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package clicommand

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"os"
	"time"

	"github.com/buildkite/agent/v3/api"
	"github.com/buildkite/agent/v3/cliconfig"
	"github.com/buildkite/roko"
	"github.com/urfave/cli"
)

var AnnotationRemoveHelpDescription = `Usage:

   buildkite-agent annotation remove [arguments...]

Description:

   Remove an existing annotation which was previously published using the
   buildkite-agent annotate command.

   If you leave context blank, it will use the default context.

Example:

   $ buildkite-agent annotation remove
   $ buildkite-agent annotation remove --context "remove-me"`

type AnnotationRemoveConfig struct {
	Context string `cli:"context" validate:"required"`
	Job     string `cli:"job" validate:"required"`

	// Global flags
	Debug       bool     `cli:"debug"`
	LogLevel    string   `cli:"log-level"`
	NoColor     bool     `cli:"no-color"`
	Experiments []string `cli:"experiment" normalize:"list"`
	Profile     string   `cli:"profile"`

	// API config
	DebugHTTP        bool   `cli:"debug-http"`
	AgentAccessToken string `cli:"agent-access-token" validate:"required"`
	Endpoint         string `cli:"endpoint" validate:"required"`
	NoHTTP2          bool   `cli:"no-http2"`
}

var AnnotationRemoveCommand = cli.Command{
	Name:        "remove",
	Usage:       "Remove an existing annotation from a Buildkite build",
	Description: AnnotationRemoveHelpDescription,
	Flags: []cli.Flag{
		cli.StringFlag{
			Name:   "context",
			Value:  "default",
			Usage:  "The context of the annotation used to differentiate this annotation from others",
			EnvVar: "BUILDKITE_ANNOTATION_CONTEXT",
		},
		cli.StringFlag{
			Name:   "job",
			Value:  "",
			Usage:  "Which job is removing the annotation",
			EnvVar: "BUILDKITE_JOB_ID",
		},

		// API Flags
		AgentAccessTokenFlag,
		EndpointFlag,
		NoHTTP2Flag,
		DebugHTTPFlag,

		// Global flags
		NoColorFlag,
		DebugFlag,
		LogLevelFlag,
		ExperimentsFlag,
		ProfileFlag,
	},
	Action: func(c *cli.Context) {
		ctx := context.Background()

		// The configuration will be loaded into this struct
		cfg := AnnotationRemoveConfig{}

		loader := cliconfig.Loader{CLI: c, Config: &cfg}
		warnings, err := loader.Load()
		if err != nil {
			fmt.Printf("%s", err)
			os.Exit(1)
		}

		l := CreateLogger(&cfg)

		// Now that we have a logger, log out the warnings that loading config generated
		for _, warning := range warnings {
			l.Warn("%s", warning)
		}

		// Setup any global configuration options
		done := HandleGlobalFlags(l, cfg)
		defer done()

		// Create the API client
		client := api.NewClient(l, loadAPIClientConfig(cfg, `AgentAccessToken`))

		// Retry the removal a few times before giving up
		err = roko.NewRetrier(
			roko.WithMaxAttempts(5),
			roko.WithStrategy(roko.Constant(1*time.Second)),
			roko.WithJitter(),
		).DoWithContext(ctx, func(r *roko.Retrier) error {
			// Attempt to remove the annotation
			resp, err := client.AnnotationRemove(ctx, cfg.Job, cfg.Context)

			// Don't bother retrying if the response was one of these statuses
			if resp != nil && (resp.StatusCode == 401 || resp.StatusCode == 404 || resp.StatusCode == 400 || resp.StatusCode == 410) {
				r.Break()
				return err
			}

			// Show the unexpected error
			if err != nil {
				l.Warn("%s (%s)", err, r)
				return err
			}
			return nil
		})

		// Show a fatal error if we gave up trying to create the annotation
		if err != nil {
			l.Fatal("Failed to remove annotation: %s", err)
		}

		l.Debug("Successfully removed annotation")
	},
}

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Manuela Giugliano (* 18. August 1997 in Castelfranco Veneto) ist eine italienische Fußballspielerin. Sie steht derzeit bei AS Rom unter Vertrag und spielte 2014 erstmals für die italienische Nationalmannschaft.

Karriere

Vereine
Manuela Giugliano spielte für ACFD Pordenone, ehe sie 2014 von ASD Torres Calcio verpflichtet wurde. Im folgenden Jahr unterschrieb sie einen Vertrag bei ASD Mozzanica. Im Sommer 2016 entschied sich Giugliano zunächst, zu Atlético Madrid in die Primera División zu wechseln. Aus persönlichen Gründen entschied sie sich letztlich jedoch gegen den Wechsel. Am 22. September 2016 unterschrieb sie dann einen Vertrag bei AGSM Verona. 2017 wechselte sie zu ACF Brescia, ehe sie in der folgenden Saison vom AC Mailand verpflichtet wurde. Nach nur einer Saison bei Mailand wechselte Giugliano am 16. Juli 2019 zu AS Rom. Aufgrund ihrer Leistungen während ihrer ersten Saison in Rom und in der Nationalmannschaft wurde sie als italienische Fußballerin des Jahres 2019 ausgezeichnet. Im August 2020 verlängerte sie ihren Vertrag bei AS Rom um drei Jahre. 2021 gewann sie mit ihrem Verein die Coppa Italia.

Nationalmannschaft
Giugliano nahm mit der U-17-Mannschaft an der U-17-Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft der Frauen 2014 teil und erzielte bei dem Turnier in sechs Spielen drei Tore. Sie war auch Teil des Kaders für die U-17-Fußball-Europameisterschaft der Frauen 2014 und spielte bei der italienischen U-19-Mannschaft.

Für die italienische Nationalmannschaft kam sie erstmals am 25. Oktober 2014 bei einem Spiel gegen die Ukraine zum Einsatz. Ihr erstes Länderspieltor erzielte sie am 18. September 2015 bei einem Spiel gegen Georgien. Antonio Cabrini berief sie in den Kader für die Fußball-Europameisterschaft der Frauen 2017. Beim Turnier kam sie in zwei Gruppenspielen zum Einsatz. Außerdem spielte sie beim Zypern-Cup 2018 und 2019. Giugliano wurde von Milena Bertolini für die Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft der Frauen 2019 nominiert und kam schließlich in allen drei Gruppenspielen, sowie im Achtel- und Viertelfinale zum Einsatz. Im Jahr 2021 qualifizierte sie sich mit der Nationalmannschaft für die Teilnahme an der Fußball-Europameisterschaft der Frauen 2022, bei der sie zwei Spiele absolvierte. Für Italien spielte sie auch beim Algarve-Cup 2022 und beim Arnold Clark Cup 2023, bei dem sie ein Tor erzielte.

