can be re-worn or reused.
A seamstress will also be on hand during the morning to give tailoring advice to help 'swappers' make the most of their new clothing finds.
Councillor Sue Coakley, Chair of Gloucestershire's Joint Waste Committee said: 'Clothes swaps are a great opportunity to declutter wardrobes whilst having some fun. Almost a third of all clothing in the UK has not been worn in the past year, which is a great waste given the amount of energy, water and resources which are used during the manufacturing process.
'Swapping is a cost-free way to find new things to wear and pass on any good quality, unwanted clothing in need of a new home,' she added.
For those unable to attend, there are still many other ways that unwanted clothing can be put to good use, whether by giving items to family members and friends, donating to local charity shops or using one of the textile recycling banks located across the county.
Anyone interested in attending should register by contacting the Joint Waste Team on email: waste@gloucestershire.gov.uk as places are limited.
The event is supported by sustainability charity, Vision 21.
The Joint Waste Partnership provides waste and recycling services on behalf of Cheltenham Borough Council, Cotswold District Council, Forest of Dean District Council, Tewkesbury Borough Council and Gloucestershire County Council.
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Written by: Tracy Bloom
Narrated by: Juanita McMahon
Categories: Literature & Fiction, Humour & Satire
Never has an unexpected guest caused such chaos!
Three couples take it in turns to host a monthly dinner party.
Beth, Sarah and Marie have been friends forever. Now they are grown up, with busy lives, busy husbands, busy kids...but they still find time to meet up over dinner once a month. A cosy, comfortable gathering of happy couples - or so they thought.
Until one night, someone brings along a last-minute guest whose wife has just left him.
Simon is standing on the doorstep in floods of tears. While the women do their best to console him, their husbands feel the need to mark their territory. And as Simon becomes more involved with the group, his presence changes everything these three couples thought they knew about each other, leading to a final dinner party that no-one will ever forget.
From best seller Tracy Bloom, Dinner Party is a funny and moving listen that will make you see your marriage and friendships in a whole new light...and make you think twice about inviting your best mates round for dinner. Perfect for fans of Marian Keyes, Nick Spalding and Gill Sims.
©2018 Tracy Bloom (P)2019 W. F. Howes Ltd
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What listeners say about Dinner Party
Not a typical Tracy Bloom book...
I loved the previous books by this author and downloaded it without hesitation but... 10 hours I will never get back sums it up. I kept hoping for a twist, etc and so persevered but I genuinely wish I hadn't bothered.
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Great Read
As always Tracey captures the reader immediately and entertains all the way through. Looking forward to her next one
Really enjoyed this audio book. It's a mixture of funny happy and sad. I couldn't stop listening! Easy listening but enough twists to keep it interesting. Particularly loved the ending. Totally recommend!
More boring than a real dinner party.
Wooden, unbelievable characters with no depth and impossible to care or want to hear more about any of them. Terrible accents. Not a group of people that I would want to spend time at a bus stop with, let alone a whole dinner party. I really wanted to like this but it was a huge disappointment after a long wait.

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How Samsung became an Ontario election flashpoint
Karen Howlett and RENATA D'ALIESIO
This article was published more than 11 years ago. Some information may no longer be current.
Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty visits with the editorial board of The Globe and Mail in Toronto on Sept. 29, 2011.Peter Power / The Globe and Mail/The Globe and Mail
It was supposed to end all the criticism about a "sweetheart, backroom" deal.
In August, when the Liberal campaign team was calling the shots on all major decisions, the Ontario government suddenly released a cornerstone green energy deal signed 19 months earlier with South Korean industrial giant Samsung Group, slashing $327-million in taxpayer-funded incentives in one fell swoop.
But the 32-page contract and financial concessions did not change the optics: The government had shut out local companies by giving Samsung preferential access to the electricity grid, compromising the very process it set up to lure investment in the fledgling green power sector.
Controversy over the deal has followed Liberal Leader Dalton McGuinty on to the campaign trail, where it has emerged as the only major policy clearly separating the two front-runners. Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak has vowed to tear up the Samsung agreement and scrap generous incentives for other companies if he wins the election next Thursday.
The verdict on whether Ontario is poised to become a renewable energy powerhouse remains uncertain. Thousands of renewable energy projects have been delayed; layoffs and slowdowns have already hit the sector.
Samsung alone is supposed to create 16,000 jobs, but half will be temporary construction positions and only 900 will be in manufacturing. The company has injected $150-million of the $7-billion it has pledged to invest in the province.
And fresh details reveal that the Samsung deal was crafted in the Premier's Office with no input from his caucus. Concerns raised by Liberal MPPs that it would allow Samsung to jump to the front of the line ahead of domestic companies were all ignored.
In the end, electricity consumers are footing the bill for Ontario's green power venture. In the haste to fast-track the creation of a green energy manufacturing sector, did the province sacrifice financial value for flash?
If he could do the deal all over again, Mr. McGuinty said in a brief interview on Thursday, he would not change a thing. "What we're doing here in Ontario has not been done before in North America," he said.
Mr. McGuinty began looking at where to place his strategic bets during the global economic recession in 2008, when manufacturing jobs were quickly vanishing in Ontario. He solicited many opinions, said a source close to the talks, and the jurisdiction that kept coming up was Germany.
Mr. McGuinty turned to David Suzuki, Canada's best-known environmentalist, to set up a meeting with the father of Germany's green energy revolution, Hermann Scheer, in June of that year. The German parliamentarian arrived in Mr. McGuinty's office in the Ontario Legislature with a blueprint for building a new economy from scratch.
The McGuinty government heeded the now-late Dr. Scheer's advice. George Smitherman, then the new energy minister, adopted the "feed-in tariff" model that Germany used to become the world's first major renewable energy economy, committing to pay above-market prices for green power.
Liberal MPPs learned about their government's push into green energy in the fall of 2008 during a caucus retreat at the Benmiller Inn in Goderich, where Mr. Smitherman talked about the potential to create 50,000 jobs. No one asked where the number came from, said someone at the retreat, adding it quickly became apparent there was no rigour behind it.
Caucus members did not become aware of the talks with Samsung until much later. Days after the feed-in tariff program started in September of 2009, Mr. Smitherman set aside a huge chunk of the electricity transmission grid for Samsung. This preferential treatment made it difficult for other companies to enter the market because there was not enough capacity on the grid for everyone. Some green projects were squeezed out entirely.
The backlash was immediate. During a raucous cabinet meeting, three senior ministers criticized the Samsung deal. There were suspicions Mr. Smitherman negotiated such a generous deal to burnish his own mayoralty campaign.
In his first interview about the deal since he resigned from cabinet two years ago to run unsuccessfully for mayor of Toronto, Mr. Smitherman acknowledged he was an easy target. "Obviously, it was a transformational play," he said. "So it shouldn't surprise anybody that the level of discussion was intense."
Mr. McGuinty eventually won the support of his caucus, but not of his opponents at Queen's Park. At the leaders' debate earlier this week, Mr. Hudak tore into the Samsung deal and Ontario's renewable energy subsidies, questioning the quality and number of jobs being created.
The Liberal Leader was as resolute as ever about his green power plans. "When you're out front and your innovating, you're going to develop new approaches," he said in the interview. "Fundamentally, that's what leadership comes down to. It's going out there, driving hard securing those kinds of arrangements."
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Vegan Hanukah Menu Planning – vegan in your city.
I spend a lot of time thinking up ideas for special events at our house – and I tend to go a bit overboard. We are a family of three, and very rarely, are we accompanied by my in-laws. They have additional dietary restrictions to consider that can be a bit more challenging to accommodate – non-vegan keto – so when we eat together, it takes a little bit of planning to make sure everyone has something to eat.
It's also kind of fun working with additional restrictions because it changes things up, and usually makes us try something new.
We've been doing a couple of things to try and encourage family to come over, so instead of dinners, we try to do breakfasts or brunches and invite people over when they're less likely to have other things going on.
I like the idea of help yourself buffet style brunch. Put a bunch of serving dishes out with food on them, some plates, and people find a place to sit and chat around the house.
Bagels – I absolutely love making bagels at home, but you don't have to, there are several commercially available vegan bagels out there – like these ones from Silver Hills Bakery.
As for me, I have a regular goto recipe for my homemade New York style bagels from Sophisticated Gourmet. I know what the dough should feel like when it is ready. I can make it without even checking the recipe anymore. I've been dreaming about Pumpernickel Bagels lately, and I think I've found my goto for that with this recipe from (uh ironically[?] enough) Milk and Honey.
Lox – Carrot or Tomato or both? Your choice! Or use Sophie's Vegan Seafood Smoked Salmon (which is available irregularly through various speciality retailers).
I'm really feeling this recipe from Delightful Vegans for the carrot smoked salmon the idea of blanching and roasting the carrots might seem a bit much, but it's something that can be prepared a few days in advance.
I used a recipe from the Field Roast cookbook for tomato lox, but this Carrot and Flowers recipe (which also includes a recipe for cashew cream cheese) appeared well before that book and it looks great too.
Of course, you start with traditional latkes.
I am a larger shredded type of potato latke person, though I know a lot of people like using mashed or very finely grated potatoes in theirs. Your milage may vary.
Brisket – the BlackBeet Roast from Avocado and Ales – this is something you can make a bit in advance and then bake on the day with some carrots and onions. I wouldn't make it on the same day you're prepping other things.
Tori Avey's Jewish Fried Artichokes are really calling to me this year, especially because we picked up a package of frozen artichokes during passover earlier this year and have yet to make use of them.
Low Carb Vegan's Seitan roast – I'm going to test this one out this year, with a bit of cauliflower, if only to have something fat and protein heavy kicking around in case anyone wants it!
Hope you have a fun and happy holiday season if you celebrate anything this month. Do you have any holiday favourites?


