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DHAKA: Whenever the call comes their way — which could happen several times a week — a group of snake rescuers in Bangladesh's southeastern city of Chattogram immediately rush to save the reptiles.
Formed in January 2020, Snake Rescue Team Bangladesh, or SRTB, have rescued about 2,000 snakes from across Chattogram.
In the hilly region, located about 250 kilometers from the capital Dhaka, snake sightings are a common occurrence.
The 19-member team is on a mission to raise awareness of the vital role that the reptiles play in the ecosystem.
"Our aim is to create awareness over the importance of snakes for our biodiversity and the well-being of humans," Farhadul Islam, 22, one of the five founding members of the team, told Arab News.
It is estimated that more than 710,000 snake bite incidents take place annually in rural Bangladesh, according to a 2010 study published in the science and medicine journal PLOS. The prevalence of such incidents means that many people in Bangladesh often kill snakes, including non-venomous species, on sight.
But Islam and his group, whose members have all been trained in rescuing snakes, are committed to changing the prevailing mindset.
"Nowadays, our farmers are losing more crops due to rats on the field. But the losses would have been minimal if there were enough snakes in nature, as rats are natural food for the snakes," Islam said.
Snakes are also important for medical science, Islam added, as many antibiotics are prepared from snake venoms.
The group, comprising mostly college students in their early 20s, have been rescuing snakes voluntarily. While in some cases people give them money for transportation, SRTB mostly self-fund the work, which also involves treating injured snakes.
For some members, their passion for snakes started when they were much younger.
While most children grew up fearing snakes, as a boy Siddiqur Rahman Rabbi spent hours learning about serpents to understand how to capture them. He used to believe that the act was a thing of magic, but later learned that it simply requires technique.
"It took me five years to acquire the skill of capturing snakes," Rabbi told Arab News, adding that he had watched a lot of television on the subject, including shows on Animal Planet and National Geographic, while also traveling to different parts of his hometown to learn from snake charmers.
"Finally, I gathered some like-minded youths through social media from my city who also wanted snakes to be allowed to live," the 25-year-old, a founding member of SRTB, said.
"It's a very risky job, because every moment you need to be watchful of the snake's movements. When you lose attention for even a fraction of a second, it might take your life."
SRTB's efforts have since been recognized by officials in the region, with the local wildlife protection department referring all snake rescue calls to the group, Islam said.
In the last year, the group has rescued different snake species, from pythons to various types of cobras, using simple tools such as snake hooks and gloves in order to capture and later release them to the nearby forest reserve.
Last October, SRTB rescued 22 baby black cobras from the home of a government official, Mohammad Belal Hossain, in the Hathazari region, about 50 kilometers from Chattogram. The effort took them three days.
"It was a highly venomous snake and not very common in this area. But I noticed the snakes don't harm people unless they are being attacked," Hossain told Arab News.
The experience showed Hossain that maintaining coexistence with the serpents "is very important to maintain the ecological balance in nature."
With limited resources and funds, the group remains bound to their hometown in Chattogram for the time being. But they believe that their work will have a ripple effect across the country.
"I believe, with the passing of time, our work will spread across the country and people will understand the necessity of saving nature and the serpents," Islam said.
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The statue of roga
The most popular land mark is the statue of roga in honor in saveing there lives from niada. There is around six million come to see it everyday. Some people just come to see only it. It is located in the land of beasts in the by the ruins of her house. It was made by several miners. Dragons raised and carried it all the way there. It was carved by hand. The several miners that made it where called Moran, hora, ganora, and madora. After it was raised up ten mind flares tried to attack but it was to well guarded the battle was amazing for the people that were there. The mind flares where guessed to be with Nadia. They where killed right there. The stone that it was made of was called gora stone it is a stone that is really hard to break but easy to carve. The name of the bragons that carried it there were called Mona and sormai. The statue is about six hundred feet tall and weighs around six thousand and fifty pounds. At the opening there was around five thousand people there. The big statue is a construct as well to protect anything that attacks the village. The people that carved it and the dragons that carried it had a special resting place in front of the statue of roga. The statue looks exactly like the real person but just stone. In front of the statue is the resting place of roga. When they counted the mind flares to make sure they were dead but one of them dissipered into thin air . The people of the land of beasts were told if they saw him try everything in there power to kill it and tell the head council.
To remember roga that saved them from death.
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We are still shy about defaulting to C99 but we should definitely support if somebody wishes to try it. This commit was supposed to make it easier to find `long long' is somebody wishes to compile is C99 mode. I hope it works.
FT_LONG64 was undefined in strict ANSI mode even if FT_SIZEOF_LONG was 8. That should not happen because 'long' is ANSI. This is fixed now.
I am going to leave the bug open though because I think we should support 'long long' as well. Autoconf does.
Under linux on x86_64, sizeof(long) is 8. So even under strict ANSI, FT_LONG64 should be defined and 64-bit arithmetic should not be disabled. It is not right that I have to beg for it with FT_CONFIG_OPTION_FORCE_INT64 these days.
Also 'long long' has been standard since C99, long enough, no punt intended.


"I was stricken with Rheumatoid Arthritis in my late 40's. To state that this was life changing is an understatement. It attacked every joint in my body and I went from an active participant in life to completely bed ridden at times for two years. I incorporated a few ounces [of Black Currant Concentrate] a day into my diet. I felt a tremendous change within two weeks. I spoke to my Rheumatologist and he said to never stop taking this. That was five years ago and I cannot say enough about the befits of adding this to my diet. It gave me the hope I needed for fighting for the remission of this disease that is in my body… and it tastes great!" – Valerie Hughes, Saanichton, B.C.
"Charlie and I have been major fans of Pamela's amazing black currant concentrate since we first tasted it almost five years ago. We are sure it contributes to our strong immune systems as we are rarely sick. We use it on our cereal, in smoothies, and as an essential ingredient in our homemade black currant-blueberry ice cream, which my gourmet son has christened the 'world's best ice cream!' Having grown up in the UK, I missed the wonderful taste of black currants until I discovered this black currant concentrate from Silver Rill Berry Farm. We now buy it by the case, and can't imagine a day without it! Thank you Pamela, for this fabulous product – please don't EVER stop making it!" – Liz Mackay, Passionate Foodie – Victoria, B.C.
Dark coloured foods like black currants are full of antioxidants and the darker the colour the more antioxidants they contain. The purple colour of these berries means that they have a high concentration of flavonoids (including resveratrol) which can help decrease blood pressure by relaxing arterial walls and allowing better circulation. Animal studies have found that resveratrol is also responsible for inhibiting the spread of some cancers.
The purple pigment in black currants also contains polyphenols that can reduce inflammation in the body. As well as polyphenols, anthocyanins are found in high concentrations in black currants. Anthocyanins are believed to reduce stomach ulcers as well as preventing oxidation and boosting the activities of other important antioxidants. Black currants are especially known for having more anthocyanins than blueberries and can lower bad LDL cholesterol up to 13 per cent while raising good HDL cholesterol. They also contain anthocyanins that help in fighting against cardiovascular disease, aging, joint inflammation, eyestrain, urinary infections, kidney stones and even cancer.
Black Currants can rightfully be called the "King of the Berries" due to the intrinsic biological and nutrition-physiological values of its fruit. It contains higher concentrations of potassium, iron, vitamin C., organic acids, and biologically active plant phenolic compounds compared to any other fruit. These compounds exert a synergistic effect in the human organism. In this respect, black currants constitute a distinct group among the fruits.Black currants are known for their extraordinarily high vitamin C, GLA (Gamma-Linolenic Acid) and potassium content. They contain twice the amount of potassium found in bananas, four-times the vitamin C in oranges and twice the antioxidants in blueberries.