Erfolge
Brescia
 Supercoppa Italiana: 2017

Rom
 Coppa Italia: 2020/21
 Supercoppa Italiana: 2022/23

Individuell
 Fußballerin des Jahres der Serie A: 2019
 Pallone Azzurro: 2015

Einzelnachweise

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Fußballnationalspieler (Italien)
Fußballspieler (ASD CF Bardolino)
Fußballspieler (AC Mailand)
Fußballspieler (AS Rom)
Teilnehmer an einer Fußball-Europameisterschaft (Italien)
Teilnehmer an einer Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft (Italien)
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Sandman: Overture #2 – Neil Gaiman and J.H. Williams III Offer a Dreamy Feast for the Brain
by Karen O'Brien
Don't just read Sandman: Overture #2 – savor it. We are in the midst of a modern classic.
Dream has an appointment with time, and not even the waiting delegation of the Knight of Clouds and his company of forgotten trumps can deter him from seeking out Mad Hettie, whose dreams reflect the stuff of life and death that defy and define time itself. She knows that Dream died, and can't believe she's currently talking to him.
"I heard he'd died. Or p'rhaps I only dreamed it…that was it. I had a dream. Everyone in the whole wide world was there."
"And you're him?"
"I am Dream of the Endless, Henrietta."
As all of the aspects of Dream converge in 1915, to discuss the removal from existence of one aspect and the interruption of the proper transfer to another, Dream receives some perspective from the Dream of the first-created things.
The universe is old. It will end. And it's all Dream's fault. But he's going to handle it with a little help from himself.
Read it once, read it again, and you still won't have a handle on all of the layers that writer Neil Gaiman has woven into this story. It's a blissful confusion only experienced in the finest of mysteries, where you read for the pleasure of taking the journey of discovery toward resolution.
Dream's dilemma speaks volumes about the level of trust Gaiman places in the readers to sit back and enjoy the journey. We get more questions than answers in this issue, but they are terrific questions, and Dream is in for a wild ride.
The visual wonderland of Sandman: Overture is another adventure in eye candy from J.H. Williams III. You won't see everything on these gloriously detailed pages in one reading, and that's fine. His buildings are alive—literally. Dream's different aspects are a riot of color and diversity, while the cat is an instant favorite.
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Ripple went to the Bank of Labor, a block from police headquarters, last September. He gave a note to a teller saying he had a gun and was demanding money. After he was given it, Ripple waited for police. Court records indicate Ripple wrote the robbery note in front of his wife and told her he would rather be in jail than at home.
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Anytime you're the biggest offseason addition, there's already a target on your back and expectations that come with the territory. That's especially true of Donaldson.
He's the only big addition to a team that surprised the baseball world by claiming the division a year ago before losing out to the Dodgers in the in the NLDS. Donaldson is also a former MVP who signed for only a 1-year deal as he looks to remake his market and cash in again next winter.
Donaldson turned 33 in December and is coming off a year in which he played just 52 games due to lingering calf issues. He managed only 113 games played in 2017, but still hit 33 bombs with a .944 OPS that season.
This is a player who finished in the Top 10 in AL MVP voting four years in a row from 2013-16 with the Oakland A's and Toronto Blue Jays, slashing .284/.375/.518 (.893 OPS) with an average of 33 homers, 103 RBI, 106 runs scored and 84 walks per year. He also racked up 31.3 WAR in that span while playing elite defense at third base.
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Foltynewicz is the Braves' ace, but he's not expected to be ready for Opening Day as he's currently nursing elbow tightness. Atlanta won't need a fifth starter for a while anyways due to the off-days early on in the schedule. Assuming Foltynewicz is able to avoid serious injury and return mid-April, the Braves will be in good shape. He finished 8th in NL Cy Young voting last year, going 13-10 with a 2.85 ERA, 1.08 WHIP and 202 strikeouts in 183 innings.
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The lineup should be fantastic once again, regardless of what Donaldson provides. Freeman is a bonafide MVP candidate and Acuna may well join that conversation, too, at a ripe old age of 21 years old. The reigning NL Rookie of the Year hit .293 with a .917 OPS, 26 homers and 16 stolen bases in just 111 games last season as a 20-year-old. Over a full campaign, those numbers extrapolate out to 38 homers and 23 stolen bases. Maybe a sophomore slump is coming, but this is a ridiculously talented young player.
Around the rest of the lineup, the Braves hope young second baseman Albies is more like the player he flashed in the first half (.281/.318/.516, 20 homers) than the guy that faded in the second half (.226/.282/.342, 4 homers). But he just turned 22 in January, so he has a lot of development left to do.
Former No. 1 overall pick Swanson is a defensive whiz at shortstop, but hasn't hit at all over the course of his big-league career (.243/.314/.369 career slash). Right now, the Braves don't have room for 25-year-old Johan Carmago in their everyday lineup despite the fact he hit .295 with an .844 OPS after the All-Star Break last year and is a switch-hitter who can play just about anywhere. But he represents depth to give guys a breather or step in if anybody goes down to injury.
Markakis, a 35-year-old veteran, had one of the best years of his career last season and looked to be out the door in free agency before signing a 1-year, $6 million deal in late January. Adding McCann to pair with Tyler Flowers behind the plate gives the Braves another valuable veteran voice in the clubhouse.
The Achilles' heel of this team could be the bullpen. The Braves front office didn't touch the position group this winter and are watching as one of their top relievers (A.J. Minter) is already sidelined due to a shoulder injury suffered in a car accident earlier this winter.
Former Cub Arodys Vizcaino has come into his own as closer, but the rest of the bullpen is one big question mark.
This is a very talented team and has an incredibly bright future, but they may experience too many growing pains in 2019 to hang with the Phillies and Nationals.