If, like me, you enjoy horror movies then this new flick from the producers of The Crazies may be just what you are looking for. That being said I am so tired of horror movies deteriorating into absolute nonsense halfway through that I have a natural resistance to getting excited for this genre. The trailer for Out of the Dark starts off promising but then there seems to be way tio much 'this is the bad thing, it is dead, now fight it' that I can't imagine it finishing off well. Call my cynical.
Looks pretty scary, hey? I fear however, that some of those shots are the actual ending. Why do they do that?!
Out of the Dark is set for a 27 February release. Not dates for a local release yet.
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I den svenska databasen Dyntaxa används istället namnet Phellinus tuberculosus för samma taxon.  Arten är reproducerande i Sverige.

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Converged Communication Solutions is the first IT firm with offices in Aberdeen and Inverness to gain Certification Body status under the UK-wide Cyber Essentials programme. Operated by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), part of GCHQ, Cyber Essentials is designed to protect organisations from a range of common online threats and illustrate their commitment to cyber security.
Achieving Certification Body status demonstrates that Converged, which provides Internet connectivity, telephony and IT support services across Scotland, has met a demanding level of IT competency as set out by the NCSC. As a Certification Body, Converged evaluates organisations' IT systems, equipment, software and information compliance processes against a set criteria to determine whether the organisation meets or exceeds the required principles as laid out across five key areas.
The areas – boundary firewalls and Internet gateways, secure configuration, access control, malware and patching – are considered to be the most important in helping to strengthen the digital resilience of UK-based organisations. Converged can support organisations by identifying cyber security risks, before resolving them and putting in place steps to implement further improvements.
Converged, a trusted partner of the Scottish Business Resilience Centre, is also a certifying assessor for the IASME (Informational Assurance for SMEs) Governance Standard. This standard allows organisations to comply with data protection legislation such as GDPR.
As the economy continues to digitise and cloud computing use grows, cyber threats remain a major concern for businesses. The Allianz Business Barometer 2019, which was released in January, revealed that cyber incidents were viewed for the first time as being the biggest global risk facing businesses today. Cyber incidents held equal importance, 37%, to business interruption scenarios, such as property damage and product recalls, in a poll of 2,145 business experts in 86 countries, which included CEOs, risk managers and brokers.
Neil Christie, managing director of Converged, said: "Ensuring an organisation has good cyber security is more important than ever, particularly as cyber threats continue to evolve and become more sophisticated. Everybody can be impacted by cyber security breaches and there are steps we can all take as individuals and as a community to protect ourselves.
"As a business, Converged takes cyber security very seriously. Becoming a Cyber Essentials Certification Body underlines that and we will continue to use our knowledge and experience to support organisations of all sizes and types to guard against digital threats to the highest possible level.


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Q: Progressively append and plot new data to a matplotlib line Question
What is the way to append data to an existing matplotlib line and plot only the added portion of the line without redrawing the whole line?
Comments
Following is a simple code that plots the redraw time vs. the number of times we append a portion of data to the line.
You see the redraw time increases nearly linearly with the total size of data in the line. This points to the fact that the whole line is redrawn. I'm looking for a way to plot only a new portion of the line. In this case, the redraw time is expected to be nearly constant for the code below.
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
import time

# User input
N_chunk = 10000
N_iter = 100

# Prepare data
xx = list(range(N_chunk))
yy = np.random.rand(N_chunk).tolist()

# Prepare plot
fig, ax = plt.subplots()
ax.set_xlim([0,N_chunk])  # observe only the first chunk
line, = ax.plot(xx,yy,'-o')
fig.show()

# Appending data and redraw
dts = []
for i in range(N_iter):
    t0 = time.time()
    xs = xx[-1]+1
    xx.extend(list(range(xs,xs+N_chunk)))
    yy.extend(np.random.rand(N_chunk).tolist())
    line.set_data(xx,yy)
    fig.canvas.draw()
    dt = time.time() - t0
    dts.append(dt)
    plt.pause(1e-10)
plt.close()

# Plot the time spent for every redraw
plt.plot(list(range(N_iter)), dts, '-o')
plt.xlabel('Number of times a portion is added')
plt.ylabel('Redraw time [sec]')
plt.grid()
plt.show()

A: Here's a modified version of your code that makes use of matplotlib's interactive mode.
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
import time

# User input
N_chunk = 10000
N_iter = 100

# Prepare data
xx = np.arange(N_chunk)
yy = np.random.rand(N_chunk)

# Prepare plot
fig, ax = plt.subplots()
#ax.set_xlim([0,N_chunk])  # observe only the first chunk
line = ax.plot(xx,yy,'-o')
plt.ion()   # set interactive mode
fig.show()

# Appending data
dts = []
for i in range(N_iter):
    t0 = time.time()
    xs = xx[-1]+1
    xx=np.arange(xs,xs+N_chunk)
    yy=np.random.rand(N_chunk)
    line=ax.plot(xx,yy,'-o')
    fig.canvas.draw()
    dt = time.time() - t0
    dts.append(dt)
    plt.pause(1e-10)
plt.close()

# Plot the time spent for every redraw
plt.plot(range(N_iter), dts, '-o')
plt.xlabel('Number of times a portion is added')
plt.ylabel('Redraw time [sec]')
plt.grid()
plt.show()

With ax.set_xlim uncommented the redraw times are:

On the other hand, with ax.set_xlim commented:

Clearly, calling fig.canvas.draw() redraws everything. In your case, by commenting ax.set_xlim([0,N_chunk]) you are redrawing things like the axes boundaries, tick labels, etc. You want to explore blitting as discussed in this SO to avoid redrawing axes objects.

