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The BC Jobs Plan showcases five years of growth
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Premier Christy Clark and Minister Shirley Bond released the 5-Year Update to the BC Jobs Plan, renewing a long-term focus on technology, innovation and specific steps to address challenges facing rural communities.
Premier tasks Santa Ono to establish innovation network
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Funding promotes buying local in Vancouver
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B.C. announces first major commercial wood demonstration project in India
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So, after setting New Year intentions I thought about the best way to make space in my life for what matters, plus welcome in all the new and exciting things to come in 2016! So I set about my Fresh Start.
My favourite way of doing this is by having a good declutter. To me this is great therapy. I don't know about you but I seem to be clearer in my head when my environment is too!
It can be a very daunting and once in the middle of it all and think why on earth but push on. I love gathering things for friends, charity and Adam's clothes are passed on to another little boy.
I put on my favourite music and begin by choosing one room at a time. Sometimes even saying to myself 'I'm just gonna give it an hour'. Taking a gradual approach I find, isn't so over whelming. Now my little Bliss office looks like a much more peaceful place to work. I have a sofa in it as you can see 😊 given to me by a lovely friend. I really don't feel comfortable at a desk so this is my way around it 😊 It feels great and I feel more efficient already!
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Op Ed: The Return of Congressional Earmarks Invites Public Corruption
Published by and available at The Washington Examiner.
Museums for teapots, tunnels for turtles, and alcohol for mice might seem like things straight out of Alice in Wonderland. Unfortunately for taxpayers' pocketbooks, these are all real examples of projects that Congress has funded using earmarks. Congress finally abandoned this controversial spending practice in 2011 due to public shaming over such boondoggles. But now, earmarks are coming back, disguised under the misleading euphemism "community project funding."
Many people have never heard of earmarks, and their proponents in Congress would like to keep it that way. An earmark is a provision in an appropriations bill that designates a specific amount of funding for a particular project. Usually, appropriations bills mandate a competitive, merit-based bidding process, but earmarks circumvent these safeguards and allow members of Congress to direct funds to their favorite pet projects, no matter how unworthy or superfluous.
Allowing members of Congress to pick and choose specific projects is a clear recipe for corruption. Former Rep. Duke Cunningham, a California Republican, was the personification of the unethical and reckless use of earmarks — in his case, for self-enrichment. Cunningham famously used a "bribe menu" on congressional stationery to show how much certain earmarks would cost while living on a yacht called the Duke-Stir, which itself was a quid pro quo from a defense contractor.
Earmarks are hard to track and define, making such schemes difficult to detect. This is particularly true when members are more careful about brazen displays of ill-gotten wealth.
One outgrowth of earmarks is that, even without criminal activity, powerful corporations with deep pockets can gain undue influence over the budgetary process. An investigation by a watchdog group found "that 60 percent of lawmakers who serve on the House Armed Services Committee received contributions from companies that also received earmarks in the Defense bill." An equally troubling study uncovered that for every $1 a company spent lobbying Congress, it received $28 in taxpayer funding. This behavior was completely legal, but the court of public opinion was decidedly against earmarks in the years leading up to them being banned in 2011.
Past masters of the earmark knew how to act within the law while still benefiting themselves. Take the late Sen. Robert Byrd, a West Virginia Democrat and the "King of Pork" who obtained billions in earmarks for his chosen projects. The senator didn't receive bribes for his spending, but he used it to retain political power and even has a Wikipedia pagededicated to places named after him.
While politicians and powerful special interest groups with tentacles in Washington, D.C., benefit from earmarks, most people are left behind. Former Rep. John Murtha, a Pennsylvania Democrat, carved out over $150 million in earmarks for a seldom-used airport in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, unsurprisingly named the John Murtha Johnstown–Cambria County Airport. Even as the airport reduced its flight schedule to just 18 per week (all to or from Washington's Dulles Airport), Murtha continued to pour federal money into projects such as a never-used $8.5 million radar system.
Most earmarks were less brazen than Murtha's, but the process was the same. Neither merit nor accountability mattered; all that counted was who you knew and how much power they wielded inside the Beltway.
The laser-focused pursuit of earmarks inevitably caused governance to suffer. Too many members who rode specific issues into office were soon seduced by the culture of corruption, placing money and personal gain above their constituents. Often, members of Congress would vote for a bill, not because they thought it was good for America but because they were benefiting from a juicy earmark. Party leadership began funneling earmarks to vulnerable members, allowing them to brag to their constituents about their "work."
A nightmare for anyone concerned with political ethics in Washington, D.C., earmarks allow for corruption and self-dealing and all at the taxpayer's expense. The public was and is right to loathe them, Congress is wrong for bringing them back, and their return will undoubtedly lead to abuse and scandal, just like the "good old days" of earmark spending pre-2011.
Kendra Arnold is the executive director of the Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust.
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**This is only the readme for how to build the documentation. For a rendered
 view of the documentation go [here](http://krischer.github.io/pyadjoint/).**

The complete documentation is contained in the `index.ipynb` IPython notebook.
Always edit that; the `index.rst` file will be overwritten by the sphinx
makefile.

Please don't commit the notebook with filled cells! Running `make html` will
also strip the output from the notebook. Make sure to run it at least once
before commiting changes to the notebook!

To actually build the documentation run

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make html
```

This will execute the notebook and convert it to an rst file which will then
be used by sphinx to build the documentation. It will also strip the output
and some other noise from the notebook.

Install everything needed to build the documentation (in addition to pyadjoint)
with

```bash
$ conda install sphinx ipython
$ pip install sphinx-readable-theme runipy
```

or only using `pip`:

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$ pip install sphinx sphinx-readable-theme ipython runipy
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2016 Summer Farm Market Season Begins for Pastiche Art this Weekend!!!
I will also be at 4 Sunday market dates at the White Rock Farmers Markets ( http://www.whiterockfarmersmarket.ca/ ) The dates I will be there are July 3rd, July 31st, August 21st and September 18th. I look forward to meeting you and showing the Pastiche Art pieces that I am excited about.
Just in case you forgot I do also have 40 some pieces for sale at the Boothroyd Heritage coffee shop at the corrner of 168th street ad 60th ave. http://www.boothroydheritagecoffee.com/ Be sure when you are in the area to stop by for some delicious drink and check out the art work that hangs out there as well.


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A good time to remove unwanted facial hair is definitely before Spring and Summer! Being outside more means more natural light to highlight those unwanted hairs! My problem is that I have lots of baby chin hairs as well as some dark ones that just show up! This season I am using Jolen Facial Hair Remover Kit to get rid of those unwanted hairs! The new Jolen Facial Hair Remover Kit is a unique, three-step hair removal system that quickly, gently, and effectively removes unwanted hair on the upper lip, chin, and cheeks. This is dermatologist tested and perfect for all hair types!
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Lady Antebellum Drops 'Antebellum' From Name Over Associations To Slavery
Filed Under:George Floyd arrest, George Floyd protests, Lady Antebellum, racism
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – Popular country music band Lady Antebellum have changed their name to "Lady A" in support of the Black Lives Matter movement and the George Floyd protests.
Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott and Dave Haywood of Lady Antebellum attend the Country Cares for St. Jude Kids Seminar at The Peabody on Jan. 17, 2020, in Memphis, Tenn. (Getty Images)
On Thursday, the band announced on Instagram that it was dropping the Antebellum from its name.
"After much personal reflection, band discussion, prayer and many honest conversations with some of our closest Black friends and colleagues, we have decided to drop the word "Antebellum" from our name and move forward as Lady A, the nickname our fans gave us almost from the start," the band wrote.
Antebellum refers to an architectural style of home which was prevalent in the Southern United States in the 19th century.
"When we set out together almost 14 years ago, we named our band after the southern 'antebellum' style home where we took our first photos," the band wrote. "As musicians, it reminded us of all the music born in the south that influenced us…But we are regretful and embarrassed to say that we did not take into account the associations that weigh down this word referring to the period of history before The Civil War, which includes slavery."
As the Black Lives Matter movement has gained strength over the past several weeks, efforts have been made nationwide to reexamine and attempt to rectify areas in American culture where racism exists or has been condoned.
