The following list represents a collection of organizations, journals, equipment catalogs, forums, and general resources that will benefit any Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist as well as those preparing for the CSCS exam.
National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) – supports and disseminates research based knowledge to improve athletic performance and fitness.
The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research – The editorial mission of The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research (JSCR) is to advance the knowledge about strength and conditioning through research. A unique aspect of this journal is that it includes recommendations for the practical use of research findings.
Strength and Conditioning Journal – is the professional journal for strength coaches, personal trainers, physical therapists, athletic trainers, and other health professionals working in the strength and conditioning field. The journal's mission is to publish articles that report both the practical applications of research findings and the knowledge gained by experienced professionals.
Human Kinetics – a publisher of numerous sports and recreation resources including books and videos.
American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) – promotes fitness, health and quality of life through research, education and practical applications of sports medicine.
National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) – addressing fitness, sports performance, and sports medicine. Live, online, and home-study courses.
College Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association (CSCCa) – a non-profit, professional, educational organization for strength and conditioning coaches of collegiate and professional-level athletic teams.
Power Systems – provider of exercise, sports performance and fitness training equipment for coaches, athletes and fitness experts since 1986.
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My guest today has returned a second time. Welcome Carol Graham.
For as long as I can remember, I wanted to be a mother. I was born with health issues that were often debilitating and sometimes caused me to wonder if my life would be cut short by disease.
God had promised my husband and I that we would have a family. No matter how sick I became or how great the emotional struggle was, I knew God would fulfill His promise. It was 14 years of applying faith to my pain but I consistently reminded God of the Word he spoke to my heart.
Then I got the phone call from a gynecologist's office informing me he had a diagnosis. There is one word in any language that is difficult to hear. That word is -- cancer.
I stood up, spun on my heel and started out of the room. Then I paused, turned, and said in a loud staccato voice, enunciating each syllable clearly. "I... will.... walk.... in here.... pregnant.... one day." I couldn't believe the words that came out of nowhere. But in my heart, I knew I was going to succeed. Nothing was going to stop me. I almost screamed out loud "ENOUGH, not this time." Hysterectomy – I don't think so. Death? Not my time yet.
About three weeks later, I was introduced to natural food supplements. I changed my diet and started my new food regime. In less than a week I was feeling better. I researched and took every course on nutrition I could find. I was determined to improve my health.
It was the middle of March, 14 years later, when I made an appointment with the same doctor.
"I haven't had a physical for a long time and figured I should." He examined me, left the room and said he would return shortly when he got the lab results from my urine sample. It was a full half hour when the doctor walked back into the examining room.
"Carol, I am very sorry to inform you, but you are very pregnant." His head was down as if he were ashamed.
I was not prepared in any way for the next words that came out of his mouth. Trying to gain his composure and his rightful position, he stood up and whispered a shout, "Who is the father?" He threw the words at me, the same way he had all those years ago.
He must have remembered, or read it in my file, that my husband, Paul, was also sterile. However, Paul had received a report some months earlier of healthy sperm. I wanted to get out of that awful room which reeked of pharmaceuticals. He left and I never saw him again.
I spent six months in the hospital with five major complications to this pregnancy. Weekly, the doctors would give me negative reports. The doctors warned me that if this baby survived, he/she would never be normal. He/she would probably be born with Cystic Fibrosis and weigh under two pounds, among other complexities.
Inside of me, a battle was raging. "What if the baby does not live? What if the baby is not normal?" I had to constantly choose not to believe the lies and stay focused on the truth of God's promises. He would never leave me. He would honor His word spoken to my heart.
It was only a matter of minutes when the doctor announced, "You got what you wanted. V is for Victory." I was not sure what he meant by that. He immediately held up my daughter for me to see her and I began to sob.
My baby girl defied all the laws of negativity and is now the proud mom of two children.
As a result of that diagnosis of cancer over 40 years ago, I became a Certified Health Coach and Symptomologist. I have helped hundreds of women realize optimum health. The community has labeled me Dr. Fertility as I have had the unique privilege of giving hope to women who had lost all hope of ever having a child.
It all began with a determination to believe the good report of the Word of God and never letting go, no matter what happened.
Carol Graham is an award-winning author of "Battered Hope," talk show host for her bi-weekly show "Never Ever Give Up Hope," international keynote speaker, jewelry store owner and a certified health coach. Carol has five grandchildren and has rescued over 30 dogs. Her goal is to share hope and encouragement.


