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Q: Run Speed (inefficient query) I have the following query which isnt very efficiant and a lot of the time brings back an out of memory message, can anyone make any recomendations to help speed it up?
Thanks
Jim
DECLARE @period_from INT
SET @period_from = 201400

DECLARE @period_to INT
SET @period_to = 201414

Declare @length INT
Set @length = '12'

DECLARE @query VARCHAR(MAX)
SET @query = '%[^-a-zA-Z0-9() ]%'

SELECT 'dim_2' AS field, NULL AS Length, * FROM table1 WHERE client = 'CL'AND period >= @period_from AND @period_to <= @period_to AND dim_2 LIKE @query
UNION
SELECT 'dim_3' AS field, NULL AS Length, * FROM table1 WHERE client = 'CL'AND period >= @period_from AND @period_to <= @period_to AND dim_3 LIKE @query
UNION
SELECT 'dim_4' AS field, NULL AS Length, * FROM table1 WHERE client = 'CL'AND period >= @period_from AND @period_to <= @period_to AND dim_4 LIKE @query
UNION
SELECT 'dim_5' AS field, NULL AS Length, * FROM table1 WHERE client = 'CL'AND period >= @period_from AND @period_to <= @period_to AND dim_5 LIKE @query
UNION
SELECT 'dim_6' AS field, NULL AS Length, * FROM table1 WHERE client = 'CL'AND period >= @period_from AND @period_to <= @period_to AND dim_6 LIKE @query
UNION
SELECT 'dim_7' AS field, NULL AS Length,* FROM table1 WHERE client = 'CL'AND period >= @period_from AND @period_to <= @period_to AND dim_7 LIKE @query
UNION
SELECT 'ext_inv_ref' AS field, NULL AS Length, * FROM table1 WHERE client = 'CL'AND period >= @period_from AND @period_to <= @period_to AND ext_inv_ref LIKE @query
UNION
SELECT 'ext_ref' AS field, NULL AS Length, * FROM table1 WHERE client = 'CL'AND period >= @period_from AND @period_to <= @period_to AND ext_ref LIKE @query
UNION
SELECT 'description' AS field, NULL AS Length, * FROM table1 WHERE client = 'CL'AND period >= @period_from AND @period_to <= @period_to AND description LIKE @query
UNION
SELECT 'Length dim_2' AS field,LEN(dim_2) as Length, * FROM table1 WHERE client = 'CL'AND period >= @period_from AND @period_to <= @period_to AND dim_2 is not null and len(dim_2) >@length
UNION
SELECT 'Length dim_3' AS field, LEN(dim_3) as Length, * FROM table1 WHERE client = 'CL'AND period >= @period_from AND @period_to <= @period_to AND dim_3 is not null and len(dim_3) >@length
UNION
SELECT 'Length dim_4' AS field, LEN(dim_4) as Length, * FROM table1 WHERE client = 'CL'AND period >= @period_from AND @period_to <= @period_to AND dim_4 is not null and len(dim_4) >@length
UNION
SELECT 'Length dim_5' AS field, LEN(dim_5) as Length, * FROM table1 WHERE client = 'CL'AND period >= @period_from AND @period_to <= @period_to AND dim_5 is not null and len(dim_5) >@length
UNION
SELECT 'Length dim_6' AS field, LEN(dim_6) as Length, * FROM table1 WHERE client = 'CL'AND period >= @period_from AND @period_to <= @period_to AND dim_6 is not null and len(dim_6) >@length
UNION
SELECT 'Length dim_7' AS field, LEN(dim_7) as Length, * FROM table1 WHERE client = 'CL'AND period >= @period_from AND @period_to <= @period_to AND dim_7 is not null and len(dim_7) >@length

A: I don't think you can optimize this much. The database has dim1 to dim7 as columns of one table. Now you want to treat them as if they were stand-alone columns. So the database design doesn't meet your requirement. If this is just an exception than you will have to live with it. If this usage however becomes the typical access, then one should think about changing the database design and have an additional table for the dimensions.
The one thing you unnecessarily do is to use UNION which lets the dbms look out for duplicates. As your records start with a different constant per union group there will be none. Use UNION ALL instead.

A: You can reduce the number of unions significantly, but the work then goes into the WHERE clause. The SQL Query optimiser should figure out that you only need to go through the rows in the table once for each union statement, so it should be quicker. Try it like this and see!
SELECT
CASE
 WHEN dim_2 like @query Then 'dim_2'
 WHEN dim_3 like @query Then 'dim_3'
 WHEN dim_4 like @query Then 'dim_4'
 WHEN dim_5 like @query Then 'dim_5'
 WHEN dim_6 like @query Then 'dim_6'
 WHEN dim_7 like @query Then 'dim_7'
 WHEN ext_inv_ref LIKE @query Then 'ext_inv_ref'
 WHEN ext_ref LIKE @query Then 'ext_ref'
END AS field,
NULL AS Length,
*
FROM table1
WHERE client = 'CL'AND period >= @period_from AND @period_to <= @period_to
AND (dim_2 LIKE @query
     OR dim_3 LIKE @query
     OR dim_4 LIKE @query
     OR dim_5 LIKE @query
     OR dim_6 LIKE @query
     OR dim_7 LIKE @query
     OR ext_inv_ref LIKE @query
     OR ext_ref LIKE @query)

UNION
SELECT
CASE
 WHEN dim_2 is not null and len(dim_2) >@length Then 'Length dim_2'
 WHEN dim_3 is not null and len(dim_3) >@length Then 'Length dim_3'

 ....

END AS field,
LEN(dim_2) as Length,
*
FROM table1
WHERE client = 'CL'AND period >= @period_from AND @period_to <= @period_to
AND ((dim_2 is not null and len(dim_2) >@length)
     OR
     (dim_3 is not null and len(dim_3) >@length)
     OR ....
     )

A: There are many things to do there, but you can for example do this:
CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE temp_table1
SELECT * FROM table WHERE client = 'CL'
AND period >= @period_from AND @period_to <= @period_to;

Then use this table as the base for your other unions, then drop it. If you do such selections often, introducing composite index on fields period and client in your table1 might also help when you are creating that temporary table:
ALTER TABLE table1 ADD KEY period_client (client, period);

A: The most important thing you can do, if it is within your power, is to restructure your database so that you move the dim fields to a separate table and have only one dim column in that table (but more than one row for those cases in which there's more than one dim value).  This process is called database normalization.  You will then be able to perform your query with a single SELECT, without having to UNION together a bunch of SELECTs.
For the query as written (and this applies to the improved query with a corrected database structure), you need to find out if indexes are being used to solve the query.  In your case, the best index will be one of (client, period) or (period, client) depending on the cardinality of those indexes (basically, how many different values are present in those columns and how evenly those values are distributed).
If you have one or both of those indexes already, there isn't much you can do without restructuring your database.  If you don't, you can try creating each index in turn and seeing whether it has an effect on the query time.