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Te Upoku o Te Ika Wellington Maori Radio
Capital Maori Radio Station Turns 25
OLIVIA WANNAN
The "Big kid" of Maori language radio stations is turning 25 and the party is about to start.
BROADCASTING LIVE: DJ Ranea Aperatiama behind the mic for Te Upoko o Te Ika 1161AM. Photo: ANDREW GORRIE/Fairfax NZ
Wellington's Te Upoko o Te Ika 1161AM, the oldest Maori radio station in the country, had its first broadcast on May 4, 1987.
A week of on-air and off-air celebrations will begin later this month.
Former station manager Piripi Walker was a founder of Te Upoko, and was involved in the 1986 Treaty of Waitangi claim on the preservation of the Maori language.
In the fight for Maori-language broadcasting, the station's organisers had been up against the belief that the language was dying out, Mr Walker says.
"It was a radical idea that the Maori language would be getting its own frequency ... especially permanently."
It was a no-holds-barred movement, including protests, street marches and an occupation, to get unfiltered Maori voices on the airwaves, he says.
Local iwi, including Ngati Raukawa, Ngati Toa and Taranaki Whanui, have been involved with the support and direction of the station over the years. "We knew that it would change everything."
Te Upoko is now one of 21 iwi radio stations operating nationwide, each with its own flavour and dialect, says current station manager Wena Tait.
"The network itself is becoming a lot stronger, and is contributing to the survival and revitalisation of the language."
The station receives funding of $384,000 a year from Maori broadcasting agency Te Mangai Pao. The programmes music, talkback, storytelling, and live music shows are almost entirely in Maori.
A powhiri at Pipitea Marae on April 29 will kick off the celebrations, and the station will air interviews with special guests and historical broadcasts during the anniversary week.
Te Papa will also take part, hosting live acts of past and present Te Upoko guests.
A symposium on language revitalisation at Victoria University and a gala dinner will conclude the celebrations.
The birthday events are meant to thank the listeners and foster pride among staff, Mr Walker says.
He still has hopes for the future, including a "decent frequency", but is proud of what the station has achieved.
"I think the station succeeded in becoming a loved station."
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Curfew Darkens Outlook for Moscow's Night Spots
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Moscow's night clubs and restaurants fear a new curfew will trigger a fresh round of hardship for an industry already hit hard by the coronavirus and struggling under what entrepreneurs see as insufficient government support.
Starting Friday, Moscow's clubs, bars and restaurants will not be allowed to serve customers between 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., Mayor Sergei Sobyanin announced Tuesday — the latest restrictions introduced in the capital to try to stop the spread of the virus.
Some owners fear the near restrictions, which fall short of the full lockdown introduced in April, will push their businesses over the edge, various Russian media outlets reported.
"I have a nightclub. What should I do during the day? Lunches bring in less than 5% of our revenue," Mikhail Miroshkin, General Direct of Metaphor Bar in Russia's Kitai-Gorod area — one of the capital's busiest nighttime districts before the coronavirus struck — told Forbes magazine. "It's easier for me to declare bankruptcy."
"Nobody is talking about earning money. The main thing now is not to avoid having to take too much out of your own pocket," bar owner Azamat Karimov told the magazine.
Takings for Moscow's restaurants and cafes were down by 20% in the first nine months of this year, according to official city data cited by the RBC news site. Restaurateurs were hoping that officials' insistence that a new lockdown will not be introduced would mean they could claw back some earnings during the typically busy end-of-year period. But with infections soaring, many companies still on work-from-home routines and the latest curfew — which will be in place until mid-January — the next few months are expected to be exceptionally tough, especially for the capital's late-hours bars and nightclubs.
From nightclub to dayclub
Desperate for cash, some have taken a creative approach to the new measures. The Pur Pur nightclub in central Moscow, for instance, is hoping to lure party-goers with a new daytime schedule — opening at 6:00 a.m. and running until 11:00 p.m. on weekends. Daniil Goldman, owner of two cocktail bars, said he would start opening at 4:00 p.m. — two hours earlier than usual — and will also be encouraging people just to bring their evening plans forward by a few hours.
An aggravating factor in some companies' scramble to encourage customers, despite the infection risk, is a lack of government support. Without a return to full lockdown, Moscow is hesitant to make fresh spending commitments. No new support measures were announced alongside the new restrictions Tuesday, and Moscow Deputy Mayor Vladimir Yefimov said the capital would only roll out new help "if there are really tough restrictions," Russia's Interfax news agency reported.
The Kremlin has also pushed back against a new program of support while the economy has not been put into complete quarantine. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said at the end of October: "Enterprises are working. They are still functioning, therefore at present there is no need."
But calls from businesses for help are growing once again. Presidential Ombudsman Boris Titov asked the government to dish out new cash for those businesses specifically affected by the curfew in Moscow. Russia's Opora small business association also requested the government to allow firms to get hold of nine billion rubles ($120 million) of subsidies allocated during the first lockdown but not disbursed before the mid-August deadline, Russia's Kommersant business paper reported.
Russian support for businesses has mainly focused on offering firms tax deferrals and cheap loans, rather than handouts and subsidies to protect jobs or cover losses, as some developed countries opted for.
Whether or not the curfew itself has an impact on business at the city's late-night establishments, the general atmosphere in the capital is already tempering nervous consumers. Spending in Moscow's bars and restaurants was running 30% lower than during the same period last year before the new measures were introduced, payments data from Sberbank shows.
Meanwhile, Moscow's residents appear split on the new measures. In a survey published Tuesday, 41% said they agreed with the curfew, while 38% were opposed. Taking into consideration all of Moscow's restrictions — including partial school closures, stay-at-home orders for over-65s and orders that firms must ensure at least 30% of their staff are working from home — only 18% believe the measures are "excessive", while 32% say the capital should be doing more to stop the spread of the virus.
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Jenny Humphrey is the founder member of J2HDI and has over 23 years experience in the interior decorating industry, specialising in exclusive window dressings and soft furnishings.
Jenny has an extensive knowledge of fabrics and understands the correct application for the required design and end use.
With an intuitive sense of her clients' personalities, tastes and individual needs, Jenny is able to interpret this innovatively into beautifully designed and decorated homes, showrooms and offices.
Her perfection and attention to detail is unrivaled in the industry and ensures that clients receive workmanship of the highest standard.
Jenny's resolve has spearheaded the company's growth and has earned her accolades in the industry from suppliers, local and international clients alike. Her bespoke designs currently adorn many international homes, lodges and ministerial residences.
Joao Ribeiro is the other J in J2HDI.
He has over the past 20 years developed a passion for property restoration and renovation as well as interior design. He began investing in sites with real heritage and architectural merit and in 2005 purchased Johannesburg's Rosebank Post Office; a landmark building built at the turn of the 20th century. He then began the process of restoring the impressive skeleton to its original neo-classical beauty and co-founded The Monarch Boutique Hotel within its walls.
It was at this point that his collaboration with Jenny Humphrey began and their combined synergy eventually led to their current partnership.
Joao's property development expertise spans 20 years and in the last 15 he has executed several turn-key restoration projects and been directly exposed to the work of acclaimed architects Jo Noero, Michael Sutton, Robert Howden, Herbert Baker and Peter Rich.
The 5 years comprehensive hospitality experience which included funding, design and operating The Monarch have proved invaluable in shaping Joao's career.
At J2HDI, Joao is able to marry his passion for property and interior design to execute new and existing hospitality developments, turn key renovations, both local and abroad as well as complex installations requiring hands-on project management.
Janis grew up around a world of creativity, oodles of material, colour and design while spending countless hours in her parents' fabric store and workroom during school holidays. There she was exposed to incredible and forever modifying creativity, workmanship and top rank ethics. This was a veritable crash course on the ins and outs of handling people and their space.
Janis believes any goal set out and achieved is always a group effort. This requires a shift in thought process and an understanding of each member's role and desired outcome in a project.
Her abilities and "know-how" have added much value to various assignments while her "can-do" attitude and expertise have been a contributing factor in time management and budget saving operations.
She has thorough knowledge of the working and home environment with valuable and extensive experience in the field of executive personal assistance, retail, marketing, events and project management. She has been an asset to some big names in business such as Luksbrands, Hurley, Skullcandy, & Euroswiss.
When it comes to the rebirth of a client's space, she is the lady who sprinkles the magic dust. Watch as she sources hidden treasures from around the world, matching the zany with the conventional, for when she is not doing the magic, she is off finding it!
Francois' love for Décor and Design started from a young age. He was brought up with a perfect balance of creative and technical influences from his family.
Regularly remodeling and redesigning rooms in the homes he grew up in sparked the desire to go on a career path that would allow him to continue doing it for a living.
At the age of 20 he jumped at the opportunity to step into the Interior Design Industry and he has been enjoying each moment ever since.
He has been a key participator in projects like events décor, furniture design, paint finishes, large scale installations and received extensive training and experience in curtaining design. His passions lie in the detail, from conceptual through to manufacturing down to the envisaged end product. He always strives to improve his skills to ultimately deliver a seamless experience while creating the perfect home for our clients.
Joyce is a positively motivated individual who provides a high level of administrative support to enable the smooth running of a busy office. With a good educational background and 20 years of operational and financial experience, she is a team player proficient in a wide range of computer applications. Her expertise in strong administrative and accounting skills has contributed to her demonstrated success in various industries : Retail, Shipping, Property, Investments Management, Hospitality and Interior Design.
She is an independent worker, able to multi task and meet deadlines efficiently by managing a number of simultaneous projects consistently and accurately. She manage both financial and bookkeeping responsibilities along with general administration and customer service tasks.