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Koforidua, May 26, GNA- The Deputy Eastern Regional Minister, Mr Gustav Narh-Dometey on Tuesday warned that organisations found misapplying the Ghana AIDS Commission (GARFUND) funds provided them for anti HIV/AIDS campaign would be prosecuted.
He gave the warning at the opening of a two-day workshop for Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) involved in HIV/AIDS campaign in the Eastern Region at Koforidua.
Mr Narh-Dometey called on the Regional AIDS Committee to improve upon its monitoring exercise of agencies, which benefited from the GARFUND and expose the bad nuts among them.
He assured the participants that the government is committed to its policy to support institutions, individuals and communities making efforts directed at preventing and controlling the spread of the disease.
Mr Narh-Dometey said about 90 per cent of all infected people in the country are between 15 to 49 years and that it is a worry to government because it indicates that the bulk of the country's labour force is at risk.
The Eastern Regional Co-ordinator of HIV/AIDS, Dr Sampson B. Ofori said the 2003 survey in the region indicated that figures for New Juaben Municipality dropped from 8.5 per cent in 2002 to 2.6 per cent last year.
He explained that this could not logically be explained. Dr Ofori however said records from hospitals and clinics in the Municipality between January and March has not changed but did not state the figures.
The Eastern Regional Focal Person on HIV/AIDS, Ms Golda Asante, called on the NGOs to involve the District Assemblies in their activities by submitting their work plan and programmes to the District Focal Persons.
The Acting Chairman of the Regional Aids Committee, Nene Narh Ologo Dawutey IV advised organisations, which joined the crusade against the HIV/AIDS because of personal gains, to turn over a new leaf.


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Verity Wins Consulting Magazine's Seven Small Jewels Award
By Todd Cavanaugh
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Seattle, WA – Verity Consulting was presented this week with Consulting Magazine's Seven Small Jewels award. The award is given to a handful of remarkable firms that have displayed high revenue growth and extraordinary results. Last year, less than 4% of applying firms received an award.
"We're honored to receive an award that recognizes Verity as one of the rising stars of the industry," said Verity CEO Andrew Cukurs. "Our hard work and experience have delivered results for numerous clients, so it's exciting to see our talented consultants earning industry recognition as well."
Verity Consulting was founded in 2008 and has expanded rapidly. Last year, Verity grew revenue year-over-year by 81% to $8.7 million. Companies of all sizes look to Verity for strategic insight and an ability to deliver on challenging projects.
Today, Verity offers deep expertise in six areas: Strategy & Value, Process Improvement, Change Leadership, Program Management, Product Innovation, and Technology Implementation. These competencies continue to fuel Verity's rapid growth.
"Clients are yearning for more sophisticated support in navigating the disruptive forces hitting all industries," Cukurs added. "We offer a tangible, technologically-enabled suite of services to enable our clients to achieve their aspirations."
Cukurs feels optimistic for continued growth. "We've attracted a great team, and working together we continue to thrive. We're making significant investments in scaling our model, and we're already seeing positive returns."
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If your New Year's resolution is to live life to the fullest all year-long, California has the perfect way to help you get started. The state's world-renowned wine and food take center stage throughout January during California Restaurant Month, featuring gourmet prix-fixe dinners, wine-pairing specials, celebrity chef events, and exclusive seasonal offerings in more than 30 destinations around the state. With more than 3,600 wineries and 400 specialty agricultural crops, California chefs source fresh ingredients and a diverse selection of delicious wines from their own backyards making the state a magnet for food and wine travelers.
In addition to enjoying California wine flights and pairings at many of these restaurants, wine lovers won't want to miss the opportunity to visit the places these vintages were grown. Savvy culinary travelers know that winter is a great time to do just that in California's wine regions, when hotel rates and visitors are at their lowest, and chances to meet winemakers are at their highest. Several wineries with restaurants are participating in California Restaurant Month, as an added incentive to explore the state's amazing wine and food scene. To help inspire you to pack your bags, Wine Institute recently launched a California Wines Food Tour video, complete with recipes and wine pairing suggestions.
In Livermore Valley, about an hour southeast of San Francisco, Eat Tri-Valley Restaurant Month, focusing on a different city each week, is offering special menus benefitting charities. A sure bet for an amazing wine and food experience is The Restaurant at Wente Vineyards, where Chef Matt Greco created a special prix fixe menu ($22 for two-course lunch or $30 for three-course dinner) using the very best sustainable and organically grown local ingredients from Jan. 14-20. Pair your meal ‐ such as tagliatelle with braised duck or roasted salmon with charred brussels sprouts, sunchoke, blood orange and chestnut ‐ with a variety of wines from this historic estate, the country's oldest, continuously operated family-owned winery. More than 80 percent of California Chardonnay can be genetically traced to Wente and other vineyards in Livermore Valley.


Tehran, April 23 - Tehran Monday warned against a 'new deceptive plan' by the European Union in the new round of nuclear talks between EU chief diplomat Javier Solana and Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani.
'It should first be clarified whether in the upcoming talks they - have a new deceptive plan or not,' ISNA news agency quoted Foreign Ministry Spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini as saying.
Solana said that he planned to meet Larijani on April 25 in Ankara, but Hosseini could only confirm the date but not the venue.
Solana hoped to convince Iran to start formal negotiations to defuse its long-standing nuclear standoff with the West by convincing Tehran to suspend all uranium enrichment activities in return for access to Western civilian nuclear technology.
'We have witnessed a softening in the Western position towards Iran's nuclear activities; the issue has however apparently turned into a prestige issue forcing the West to justify the UN resolutions - to their own public opinion,' Hosseini said.
The spokesman added that the previously held talks with the EU could have led to fruitful results but nothing came out due to United States pressure.
Iran considers itself entitled to pursue civil nuclear technology, including uranium enrichment, in line with the Non-Proliferation Treaty but is prepared to discuss with the West guarantees that the nuclear projects remain peaceful without any military aims.