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package com.ibm.icu.text;

import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.MissingResourceException;

import com.ibm.icu.impl.ICUCache;
import com.ibm.icu.impl.ICUResourceBundle;
import com.ibm.icu.impl.SimpleCache;
import com.ibm.icu.util.ULocale;
import com.ibm.icu.util.UResourceBundle;

/**
 * A cache containing data by locale for {@link CompactDecimalFormat}
 *
 * @author Travis Keep
 */
class CompactDecimalDataCache {

    private static final String SHORT_STYLE = "short";
    private static final String LONG_STYLE = "long";
    private static final String NUMBER_ELEMENTS = "NumberElements";
    private static final String PATTERN_LONG_PATH = "patternsLong/decimalFormat";
    private static final String PATTERNS_SHORT_PATH = "patternsShort/decimalFormat";

    static final String OTHER = "other";

    /**
     * We can specify prefixes or suffixes for values with up to 15 digits,
     * less than 10^15.
     */
    static final int MAX_DIGITS = 15;

    private static final String LATIN_NUMBERING_SYSTEM = "latn";

    private final ICUCache<ULocale, DataBundle> cache =
            new SimpleCache<ULocale, DataBundle>();

    /**
     * Data contains the compact decimal data for a particular locale. Data consists
     * of one array and two hashmaps. The index of the divisors array as well
     * as the arrays stored in the values of the two hashmaps correspond
     * to log10 of the number being formatted, so when formatting 12,345, the 4th
     * index of the arrays should be used. Divisors contain the number to divide
     * by before doing formatting. In the case of english, divisors[4]
     * is 1000.  So to format 12,345, divide by 1000 to get 12. Then use
     * PluralRules with the current locale to figure out which of the 6 plural variants
     * 12 matches: "zero", "one", "two", "few", "many", or "other." Prefixes and
     * suffixes are maps whose key is the plural variant and whose values are
     * arrays of strings with indexes corresponding to log10 of the original number.
     * these arrays contain the prefix or suffix to use.
     *
     * Each array in data is 15 in length, and every index is filled.
     *
     * @author Travis Keep
     *
     */
    static class Data {
        long[] divisors;
        Map<String, DecimalFormat.Unit[]> units;

        Data(long[] divisors, Map<String, DecimalFormat.Unit[]> units) {
            this.divisors = divisors;
            this.units = units;
        }
    }

    /**
     * DataBundle contains compact decimal data for all the styles in a particular
     * locale. Currently available styles are short and long.
     *
     * @author Travis Keep
     */
    static class DataBundle {
        Data shortData;
        Data longData;

        DataBundle(Data shortData, Data longData) {
            this.shortData = shortData;
            this.longData = longData;
        }
    }

    private static enum QuoteState {
        OUTSIDE,   // Outside single quote
        INSIDE_EMPTY,  // Just inside single quote
        INSIDE_FULL   // Inside single quote along with characters
    }

//    private static enum DataLocation { // Don't change order
//        LOCAL,  // In local numbering system
//        LATIN,  // In latin numbering system
//        ROOT    // In root locale
//    }

    private static enum UResFlags {
        ANY,  // Any locale will do.
        NOT_ROOT  // Locale cannot be root.
    }

    /**
     * Fetch data for a particular locale. Clients must not modify any part
     * of the returned data. Portions of returned data may be shared so modifying
     * it will have unpredictable results.
     */
    DataBundle get(ULocale locale) {
        DataBundle result = cache.get(locale);
        if (result == null) {
            result = load(locale);
            cache.put(locale, result);
        }
        return result;
    }

    /**
     * Loads the "patternsShort" and "patternsLong" data for a particular locale.
     * We look for both of them in 3 places in this order:

     *
local numbering system no ROOT fallback

     *
latin numbering system no ROOT fallback

     *
latin numbering system ROOT locale.

     *

     * If we find "patternsShort" data before finding "patternsLong" data, we
     * make the "patternsLong" data be the same as "patternsShort."
     * @param ulocale the locale for which we are loading the data.
     * @return The returned data, never null.
     */
    private static DataBundle load(ULocale ulocale) {
        NumberingSystem ns = NumberingSystem.getInstance(ulocale);
        ICUResourceBundle r = (ICUResourceBundle)UResourceBundle.
                getBundleInstance(ICUResourceBundle.ICU_BASE_NAME, ulocale);
        r = r.getWithFallback(NUMBER_ELEMENTS);
        String numberingSystemName = ns.getName();

        ICUResourceBundle shortDataBundle = null;
        ICUResourceBundle longDataBundle = null;
        if (!LATIN_NUMBERING_SYSTEM.equals(numberingSystemName)) {
            ICUResourceBundle bundle = findWithFallback(r, numberingSystemName, UResFlags.NOT_ROOT);
            shortDataBundle = findWithFallback(bundle, PATTERNS_SHORT_PATH, UResFlags.NOT_ROOT);
            longDataBundle = findWithFallback(bundle, PATTERN_LONG_PATH, UResFlags.NOT_ROOT);
        }

        // If we haven't found, look in latin numbering system.
        if (shortDataBundle == null) {
            ICUResourceBundle bundle = getWithFallback(r, LATIN_NUMBERING_SYSTEM, UResFlags.ANY);
            shortDataBundle = getWithFallback(bundle, PATTERNS_SHORT_PATH, UResFlags.ANY);
            if (longDataBundle == null) {
                longDataBundle = findWithFallback(bundle, PATTERN_LONG_PATH, UResFlags.ANY);
                if (longDataBundle != null && isRoot(longDataBundle) && !isRoot(shortDataBundle)) {
                    longDataBundle = null;
                }
            }
        }
        Data shortData = loadStyle(shortDataBundle, ulocale, SHORT_STYLE);
        Data longData;
        if (longDataBundle == null) {
            longData = shortData;
        } else {
            longData = loadStyle(longDataBundle, ulocale, LONG_STYLE);
        }
        return new DataBundle(shortData, longData);
    }

    /**
     * findWithFallback finds a sub-resource bundle within r.
     * @param r a resource bundle. It may be null in which case sub-resource bundle
     *   won't be found.
     * @param path the path relative to r
     * @param flags ANY or NOT_ROOT for locale of found sub-resource bundle.
     * @return The sub-resource bundle or NULL if none found.
     */
    private static ICUResourceBundle findWithFallback(
            ICUResourceBundle r, String path, UResFlags flags) {
        if (r == null) {
            return null;
        }
        ICUResourceBundle result = r.findWithFallback(path);
        if (result == null) {
            return null;
        }
        switch (flags) {
        case NOT_ROOT:
            return isRoot(result) ? null : result;
        case ANY:
            return result;
        default:
            throw new IllegalArgumentException();
        }
    }

    /**
     * Like findWithFallback but throws MissingResourceException if no
     * resource found instead of returning null.
     */
    private static ICUResourceBundle getWithFallback(
            ICUResourceBundle r, String path, UResFlags flags) {
        ICUResourceBundle result = findWithFallback(r, path, flags);
        if (result == null) {
            throw new MissingResourceException(
                    "Cannot find " + path,
                    ICUResourceBundle.class.getName(), path);

        }
        return result;
    }

    /**
     * isRoot returns true if r is in root locale or false otherwise.
     */
    private static boolean isRoot(ICUResourceBundle r) {
        ULocale bundleLocale = r.getULocale();
        // Note: bundleLocale for root should be ULocale.ROOT, which is equivalent to new ULocale("").
        // However, resource bundle might be initialized with locale ID "root", which should be
        // actually normalized to "" in ICUResourceBundle. For now, this logic also compare to
        // "root", not just ULocale.ROOT.
        return bundleLocale.equals(ULocale.ROOT) || bundleLocale.toString().equals("root");
    }