A: SELECT T.field
      ,T.Length
      ,table1.*
FROM table1
     CROSS APPLY (
          VALUES ('dim_2', dim_2, NULL)
                ,('dim_3', dim_3, NULL)
                ,...
                ,('Length dim_2', NULL, LEN(dim_2))
                ,...
     ) AS T(field, value, Length)
WHERE table1.client = 'CL'
      AND table1.period BETWEEN @period_from AND @period_to
      AND ((T.Length IS NOT NULL AND T.Length > @Length)
           OR (T.value IS NOT NULL AND T.value LIKE @Query))

A: The way you select your result cost a lot of time because you will query each time to get the dataset you want every time for every record, my solution for you is to query one time and to get the final result at once :
/* Part 1 : We will define a function that will help us to decompose a value of a column to multiple rows */

ALTER FUNCTION [audit].[FN_Decompose](@p_liste VARCHAR (MAX), @p_separateur CHAR(1))
RETURNS  @table_result TABLE ([id] INT, [indexAt] INT, [element] VARCHAR (255) NULL)
AS
BEGIN

    DECLARE  @v_index       INT
            ,@v_i           INT
            ,@v_longueur    INT
            ,@v_element     VARCHAR(MAX)

    IF ISNULL(@p_liste, '') <> ''
        BEGIN
            SET @v_index        = 1
            SET @v_i            = 1
            SET @v_longueur     = LEN(@p_liste) + 2
            SET @v_element      = ''

            --pour chaque caractère de la liste
            WHILE @v_index <> @v_longueur
                BEGIN
                    --si le caractère n''est pas un séparateur
                    IF SUBSTRING(@p_liste, @v_index, 1) <> @p_separateur
                        BEGIN
                            --Ajouter le caractère à     l''élément courant
                            SET @v_element = @v_element +     SUBSTRING(@p_liste, @v_index,1)
                        END
                    ELSE
                        BEGIN
                            --si l''élément courant n''est     pas vide
                            --IF (@v_element <> '')
                                begin
                                    --Ajout à la table
                                INSERT INTO @table_result ([id],[indexAt],element)
                                VALUES (@v_i, @v_index, @v_element)
                                --Ré-initialisation
                                SET @v_element = ''
                                SET @v_i = @v_i + 1
                            END
                    END

                -- Caractère suivant
                SET @v_index = @v_index + 1
            END
    END

INSERT INTO @table_result VALUES (@v_i, @v_index, @v_element)

RETURN

END

GO

/* THE Script */

DECLARE @period_from INT
SET @period_from = 201400

DECLARE @period_to INT
SET @period_to = 201414

Declare @length INT
Set @length = '12'

DECLARE @query VARCHAR(MAX)
SET @query = '%[^-a-zA-Z0-9() ]%';

WITH Temp AS (
SELECT
         LEN(dim_2) AS Length_dim2
        ,LEN(dim_3) AS Length_dim3
        ,LEN(dim_4) AS Length_dim4
        ,LEN(dim_5) AS Length_dim5
    ,LEN(dim_6) AS Length_dim6
    ,LEN(dim_7) AS Length_dim7
    ,CASE WHEN dim_1 LIKE @query THEN 'dim_1' ELSE '' END+';'
    +CASE WHEN dim_2 LIKE @query THEN 'dim_2' ELSE '' END+';'
    +CASE WHEN dim_3 LIKE @query THEN 'dim_3' ELSE '' END+';'
    +CASE WHEN dim_4 LIKE @query THEN 'dim_4' ELSE '' END+';'
    +CASE WHEN dim_5 LIKE @query THEN 'dim_5' ELSE '' END+';'
    +CASE WHEN dim_6 LIKE @query THEN 'dim_6' ELSE '' END+';'
    +CASE WHEN dim_7 LIKE @query THEN 'dim_7' ELSE '' END+';'

    +CASE WHEN ext_inv_ref LIKE @query THEN 'ext_inv_ref' ELSE '' END+';'
    +CASE WHEN ext_ref LIKE @query THEN 'ext_ref' ELSE '' END+';'
    +CASE WHEN [description] LIKE @query THEN 'description' ELSE '' END+';'

    +CASE WHEN AND dim_2 is not null and len(dim_2) >@length THEN 'Length dim_2' ELSE '' END+';'
    +CASE WHEN AND dim_3 is not null and len(dim_3) >@length THEN 'Length dim_3' ELSE '' END+';'
    +CASE WHEN AND dim_4 is not null and len(dim_4) >@length THEN 'Length dim_4' ELSE '' END+';'
    +CASE WHEN AND dim_5 is not null and len(dim_5) >@length THEN 'Length dim_5' ELSE '' END+';'
    +CASE WHEN AND dim_6 is not null and len(dim_6) >@length THEN 'Length dim_6' ELSE '' END+';'
    +CASE WHEN AND dim_7 is not null and len(dim_7) >@length THEN 'Length dim_7' ELSE '' END+';' AS fields

FROM table1
WHERE client = 'CL'
AND period >= @period_from
AND @period_to <= @period_to)

SELECT

     CASE fn.element
        WHEN 'Length dim_2' THEN Length_dim2
        WHEN 'Length dim_3' THEN Length_dim3
        WHEN 'Length dim_4' THEN Length_dim4
        WHEN 'Length dim_5' THEN Length_dim5
        WHEN 'Length dim_6' THEN Length_dim6
        WHEN 'Length dim_7' THEN Length_dim7
     END    AS [Length]
    ,fn.element AS Field
    ,t.* /* The other columns */
FROM Temp t
CROSS APPLY [audit].[FN_Decompose](fields,';') fn
WHERE fn.element IS NOT NULL

Good Luck :)

A: Just to expand my comment, if you have SQLServer 2005 or better you can unpivot the data to transform the columns to row and than check that
SELECT id, column_name, value
FROM   (SELECT id, period, dim_2, dim_3, dim_4, dim_5, dim_6
             , dim_7, ext_inv_ref, ext_ref, description
        FROM myTable) a
       UNPIVOT
       (value FOR column_name
        IN (dim_2, dim_3, dim_4, dim_5, dim_6
          , dim_7, ext_inv_ref, ext_ref, description)
       ) unpvt
WHERE (value LIKE '%[^-a-zA-Z0-9() ]%' OR len(value) > 12)
  AND period BETWEEN 201400 AND 201414


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Additionally, many law graduates do not practice law. They can also work in business, government, and education, among others. Law school trains you to be a problem solver and those skills are valuable in multiple arenas.
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Death of newborn found in canal now treated as murder
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The tragic discovery was made two months ago.
Authorities in the UK are treating the death of a newborn baby boy who was found in a West Midlands canal as a murder.
The infant's body was discovered by a passer-by on 20 May, and police are still attempting to trace the mother, as they are concerned for her welfare.
Police officers had previously suspected that the baby was "probably not alive" when he was put in the canal.
Crimestoppers are offering a £5,000 reward to anyone who has information in relation to the case.
Mike Dutchie, the organisation's director of operations said: "This is a particularly sad, tragic case and shocking for the community, so we are keen to have answers as to what happened and who was involved.
"We are urging anyone who may know something to contact our charity anonymously as soon as possible.
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"There is also concern for the well-being of the baby's mother. Investigators, who have asked our charity to put up this reward, believe that someone may know or suspect who the mother is.
"We hope that our reward for information given anonymously will help prompt someone's conscience to speak up and tell us what they know.
Mr Dutchie added that anyone who contacts the Crimestopppers will remain "100% anonymous".
He said: "When you call our UK Contact Centre on freephone 0800 555 111, which is open 24/7, or use our simple, secure and anonymous online form at www.crimestoppers-uk.org to give information, nobody will know you contacted us, only you."
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Q: JQuery Get method with parameters or AJAX is not working with Phonegap? I'm doing an application with Phonegap (Cordova), and, altough, the $.post and $.get function works most of the time, the following code is not working:
$.get(urlLastPosition + '?taxi_id=16')
    .done(function(data){
          lat = data.latitude;
          lon = data.longitude;
          });

I have tried with AJAX method but it is still not working,
$.ajax({
   type: 'GET',
   url: 'http://arcane-lowlands-6512.herokuapp.com/positions/get_last.json?taxi_id=16',
   success: function(data){
   lat = data.latitude;
   lon = data.longitude;
   console.log(data.id);
   },
   dataType: 'JSON'
   });

And as I said before this $.get method does work
$.get(taxiUrl + "/" + taxId + ".json")
.done(function(data){
      drivId = data.current_driver_id;
      result.push(data.installation_id);
      });

Also I have tried it on the browser and it works, using chrome as well as Postman (extension).
Any help will be appreciated.

A: The mistake was that the answer was taking some time on the phone, and given that it is an asynchronous call it was not taking any return. Given that, I have to applied what I found in here
jQuery: Return data after ajax call success
Using the answer about promise using it, as soon as the data was available the function is call and use. That's how I end up fixing the problem.