Uttar Pradesh public service commission has released the UPPSC recruitment 2018 notification for 924 vacancies in PCS, ACF and RFO posts. Interested candidates can fill their online application form 06-July-2018 till the date 02-August-2018. To start your exam preparation the UPPSC exam syllabus 2018 is the key aspect.
You can find the syllabus for both prelims and mains exam respectively provided below. The latest UPPSC exam syllabus 2018 is provided here. So the aspirants can check the UPPSC exam pattern 2018 upper subordinate services below.
According to the employment news, many aspirants are going to apply for UPPSC recruitment 2018 the competition will be huge.
UPPSC has provided tentatively exam date on 19-August-2018. The timing of paper 1 will be from 9:30 to 11:30 A.M and paper 2 from 2:30 to 4:30 P.M.So, candidates must know that how to prepare and what to prepare for their best result in the exam. Here we are providing the latest UPPSC syllabus 2018 and exam pattern.
The preliminary exam has two mandatory papers.
Both the papers are in objective type in which there shall be 150-200 questions separately.
Paper-2 of the prelims exam will be qualifying paper with minimum marks fixed at 33%.
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General English class X standard.
School mathematics class X standard.
There will be an interview of 100 marks conducted.


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MARVEL'S Heroes Fall Under the Might of KNULL
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One of the most highly anticipated conflicts in Marvel Comics history arrived earlier this month as Knull, the King in Black and Dark Lord of the symbiotes, descended upon Earth in superstar creative duo Donny Cates and Ryan Stegman's KING IN BLACK #1! But he did not arrive unopposed.
The Black Knight Rides Again Iin New Comic Series!
Following January's KING IN BLACK: BLACK KNIGHT, acclaimed writer Simon Spurrier (X-Men Legacy, X-Force) will continue to pen the legend of the Black Knight in a brand-new series. Launching in March, BLACK KNIGHT: CURSE OF THE EBONY BLADE will further expand the fascinating mythology behind the cursed hero and introduce his adventures to a new generation of fans. Holding up the legacy of the Black Night is Dane Whitman who knows all too well that welding the magical Ebony Blade comes at a terrible price: an insatiable lust for blood and mayhem that constantly threatens to swallow its owner in darkness. Will that be Dane's fate? Following his epic battle against the KING IN BLACK, a reinvigorated Dane has a greater...
SPAWN #314 Will Showcase Capullo & McFarlane ART
Image Comics is pleased to unveil three stunning Spawn #314 covers drawn by Greg Capullo and inked by Image Comics Co-Founder Todd McFarlane, which will showcase the creative process from the raw pencils, to the inks, and finally the colored version. All three of these collectible covers will showcase the three steps in making a comic book cover and each will be available at comic shops in January.
ULTRAMAN FACES HIS GREATEST CHALLENGE
Earlier this year, Marvel Comics collaborated with Tsuburaya Productions to bring readers THE RISE OF ULTRAMAN, a thrilling comic series that introduced the pop culture icon to new fans and delighted longtime Ultraman enthusiasts. Following this soaring debut, the Ultraman saga will continue this March in THE TRIALS OF ULTRAMAN. The all-star team behind THE RISE OF ULTRAMAN, writers Kyle Higgins and Mat Groom and artist Francesco Manna, return to continue to explore the fascinating Ultraman mythos.
MICHAEL CHO Debuts New Two – Tone Cover Series
Award-winning artist Michael Cho will bring some of Marvel's most iconic heroes to life on a series of extraordinary variant covers this March. Done in his trademark two-tone style, these vibrant covers capture Marvel's heroes at their most timeless versions.
Free Comic Book Day 2021 Slated for an August 14 Celebration
Diamond Comic Distributors is pleased to announce that Free Comic Book Day (FCBD), one of the comic book industry's most beloved and anticipated celebrations, will once again be a single-day event, scheduled to take place Saturday, August 14, 2021. The event, which traditionally takes place on the first Saturday in May, will be celebrated in August 2021 in the hopes that much of the uncertainty and disruption related to COVID-19 will have passed.
MARVEL Celebrates 50 Fearsome Years of MAN-THING
Marvel will honor the 50th anniversary of Man-Thing with a new series this March. The horror comics icon will star in AVENGERS: CURSE OF THE MAN-THING, the start of a three-part Marvel Universe-spanning saga that will redefine one of Marvel's most unique characters for a new age. Critically acclaimed writer Steve Orlando (Martian Manhunter, Batman, Wonder Woman) makes his Marvel Comics debut with the series, joined by rising star artist Francesco Mobili (Old Man Hawkeye). Each issue will focus on a different corner of the Marvel Universe, starting with Earth's Mightiest Heroes.
KING IN BLACK Comes to A Shocking End This MARCH
Earlier this month, KING IN BLACK #1 hit stands, and fans finally saw masterminds Donny Cates and Ryan Stegman plunge the Marvel Universe into darkness with the long-dreaded arrival of Knull. With four issues left and multiple exciting tie-in issues, things are just getting started. It's all leading up to the final showdown in KING IN BLACK #5, which will bring this epic event to a close. Be there when the very fate of all symbiotes is decided, and the future of the saga of Venom is revealed. Check out the haunting cover by Ryan Stegman below and ask yourself: what is a god to a non-believer?
Image to Publish Dystopian Thriller NOCTERRA
Award winning, bestselling writer Scott Snyder (Dark Knights: Death Metal, Undiscovered Country) and bestselling writer and artist Tony S. Daniel (Batman, Deathstroke) will ensnare fans in a riptide of fear this March with new series Nocterra, out from Image Comics.
MARVEL CELEBRATES 80 YEARS CAPTAIN AMERICA
In March 1941, comic book legends Jack Kirby and Joe Simon introduced the world to Steve Rogers in the historic CAPTAIN AMERICA COMICS #1, and a pop culture icon was born. Now, Marvel is proud to honor their tremendous contribution to the comic book industry with CAPTAIN AMERICA TRIBUTE #1, a giant-sized special celebrating the character's 80th anniversary.
Invisible Men: The Trialblazing Black Artists of Comic Books
During the formative years of the comic book industry, talented Black artists worked behind-the-scenes to create thrilling tales of superheroes, horror, and romance. Invisible Men: The Trailblazing Black Artists of Comic Books, a new hardcover book by comics historian Ken Quattro, is a riveting exploration of this little-known history, published by Yoe Books, an IDW imprint, and debuting today.
The Department Of Truth Heat Escalates…
Despite sales that have exceeded 100K copies, the fever pitch behind James Tynion IV (Batman, Something is Killing the Children) and Martin Simmonds (Dying is Easy) new series The Department of Truth has reached new heights with a multiple issue sellout and a fast-tracked reprint order from Image Comics.
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La París-Niça 1952 fou la 10a edició de la París-Niça. És un cursa ciclista que es va disputar entre el 25 i el 30 de març de 1952. La cursa fou guanyada pel francès Louison Bobet, de l'equip Stella, per davant de Donato Zampini (Benotto) i Raymond Impanis (Garin).
El conjunt Stella s'imposà en la classificació per equips.