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A Solomon Islander on Government of Japan scholarship will leave to study in Japan.
The economic performance of several Pacific countries is improving, but greater reforms are needed if they are to reach their full potential, according to Pacific Economic Survey 2008.
The International Marine Mammal Project of Earth Island Institute is thanking Mr. Alex Lokopio, Premier of the Western Province of the Solomon Islands, for rejecting the capture and export of live dolphins.
The Church of Melanesia (COM) recently launched its HIV and AIDS policy and work programme. The COM also commissioned members, within its congregation, tasked with implementing the work programmes.
The Rove betel nut stalls has been at the centre of continuous row between the vendors and the Honiara City Council. The betel nut stalls were recently shut down by the Honiara City Council stating that the stalls were erected illegally.
The Ministry of Fisheries hopes to collect 100-million dollars in government revenue for the first time this year.
Government sponsored students at the University of the South Pacific Laucala Campus in Suva, Fiji are calling on the government to immediately deal with their allowances.
Minister for Environment, Conservation and Meteorology Gordon Darcy Lilo confirms that effects of global warming are now evident in Solomon Islands.
A freak accident in Honiara awes members of the public to have fear for God.
While the capital city of the country, Honiara, boasts that it has three FM stations, eight communities on Isabel Province are quietly enjoying eight Community FM stations established around the Province since last year.
The 2008 Budget is framed on the clear policy directions stipulated in the Government's Policy Statement and the Translation and Implementation Framework.
The traveling public in Honiara is urging bus business owners to consider the recent rise in bus fare.
Local architecture in the Solomons is unique for its originality with each province presenting its own unique style of housing.
The Enterprise Challenge Fund was officially launched at the Jina's Restaurant, Kukum Highway in the eastern part of Honiara.
The chiefly system plays a big part in the local culture of the Solomons, and it varies greatly in a country known for its cultural diversity.
The Ministry of Commerce, Industries and Employment will conduct a survey on businesses.
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This morning, Police Commissioner Mohammed Jahir Khan met with his counterpart from the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary, Commissioner Gari Baki, at Police Headquarters to discuss future training arrangements between the two countries.
A new local initiative, Solomon Host, has successfully completed a week-long training in Honiara.
Solomon Islands will start to see a decline of log export revenue as of next year.
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The government hopes to reduce tax and duty exemptions by one third to raise $40 million dollars towards the 2008 Budget.
Although Solomon Islands is said to be a Christian country, there are people who still live as "heathens".
Solomon Islanders wishing to transit through New Zealand for less than 24 hours will no longer be required to obtain a transit visa.
The Minister of Finance, Mr. Snyder Rini this morning delivered the 2008 budget in its second reading.
The government is expected to grow the revenue base by raising excise on beer and tobacco products by 20 percent.
Police are yet to receive a formal complaint in relation to allegations that a member of the public was mistreated by officers last week at Aruligo Village.
The three Chinese men charged with selling counterfeit cigarettes faced their verdict in Honiara.
The Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Meteorology celebrated the World Meteorological Day in Honiara based on the theme "Observing our planet for a better future".
The parego, or breadfruit tree as known in pijin, was chopped down to make way for a new house at Ganawe village near Kira Kira, the capital of Makira-Ulawa Province.
Honiara residents took time out for a beach party to mark the Easter occasion at Guadalcanal's Lela Beach.
The baptism of a former Malaita Eagle Force (MEF) Commander has been described as "the greatest [Easter] gift for the people of North Malaita".
A new video against domestic violence, co-produced by the Solomon Islands Police Force and RAMSI's Participating Police Force, was screened for the first time during a breakfast hosted by RAMSI and other local sponsors.
Solomon Telekom Company Ltd Our Telekom has now gone into a strategic partnership with Daltron (Solomon Islands) Limited in providing support for Internet customers initially in Honiara and then throughout the country in the future.
The women of Solomon Islands have a crucial role in shaping the country's future RAMSI Special Coordinator, Tim George said today.
Police are making enquiries into the circumstances surrounding the death of a man believed to be in his 50's.
The ANZ Bank in Honiara hands over a computer set to the Honiara Beautification Committee today.
The Kwaio people represent one of the many cultural groups within Malaita Province. Like many other cultures, specific ornaments are still in existence representing a way of life in the past.
The Police Response Team (PRT) was deployed to Burns Creek in the early hours of this morning after a group of men armed with bush knives and other weapons broke into the Bulacane factory and commenced a barrage of rock throwing.
A report highlighting major mental health related issues, affecting the youth of Solomon Islands, was launched recently by the Under Secretary of the Ministry of Health and Medical services, Mr. George Malefoasi.
Residents living close to drains and rivers are advised to take extra care during heavy down pour.
The Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development (MEHRD) paid one hundred and eighty-two University of the South Pacific (USP) students, at the Laucala campus, their allowance on Friday.
Dubbed the 'Miracle Mineral Supplement' or MMS for short, this new supplement promises to kill malaria parasites within two hours, cure cancer, TB and many more of mankind's worse diseases.
The Police Traffic Centre is investigating the circumstances surrounding a motor vehicle accident which killed two people and left others seriously injured. The accident occurred at 2.00am on Saturday morning.
Tetere Police have arrested and charged a 25-year-old man from Green Valley with seven offences after he entered two houses in the early hours of 15 March 2008.
The Solomon Kitano Mendana Hotel has undergone renovations since April 2007, the new look is expected to be completed by the end of March 2008.
The Deputy Clerk of the National Parliament, Mrs. Florence Naezon, revealed during a hearing of the Public Accounts Committee that there are plans to build an office complex for Members of Parliament.
The representative for the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), Mrs. Mia Rimon, stated that more can be done for the women of Solomon Islands and the region.
Few lucky residents of the West Honiara Constituency received financial assistance through the West Honiara Development Program. A program funded through the Rural Constituency Development Fund (RCDF).
The Leader of Opposition, Hon. Manasseh Sogavare has questioned whether Prime Minister Dr Derek Sikua's rejection to attend the latest International Whaling Commission meeting reflected the decision of his cabinet on commercial whaling.
Detectives from Honiara City, with the support of Forensic Officers, are investigating the circumstances surrounding a burglary incident at a residence at Lengakiki around 3.00am today.
Minister for Foreign Affairs William Haomae and Japanese Charge'd Affairs Mr Akira Iwanade yesterday signed exchange notes in Honiara as a start towards the construction of a new Market center and a Jetty in the Malaita Provincial Capital, Auki.
The Embassy of Japan has appointed a new Charge d' Affairs, replacing Mr. Koichi Kodama. A welcome ceremony was held late last week to welcome Mr. Akira Iwanade, the new Charge d' Affairs of the Japanese Embassy.
Before electrical drills that are now common in the Solomon Islands today, the stone drill has been widely used in the Western Province, an essential tool to create shell money.
The Solomon Islands Police Force will be represented by female officers at tomorrow's International Women's Day parade.
The General Manager of Solomon Islands Visitors Bureau, Michael Tokuru, wants reliable air services provided on the country's domestic routes.
The Australian Prime Minister, Hon Kevin Rudd has congratulated all members of Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI) police, soldiers and civilians for their efforts in rebuilding Solomon Islands.
The Solomon Islands Prime Minister, Dr. Derek Sikua, has said that his government welcomes a proposal from the Australian government to pursue pacific partnership development agreement with Pacific Island nations.
The commemoration of the 'Commonwealth Day' was held yesterday morning at the Commonwealth Youth Program Center.
The long coil of Red Feather Money is a valuable and unique traditional artifact from the Santa Cruz Islands in Temotu Province.
Minister for Infrastructure Development Stanley Sofu and Japanese Charge'd Affairs Akira Iwanade will jointly sign documents to start a Japanese government funded project to rehabilitate wharves at Gizo, Western Province.
Australia's Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, during a press conference in Honiara, stated that Australia would seek to host the forum meeting in 2009, a move welcomed by both PNG and Solomon Islands.
Three Solomon Telekom Graduate/Apprentice students left the country on Saturday 8th March 2008 to undertake training specific to Telecommunications.
Australia's Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, has pledged to increase Aid to the Solomon Islands by at least AUD$14.5 Million, despite cutbacks in Australia.
Acting Deputy Commissioner of Operations Edmund Sikua has assured the community that the rate of serious home invasions is not increasing and ex-patriots are not being specifically targeted.
Three of the World's top International surfers will be testing the Solomon Island waves from March 4th -11th , on an invitation from the Solomon Islands Visitors Bureau. American surfer, Benji Weatherley will be accompanied by Australian surfers, Josh Kerr and Dion Agius.
Ministry for Women, Youth and Children are working towards having a Child Rights Bill approved by the cabinet and the Parliament. A draft was made out in 2004 and is still yet in the working progress to be approved.
Choiseul Province like all Solomon Islands Province has its own unique way of cultural dressing.
He says the two former governments of Sir Allan Kemakeza and Manasseh Sogavare supported the free education policy for Solomon Islands.
The National Government is keen to develop Suava Bay in North Malaita into a commercial township.
Fishermen in West Baelelea constituency in North Malaita will no longer travel long risky ocean distances to catch fish following a successful launching of a fishing project last Saturday at the coastal village of Akwe in the Folotana Bay.
The Prime Minister's Office has confirmed that the first meeting of the National Parliament for this year 2008 will be on March 17th.
RAMSI's Participating Police Force (PPF) has dispatched a team to Buala, in the Isabel Province, in response to a request for assistance with the destruction of crocodiles.
The Community Policing Department of the Solomon Islands Police Force will enforce a family violence policy, which is divided into two chapters.
The Tapa cloth is a traditional clothing used by the people in Tikopia, a Polynesian outlier in the Solomon Islands.
The Solomon Islands are now experiencing an influx in counterfeit cigarettes in the local shops. A ring of counterfeit suppliers were busted recently bringing some hope in curbing the problem.
The UNICEF Pacific Head Office in Suva held a retreat last month for UNICEF officers throughout the Pacific region.
The SkyAirWorld Airlines Company held their launching last night at the King Solomon Hotel.
The Shortland Islands Constituency are proud new owners of a new cargo boat, ideal for sea travel between Shortlands and Honiara.
The upcoming Pacific Arts Festival, to be held in New Zealand, will see three local artists representing the diverse cultures of the Solomon Islands. They are Riaz Haikiu, Jon Jay and Levi To'o.