A lot of branding firms talk about the importance of incorporating agility into their clients' brands. The best brands have to stand for something distinct and meaningful – and at the same time, be ready to acknowledge what is happening out in the marketplace so they can adapt and adjust to maintain their edge.
There is less discussion about the process of branding and the need to imbue it with a degree of agility as well. Speed is a given – we've all been schooled on how clients no longer have time for long, drawn-out branding processes that will yield a new brand in the market within 12-18 months. But speed is not the same as agility. Agility means finding ways to utilize existing knowledge, assets, and insights to leapfrog into new territory.
This notion comes at odds with how branding firms do things. Most branding firms have their "proprietary method," often used to claim some sort of ascendancy or advantage over other firms. But in an effort to demonstrate expertise, there can be arrogance to lording one's "method" over a client, especially if the method favors doing everything from scratch instead of looking for and accommodating existing intellectual capital. By ignoring the previous work a brand has cultivated, you may be sacrificing integrity for agility.
To truly imbue the branding process with agility, branding firms must exercise a degree of humility, respect for work that has been done, and a commitment to finding the foundational nuggets worth building upon. In a sense, this process is akin to inspecting a house before starting renovations – an architect worth his or her salt will identify the load-bearing walls and build upon and around them rather than tearing them down for no reason. This constitutes a stance that we call leading in partnership – taking the best of what exists and providing a path forward.
A client we worked with recently had conducted a tremendous amount of work identifying customer insights and pain points for each of the decision makers in all of the lines of business they sold to. Instead of recommending new research, either to validate these insights or uncover new ones, we took them as fairly gospel and used them as the foundation for building out their brand idea. When we brought back our thinking, clearly connected to the knowledge that they had uncovered, it was easier for our client to understand how we were laddering up to the brand idea. It validated the work they had done internally and made for a much easier sell-in. All in all, considerably more agile.
That is not to say that there isn't room for additional validation of existing intellectual capital, especially if there is a suspicion that it may have been developed in an internal vacuum. But questioning what we believe to be true in an effort to reach a greater unknown can often be conducted in parallel path with brand execution, so that things keep moving forward. Again, agility.
We will always have a rich library of proven methodologies to pull from, based on decades of expertise and hundreds of case studies. But if we've learned anything from our long-lasting relationships with clients, it's that being an agile listener gets you much further than being the loudest person in the room.
To learn more about how your brand can adopt an agile workflow, contact Founding Partner Tracy Lloyd at tracyl@emotivebrand.com.