Per primer cop en la història de la prova es fa una contrarrelotge individual. La breu etapa d'Arles és anomenada etapa-sprint, ja que consta de dos sprints intermedis. El guanyador de l'etapa és el corredor amb el menor temps al sumar el cronometratge fet a cadascun dels sprints intermedis i en la línia de meta.

El mallot continua sent groc malgrat les queixes de la Federació Francesa de Ciclisme que vol que aquell color sigui exclusiu del Tour de França. Els periodistes per evitar embolics parlen del mallot llimona.

Participants
En aquesta edició de la París-Niça hi preneren part 131 corredors. Setze individuals i 115 corredors dividits en 17 equips: Bertin, Route de France, Terrot, Stella, La Perle, Benotto, Arligue, Alcyon, Colomb, Dilecta, Delangle, France-Sport, Gitane-Hutchinson, Garin, Metropole, Vietto i Vanoli. La prova l'acabaren 38 corredors.
L'equip Route de France està format pels millors amateurs que disputen la prova homònima. El seu líder és Raphaël Géminiani.

Resultats de les etapes

Etapes

1a etapa
25-03-1952. París-Pougues-les-Eaux, 220,5 km.
Sortida real: Velòdrom de la Croix-de-Benny a Antony. El campió del món Ferdi Kübler abandona durant l'etapa.

2a etapa
26-03-1952. Pougues-les-Eaux-Annonay, 292 km.

3a etapa, 1r sector
27-03-1952. Annonay-Vergèze, 216 km.
Raphaël Géminiani no pren la sortida per culpa d'unes úlceres provocades per unes males condicions d'allotjament.

3a etapa, 2n sector
27-03-1952. Vergèze-Arles, 48.5 km.

4a etapa
28-03-1952. Arles-Antibes, 251 km.
L'etapa s'allarga sense cap explicació coneguda més de 20 km. Bobet acusa aquesta prolongació però salva el lideratge.

5a etapa
29-03-1952. Antibes-Grasse, 57 km. (CRI)
Bobet no porta el maillot de líder per qüestions publicitàries. Fa la prova amb el mallot de campió de França. El públic paga entrada.

6a etapa
30-03-1952. Grasse-Niça, 175 km.
Arribada situada al Passeig dels Anglesos.