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Shaun Hasting's voice actor should demonstrate Assassin's Creed at E3 !!
Anyone want to play AC Unity with me (Xbox One only)?
Assassin's Creed: Syndicate - Arabic Subtitles?
Is this flag missing something in the upper-left corner?
Trying to set NAT setting to Open, need help!
In hindsight: was 1:1 a misstake?
My impressions from playing the demo 12 times.
UBI: PLEASE slow down the combat animations. Just a little.
Could Jacob and Evie both be Sages?
Time for the Forum to be rebranded to Syndicate?
AC Syndicate Tour: London - Feedback thread.
How do I recover my Product Key?
What the....no multiplayer in Assassin's Creed: Syndicate?
Those Who Came Before - What are your thoughts on a high technology past?
What are your thoughts on a Jacob x Evie?
Assassins and hoods: is it traditional ?
So ... why "Gangs of London" ?
I just became legend rank would like to start another run but no spot to save?
Are Jacob and Evie Chracters we've seen before in the franchise?
Assassin's Creed: Syndicate Composer? Jesper Kyd?


Turkey has invaded Syria to fight against the Kurds. Turkey is fighting alongside FSA terrorists while the United States, a Turkish ally is fighting alongside Kurdish terrorists. The Syrian military is pushing northwest toward Idlib city and the Russian, Iranian, and Hezbollah forces remain in the country to stabilize the situation and defeat jihadist groups continuing to operate there. The Kurds work with the FSA but the FSA is now working with the Turks. The FSA also works with the United States who in turn works with the Kurds.
This is a brief example of the complexities of the Syrian crisis, exacerbated by recent events. For most casual observers, it is becoming harder to determine who is fighting who and likewise who is working together. With so many competing agendas and interests, the waters have become so muddied even researchers and journalists familiar with the crisis are less clear as to what is happening in Syria right now.
In order to understand what is currently taking place in Syria, it is important to understand the interests of the parties involved. Quite simply, one needs to know what these parties want. After understanding the agenda of the nations taking part in the conflict, it will be easier to understand the possibilities in terms of where the recent Turk invasion is going to take Turkey, Syria, the United States, the Middle East, and the world.
Much has been written about the United States aims in Syria since the beginning of the crisis in 2011, at least within the alternative media. Essentially, the U.S., which launched the terrorist invasion of Syria wants to see the complete destruction of the Syrian government in the same vein of what the United States managed to accomplish in Libya. A Plan B would be the "federalization" of Syria or the breakup of the country into smaller weak impotent states that cannot resist the will of the West. Syria is to be used as a stepping stone to Iran and Iran a stepping stone to Russia.
While many Americans had hoped that a Trump administration would bring a more rational reasonable approach to Syria, Trump's doubling down on the "Assad must go" line, bombing in Khan Sheikhoun, continuing the illegal military occupation, and providing support for the Kurds all indicate that a more reasonable Syria policy is not in the cards and that the destruction of breakup of Syria is still the policy of the United States.
Turkey has interests that center around the personality of its President Erdogan, its connection to both the U.S. and Russia, and the issue of the Kurds. Above all, Erdogan wishes to keep Turkey free of a Kurdish uprising in its east and south as well as to keep an organized, established Kurdistan from its southern and eastern borders. Erdogan is also a neo-Ottoman that has dreams of expanding Turkey's influence and borders beyond what they are. In other words, he nurtures pipe dreams of creating a new Ottoman empire. The latter is the main reason, along with Erdogan's own Islamism, that Turkey has supported the arming, training, funding, and facilitation of terrorists from inside the country across the border into Syria. Turkey is also tied at the hip to the United States and a member of NATO. Despite its own ambitions, Turkey no doubt wants to continue to benefit from this relationship but Erdogan might also be realizing that the Obama administration sold him a bill of goods when it was in the process of using Turkey as a staging ground for the so-called "Syrian revolution." In the end, Turkey only managed to sully its relationship with its neighbor and foster a massive Kurdish expansion.
Syria's interests are more transparent than those of anyone in the conflict. Syria simply wants to be free of Western-backed terrorists, Americans, Kurds, and Turks who have invaded their country. It does not want religious rule, Turkish expansion, Kurdish independence, Federalism, or U.N. rigged elections. It simply wants to finish the war, expel the terrorists and other invaders, and get back to the business of rebuilding.
Russia's interests lie strictly with Russia. Putin's interests are not in "saving Syria," but in protecting Russian interests, alliances, and defensive military presence. It just so happens that the Assad government is an integral part of Russian defense strategy since Vladmir Putin's administration understands that the Western bloc has the intent of surrounding Russia, gradually eliminating its allies, and ultimately bringing down the Russian state both from within and without. Russia wants peace and stability in Syria. It wants the Turks, Americans, and terrorists out of the country. Thus, Russia's agenda is the same as Syria's except that Russia seeks to solidify its military presence in the country and its role in rebuilding. The question, however, is how far Russia is willing to go toward this end. Is Russia willing to risk military confrontation with the United States in order to protect Syria? More importantly, is Russia willing to actually go toe to toe with America if the U.S. does not back down?
Terrorists – FSA, ISIS, Nusra, Qaeda, HTS, etc.
The terrorists operating in Syria have no agenda except one of two possibilities – the establishment of an "idyllic" Islamic system based on pre-civilized laws and standards or some quick money being paid to them. Beyond that, the terrorists are nothing more than pawns in the game to destroy the Syrian government. More specifically they are either mercenaries or jihadist dupes paid and armed by the United States for the purpose of destroying the Syrian government.
Iran, like Russia, is interested in preventing a war that sees Persia slated for the next invasion after Syria. If NATO's plans can be stopped in Syria, there is greater hope it can be prevented from taking place in Iran. Unlike Russia, however, Iran also has ideological reasons for joining the fight, namely defeating Sunni extremism (as supported by the GCC and Turkey). Iran also wants to expand its regional influence not only through Syria and Hezbollah but through Iraq as well.
Hezbollah's interests lie overwhelmingly with the protection of Lebanon from Israel. Rightly understanding that the war in Syria is one of Israeli machinations, Hezbollah has done everything in its power to protect Lebanese borders, prevent Israeli invasion of Lebanon, and defeat GCC funded, Western-backed Sunni terrorists in Syria. There is also the question of self-preservation since, if Syria is defeated, a major supply from Iran will have been severed.
Israel's goals are the same, essentially, as that of the United States – the utter destruction of Syria or, in the event of failure, the partitioning of Syria into fractured mini-states that are based on religion, race, or ethnicity. It wants the spread of chaos and destruction throughout all non-Israeli territory in the Middle East to its own benefit.
The GCC are interested in three things – continuing to survive on the gravy train that is their oil exports and thus their deep ties to the United States, spreading their easily manipulated version of Sunni Islam across the region, and the defeat of Shi'ite opposition such as Iran. However, the GCC is largely the lapdog of the West and any interests held by the GCC should be assumed to be largely in line with those of the United States. Indeed, the GCC acted in accordance with the dictates of the West since the beginning of the crisis and it was an example of following orders more than anything resembling an independent decision to destroy the government of Syria.
Qatar is the one standout in the GCC grouping, though Qatar is no longer in the GCC proper. Qatar, like the other GCC countries has an interest in breaking the power of the "Shi'ite crescent" and Iran as well as supporting the Muslim Brotherhood (a Turkish ally). However, like the GCC, Qatar is also acting at the behest of greater powers centered in the West. Its interests do not lie in the destruction of Syria so much as the pleasing of Western powers.
Turkey's invasion of Syria has thrown a monkey wrench into an already convoluted web of alliances and entanglements begat by Western proxy invasion in 2011. As mentioned in the beginning of this article, Turkey is an ally of the United States as well as a NATO member but the Kurds are also allies of the United States, so much so that the U.S. physically supports them in the north of Syria. Turkey's invasion to "erase" the Kurds from the northern parts of Syria thus has many analysts wondering just what is happening. In this since, there are three main possibilities.
First, it is possible that Erdogan has simply acted on his own impulses and/or what he views as the best interests of Turkey (meaning in the best interests of keeping his hold on power). Kurdish terrorists attempting to establish their own state in Syria on Turkey's border is as decidedly bad for both Turkey and Erdogan as it is for Syria and Iraq. Erdogan has repeatedly pledged to prevent the creation of an independent Kurdish state in Turkey and in Syria, the latter due to his fear of a linkage with the PKK and thus an eventual Kurdish revolt in Turkey itself. If Erdogan is acting on his own interests, then this war will put Turkey at odds with the Kurds, Syria, Russia, and the United States, a fellow NATO member. And what happens with the Turkish military pushes through the Kurdish forces and meets up with Syrian forces? What happens when the Turkish military meets up with American forces? There exists a clear and present danger that the Turks and Syrians would clash. Given the irrationality of American foreign policy and the incessant need to show dominance, it is a possibility that the Turks and Americans could see a military clash with one another.
Second, there is the possibility that Turkey is working in coordination with the United States, both powers using the threat of the Kurds as an excuse for Turkey's invasion. Keep in mind, Turkey is marching into Syria beside ISIS terrorists operating under the name Free Syrian Army. It is also important to remember that the United States has used the Kurds for geopolitical purposes in the past only to leave them holding the bag in the end. The entire Kurdish/American relationship is one of Lucy holding the football for Charlie Brown. Indeed, Erdogan has done nothing but arm and facilitate Islamic extremists traveling through Turkey and into Syria since the beginning of the conflict and it has been a faithful soldier in the war against Syria. Neither Turkey nor the United States want to see a secular government in Damascus, especially one headed by Bashar al-Assad. It could very well be that the United States would rather see a Turkish invasion to shore up terrorist supply lines (i.e. Jarablus corridor) as well as to forcibly carve up Syria. The U.S. may believe that Syrian and Russian forces would not fire on a NATO member since the U.S. and Western European failed and failing states would likely use such an attack as justification for a "NATO response" and thus a Turkish occupation is more stable than a Kurdish one that would draw an eventual attempt to liberate it by the Syrian military. It is also possible that the boundaries of the new Kurdish state have been set between the United States and Turkey and the latter is simply moving to ensure that those boundaries become more clearly defined.
A third and most likely possibility is that the Turks are not working with the U.S. but with Russia. If this is the case, it would represent perhaps the most brilliant geopolitical chess move of the 21st Century on the part of the Russians. Given that the United States has moved physically into Syria, planting bases in Kurdish areas, arming Kurdish terrorists and providing military support to them, a Syrian military push against the Kurds may finally give the United States the justification it has long been wanting in order to directly invade Syria. It could claim that the Syrian military attacked its forces and that the subsequent military assault was self-defense. Never mind the logic. It is a fact that logic has never been taken into account with American war propaganda.
If Turkey is working with Russia, however, it is possible that Russia promised to help Turkey do something to prevent an independent Kurdish state on its borders while using the Turks to confront the Americans stationed in Northern Syria supporting Kurdish terrorists. The entire agreement would most likely hinge on the fact that Turkish troops would agree to leave Syria once Kurdish terrorism has been vanquished. However, the main focus would be on evicting the Americans illegally occupying Syrian territory. Turkey would come closer to doing this successfully more so than Syrian or even Russian forces, the latter being an invitation to World War Three and the former being an invitation for further American aggression. If this possibility is what is taking place on the ground, then it would see the Russians and Syrian using the Turks to expel a Western-backed Kurdish terrorist force as well as the U.S. forces from Syria as opposed to do so themselves directly.
Note that there has been no effort on the part of Syria to respond to Turkey's violation of its airspace, leading credence to the theory that the invasion has indeed been coordinated with Russia. In this sense, it seems that the details of the strategy may have been passed down to Damascus and Tehran by Putin. Thus, Syria would be waiting and relying on Russia to restrain any Ottoman style desires held by Erdogan.
At the end of the day, as Turkish tanks and soldiers continue to move into Syria, no analyst fully knows exactly what motivates Erdogan's military moves or whether he is working with the United States, Russia, or some other agent of influence. As this article has described, however, there are a myriad of players involved in this crisis and each has its own agenda tied to an overarching agenda that has been marching across the world in earnest ever since 9/11.