It seems as though radiology technology is advancing rapidly on many fronts, so we have a little something for everyone this month. In our cover feature, Jeannette Sabatini provides an update on the state of 3D printing. More players are coming into the market and technological refinements are pushing the limits of what 3D printing can do. It continues to gain ground in education and surgical planning, and it's making progress with implants. You still can't print replacement organs but researchers are already developing 3D-printed models that mimic organic tissue.
If you're wondering what's new in CT, Keith Loria has a roundup of what the major manufacturers are up to and where the market is headed. There were many new releases at RSNA 2017, and you can read all about them on page 14.
Of course, one of the big advances in the past few years has been a reduction in the amount of radiation dose that CT machines emit. Dan Harvey looks at some of the technology and best practices that can help keep dose as low as reasonably achievable while maintaining image quality.
Finally, in the first installment of a two-part series, Beth W. Orenstein reports on technology that is enhancing radiology workflow. From cloud-based systems to artificial intelligence, new innovations are making workflow more streamlined than ever.


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Is He Jewish Or Christian? Republican Politician Family Ethnicity Revealed
Matt Gaetz, an American lawyer and politician, prevails in the Florida Republican primary despite his involvement in a number of incidents, the most recent of which was an investigation into sex trafficking.
The ultraconservative politician is a staunch supporter of Donald Trump and has previously represented Florida in the House of Representatives for both the Fourth District and the First District.
In the next article, you will find additional information about the politician that represents the Republican party, including his religion, members of his family, and the ethnicity to which Matt belongs.
What Religion Does Matt Gaetz Follow – Jewish Or Christian?
Matt Gaetz has made it clear that he identifies as a Christian, and both in his interviews and during his campaign, he frequently brings up topics related to the Bible and God. Some Christians have a problem with the way Matt views religion, despite the fact that it does not appear that he is Jewish.
The public official disclosed that he attended and was involved in the First Baptist Church of Fort Walton Beach, which is located in Florida. On the surface, Matt gives off the impression of being a normal evangelical leader. However, when you pay close attention to the assertions that he makes, it seems as though the politician does not completely comprehend the faith.
While at the same time claiming that the United States of America is a Christian nation, he insists on being prioritized and given special treatment. In addition to this, he makes reference to the Bible, but he does not completely comprehend what the various passages signify.
According to Gaetz, the Bible is a book of instructions given to humans by God, and it is imperative for all people to obey these instructions faithfully. Matt has been at the center of a number of conflicts throughout the course of his career, and while some followers of the far right may share his views, the majority do not.
During the course of the discussion, the politician also mentioned that he was a believer in Judeo-Christian ethics. Despite this, it appears that Matt is trying to benefit from his religious beliefs in order to support the points he makes.
Matt Gaetz Family
Don Gaetz, Matt Gaetz's father, is a politician in the state of Florida, hence Matt Gaetz comes from a very prominent family. Matt Gaetz was raised in Florida under the guidance of his Republican politician father, Donald Gaetz, and his mother, Victoria Gaetz. Matt was born on May 7, 1982, and his parents are both named Gaetz.
Following his graduation from William and Mary Law School, Gaetz worked for a brief period of time as an attorney for private firms before following in his father's footsteps and entering politics.
His father had a seat in the Florida State Senate and rose through the ranks to become Senate President. Despite this, his son, who had recently won the Republican primary election, inherited his father's staunchly conservative values.
Erin Gaetz, the politician's sister, was Jeb Bush's director of digital content during the 2016 presidential campaign. Gaetz is a member of the Republican Party and is a member of the House of Representatives.
Ethnicity Of The Republican Politician
Matt Gaetz is of White ethnicity and possesses American citizenship. He was born and reared in Florida, and he is a Florida native. Before entering politics in 2010, Matt practiced law at the company Keefe Anchors and Gordon. During that time, he was a partner.
Gaetz's political career has been the focus of criticism for a variety of reasons, beginning with the various controversies that he has been involved in; one of these controversies has led to an inquiry into him being opened by the Department of Justice for sex trafficking.
On delicate matters such as gun regulation, human trafficking, computer crimes, and many more, the former lawyer's views are a little bit questionable to say the least. Matt is one of a very small number of Republicans and political leaders who has voted against some fundamental rights for the purpose of furthering his own interests.
The Republicans have taken a significant and potentially fatal hit as a result of the allegations that he had sexual encounters with a minor. Matt was able to win the Republican primary in Florida in spite of the scandals and allegations that were leveled against him because of how the people in that state feel about the candidate.
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The LG G7 ThinQ will likely be lambasted for its notch and awkward name, but one thing they seem to have gotten right is the new display. The G7 ThinQ will give many a first look at a new type of panel with lots of promise. While it was previously limited to TVs, from what we know, it should really shine on a smaller screen.
Unlike last year's reintroduction to POLED, Super Bright Display is more than a marketing term. The panel, which was called M+ when used on televisions, was previously rumored to be called MLCD+. However, days before the G7 ThinQ release, LG decide to introduce its new name of Super Bright Display. While the notch will probably be the most debated topic of the new G series, we doubt people will be complaining about this new display.
What Is a Super Bright Display?
Super Bright Display was first introduced in 2015 as a new panel type for LG's television lineup. Originally known as M+, the new panel's biggest advantage over traditional IPS LCDs was the usage of an additional white subpixel. LG has rebranded the name to Super Bright Display for its introduction into the mobile industry, and the first phone to use it is the LG G7 ThinQ.
Traditional LCD panels are composed of millions of individual pixels. Each pixel is divided up into three subpixels: one red, one green, and one blue. Behind it all is a backlight, which shines through the pixels (and their subpixels) to produce the light emitted by the screen. By changing the opacity of each subpixel in various combinations, the light that passes through the pixel can run the entire gamut of colors, from white to black.
With Super Bright Display, a fourth subpixel is introduced: white. It also uses three subpixels per pixel, but unlike RGB, it can come in four possible variations: RGB, WRB, BWR, and GBW. In other words, it's a PenTile arrangement — quite similar to what's used in many AMOLED displays.
According to DisplayBlog, the backlight is the most expensive component of an LCD display. The strength of the backlight is dependent on the number of pixels, as the backlight has to be able to properly illuminate each pixel to display the image.
With most flagship phones using a variation of 1440p, this adds up to millions of pixels. And with the recent trend of using edge-to-edge displays, the horizontal component is expanding, with phones (such as the LG G7 ThinQ) using 2880 x 1440 resolution (compared to traditional 2560 x 1440).
Like this article you are reading, a lot of content we view on our screen is primarily white. To produce white using RGB, all three subpixels must have light pass through them, however, 60–70% of this light ends up being blocked, as the subpixels can't go completely transparent.
Therefore, backlights have to be highly powerful to drive these higher resolution displays, raising the cost to both OEMs and consumers. These would also consume more battery, resulting in less time for us to enjoy our phones. However, with Super Bright Display and its white subpixels, less light is used overall, as only one subpixel needs to allow light to pass through it to create the color.
According to DisplayBlog, IPS LCD panels have a light transmittance rate of 5 percent. Light transmittance rate is the percentage of light that passes through the panel, which, for traditional panels, results in 95% of the light not penetrating.
However, Super Bright Display raises this number to 8 percent. While it's not a huge jump, it is a 60% increase in net translucency, which should definitely help lower power consumption (LG claims it uses approximately 35% less power).
The higher light transmittance rate also improves the brightness of the screen. Since more light penetrates, using the same amount of light equates to a higher brightness level. According to LG, Super Bright Display panels are about 50% brighter than comparable RGB LCD panels. It's with this improvement that the G7 ThinQ's display will be rated for a maximum of 1,000 nits.
Although Samsung Galaxy S series and Note series devices have achieved brightness level at (or higher) than this number, it required a special mode that only kicked in while the phone was in direct sunlight. With LG claiming this is the brightest smartphone display on the market, the expectation is that this brightness can be manually set.
Aside from the hardware improvements, LG has also included proprietary algorithms to improve the quality of the images on its Super Bright Display screens. Using these formulas, LG was able to make improvements in peak luminance, sharpness, and legibility when compared to non-Super Bright Display panels.
Super Bright Display leverages another LG technology called in-TOUCH. This embeds the touch sensor inside the LCD, removing the need for a separate touch panel layer. Touch sensitivity and accuracy improve, as there is less interference for both single and multitouch. Additionally, the display should see a small improvement, as the removal of the touch panel also removes an interference.
Super Bright Display also covers 100% of the DCI-P3 and Rec 2020 color space. This is same color space used by Hollywood, so videos on this device will be color accurate. Additionally, like the V30, LG has included a number of settings to adjust the color reproduction based on the various content being viewed. Unlike the V30, G7 ThinQ has six different settings, including Auto, Eco, Cinema, Game, Expert, and Sports. Color levels (RGB) can also be manually adjusted while retaining the desired mode for even more precision.
Super Bright Display is not a perfect technology. The introduction of another subpixel does create some issues that could affect the quality of the image. The first issue is the reduction of RGB lens. In a row with four pixels, unlike a normal IPS LCD panel, Super Bright Display panels will have only three red, three green, and three blue subpixels. The reduction of one subpixel (which is replaced by the white subpixel) could affect color balance on the display, (according to Android Authority).
Android Authority also points out that the Super Bright Display will lose some contrast detail when it boosts brightness thanks to the varied arrangements of the subpixels. However, like the first disadvantage, this may not be the case in real-world examples, as a varied subpixel layout already exists in AMOLED panels such the ones included in Samsung Galaxy S8, and no such problems have been reported.
While the G7 ThinQ's display is able to achieve 1,000 nits brightness, it's only through enabling a mode called "Super Bright Mode." By selecting the brightness icon located next to the brightness slider, the screen will bump up to its max brightness level. However, this mode will only last for three minutes at a time.
The idea is that even with the power saving of Super Bright Display, with the lower battery capacity, sustaining such a bright screen will eat up the battery. Overheating is also possible for a longer duration at this brightness. Furthermore, my guess is LG believes this brightness is hardly ever needed, reserve for the time when the sun is directly covering our screen.
Without selecting this icon, the screen will be able to achieve a maximum brightness at 650 nits, an amount that it can sustain without any time limit (for comparison, the iPhone X max out at 634 nits). Also, according to Android Police, this mode will not automatically engage when brightness is set to auto.
It is refreshing to see that LG still has something new to bring to the table. With the delayed launch, the controversial display notch, and the questionable name change, the LG G7 ThinQ will probably have a hard time finding success in the flagship smartphone market. However, if Super Bright Display is all it's rumored to be, LG will have a marketable hardware difference that offers more to the consumer.


