We are in the midst of a technological revolution! Everywhere we look, technology is radically changing how we interact with the world. New and disruptive business models are bringing innovative new experiences for users. For me, being able to get information on almost anything by just asking Alexa or Google is not only fascinating, but also a pointer to where the world is going – information on demand, always available. It is intuitive and easy to use, and, surprisingly affordable, given all the technology that sits behind these simple-looking devices.
Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, Cloud, IoT – there's so many new and exciting technologies and buzzwords. Yet, of all the buzzwords being thrown around today, Digital Business Transformation is probably one of the most widely used and potentially the most misunderstood.
How do you leverage all these new technologies to stay ahead of the competition?
Businesses are constantly changing and evolving, always improving how they do things and how they bring value to their customers, their employees, partners and shareholders. The manufacturing Industry has seen a lot of those changes – from the development of the assembly line to the use of robots and fully automated factories. I liken the state of technology today to the start of the industrial revolution, when everything was custom made, including nuts and bolts – we are just beginning to standardize our tools and processes in the digital world that allows us to focus on the business instead of the nuts and bolts of the technology.
The big difference is the potential of digital technologies to enable completely new paradigms, and the speed with which it is happening.
What hasn't changed is the underlying drive, or the simple question – what are you trying to achieve?
While the question may be simple, the answer is certainly not. Different industries are taking different approaches to transformation – to bring innovative new services to their customers, improve their employee experience, reduce the price of their product or otherwise stay ahead of the competition. All of them are valid approaches but each requires a different approach and expertise. Asking that simple question will help define focus and priority.
It will also help you avoid the "technology trap" – where the focus is mainly on the technology, when it should be on the value it brings to the customer or user.
Understanding digital business transformation beings by understanding that in order to stay ahead of the technological wave you must implement a fluid and evolving digital transformation strategy that will allow you and your business to move with the ever-changing current of new technologies coming our way.


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An Experimental Study on a Dual-Fuel Generator Fueled With Diesel and Simulated Biogas
Shouvik Dev,
Shouvik Dev
Ottawa, Ontario,
David Stevenson,
David Stevenson
Amin Yousefi,
Amin Yousefi
Hongsheng Guo,
Hongsheng Guo
James Butler
Paper No: ICEF2021-67429, V001T04A004; 13 pages
https://doi.org/10.1115/ICEF2021-67429
Dev, S, Stevenson, D, Yousefi, A, Guo, H, & Butler, J. "An Experimental Study on a Dual-Fuel Generator Fueled With Diesel and Simulated Biogas." Proceedings of the ASME 2021 Internal Combustion Engine Division Fall Technical Conference. ASME 2021 Internal Combustion Engine Division Fall Technical Conference. Virtual, Online. October 13–15, 2021. V001T04A004. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/ICEF2021-67429
Diesel fueled generators are widely used for power generation in remote and/or off-grid communities. In such communities, local organic waste streams can be used to generate biogas which can be used to replace diesel used by diesel generators to lower fuel cost and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Diesel powered generators can be easily retrofitted with a biogas dosing line in the engine intake to introduce biogas, but appropriate optimization would be of great help to further improve generator performance and reduce GHG emissions. The objective of this research is to demonstrate simplified optimization methods that can reduce GHG emissions (carbon dioxide and methane) from such retrofitted dual-fuel engines under various biogas compositions.
The study was conducted on a modern 30 kilowatt (kW) generator using an electronically controlled, four-stroke, four-cylinder, direct injection, turbo-charged diesel engine. The engine was operated with the factory electronic control unit (ECU) and a programmable ECU which allowed for control of the fuel injections and exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) valve. Biogas was simulated by using natural gas (with more than 95% methane by volume) which was diluted with either carbon dioxide or nitrogen. This study consisted of two areas. The first one was the comparison of the engine performance when operating with biogas using the factory ECU and the programmable ECU with user optimized fuel injection. The second one was the influence of volume fraction of carbon dioxide or nitrogen in the biogas.
The test results reinforced the importance of optimizing the diesel injections when the engine was operated in the biogas-diesel dual-fuel mode to ensure complete combustion and achieve a reduction in GHG emissions. Increasing nitrogen fraction had a minimal effect on the emissions, but increasing carbon dioxide fraction caused the NOx and methane emissions to decrease, and the indicated thermal efficiency to increase.
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Biogas, Diesel, Diesel generators, Fuels, Generators
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Diabetic Ketacidosis: When the muscle cells become starved for energy, one's body may respond by breaking down fat stores and this process forms toxic acids known as ketones. If left untreated, this can lead to diabetic coma. Diabetic Ketacidosis is common in people who have Type 1 diabetes but it can also affect people who have gestational or Type 2 diabetes.
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Q: Get the contents of a Application Server directory I need to get a listing of a server-side directory inside SAP. How do I achieve this in ABAP? Are there any built-in SAP functions I can call?
Ideally I want a function which I can pass a path as input, and which will return a list of filenames in an internal table.

A: EPS2_GET_DIRECTORY_LISTING does the same thing as EPS_GET_DIRECTORY_LISTING BUT retunrs the file names up to 200 chars!

A: Call function RZL_READ_DIR_LOCAL:
FUNCTION RZL_READ_DIR_LOCAL.
*"----------------------------------------------------------------------
*"Lokale Schnittstelle:
*"       IMPORTING
*"             NAME LIKE SALFILE-LONGNAME
*"       TABLES
*"             FILE_TBL STRUCTURE SALFLDIR
*"       EXCEPTIONS
*"             ARGUMENT_ERROR
*"             NOT_FOUND
*"----------------------------------------------------------------------

Place the path in the NAME import parameter, and then read the directory listing from FILE_TBL after it returns.
RZL_READ_DIR_LOCAL can handle normal local paths as well as UNC paths.
The only downside is it only gives you access to the first 32 chars of each filename. However, you can easily create a new function based on the RZL_READ_DIR_LOCAL code, and change the way the C program output is read, as the first 187 characters of each filename are actually available.