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In first, FDA panel backs marijuana-based treatment
An FDA advisory panel on Thursday voted unanimously to recommend the agency approve an epilepsy treatment derived from cannabis.
If approved, the treatment, called Epidiolex, would become the first marijuana-based drug approved for sale in the United States. FDA is not required to follow the panel's recommendation, though it usually does so. The agency is expected to decide whether to approve the treatment, made by GW Pharmaceuticals, by the end of June.
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About Epidiolex
Epidiolex is a purified formulation of the cannabis plant referred to as marijuana. The formulation contains the active ingredient cannabidiol (CBD)—a chemical compound in marijuana that does not have the properties to produce the euphoric effects of the plant. As such, the formulation is designed to maximize the therapeutic properties of marijuana and minimize the so-called "high" associated with the plant.
Epidiolex is administered as a syrup and is intended to treat severe seizures among children who have Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS) and Dravet syndrome (DS)—two rare-forms of epilepsy that result in frequent and hard-to-treat seizures and put children at risk of developing intellectual or development disabilities and death, the New York Times reports.
Clinical trial data show that patients who used Epidiolex experienced a reduction in the frequency of their seizures. In particular, the results of one clinical trial involving 120 young adults and children with DS showed Epidiolex reduced the median frequency of convulsive seizures from 12.4 per month before treatment to 5.9 per month after treatment. In comparison, individuals in the trial who received a placebo experienced minimal reductions in the frequency of their seizures, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Research also has shown that Epidiolex is associated with some adverse events, such as gastrointestinal problems and test results that demonstrate abnormal liver function.
FDA advisory panel backs approval
The FDA advisory panel voted 13-0 to recommend the agency approve Epidiolex as a treatment for seizures caused by LGS and DS in patients ages two-years and older.
According to the Washington Post's "To Your Health," the advisory panel's support for the treatment's approval came after FDA officials provided a positive review of Epidiolex. FDA in briefing documents prepared for the committee wrote, "The statistically significant and clinically meaningful results from these three studies provide substantial evidence of the effectiveness of CBD for the treatment of seizures associated with LGS and DS."
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However, FDA in the documents said it is unknown exactly how the treatment reduces seizures. FDA also reported the risk of liver injury associated with the treatment, but said such a side effect could be managed. FDA officials noted that the drug "has a negligible abuse potential."
Igor Grant, director of the Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research at the University of California-San Diego, said, "This is a very good development, and it basically underscores that there are medicinal properties to some of the cannabinoids." He continued, "I think there could well be other cannabinoids that are of therapeutic use, but there is just not enough research on them to say."
Jerzy Szaflarski, a neurology professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham who directs the university's epilepsy division, said, "It's very important that we have additional treatments because these patients have very, very difficult to control seizures."
Christina SanInocencio, a nurse and founder of the LGS Foundation, said, "I have a brother with the disorder. I've met hundreds and hundreds of families who have kids living with it. It's so devastating. Any new medicine that comes to the market is a really big win for our community."
Michael Privitera, a neurologist at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center who was involved in the drug's testing, said it is important for FDA to approve the treatment so parents no longer have to buy medical marijuana from dispensaries, where the quality of CBD products are not necessarily known and products might not be provided at the recommended dose (Loftus, Wall Street Journal, 4/19; McGinley, "To Your Health," Washington Post, 4/19; Kaplan, New York Times, 4/19).
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This is a little like my favourite dish, parmigiana di melanzane, but with a bit more girth to it. I made it without cheese for the Supper Club, and it is perfectly lovely that way, so feel free to leave out the dairy for a vegan version.
Make the risotto first. Pour a good glug of oil into a saucepan and add the garlic. Gently brown the garlic for a few minutes so it flavours the oil, then take it out and add the onion. Cook gently and, once it is translucent, add the rice and stir to coat all the grains.
Pour in the port and simmer for a few minutes until the alcohol has burnt off and you are just left with the flavour. Add the sprig of rosemary and start adding the stock a ladle at a time, letting the rice soak up all the liquid before adding the next.
Stop once the rice is edible but still with a bite, as it will cook a little more later on. Season well and set aside.
Fry the aubergines on a medium heat in batches. It takes a little while, so put the extractor on if you have one.
For the sauce, pour the passata into a bowl and season with salt and pepper. Add a glug of balsamic and, if it needs more sweetness, a pinch of sugar. Finish with a good glug of decent olive oil.
To assemble, spoon the risotto onto a slice of aubergine and roll up like you would a pig in blanket. Use a couple of pieces if you have small bits of aubergine. It doesn't need to be perfect, just sturdy enough to hold its form when spooning onto your plate at the end.
Repeat until all the aubergine is used up, placing each parcel in an ovenproof dish, packing them in tight. Pour the tomato sauce over the top, add the cheese and grill for about 6 minutes or until the cheese is crispy and browning.