    /**
     * Loads the data
     * @param r the main resource bundle.
     * @param numberingSystemName The namespace name.
     * @param allowNullResult If true, returns null if no data can be found
     * for particular locale and style. If false, throws a runtime exception
     * if data cannot be found.
     * @return The loaded data or possibly null if allowNullResult is true.
     */
    private static Data loadStyle(ICUResourceBundle r, ULocale locale, String style) {
        int size = r.getSize();
        Data result = new Data(
                new long[MAX_DIGITS],
                new HashMap<String, DecimalFormat.Unit[]>());
        for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
            populateData(r.get(i), locale, style, result);
        }
        fillInMissing(result);
        return result;
    }

    /**
     * Populates Data object with data for a particular divisor from resource bundle.
     * @param divisorData represents the rules for numbers of a particular size.
     * This may look like:
     *

     *   10000{
     *       few{"00K"}
     *       many{"00K"}
     *       one{"00 xnb"}
     *       other{"00 xnb"}
     *   }
     *

     * @param locale the locale
     * @param style the style
     * @param result rule stored here.
     *
     */
    private static void populateData(
            UResourceBundle divisorData, ULocale locale, String style, Data result) {
        // This value will always be some even pwoer of 10. e.g 10000.
        long magnitude = Long.parseLong(divisorData.getKey());
        int thisIndex = (int) Math.log10(magnitude);

        // Silently ignore divisors that are too big.
        if (thisIndex >= MAX_DIGITS) {
            return;
        }

        int size = divisorData.getSize();

        // keep track of how many zeros are used in the plural variants.
        // For "00K" this would be 2. This number must be the same for all
        // plural variants. If they differ, we throw a runtime exception as
        // such an anomaly is unrecoverable. We expect at least one zero.
        int numZeros = 0;

        // Keep track if this block defines "other" variant. If a block
        // fails to define the "other" variant, we must immediately throw
        // an exception as it is assumed that "other" variants are always
        // defined.
        boolean otherVariantDefined = false;

        // Loop over all the plural variants. e.g one, other.
        for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
            UResourceBundle pluralVariantData = divisorData.get(i);
            String pluralVariant = pluralVariantData.getKey();
            String template = pluralVariantData.getString();
            if (pluralVariant.equals(OTHER)) {
                otherVariantDefined = true;
            }
            int nz = populatePrefixSuffix(
                    pluralVariant, thisIndex, template, locale, style, result);
            if (nz != numZeros) {
                if (numZeros != 0) {
                    throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                        "Plural variant '" + pluralVariant + "' template '" +
                        template + "' for 10^" + thisIndex +
                        " has wrong number of zeros in " + localeAndStyle(locale, style));
                }
                numZeros = nz;
            }
        }

        if (!otherVariantDefined) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                    "No 'other' plural variant defined for 10^" + thisIndex +
                    "in " +localeAndStyle(locale, style));
        }

        // We craft our divisor such that when we divide by it, we get a
        // number with the same number of digits as zeros found in the
        // plural variant templates. If our magnitude is 10000 and we have
        // two 0's in our plural variants, then we want a divisor of 1000.
        // Note that if we have 43560 which is of same magnitude as 10000.
        // When we divide by 1000 we a quotient which rounds to 44 (2 digits)
        long divisor = magnitude;
        for (int i = 1; i < numZeros; i++) {
            divisor /= 10;
        }
        result.divisors[thisIndex] = divisor;
    }

    /**
     * Populates prefix and suffix information for a particular plural variant
     * and index (log10 value).
     * @param pluralVariant e.g "one", "other"
     * @param idx the index (log10 value of the number) 0 <= idx < MAX_DIGITS
     * @param template e.g "00K"
     * @param locale the locale
     * @param style the style
     * @param result Extracted prefix and suffix stored here.
     * @return number of zeros found before any decimal point in template.
     */
    private static int populatePrefixSuffix(
            String pluralVariant, int idx, String template, ULocale locale, String style,
            Data result) {
        int firstIdx = template.indexOf("0");
        int lastIdx = template.lastIndexOf("0");
        if (firstIdx == -1) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException(
                "Expect at least one zero in template '" + template +
                "' for variant '" +pluralVariant + "' for 10^" + idx +
                " in " + localeAndStyle(locale, style));
        }
        String prefix = fixQuotes(template.substring(0, firstIdx));
        String suffix = fixQuotes(template.substring(lastIdx + 1));
        saveUnit(new DecimalFormat.Unit(prefix, suffix), pluralVariant, idx, result.units);

        // If there is effectively no prefix or suffix, ignore the actual
        // number of 0's and act as if the number of 0's matches the size
        // of the number
        if (prefix.trim().length() == 0 && suffix.trim().length() == 0) {
          return idx + 1;
        }

        // Calculate number of zeros before decimal point.
        int i = firstIdx + 1;
        while (i <= lastIdx && template.charAt(i) == '0') {
            i++;
        }
        return i - firstIdx;
    }

    private static String fixQuotes(String prefixOrSuffix) {
        StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();
        int len = prefixOrSuffix.length();
        QuoteState state = QuoteState.OUTSIDE;
        for (int idx = 0; idx < len; idx++) {
            char ch = prefixOrSuffix.charAt(idx);
            if (ch == '\'') {
                if (state == QuoteState.INSIDE_EMPTY) {
                    result.append('\'');
                }
            } else {
                result.append(ch);
            }

            // Update state
            switch (state) {
            case OUTSIDE:
                state = ch == '\'' ? QuoteState.INSIDE_EMPTY : QuoteState.OUTSIDE;
                break;
            case INSIDE_EMPTY:
            case INSIDE_FULL:
                state = ch == '\'' ? QuoteState.OUTSIDE : QuoteState.INSIDE_FULL;
                break;
            default:
                throw new IllegalStateException();
            }
        }
        return result.toString();
    }

    /**
     * Returns locale and style. Used to form useful messages in thrown
     * exceptions.
     * @param locale the locale
     * @param style the style
     */
    private static String localeAndStyle(ULocale locale, String style) {
        return "locale '" + locale + "' style '" + style + "'";
    }

    /**
     * After reading information from resource bundle into a Data object, there
     * is guarantee that it is complete.
     *
     * This method fixes any incomplete data it finds within result.
     * It looks at each log10 value applying the two rules.
     *

     *   If no prefix is defined for the "other" variant, use the divisor, prefixes and
     *   suffixes for all defined variants from the previous log10. For log10 = 0,
     *   use all empty prefixes and suffixes and a divisor of 1.
     *

     *   Otherwise, examine each plural variant defined for the given log10 value.
     *   If it has no prefix and suffix for a particular variant, use the one from the
     *   "other" variant.
     *

     *
     * @param result this instance is fixed in-place.
     */
    private static void fillInMissing(Data result) {
        // Initially we assume that previous divisor is 1 with no prefix or suffix.
        long lastDivisor = 1L;
        for (int i = 0; i < result.divisors.length; i++) {
            if (result.units.get(OTHER)[i] == null) {
                result.divisors[i] = lastDivisor;
                copyFromPreviousIndex(i, result.units);
            } else {
                lastDivisor = result.divisors[i];
                propagateOtherToMissing(i, result.units);
            }
        }
    }

    private static void propagateOtherToMissing(
            int idx, Map<String, DecimalFormat.Unit[]> units) {
        DecimalFormat.Unit otherVariantValue = units.get(OTHER)[idx];
        for (DecimalFormat.Unit[] byBase : units.values()) {
            if (byBase[idx] == null) {
                byBase[idx] = otherVariantValue;
            }
        }
    }

    private static void copyFromPreviousIndex(int idx, Map<String, DecimalFormat.Unit[]> units) {
        for (DecimalFormat.Unit[] byBase : units.values()) {
            if (idx == 0) {
                byBase[idx] = DecimalFormat.NULL_UNIT;
            } else {
                byBase[idx] = byBase[idx - 1];
            }
        }
    }

    private static void saveUnit(
            DecimalFormat.Unit unit, String pluralVariant, int idx,
            Map<String, DecimalFormat.Unit[]> units) {
        DecimalFormat.Unit[] byBase = units.get(pluralVariant);
        if (byBase == null) {
            byBase = new DecimalFormat.Unit[MAX_DIGITS];
            units.put(pluralVariant, byBase);
        }
        byBase[idx] = unit;