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Shipping in South Australia began with the immigrant ships, and traffic was largely one way as there was no outward cargo in 1836. Gradually exports of mineral ores, grain and wool built up as the colony grew, and cargoes went overseas or to the other colonies.
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Yeah when you click on a new free item it zeros in on the house.
Just drag it with your mouse somewhere else mate. Click, hold click, and drag.
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Your advice is good when it is working properly. Mine does not work, that is why I wrote the post.
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With larger stay gates at casino venues like the Trump Taj Mahal and the MGM Grand Garden Arena, the UFC secured its first television deal with Fox Sports Net. The Best Damn Sports Show Period aired the first mixed martial arts match on American cable tv in June 2002, in addition to the primary occasion showcasing Chuck Liddell vs. Vitor Belfort at UFC 37.5. Later, FSN would air highlight reveals from the UFC, that includes one-hour blocks of the UFC's biggest bouts. With ties to the Nevada State Athletic Commission (Lorenzo Fertitta was a former member of the NSAC), Zuffa secured sanctioning in Nevada in 2001. Shortly thereafter, the UFC returned to pay-per-view cable television with UFC 33 that includes three championship bouts.
In October 2016, MMAJunkie obtained an UFC monetary report launched by Endeavor, detailing that the promotion had reached a 12 months-to-year high of $609 million in revenue during 2015. In May 2016, ESPN originally reported that the UFC's parent firm Zuffa, LLC was in talks to sell the corporate for $3.5 billion to $four billion. In 2015, the UFC had a reported EBITDA of $200–250 million.
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Carel Paulus Hoytema van Konijnenburg (Bergambacht, 15 februari 1904 − Scherpenzeel, 5 mei 1990) was bijna 33 jaar burgemeester van Scherpenzeel.

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Van Konijnenburg was een telg uit het geslacht Van Konijnenburg en een zoon van burgemeester Pieter Hoytema van Konijnenburg (1868-1921) en Maria Louise Frijlinck (1872-1950). Hij studeerde af in de rechten in 1929 te Leiden waarna hij zich vestigde als advocaat en procureur en in vele faillissementszaken als curator optrad. Daarna was hij secretaris van het Nationaal Crisis Comité. Hij werd per 15 mei 1936 burgemeester van Scherpenzeel; dit ambt zou hij tot zijn pensioen op 1 maart 1969 vervullen. In 1940 kreeg hij te maken met de moord op een moeder van acht kinderen, en met een grote fietsenroof. In 1940 legde hij de eerste steen voor het nieuwe gemeentehuis, waar in 1941 een gedenksteen werd ingemetseld ter herdenking van de oorlogsschade daar toegebracht. In 1957 werd hij bij de lintjesregen benoemd tot Ridder in de Orde van Oranje-Nassau. In 1958 kreeg hij te maken met onrust in zijn gemeente vanwege acties van woonwagenbewoners die in hun kamp drinkwater, verlichting en toiletvoorzieningen eisten. Hij trouwde twee keer en kreeg uit elk van zijn beide huwelijken twee kinderen.

Mr. C.P. Hoytema van Konijnenburg overleed in 1990 op 86-jarige leeftijd en werd in Scherpenzeel begraven.