Earlier this week, HBO Max announced it was temporarily removing the 1939 movie "Gone with the Wind" from its library due to the films racist undertones. In Santa Barbara, the longtime restaurant "Sambo's" announced last week it was changing its name. NASCAR Wednesday said that Confederate flags would be banned at its events. Several statues of Confederate leaders or slave traders have been toppled.
On Wednesday, however, President Donald Trump said he would not rename Army posts currently named after Confederate leaders.


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A new study from Brazil shows that children who breastfed longer had higher IQs, and overall improved socioeconomic status. While grabbing big headlines as a simple solution to child development, some question the focus on IQ as an accurate measure of the known lifelong effects of breastfeeding.
Researchers tracked breastfeeding rates for thousands of babies over the past 30 years. Their findings were published in the well-regarded British health journal The Lancet. A follow up interview and IQ test with 3,493of now 30-year-olds showed longer breastfeeding was connected to higher levels of education, better IQ test results and higher incomes. The big news is that the breastfeeding associated improvements occurred across socioeconomic status.
"Our study provides the first evidence that prolonged breastfeeding not only increases intelligence until at least the age of 30 years but also has an impact both at an individual and societal level by improving educational attainment and earning ability," said the study's lead author, Dr. Bernardo Horta in a press release.
It joins other studies that demonstrate the powerful impact of breastfeeding on child development. The authors found that breastfeeding for one year or more saw IQs increases of up by four points, an average of one year more of schooling and monthly incomes higher by 341 reais, compared to children breastfed less than one month. The rise in IQ was found to be responsible for more than 70 percent of the effect on income growth.
The research team controlled for 10 factors that also can contribute to better intelligence and life outcomes, such as economic status of parents, age of mothers when giving birth, type of delivery, schooling level of parents and more.
All signs point towards breastfeeding as a sure-fire way to improve child outcomes. But neuroscientist Dean Burnett is not entirely convinced.
He concedes that there is evidence connecting brain development in infants and breast milk. But has issues with the use of IQ, for example, as a measure of intelligence. Debates for years have questioned whether tests that measure IQ actually indicate intelligence or social status. He also brings up the fact that breastfeeding is not actually all that simple of a solution. There are issues of stigma to consider, as well as the burden exclusive breastfeeding places on mothers.
It is a similar idea that NYU global health researcher Karen Grepin pushed back against in a 2012 blog post.
"Most public health experts recommend mothers to 'exclusively' breastfeed their children for six months. But that means that the mother can never very far from their baby this entire time. The fact that this might negatively impact a mother's labor force participation or productivity seems completely ignored in these cost-effectiveness calculations," wrote Grepin.
There are concerns that improperly wielding the findings of the results will increase stigma against mothers who do not breastfeed. The authors are keenly aware of this concern and have a more tempered view of their own results.
The bottom line is that breastfeeding is good for child health. Something that is well known and proven. The extent of its effects on long term child development is uncertain, but there is now reason to think it is positive. However, there are still many things that contribute to whether a child succeeds later in life.
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Foundation Friday: Soccer Camp Returns To Rossington Main
Camps to return during half term!
Following the success of the Club Doncaster soccer camps over the summer holidays, the Foundation are delighted to announce the programme will return to Rossington Main Football Club during October half term.
We can confirm the camp will run for two days on Monday 26th and Tuesday 27th October from 9am-3pm, based at the amateur club making it more accessible to local players.
Focusing on the key elements of football and delivered by the high quality coaches from Club Doncaster Foundation, the camp will enhance to skills of children aged 7-14 years of age in a fun and safe environment.
Participants at the October camp will also be treated to a special visit from popular club mascot Donny Dog.
Speaking about the camps the Foundation's community manager Gareth Cook said: "This year we took our summer camps to a variety of amateur clubs through the region for the first time and we saw both an improvement in participation and enjoyment, helping them become our most successful ever.
"Rossington Main are part of the Club Doncaster Foundation ambassador programme and we hope the help the club recruit new players from the local schools as well as provide opportunities for those based at the club throughout the year.
"Our relationship with Rossington has grown over the last year and we always look forward to working with Carl Stokes and his team both now and in the future."
The 2 day camp costs £25 with £5 per participant donated back to the amateur club as a reward for hosting the camp and we hope the money provided can be used by the club to purchase kit/equipment for the junior section.
We would like to extend this offer of hosting a camp to clubs across Doncaster and encourage clubs to join the Foundations FREE club ambassador programme to find out details.
Pre-booking is advised, however you can pay on the day. To book your place or for more information email: gareth.cook@clubdoncasterfoundation.co.uk or call 01302 762 663


Reflections is a real-world adventure game where every action you take has meaningful consequences that radically shape the experience. The game takes a new approach to story, where everything you do can be woven into a narrative that drastically changes, thanks to our Storyteller engine. Each action you take is punctuated by flushing the black and white environment with color, illustrating your progress and providing clues to what your future might hold.
In Reflections, you are getting ready to leave home and start your life as an adult. You have to put things in order and get ready to leave by the end of the day. To do so, you can tidy up your business, help build relationships, or just go exploring. From there, it's up to you; the entire course of the game is based on the actions you take.
Reflections uses a unique Storyteller engine, that allows anything that happens to feed into the narrative. Rather than picking story options, everything you do is part of the story. How you choose to spend your time matters; the Storyteller shapes your future out of everything, no matter how big or small. A complex system under the hood determines how actions affect your story, and makes hundreds of changes to accomodate. These changes can be as small as an item that reappears later in your life after it was used, or as big as an entirely new landscape to explore based on your larger choices. Our goal is to custom tailer an experience that you can relate to, which feels like something that you made happen.
Like everything Broken Window Studios develops, the game fully supports the use of the Oculus Rift.


There are many reasons people seek out lawyers. But if you've never had to deal with a lawyer, it can be tough and even overwhelming. You must think about the best ways to communicate and consider the cost of attorney fees. The information in the next few paragraphs will help you deal with lawyers.
You must hire an attorney right away in the event you are charged with a serious crime. Make sure that you do not try to go forward with anything yourself, as this can put you in a situation where you may break a law. Lawyers are qualified to handle such matters on your behalf.
You have to prepare for a lawyer, regardless of why you are getting an attorney. Keep in mind the advice in this article when you need to get a lawyer. This advice will make the entire process much easier.


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On The Sets Of Zero: R Madhavan Celebrates Birthday With Shah Rukh Khan
R Madhavan turned 48 on June 1. The actor celebrated his birthday on the sets of Aanand L Rai's Zero along with Shah Rukh Khan.
Updated on Jun 05 2018, 10:29:59
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R Madhavan aka Maddy turned 48 on June 1. The actor, who is currently shooting for Aanand L Rai's Zero, celebrated his birthday on the film's sets along with Shah Rukh Khan. Taking to social media, Maddy shared few pictures from the celebrations and wrote, "Crazyyy Funnnn Birthdays.. oh man .. Unforgetable..."
In one picture, R Madhavan poses with SRK and director Aanand L Rai and in other he is seen cutting the cake.
Few months back, SpotboyE.com had told you that Tanu Weds Manu actor was approached for Simmba starring Ranveer Singh and Sara Ali Khan. However, things didn't work out and eventually Sonu Sood was brought in.
Meanwhile, Zero also stars Katrina Kaif, Anushka Sharma, Abhay Deol and Tigmanshu Dhulia and will feature cameos from Salman Khan, Deepika Padukone, late legendary actor Sridevi, Rani Mukerji, Kajol, Alia Bhatt, Karisma Kapoor, Juhi Chawla and Madhavan. The film is about a vertically challenged man (played by Shah Rukh), who falls in love with a superstar (played by Katrina). Anushka Sharma plays the role of an intellectually disabled woman.
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The DST P500 sensor based on thin-film technology delivers unrivalled accuracy in pressure measurements in compressors, heat pumps, hydraulic and other industrial applications. The versatile pressure sensor is characterized by high temperature stability, EMC immunity and high tolerance to mechanical shock and vibrations.