    }

    /**
     * Fetches a prefix or suffix given a plural variant and log10 value. If it
     * can't find the given variant, it falls back to "other".
     * @param prefixOrSuffix the prefix or suffix map
     * @param variant the plural variant
     * @param base log10 value. 0 <= base < MAX_DIGITS.
     * @return the prefix or suffix.
     */
    static DecimalFormat.Unit getUnit(
            Map<String, DecimalFormat.Unit[]> units, String variant, int base) {
        DecimalFormat.Unit[] byBase = units.get(variant);
        if (byBase == null) {
            byBase = units.get(CompactDecimalDataCache.OTHER);
        }
        return byBase[base];
    }
}

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text:
Gary McGraw (* 25. Februar 1966 in Miami) ist ein Experte für IT-Sicherheit und Autor zahlreicher Bücher und Publikationen zum Thema Sichere Software. Hauptberuflich ist er der Chief Technical Officer (CTO) der Beratungsfirma Cigital Inc.

Leben
Gary McGraw ist im Dekanbeirat der School of Informatics der Indiana University. Weiter war er lange im Vorstand der IEEE Computer Society und produziert dort den monatlichen Silver Bullet Security Podcast für das IEEE Security & Privacy Magazin. Zudem sitzt er in Beiräten verschiedener Gesellschaften, einschließlich Dasient, Fortify Software, Invincea und White Raven.

McGraw promovierte in Kognitionswissenschaften und Informatik an der Indiana University. Er ist verheiratet und lebt zusammen mit seiner Frau und seinen zwei Söhnen in Virginia.

Bücher
 Software Security: Building Security In, ISBN 978-0-321-35670-3
 Exploiting Software: How to Break Code (mit Greg Hoglund), ISBN 978-0-201-78695-8
 Building Secure Software: How to Avoid Security Problems the Right Way (mit John Viega), ISBN 978-0-321-77495-8
 Java Security (mit Edward Felten), ISBN 978-0-471-17842-2
 Exploiting Online Games: Cheating Massively Distributed Systems (mit Greg Hoglund), ISBN 978-0-13-227191-2
 Software Security Engineering: A Guide for Project Managers (mit Julia H. Allen, Sean J. Barnum, Robert J. Ellison, and Nancy R. Mead) ISBN 978-0-321-50917-8
 Software Fault Injection (mit Jeffrey M. Voas) ISBN 978-0-471-18381-5
 Securing Java: Getting Down to Business with Mobile Code (mit Edward Felten), ISBN 978-0-471-31952-8

Referenzen
 Ben Rothke. "Software Security: Building Security In", Security Management magazine
 Radu State. Review of "Software Security: Building Security In by Gary McGraw", ACM Queue 4(7):44 (2006)
 "Software Security : Building Security In", Palizine, Issue #18 February 2006
 Robert Bruen. "Software Security. Building Security In", Cipher (IEEE magazine), Jan 5, 2006
 Alen Prodan. "Exploiting Software: How to Break Code", Help Net Security, 21 July 2004
 A. Mariën. Review of "Exploiting Software: How to Break Code by Greg Hoglund and Gary McGraw", ACM Queue, 3(4):60 (2005)
 Robert Bruen. "Exploiting Software. How to Break Code", Cipher (IEEE magazine), January 13, 2004
 Aleksandar Stancin. "Building Secure Software: How to Avoid Security Problems the Right Way", Help Net Security
 Robert Bruen. "Building Secure Software. How to Avoid Security Problems the Right Way", Cipher (IEEE magazine), January 9, 2002
 Diomidis Spinellis. "Book review: Building Secure Software: how to Avoid Security Problems the Right Way", ACM Computing Reviews, 43(4):103–104, April 2002.

Webseiten
 Gary McGraw page on Cigital.com

Einzelnachweise

Informatiker
US-Amerikaner
Geboren 1966
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Q: Time Zone Formula I am making a practice where i need to calculate the hour based on a difference of time zone so i basically came up with the following code:
System.out.print("What is the time difference, in hours, between your home and your destination? ");
    Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
    int hoursDif = input.nextInt();
    input.nextLine();
    int mid;
    if (hoursDif < 0){
        mid = 24 + hoursDif;
    }
    else{
        mid = hoursDif;
    }
    int noon;
    if (hoursDif+12 < 24){
        noon = hoursDif + 12;
    }
    else{
        noon = hoursDif + 12 +- 24;
    }
    System.out.print("That means that when it is midnight at home it will be " + mid + ":00 and noon: " + noon);

But the problem is that the course is only beginning and havent see loops yet, so anyone knows if there is a way to get the same output but without the if  statements?

A: This is pretty simple with a proper LocalDateTime object.
System.out.print("What is the time difference, in hours, between your home and your destination? ");
Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
int hoursDif = input.nextInt();
LocalDateTime localDateTime = LocalDateTime.now();
int mid = localDateTime.truncatedTo(ChronoUnit.DAYS).plusHours(hoursDif).getHour();
int noon = localDateTime.truncatedTo(ChronoUnit.DAYS).plusHours(12).plusHours(hoursDif).getHour();
System.out.print("That means that when it is midnight at home it will be " + mid + ":00 and noon: " + noon);

You just get the current time, truncate it to DAYS (so it's 00:00:00) and then add the time you entered.


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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Linq;

namespace Smellyriver.TankInspector.Pro.Data.Tank.Scripting
{
    class SkillScript : SkillScriptBase
    {
        public static SkillScript Create(IXQueryable skill, Func<double> levelGetter)
        {
            switch (skill["@key"])
            {
                case "repair":
                case "fireFighting":
                    return new SkillScript(skill, SkillType.Skill, skill["@role"], levelGetter, DuplicatedSkillPolicy.Average, 0);
                case "camouflage":
                    return new CamouflageSkillScript(skill, levelGetter);
                case "brotherhood":
                    return new SkillScript(skill, SkillType.Perk, skill["@role"], levelGetter, DuplicatedSkillPolicy.Lowest, -100);
                case "tutor":
                case "smoothDriving":
                case "virtuoso":
                case "badRoadsKing":
                case "rammingMaster":
                case "smoothTurret":
                case "gunsmith":
                case "finder":
                case "inventor":
                case "retransmitter":
                case "eagleEye":
                    return new SkillScript(skill, SkillType.Skill, skill["@role"], levelGetter, DuplicatedSkillPolicy.Highest, 0);
                case "tidyPerson":
                case "expert":
                case "universalist":
                case "sixthSense":
                case "sniper":
                case "rancorous":
                case "woodHunter":
                case "pedant":
                case "desperado":
                case "intuition":
                case "lastEffort":
                    return new SkillScript(skill, SkillType.Perk, skill["@role"], levelGetter, DuplicatedSkillPolicy.Highest, 0);
                default:
                    throw new NotSupportedException();
            }
        }

        private readonly DuplicatedSkillPolicy _duplicatedSkillPolicy;
        protected override DuplicatedSkillPolicy DuplicatedSkillPolicy
        {
            get { return _duplicatedSkillPolicy; }
        }