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Mercedes' AMG Lineup Might Be Hugely Scaled Back: Report
Photo: Mercedes
In the next few years, penalties in Europe for automakers who don't meet European Union emissions requirements are going to get very, very steep, to the tune of tens of billions of dollars if they were in place right now. In response, automakers have been scrambling to electrify their lineups. The Financial Times recently took a look at just how deeply unprepared most of them are.
Europe traditionally has been home to two things that we see far less of than in the U.S.: diesel-powered cars and the wide proliferation of small, sensibly-sized vehicles instead of big trucks and SUVs. But Dieselgate kind of took the air out of automakers wanting to go down that path again, in addition to consumers really believing that they were any better on CO2 gases than gasoline engines. (They are, generally, but consumer perception is a powerful thing.)
More troubling has been the rise of the SUV, with 35 percent of the European market belonging to that segment last year, as opposed to just 20 percent in 2014. All of which has meant that CO2 levels have actually risen in Europe since 2017.
Enter the emissions regulations, a process started in 2008 with the full awareness of automakers in Europe, and one that will see its harshest penalties yet come into fruition by 2021. Automakers have had over a decade to prepare for this, in other words, but the problem has been that consumers, even in Europe, just aren't very interested in electric cars, such that they were less than three percent of the market last year.
Some automakers, like Peugeot, whose lineup is pretty small, are well-positioned to deal with the regulations but others, like Daimler, are very much not. Which is all a long way of saying: Mercedes' AMG line may be in for a serious haircut.
Via the FT:
Last month Daimler revealed a gulf between its current emissions of 138g/km and its target of roughly 100g/km.
"What we can't control is buyer behaviour, but we have the technologies within our portfolio to get within target range," chief executive Ola Kallenius told investors in London last month.
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This poses a serious profit risk. While it never breaks out the division's earnings, AMG is believed by analysts to be a significant contributor to the bottom line. "If they kill off AMG it's a catastrophe for profitability," says Bernstein's Mr Warburton.
Mercedes is far from the only automaker who is desperately trying to comply. Almost all of them seem to be cobbling together last-minute solutions. Take Ford:
Another group playing catch-up is Ford, which is not due to begin selling any fully electric models in Europe until the end of next year.
Instead, it is installing small 48v batteries in its cars to turn them into "mild hybrid" vehicles that can make fuel savings of about 10 per cent, for significantly less cost than turning them into fully fledged electric vehicles, says Stuart Rowley, Ford's European president.
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Toronto was where Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin grew up. Source: Pexels
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"Vitalik Buterin, an elongated Toronto young man who looked brainy in a very literal way, had attended Anthony's first meetup and later brought to him an idea for a blockchain platform he called Ethereum."
So writes author Ethan Lou in his memoir, Once A Bitcoin Miner, much of which takes place in Toronto. Anthony Di Iorio, an early Bitcoin investor, started a crypto meetup named after his software company Decentral in a "redbrick house in Toronto's historical fashion district" — this is where the young Buterin walked in with his idea for Ethereum, which is, of course, another story entirely.
With the founding of Ethereum, Toronto cemented its position in the crypto canon. By 2018, Canadian startup blog BetaKit wrote there was a divide in Canada between the areas that embraced the cultural aspects of crypto on one side, and the financial aspects on the other.
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Toronto's famous Bitcoin sign at Decentral headquarters. Source: Decentral
In 2014, Decentral opened a physical location on the prominent Spadina Avenue, making it and its large Bitcoin sign something of an institution and a way in which Bitcoin touched the lives of average Torontonians. Featuring a Bitcoin ATM, the spot became almost a Bitcoin embassy in the city, hosting meetups and other events.
As a financial hub, Toronto regularly plays host to blockchain conferences including the annual Blockchain Futurist Conference, the largest in the country. In 2022, the event coincided with ETH Toronto. The year also saw the Web3 & Blockchain World summit, AIBC Toronto and the Cardano Summit 2022. A quick browse of Meetup.com will reveal that there are dozens of cryptocurrency-, blockchain- and NFT-themed meetups in the city and surrounding area.
The corporate nature of the city means there is more funding available than in most other comparable destinations, explains Charlie Aikenhead, senior vice president of marketing at WonderFi. And unlike south of the border in the United States, there is a general sense of regulatory certainty, which encourages a willingness to bet on the industry.
"Canadian investors and citizens seem to have a more favorable view of the industry and have less worries about customer protections than other countries."
According to Coinmaps, there are a number of businesses in the city and surrounding areas that happily accept cryptocurrency as payment. In addition to crypto ATMs and various shopping outlets specializing from sportswear to TV antennas, one can have their teeth repaired at Downtown Dental Hygiene Clinic, with the same service available for their homes at B & B Cleaning Service. Down the street from both, Grossman's Tavern is happy to exchange beer for bits, while Toronto Brewing will sell you all you need to make drinks at home. Even cryotherapy is available at Vital Cryotherapy Toronto.
Coffee can be purchased at the nearby Snakes and Lattes board game cafe a few blocks away, while Urban Living Suites offers a good night's rest for crypto tourists roaming the streets without loonies or toonies — what locals call $1 and $2 dollar coins, featuring a loon and two polar bears, respectively. Online services such as those offered by WebRocker Web Design are also available.
While crypto acceptance is by no means the norm, it is notable to say that it appears very reasonable that one could go cashless and survive on cryptocurrency for the majority of their needs by seeking out crypto-friendly businesses in the region.
If one is determined, just about anything can be purchased with crypto in the Toronto region. Source: Coinflip
Toronto has the largest concentration of blockchain startups in the country, to the extent that startupill.com published a list titled 82 Best Toronto Cryptocurrency Startups. Among the biggest ones include exchanges Coinsquare, CoinSmart, Tokens.com, Bitbuy, BitSwap, 3Commas, Coinberry and Coinlet among several others. Angel.co also lists 39 "Top Blockchain / Cryptocurrency Startups in Toronto in 2022," many of which appear to be actively hiring.
On the mining side, Hut8 Mining is perhaps the most established player, being listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange with a market cap above $400 million. Bitfarms is also listed at a market cap of just under $200 million. DigiMax, Digihost and Cryptoster are also involved in mining.
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Andrew Kiguel, CEO of Tokens.com and former CEO of Hut8 Mining, explains that the mix of crypto companies and several large universities is the secret sauce to the city's industry success, which, he says, has a "young and sophisticated crypto population."
"There are several large universities, and many crypto companies are headquartered here. As a result, there's a large, active crypto community," he says. "There are regular meetups and businesses that have launched in the city. It has a young and sophisticated crypto population."
"The crypto environment is generally cooperative and friendly. There is a large talent pool in Toronto seeking employment in crypto. Many crypto companies were launched in Toronto, and others, such as Galaxy Digital and Hive, were financed out of Toronto."
In addition to exchanges and mining, Toronto also hosts many financial services and advisory companies specializing in cryptocurrency. These include Signal, a market intelligence firm, Bitcoinblack, which provides crypto-backed credit cards, and payment transfer company Biquiti.
Jaxx Wallet, which allows users to easily manage cryptocurrency holdings via smartphone, is also based in Toronto.
Lower cooling costs are one positive note for the crypto mining industry in Canada. Source: Pexels
Earlier in 2022, authorities seized a Lambo and $2 million from local 23-year-old "Crypto King" Aiden Pleterski, whose company AP Private Equity Limited was accused of being a $35-million fraud according to court documents. Pleterski was allegedly renting out a lakeside mansion for $45,000 per month even as some locals say they lost money earmarked for their grandchildren's education.
In early 2020, a Los Angeles billionaire named Josh Jones became a victim of a so-called SIM-swap attack, according to Ryk Edelstein, founder of 5-L Technologies, in Montreal. The attacker took $45 million in Bitcoin but was eventually tracked down to nearby Hamilton via a PlayStation username and IP address, where authorities found a teenager who later pleaded guilty. A friend, who witnessed the arrest, later recounted the story to local news:
"He told me, after the SIM swap, that he thought he got only $1 million. But when he looked at the total amount and saw it was $45 million, he panicked."
The city has seen a few crypto crimes from investment scams to SIM-swaps. Image: Pexels
Toronto also served as part of the stage for the infamous case of QuadrigaCX, whose late founder, Gerald Cotten, lived in the city while running the exchange. He reportedly died in India in 2018, seemingly taking the private keys to nearly $200 million with him to the grave — which victims have later fought to exhume in a search for answers. In June 2020, the Ontario Securities Commission officially concluded that QuadrigaCX was a fraud and a Ponzi scheme.
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If you want to be a blockchain dev, at George Brown University's Casa Loma campus, you can participate in a one-year full-time Blockchain Development Program, which comes with a mandatory on-the-job training element. Tuition is only about $5,000 per year.
Toronto Metropolitan University offers a course called "Blockchain for Business," which promises to "help fill a knowledge gap for professionals seeking essential knowledge in the ways in which blockchain technology works and how it can be applied effectively to solve business problems." York University has a dedicated Blockchain Academy and offers a Certificate in Blockchain Development, which is more geared toward building than understanding, through its School of Continuing Studies.
Toronto's chapter of the International Institute of Business Analysis has provided its members with educational seminars on Blockchain Fundamentals, and Intellipaat provides a 27-hour IBM Blockchain Course. BlockGeeks also offers some free online courses.
There is also CryptoChicks, a nonprofit that has grown from Toronto to encompass chapters around the world "helping thousands of women around the globe to learn and invest in blockchain, build new careers and businesses."
Vitalik Buterin (at least sometimes when he visits family, including father Dmitry Buterin), Ethereum co-founder Anthony Di Iorio; Author of Once A Bitcoin Miner and occasional Magazine contributor Ethan Lou; Tokens.com CEO Andrew Kiguel; Cannabanc founder Paresh Khatri; Bitbuy CEO Michael Arbus; Kylin Network co-founder Dylan Dewdney; Newton CEO Dustin Walper; CoinSmart CEO Justin Hartzman; Coinberry co-founder Andrei Poliakov.
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Organizing Committee Members
Ivy YAU Sui Yu
Open University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Yau Sui Yu, Ivy, is working as the Associate Professor of the School of Nursing and Health Studies, Open University of Hong Kong. She serves as the Editor-in Chief, Editorial Board member and Reviewer for various international journals. Her research interests including cardiovascular nursing, nursing education, physical activity and health, and patient education.
YuChun Yao
I-Shou University, Taiwan
YuChun Yao is an assistant professor in Department of Nursing, I-Shou University in Taiwan. Her specialties are nursing education, nursing leadership and management. She got her Master degree in Nursing in 2004 and Doctor degree in Education in 2011 from Spalding University, Kentucky, United States of America. She has publised more than 18 papers in reputed journals (which included SSCI journals) and international conferences (which included ICN conference).
Viroj Wiwanitkit
Surin Rajabhat University, Thailand
Professor Dr. Viroj Wiwanitkit is currently working as a medical professor and Asian Scholar. He graduated in medical doctor (M.D). (honors) and works in medical academics in many universities. At present he is appointed as a visiting University Professor, Hainan Medical University, China ; visiting professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Nis, Serbia ; adjunct professor, Joseph Ayobabalola University, Nigeria and Professor, Senior Expert, Surin Rajabhat University, Thailand. He has many international publications in medical field. His research interest includes tropical medicine and public health, Laboratory medicine, clinical biochemistry, molecular biology and microbiology. At present, he is the medical scientist who has more than 1,800 article publications and he has the most number (the first world rank) of international publications as the first and the last author. He also serve as editor in chief and editorial board of about 100 international medical journals published from several countries around the world.
Ubaldo Comite
University of Calabria, Italy
Prof. Ubaldo Comite was born in Cosenza, Italy, June 14 1971. He has a degree in Law (1994) and Economics (1996) at the University of Messina (Italy), and earned his Ph.D. in Public Administration at the University of Calabria, Rende (Cs) Italy, in 2005. Currently, he is working as a professor of Budget and Business Organization at the Faculty of Economy, Department of Business Sciences, University of Calabria. Furthermore, he is a professor of Business Administration and Health Management at the Faculty of Economy, University Giustino Fortunato (Benevento – Italy). His Research interests are: Private and Public Management, Non profit Organizations and Accounting, Health Management.
Baljit Kaur Gill
The Open University, Hong Kong
Dr. Baljit Kaur Gill is an Associate Professor of The Open University from Hong Kong. She had obtained her Bachelor of Science (Nursing) degree from Oxford Brookes University (UK). She had obtained two Master Degrees (Master of Science, Nursing) from Oxford Brookes University (UK) and (Master in Social Science in Gerontology) from The University of Hong Kong. She had also accomplished her Doctor of Philosophy within three and a half years from The University of Hong Kong. She serves as the editorial board and reviewer for multiple international journals. She have presented and published over 50 research studies/ articles. Her Research covers Simulation education, Nursing Education, Long Term care and Gerontology.