The hermetically sealed DST P500 pressure sensor is compact, lightweight and ideal for use in applications with spacing and weight limitations. It is designed for use in heavy-duty applications and demonstrates outstanding shock and vibration performance. At the same time, the sensor can be used in almost any media and at operating temperatures up to 125 °C.


The Royal Hospital Donnybrook is easily accessible by car from the south side of the city by driving along the N11 (Stillorgan dual carriageway) through Donnybrook village (R138 – Donnybrook Road/Morehampton Road) and taking a left turn onto Bloomfield Avenue at the traffic lights just after the Hampton Hotel. The hospital is at the top of this avenue.
From the northside of the city or the city centre, travel along the R138 (Leeson Street Upper onto Morehampton Road) and take a right turn at the traffic lights onto Bloomfield Avenue.
On-site parking is available free of charge. A token system operates to exit the car park. Tokens are available from Reception.


The 3rd stage of Grand Prix will be held in Thiais, France this weekend, below are some information for this competition. Good Luck to all gymnasts!
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Supplemental Outreach Projects: Beyond clinics
Volunteers Around the World is an organization that is unique in many different ways. One of the qualities which sets us apart from many other volunteer organizations is that all of our projects were developed by our volunteers (you can read Our Story to learn more). One thing that we still encourage to this day–even as our Medical and Dental Outreach projects continue to expand at an exponential rate–are smaller, supplemental projects from our volunteers, alumni and partner organizations. We have learned that the best projects can come from the most unexpected places. For example, the Toy Donation Outreach Program for hospitalized children and their families at Hospital Docente Universitario DR. Dario Contreras in Santo, Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Laura Whiting, the founder and toy maker of the Toy Donation Outreach Program
The Toy Donation Outreach Program was started by Laura Whiting, an old high school classmate of VAW's Founder and CEO, Mark Stanley, who saw the work VAW was doing online. Laura herself has been bedridden for the majority of the past 9 years due to an unrecognizable and incurable disease. When she saw pictures Mark had posted from a recent trip to the hospital in Santo Domingo, she felt a connection and a calling to serve the children who were also bedridden at the hospital. Although she did not have a lot of resources, Laura knew she wanted to do something to help children who were at the hospital for weeks, or even months, at a time.
This young girl received some jewelry and dress up costumes.
Knowing the pain and suffering she herself was experiencing, Laura channeled the little energy she had into handcrafting toys for the boys and girls at hospital. During the Fall of 2015, Laura began her project; she said, "I spent about 2 months while in bed working on these toys and it gave me a renewed sense of purpose." In January 2016, the first round of toys were distributed at the hospital by the VAW Dominican Republic Site Coordinator, Carol Gallego, and the hospital staff (see the full album of joy at the hospital on Facebook here).
Carol recounts going to the hospital and the looks of joy that were on the children's faces. Many of the children were exhausted from their surgeries and recoveries, and some were crying due to the pain they were experiencing, but the huge smiles that broke across their faces upon receiving a toy was heart warming. For many children, it's one of the few personal possessions they have at the hospital, or even at home.
This strong young girl was in accident and is now in cast from her stomach to her toes due to both legs and a hip being broken. She received a blanket and crocheted stuffed animal.
The Dr. Dario Contreras Hospital is a public trauma hospital in Santo Domingo that is underfunded; they do not have games, toys, television or other distractions available for the children during their stay simply because they cannot afford it. The staff at the hospital do their best to take care of all of the patients, and they are all very kind and caring. The donated toys were an especially welcome treat in an otherwise bleak environment with little variation in the day to day activities for the children.
The hospital receives many different patients. In January, there was a seven year old girl who had broken both of her legs and a hip in an accident. She had to have a cast from her stomach to her toes and was unable to get around. Her mother was staying with her at the hospital, but had been unable to return home since the accident, meaning all they had were the clothes on the were wearing upon arrival.
Baby Dario was abandoned by his mother due to birth defects and adopted by the hospital and staff. He received one of the crocheted stuffed animals.
Another little boy was abandoned by his mother at birth because of a physical disability. Since then, the hospital staff and pediatric ward have adopted him as their own, because the orphanages are overcrowded and underfunded, and they all believed they could give him a better quality of life by keeping him at the hospital. All of the staff take turns caring for him and making sure he gets attention and love.
For children such as these, Laura's crocheted stuffed animals, blankets, hand made jewelry and carved wooden cars were such a special gift. Although Laura herself does not have many economical resources and has had to make many personal sacrifices, including postponing her own bills, to be able to fund the project, along with the help of some donations from
family and friends, she believes it's well worth the sacrifice. After seeing the joy that came from the January donation, she says "I knew that this was something that I needed to do" and "I was ecstatic
to see the pictures that Carol and Mark posted."
It is special outreach projects such as the Toy Donation Outreach Program and special people with a heart of gold such as Laura that make Volunteers Around the World able to help make the world a better place. Volunteer your time. Donate your energy.
There are patients of all ages in the pediatric ward. This young baby received a blanket.
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Vicki Everette continues to reside in Winston Salem where she has made a huge impact on the tennis community. It is also worth noting that Vicki and her husband Maurice Everette are the only husband and wife combination who have been inducted into the North Carolina Tennis Hall of Fame. The Everett's have made such an impact on tennis in North Carolina and we are so happy to have them both in the North Carolina Tennis Hall of Fame.
A: It is a wonderful feeling. When I first got the call I was in disbelief, I never thought in a million years I would be considered for the Hall of Fame. Since then I have tried to continue to give back to the game so I am deserving of this great honor. The Hall of Fame is made up of a wonderful group of people and I feel so grateful to be a part of that group. I try to present myself every day in way that would make the North Carolina Tennis Hall of Fame proud of me.
A: It was Mildred Southern. When she called I thought she was trying to get me to join a committee or something. But when she told me I was being inducted into the Hall of Fame, I was in total shock and thought she had the wrong number.
A: Without a doubt it was Mildred Southern. When I moved to Winston Salem, I met Mildred very early on. She asked me to be on a committee and it was all history from there. I cannot tell you how many people could tell you a story about how Mildred impacted their lives . She was incredible with her passion for tennis and she had a talent to make everyone one around her feel the same way. Not only would she get you involved, she would mentor you and be by your side the whole way. She would always praise you and let you know that you were making a difference. She is truly an inspiration for me and I would not be where I am today if our paths had not crossed.
A: I have two memories. I started going to tournaments when I was 35 years old. When I would go to a tournament I would always draw the #1 seed, it would usual be June Sheppard or Dickie Tyler. Dickie was 6 feet tall and a heck of a player. She would always beat me 6-0, 6-0 and it really was not even that close. I probably should have been embarrassed but I am very competitive and I thought maybe one of these days I could beat her. Fast forward a few years to the North Carolina State Even's Tournament in Winston Salem and once again I drew Dickie Tyler. We had been sent from Hanes Park to play at Forsyth Country Club on court 9. For some unknown reason on that day I could not miss. I ended up winning the match and to this day I still have the can of balls from that match.
My other fondest memory was again at a state tournament in Winston Salem but this time it was the Mixed Doubles State Tournament. Maurice and I were playing together and I think it was the first time we had ever played together in a state tournament. You know how it is when a husband and wife play together and things aren't going well. Needless to say things were not going well. After another lost game, I turned around to Maurice telling him what to do. Everyone knew Maurice was a much better player than I was, he stopped and looked at me and said, "There is only one captain on this team and it's me." I said, "Yes sir" and I don't think we lost another game after that. So what had started as one of our worst matches turned into one of my favorite wins.
A: When I first got enthusiastic about tennis I used to go to the Family Circle Cup in Hilton Head. My favorite player back then was Chrissy Evert. She was always such a lady on the court and always was dressed wonderfully. She was the epitome of what I thought a tennis player should be. To have the opportunity to pla y her at the Family Circle Cup would be amazing. I would love to see if I could return some of her shots.
Q: What does it mean for you to be a part of the Winston Salem Tennis community?
A: To see the work that John Peddycord and Tom Peatross and their wives gave to tennis is truly inspiring. When you see all of the hard work that Harold and Mildred Southern put into the sport you couldn't help but to get involved. I don't know that Maurice and I had any influence but we were so fortunate to have great people in Winston Salem who cared so much about the sport. Being around all these great people make you want to do more and continue to give back. We loved being a part of it and it's been a great ride.