        private readonly SkillType _skillType;
        protected override SkillType SkillType
        {
            get { return _skillType; }
        }

        private readonly int _priority;
        public override int Priority
        {
            get { return _priority; }
        }

        private readonly string _domain;
        protected override string Domain
        {
            get { return _domain; }
        }

        private readonly IXQueryable _skill;

        public IXQueryable Skill
        {
            get { return _skill; }
        }

        private readonly Dictionary<string, double> _parameters;

        protected Dictionary<string, double> Parameters
        {
            get { return _parameters; }
        }

        private readonly string _role;
        protected override string Role
        {
            get { return _role; }
        }

        public SkillScript(IXQueryable skill, SkillType skillType, string role, Func<double> levelGetter, DuplicatedSkillPolicy duplicatedSkillPolicy, int priority)
            : base(levelGetter)
        {
            this._skill = skill;
            _role = role;

            var skillKey = this.Skill["@key"];
            _domain = skillKey.Substring(0, 1).ToLower() + skillKey.Substring(1);

            double dummy;
            this._parameters = this.Skill.Where(i => i.Name != "userString"
                                               && i.Name != "description"
                                               && i.Name != "icon"
                                               && double.TryParse(i.Value,
                                                                  NumberStyles.Float | NumberStyles.AllowThousands,
                                                                  CultureInfo.InvariantCulture,
                                                                  out dummy))
                                        .ToDictionary(i => i.Name, i => double.Parse(i.Value, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));

            _duplicatedSkillPolicy = duplicatedSkillPolicy;
            _skillType = skillType;
            _priority = priority;
        }

        protected override void Execute(ScriptingContext context, double level)
        {
            if (this.SkillType == SkillType.Perk)
            {
                foreach (var parameter in this.Parameters)
                    context.SetValue(this.Domain, parameter.Key, parameter.Value);
            }
            else
            {
                foreach (var parameter in this.Parameters)
                {
                    var key = parameter.Key;
                    key = key.Replace("FactorPerLevel", "Factor");
                    context.SetValue(this.Domain, key, parameter.Value * level);
                }
            }
        }

        protected override void Clear(ScriptingContext context)
        {
            foreach (var parameter in this.Parameters)
                context.SetValue(this.Domain, parameter.Key, 0.0);
        }
    }
}