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*Открыл проект "рыцарь"(knight)

*Собираю (Увы не собираться, говорит что  нету main'a)

package com.springinaction.knights;

import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext;

public class KnightAopMain {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    ApplicationContext context =
        new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("knights-aop.xml");

    Knight knight = (Knight) context.getBean("knight");

    knight.embarkOnQuest();
  }
}

A: Надо сначала нажать на молоточек (BuildProject(F11))

после сборки нажать RunProject(F6)
Всё заработало :3

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The Most Spectacular Place You'll Never See
November 23, 2014 in Art, Aviation, Geography, Geology, Photography, Places, Travel, weather | 10 comments
Unless you look out the window.
When I did that on 4 November 2007, halfway between London and Denver, I saw this:
Best I could tell at the time, this was Greenland. That's how I labeled it in this album on Flickr. For years after that, I kept looking at Greenland maps, trying to find where, exactly, these glaciers and mountains…
…were.
While I'm sure there are good maps of Greenland somewhere (Nuuk? Denmark?), Google, Bing and the rest are no help. Nor are the fat world atlases. Here's an island the size of a continent, with lots of Fjords and islands and glaciers and mountains and stuff, many of which were surely named by the natives or visitors, and there ain't much.
But:::: good news.
There, out my dirty and frosty window over the trailing edge of the wing, was the same long deep valley I had seen seven years before. Only now I was equipped to learn what was what, and where. My GPS and the plane's map — there on a screen mounted in the back of the seat in front of me — agreed: we flying over the Cumberland Peninsula of Baffin Island, an Arctic landform almost twice the size of New Zealand, in Nunavut, Canada's newest, most arctic and least populated territory.
The valley, I discovered on the ground, is called Akshayuk Pass. It connects the North and South Pangnirtung Fjords, bisecting the peninsula. Imagine a Yosemite Valley with a floor of glaciers draining into Arctic rivers, flanked for seventy miles by dozens of Half Domes and El Capitans — crossing the Arctic Circle, through an island where the last Ice Age still hasn't ended.
On the west side of the pass is the Penny Ice Cap, a mini-Greenland inside the forbidding and spectacular Auyuittuq National Park. Wikipedia explains, "In Inuktitut (the language of Nunavut's aboriginal people, the Inuit), Auyuittuq (current spelling: ᐊᐅᔪᐃᑦᑐᖅ aujuittuq) means 'the land that never melts.'" Nobody lives there. Hiking across it ranges from difficult to impossible. The only way to fully take it in is from the sky above, like I found myself doing right then. It was thrilling.
On the first flight over, I became fascinated by a mountain, just south of the Penny Ice Cap, that looked like an old tooth with fillings that had fallen out. It's in the lower left side of this shot here from the 2007 trip:
So I recognized it instantly when I saw it again two days ago. Here's how it looked this time:
Now that I could research the scenery, I found it was Mt. Asgard, named after the realm of Norse gods. From below it looks the part. (That link is to amazing photos by Artur Stanisz, shot from Turner Glacier, which Asgard overlooks in the shot above. Fun fact: one of the great James Bond ski chase stunts was shot here. See this video explaining it. Start at about 1:33.)
So now we have all these albums:
2007_11_04 Blue light in Baffin Island (used to say Greenland)
2014_11_21 Crossing Baffin Island's Cumberland Peninsula (all from the latest trip)
2014_11_23 Baffin Island's Arctic Auyuittuq National Park (includes shots from both trips)
Which join these others on Flickr:
Mt. Asgard
Akshayuk
Penny Ice Cap
Auyuittuq
A digression on the subject of aviation…
A bit before I started shooting these scenes, a flight attendant asked me to shade my window, so others on the plane could sleep or watch their movies. Note that this was in the middle of a daytime flight, not a red-eye. When I told her I booked a window seat to look and shoot out the window, she was surprised but supportive. "That is pretty out there," she said.
Later, when we were over Hudson Bay and the view was all clouds, I got up to visit the loo and count how many other windows had shades raised. There were very few: maybe eight, out of dozens of windows in the economy cabin of our Boeing 777. Everybody was watching a movie, eating, sleeping or otherwise paying no attention to the scenery outside.
No wonder a cynical term used by airline people to label passengers is "walking freight." The romance and thrill of flying has given way to rolling passengers on and off, and filling them with bad food and failed movies.
Progress is how the miraculous becomes mundane. Many of our ancestors would have given limbs for the privilege of seeing what's on the other side of our window shades in the sky. Glad all we need is to give up our cynicism about flying.
Rick Ladd on November 23, 2014 at 6:25 pm
As I began reading, I was fearful I would find the entire scene was now free of snow and ice. Happy to discover that wasn't the case. I love looking out the window when flying, though I am reasonably jaded enough to stoically accept the constraints of an aisle seat when necessary.
Doc Searls on November 23, 2014 at 9:32 pm
Thanks, Rick. As I recall, some of my shots of Greenland have accompanied reports (such as this one) on shrinkage of glaciers and ice fields there. I should look at the two Baffin Island series shot 7 years apart to see if shrinkage is visible there. According to this report, it's happening.
Hanan Cohen on November 23, 2014 at 10:50 pm
Reminds me of something I sometimes say – "Look out the window. The graphics are amazing!"
Vanessa Blaylock on November 23, 2014 at 11:57 pm
Beautiful photos and beautiful essay Doc.
Electricity and the light bulb have made almost everything we take for granted today possible. But they have also taken away the nightly possibility of viewing the very Milky Way Galaxy in which we live.
Are our lives bigger? Or smaller?
Doc Searls on November 24, 2014 at 1:13 am
I'd say wider, but not deeper. 🙂
Eric Likness on November 25, 2014 at 9:01 am
As Louis C.K. has said in his standup routine, you're in a chair,… IN THE SKY. I love sitting near the window just to watch see all the noises I'm hearing as the flaps are pulled in, pushed out, the plane rotates for takeoff. All that stuff that I don't do because I'm not the pilot I get to pretend doing by looking out that window. I love it and wish I could always get a window seat.
Thanks, Eric. We are kindred flying spirits.
Here's Louis C.K. bit on flying, btw. Start about 2:35 into the clip.
Alex T on November 25, 2014 at 5:16 pm
Beautiful observations. But surely the real irony in all this, not mentioned at all, is that in emitting 2 whole tons of CO2 during that long-haul flight, equivalent to a year of driving, the author made an estimable contribution to the warming that is destroying those stunning glaciers. As many thousands of others do every day.
I'm aware of that, Alex. Do you never fly or drive?
Alex T on November 27, 2014 at 2:12 am
I am not certain you are aware of just how damaging air travel is, on a per-capita basis. The issues are explored thoroughly in this article by a renowned climatologist who has decided to start living up to this own declared principles.
http://www.tyndall.ac.uk/online-tools/personal-blog/kevin-anderson-2
I do not own a car and have not taken a plane for nearly 11 years. Clearly that makes me insufferably sanctimonious to many, but it does allow me to complain about disappearing glaciers and coral reefs without being an egregious hypocrite. Still, I eat too much meat, so ultimately I am a hypocrite like almost every other Westerner.
This was not meant as a personal attack, just a highly necessary addendum to your post.