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A tribute to Harry Mashabela
Suzette Nxumalo Mafuna
Harry Mashabela, veteran journalist and writer passed away in August. His novels depict aspects of life in Soweto and black people's endless struggles against an obstinate and racist South African dictatorship. He hoped that exposing police brutality would help garner support for the black struggle.
Veteran journalist and writer, Harry Mashabela, passed away on 23 August 2019 after a long battle with cancer. He was 89 years old. Mashabela was a journalist, writer and researcher who, according to The South African National Editors' Forum, was a "thorn" in the side of the apartheid authorities. Mashabela was a reporter for the Rand Daily Mail and was arrested together with other seasoned journalists under Section 6 of the Terrorism Act on 29 July 1976 up to 1977. Mashabela also worked for The Star, Golden City Post and the Financial Mail among others.
"Sanef is deeply saddened by this loss to the media industry. We send our deepest condolences to the Mashabela family and colleagues across the media industry," the organisation said. "May his soul rest in peace."
Mashabela authored Townships of the PWV (1988), A People on the Boil (1987) and Mekhukhu: Urban African Cities of the Future (1990). He also penned numerous articles. He was the director of a scholarship fund that was founded in the early 1970s by African-Americans civil rights leader Andrew Young, among others, and he was deputy chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the Council of Black Education and Research and also of the African Writers' Association.
Some of Mashabela's best work was his coverage of the Soweto Uprising on June 16, 1976. For him, June 16 was not an isolated incident but a culmination of the historical betrayal of black people by apartheid regime. His success in telling the story of this historical day was mainly due to his sharp nose for a story, community connections and underground communication with political operatives, which guaranteed him cooperation and protection from the system that kept him and his media colleagues under close and constant surveillance.
The 1976 Uprising that began in Soweto and spread throughout the country profoundly changed the South African landscape, with thousands of students and high school learners mobilised by the South African Students Movement's Action Committee and the Black Consciousness Movement. Thousands marched peacefully and were met by heavily armed police who fired teargas and later live ammunition on demonstrating students.
His book, A People on the Boil is a reflection on the 1976 uprising in Soweto from the perspective of a reporter and provides context and background for the historical events of that day. Speaking to the BBC about the book, Mashabela recalls the scene and being assured by a black policeman that no harm would befall the protesting crowds. He recalls turning to a black policeman and asking "are you really going to kill our children?"
The policeman's bold "no" was interrupted by the booming sound of gunshots and a cloud of billowing black smoke that seemed to smother the environment and brought home to the writer a new realisation that he could no longer be a spectator. He had a responsibility as a somewhat privileged black journalist and humanitarian to make his own contributions towards the emancipation of his people.
Mashabela explained police cruelty as the reason for his rage and uncontrollable urge to write about the immense suffering of his people. He hoped that exposing police brutality would help garner support for the black struggle.
Mashabela was born to Morwamakgari and Molefe Mashabela at Machacha in 1931. He was the second of six children and grew up looking after his parents' cattle and goats. At the age of 14, in 1945, while herding his father's livestock, he learned about a friend who had started school. He had never been to school because the only mission school was eight miles away from the village and while the idea of going to school had never occurred to him before, he immediately went to tell his father that he wished to enrol.
"When do you want to go to school?" His father asked.
"In the morning," said Mashabela.
"But who is going to take the cattle to the dip if you go to school in the morning?" His father asked.
"I will start at the dip with the cattle and then I go to school," Mashabela insisted.
Though his parents had never been to school, his father supported him wholeheartedly and even accompanied him all the way to his new missionary run secondary school at Mokalapa Primary school run by one teacher from a church hall in Mokalapa Village, in Pietersburg (now Polokwane). He noted his mother's disappointment who could not understand why her son preferred school when his peers in the village were all working to support their families.
He took his education very seriously, and with the help of a teacher, he completed his primary school education in just two years. He then enrolled at the then Jane Furse Combined Junior Secondary School in 1947 and completed his standard 5 and standard 6 in 1948 and continued on to Khaiso High School, a missionary boarding school, in 1949. In addition to studying towards his Matric, he also studied writing through the Cape Town international Correspondence School and photography through the New York Institute of Photography.
Being a writer and journalist, Mashabela had his fair share of run-ins with the police. He faced detentions, constant hounding and harassment by the special branch, culminating in a vicious assault which broke his neck and left him semi-paralysed. But his recollection of events was excellent to the very end. He remembered dates, settings, locations and the names of the deceased. He remembered Winnie Mandela's military chant. He remembered the religious hymn which Tsietsi Mashinini led the students to sing while leading the1976 march.
Mashabela was self-effacing, and quite reticent to engage in personal discussions. He had a deep, commanding voice and was guarded and self-preserved, with the dignity of a black man who is a proud product of his traditional family heritage. He never seemed too eager to entertain small talk with strangers or engage in frivolous matters of a social nature or gossip. And he never let up, no matter what it took. Whether it be school or telling the stories of his countrymen, he remained focused on whatever task he set out to do. His was a life well lived.
This is an edited version of the original article which can be downloaded here.
Nnamdi Azikiwe: African Philosopher; scholar and eminent journalist
Phindi Xaba Like most African journalists who were propelled into the media space by fighting for liberation of the continent from colonisers, Dr Benjamin Nnamdi Azikiwe, also known as "Zik" was no exception. Jomo Kenyatta of Kenya, Julius Nyerere of Tanzania and Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana, were all activists before they became journalists subsequently becoming […]
Suzette Nxumalo Mafuna Veteran journalist and writer, Harry Mashabela, passed away on 23 August 2019 after a long battle with cancer. He was 89 years old. Mashabela was a journalist, writer and researcher who, according to The South African National Editors' Forum, was a "thorn" in the side of the apartheid authorities. Mashabela was a […]