Classificacions finals

Classificació general

Evolució de les classificacions

Enllaços externs
 Web oficial de la cursa
 Guia històrica

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Debenhams shares soared yesterday as rumours arose that Mike Ashley could make a bid for the department store.
City AM reports that analysts have speculated that the Sports Direct owner could purchase Debenhams and subsequently combine the chain with House of Fraser to create a new larger business.
Debenhams shares stood at 11.3p on the morning of 13 August, and had risen to 13.4p at 8.30am today (15 August).
Following the purchase of HoF out of administration on Friday for £90m, Debenhams shares grew 20% in the last three days.
Sports Direct currently has a 29.7% holding in Debenhams, putting it just below the threshold at which it would be forced to make a takeover offer.


The Supreme Court has issued two controversial verdicts on the case of controversial man Ajey Raj Sumargee in a gap of a fortnight, suggesting rampant corruption in the judiciary.
A bench of Justice Deepak Raj Joshi on December 25 allowed Sumargee to take out 7.5 million US dollars from the Investment Bank. Nepal Rastra Bank had not allowed Sumargee to take out the money deposited in the name of Muktishree Cement citing that Sumargee failed to produce the source of the money.
But on December 25, Justice Joshi, who has earned bad name for issuing controversial verdicts, let Sumargee to take out the money through an interim order.
After the verdict, Sumargee was found to have shifted all 7.5 million dollars to other banks.
On January 8, a bench of Chief Justice CholendraShumsher Ran and Justice Ananda Mohan Bhattaraiissued another order preventing the bank from letting Sumargee draw the same money. The order said that the dollar should be kept intact as it was before December 25, 2018.
After the second verdict, the Nepal Investment Bank has initiated a process to bring the dollar back. Nepal Rastra Bank had instructed Nepal Investment Bank to bring back the money.
The bank officials are hopeful that they would be able to trace the dollars and bring it back in the bank, citing that the dollar was still in Nepal.
However, it may not be easy to implement the SC verdict citing several reasons, with the political nexus of Sumargee being the major. He has close relations with Pushpa Kamal Dahal, the CPN chair, and the government could try to give protection to him.
However, the biggest revelation made by the verdict is the corrupt nature of Justice Joshi. He had reportedly made several controversial verdicts after he was denied the post of Chief Justice.


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Paula Patton Net Worth 2021, Biography, Awards and Instagram
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The actress who played Jane Carter in Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol and also appeared in the 2009 Oscar-winning film Precious. Let us review Paula Patton Net Worth 2021, Bio, Awards and InstagramShe would also appear in Baggage Claim and star in Warcraft. Continue reading for more details.
Paula Patton is the daughter of Joyce and Charles Patton who gave birth to her in the year 1975 in Los Angeles. Joyce is a school teacher whereas Charles is a lawyer.
The actress's mother is Caucasian whereas her father is of African-American origin.
Talking about her education, she did graduation from Hamilton High School, and later she began studying at the University of California, Berkeley, moving to the University of Southern California's Film School post her first year.
Soon after finishing her studies, the actress received a three-month assignment preparing documentaries for PBS.
Paula Patton has kicked start her career in acting by providing additional vocals for Usher on his album entitled Confessions.
Besides, she too offered the female vocal counterpart on a song entitled "Can U Handle It?", co-written by Robin Thicke, the person whom she would marry later.
The singer also has songwriting credits many of the multiple Robin Thicke albums below the name of "Max", taken a right from her middle name, i.e. Maxine.
Moreover, she did her film debut through a minor role played in a 2005 romantic comedy movie entitled Hitch, featuring Eva Mendes and Will Smith.
After that, she went on a large break that came during the year 2006 while she featured in the female lead character of Claire Kuchever within the science fiction thriller entitled Déjà Vu with Denzel Washington.
It was in late 2010 that announcement was made that this actress would get ahead Sharon Stone in the form of a latest full-time assistant district lawyer working on the NBC legal drama series known as Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
She also holds an experience of acting on co-starring roles because in the year 2013 she co-starred with Mark Wahlberg and Denzel Washington within the action-comedy movie entitled 2 Guns.
Besides, she was featured within the lead character in a romantic comedy film entitled Baggage Claim.
Recently in 2016, she again performed in a romantic comedy entitled The Perfect Match, with Terrence Jenkins.
Moreover, she performed opposite Adam Sandler within a direct-to-Netflix comedy movie entitled The Do-Over and featured as Garona Halforcen within the Warcraft film version.
Height and Weight
Height: 5 ft 7¼ in or 171 cm
Weight: 57 kg or 126 lbs
In the year 2007 Paula Patton won Black Reel Award as best supporting actress and also won Boston Society of Film Critics Award for her work in Precious.
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Mission: Impossible released on December 16, 2011, and was a commercial success, grossing almost $800 million worldwide.
Also in 2011, Patton played the leading role in the comedy flick Jumping the Broom. The movie hit the screen with success. It grossed over $37 million worldwide.
Paula Patton has a net worth amounting to $12 Million. The era of the 2000s proved to be successful for this actress as she earned well and also gained experience for performing different roles.
Paula Patton is an American actress who has a net worth of $10 million dollars. Patton is probably best-known for appearing in films such as "Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol" and "Déjà Vu".
Paula Patton was born in Los Angeles, California on December 5, 1975. She met future husband Robin Thicke while they were both were in high school.
She was 16 and he was 14. Patton graduated from the University of Southern California Film School and started making documentaries for PBS right out of college.
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Q: how to get images to collectionViewCells from Gallery? Hi i can getting the image from gallery but which is not display into collection view.i have written code like this
- (void)viewDidLoad
{