A: the answer is calling function module EPS_GET_DIRECTORY_LISTING.
DIR_NAME -> Name of directory
FILE_MASK -> Pass '*' to get all files.
Note: This does not deal with really large file names (80 characters+), it truncates the name.

A: After reading the answers of Chris Carrthers and tomdemuyt I would say:
1) Use RZL_READ_DIR_LOCAL if you need simple list of filenames.
2) EPS_GET_DIRECTORY_LISTING is more powerfull - it can also list subdirectories.
Thanks You both!
With best Regards
Niki Galanov

A: Take a look at transaction AL11 source code: RSWATCH0 form fill_file_list
There you can get all information about files.
Hope this helps!

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When you arrive, some friendly volunteers will point you in the right direction and answer any questions you may have. The service will last about 75 minutes and includes a message from the Bible, passionate live worship music, and an opportunity for prayer.
What about the 8:30am service?
The early service has more traditional elements. This coming weekend will probably include a few beloved hymns accompanied by piano or organ.
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Denise Archetto joined Stonehill in August 2016 as the Athletic Communications Manager at Stonehill College. She is the contact for men's and women's soccer, men's and women's cross country, women's volleyball, ice hockey, women's indoor and outdoor track and field, baseball and softball, and equestrian.
During the 2017-18 academic year, Archetto earned three awards for her coverage of the cross country programs, volleyball, and graphic design. In December she received the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches' Association (USTFCCCA) Excellence in Communications Award for Cross Country, followed by the American Volleyball Coaches' Association (AVCA) Grant Burger Media Award as the East Region recipient for NCAA Division II in July. To wrap up the year, the Archetto also earned her first recognition from the College Sports Information Director's of America (CoSIDA) for excellence in publications and digital design. The women's basketball poll graphic received "Eighth in the Nation" for the College Division (NCAA Division II & III and NAIA) in CoSIDA's Infographic Athlete category.
Archetto previously worked at Harvard University as an Athletic Communications Intern after working as a game day assistant with the Crimson prior. She served as the primary contact for men's volleyball, women's tennis, sailing, and men's and women's fencing and was the secondary contact for women's basketball and men's ice hockey.
Archetto also worked with the Massachusetts Amateur Sports Foundation as the Bay State Games Public Relations Intern for two summers producing content for their website, programs and scouting guides, while also managing the organization's social media. Along with public relations, Archetto worked closely with ice hockey, fencing, swimming and diving, and badminton.
During her undergraduate career, Archetto worked with the athletic communications departments at Lasell College. She was responsible for set-up and take down during game days, inputting in-game stats, writing game stories, taking photos, and posting on social media. A native of Cranston, Rhode Island, Archetto was a member of the Lasell College softball team for four years and was named co-captain her senior year.
Archetto graduated cum laude from Lasell College in May 2015 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Sport Management. She also received Master of Education degree with a concentration in Athletic Administration with the Van Loan School at Endicott College in May 2017.


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that the first time around... thanks!!!
also thanks to David powers for the example code!
can't wait to start to use this stuff live!
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Friday kicks off the 2010 Dallas Quilt Celebration and the Dallas Area Fiber Artists have a wonderful exhibit showcasing the different works of our members. Today I helped with the setup of the exhibit and it is wonderful! I had taken my "Sunflower with a Passion for Color" quilt with me to add some beads to it if I had time while we were waiting for our group to submit their artwork. You know how it is, you always have to take something to work on or a book to read, no matter where you go or what you do! Anyway, we ended up needing a couple of extra pieces, so I added some more beads and then hung it up! I'm so excited! The other pieces I have in the show are my Old Alton Bridge, Mexican Sunflower and Sunflower Shawl. These call all be seen on my website or my gallery that is linked to my blog.
If you are in the Dallas area, it is worth the time to come to the show and see all the wonderful quilts and the DAFA exhibit!