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The Sharks won their third Region 2-2A title in six years while the Tigers completed a three-peat in Region 4-3A.
Ethan McCloud won the 200-yard indivdual medley and 100 backstroke for the second consecutive year Saturday to help Sebastian River High School's boys swimming team defend its Region 2-2A championship at Lakeland.
McCloud won the 200 IM in 1 minute, 54.85 seconds, the 100 back in 52.30 seconds.
Oatrick Prescott Jr. won the boys 50 freestyle in 22.24 and was runner-up in the 100 in 49.05. Derek Ledford won the boys 100 butterfly in 51.91.
Three other Sebastian River swimmers earned at-large berths to state: Reade Lawson (200 IM, 100 back), Joey Twomey (100 butterfly) and Ledford (100 back).
Sebastian River's boys 200 medley, 200 freestyle and 400 freestyle relays also earned at-large berths to state.
Sebastian River finished with 384 points, well ahead of Windermere's 306. The regional title is the Sharks' third in the past six seasons.
The Sharks just missed a top-10 finish at state a year ago, finishing 11th. McCloud was 3A runner-up in the 100 back and sixth in the 200 IM, while Ledford was fourth in the 100 butterfly.
Mia Martinelli won both sprint freestyle events for the second year in a row to help Sebastian River's girls finish eighth. She swam the 50 in 25.16, the 100 in 54.69.
The Class 3A state meet is Friday at Sailfish Splash in Stuart.
Delaney Simpkins won the 50 freestyle, was runner-up in the 100 freestyle and swam the anchor leg on the winning 400 freestyle relay Saturday to help Martin County's girls win their third straight Region 4-3A championship at Florida Gulf Coast University in Estero.
Simpkins swam the 50 free in 24.60, the 100 in 53.09. She joined senior Dorian Fejzuli, junior Gabby Johnson and senior Kylie Eaker to finish the 400 free relay in 3:42.40.
Ava Koessick was second in 1-meter diving with 371.60 points while Gabby Johnson was runner-up in the 100 butterfly in 59.72.
Jensen Beach freshman Blair Stoneburg swept the girls 100 and 200 freestyles, and anchored the winning 200 freestyle relay team.
Stoneburg, who set school records in every individual swimming event during the regular season, swam the 200 free in 1:51.47, the 100 free in 52.28. She joined freshman Madeline Kohs, sophomore Naiya Sawtelle and sophomore Emily Miller on the 200 free relay that finished in 1:42.76.
Miller was runner-up in the 200 free in 1:57.12.
Martin County finished with 394 points to outdistance runner-up Doral Academy's 269. Jensen Beach was sixth with 183, South Fork 12th with 65 and Okeechobee 14th with 37.
Martin County's Jon Skarie was runner-up in the boys 100 breaststroke in 59.68 — a mere two-hundredths of a second behind South Broward's Andy Rogatinsky.
Martin County's boys finished second with 315 points, 120.5 behind Doral Academy. South Fork was 12th with 67.5 and Jensen Beach was 16th with 18.
The top two in each event plus relay winners automatically qualified for this week's Class 3A state meet at Sailfish Splash in Stuart.
Martin County's at-large qualifiers included Skarie (boys 200 IM), Alexia French (girls diving), Katelyn Heeb (girls diving), James Rudy (boys diving), Christian Martinez (boys 100 back) and Matthew Beecher (boys 100 breaststroke).
Martin County's boys 200 medley, 200 freestyle and 400 freestyle relays earned at-large berths, as did Martin County's girls 400 free relay.
Miller (girls 100 free) and the girls 400 freestyle relay were at-large qualifiers for Jensen Beach. South Fork's Katie Hirt (girls diving) also advanced.
Vero Beach's Elizabeth Richardson was a double winner in the Region 3-4A meet Friday at Boca Raton, taking the girls 200 and 100 freestyles.
Richardson, a senior, won the 200 in 1:51.85 and defended her title in the 100 in 52.14 to qualify for state for the fourth consecutive season.
Treasure Coast's Daniel Varon won the boys 100 breaststroke in 58.82, well under his winning time of 1:00.09 in 2017.
Jupiter's boys and girls swept the team titles. Vero Beach's boys finished fifth while the girls were sixth. Treasure Coast's boys were 15th and the girls were 23rd. Fort Pierce Central's boys were 20th while the girls were 21st.
Fort Pierce Central's Annamarie Brosnihan (girls diving) and Vero Beach's Tristan Trax (boys diving) earned at-large berths to state.
The Class 4A state meet is Saturday at Sailfish Splash in Stuart.