Irvine (California), USA – K. Sridhar who is currently on tour, will be performing in Irvine, California. As part of Serene Moods, K Sridhar (sarod) will be accompanied by Jyoti Prakash on the tabla. The concert will be held Sunday, April 16th at 4pm at the Ektaa Center, 2691 Richter Ste 105, Irvine CA 92606.
Few people have mastered both the Hindustani and Karnatic traditions of music. K Sridhar is one of them. Playing the complex sarod, Sridhar has years of training and touring experience. He has made 11 recordings and has composed numerous soundtracks for films including the French film, Pondicherry: juste avant l'oubli, which received the prestigious Jean Vigo Award in 1988. Currently, Sridhar is a recording artist for Peter Gabriel's Real World Records. In his latest recording for them, Arab Path to India, Sridhar explores the profound connection between Arabic and Indian musical roots.
Jyoti Prakash is one of the most talented disciples of Pandit Abhijit Banerjee, founder of the Dhwani Academy of Percussion. He has accompanied several renowned musicians including Pt. Jasraj, Pt. Keshav Ginde and Kathak dancer Smt. Sova Kosar of Jaipur Gharana.
He currently serves on the faculty of the Dhwani Academy of Percussion in the US and teaches in San Diego, Irvine and Los Angeles.


The RACI Centenary Congress, to be held from 23rd-28th July 2017 at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, will bring together several thousand delegates from across the breadth of the chemical sciences and technologies.
The Congress will encompass the RACI National Centenary Conference, which will feature 2 parallel sessions of Polymer Division programming running over 4 days.
Confirmed Keynote/invited speakers include Patrick Stayton, Joseph Wang, Katarina Landfester, Wolfgang Parak, Mitsuo Sawamoto, Patrick Theato, Iain McCulloch, Sebastien Lecommandoux, Matthew Gibson, Matthew Becker, Makoto Ouchi, Teruaki Hayakawa, Kris Thurecht, Cyrille Boyer, Helmut Thissen, Angus Johnson, Justin Cooper-White, Nico Voelcker, Per Setterlund, Mike O'Shea, Luke Connal, George Vamvounis , Kei Saito, Michael Whittaker, Alison Tasker and Geoff Spinks.
The Congress is being held in collaboration with several partner conferences, including the 17th Asian Chemical Congress (17ACC) which is the biennial gathering of the Federation of Asian Chemical Societies, Carbon 2017 (The World Carbon Conference), Chemeca (Australian and New Zealand Federation of Chemical Engineers Conference), AIMECS17 (The Asian Federation of Medicinal Chemists' Conference), ACCC6 (The Asian Conference on Coordination Chemistry), GSC8 (8th International Conference on Green and Sustainable Chemistry), Elsevier's Tetrahedron – an Asian seminar, and the Asian Hub for e-Drug Discovery (AHeDD) conference.