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TOP 10 FAVOURITE MORTAL KOMBAT CHARACTERS
Mortal Kombat has the best cast of characters in any fighting game, or even video game in my opinion (I am very biased). Today I will be counting down my top ten characters. First, let's list some honourable mentions:
Havik
Johnny Cage
Onaga
Without further ado let's start the top ten list:
Number 10: Quan Chi
Arguably the best 3D era character out of them all, Quan Chi fit the story of MK perfectly. He looks menacing, is complete evil and they wrote in that he was the reason for Scorpion's death as well as his family and clan. The game where Quan Chi really came to shine was MK Deadly Alliance, where he and Shang Tsung teamed up to take over the realms. He was central to the fantastic story and the beginning fight scene between him, Shang Tsung and Raiden in MK Deception is beyond awesome!
Number 9: Sub-Zero
Sub-Zero is normally in the top two of everyone's lists. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love Sub-Zero (Kuai Lang version), he is one of the most powerful characters in the series and the face of MK, along with Scorpion. Sub-Zero has an amazing backstory which has only gotten better with every sequel. The original Sub-Zero (Bi-Han) killed Scorpion, only to then be killed by a resurrected Scorpion and become Noob Saibot. Then Kuai Lang took over the mantle and made the Lin Kui what they never were; good people. His move-set is one of the best, his fatality is the most iconic of the series, overall just a really cool character (no pun intended).
Number 8: Shang Tsung
The OG boss introduced all the way back in MK1 has remained relevant throughout the series. My favourite incarnation of him was in MK2 and MK Shaolin Monks, but he has been great in every game that he has been in. Shang Tsung held the mantle as Mortal Kombat champion for Outworld but lost it in a fight with The Great Kung Lao. He later returned with his champion Goro winning the tournament nine times in a row with him, until Liu Kang finally beat them. His story developed in every game, with one thing, always being consistent, he is an evil son of a b****. Shang Tsung is easily one of the most powerful beings in the MK world and it was such a shame when he was killed off in MK9! I'm really hoping that he comes back in MK11, there's been a ton of rumours, so let's hope they are true!
Number 7: Kitana
Kitana, the daughter of King Jerrod and Queen Sindel, brought up thinking that Shao Kahn was her father, only to find out he wasn't and that he killed her father and drove her mother to suicide, she has had a horrific past. Her story has only developed further throughout the series, but it's not just her story which is intriguing, it's her gameplay. Her signature fans are almost as iconic as Scorpion's spear and she has been a fan favourite ever since she was introduced in MK2.
Number 6: Shao Kahn
The big bad of the series; Shao Kahn is a force to be reckoned with. His power is almost unmatched, with very few who can stand their own against him and even fewer who can beat him. Shao Kahn is the Emporer of emperors and was sorely missed in MKX, I liked Kotal Kahn but he was no Shao Kahn. He has one goal, conquer all realms, but no matter how close he comes to conquering Earthrealm, Liu Kang always beat him, until Liu Kang was killed by Quan Chi and Shang Tsung. He then won the battle of Armageddon, leading to Raiden warning his past self to allow Shao Kahn to win. The last we saw of him, it looked like he was killed by the Elder Gods so we will see what he is up to in MK11 very soon. His catchphrases are absolutely brilliant, lines such as: "it's official, you suck", "bow to me" and "you weak pathetic fool" has you laughing as well as crying while he beats you to a pulp.
Number 5: Kintaro
My favourite sub-boss of the series, I think because MK2 was my first MK. He hasn't got the greatest of stories, but I loved his design so much as a child and he's always remained among my favourites. I played him a lot in Mk Trilogy and Armageddon and I hope that one day he will be playable again. Most prefer Goro, but to me; Kintaro is the coolest.
Number 4: Reptile
Before Reptile's character was ruined in MK9 and MKX, he was a force to be reckoned with and was the first secret fighter ever in a fighting game. I have loved Reptile in every game since, as his move-set for me, is incredibly fun and I've always been a fan of his design. I much prefer the human looking Reptile, but the newer incarnations aren't too bad. What is bad about the character is that they have made him weak, someone who is the first to always get beaten up along with Baraka. I hope they show his true potential soon, as he is definitely my favourite ninja after the number three slot.
Number 3: Scorpion
Scorpion is the poster boy for the series and for good reason. He has the most famous move of the series; the spear, with his famous words "Get over here!" being a staple in the series. As the series has gone on, his move-sets have been incredible, being able to create a lot of great combos with little effort. Scorpion also has the best back story of the series, being killed by the original Sub-Zero (Bi-Han) and thinking that he also killed his family and clan, he is out for revenge. There's a reason why everyone loves this character and these reasons are just a small amount of these reasons.
Number 2: Kung Lao
The coolest Shaolin Monk I know; Kung Lao is a badass. Since his inception in MK2, his razor-sharp hat is the definition of cool. He may always be second to Liu Kang in the story mode, but his gameplay says otherwise. He has always had a fantastic arsenal of combos, especially in MK9 and MKX and his brutalities and fatalities are among the most brutal! Plus in MK Shaolin Monks he was my favourite to play as and I cannot wait to play as him in MK11.
Number 1: Baraka
If you've followed my blog for a while now, then you'll already know Baraka is my favourite MK character. Let me take you back to when I was extremely little and the first game I ever played was MK2 on the Sega Megadrive (Genesis for you Americans). As soon as that character select screen came up and I saw Baraka's ugly mug, I knew he was the character for me. I was obsessed with scary things at a young age and that was the reason why he was my favourite, plus he had blades that came out of his wrists! Then when MK Deception came out and they added a lot more lore to his story, that he was in charge of a race called the Tarkatans and we got to meet them all in Outworld in Konquest mode, that was it, he would be my favourite forever. I'm so excited that he's back in MK11 and by the looks of things they haven't ruined his story like they had for him and Reptile in MK9 and MKX.
There we have it, my favourite MK characters of all time. You might have noticed 9 out of 10 of them were playable characters in MK2, probably not a coincidence, but they are easily the best characters in my opinion. What are your favourites? Let me know in the comments! Follow my blog for loads more Mortal Kombat posts and news!