picker=[[UIImagePickerController alloc]init];
self.collectionView.delegate = self;
self.collectionView.dataSource = self;
[self.collectionView registerNib:[UINib nibWithNibName:@"MyCell" bundle:nil] forCellWithReuseIdentifier:@"CELL"];

}
- (IBAction)galleryClicked:(id)sender
{

NSLog(@"GalleryClicked");

picker.sourceType = UIImagePickerControllerSourceTypePhotoLibrary;
picker.delegate = self;
[picker setAllowsEditing:YES];
[self presentViewController:picker animated:YES completion:nil];

}

-(void)imagePickerController:(UIImagePickerController *)picker didFinishPickingMediaWithInfo:(NSDictionary *)info

{
inputImage= info[UIImagePickerControllerEditedImage];
NSLog(@"inputImage is :%@",inputImage);
[picker dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];
- (NSInteger)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView numberOfItemsInSection:(NSInteger)section
{
return 100;
}

- (MyCell *)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView cellForItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{

MyCell *cell = [collectionView dequeueReusableCellWithReuseIdentifier:@"CELL" forIndexPath:indexPath];
UIImageView *recipeImageView = (UIImageView *)[cell viewWithTag:100];
UILabel *descLabel = (UILabel *)[cell viewWithTag:110];
self.recipeImageView.image = inputImage;
return cell;
}

please anybody suggest me how to to do this .help is much appreciated.

A: You need to change self.recipeImageView.image = inputImage; to recipeImageView.image = inputImage;.

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It is with great sadness we announce the passing of our beloved mother. She was the eldest daughter of Albert and Florence Phillipson and was born and raised in Prince Rupert. Mom was predeceased by her husband of 72 years, Alex, in January 2014. Also predeceased by brothers, Pat, Clem, Abs; sister Harriet; and grandson, Colin.
Char married Alex in 1941 in Vancouver. Phillip was born while Alex was overseas, serving in the Second World War. Charlie and Peter were born shortly after his return to Vancouver. The family resided in Little Mountain Camp where Dad commenced university training. Charlotte was a devoted wife and mother: proud of her ability to stretch a dollar during lean times.
They raised their sons in Victoria where Alex worked for the Canadian Forest Service. They lived in Ottawa for 3 years, retiring to Denman Island in 1976 where she happily spent the next 27 years. Mom loved her garden, living by the sea, and the close knit senior community. She kept in touch with many friends both local and afar. They moved to Courtenay in 2003.
She leaves behind sons; Phil(Carol), Charlie(Donna) and Peter(Pauline); 6 grandchildren, Monique(Glen), Janine(Dan), Aaron(Hannah), Christopher(Za), Michelle(Scott) and Meghan; and 9 great grandchildren.
A special thank you to Mom's caregivers at Comox Valley Senior Village for your exceptional care and devotion to Mom's wellbeing. You made all the difference in her final days.
Service to be held at 2:00 pm on Saturday, November 29th at the Old Church Theatre, 755 Harmston Avenue in Courtenay. In lieu of flowers, please consider honouring Char's memory by making a donation to a charity of your choice.


MANILA: Budget airline group AirAsia is looking at buying Boeing 787s to expand the fleet of its long-haul arm AirAsia X , Chief Executive Tony Fernandes said on Friday.
"AirAsia X will need more planes. We are now looking at (Airbus) 330 (and) 350s, (Boeing) 787," Fernandes told reporters on the sidelines of a business forum in Manila.
The AirAsia group, which has already ordered A330s and A350s, has been exclusively linked to Airbus planes but industry experts say Boeing 787s could fit into its long-haul operations.
Fernandes said the group was also keen on buying more of Airbus A321neo long-range jets after purchasing 100 of them. "We will certainly need more going forward," he said.
AirAsia, which flies close to 200 airplanes and is the largest operator of Airbus's best-selling A320 jet, has airlines in Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, India and Japan and plans to expand into China and Vietnam.