The Public Services Department consist of two Divisions: Public Works and the Cemetery. The Public Works Department and the Cemetery are supervised by the Public Services Director.
Public Works Department: provides various services for the Town of Selma. The four main services that the Public Works Department provides is Solid Waste Services, Stormwater Drainage System Services, Street and Sidewalk Services and General Services. The Public Works Department performs services such as: street maintenance and construction, street cleaning, sidewalk construction and maintenance, oversight of sanitation services, yard waste and bulk item collection, curb and gutter construction, storm drainage maintenance, mowing and right-of-way maintenance.
Cemetery: There are two Burial Facilities located in the Town of Selma, Selma Memorial Gardens and Greenwood Cemetery. The Cemeteries are managed by the Cemetery Specialists, who are responsible for Cemetery maintenance and burials. Cemetery Specialists provide year-round maintenance of Selma Memorial Gardens and Greenwood Cemetery. Cemetery Specialists are responsible for the coordination of interment services with Funeral Directors and are tasked with grave openings and closings.


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Planning pollution in Estonia
By Stephen Gardner
A European Commission state aid notice published on March 23 has shown how EU member state governments can work directly against agreements they make at EU level, in this case on combatting climate change. The Commission said it would open an investigation into Estonian state aid that will underpin the construction of two highly-polluting power plants.
The plants, to be built at Narva on Estonia's border with Russia, will be fuelled by oil shale. This is, essentially, porous rock from which hydrocarbons can be squeezed. It presents many environmental problems. It produces more greenhouse gas than coal, and also poses a huge headache in terms of its mining and waste disposal. As this EU report says, "production of a barrel of shale oil can generate up to 1.5 tons of spent shale, which may occupy up to 25% greater volume than the original shale". Oil shale is in any case a fairly crappy, low-grade fuel. The same report notes that "the heating value of oil shale is limited. In the best cases, it is comparable to that of brown coal or average forest residues, but less than half of that of average bituminous coal".
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Estonia is pretty much the only country where electricity is generated on a big scale by burning oil shale. In fact, Estonia gets most of its electricity from burning this dirty fuel. Instead of weaning itself off oil shale, and diversifying into renewables, the Estonian government wants to give up to €75 million per year, for the next 20 years (so €1.5 billion) to subsidise more burning of oil shale and lock itself into highly polluting electricity generation well beyond 2020.
This seems very shortsighted to say the least, especially from a government that has signed up to EU targets to reduce emissions by 20 percent by 2020 compared to 1990, and to increase the renewables share in the energy mix to 20 percent.
But the Estonians are not the only ones undermining the EU's climate goals. Should the subsidy be allowed to go ahead, the power plants in Narva will be built by Alstom, the giant French engineering company.
And they will be doing so with French government blessing. France's State Secretary of Economy, Finance, Industry and Foreign Trade, Pierre Lellouche was in Estonia to oversee the signing by state energy company Eesti Energia and Alstom of the contract to build the oil shale plants. Total contract size for Alstom (which the French state held a major share in until 2006, before selling it to another government favourite, Bouyges): €950 million.
Lellouche said the contract would help guarantee Estonia's energy security. At least he didn't have the brass neck of Estonian Minister of Economic Affairs and Communications Juhan Parts, who said "the new energy units will give us [a] cleaner environment and greener future for our children". Eh?
Fortunately the Commission has stepped in and will investigate the state aid, but on the technical basis that it might create market distortions, rather than the common-sense basis that such aid for polluting industries is stupid and counterproductive. Let's hope the Commission does forbid the aid.
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Hero Naga Shaurya's Chalo' is going to have a record premieres in the United States. In about 116 locations, the premiere shows are planned on February 1st and this is a huge release for hero Naga Shaurya in overseas. 'Chalo' is a romantic entertainer directed by newcomer Venky Kudumula.
Kannada beauty Rashmika Mandanna is making her debut in Tollywood with this flick. She will be seen as the love interest of Naga Shaurya. Reel Breakers is releasing 'Chalo' in the US.
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The primitive custom of "kolinje" starts off every winter on the last weekend in September. Home slaughter or "kolinje" always results with hundreds of thousands of backyards soaked with blood and many cases of Trichinellosis. The process of slaughter is the most brutal act in a relationship between man and animal, hence in the time of home slaughter it is considered to be a great part of Croatian tradition and an opportunity for party and folk entertainment on everybody's shame.
Since January 1, 2007 with the enforcement of the new Animal Protection Act, pigs may only be slaughtered if it is stunned before slaughter, (Article 17, paragraph 1 and Article 19, paragraph 3). Penal provisions for those who break the law are from 10,000 to 15,000 kuna.
Animal Friends retains that in Croatia a legal control should regulate that animal stunning and slaughtering should exclusively be performed by a professional person according to the European Union directions. Animal Friends also reminds the citizens to stick to the regulations about animal protection and to stun pigs before slaughter, for the animals' sake, as doing so their pain can be alleviated, but also to respect the law and the penal provisions regulated by law.
In order to show the repulsive custom of home slaughter, Animal Friends will gather in Osijek on The Freedom Square on November 27 at 12 noon, where one of the activists will be "slaughtered and hanged upside down so as to bleed to death."
Citizens should leave the stunning and slaughtering up to professionals, and doing so respect the hygiene standards and avoid Trichinellosis in people's plates. Further law modifications according and notwithstanding with the EU directions are expected to demand animal stunning performed by a professional.
Animal Friends wants to send a message to the Croatian people that home slaughter isn't fun or a valuable tradition, and that they should not pass on such shameful cultural heritage to their children. There is no such thing as humane slaughter; an ethically conscious society and individuals are those who aspire towards compassion and a non-violent diet.
By changing our eating habits into a meatless diet we do not have to be a cause for numerous cries of dying animals any more and consume their remains, but we turn ourselves towards compassion, protection of the environment and our own health.
Pigs are sensible and sensitive animals, and as intelligent as dogs. When slaughtered, their throats are slit and they are left to bleed to death while fully conscious. With a nervous system almost identical to humans, pigs are aware of the knife and feel intensive pain just as human. When we become indifferent to suffering of other creatures and loose respect for life of an animal, we also loose respect for life of a man.
Therefore Animal Friends invites citizens not to take part in the slaughter of live beings but to think about switching into ethically and ecologically acceptable diet, which is also a much healthier choice.


Jun. 26, 2012 1:00 p.m.
An organization that works hard to support people who are down on their luck has suffered a setback after a robbery last week.
According to Robin Campbell at Manna Ministry, thieves broke into the Manna Ministry van which was parked at the North Island Wildlife Recovery Centre in Errington and cleaned it out sometime on June 20. Campbell said thieves took everything, including some expensive tents.
Campbell is the front man for the organization within the Parksville Fellowship Baptist Church that helps provide food and clothing to the local homeless. He conducts his charity work out of the Manna Ministry van which is parked on Hirst Ave near the Rod and Gun every Saturday from 10:30 to 1 p.m.
Campbell is a welcome sight for many of the community's less fortunate people and he is saddened and shocked that anyone would stoop so low and steal the items they hand out to the less fortunate people in the community.
He said it is only a $1000 van and to put an alarm in it would cost more than the vehicle would cost.
He said the burglars didn't damage anything and they didn't take all the sleeping bags but they did get away with some tents and all their dry goods.
"They took all the food, the dog food, the personal items…they totally emptied us out," he reported.
He said despite the loss volunteers had the van out on Saturday after they restocked it but now they have new issues to deal with.
He admitted they are so concerned a theft will happen again, they will be unloading the van after each use and keeping the supplies in a secure place which means much more work for their volunteers.
He said it was likely someone who was desperate who broke into the van, but Campbell said it is unfortunate they just didn't come to him for help because he would be more than happy to assist them.
He said the tents are expensive, and so is the food so now they hope some donations will come in.
Anyone who wants to donate to Manna Ministry can call 250-248-0845 or drop off donations at the Parksville Baptist Church on Pym St. in Parksville.