A: How has being in the North Carolina Tennis Hall of Fame influenced your life?


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Howards End star Matthew Macfadyen: 'It's about sex, money and power!'
Caren Clark Tue, November 7 12:15am
Matthew Macfadyen and Hayley Atwell reveal all about class conflict, classic adaptations and pesky beards in a new version of Howards End
Howards End, EM Forster's 1910 novel about class division, is being brought to life in BBC1's sumptuous four-part adaptation. The Edwardian-set drama stars Agent Carter actress Hayley Atwell as forward-thinking intellectual Margaret Schlegel, whose family becomes embroiled with that of wealthy Henry Wilcox, played by Ripper Street star Matthew Macfadyen.
Here, Hayley and Matthew tell TV Times about starring in the lavish new version of Howards End…
TV Times: How would you describe your characters?
Hayley Atwell: "Margaret has a wonderful warmth and is an eccentric character. She's an independent thinker but she's disillusioned. She feels she can talk about social affairs but not do anything about them, so she is searching for her place in the world."
Matthew Macfadyen: "Henry's one of those manly men of that time who isn't prone to bouts of introspection or navel-gazing or talking about feelings. He's very confident and pig-headed."
What's their relationship like?
MF: "Henry doesn't have the tools that Margaret has to deal with the complex situations that arise; he gets frightened. They're probably not a natural match, but she's attracted by his self-possession and it's a slow burn."
HA: "Yes, they have a different set of values and it begins as something that isn't rational and she doesn't understand it herself. She has self-awareness and he is emotionally constipated but she ultimately finds that endearing because his intentions are good."
How important is class to the drama?
MM: "Hugely and it's just wonderful. It's about sex, money, power, and how people operate in society and that doesn't go out of fashion does it? It's fantastic because you see everyone's point of view."
HA: "It brings up really interesting questions because you have capitalists with a drive for power and people at the lower end who are teetering on the abyss but know their place better than the Schlegels who are the wandering middle class. The novel talks about how we should "only connect" and that becomes Margaret's message. She wants to connect everyone together so that things become classless."
The novel was previously adapted for an acclaimed 1992 film starring Anthony Hopkins as Henry and Emma Thompson as Margaret. Did you have any qualms about stepping into their footsteps?
HA: "No but I wrote an email to Emma, who played my mum in [2008 film] Brideshead Revisited, and said, "They are doing the impossible because you are the definitive Meg." But typical of Em, she was generous and told me not to watch anyone else doing it and gave me some wonderful advice. I didn't feel daunted, it is an amazing opportunity and we feel safe walking a path that has been well trod before."
MM: "Yes, I think you only ever feel thrilled to be doing the part and if wonderful people have played it before, then the more the merrier, and in a weird way it's comforting to step into their footsteps."
And Matthew, we have to ask about your rather lustrous beard – is it all your own?!
LIFE OR DEATH drama on tonight's Coronation Street as FIVE characters are rushed to hospital
THIS Neighbours family torn apart after a SICKENING bombshell changes EVERYTHING
THIS former Coronation Street star looks UNRECOGNISABLE and soap fans are SPEECHLESS
MM: "Ha ha! Well in the early days it wasn't as lustrous as now so I spent a lot of time in the make up chair because they had to help it along with individual hairs attached with glue. But after filming, the beard is coming off. My children are getting increasingly worried about it!"
Howards Ends airs on Sunday 12th November at 9pm on BBC1
Eagle-eyed Emmerdale fans spot THIS vital CLUE about Graham's murder last night
Holby City star Catherine Russell on why she's quit: 'I need to frighten myself again!'
DOUBLE TRAGEDY in Coronation Street as TWO families find their lives torn apart
Holby City legend Rosie Marcel teases her BIG BATTLE against 'dear friend' Bob Barrett tonight!
Death in Paradise – everything we know about the new series including Ralf Little's likely arrival date!


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Bali is turning cold by the day! Hail storms and sudden showers in the Northern Rajasthan has brought chilly winds to Bali with very weak sunlight. The School has registered Minimum Temperature at 7°C and Maximum at 18°C. Humidity has fallen down by 2°C, it is now 16%.
Interview of Angela De Giacomo
(Co owner of Fedena)
(Ed: Editor; A.G: Angela De Giacomo)
Ed: What is your name?
A.G: My name is Angela De Giacomo. I am from Germany.
Ed: In which year you first visit Fabindia School?
A.G: My first visit to the Fabindia School was in 2012. I came to know about the school from Mr. William Bissell the Co-founder of this school.
Ed: When did you first meet Mr. William Bissell?
A.G: I met Mr. William Bissell in a Diwali Party in Delhi when I was on a business trip.
Ed: In, which profession are you in?
A.G: I am C.A in Germany. I look after the personal investments for Mr. William Bissell in helping other companies to grow.
Ed: What changes have you seen in Fabindia School from 2012 to 2014?
A.G: It is nice that now the school is clean and all the students of the school have started conversing well in English and now they are able to understand it.
Ed: What is your husband doing?
A.G: My husband is a Chemistry teacher in Germany. He also taught Chemistry in The Fabindia School as a volunteer teacher in the year.2012.
Ed: Now, what changes you want to see in the Fabindia School today?
A.G: Everything is good but I think that Girl students should be more than the boys because the school is providing many facilities and scholarship to the Girl students.
Ed: What do you say about Fedena?
A.G: Fedena is a software which is essential for all schools. It was made by a group of six of my friends from Kerela including myself. I want all the students and the teachers to use it individually. After they start using it I want you'll to give me a feedback about what improvement do you want in it.
Ed: How often do you visit India?
A.G: I visit India every six months on a business trip.
Ed: Will your husband come and teach the students of The Fabindia School?
A.G: It is a good offer. We will think over it and come help you.
Thank You Ma'am
Kushagra Singh, Santosh Paliwal/XI Science
बाल मज़दूरी
बाल मज़दूरी इस देश पर सबसे बड़ा खतरा है और बेरोज़गारी भारत की सबसे बड़ी और महत्वपूर्ण समस्या है। यह समस्या बहुत गंभीर हैं। स्थिति यह है कि दुनिया में असंख्य लोग अशिक्षित हैं। इसी कारण लोगों को रोजगार मिल नहीं पाता और इसी कारण लोग अपने बच्चों को पढ़ा नहीं पाते। भारत में बहुत से लोग बेरोज़गारी के कारण अपनी संतान को विद्यालय नहीं भेज पाते और वे लोग दोषी हैं। वे लोग अपने बच्चों को काम पर भेज देते हैं पैसे कमाने के लिए। बाल मज़दूरी का एक कारण जनसंख्या वृद्धि है अगर इसे रोका जा सकता है तो हम 50 प्रतिशत इस बाल श्रम को रोक सकते हैं सरकार को कुछ बातों पर ध्यान देना चाहिए जैसे शिक्षा व्यवसाय केंद्रित हो, विद्यार्थियों को शिक्षा के साथ-साथ उचित परामर्श भी दिया जाए आदि आज बाल श्रम को रोकने को कई राजनैतिक दल आश्वासन देते हैं पर कोई भी इस बात पर अमल नहीं करता बहुत से दल यह कहते है कि हम प्रत्येक व्यक्ति को रोजगार देंगे और यदि संभव न हुआ तो बेरोजगारी भत्ता देंगे जिससे किसी भी व्यक्ति को अपने बच्चों को मज़दूरी करने न भेजना पड़े। वे आश्वासन देते है कि हम बाल मजदूरी रोक देंगे पर यह सब खत्म करने का किसी के सामर्थ्य में नहीं हैं। बालमजदूरी एक अभिशाप है। यह हमारी समाज की विडंबना को दर्शाता हैं। यह हमारी समाज की नींव को खोखला कर देती हैं। यह हमारी सामाजिक असमानता को दर्शाता है। ग़रीब बच्चों को कई विषम परिस्थितियों में काम पर जाना पड़ता हैं। कुछ बच्चों के माता पिता निर्धन होते हैं इस कारण बच्चों को धन कमाने के लिए विवश होना पड़ता हैं। अनुकूल परिस्थितियाँ होने के कारण बच्चे सुविधा और मनोरंजन से वंचित रहते हैं। समाज़ और सरकार को इस विषय के प्रति जागरूक करना होगा। अतः हमें इनका बचपन छीनने और उनके उमंग और उल्लास को निराशा में बदलने से रोकना होगा जब देश से बाल श्रम खत्म हो जाएगा तब इस देश का भविष्य उज्ज्वल होगा।
Khushi Rao/IX A
When I fall,
You are there.