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APC Youths Condemn Soludo's Supporters For Attack On Buhari
by Jonathan Nda- Isaiah
Various leaders of youth groups in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have condemned the attack on President Muhammadu Buhari by some supporters of a former governor of the Central Bank Of Nigeria (CBN) and governorship aspirant in Anambra governorship poll, Prof. Charles Soludo.
The youths questioned the connection between Soludo's alleged support for former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and the Buhari Presidency.
According to them, Soludo had no moral rights whatsoever to attack President Buhari based on performance since he is a member of the Presidential Economic Advisory Team.
One of the youths, Abdullahi Aliyu, while responding to questions, alleged that Prof. Soludo had crossed the line by claiming that Buhari was damaging Nigeria even as he wondered how Soludo would govern Anambra if he wins the election when he could not see the marvelous works being done by President Buhari in all parts of the country.
Furthermore, another prominent youth leader of APC, Umar Farouk Galadanchi, said Soludo was only playing chameleonic politics believing that he would earn votes in Anambra by showing his dislike for the President.
He said Soludo had struck the wrong cord by misjudging Anambra people that they did not like the President and said the merger between PDP and APGA which Soludo is driving cannot yield any positive fruit.
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The application is for the taking of forest produces limited for personal use only and not for business or sales except with the permission of the Director of Forestry.
Copy of IC of applicant and assistant (worker) should be attached with the application.
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While COVID-19 Spreads, PETA Spreads Misinformation On Animal Testing
by John M. Simpson.
The animal rights organization People for the Ethical Treatment (PETA) is well known for attention-grabbing tactics. Even in "normal" times, PETA can be counted on to push the envelope (or break through it entirely). As non-animal humans worldwide suffer through the current COVID-19 pandemic, PETA has seized upon the crisis to promote its animal rights agenda, including the organization's long-standing opposition to the use of animals in testing the safety and efficacy of drugs and vaccines to cure and prevent human disease. PETA has made several recent statements suggesting the coming demise of animal testing that are quite misleading.
On March 16, 2020, the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) announced that human trials would begin on a vaccine for COVID-19, dubbed mRNA-1273, that had been developed jointly by NIAID and Moderna, Inc. As explained on the NIH website, the "spike" on the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus (the "S" protein") is how the virus fuses to and invades human cells. The vaccine, dubbed mRNA-1273, uses "messenger" RNA to direct the body's cells to express just the protein "spike" on the SARS-CoV-2 virus in its prefusion form which, in turn, elicits an immune response. The theory is that the body will have the same immune response when the real virus shows up and the spike's fusion process will be disrupted, thereby preventing or slowing infection by the virus. The vaccine went to first-in-human (FIH) trials relatively quickly in contrast to the greater time it takes to produce vaccines based on a weakened or dead form of the virus.
PETA seized upon the speed with which mRNA-1273 went to FIH trials as evidence that animal testing had essentially been skipped for this vaccine thereby, according to PETA, demonstrating that testing drugs in animal models is "pointless."
►In a statement dated March 16, 2020, and entitled "Coronavirus Vaccine: NIH Isn't Waiting for Pointless Animal Tests," PETA proclaimed that NIH was "finally heeding PETA's call. According to BBC News, the agency isn't waiting for the typical, lengthy animal-testing phase and is instead heading straight for human trials. While this won't stop all tests on animals for the vaccine, it should pave the way for safe straight-to-human vaccine trials from now on."
►In a statement dated April 9, 2020, PETA wrote that "PETA and compassionate people everywhere were heartened to learn that, in order to speed up the development of a potential coronavirus vaccine, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) quickly began testing directly on humans without waiting for the results of the typical, lengthy animal-testing phase, showing that the results yielded by tests on animals are not necessary and are slowing down the development of medicines that will help humans."
►In a statement dated May 5, 2020, PETA stated: "Last month, for the first time in history, both the FDA and the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) greenlighted a landmark human clinical trial of a vaccine without first requiring extensive animal tests. Companies are usually required to spend years putting animals through the agony of new product tests before human clinical trials are allowed to begin, even though those animal tests don't predict whether a drug will work in humans. But in this case, the company started developing a COVID-19 vaccine in January, and by March, the FDA and NIH both agreed: It's time to see if this vaccine is effective in humans."
A reasonable person could form the impression from these statements that mRNA-1273 went to FIH trials with little or no animal testing, particularly since all three statements were made by PETA in making the argument that drugs and vaccines can be brought to market and safely and effectively used by the American public without animal testing. So what did happen?
In the first place, in announcing the FIH trials on March 16, NIAID expressly stated that "[t]he mRNA-1273 vaccine has shown promise in animal models, and this is the first trial to examine it in humans." (Emphasis added). Moreover, as reported by Forbes, in response to the controversy stirred by the implication that mRNA-1273 had not undergone extensive animal testing before FIH trials, NIAID stated on March 18 that:
NIAID investigators have conducted preclinical immunogenicity testing of mRNA-1273 in mouse models. These studies show that the vaccine produces a potent antibody response against the COVID-19 virus. This data is not yet published. However, while these studies are supportive of the Phase 1 trial, they are not the basis for starting the clinical trial. The safety assessment is based on prior human studies of other vaccines developed using the mRNA platform technology. NIAID is following FDA guidance in performing the Phase 1 clinical trial. The studies in mice and future studies in nonhuman primates, in addition to the information from the Phase 1 clinical trial, will establish the rationale for testing the vaccine in larger trials if warranted. (Emphasis added).