With actions you can use your in-app messages to direct users to a website or a specific screen in your app.
Firebase In-App Messaging uses deep link handlers to process actions. The SDK is able to use a number of handlers, so if your app already has one, Firebase In-App Messaging can use that without any further setup. If you don't yet have a handler, you can use Firebase Dynamic Links. To learn more, read Create Dynamic Links on iOS.
Note: Link handlers must return NO or false for external links. That behavior lets Firebase In-App Messaging know that those links should be processed by other apps or the device's web browser.
Firebase In-App Messaging uses deep link handlers to process actions. The SDK is able to use a number of handlers, so if your app already has one, Firebase In-App Messaging can use that without any further setup. If you don't yet have a handler, you can use Firebase Dynamic Links. To learn more, read Create Dynamic Links on Android.
Once your app has a deep link handler, you're ready to compose a campaign with an action. Open the Firebase console to In-App Messaging, and start a new campaign or edit an existing campaign. In that campaign, provide a Button text and Button action, an Image action, or a Banner action, where the action is a relevant deep link.
The action's format depends on which message layout you choose. Modals get action buttons with customizable button text content, text color, and background color. Images and top banners, on the other hand, become interactive and invoke the specified action when tapped.
By default, Firebase In-App Messaging automatically delivers messages to all of your app's users. To deliver those messages, the Firebase In-App Messaging SDK uses Firebase Instance IDs to identify each user's app. This means that In-App Messaging has to send client data, linked to the Instance ID, to Firebase servers. If you'd like to give users more control over the data they send, enable opt-in data collection and give them a chance to approve data sharing.
Once you set automaticDataCollectionEnabled to YES, the value persists through app restarts, overriding the value in your Info.plist. If you'd like to disable initialization again, for example, if a user opts-out of collection later, set the property to NO.
Once you set a data collection preference manually, the value persists through app restarts, overriding the value in your AndroidManifest.xml. If you'd like to disable initialization again, if a user opts-out of collection later, for example, pass false to the setAutomaticDataCollectionEnabled method.
Setting the property to YES prevents Firebase In-App Messaging from displaying messages, while NO reenables message display. The SDK resets the property to NO on app restart. Suppressed messages are ignored by the SDK. Their trigger conditions must be met again while suppression is off, before Firebase In-App Messaging can display them.
Passing true to the method prevents Firebase In-App Messaging from displaying messages, while false reenables message display. The SDK turns off message suppression on app restart. Suppressed messages are ignored by the SDK. Their trigger conditions must be met again while suppression is off before Firebase In-App Messaging can display them.
Firebase In-App Messaging lets you customize message displays to change the way your app renders messages' layout, font styles, button shapes, and other details. There are two ways to modify message displays: modify the default Firebase In-App Messaging displays or create your own message display library from scratch.
The most straightforward way customize your messages is to build off of Firebase In-App Messaging's default message display code.
To get started, clone the latest release of the firebase-ios-sdk repo, and open the InAppMessagingDisplay directory.
With the repo cloned, you can modify any or all of the Firebase In-App Messaging message types: Modal, Banner, and ImageOnly. Each type corresponds to a message layout in the Firebase In-App Messaging campaign creation flow.
With the message type limitations in mind, you're free to modify them however you'd like. You can create a banner that displays at the bottom of your app, move around the action button on a modal, or any other modification that would make the messages' look and feel fit your app.
Modify files in your preferred message types' directories and the corresponding sections of the .storyboard to create your custom message displays.
With that done, you can update your pods, rebuild your app, and see your new, customized message displays.
You're not limited to working from the InAppMessagingDisplay library to create a UI for displaying messages. You can also write your own code from scratch.
Firebase In-App Messaging uses the FIRInAppMessaging class to handle communications between Firebase servers and your app. That class, in turn, uses the FIRInAppMessagingRendering protocol to display the messages it receives. To build your own display library, write a class that implements the protocol.
Tip: Use the InAppMessagingDisplay code for reference. Even if you're not building with it directly, you'll probably find it helpful to take a look at the default Firebase In-App Messaging message displays to get a feel for how they implement FIRInAppMessagingRendering. You can find them in the InAppMessagingDisplay GitHub repo.
Use the Firebase In-App Messaging display SDK for Android to customize how In-App Messaging displays your messages, available now on the Firebase GitHub repo.
Write your own implementation of the FirebaseInAppMessagingDisplay class.
Register that implemenation with the headless Firebase In-App Messaging SDK.
To get started, check out the Firebase In-App Messaging team's implementation in FirebaseInAppMessagingDisplayImpl.java.