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with Melanee Thomas, Trevor Tombe June 29, 2020
Earlier in June, the Fair Deal Panel made public its final report to the Alberta government. The stated goal of the panel was to find ways to get Alberta a better deal in the federation, and promote the province's economic interests along the way.
In the recommendations, some of the items are now standard fare for Alberta politics, including the referendum on equalization promised by Premier Jason Kenney. Others, like establishing a provincial police force and withdrawing from the Canada Pension Plan, not so much.
This week on the podcast, we take a deep dive into the policy and politics of the Fair Deal Panel, and what they tell us about Alberta today, with Trevor Tombe and Melanee Thomas.
Trevor Tombe is an associate professor of economics and a research fellow at the University of Calgary School of Public Policy. He's also the author of the IRPP paper, An (Overdue) Review of Canada's Fiscal Stabilization Program, which we discussed on an earlier podcast. Melanee Thomas is an associate professor of political science at the University of Calgary. She's written several pieces for Policy Options, including one about separatist anger in Alberta and another about Jason Kenney's focus on Quebec.
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Melanee Thomas is an associate professor of political science at the University of Calgary. Her research focuses on the causes and consequences of gender-based political inequality in Canada and other post-industrial democracies.
Trevor Tombe is an associate professor of economics at the University of Calgary and research fellow at the School of Public Policy. His research focuses on international trade and macroeconomics.
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If you have kids and have been stationed at a base where this organization has a presence, you know they're there.
Maybe it's the kid camp help. Maybe it's the playgroups, preschool, childcare or parent-kid adventures. Or maybe you've used their food pantry or ball gown lending closet.
But no matter the reason you've crossed paths, the Armed Services YMCA (ASYMCA) has probably made life just a little bit easier for you and your military family. And that's exactly what they are trying to do, said ASYMCA president William French.
"Strengthening our military family is really what we do, and our focus, just like the boarder YMCA, is youth development, healthy living and social responsibility," he said.
French, a retired Vice Admiral who once led Navy Installation Command, is intimately familiar with how budget cuts impact services on base. And even when the military budget is increased, family services don't always see that money. That means families must rely on non-profits like the ASYMCA or go without that support.
That's why French emphasizes his organization's child-related help. By giving military spouses easy access to affordable childcare and parenting help, the ASYMCA frees them up to find employment. And in a world that assumes households have two incomes, giving spouses a shot at having a job goes a long way.
Once one of the largest military support organizations in the nation, the ASYMCA currently has 13 branches with 20 affiliates and 200 service centers on or near 75 military installations, he said.
And each service center is designed to meet the needs of the local community. For example, at Fort Campbell, Kentucky the ASYMCA provides a variety of programs, including a preschool service and a military ball gown lending closet. At Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, the ASYMCA not only has multiple on-base locations, but also staffs a lounge at the nearby international airport.
And the ASYMCA doesn't just offer services. My family got to jump in on a recent ASYMCA mother-son day trip. The organization subsidized train tickets and organized a hike to the Spencer Glacier in Chugach National Forest, a stop that is only accessible by foot, train or plane. We were given snacks for the ride, access to a forest ranger to answer questions and the chance to spend time together in a place free from distractions. It was awesome.
French said those are the kinds of programs that help them meet their mission of strengthening families. And the organization, he said, is looking to grow by expanding their summer camp programs and working closely with local YMCAs to leverage resources there.
You can check out all the ASYMCA's locations and resources on their website.


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Latina Sorority Offers Scholarships to High School Graduates in Tampa, FL - Latinas Promoviendo Comunidad/Lambda Pi Chi Sorority, Inc.
The Lambda Pi Chi Sorority College Book Scholarship was established in 2011 and funded by direct donations from Sorority members (Hermanas) and by fundraising activities from local Sorority chapters. Book Scholarships are given to recipients from the host city of the Sorority's annual National Convention as a way to give back and invest in the community. Lambda Pi Chi has been able to award scholarships to young women graduating high school in Boston, Baltimore, Cary (NC), Philadelphia, and New York City.
For specific information about the Lambda Pi Chi Book Scholarship, please contact Olga Lucia Torres, Scholarship Committee Chair, at scholarship@lambdapichi.org or visit www.lambdapichi.org/?page=book_scholarship.
The first Latina focused sorority founded at an Ivy-league institution, Latinas Promoviendo Comunidad/Lambda Pi Chi Sorority, Inc., was established on April 16,1988 at Cornell University. Comprised of undergraduate, graduate, and professional women, Latinas Promoviendo Comunidad/Lambda Pi Chi Sorority, Inc., seeks to unify women through the promotion of community service programs that highlight the contributions of women and people of color with an emphasis on the Latina and offer opportunities for academic and professional advancement to members of historically underrepresented groups.


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The Witch Who Came from the Sea (1976) Directed by Matt Cimber
This movie is a real oddity! It's original but please don't mistake it for a good movie as well.
I like '70's exploitation movies but you can't really call this movie a typical exploitation flick at all. Even though it basically features all of the ingredients of an exploitation flick in it, it has a totally different style, which makes this movie less of an exploitation flick and more of an oddity to watch.
The movie has some real serious pacing issues. It's far too long and scenes are often needlessly stretched out. It's not like it makes the movie boring but it does make it a very little exciting or involving one. I do admit though that it slows pace works out well for some of the sequences, that have some form of tension in them. But really, that's about the only thing this movie did right, in my opinion.
I seriously do believe that this movie could had been a decent one, had it been done in a more traditional way. It had a pretty good concept and some good ideas and characters in it. Besides, Millie Perkins played a pretty deranged character, that at the same time was also still being likable enough to care for.
And no, the movie is really not all that graphic too watch. It actually is being more graphic with its nudity and with some sexual implications, that also involve incest, which really is the foremost reason why this movie is still somewhat notorious for and also the reason why it became one of the video nasty's, that were banned in the UK, for a long time.
It's odd and original but I wish that I could also say it was good and recommendable.