None of PETA's statements acknowledges, or was revised to acknowledge, NIAID's March 18 statement.
Other reporting during this same time frame (here and here) indicates that animal testing is being done on the mRNA-1273 vaccine at the same time that the human trials are being conducted. "Standard" mice were dosed the same day that the FIH trials began, and once transgenic mice who are susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 are bred and delivered, they will be utilized in the animal testing as well. Thus, the results of the Phase 1 human trials and the results of the parallel animal testing will determine whether the vaccine moves to the next Phase. As recently as May 4, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the head of NIAID, stated in an interview with National Geographic, that, with respect to mRNA-1273 and a vaccine developed at Oxford University, they "are inducing, at least in animal models, really rather substantial immune responses, particularly the mRNA vaccine." (Emphasis added). Furthermore, as reported in Science, apart from mRNA-1273 itself, the mRNA technology platform has a history of being tested in animal models.
The course taken with mRNA-1273 appears to align with the global position on the regulatory considerations related to the preclinical data required to support proceeding to FIH trials for SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidates. A recent report of a workshop of the International Coalition of Medicines Regulatory Authorities (ICMRA), which included the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, stated certain agreed positions as to proceeding to FIH clinical trials. Two of those positions were: "For all SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidates it is necessary to obtain data in animals and to characterize the immune response induced by a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate. It is not required to demonstrate the efficacy of the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate in animal challenge models prior to proceeding to FIH clinical trials."
So, yes, animal testing played, is playing, and will continue to play, a significant role in the development of mRNA-1273. What apparently was different with this vaccine was that the animal testing piece that includes challenges to the animal model with the actual virus will occur simultaneously with the Phase 1 human testing. But animal testing for immune response clearly preceded the FIH human trials, and the mRNA technology platform also had a history of testing of animals and humans. There is little room to conclude from the regulatory progression of mRNA-1273 that testing new drugs and vaccines on animals is "pointless" or is, or should be, on the way out.
It is also clear that animal models will have a central role in the development of other vaccines and therapeutics against SARS-CoV-2 as well. As detailed by a recent article in Science, not only is there a race to develop vaccines and drugs to combat COVID-19, there is a parallel race to develop animal models to test them. The Syrian hamster appears to be one promising candidate.
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Centre for Entrepreneurs partners with Founders Forum to scale its NEF+ programme
Founders Forum and the Centre for Entrepreneurs have today announced a partnership to improve the UK's entrepreneurship skills offering. Together, the two established and respected organisations will support and scale CFE's flagship entrepreneurial development programme NEF+.
NEF+ in partnership with Founders Forum aims to drive the continued growth of the programme, increasing cohort sizes and frequency per year, as part of a broader shared mission to scale entrepreneurship skills across the UK.
In combining the expertise, skills and networks from the two organisations, the partnership will accelerate their work to support aspiring entrepreneurs, upskill the UK workforce by developing future business leaders, and improve access to entrepreneurship for diverse candidates by providing 30% of cohort places fee-free.
Brent Hoberman, co-founder and chairman of Founders Forum said:
"This joint approach is grounded in our belief that the UK needs to nurture a generation of founders to become the engine of growth for the British economy.
"While the tech sector goes from strength to strength, and there are a growing number of opportunities for technical training, the route to founder and/or operator remains less clear. The partnership will provide more pathways to entrepreneurship for aspiring founders and operators from all backgrounds".
Neeta Patel, CEO of the Centre for Entrepreneurs said:
"This partnership will fuel our plans to scale the NEF+ programme in a game-changing way. The combination of our respective strengths, expertise and networks will deliver greater impact for the UK. I look forward to a mutually beneficial partnership with Brent and the Founders' team".
Through this partnership with Founders Forum and its family of businesses, the award-winning young entrepreneur development programme NEF+ will increase its reach as a result of the combined brand of the two organisations. The joining of these two community-driven organisations, which will include co-locating teams, will also bolster the content of the programme with access to FF's impressive network of thought leaders.
The Founders Forum group of businesses exists to serve entrepreneurs at every stage of their journey: from idea to exit. In partnering, NEF+ will strengthen FF's offering at the front end of the founder's journey by providing established programmes for aspiring founders both from across its own communities (including accelerateHER, colorintech and Founders of the Future) and beyond.
Building on Founders Forum and Informa Tech Founders' suite of education products that include Elevating Founders, Founders of the Future etc., the partnership will also provide a solution for scale-ups and corporates looking to upskill their employees.
The collaboration will create a positive talent flywheel for both organisations. NEF+ participants will gain access to exceptional mentorship and job opportunities within the Founders Forum ecosystem and outgoing NEF+ founders will be able to leverage both networks for funding opportunities.