Wow, that's awesome !!! Thank You for sharing !!!
Where the heck is the subscribe button ? Dang I'm blonde !!!
Excuse my ignorance, but could this be used on wood as well? Is it 110 or 220?
Amazing, way to go tbarnea. Genius, I would say !!
Awesome job Creativeman. Do you sell these machines? Do they take 110 or 220 electric? I'm sending you a message.
Will this cut through Styrofoam?
Beautiful Desk Nathan. Thank You and yes it is, hard to erase 30 years. Of course the picture of me is much younger as I somehow got things mixed up this morning. Didn't mean to distract from the beautiful table you and your wife did. I know Curtis and myself really enjoyed building the Madre Gras Big Boy Adirondack Chairs together, with the mask , beads and feathers. We sat with straws and blew the bubbles out, a heat gun is a much better idea. But we were just a couple of old retired folks messing around. Enjoyed your post. Thank You for being so kind.
That truly looks like a home run. I'll be saving this to my favorites Thanks for sharing.
Looks YUMMY. Sometimes I use Venison instead of beef. Course, I gotta go and hunt me down a Bambi.


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We love all the flavors in this soup and how they all meld together. The peppers offer a mellow and faintly sweet flavor, while the tomatoes and beef kick in that flavor that will remind you of a traditional stuffed pepper. The rice in this soup gives it such a great texture and adds some body to it. This a fairly thick soup and it has a consistency similar to a stew, which we love because it will fill our families up. We just served it with fresh bread for a wonderful comfort food.
We remember sitting with family around the campfires in the fall having the lively discussion... Do you grill corn with the husks on or grill with the husks off? For us it is OFF! It gives a richer, flavor to the kernels. Then when you add our parmesan to the mix... well it is a flavor you will keep coming back for. Plus you have a handle!
This is a simple healthy breakfast or even a quick dinner recipe everyone is sure to love.


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Mater Dei president Walter Jenkins resigns
Jenkins took over at Mater Dei in July and had commissioned an investigation into the culture of the athletic program
Mater Dei High School president Father Walter Jenkins has resigned. (Mater Dei photo)
By Scott M. Reid | sreid@scng.com | Orange County Register
PUBLISHED: January 1, 2022 at 4:24 p.m. | UPDATED: January 4, 2022 at 4:00 p.m.
Mater Dei High School president Father Walter Jenkins has resigned amid tensions between Jenkins and longtime Mater Dei head football coach Bruce Rollinson and his supporters.
Jenkins' departure comes just days before attorneys for a Sacramento law firm are scheduled to start interviewing Mater Dei students and staff as part of an investigation into the culture of the Monarch football and athletic programs. The investigation, commissioned by Jenkins in November, is in response to a series of Orange County Register reports detailing alleged assaults by three Monarch football players on a teammate and classmate.
The Register reports attracted national attention and prompted increasing calls for Rollinson and Mater Dei principal Frances Clare's firings even as Mater Dei rolled to national championship.
Jenkins' departure was announced Saturday in a letter to the Mater Dei community by Erin C.O. Barisano, Diocese of Orange superintendent of schools.
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Barisano said Jenkins has returned to Holy Cross order in South Bend, Indiana where he will "take on a new assignment."
"As Superintendent Barisano noted in her letter to the Mater Dei family, Father Jenkins has been called back to his Order," Mater Dei said in a statement. "There is no connection between the litigation and his departure from the school and to make such a connection is deeply unfair to Father Jenkins who served Mater Dei well during his tenure."
Jenkins took over as Mater Dei's top administrator in July. He had previously served as president of Holy Cross High School in Queens, N.Y.
Jenkins was hired in February, replacing Patrick Murphy, who resigned in January 2020 to join the NHL's Arizona Coyotes. Murphy had served as president since 2002. Jenkins formally took over at Mater Dei on July 1. Jenkins had been on sabbatical from the Holy Cross order to take the Mater Dei position.
But less than six months later he found himself embroiled in a controversy that raised questions about the culture within one of the nation's premier high school football programs and the largest coed Roman Catholic high school west of the Mississippi River.
Jenkins on November 30 said Mater Dei would commission an investigation into the safety practices of its athletic programs by a law firm. Jenkins also announced that he was also creating a task force to review "how athletics is engaged."
The investigation will proceed as scheduled, a Mater Dei spokesperson said.
"Clearly sports are an important part of any high school experience, but they are not the sole mission of Mater Dei." Jenkins wrote in a letter to Mater Dei parents and students at the time. "We must ensure balance."
A Sacramento law firm hired by Mater Dei met with officials this week to map out an investigation into alleged misconduct and the culture within the school's football and athletic programs. The discussions included agreeing on a timeline for the investigation and the different phases of the probe. The firm will start interviewing Mater Dei students Thursday, according to a school official.
Tension between Jenkins and Rollinson and his supporters was evident amid the post-game celebration following Mater Dei's 44-7 victory against Serra in the CIF State championship game last month. A smiling Jenkins approached Rollinson's family to congratulate them but was rebuffed by Rollinson's wife. Jenkins and Clare were later involved in a heated discussion on the field as Mater Dei players, coaches and fans looked on.
"It looked like you and Clare were having a heated conversation," Jenkins was asked as he left the stadium.
Jenkins replied, "We've had a lot of those these days."
A Register report in November detailed how a current Mater Dei football player punched a teammate, 50 pounds lighter than him, three times in the face during an alleged hazing ritual called "Bodies" on Feb. 4 while other Monarchs players shouted racial epithets at the smaller player, according to two videos of the altercation obtained by the Register.
The Santa Ana Police Department recommended the larger player be prosecuted for felony battery, according to a police report. The Orange County District Attorney's Office does not intend to file charges in the case. Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer said the altercation does not meet the legal standards for criminal "hazing" or felony assault, but he is willing to consider additional evidence.
"If I had a hundred dollars for every time these kids played Bodies or Slappies, I'd be a millionaire," Rollinson told the injured player's father the day after the altercation, according to a court filing.
Mater Dei officials initially declined to cooperate with Santa Ana Police Department investigators, according to police reports. Rollinson and Kevin Kiernan, the school's athletic director, finally agreed to be interviewed by a Santa Ana Police Department investigator with Mater Dei assistant principal for student services Miguel Gutierrez present on April 21, more than two months after the altercation and when the Santa Ana PD first requested information from the school, according to police reports.
Rollinson during the police interview denied hazing existed in the Mater Dei program. He added that the interview was the first time he had heard of the Bodies game.
The Register also reported that Chase Hall, a Mater Dei basketball player, allegedly was attacked and beaten by two Mater Dei football players as he left a gathering in Irvine shortly after midnight on May 5, 2019, according to police reports.
Hall's jaw was broken during the altercation and he will require additional surgery.
"I'll never forget what the surgeon said," Mary Hall, Chase's mother told the Register while discussing the punch that broke her son's jaw. "He said if it had been a quarter-inch higher.
"He would be dead."
An Irvine Police Department investigator recommended that the two Mater Dei players be charged with aggravated battery and they along with a classmate, who police allege orchestrated the beating, be charged with criminal conspiracy. The two players were given probation, according to Mary Hall.
The Hall family filed suit in Orange County Superior Court this past May 5 against an All-County linebacker for Mater Dei (Player 1), a senior Monarch lineman who had received a scholarship offer to play at a Pac-12 school (Player 2), and a classmate alleging assault, battery, negligence, civil conspiracy, intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligent infliction of emotional distress and false imprisonment. The suit continues to proceed through the court.
Steve Fryer contributed to this report.
Fryer: Lots of reasons Rollinson remains, president is gone at Mater Dei
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Scott M. Reid | Reporter
Scott M. Reid is a sports enterprise/investigative reporter for the Orange County Register. He also covers Olympic and international sports as well as the Los Angeles' bid to host the 2024 Olympic Games. His work for the Register has led to investigations by the International Olympic Committee, the U.S. Department of Education, the California Legislature, and the national governing bodies for gymnastics and swimming. Reid's 2011 reporting on wide spread sexual abuse within USA Gymnastics and the governing body's failure to effectively address it led to Don Peters, coach of the 1984 record-setting Olympic team, being banned from the sport for life. His reporting also prompted USA Gymnastics to adopt new guidelines and policies dealing with sexual abuse. Reid's 2012 and 2013 reporting on sexual abuse within USA Swimming led to the banishment of two top level coaches. Reid has won 11 Associated Press Sports Editors awards for investigative reporting since 1999. He has also been honored by APSE for game writing, and enterprise, news, and beat reporting. He was an Investigative Reporters and Editors award finalist in 2002 and 2003. Prior to joining the Register in 1996, Reid worked for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the Dallas Times Herald. He has a B.A. in the History of the Americas from the University of Washington.
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And once a week I'd drive him to the vet.
And I've never known one yet get in a fight.
Why did I have to lose you in the end?
What fate decreed that we had to be parted?
Off the walls, and off the furniture as well.
For she jumped into the river, drowned herself.