AppMon automatically monitors all JVMs and CLRs that are connected through an Agent. Data appears in the Transaction Flow dashlet, and in the Process Health dashboard.
AppMon can trigger an incident when an application or a host is not available. You can find triggered incidents in the Incidents dashlet.
A process, unavailable for 72 hours is no longer displayed in the Infrastructure monitoring dashboard. It re-appear automatically, once it available again.
You can also use AppMon Synthetic Monitoring to monitor the availability and performance of external websites. See Synthetic Monitoring Integration for more information.
To explain how to implement availability monitoring with AppMon. Availability monitoring uses a URL or web transaction monitor so that your applications and services perform without a hitch. It also detects components that are disconnected.
Email service must be set up prior to email notifications configuration. Check the Email tab of the Services item from the Dynatrace Server Settings. See Email to learn how to configure it.
AppMon triggers an Application Process Unavailable (unexpected) Severe incident if a JVM or CLR fails. The Agent Availability icon then turns red. This incident is pre-configured, and exist in every newly created System Profile. You don't have to create in manually.
If a JVM or CLR fails, a notification is sent to the Incident Email Group. To configure the email, go to System Profile > Incidents tab. Edit the Application Process Unavailable (unexpected) setting.
Open the System Profile Preferences dialog box and click Incidents.
Double click Application Process Unavailable (unexpected) incident rule to edit it.
If needed, click Basic Configuration to switch the mode of the Actions tab. It allows you to specify the email recipients easier.
Select the Send notification upon Incident Rule violation checkbox.
In the Email field, type the recipient email address and click +. Press Ctrl+Space to view suggestions list.
Here you can specify a user group as a recipient. All members of the group will receive notification at the email address, specified in the account.
If needed, you can configure addition email settings, such as sender address, copy receivers, and subject.
Click Advanced Configuration to switch the mode of the Actions tab, then double click Email notification action to edit it.
To test the notifications, stop easyTravel or one of its subsystems to receive the email notification.
The built-in URL Monitor allows you to monitor the availability of the applications URL. You can create an incident based on the HostReachable measure to get an email notification if the URL is unavailable.
First, you need to create a URL Monitor. If you already have one, skip this part.
Open the System Profile Preferences dialog box and click Monitors.
In the Monitor Type Chooser dialog, select URL Monitor and click OK.
Give a meaningful name to your monitor. In this tutorial it's Sample URL Monitor. Review the parameters of the checking request, if needed, change them.
Now add hosts to be monitored. In the Hosts pane, click +.
In the Select Host dialog box, select the required hosts, and click OK.
Save all your changes to create the monitor.
Now you need to create an incident rule, based on the HostReachable measure of your URL monitor. If the measure is 0, than the host is unreachable.
Give a meaningful name to the incident.
At the Conditions tab, click Add.
Find the HostReachable measure of your URL monitor: System Monitoring > URL Monitor > Sample URL Monitor > URL Monitor > HostReachable. You can also press Ctrl+F and search for the measure.
Double click the measure to edit it.
Set the Lower Severe threshold to 0.
Save the changes to the measure, and then click Add to create a condition for the incident rule.
Make sure that the Threshold is set as Severe for this condition.
Configure email notification, as described in the Unavailability of agents email alert section above.
Here you need to create incidents, triggering when the number of Agents, connected to a certain group is lower than specified. It is possible by using several instances of the Connected Agents measure. Each instance is subscribed to one Agent Group. It allows to have different conditions and actions. For example, an email should be sent to different people for frontend and backend incidents; also when the backend is down to one server, this is a severe incident, yet when the frontend is down to two, this is severe.
Here are the steps for creating the measure for the Customer Web Frontend Agent Group of the easyTravel System Profile.
Find the Connected Agents measure: Server Side Performance > Functional Health > Availability > Connected Agents. You can also press Ctrl+F and search for the measure.
Set the Lower Severe threshold to 2.
At the Details tab, restrict the measure to the Customer Web Frontend Agent Group. Select the calculate only for selected agent groups radiobutton, and then select the group in the list.
Click Add to create the measure and close the dialog box.
Select the newly created measure and then click Add to create a condition for the incident rule.
Configure email notification for the person, responsible for frontend server, as described in the Unavailability of agents email alert section above.
Repeat the same steps for the Business Backend Server Agent Group. The difference is threshold of 1, and receiver of the notification is the person, responsible for backend server.


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55-Year-Old White Billionaire Discovers Depths of Unashamed Racism in America
Keith Allison/Steve Jennings (Wikimedia Creative Commons)
2017 seems to be the year that racists have stopped pretending they aren't racist. What we used to call dog-whistle signaling in more civilized times has given way to people from all walks of life coming out of the closet, so to speak — from President Donald Trump's obtuse attacks on Mexicans and Muslims (among others), to the case of literal Neo-Nazis letting their freak flags fly in Charlottesville, and now in the debate of athletes kneeling in protest of police brutality during the national anthem.
If you find yourself surprised daily at how low we will go, know that you are not alone. Dan Gilbert says he's rattled by the number of "vile, disgusting, racist" voicemails he received after LeBron James called President Donald Trump a "bum" on Twitter.
Gilbert made the comments on CNBC's "Squawk Box":
"Look, you've got rhetoric on both sides. You know, emotions on both sides of this thing ... To me, it's about allowing people to talk and getting together ... look, some of the issues — forget the methods of protest — but there are some legitimate issues, real legitimate things that have been in America for a long time ... I received voicemails after LeBron tweeted that that were some of the most vile, disgusting, racist ... there's an element of racism that I didn't even know existed in this country. When I got those voicemails, I saved them."
He also added:
"I didn't even tell LeBron this. Now he's gonna know. The thing is, I mean, some of the most disgusting things I've ever heard people say. And you could hear it in their voice ... the racism. It wasn't even really about the issue, and that's what really got me, because they went to who they really are, some of them."
Gilbert's Quicken Loans donated $750,000 to Trumps's inauguration party. In June, Trump called Gilbert a "great friend" and "huge supporter" during a visit to the White House. Previously, Gilbert has also donated to Trump's GOP rival Chris Christie, as well as $75,000 to a Democratic fundraiser to Hilary Clinton and other candidates.
That any human in America, billionaire or not, could make it to Gilbert's age without even passively becoming aware of the significant depths of racism in this country is at once not surprising and amazing, but absolutely part of the problem. Also, LeBron had a racial slur spray painted on the gate of his Los Angeles home. We're pretty sure he doesn't need Dan Gilbert to tell him there are hateful racists in this country.
Anyway, watch the video below.
Dan Gilbert: I got racist voicemails after the LeBron James Trump tweet from CNBC.


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La Resolució 1226 del Consell de Seguretat de les Nacions Unides fou adoptada per unanimitat el 29 de gener de 1999. Després de reafirmar la Resolució 1177 (1998) sobre la situació entre Eritrea i Etiòpia, el Consell va instar fermament a Eritrea que acceptés un acord proposat per l'Organització d'Unitat Africana (OUA) per resoldre el conflicte entre ambdós països.

El Consell de Seguretat va expressar la seva preocupació pel risc de conflictes armats i per la instal·lació d'armes a la frontera entre Eritrea i Etiòpia. Va assenyalar que aquest conflicte tindria un impacte devastador en les poblacions d'ambdós països i la regió en general. Els esforços de rehabilitació i reconstrucció dels dos països durant els últims vuit anys serien posats en perill per conflictes armats. Mentrestant, es van acollir els esforços de determinats països i organismes regionals per buscar una solució al conflicte.

La resolució va recolzar els esforços de mediació de l'OUA i la decisió del secretari general Kofi Annan d'enviar-hi un Enviat Especial per donar suport a les iniciatives de l'OUA. Va subratllar la importància de l'Acord Marc de l'OUA i va acollir favorablement l'acceptació d'Etiòpia. Eritrea havia demanat més aclariments i l'OUA havia respost, i va demanar al Consell que instés Eritrea a acceptar l'acord.

Ambdues parts van ser convocades cap a una reducció de la tensió mitjançant l'adopció de mesures que condueixin a la recuperació de la confiança entre ambdues parts, a la millora de la situació humanitària i al respecte dels drets humans. Finalment, es va instar als dos països a buscar una resolució pacífica, exercir la moderació i abstenir-se d'adoptar mesures militars.

Etiòpia va acceptar les disposicions de la Resolució 1226, que va ser rebutjada per Eritrea. Aquesta última va defensar el seu dret a demanar aclariments i va acusar la resolució del Consell de Seguretat de "desequilibrar", ja que no es referia a violacions de drets humans presumptament comeses per Etiòpia.