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Rattling the Cages: The main page of The Rattle's website states the purpose of the growing and ever-thriving London-based organization in a clever way: "We are a collective of (blank) rattling the cages of music, culture and technology," alternately filling in that blank with "inventors," "producers," "hackers," "startups," "songwriters," "artists," —and in line with the spirit of gathering creatives who desire to build their brand outside the mainstream paradigms of the music industry, "freaks," "geeks" and "weirdos." Launched in 2018 by artist, writer, record producer and videographer Bobby Bloomfield, tech entrepreneur and investor Chris Howard, and veteran Abbey Road tech and innovation manager Jon Eades, The Rattle's goal is to kickstart a culture revolution via a re-invention of the music label—re-imagining the startup accelerator—to have a positive effect on counterculture, while nurturing unorthodox thought and process in creating music. It's a system designed to support itself, rather than supporting those that form its foundation.
Membership Privileges: The Rattle's business model allows members to have access to their studios (in London and the more recently built one in Los Angeles), receive DIY advice and other similar minded entrepreneurial artists to collaborate, organize, scheme and "make trouble" with. According to Helen Sartory, an electronica artist-composer who is the Director of The Rattle L.A., they are "genre agnostic" and in addition to artists like BAFTA-nominee Alexander Parsons, Americana Music Award-winner Our Man in the Field and Audeobox (featuring several Grammy nominees), they have welcomed into the fold film composers, punk rockers, hyperpop artists, documentary filmmakers, entertainment startup entrepreneurs and creators of mental health initiatives. The Rattle is also working with virtual reality companies that create engaging, audience-reactive audiovisual programs and performances. The application to join The Rattle's Community: bit.ly/wearetherattle.
Quote from Helen Sartory: "The general industry shapes talent into something that makes it part of the machine. We take on each project individually and ask ourselves how do we build a custom machine around the artist? Some of our criteria are: Do they have an entrepreneurial mindset, where they want to keep control of their career and growth, rather than farm out to a bigger team? Are they open to experimenting with a different business model? Are they looking to add to world culture a meaningful message through their artistry?"
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Private Charles Cullinan
1st Battalion Leinster Regiment
Service No: 3716
Son of Patrick and Ann (Annie) Lynch Cullinan of Claureen House, Ennis, Co. Clare. Charles' younger brother Private John Cullinan of the 2nd Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers (6476) Died of Wounds on the 18/05/1915 aged 35. He is NOT on the Memorial. Charles' brother John's Pension was originally awarded to his wife on the 18/02/1916 but she had died on the 27/08/1908. Their daughter Mary is also listed. It was then awarded to their mother Annie on the 30/08/1916. Another brother is also listed. Private Peter Cullinan (5786) of the 2nd Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers then (89413) 29th London Regiment. Peter was discharged on the 29/09/1918 suffering from gunshot wound to his right leg.
Ennis, Co. Clare / 67 Dundyvan Rd, Coatbridge.
Died of Wounds 07/05/1915
Coatbridge 07/09/1914
Tube Worker in the British Tube Works.
Divisional Cemetery (A. 16), West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
The cemetery was first used by Commonwealth units at the end of April 1915 and continued in use until May 1916. Row C contains the collective grave of 23 men of the 2nd Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment who were killed in the German gas attack at Hill 60 on 5 May 1915. The cemetery was used again from July 1917, mostly by artillery units, for burials arising from the 1917 Flanders offensive. There are 283 First World War burials within the cemetery. >
Charles is listed as CUNNIENE on his MIC, his Service Medal and Award Rolls, his Ireland Casualties WW1, his Pension Record and CULLINAIN on the Stewarts and Lloyds Roll of Honour (see photos). The correct family name is CULLINAN. A huge thank you to Keir and everyone at the Clare Peace Park Committee for the Clare Memorial photos and the following information. Charles Cullinan: Ennis, died of wounds 7th May 1915 age 41, during the Second Battle of Ypres (22 April – 25 May 1915). 1st Bn Leinster Regiment, 82nd Brigade in 27th Division. G/M in Belgium. Also known as Charles Cunnienne. Son of Patrick and Ann Cullinan. The Second Battle of Ypres (April 22nd- May 25th1915) began in April 1915 when the Germans released poison gas into the Allied lines north of Ypres. This was the first time gas had been used by either side and the violence of the attack forced an Allied withdrawal and a shortening of the line of defence. The 1st Battalion Leinster Regiment arrived at Ypres on 2 April 1915. Hill 60 was strategically important and was captured by the British. They suffered heavy casualties when the Germans shelled the town. The Germans launched their offensive on 22 April. The British were forced to retreat. The battalion was heavily involved in the preparation of the new line. On 5 May they were gassed. The Germans retook Hill 60. About his brother John - John Cullinan: Ennis, died of wounds 18th May 1915 age 35 at Rue Du Bois in the Battle of Aubers Ridge, Royal Munster Fusiliers 2nd Bn, G/M in France. He was the son of Patrick and Annie Cullinan. 'The British bombardment began at 5 a.m., the Munsters then pressing forward with extraordinary bravery, German fire sweeping No-Mans-Land, some Munsters audaciously charging ahead through the German lines, briefly waving a green flag on its breastwork, then moving beyond until cut off by the British artillery bombardment that followed, which killed many sheltering in shell craters. By 11 a.m. the 2RMF was withdrawn with only 3 officers and 200 men remaining, having lost 19 and 370 respectively. It was one of only two battalions to reach the German lines. But suffered the regiment's highest loss of any one day of the war, 11 officers and 140 men killed in action.' 'We hear also received news of the death of his son, John, who was in the Munsters, in the late fighting. He had been home on leave wounded, about three months ago.' Also remembered in the St Augustine's Parish (book) Roll of Honour. See photos for Charles' Medal Index Card, his Service Medal and Award Rolls x 2, his Ireland Casualties WW1, his CWGC Grave Registration x 2, his Pension Records x 2, Divisional Cemetery and the Leinster Regiment Cap Badge. Also see photos for Charles' brother John's Army Register of Soldiers Effects, his Service Medal and Award Rolls, his Medal Index Card, his CWGC Grave Registration x 2, his Headstone Report x 2, Wimereux Communal Cemetery, the Royal Munster Fusiliers Cap Badge and his brothers John and Peter's Pension Records x 5. Also see photos x 5 kindly donated by Keir McNamara. The Clare Memorial was erected in 2016.
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Q: Explicit constructor in array of objects struct Row
{
  Row() { puts("default"); }
  Row(const Row &other) { puts("copy"); }
  Row(Row &&other) { puts("move"); }
  explicit Row(int) { puts("conv. c'tor"); }
};