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In this talk, I will address key aspects of coherent light-matter interaction that are intimately tied to the development of cavity and circuit quantum electrodynamics (QED) since the discovery of the laser. These developments have decisively shaped the modern evolution of quantum information and computation, as we progressively access single-atom operations on a fully quantum level. When following this route, we find that the open driven Jaynes-Cummings (JC) model occupies a central role. I will reveal this role by highlighting the significance of quantum fluctuations against the predictions of mean-field theory in three distinct regimes of operation, determined by the interplay of quantum and classical dynamics. To set the stage, I will demonstrate the persistence of photon blockade, predicted in [H. J. Carmichael, Phys. Rev. X 5, 031028 (2015)]. I will then focus on the onset and collapse of instability in the weakly-driven JC model, before moving to the region of high-amplitude nonlinearity, when one speaks of a dissipattive quantum phase transition. To close out, I will present results from two beautiful experiments in the strong-coupling regime of QED, realized over the last five years, pointing to single-photon sources and photon-photon gates.
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In 2016, received a $39,340 grant from Northern Development through the Community Halls and Recreation Facilities program towards this $73,934 project.
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Situated near the base of Hudson Bay Mountain, the Dze L K'ant (which means "foot of the mountain") Community Hall is a vital space in Smithers with the capability of hosting 250 people for meetings, education, weddings and funerals. In a small town, where there are only a handful of facilities capable of hosting large groups of people, it is important to maintain existing spaces.
"The building is comfortable and creates an opportunity for socializing and has many unique features, including aboriginal local cultural art and public lawn space," said Annette Morgan, executive director of Dze L K'ant Friendship Centre Society. "The space creates an opportunity for people to come together and be inclusive of diversity. Community members and members of the region are able to be in a space to share interests."
Built in 1989, the Dze L K'ant Community Hall welcomes over 8,000 people from across the province each year. According to Dze L K'ant Friendship Centre's Sustainable Event Guidelines, these visitors boost spending in transportation, accommodation, retail, restaurants, entertainment and attraction. The guidelines state that "the average non-resident delegate spends over $1,400 as a result of attending an event at the Dze L K'ant Friendship Centre."
Since 2016, nearly $74,000 of renovations have been completed inside the building and in the parking lot. Of this amount, Northern Development has contributed $39,340 in grant funding through its Community Halls and Recreation Facilities program.
In 2016, the Trust approved $24,340 in funding for critical upgrades to the parking lot and for the purchase of a new industrial dishwasher. Improvements to the parking lot were necessitated by drainage issues that would occur each winter/spring during the snow melt. For a few months, the parking lot would be covered by a foot or more of water. The repercussions of poor drainage created safety and accessibility problems, the potential for structural damage and safety and accessibility concerns. Flooding reduced the quantity of rentals in the hall while costing the society approximately $1,000 annually to ensure drainage.
This photo of the flooded parking lot was submitted to the Trust with Dze L K'ant Friendship Centre's funding application.
In 2018, renovations were completed inside the hall. Northern Development provided $15,000 for the replacement of the hall's flooring and painting in the entranceway and bathrooms. The flooring created a safety issue as it was cracking and lifting and the entrance had tears and holes in the walls.
The hall's renovated interior with new paint and new flooring.
"These grants benefited the Dze L K'ant Friendship Centre in many ways," continued Morgan. "They allowed us to grow, to enhance our asset management, to allow safe access for people with disabilities and it gave us the ability to respond to the usage needs of the users and community while creating a new partnership of learning."
The Community Halls and Recreation Facilities grant program offered by the Trust provides up to $30,000 or 70 per cent of the project budget to improve, expand or develop facilities in order to increase the number of events held in the community. In 2018, more than $2.1 million was approved for 91 projects through this program. Of this, $361,363 was accessed by organizations in the Northwest region.
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Man found unfit for trial over Ten Commandments destruction
A statue of the Ten Commandments is seen after it was installed June 27, 2017, on the grounds of the state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark. Photo by Steve Barnes/Reuters
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A man charged with crashing his vehicle into Arkansas' Ten Commandments display nearly three years after he was accused of destroying a monument at Oklahoma's Capitol was found mentally unfit Thursday to go to trial.
A Pulaski County judge found Michael Tate Reed unfit to proceed based on a diagnosis by state doctors and ordered him to be held by the state hospital for further evaluation. Circuit Judge Chris Piazza set a September 2018 hearing on Reed's mental status.
Reed faces a felony criminal mischief charge for destroying Arkansas' privately funded Ten Commandments statue in late June, less than 24 hours after it had been installed outside the state Capitol. Reed was arrested in the 2014 destruction of Oklahoma's Ten Commandments monument, but prosecutors declined to pursue criminal charges in that case.
Reed's relatives say he has been diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder, a chronic mental health condition characterized by hallucinations, delusions, disorganized thinking and manic behavior.
"We met him in jail. He's a very sick person, and this is the right outcome," Robert Hodge, an attorney for Reed, told reporters after the hearing.
Reed did not speak during the brief hearing and hugged family members outside the courtroom afterward.
In a live video he posted on his Facebook page, Reed yelled "freedom!" as he crashed his vehicle into Arkansas' monument in late June. The monument fell and broke into multiple pieces as it hit the ground.
Arkansas' monument is a replica of a display at the Texas Capitol that was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2005. After Oklahoma's monument was destroyed in 2014, a replacement was erected but then ordered removed by that state's Supreme Court, which determined its location on state property violated a constitutional prohibition on the use of state funds to support a religion.
The sponsor of the 2015 law requiring Arkansas to allow the privately funded monument on Capitol grounds said a replacement has been made but has not said when it will be installed. A spokesman for the secretary of state's office said the display would have to go back before the Capitol Arts and Grounds Commission to review if it makes any changes or additions from the original display.
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Ben in Oakland says:
Protesting the 10 commandments monument?
As the punchline to a very old joke goes…
He may be crazy, but he's not stupid.
Just what part of the separation of church & state do these anti-American heretics fail to understand?
olivia_rn says:
IIRC this guy is Christian, but nevertheless a militant separationist.
DougH says:
You mean the phrase that can't be found in the Constitution?
Linda Lee Davidson says:
Without denigrating the possibility of mental illness, if he was not white and/or Christian, I think the narrative would be different as to agency in this action(s).
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PIA12861: Glacial Ice Deposits in Mid-Latitudes of Mars
Target Name:  Mars
Is a satellite of:  Sol (our sun)
Mission:  Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
Spacecraft:  Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO)
Instrument:  Shallow Subsurface Radar (SHARAD)
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The Shallow Radar instrument on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has detected widespread deposits of glacial ice in the mid-latitudes of Mars.
This map of a region known as Deuteronilus Mensae, in the northern hemisphere, shows locations of the detected ice deposits in blue. The yellow lines indicate ground tracks of the radar observations from multiple orbits of the spacecraft.
The ice, up to 1 kilometer (0.6 mile) thick, is found adjacent to steep cliffs and hillsides, where rocky debris from slopes covers and protects the ice from sublimation into the atmosphere.
The base map of this image is shaded relief topography obtained by the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter on NASA's Mars Global Surveyor. The image is centered at 42.2 degrees north latitude and 24.7 degrees east longitude. It covers an area 1050 kilometers by 775 kilometers (650 miles by 481 miles).
The Shallow Radar instrument on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter was provided by the Italian Space Agency. Its operations are led by the University of Rome and its data are analyzed by a joint U.S.-Italian science team. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, manages the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter for the NASA Science Mission Directorate, Washington. Lockheed Martin Space Systems, Denver, is the spacecraft development and integration contractor for the project and built the spacecraft.
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The Rwenzori turaco (Gallirex johnstoni) is a bird in the family Musophagidae. It is native to the Albertine Rift montane forests.

The Rwenzori turaco is a herbivorous bird: about 92% of its diet consists of fruit and 6.3% of leaves.

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On February 10, Orthodox Christians celebrate Saint Charalambos, a bishop of Asia Minor who, in the popular vision, protects the animals, protect people from disease, and in particular, does miracles in their favour.
"The function" of St. Charalambos is, according to tradition, two-fold: keeps away the plague (the worst epidemic which acted cruelly in the Middle Ages), but also sends it to all those who ignore and do not celebrate him.
It is, moreover, "strategically" placed when the weather is changing, with frequent changes of climate, favourable to the appearance of all sorts of diseases. Unlike the other holidays, St. Charalambos is not celebrated with the usual taboos, namely to not work, but through fasting. This gesture would aim to protect the believer against any disease throughout the following year. In addition, St. Charalambos is invoked in all the sacred texts that refer to death (the songs to chase death, cholera, etc.).
Christian iconography represents him as a holy warrior who keeps the monster (the death by disease) in chains, and keeps his foot on it.
The connection between St. Charalambos and the world of the hereafter is also illustrated by the customary traditions, a symbiosis (we could say, without fear of being wrong, it is a real osmosis) between the "pagan" and Christian faith: it is customary to bring in the church apples and "coliva", or the wheat cakes and donuts, destined for the souls of the dead. After the blessing them, the "coliva" is used to anoint the fruit trees to protect them from diseases, but above all, for their fertility.
In the same day are also blessed the wheat grains, which are then given to animals. That same is destined to make charity, such as: donuts, honey cakes, donuts previously blessed in church.
It still has to remember that St. Charalambos is one of the major owners of the sheep flocks because it is believed that since the beginning, he was a shepherd. It's very likely that this particular cure for the souls of the dead come from a remote antiquity, not only native.
Thus, for the Romans "the souls of the deceased were living in the world below (mundus) or in hell (orcus) and they were called manes. (...) For them, the traditions related to the dead, many were similar to the divine worship, because it was believed that the souls, in order to reach a happy state, they need the help of those remained in the family, an aid consisting in sacrifice, prayers and ceremonies - and fulfilling their duty, the souls could achieve the peace of heart."