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AFP, September 30, 2008
Kidnappers target the rich, influential in Afghanistan
"There is no justice in Afghanistan," said the doctor Wahaaj. "The government is corrupt, there is no punishment for high officials doing crime.
Mohammed Hashim Wahaaj, a large Afghan doctor with a bushy beard, thought he was going to die.
"Bring a sword to cut off his head," he recalls one of his abductors as saying.
"I am a doctor," he said. "I should carry a pen or a stethoscope, but now I am carrying a pistol, I have guards... I feel I am a prisoner."
"They made me lie down in a position when you are cutting the head of a cow or lamb. I thought: in a few minutes, they will cut off my head," the 44-year-old doctor told AFP.
"They called my family and said, 'Ok, you cannot arrange the money. You will get the dead body of your brother.'"
The gang, which shot Wahaaj in the arm when they snatched him from his car in Kabul, also made his family listen to his cries over the telephone when they beat him with sticks and cables.
During more than 20 days of torture they came down from their original ransom of five million dollars and Wahaaj -- the wealthy owner of one of Afghanistan's best diagnostic centres -- was finally freed, for a sum he will not disclose.
He says his abductors were not from the extremist Taliban insurgency, who have kidnapped and killed scores of people they accuse of working for the government or its international allies.
These were just criminals profiting from a climate of lawlessness and impunity in which government officials at the most senior levels are getting away with crime and corruption, the softly spoken doctor said.
Naqibullah, a businessman, says his kidnappers had claimed links with the Taliban. But really, they were "just thieves," the 42-year-old told AFP.
He was captured heading back to Kabul from one of the provinces and kept in chains, blindfolded, beaten and threatened with death for almost two weeks, he said.
"Lots of money was taken by them as ransom," he told AFP, refusing to say how much.
It is an increasingly precarious situation for Afghans, who had hoped the ouster of the Taliban regime seven years ago would herald peace and security for a country destroyed by decades of war and extremism.
Those perceived as influential and wealthy -- and their children -- are most often preyed upon, especially in the main business hubs of Kabul and the western city of Herat, and on major highways.
The interior ministry in Kabul was unable, after several requests, to tell AFP how many people have been kidnapped nationwide. But stories in the media and on the grapevine suggest there are several every month in Kabul alone.
In Herat province, there were 22 cases in the past six months, says criminal investigation police chief for the area, Ali Khan Husseinzada.
They included the abductions of two Iranian businessmen freed last week after 40 days for an undisclosed ransom.
"Most of the victims are either business people, rich people or their sons or relatives," Husseinzada said.
The threat is also felt by the less wealthy who may nevertheless have the trappings of money such as a new home, albeit built on loans, or a job with an international company.
"I am afraid for my cousins because they are very rich. No one with cash is safe here," says Ahmad Khan, a 35-year-old Kabuli.
It is this fear that makes his cousins, who run a nail-making factory and also import car parts, use their shabby car to get to work and leave the new one at home, he says, to avoid drawing attention to themselves.
Other people don't let their children play outside or go to school alone; many surround themselves with bodyguards; professionals carry guns; some have fled with their families to Pakistan, Dubai and India.
Authorities say they are dealing with the problem. In about 75 percent of cases, kidnappers are being arrested, says interior ministry spokesman Zemarai Bashary.
The intelligence department regularly announces it has arrested kidnappers, sometimes parading them for the media. It freed 14 captured Afghans in the past few months and arrested 43 suspected kidnappers, it said.
But Afghans believe it is the authorities who are a large part of the problem, with accounts from survivors that their abductors were in police uniform or linked with senior officials.
"There is poverty and the (international aid) money for the people is not going to the proper places," he said, offering an explanation for the surge in kidnappings.
After his ordeal he barely leaves his 50-bed private clinic, where he also lives, and has already taken his seven children to Pakistan. Now he is planning to sell the clinic and join his family.
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2022 Kia Telluride Changes, Nightfall Edition Review
One of the largest SUVs on the market is definitively the 2022 Kia Telluride. It looks massive, and it features one of the spacious cabins in the class. On top of that, this model offers three rows of seats and enough room for up to eight passengers to sit comfortably. In the midsize class are many models, and the new Telluride is looking to challenge some of the most popular family SUVs around, such as the Honda Pilot, Toyota Highlander, and Ford Explorer.
However, like the outgoing version, the new one should use the same sole powerplant. It comes with a 3.8-liter V6 mated to an 8-speed automatic transmission producing 291 horsepower and 262 lb-ft of torque.
2022 Kia Telluride Facelift
Kia continues to offer handsome vehicles, and the Telluride is wearing one of the rugged yet elegant design. The first thing you'll notice looking at the new 2022 Kia Telluride is its boxy appearance. Unlike many SUVs on the market, the Telluride is more rounded, and it looks more like a minivan. It`s recognized by its tiger-nose grille, featuring an elegant chrome finish across the top and bottom.
Unlike the base model, the SX trim features a ring of orange LEDs [around the headlights], resulting in a more dramatic look. The new Telluride also rolls on 18-inch wheels, while 20-inchers are optional or standard on upper trims. The Nightfall Edition is available as well, optionally on the EX and SX trims, giving the Telluride an aggressive tone with blacked-out elements.
Interior Features More Technology
The redesigned 2022 Kia Telluride looks attractive inside, and it offers three rows of seating. Basically, there is room for either eight or seven passengers. For 2022, the manufacturer made some changes adding more better materials and more technology through trims. Generally, the new Kia Telluride has one of the roomiest cabins in its class. On top of that, folding rear rows, it opens 87 cubic feet of cargo capacity. Like its predecessor, the new SUV is available in four trims: LX, S, EX, and SX. Even a base version is quite well equipped. The standard package includes Sofino synthetic leather upholstery, rear-passenger air conditioning, 8-inch touchscreen with Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, and a 6-speaker audio system with five USB inputs throughout.
However, more amenities can be found by choosing the top-line Telluride SX trim. This model comes with dual sunroofs, a 10-speaker Harman Kardon premium audio system, a surround-view monitor, and a 7-inch digital panel in the instrument cluster.
The Telluride also has an impressive level of standard safety. This SUV offers a forward-collision warning with automatic emergency braking, lane-keeping assist, and adaptive cruise control with stop and go. Blind-spot monitoring and also rear cross-traffic alert are included as well.
2022 Kia Telluride Powertrain Specs
Under the hood, the forthcoming 2022 Kia Telluride will run on the same proven engine. It uses a sole powerplant that consists of a 3.8-liter V6 mated to an 8-speed automatic transmission. The current direct-injected aluminum-block engine produces 291 horsepower and 262 lb-ft of torque.
However, many believe that the new model will provide at least 300 horses, which is nine horses improve over the predecessor. Obviously, Kia will use the same 8-speed automatic transmission and front-wheel drive as standard. Moreover, all-wheel drive is still optional.
The release date of a much more handsome 2022 Kia Telluride will most likely happen toward the end of this year. Besides some small outside refreshments, we can expect it to features more standard equipment and better materials.
The price of the forthcoming SUV will most likely remain the same, and we can expect it to starts at less than $32,000 for the base model. At the top is the SX model, starting at $42,190, which is way more than the price of the Toyota Highlander that begins at $34,600.
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1-3Jacob set out again on his way to the people of the east. He noticed a well out in an open field with three flocks of sheep bedded down around it. This was the common well from which the flocks were watered. The stone over the mouth of the well was huge. When all the flocks were gathered, the shepherds would roll the stone from the well and water the sheep; then they would return the stone, covering the well.
4Jacob said, "Hello friends. Where are you from?"
They said, "We're from Haran."
5Jacob asked, "Do you know Laban son of Nahor?"
6"Are things well with him?" Jacob continued.
"Very well," they said. "And here is his daughter Rachel coming with the flock."
7Jacob said, "There's a lot of daylight still left; it isn't time to round up the sheep yet, is it? So why not water the flocks and go back to grazing?"
8"We can't," they said. "Not until all the shepherds get here. It takes all of us to roll the stone from the well. Not until then can we water the flocks."
9-13While Jacob was in conversation with them, Rachel came up with her father's sheep. She was the shepherd. The moment Jacob spotted Rachel, daughter of Laban his mother's brother, saw her arriving with his uncle Laban's sheep, he went and single-handedly rolled the stone from the mouth of the well and watered the sheep of his uncle Laban. Then he kissed Rachel and broke into tears. He told Rachel that he was related to her father, that he was Rebekah's son. She ran and told her father. When Laban heard the news—Jacob, his sister's son!—he ran out to meet him, embraced and kissed him and brought him home. Jacob told Laban the story of everything that had happened.
14-15Laban said, "You're family! My flesh and blood!"
When Jacob had been with him for a month, Laban said, "Just because you're my nephew, you shouldn't work for me for nothing. Tell me what you want to be paid. What's a fair wage?"
16-18Now Laban had two daughters; Leah was the older and Rachel the younger. Leah had nice eyes, but Rachel was stunningly beautiful. And it was Rachel that Jacob loved.
So Jacob answered, "I will work for you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel."
19"It is far better," said Laban, "that I give her to you than marry her to some outsider. Yes. Stay here with me."
20So Jacob worked seven years for Rachel. But it only seemed like a few days, he loved her so much.
21-24Then Jacob said to Laban, "Give me my wife; I've completed what we agreed I'd do. I'm ready to consummate my marriage." Laban invited everyone around and threw a big feast. At evening, though, he got his daughter Leah and brought her to the marriage bed, and Jacob slept with her. (Laban gave his maid Zilpah to his daughter Leah as her maid.)
25Morning came: There was Leah in the marriage bed!
Jacob confronted Laban, "What have you done to me? Didn't I work all this time for the hand of Rachel? Why did you cheat me?"
26-27"We don't do it that way in our country," said Laban. "We don't marry off the younger daughter before the older. Enjoy your week of honeymoon, and then we'll give you the other one also. But it will cost you another seven years of work."
28-30Jacob agreed. When he'd completed the honeymoon week, Laban gave him his daughter Rachel to be his wife. (Laban gave his maid Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her maid.) Jacob then slept with her. And he loved Rachel more than Leah. He worked for Laban another seven years.
31-32When God realized that Leah was unloved, he opened her womb. But Rachel was barren. Leah became pregnant and had a son. She named him Reuben (Look-It's-a-Boy!). "This is a sign," she said, "that God has seen my misery; and a sign that now my husband will love me."