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Motsaalore Motone: The motivated young farmer yearning to feed the nation
Young farmers across the globe have taken up the challenge of continuing their family agribusiness. To be successful, this generation also applies clever strategies to counter misconceptions, generate society's trust and stay connected.
Available statistics shows that in Africa, where 60 percent of the continent's population is under 24, the average age of farmers is 60 years old, according to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
Due to the world's expanding but aging population, more farmers will be needed to ensure the food security of almost ten billion people expected by 2050 ÔÇô new blood is critical.
In Botswana, there was never a question that, Motsaalore Motone (25) ÔÇô a descendant of a farmer would have to get his hands dirty and learn how to grow food.
"I do not know what else I can do besides farming. After my Father decided to leave it while I was still at Primary School I realised that I could pick up where he left so I resumed the business when I was doing Form 4".
The young Motone is certain that farming is a challenging vocation which needs patience and dedication. He says he now has his father as his mentor and other two employees.
"Since my father has been a farmer for a long time, he has some skills and experience and he is always around, helping as a supervisor and showing us how he expects things to be done."
To date, Motone's horticulture business, which is operated from Guloshabe lands, some 30 kilometers away from Shashe River has found its ground. Motone's business lists leading retailers Choppies, Pick n Pay and Spar amongst its clientele.
Amongst other products, Motone produces and sells cabbage, maize, butternuts and onions which he says are "self-marketing".
"How horticulture is marketed is not the same as how other businesses are marketed. We just make quality vegetables and go to the buyers, making sure that the quality of our products beats what they have been having," said Motone.
He adds that the only hurdle his business is currently facing is that of transportation of the produce as he owns a small vehicle which is not even in a good state. As a result, Motone has resorted to truck hiring which comes at an extra cost to the business.
He admits, "I have market all over and I plant enough for the market but my biggest problem is that I am failing to deliver."
Despite the rough sector that he operates under, the 25 year old says he is grateful to the government for bringing electricity to their farms because there is much difference in using electricity as compared to using diesel as the latter was too costly for them.
To kick start his project, Mokone got a financial assistance from the government through the Youth Fund administered by the Ministry of Youth.
While he uses some of the proceeds to repay the loan, Motone has also enrolled for a part time Diploma in Accounting and Business Studies (DABS) with the University of Botswana.
Meanwhile according to Statistics on Agricultural Produce with South Africa (SAPSA), collected between January and December 2017 by Statistics Botswana (SB), the country imported vegetables worth over BWP178 million, but only made BWP950, 703.00 in export of the same product to South Africa (SA). Should farmers like Motone excel, Botswana would spend less on imports and export more for a change.
Also the Ministry of Agriculture's Division of Research and Statistics says, about 69 percent of the population benefits from agriculture as farmers, labourers or both. However, due to regular and prolonged droughts, the Ministry states that both crops and livestock have not been performing as expected.
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Bao Zhuoxuan (C), the son of human rights lawyer Wang Yu (R) and her legal activist husband Bao Longjun (L), pose for an airport photo before the teenager's flight to Australia, Jan. 16, 2018.
Bao Zhuoxuan, also known by his nickname Bao Mengmeng, was just 16 when his passport was confiscated in the wake of his parents' arrest on the night of July 9, 2015 at the start of a nationwide police operation targeting the legal profession that became know as the "709 crackdown."
Rights activists Tang Zhishun and Xing Qingxian were both later detained in the Tianjin No. 2 Detention Center on suspicion of "organizing the smuggling of persons across a national boundary."
"My son's passport came through [in late] November, and we immediately applied for a visa," Bao Longjun told RFA on Thursday. "He arrived in Melbourne at around 2.00 p.m. yesterday."
"Our boy was treated as guilty by association with us, and he has suffered greatly as a result," he said. "It's as if a huge weight has finally fallen from our shoulders."
Bao said his son's departure had been part of a plea bargain struck with the authorities that led to his and Wang Yu's "confession" to subversion charges and their subsequent release on "bail," to be held under surveillance as a family.
"I am pleased that [the authorities] actually kept their promise," he said. "I hope he will now be able to complete his studies in Australia; we will have to see whether or not he is targeted [by agents of the Chinese state] while he is there."
Bao said his family isn't the only one that has seen innocent loved ones embroiled in the consequences of the July 2015 crackdown, citing the case of fellow lawyer Li Heping.
"[Li] Heping's kid is due to take his gaokao [college entrance exam] in June, and he wants to go overseas to study at a good university," Bao said. "I hope the authorities treat his kid in the same way as ours."
But he said the greatest fears are around detained lawyer Wang Quanzhang, who remains in the Tianjin No. 1 Detention Center, denied visits from his lawyers, more than two years after his "disappearance" in 2015.
Wang Yu's defense attorney Wen Donghai said the ruling Chinese Communist Party's crackdown on human rights lawyers hasn't ended yet.
"Right now it looks as if they are backing off in some areas and cracking down in others," Wen told RFA. "This is all part of their strategy."
"If you look at the thinking of [President] Xi Jinping, I don't think the future will be very bright for those who practice law; not as bright as we once thought it would," Wen said.
Wang and Bao once worked for the now-shuttered Fengrui law firm that was the first target of police raids and detentions in July 2015 that broadened into a nationwide operation targeting more than 300 lawyers, law firm staff and associated rights activists for detention, professional sanctions, house arrest, and travel bans, including for family members.
Reported by Ng Yik-tung and Lam Kwok-lap for RFA's Cantonese Service. Translated and edited by Luisetta Mudie.