Sometimes you scold,
But my hand, you always hold.
When you teach me,
Then I understand.
You are always with me,
You are my best friend.
In daytime you are not with me,
But I know it is just for me.
When you are not at home,
Then I feel alone.
Koshik Soni/IX B
Tuesday, 9th December: The School is following 'Sports and Health' as this month's theme. The objective of the monthly theme is to teach the students important life lessons; how to reduce chronic health conditions including teamwork, patience and discipline. Students also learn the value of friendship, cooperation and respect through games and activities. Students of Class VII spoke on sports and health in the Assembly during the week.
Avinash Sen/VII A: spoke on Cricket
Chetan Vaishnav/VII A: spoke on Tennis
Mateen Tak/VII A: spoke on Football
Kinjal Rao/VII B and Deepika Parmar/VII B: quizzed students related to sports
Mumal Rathod /VII B: quizzed the assembly related to health
Wednesday, 10th December: DAY 3 Sports and Health Week
Aarzu Qureshi/VIII B: spoke about "Health is Wealth"
Kirti Malvia/VIII B: spoke about the "Importance of Sports"
Saloni Rajpurohit/II C: told the students about her favorite game "Basketball"
Pushpa Choudhary/II C: introduced her favourite game "Football"
Gaurav Rajpurohit/VIII B and Chandresh Choudhary/VIII B: quizzed the assembly.
A Class Activity was conducted by Class VIII B in which they played two games involving physical activities. First the class was divided into two groups. Each player of the group was blind folded and had to reach the goal with the instructions given by their team. When they reached the point they had to kick the ball and make a goal. Team 2nd won the game. In get another game, they had a team inside a circle and another outside. The outer team had to hit their opponent team. Team 1st won the game as they completed their task in 4 minutes and 38 seconds. These games not only involved physical activity but also helped the students to learn the value of cooperation, teamwork and discipline.
Thursday, 11th December: DAY 4 Sports and Health Week
A conversation between heart and lungs was presented by Priyank Rathod/IX A and Divanshu Bhati/IX A.
Mohammad Danish/IX A: introduced Para Olympics
Aarzu Qureshi/VIII A: read an article on health
Muskan Rathod/VIII A: spoke on health benefits through sports
Kirti Malviya/VIII A: highlighted importance of sports
Divya Chundawat/VIII A: spoke on healthy food to keep a healthy body
Anshul Choudhary/VIII A & Chandresh Choudhary/ VIII A: he also asked questions on health
Gaurav Rajpurohit/ VIII A: asked questions on sports
Friday, 12th December: It was the fifth day of Sports and Health week.
Diksha Choudhary/VI A: explained about WHO (World Health Organisation)
Nitu Deora/VI A & Shruti Rajpurohit/VI: organized a quiz in the Assembly
Dhawal Jain/VI A: spoke about Red- Cross society
Khushi Rao/IX A: introduced the great boxer Maricom
Jaswant Singh/IX A: gave a short description of Basketball
Kapil Bansal/IX A: briefed on boxing
Radhika Rao/IX and Nikhil Soni/IXA: spoke facts of sports
Hemlata Vaishnav/VII A: introduced the assembly to a healthy meal
Vijay Bhati/VII A: asked a few questions
Students of class II C: spoke on the lives of sporty role models
Harshita Dalawat/ X A & Aditi Singh/ X A: checked students' IQ on sports.
Saturday, 13th December: Mr. Dinesh Bharti spoke on the serious problem of Child Labor. He spoke about the two persons Kailash Satyarthi and Yusuf Malala, who have won the Nobel Prize for peace and are working for the upliftment of children. Since temperature has suddenly dipped he also requested students to donate woolens so that school Social Service League members could go to slums and distribute these wollens to the poor and save children from this cold weather.
Due to excessive cold, Mr. Surender got the whole School to do PT exercise after Assembly. Kushagra Singh/XI and Vaishali Rao/XI led the whole School into warm up exercises for 15 minutes, after which all went to their respective classes.
Observing the Sports and Health Week, Class VII B and VIII B organized an activity to bring awareness of the importance of eating healthy food. So the students made Fruit Chat in their respective classes. They served the staff and shared with the other classes too.
Monday, 8th December: DEAR program was conducted as usual in all the classes. All the regular lessons were held.
Wednesday, 10th December: A Special Assembly was organized on the occasion of World Human Right's Day. Mr. Byju Joseph and Mr. Dinesh Bharti spoke at length on Human Rights, to bring awareness among students and how to use their rights in the correct manner without manipulating anyone else.
Campus Survey
ERRATTUM: Misprinted the news on 1st December that Class XII had made 88 runs with the loss of 8 wickets and Class XII had made 89 runs with the of 5 wickets. Class XI, X and IX won the match with 5 wickets in there hand. They scored 89 runs with the loss of 5 wickets. Apologies!
In the news of the gold medal winner was Bhanu Pratap Singh/IX and not Snaram Devasi/VII A
Publisher: The Principal, The Fabindia School, Bali
Staff Editors: Ms Bharti Rao, Ms Deepika Bhatt, Mr. K.G. Dave, Mr. Dinesh Bharti, Ms Usha Pawar
Editor in Chief: Kushagra Singh, Santosh Paliwal
Senior Editor: Vaishali Rao, Aditya Kansara, Silvi Mehta
Art Editor: Kushagra Singh, Vaishali Rao
Correspondents: Kritika Mansion, Bhanupratap Singh, Priyank Rathod, Adityapratap Singh, Jaswant Singh, Khushi Rao, Nikhil Soni
Photography: Kushagra Singh, Vaishali Rao, Mr Kanik Goyal
Web & Technical Support: Mr Sandeep Singh
Feedback: info@fabindiaschools.in
The School Weekly - 22nd December 2014
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Q: Trouble parsing XML with VBA I'm trying to clean geocode data using Google's Geocode API. Sometimes I can get the right result and sometimes my code comes back with zero results or invalid request. I'm using the following code:
Function GetCoordinates(Address As String) As String

   Dim Request         As New XMLHTTP30
   Dim Results         As New DOMDocument30
   Dim StatusNode      As IXMLDOMNode
   Dim LatitudeNode    As IXMLDOMNode
   Dim LongitudeNode   As IXMLDOMNode

   On Error GoTo errorHandler

   Request.Open "GET", "https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/xml?&address=" & Address & "&sensor=false&key=KEYGOESHERE", False

   'Send the request to the Google server.
   Request.send

   'Read the results from the request.
   Results.LoadXML Request.responseText

   'Get the status node value.
   Set StatusNode = Results.SelectSingleNode("//status")

   'Based on the status node result, proceed accordingly.
   Select Case UCase(StatusNode.Text)

      Case "OK"   'The API request was successful. At least one geocode was returned.

        'Get the latitdue and longitude node values of the first geocode.
        Set LatitudeNode = Results.SelectSingleNode("//result//geometry//location//lat")
        Set LongitudeNode = Results.SelectSingleNode("//result//geometry//location//lng")

        'Return the coordinates as string (latitude, longitude).
        GetCoordinates = LatitudeNode.Text & "; " & LongitudeNode.Text
     Case "ZERO_RESULTS"   'The geocode was successful but returned no results.
        GetCoordinates = "Address not found"

     Case "OVER_QUERY_LIMIT" 'The requestor has exceeded the limit of 2500 request/day.
        GetCoordinates = "Exceeded the server limit"

     Case "REQUEST_DENIED"   'The API did not complete the request.