int main()
{

  Row rs;
  Row r[3] = {1, 3, rs};

  Row r3[3]{1, 3, rs}; // no conversion exists

}

I know explicit constructor is not a candidate for copy initialization. But, How come when direct initializing results in error?
And also How array of objects allocated in memory? Is it same like array of scalar types?
If I turn off elide constructors flag and remove explicit keyword, I get conv, move, conv, move and copy in first and also the same in second? can someone explain that?

A: C++11 dcl.init#14

The initialization that occurs in the form
T x = a;
as well as in argument passing, function return, throwing an exception ([except.throw]), handling an exception ([except.handle]), and aggregate member initialization  ([dcl.init.aggr]) is called copy-initialization.

Aggregate member initialization is copy-initialization, not direct-initialization.


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Banners from the original Taneytown High School are on display at the Taneytown History Museum.
Photos by: Sherri Hosfeld Joseph, Ray Van Horn Jr.
Taneytown is known for its Civil War connections, the Antrim 1844 Country House Hotel, and of course, the town's designer and 18th Century namesake, Raphael Taney.
George Washington slept there on his way to Philadelphia in 1791 and General George Meade set up headquarters there before the battle of Gettysburg.
But now the town fathers hope to be known also for the Taneytown History Museum, which its promoters proudly refer to "as good, if not better, than the Smithsonian."
Located in the town's old Taneytown Bank and Trust building at 24 East Baltimore Street, it is packed with artifacts that date back to the 1700s.
Proposed by George Naylor and the late George Crouse (founder of the Crouse Ford dealership), the museum was opened on August 15, 2004, to honor the town's bicentennial. The Victorian building was built in 1877.
Visitors to the museum can see the bank's old vault doors and portions of original carpeting from the long-vanished financial institution.
Museum Committee Chairman Doug Heck is one of the many volunteers who proudly points out the authenticated Mason-Dixon Line stones on exhibit in the foyer of the museum.
Heck, also vice president of Taneytown's Chamber of Commerce, was approached by Crouse and Naylor to oversee the museum's swift organization.
"We knew there were artifacts in Taneytown that go back 250 years," said Heck. Among the diverse treasures found in the museum are city map renderings, vintage advertising and Revolutionary War, Civil War and Native American artifacts. The museum also spotlights cultural and industrial contributions, such as old pharmaceuticals, canned goods, tall clocks, publications and ladder back chairs.
One of the museum's show pieces is a cabinet used by The Taneytown Record, along with printing stamps. Class photos from the original Taneytown High School show its 1930s graduates. A 1920s exhibit offers period sewing machines, ice boxes, gas cooking stoves, coffee grinders, waffle irons and a refurbished Morris chair, the latter owned by Doug Heck's family.
"Our challenge when we got the museum started in January of 2004 was that it needed to be open with artifacts and everything ready to go by August 15," said Heck. "We had to work our tails off, but I think we've done a nice job. We have some neat stuff."
Concurrent with the museum's hallmark displays is its support of the local arts scene. Regional photographers, painters, sculptors and jewelers have showcased their works at the Taneytown History Museum, as well as acclaimed artists such as Clifton and LaVerne Zepp, John W. Taylor and Joe Wantz.
This year, from September 10 to October 15, a special exhibit will feature the works of photographer Michael Smith, world-renowned carver and sculptor Ernie Muehlmatt, plus Libby Cain, a local painter.
The Taneytown History Museum is aided by more than 60 volunteers, comprised of local residents and members of the city's Chamber of Commerce and Heritage Committee. The museum is funded by donations and contributions from volunteers. It also stages fundraising events, including an annual Holiday of Trees decorating contest and raffle.
Recently, the Taneytown History Museum has been open only sporadically as a result of ongoing street construction. But, said Heck, "This museum needs to be a destination and focal point for Taneytown. "We want it to be a source for people."
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Miles by Jami Nakamura Lin
I had a couple days left in the ward when one of the counselors told us we were getting a new kid. We were curious. People rotated in and out of Upstairs all the time, since most didn't stay for more than a week or so. Upstairs was what we called the in-patient program, because it took place in the upper levels of the hospital. Downstairs was the less severe partial hospitalization out-patient program.
The boys ribbed each other, said they were hoping for a "hottie hottie." Wendy, the last hottie hottie, had left that morning. She was skinny, blonde, fresh-faced; she also stopped eating when her boyfriend broke up with her. I didn't like her. I suffered a loss, she told me when I asked her why she was Upstairs. I thought someone died. Then I found out the boyfriend story and I was filled with disdain. The other girls didn't like her either. We didn't like the pretty ones, the ones who reminded us too much of the Outside world.
But it was a little boy instead. I first saw him at dinner, through the huge windows. The boys and girls ate dinner separately. We peered at him through those windows, putting our fingers around our eyes like binoculars. Baby! we said. He looked like he was approximately nine years old—his brown hair sticking up every which way, cheap denim jeans far too big for him. But he was adorable, mousey. After dinner, when the boys and girls were allowed to be together again, I found out Miles was thirteen and in seventh grade. Why is a seventh grader in a mental hospital? we asked. He told us that he had attempted suicide. He was so little.
In Process Group, we tried to figure out the root of Miles's problem: ostensibly, bullying. He was teased because he was wee and because his ears stuck out. We all said things like Don't worry, they are just struggling with their own self-esteem issues but inside I knew that if I went to school with this kid, if I was in seventh grade with Miles, I would make fun of him too.
I tried to be nice to him. I told myself I was being kind, but in reality I was compensating for all the things I did to kids like him years ago. Things like the hate emails I sent to Avery, saying she was so fat that she broke the swing set. Spreading rumors about how Jonah's dad left him.
Miles tried to be tough. My sister is a bitch, he announced. She's such a lesbian, I hate her. I asked him how old she was. Nine, he answered. What a bitch. She makes me dress up and be the dad for her dolls. I laughed, in spite of everything. In spite of the fact that on Halloween, we weren't allowed to eat caramel apple lollipops because the sticks are dangerous. In spite of the fact that they took my favorite tank top away because the straps are too thin. In spite of the fact that we couldn't wear shoes, wear makeup, or use pens.
Over the next few weeks, after we both graduated to Downstairs, Miles and I became close, despite our four year age difference. I mothered him, and he validated me. I called him Harry, because he reminded me of first-year Harry Potter, and in return he called me Hermione. He would imitate the other counselors because he knew their optimistic psychobabble irritated me. Breathe in the good air, he told me. Breathe out the bad air.