Referències

Vegeu també
 Llista de resolucions del Consell de Seguretat de les Nacions Unides 1201 a la 1300 (1998 - 2000)
 Guerra entre Etiòpia i Eritrea

Enllaços externs
  Text de la Resolució a UN.org

Resolucions del Consell de Seguretat de les Nacions Unides de 1999
Resolucions del Consell de Seguretat de les Nacions Unides sobre Eritrea
Resolucions del Consell de Seguretat de les Nacions Unides sobre Etiòpia


Berlin staff nurses can make an average salary of just over $71,000 per year. Employers of RNs include the Hospital for Special Care and the New Britain General Hospital in New Britain which are less than 10 miles away. Berlin is a town in Connecticut, in Hartford County, and is a bedroom community for both Meriden and New Britain, which it is roughly between (the town is closer to New Britain). A car, if available, is the sole transportation option in the area. Berlin dates to the pre-American Revolutionary War period, and is one of the places where interchangeable parts were first developed for manufacturing. Nurses seeking study programs will find courses at the Central Connecticut State University at New Britain.


The Almudema, Comunidad Autonoma de la Region de Murcia forecast for Apr 23 is 51 degrees and Light rain . There is 62 percentage chance of rain and 10 mph winds from the West.
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Q: Node/Express: Checking query params of booleans vs string I have a url with a boolean query param: www.myUrl.com?foo=true
on my server, I have the following:
if (req.query.foo) {
   //do something
}

but then realized that was just checking for the presence of the param and not the value so that if I did www.myUrl.com?foo=asdasd, it'd still pass the conditional .
I then changed it to this (checking against a string) :
if (req.query.foo === 'true') {
   //do something
}

and that seems to work as intended.  However, should I be using a boolean instead though, like req.param.foo === true (comparing against a boolean rather a 'true' string)?

A: When express gets a request, it gets a string URL. It parses the query string from this URL and puts all values as string, because that's the way it got it. Express won't do any "estimations" about the type of each parameter because it really can't know what you as a developer expected to receive and also to "normalize" all parameters, so you will always know to expect for a string.
Therefore, if you want to compare against a boolean, you will need convert the string to boolean, but you really don't have to do so, and checking against the string should be good enough.

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If you've worked or visited a nursing home, you've most likely witnessed at least one resident exhibiting agitated behavior, ranging from pacing to yelling. This is a fairly common and widespread problem, especially in residents with dementia, usually stemming from anxiety. This anxiety and agitation adversely affects the health of the patient and increases stress levels for everyone, including staff caregivers and family members.
It is common to treat agitated residents with medication to calm the behavior, and while this may be effective in treating the behavior, it does not necessarily treat the underlying cause. Music is often central in nursing home programs but more and more, personalized alternative calming methods such as individual music therapy sessions are being used in nursing homes for residents to help alleviate underlying issues such as anxiety and depression, thus reducing agitated behaviors.
"Part of the power of music lies in its ability to reflect and then bring change in a person's state, moment to moment. In order to be responsive to people in this way, music therapy relies heavily on improvisation. Music therapists not only improvise music with people, but also enable them to improvise music themselves. In this way music therapy is always a shared act, whether between two people or in a large group." There have been many studies around the world that have shown the benefit of music therapy in nursing home patients, especially in those patients that exhibit agitation and anxiety.
One example of the success of individualized music therapy sessions is Rose, a resident at Chalfont Lodge Care Centere in Buckinghamshire, UK. She was a resident with dementia and was often confused and tearful. As she was not benefitting from activities provided in the home, she was referred for individual music therapy sessions. Before starting, her therapist, Stuart Wood, noted that she had been humming "Hey Jude" by the Beatles and her therapy began with singing this and other known tunes…albeit slow and disconnected. As her therapy continued, she began moving toward improvising and creating her own songs, growing in complexity and clarity as the sessions continued. She demonstrated increased independence and a decrease in confusion and tearfulness.
In study after study, the benefits of individual music therapy, ranging from playing a resident's favorite music, to singing, to calming music paired with hand massage for residents in nursing homes with dementia seems clear. Music provides an element calm and stability for these patients, decreasing anxiety and agitated behavior.
Wood S. Music therapy: striking a chord with care home residents. Nursing Older People [serial online]. October 2004;16(7):24-26. Available from: CINAHL Plus with Full Text, Ipswich, MA. Accessed October 7, 2010.
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I'm trying to establish a site to site VPN basically from router to router.
For added security I want to place one of those routers (where the VPN ends) behind zeroshell. I did some little research on this on the net and found out that I would need to configure zeroshell to forward specific ports, I believe port 500 and 4500.
However upon configuring this under ROUTER > Virtual Server it does not work.
Currently I'm at a loss as to why this does not work and would need some help on this.
I even setup a test locally whereby I connected my 2 VPN routers via 2 other router (these both had the mentioned ports forwarded) and it perfectly worked. However when trying to implement this for real via zeroshell it does not work.
Your setup is correct. Could you provide us with more information about the VPN you want to setup? Which routers terminate the VPN? You can also create a secure VPN with zeroshell in order to avoid using 2 more routers.


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Turn Your Outrage into Action
I am still thankful. The past weeks have been filled with so much fear and bad news. But we are not buffeted by these changing winds, because our eyes are looking to what comes next and our feet are firmly planted — thanks to you.
You may still be reeling from the US election results. We knew the ugly truth but Donald Trump's win pulled the lid off: the bigotry we have long been fighting is deeply entrenched. MADRE has always been committed to fighting oppression and creating a more just world. And now, our work is needed more than ever.
That's why I'm thankful for you. In the days since the election, the messages I've received from the MADRE community — from members like you and from our partners around the world — show me that we are committed to the fight and powerful together.
We're preparing for the impacts that Trump's presidency will have on women and families worldwide. And we're ready to redouble our commitment, knowing that our work together will be essential. For example:
For women both here in the US and around the world, our reproductive rights are in danger. While Roe v. Wade and reproductive health services in the US are under threat, so is US funding for women's health programs worldwide. Our work to provide women's health care will become even more needed, especially in the hard-to-reach war and disaster zones where MADRE works.
The President-elect is a climate change denier vowing to gut environmental protections. As our grassroots partners face worsening floods, deadly droughts and food shortages, MADRE is forging urgent, local solutions like harvesting rainwater in Kenya and installing seed banks in Nicaragua.
MADRE has always worked hand-in-hand with grassroots activists to provide humanitarian aid and shelter for women and families targeted by US-sponsored wars, from Iraq to Guatemala to Colombia. Whatever wars this next Administration wants to start or worsen, we will be on the picket-lines with our activist partners here and on the frontlines with our sisters worldwide, bringing help and solidarity wherever we're needed.
Rest assured that in the uncertain days to come, MADRE will continue to do what we do best: defend the rights of women and families worldwide. We did it in the 1980s, when the Reagan Administration set its sights on dismantling the gains of our social movements and attacked the communities of our sister organizations in Nicaragua and across Central America. Ever since, MADRE has given people in the US a way to join hands with women around the world to protect those most in danger. And we're ready to do it again, in the uncharted territory before us.
We're ready to do this because we have you standing with us. And we need your support now more than ever.
Please make a gift today!
Thank you. I'm grateful to have you as an ally in our work to defend rights and equality for all.
With gratitude and hope,
Yifat Susskind
MADRE Executive Director


Hot Stone Massage is a fascinating combination of massage and energy treatment with the soothing, beneficial effect of the warm stones sliding over the body, releasing deep tension and gently bringing relief to painful knots in the muscles.
The origins of Hot Stone Massage reach way back. Over 2000 years ago the people of Hawaii and China knew about the beneficial effects of the warm Basalt stones and used them in healing massage. Indian and Hawaiian shamans also applied them successfully to treat discomfort and medical complaints.


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