        GetCoordinates = "Request denied"

     Case "INVALID_REQUEST"  'The API request is empty or is malformed.
        GetCoordinates = "Invalid request"

     Case "UNKNOWN_ERROR"    'Indicates that the request could not be processed due to a server error.
        GetCoordinates = "Unknown error"

     Case Else   'Just in case...
        GetCoordinates = "Error"

   End Select
End Function

Sometimes the code returns the correct latitude and longitude and sometimes it comes back as "address not found" or "invalid request". For example the three following addresses:

*

*BEOGRADSKA 133, VRČIN, Serbien--> Works fine

*BEM JOŽEFA 48, TEMERIN, Serbien--> Invalid request

*LIJAČKA 12, BEOGRAD, Serbien--> Address not found

As far as I can tell the XMLs do not differ from each other and when I manually take my code and paste it into a web browser, it comes back with no errors.
The xml code looks like this:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<GeocodeResponse>
  <status>OK</status>
  <result>
    <type>route</type>
    <formatted_address>Lijačka, Beograd, Serbien</formatted_address>
    <address_component>
      <long_name>Lijačka</long_name>
      <short_name>Lijačka</short_name>
      <type>route</type>
    </address_component>
    <address_component>
      <long_name>Beograd</long_name>
      <short_name>BG</short_name>
      <type>locality</type>
      <type>political</type>
    </address_component>
    <address_component>
      <long_name>Grad Beograd</long_name>
      <short_name>Grad Beograd</short_name>
      <type>administrative_area_level_2</type>
      <type>political</type>
    </address_component>
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Geostrategy
Half of N. American birds in peril from climate change
Iconic North American birds like the Bald Eagle and Brown Pelican are among hundreds of mankind's feathered friends facing threats to their survival due to climate change, researchers said.
More than half of birds in the United States and Canada -- a total of 314 species -- are losing critical habitat and food sources as the planet warms, said a report by the National Audubon Society.
Meanwhile, another annual report called the "State of the Birds 2014, USA," issued by the 23-member US Committee of the North American Bird Conservation Initiative, described losses of as much as 46 percent of birds in deserts and drylands such as Utah, Arizona and New Mexico since the 1960s.
Common backyard birds are becoming less common, and those who breed and eat in the coastal wetlands are also struggling.
Birds like the eastern meadowlark and the bobolink have declined by some 40 percent since 1968, but losses have leveled off since 1990 with the help of "significant investments in grassland bird conservation," said the State of the Birds report.
"Science and conservation, when applied appropriately, can reverse the threats that some species face today, and I think that is an important message," said Smithsonian secretary Wayne Clough at an event in the US capital to discuss the findings.
"However, much work lies before us."
The Audubon report found that the Bald Eagle's summer range could shrink by nearly 75 percent in the next 65 years, while warming temperatures might make nesting and breeding difficult for birds like the Common Loon and the Baltimore Oriole.
"Other state birds at risk include Brown Pelican (Louisiana), California Gull (Utah), Hermit Thrush (Vermont), Mountain Bluebird (Idaho and Nevada), Ruffed Grouse (Pennsylvania), Purple Finch (New Hampshire) and Wood Thrush (Washington, DC)," said the findings.
"We all will see the effects of changing climate in our own backyards. We just cannot ignore such a sobering wake-up call," said Terry Root, a Nobel Prize-winning Stanford University professor and Audubon board member.
The reports' release coincided with the 100th anniversary of the disappearance of the passenger pigeons, which were once among the most abundant creatures on Earth.
The last known passenger pigeon, Martha, died at the Cincinnati Zoo in 1914.
"We can never forget that we can see something go away forever," said Pete Marra, head of the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center, recalling other species that have disappeared since, including the Carolina Parakeet, the Eskimo Curlew, Bachman's Warbler and the Po'ouli of Hawaii -- home to one-third of all US federally endangered birds.
Marra said the biggest causes of bird declines include habitat loss, urban sprawl, lack of food sources and pollution.
Dangers to birds will only increase as the global population swells from its current seven billion in the coming decades, said US Fish and Wildlife director Dan Ashe.
"When we think about Martha and what happened to her kind in the span of about five decades, think about what will happen in the three or four decades between now and the middle of the century as we add another two-plus billion people to the planet," Ashe said.
"It means that there will be less space for the rest of what we call biological diversity."
He called for people to recommit themselves to conservation and environmental awareness in order to prevent further extinctions.
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Top 15 Anime That Aren't For Kids
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Is anime just meant for kids?
Source: Mirai Nikki
The argument stands strong like the quarrel between anime versus manga, subs versus dubs, etc. "Anime is for kids" is a statement that triggers many weebs and otakus alike. Although, many have established valid and justified points for that side. View some of the most reasonable points as to why anime is for kids by John C here.
Source: Another
But what occurs when faced with reasonable points? How does the other side of the argument counter? By listing the darkest animes NOT meant for kids. It proves nothing other than providing the opposing side with examples of anime that are simply Rated R – too gruesome, dark, sexualized, hyper violent, etc.
Source: Goblin Slayer
The verdict? It merely depends on the targeted audience. The appeal of an anime may be viewed by anyone, and there are simply no restrictions as to whether one specific anime is meants for kids or not. What you deem appropriate for your age or the age of a child as an adult varies from person to person.
Without further ado, here is a list of the top animes that start off seemingly normal but eventually turn into a dark, twisted series.
**WARNING: THE FOLLOWING IMAGES MAY BE EXTREMELY VIOLENT**
***WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD***
15. Devil(s) May Cry
Devilman Crybaby reminded me of a darker and more adulterated version of The Devil Is a Part-Timer! It's more violent and crude in many ways that no child should be watching at a young age despite the lighthearted name for the series. The story follows a crybaby himself, Akira Fudo, who brandishes the Devilman name after a failure of demon possession by Amon.
Source: Devilman Crybaby
I personally, as an adult, had to stop at the psychedelic, drug-induced, colorfully high orgy episode. I usually am not very squeamish with series like Devilman Crybaby, but I do have limits when it comes on too strong the first few episodes.
14. Birthday Suits – Because TRIGGER
Kill la Kill is an over-the-top masterpiece made by Trigger, an in-your-face series that is non-stop action packed. It comes off playful with the ridiculousness of the skimpiest outfits to the downright nude scenes. I mean, who doesn't love a little if not a lot of fan-service?
Source: Kill la Kill
Yet, you wouldn't want an 8-year-old watching barely covered up boobs or nonchalant aggressive scenes depicting near murderous tendencies, right? Not like I watched Saw or Final Destination at age 10 -cough–
13. What Purgatory Would Probably Look Like
Meet Decim and Chiyuki in Death Parade, the judges of souls brought to the afterlife with the potential of making it back as a reincarnated life or lost into a void of nothingness. With each passing soul comes a background story while the arbiters pose a challenge in the form of a game to these souls.
Source: Death Parade
There is no good or bad. There is no winner or loser. Both souls can reincarnate or be sent away. Some of what you may believe to have been a pure and innocent soul may even be sent to the void. It's simply based on judgement and personal values rather than any kind of religious act or good deed. But to a kid? It may just seem like fun and games.
12. Child Labor?
Yes, it's pretty cool to watch a kid be an assassin and to seem so mature and intelligent at a young age. It's like the Fornite dream come true. But Gunslinger Girl Henrietta and company aren't normal. They're trained killers for a secret organization.
Source: Gunslinger Girl
I mean, what better way to kill unsuspecting targets than with elementary school girls more than capable of risking their lives to carry out a mission? But hey, anime is for kids. Right?
11.Your Favorite Character Dies
Everyone in Akame ga Kill! dies. Except Akame herself. I don't want to talk about this show anymore…
Source: Akame ga Kill!
I'm not crying. You're crying.
10. Dissociative Identity Disorder
What's that about not trusting a pink-haired sociopath and psychopath? Oh, you thought I was going to mention our beloved yandere Yuno Gasai? Meet Lucy and Nyu (aka Kaede). Not necessarily human, but a diclonius species rather.
Source: Elfen Lied
Similar to Yuno, this one being literally kills with her mind and invisible hands. And when I mean kill, I mean mutilate. She's not crazy. She kills mainly for herself rather than for someone she's irrationally obsessed with.