He clung to me. At first it was cute, and then it was less cute, and then I was annoyed. The others teased. Mike, who threw a broomstick through his windshield, said your little boyfriend . I cringed, denied. Slowly I began to back away. Miles didn't understand; he was only thirteen, and he followed me around. I wanted to tell him to stop it, to give me my space. I knew it would crush him, so I stayed silent, but my resentment grew and grew. I avoided him as much as possible. He never caught on.
But I couldn't stay away from him all the time. One day I wore my striped shirt with three-quarter length sleeves. The shirt was a gift; it had a boatneck and made me feel vaguely French. Miles found me during one of the breaks and noticed the red marks on my wrists. What's that? he asked, motioning to my arms. Are you—are you doing that? I tried to pull my sleeve down. Don't worry about it, I told him, it's not a big deal. He pointed at me. You're a cutter! he crowed. I shrugged. They know about it, I said, motioning towards the therapists, who did indeed know about it. Like I said, it's not a big deal.
But it was, in some ways, a big deal. My favorite counselor, Becca, chewed me out a couple days before. It had come up during one of our group sessions. What the hell do you think you're doing? she asked me. Just as you're recovering from your pills, you decide it's a good idea to start doing this? Her words shook me; it startled me that she cared enough to be angry. Most people tripped over themselves trying to appease me, like my parents. They loved me, but in small ways they enabled me. They were too afraid to yell at me, to strike the fear of God into me. But Becca yelled, and I liked knowing that there were boundaries out there, somewhere, even if I couldn't find them.
I didn't have a good answer for her. I didn't know I was bipolar then; I thought I had the disorder, but the doctors kept telling me no. I didn't know about the concept of bipolar rage. I just knew that I would get so angry that nothing could calm me down except for the pills, and later, when the pills were taken away, the scratching and the burning.
The day after Miles noticed my arms, we were eating lunch, another sad sandwich and limp apple, when I heard someone shouting. It was seventeen-year-old Katie, waving her hands at Miles. I was surprised they were interacting, as she was one of the older CD girls. CD was our shorthand for chemical dependency, and it meant all the kids who were only in the program for drugs. In the beginning the drug kids mostly stuck together; even though it was only a psych ward, there were cliques. They were looser and less well-defined than in high school, because kids moved in and out every day. There were always leaders, but they changed from week to week. While I didn't care at my regular high school, I desperately wanted to be popular here. Which is one of the reasons I was, by the end, so eager to rid myself of Miles. So where's your little friend? the other kids would ask. At the beginning I would laugh it off. By the end I would respond: oh, him, he's not my friend.
I walked closer so I could hear. You're going to get sent back Upstairs, she snapped at Miles. No I'm not! he retorted. I'm not! Jami didn't get sent Upstairs for it! he said, turning to me. Shut up, Miles, I hissed, what are you talking about? He giggled. You do it, he said, laughing to himself quietly. And they didn't put you Upstairs, so they won't put me Upstairs. Katie said, I wouldn't be so sure about that, glancing over at the therapists. They stood in the corner of the room, glancing over at us and whispering. One of them pointed at Miles and threw her hands up in the air. I stared at Miles again. But why? I asked him. He shrugged. You of all people can't talk. But then one of the male counselors walked over to our table. Miles, can you come here? Miles choked on his roll and followed him into the hall. The room buzzed after they left. A couple of the CD girls whispered and stared at me. I stared back hard. I was sure Miles would receive a lecture and then return in time for Process Group at one. My main concern was that the girls weren't starting rumors about me or talking shit.
I had to work to keep afloat in the nebulous social strata. I had a lot of things going for me, in that I had a whole laundry list of problems that made me "legit." Inside, your social cachet depended on the severity of your illness. Nothing was sacred. At the beginning of each group meeting, we went around and said our names and what we were in the program for. Half the kids downplayed their problems because they were embarrassed. The other half played theirs up. There was a fine line to be walked between too crazy and not crazy enough. The CD girls belonged to the latter group. They arrived at the hospital perfectly coiffed every day. They reapplied makeup in between group therapy sessions. Like I said: we didn't like the pretty ones. But after a few sessions everyone started to like each other because he shared and she cried and we all felt warm and fuzzy. But people kept leaving, and the process had to recycle over and over again. From mistrust and hatred to acceptance—and then once you truly connected with someone, they disappeared. It was exhausting.
Miles disappeared in that same way. When he walked into the hall—when I was sure he would come back in a few minutes—that was the last time I ever saw him. The big shots determined he was a threat to himself in a way I wasn't, so he was sent back Upstairs. Later, we heard through the grapevine other things, tragic stories: how he snuck a razor blade into his room and tried to slit his wrists. How they took the razor away from him, and then he tried to hang himself using his hospital robe. How he tried to kill himself three times this way. How his parents took him out and brought him somewhere else, since obviously the hospital wasn't keeping him safe. No one knew where this somewhere else was. Maybe a residential place. Maybe home.
I was filled with guilt, of course. I believed it was my fault. That I instigated his behavior, that he was modeling mine. If it wasn't for me, I thought, he wouldn't have cut himself, he wouldn't have gone back Upstairs, he wouldn't have tried to commit suicide so many times. The therapists told me it wasn't my fault, that I was trying to protect him from it. But they didn't know I was a bitch: that I hated him by the end, that I wanted him to leave. Miles hadn't thought I was a bitch. But that's the truth I remember.
He would be seventeen by now, the same age I was when I was Inside with him. Sometimes I want to type his name into a search engine and find out what's happened to him. But I swallow this impulse, because I realize it's better not knowing. This way I can imagine that he's fine, that he's a senior now, debating between U of I and going somewhere out of state, trying to work up the courage to ask his neighbor to prom. Maybe he will ask her and she will say yes, and he will rent a tux and a limo, the whole shebang, and they will stand on his driveway and his younger sister—the lesbian!—will come out with her Canon and snap a hundred near-identical shots and upload them to Facebook within hours. Maybe his parents will stand a little off to the side, and his mother will tear up a little bit, and she will look at her husband and begin: Remember back when—and her husband will shush her, because this is a happy time, and they don't want to think about way back when. And maybe he will squeeze her hand in acknowledgement that yes, that did happen, but look where they are now. Miles will be bashful, trying to pin on the corsage. He will open the limo door for his date, and when she stumbles on her too-high heels, he will grin at her, and she will feel instantly at peace.
Jami Nakamura Lin is an MFA candidate at Pennsylvania State University, where she writes creative nonfiction. She works for Revolution House literary magazine and is the nonfiction editor at The Star Mill Review. She can be found at her personal website.


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