33-35She became pregnant again and had another son. "God heard," she said, "that I was unloved and so he gave me this son also." She named this one Simeon (God-Heard). She became pregnant yet again—another son. She said, "Now maybe my husband will connect with me—I've given him three sons!" That's why she named him Levi (Connect). She became pregnant a final time and had a fourth son. She said, "This time I'll praise God." So she named him Judah (Praise-God). Then she stopped having children.
Jacob Meets Rachel
1Then Jacob #Lit raised his feet.went on his way and came to the land of the people of the East [near Haran]. 2As he looked, he saw a well in the field, and three flocks of sheep lying there [resting] beside it because the flocks were watered from that well. Now the stone on the mouth of the well [that covered and protected it] was large, 3and when all the flocks were gathered there, the shepherds would roll the stone from the mouth of the well, water the sheep, and [afterward] replace the stone on the mouth of the well.
4Jacob said to them, "My brothers, where are you from?" And they said, "We are from Haran." 5So he said to them, "Do you know Laban the grandson of Nahor [Abraham's brother]?" And they replied, "We know him." 6And he asked them, "#Lit Is peace (Heb shalom) to him?Is it well with him?" And they said, "He is doing well; look, here comes his daughter Rachel with the sheep!" 7Jacob said, "Look, the sun is still high [overhead]; it is a long time before the flocks need to be gathered [in their folds for the night]. Water the sheep, and go, and return them to their pasture." 8But they said, "We cannot [leave] until all the flocks are gathered together, and the shepherds roll the stone from the mouth of the well; then we will water the sheep."
9While he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she was a shepherdess. 10When Jacob saw [his cousin] Rachel, the daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, and Laban's sheep, he came up and rolled the stone away from the mouth of the well and watered the flock of Laban, his uncle. 11Then Jacob kissed Rachel [in greeting], and he raised his voice and wept. 12Jacob told Rachel he was her father's relative, Rebekah's son; and she ran and told her father.
13When Laban heard of the arrival of Jacob, his sister's son, he ran to meet him, and embraced and kissed him and brought him to his house. Then he told Laban all these things. 14Then Laban said to him, "You are my bone and my flesh." And Jacob stayed with him a month.
15Then Laban said to Jacob, "Just because you are my relative, should you work for me for nothing? Tell me, what should your wages be?" 16Now Laban had two daughters; the name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. 17Leah's eyes were weak, but Rachel was beautiful in form and appearance. 18Jacob loved Rachel, so he said, "I will serve you [as a hired workman] for seven years [in return] for [the privilege of marrying] Rachel your younger daughter." 19Laban said, "It is better that I give her [in marriage] to you than give her to another man. Stay and work with me." 20So Jacob served [Laban] for seven years for [the right to marry] Rachel, but they seemed like only a few days to him because of his love for her.
Laban's Treachery
21Finally, Jacob said to Laban, "Give me my wife, for my time [of service] is completed, so that I may take her to me [as my wife]." 22So Laban gathered together all the men of the place and prepared a [wedding] #The wedding feast was usually a lavish event lasting seven days. A wide variety of food was served along with wine, which was sometimes fortified with spices.feast [with wine]. 23But in the evening he took Leah his daughter and brought her to Jacob, and Jacob #Laban must have made sure that Jacob was thoroughly intoxicated before he attempted to switch the daughters.went in to [consummate the marriage with] her. 24Laban also gave Zilpah his maid to his daughter Leah as a maid. 25But in the morning [when Jacob awoke], it was Leah [who was with him]! And he said to Laban, "What is this that you have done to me? Did I not work for you [for seven years] for Rachel? Why have you deceived and betrayed me [like this]?" 26But Laban only said, "It is not #Lit done this way in.the tradition here to give the younger [daughter in marriage] before the older. 27Finish the week [of the wedding feast] for Leah; then we will give you Rachel also, and in return you shall work for me for seven more years." 28So Jacob complied and fulfilled Leah's week [of celebration]; then Laban gave him his daughter Rachel as his [second] wife. 29Laban also gave Bilhah his maid to his daughter Rachel as a maid. 30So Jacob consummated his marriage and lived with Rachel [as his wife], and he loved Rachel more than Leah, and he served with Laban for another seven years.
31Now when the Lord saw that Leah was unloved, He #Lit opened her womb.made her able to bear children, but Rachel was barren. 32Leah conceived and gave birth to a son and named him Reuben (See, a son!), for she said, "Because the Lord has seen my humiliation and suffering; now my husband will love me [since I have given him a son]." 33Then she conceived again and gave birth to a son and said, "Because the Lord heard that I am unloved, He has given me this son also." So she named him Simeon (God hears). 34She conceived again and gave birth to a son and said, "Now this time my husband will become attached to me [as a companion], for I have given him three sons." Therefore he was named #The exact meaning is uncertain, perhaps companion or attached or joined.Levi. 35Again she conceived and gave birth to a [fourth] son, and she said, "Now I will praise the Lord." So she named him #Possibly an abbreviation of "Praise YHWH."Judah; then [for a time] she stopped bearing [children].
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The police have said that a motorcyclist was killed on a Saturday morning on the southbound 5 Freeway at Mission Road which is located near Lincoln Heights.
The crash was called in to the authorities around 9:47 in the morning. According to the California Highway Patrol (CHP) there was another motorist involved as well. The motorcycle eventually hit the center divider which killed the driver. The name of if the driver has not been released at this time.
A representative from the coroner's office was sent to the scene an hour after the crash. The crash tied up the freeway for the rest of the morning. The emergency responders had trouble reaching the scene due to the high volume of traffic that blocked access just north of the 10 Freeway.
Luckily the lanes started opening up again just after noon. However, there were still significant delays on the 2,5, 110, and 134 into Burbank, Glendale, and South Pasadena.
Motorcycle Kills Man and Injures Woman
The detectives on scene at a motorcycle traffic collision said that the incident killed a man and injured a woman pretty badly.
The Montebello Police Departed stated that the officers had to be sent around 4:43 in the morning to the 4000 block of East Avenida De La Merced for the report of a fatal traffic collision.
Once they arrived to the scene an adult male and female were found with severe injuries.
The preliminary investigation showed that the victims were traveling Eastbound when the man had lost control of his motorcycle and then hit the curb. Both of the victims were thrown from the bike. The driver of the bike had to be transported to the Los Angeles County Medical Center. The man later died from his severe injuries that he had recieved in the crash.
The L.A. County Coroner's Office was able to identify the man as nineteen year old, Hugo Fragoso or Montebello.
The female victims received some pretty serious injuries in the crash, but is luckily expected to survive.
Investigation on Motorcycle Crash
An investigation has started after a motorcycle crash on Wednesday. It was a single vehicle crash and happened on a rural road in Alpine area. The motorcycle rider sadly passed away. The person who was riding the 1996 Harley- Davidson motorcycle was a fifty-five year old Alpine man. He was ejected in the crash on Japatual Road which is near Hidden Glen Road. The man sadly died just after 2:30 in the late afternoon.
According to CHP (California Highway Patrol) Officer, Kevin Pearlstien, the victims name had to be withheld until the family had been notified of this crash.
It was unclear what actually caused the motorcycle to drift across the double yellow line and onto the should. However, Officer Pearlstein said that at this time, drugs or alcohol wasn't a factor.
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Obviously the olam reading this blog and making posts doesn't need chizuk in this inyun. However it's important I think to post this story in order to show people the importance of being m'chazak others in this inyun.
I was by a family Simcha the other night and was sitting next to a friend of mine (also my shvers good friend) who I would say is from one of the best sofrim in Eretz Yisrael. His csav is unbelievable. His yedias in the halachos and of course Yiras Shamayim (as he ate the food there by the simcha he made every bracha b'kavana, reading from inside of a small card he carries with him) is "top notch".
He told me recently that someone he knows, a chashuva talmud chocham that says shiur in gemorah, was becoming a sofer. He had already learned to write, was learning the halachos and as he said had already starting writing mezuzahs. I asked if he had a teudah, He said he was pretty sure that he did, until something happened. This person received from someone else an old sefer Torah that they wanted him to be magia. In the middle of it, he came to my friend and said "You know, I was learning Keses HaSofer Siman daled and didn't even know that you have to actually say that you are writing "l'shem kedushas sefer Torah". My friend asked "well, do you remember the places you made corrections in the sefer Torah" ... "Not so much, I made probably 10s or 100s of corrections so far."
IT IS IN OUR HANDS TO REQUEST "TEUDA BETOKEF"
The vaad has a sticker system which ensures the teuda is betokef.
mehudar mezuzos get gold stickers others get silver stickers.It saves me so much agmas nefesh.
I once heard from rav shammai that bedieved it is ok if he had in mind that he was fixing a sefer torah (and not stama) as this would be considered machshava since the nature of the tikunim are only for stam and not stama so in his subconcious he n=knew he was doing it kleshaim kedushas stam which is like lishmah bemachshava.
However I don't know if this helps for shaimos.
Were the tikunim in a way that without them, the letters and sefer Torah would anyways of been kosher?
I think it is a problem. If he was given the Sefer to fix, and he fixed one letter that was previously 100% pasul...and he doesn't know where it was, isn't that problematic?!
I'm just wondering, would you ever buy from a Sofer who knows halachot, writes well but doesn't have semicha?
Elad you just touched on a raw nerve_We should all get up and make a major scandel.80 percent of the sofrim -with ksav kabala do not know in which chelek of shulchan aruch they can find hilchos sefer torah.The latest problem is מקצת האות על הקלף ומקצת האות על המטלית.
What is "The latest problem is מקצת האות על הקלף ומקצת האות על המטלית." What happened, It sounds interesting?
I think this touches on an issue I notice as a "student" of safrus (not yet an official Sofer). The soferim focus on shimush regarding the technical aspects of writing, corrections etc. but there doesn't seem to be a formal system of teaching or learning the halachos (of course during my shimush many halachik issues come up and are discussed but not in a formal way). I was basically told to learn the mishna berurah chelek lamed beis and lamed vav and the Kesses until "about" siman yud daled, now I am left on my own to learn it all (and learn it right). The more I learn these halachos the more nervous I am about the state of safrus since many of things that can passul stam can never really be checked after the fact.
Regarding the the problem mentioned in the original post by Yehoshuah, I think that every Melamed of Safrus should make every Talmid sign on a note that he will not write or be Magia STa"M untill he gets a Ksav Kabala.


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