9. It Could've Been A Yuri
As a prequel to Gai-Rei (the manga), Gai-Rei: Zero delves into the backstory of Kagura Tsuchimiya and Yomi Isayama. Although not overly violent, it's still painfully true to emotion and disturbing to see supernatural spirits naked to the human eye of normal humans.
Source: Gai-Rei: Zero
What's more terrifying than being killed by an invisible entity out of nowhere? But that gruesome part is covered by the awesomeness of having a third eye, yeah? No.
8. Zombieland Saga Without The Idols
Twist and turns. Unexpected outcomes and a delusion meant to break the minds of an audience who thought this was just another slice-of-life anime. School-Live! starts off normal with a fun School Living Club and its perky members. But what happens when the city becomes infected and outrun with zombies during a school day?
Source: School-Live!
You obviously fight for survival. Until you learn that the crazies are inside the building with you as well, but for justified reasons due to trauma. You're fine though if the school was meant to be an actual safehouse from an imminent (and intentional) release of a biological weapon. Right? Right?!
7. Japanese Psychos
That wasn't supposed to be a racial slur, just a pun on American Psycho. Because that's exactly who Ray (Rachel Gardner) and Zack (Isaac Foster) are in Angels of Death. Nothing innocent about these two except for their past selves and their traumas that lead up to their first murders.
Source: Angels of Death
It's quite a psychological series. Your choices may or may not coincide with theirs. And you start to question your own morals a bit or maybe your sanity.
6. The Ultimate Simon Says Game
Take a simple kid's game and turn it into a life and death situation. King's Game takes Simon Says to a whole new level, in which you die instantly or in a torturous manner if orders weren't followed. So you ask, the orders aren't that bad, right? Hahaha. They seem innocent and fun at first, but the stakes are raised and the tasks become challenging.
Source: King's Game The Animation
So what happens to the winner? Like I said, life or death. You continue the game with another group (like spreading a virus) until you reach another victor (which could be you again). You're stuck in a never ending loop unless someone wants to die a hero and end the game along with their life.
5. Pokémon No!
Shadow Star, also known as Narutaru, begins like any Pokémon or Digimon show. An adventure with starfish-shaped dragons similar to your lovable pocket and digital monsters. It starts with Shiina Tamai and her dragon, Hoshimaru. They develop a close relationship and find others who have their own dragons. What could possibly go wrong? Everything apparently.
Source: Shadow Star
Down. Right. DIRTY. This anime turns dark gradually and then full throttle in your face from an ultra violent mess to overly rapey scenes. You want to watch hentai? Well your own privates might just cringe and shrivel up at the thought of being pierced or fingered by one of these monsters. NO THANK YOU!
4. Truman Show: The Bloody Version
A normal high school life. A quiet family at a shrine. And a routine stop at your favorite coffee shop every morning. But by night? Killing Elder Bairns. Other than the last point, Blood-C comes off as a regular slice-of-life anime with a small twist. Until you reach the end and find out every "friend" you know are just paid actors.
Ascendance of a Bookworm Season 3 Confirmed
Source: Blood-C
They're merely there for the money, and are utterly disgusted by you and the fact you're a monster who requires blood hidden in your coffee and marshmallows daily. And you don't even know it! Until all hell breaks loose one day, and these monsters come out to play – to rip and devour the limbs and guts of your "friends."
3. Don't Go To This Party
If you've not seen this short series, give it a go. Corpse Party is rather gorey and more depressing than it is scary. Despite it sounding like a fun Halloween event, Corpse Party is not what it sounds like. But more what you'd visualize. It is exactly what the name intends.
Source: Corpse Party
You will see ghosts. Mutilated corpses of those who died. And you are tortured in the same manner until you figure out the order of events. But you're not guaranteed to live even after learning what happens. What makes this an anime for kids?
2. Wagyu Beef A5 Anyone?
Too soon? Bad joke? Well, it's not too far off from what you do to farm cows for their high grade meat in Japan. Just take it to the next level and take the highest IQ of children as the best grade and finest dish for monsters. While you toss out the lowest.
Source: The Promised Neverland
All this while you're raised and brought up to think that you were an orphan, and adopted when someone was finally sent away. The Promised Neverland quickly turns south the moment you discover the fate of those who leave the farm.
1. Magical Girls Galore
It's fair to say that the more recent seemingly innocent genres that include Magical Girls are not so innocent anymore. Every contract formed with that deceivingly cute mascot for magical girl powers holds consequences and higher stakes now. It takes a toll on your life if not requiring others and their life. And it seems it's always divide by territory or district in Japan.
Magical Girl Raising Project initially poses as a fun online game until it becomes both a competition and a survival of the fittest to become a god or game master for the next round. People are chosen at random from varying ages and even genders. Their real selves are masked by their personas of their own choosing.
Source: Magical Girl Raising Project
Magical Girl Site doesn't hold back the trigger. It starts off with torment, bullying, rape and molestation. All potential victims (females only) are chosen to become a magical girl. They each are given a mysterious "weapon" (also cute) that hold varying abilities.
The consequence? Your life span decreases after each use of your weapon and even more so using multiple weapons at once. But what's the point when the Magical Girl Site states the world has a time limit and only one of the magical girls can survive? What's the point when the owners of the site start assassinating the girls one by one?
Source: Magical Girl Site
And a major shout out to Puella Magi Madoka Magica for (re)instigating that old genre while putting a twist to their own crooked and warped reality for these adorable magical girls. What better way than to trick the audience with an innocently childish opening and then kicking it up a notch that these girls are still mortal? Killable?
Some anime and manga are meant for children. Some are most definitely not. It depends on what you deem is age appropriate, how mature a "child" really is able to handle violence and death, etc. Just because it's animated doesn't necessarily mean it'll always be innocent.
Source: Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Alternate Worlds With Alternate Murderers
Source: Higurashi When They Cry
Source: Berserk
Source: Shiki
I like long walks on the beach. Just kidding, I'm actually terrified of stepping in the water myself. But I do like fries. Or any form of the potato.
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"The Promised Neverland" Releases Promo Video and Additional Cast for Season 2
Top Five Short Anime to Binge-Watch
"The Promised Neverland: Season 2" Gets Premiere Date
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Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa came early this year for Bailey Edward. This December, our team was awarded with three new Government projects from local, state and Federal agencies.
"For she's a jolly good fellow! For she's a jolly good fellow! For she's a jolly good felloooooooow…which nobody can deny!" The 'she' in question is Bailey Edward's Susan Turner, who celebrated her 10th anniversary working with Bailey Edward on October 24th.
Fore!...Bailey Edward team members attended Related Midwest's and Lend Lease's Annual Charity Golf Classic on September 15th at the Harborside International Golf Course. The event raises money for three charities: SOS Children's Villages Illinois, The Children's Heart Foundation, and Saturday Place.
Home is where the heart is. Home Sweet Home. There's no place like home. Home is an important place, particularly for those without one. This summer, Todd Higginbotham and Sara Gaum, from our Champaign and Chicago offices respectively, volunteered for two organizations focused on providing homes for those in need.
PechaKucha Nights are informal and fun gatherings where creative people get together to share their ideas, work, thoughts and holiday snaps – just about anything, really – in a simple presentation format of 20 images shown for 20 seconds. The goal is to create a fun, fast-paced and concise presentation of interesting and stimulating topics.
Spanx, The Huffington Post, and Bailey Edward Design. What do these companies have in common? Answer: Creative, insightful women CEOs and featured chapters in Michael Caldwell's Above and Beyond the Glass Ceiling: Compelling Stories of 25 Women Who Shattered the Barriers to Their Ascension in the World of Business.


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Home / Kaduna News / New year message / New Year Message From Malam Nasir El-Rufai, Governor Of Kaduna State
New Year Message From Malam Nasir El-Rufai, Governor Of Kaduna State
on January 01, 2019 in Kaduna News, New year message
My dear People of Kaduna State,
With gratitude to Almighty God, I wish all the residents of our state a happy new year. Let us usher in 2019 with hope, determined to make it a year of positive attainments for our state.
In this new year, let us work together to advance and uphold peace in our state. In 2018, we witnessed sad episodes of violence, including the loss of lives and property. Over four decades, violent conflict in our state has taken an awful toll in lives lost and shattered. Let us resolve to make 2019 the year that we overcome the baleful legacy of strife. Let us pay tribute to the suffering of people by saying never again. Violence shatters, but only peace can build and develop societies.
2019 is an election year. Peace is an important condition for enabling our people to express their democratic preferences in a free and fair manner. I urge everyone to conduct themselves peacefully and responsibly during the campaigns.
Election is a democratic exercise. It must not be construed as an exercise in division. We must all respect the right of our people to choose and vote freely.
We therefore assure our citizens that Government will deploy additional policing and military assets throughout the state to enhance security and surveillance from now until the end of the election season to enable everyone to canvass for support, campaign and vote freely and peacefully. We will vigorously apprehend and prosecute any person that plans, executes or sponsors any disruption to the orderly conduct of the campaigns and elections in 2019.
Preserving the peace is a collective undertaking. Citizens should report all suspicious conduct to the law enforcement and security agencies. The government is determined to arrest and prosecute anybody, no matter their standing, that threatens the right of our people to live in peace and security.
This government takes seriously its security obligations, even as it reminds our citizens that the ultimate guarantee of peace is the willingness of our communities to live in harmony. In the last three and half years, the Kaduna State Government has provided vehicles, communications and other logistic support to our security agencies.
After decades of clamour, there are now permanent security detachments stationed in the southern part of the state. The army has a forward operating base in Kafanchan, with another battalion planned for the Kachia-Kajuru axis. We have also provided accommodation and facilities for a mobile police squadron in Kafanchan. We are building more police stations, security and Civil Defence outposts across the state.
In addressing the sources of conflict and violence, we have established the Kaduna State Peace Commission under the chairmanship of Reverend Dr. Josiah Idowu-Fearon, the former Anglican Archbishop of Kaduna, and current Secretary-General of the Anglican Communion. To deal with the menace of gangsters, we have gazetted the Unlawful Societies Declarations which prescribe a seven-year sentence for people convicted for membership of unlawful societies like the El-Zakzaky movement and the Sara-Suka gangs.
Conscious of the challenges imposed by the shortfall in police numbers deployed to our state, compared to requirements, we are strengthening community involvement in policing and security through the Kaduna Vigilance Service, and our traditional institution at all levels. The civilian security volunteers were especially helpful in maintaining order during the recent crisis in Kaduna metropolis and environs.
In the same period, we have been relentless in implementing our governance agenda, which has at its core Putting People First. This government is promoting equality of opportunity by building human capital. We have made tremendous investments to improve access to Education and Health care.
We have recruited over 25,000 qualified teachers for our public primary schools, of which we have renovated hundreds. In areas of high population density, we have commenced building high-rise schools using pre-cast concrete to enable faster construction. We have supplied more than 200,000 units of furniture to solve the problem we inherited where at least 50% of Primary School pupils sit on floors due to absence of desks and chairs. For our secondary schools, we are recruiting 7600 new teachers, to join the over 2000 Science, Mathematics and English teachers we recruited in 2016.
To reduce maternal and infant mortality, we decided to strengthen the primary health care system. We developed a programme to renovate and refit 255 primary health centres, one in each political ward. We have upgraded, equipped and staffed about 150 of the 255 PHCs we planned. Many of our 23 secondary health centres have received their delivery of General Electric equipment to ensure improved diagnosis, treatment and safer surgery.
Our health management system is improving coverage in delivering safe, affordable and timely medicines and vaccination to citizens, particularly children. Pregnant women and infants under the age of 5 enjoy free care in our public hospitals, and we provide cash cover to treat senior citizens above 70 for hypertension and diabetes.
The government has recruited 1200 professionals to strengthen the health system. The State Primary Health Care Development Agency is preparing to recruit over 3000 more health professionals.
Across the state, we have expanded infrastructure. We have built township roads. We have constructed feeder roads. We have expanded rural electrification. We have delivered on the 150m litre per day Zaria Water Treatment Plant and will fully commission the entire project in 2019. We are refitting several water-works across the state to provide safer water.
This government has created a digital land registry for Kaduna State. We have provided a pathway for our people to secure valid titles to landed property in quick time. We have brought investments and jobs, and our efforts have attracted deserved local and international recognition. The World Bank Doing Business Report ranks Kaduna State not just the most improved place to do business, but the easiest in Nigeria. Our state proudly took its place at the Open Government Partnership in Tbilisi, Georgia.
In doing all this, we have injected into the state economy record levels of capital expenditure in each of our full budget years. We have more than doubled Internally-Generated Revenue without raising tax rates. We have done much to lift our people because we have put them and their concerns at the heart of government. We have devoted public resources to the needs of voiceless, ordinary people, rather than to the insatiable greed of a few selfish and vocal elite. We have stood with our people and taken decisions for the long-term. Every time we have had to make a choice, we have chosen sound governance over petty politics!
As is customary at this time of the year, we have decided to make a gesture of mercy to some of our convicted compatriots. Upon the recommendation of the Advisory Committee on the Prerogative of Mercy, I have decided to order the release of 12 convicts and to commute the sentences of two others to five years' imprisonment. This is in line with powers granted under Section 212 of the Constitution. The details of the beneficiaries are spelt out in the official release from the Ministry of Justice.
We have been privileged to witness a new year. We can make 2019 a year of peace and progress. Let us embrace the possibilities a new year offers for renewal in our individual lives. Let the new year help us strengthen mutual understanding and uphold harmony in our state.
Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai
Governor of Kaduna State
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Now I have upgraded to Python-3, porting my site to Django 2.0 was pretty straightforward.
Part 4 of the Running to Stand Still series.
Use the latest point release of each minor release.
Make liberal use of the -Wall option to python to check for deprecated features.
to check for deprecated features, such as the change from the MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES setting to MIDDLEWARE, fixed these, and repeated.
If you are using Pipenv instead then you will do something similar but probably with a single much more stylish command.
And then repeat the testing cycle.
There were some template changes that did get covered by the tests but caused a deprecation warning when rendering a page for real.


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Alumni Ventures: SHINE Medical is revolutionizing the production of radioisotopes
by Tech Council | Sep 30, 2020 | NEWSROOM, Tech Council News
Today's global market for diagnostic and therapeutic radioisotopes is estimated to be more than $1 billion, growing to $5+ billion by 2030. In particular, molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) is used in over 80% of nuclear medicine procedures and is critical to modern healthcare. However, 90% of global production is supplied by reactors 50+ years old — and none are in North America.
SHINE Medical Technologies uses a patented manufacturing process to catalyze Mo-99 domestically. Their proprietary method has major economic advantages as it does not require a nuclear reactor, uses less energy, and is greener (270X less waste vs. a reactor-based facility). This naturally positions SHINE to become the world leader in the production of radioisotopes to diagnose and treat heart disease and cancer.
Safe, Clean, and Affordable Diagnostic and Therapeutic Materials
SHINE is initially focused on producing Mo-99. Over 55K patients per day in the U.S. require Mo-99 for procedures — and incredibly, all supply is currently shipped to the U.S. from Europe, Australia, or South Africa. But Mo-99 decays at 1% per hour. Therefore, SHINE's onshore manufacturing facility will provide it with an unrivaled cost advantage, substantially higher margins to share with distribution partners, and a multi-year head start on any U.S. competition.
At their plant in Janesville, WI — one of the most advanced private nuclear technology facilities in the world — SHINE can supply about 1/3 of global demand for Mo-99, offering U.S. customers a more secure source of a key medical isotope at a lower cost. They will also produce other isotopes, such as Lutetium 177 (Lu-177), that can be used for innovative oncology therapeutics. After a recent tour of the facility, Deputy Secretary of Energy Mark W. Menezes remarked: "DOE applauds the work being done by [SHINE], as well as the other commercial companies working with DOE, to provide U.S. patients with medical isotopes without the use of highly enriched uranium. The domestic production of Mo-99 is yet another way we will secure American leadership in the nuclear arena."