The upcoming election could determine if the US continues that leadership role, or if it reneges on its commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
If former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton or Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders wins the White House, US climate policy would, in broad strokes, stay the current course.
Both Sanders and Clinton agree with the established science that climate change is largely man-made, and have mostly backed President Barack Obama's climate policies, or pledged to expand them.
Across the aisle, it's another story. The leading Republican candidates could all be classified as climate skeptics.
Texas Senator Ted Cruz has called global warming alarmists "the equal vent of the flat-Earthers," because he says they ignore a lack of scientific evidence for man-made climate change.
Rubio, Cruz and Ohio Governor John Kasich all say they'll scrap Obama's hallmark Clean Power Plan, which limits carbon emissions from power plants and is a cornerstone of the climate commitments the US made in Paris.
Billionaire Donald Trump hasn't weighed in on that specific policy, but he did tell Fox News in October that he would cut the agency responsible for limiting carbon pollution, the Environmental Protection Agency.
All of this puts international proponents of strong climate action more than a little on edge.
Henrik Selin, a Swede who is a professor of global studies at Boston University, has studied international environmental negotiations for 20 years.
The environmental regulations established during the Obama administration put the US on the way to meeting the carbon reductions it agreed to in Paris.
But those regulations are not set in stone, says David Goldston at the Natural Resources Defense Council Action Fund.
Then there's the Supreme Court. Justice Antonin Scalia cast a decisive vote for a stay of the Clean Power Plan just days before he died. The court will likely decide the plan's ultimate fate, so if Obama does not name a successor before he leaves office, the policy's survival may hinge on whether a Republican or Democrat follows him in office.
Green energy technologies are developing quickly, and renewables are challenging fossil fuels on price. So US carbon emissions may fall regardless of who wins in November.
Still, if the Clean Power Plan disappears with the next president, much of the United States' influence on global climate policy will go with it.
"Obama, when he participated actively in Paris and promised that the US would be a leader in international climate policy, they leaned heavily on the Clean Power Plan," says Guri Bang, a director at the Center for Climate Change Research in Norway.
"Without the Clean Power Plan, this would sort of bring the US into a situation where it has very low credibility in international agreements," Bang said.
Europeans have already committed to deeper carbon cuts than the US, and they don't want their trans-Atlantic partners to do less under a new president, says Miranda Schreurs, head of the Environmental Policy Research Centre at the Free University of Berlin.
Schreurs says she has sat on a dozen panels in the past few months dealing with the world after the climate agreement.
"There's not a single panel that I've been on where [the election] hasn't been discussed," Schreurs said.
Schreurs says Europeans hope the Clean Power Plan, tightened gas mileage standards, proposed methane limits and appliance energy efficiency rules passed under Obama will last into the next presidency.
But if they don't, she's worried. Carbon cuts in the Paris agreement are voluntary. Even before the Paris agreement legally takes effect in 2020, every country will be looking over the fence to see if the guy next door is keeping up his end of the bargain.
And that's just for the initial implementation.
Starting during the next president's first term, countries need to start planning to ratchet up their future commitments if they hope to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius.
If the US isn't doing enough to cut greenhouse gasses in the short term, it is not going to be able to compel other countries to ratchet up their commitments in the long-term.


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FOR executive-level workers, the job market continues to improve, according to a recent study by Drake Beam Morin Inc., an outplacement consulting firm in New York.
The study, based on the experiences of 4,500 executives involved in DBM outplacement programs, reveals that the time it takes outplaced middle-level executives to find a new job is the lowest in three years.
The study shows that in 1993, it took executives an average of 3.8 months to find a new job, compared with six months in 1991 and 1992. For workers 55 years and older, it took about a month longer to find a new job than for younger executives. Retirement plans that offer more choice grow in popularity
DEFINED contribution plans - retirement funds that allow employees to choose how their money is invested - have grown by 15 percent a year over the past five years, according to a new survey. Carried out by the Conference Board, a business research group in New York, the survey polled chief financial officers of major United States corporations.
Of the 44 companies surveyed, the average asset size of defined contribution plans is $2.5 billion. The participation rate of eligible employees in these plans is a high 82 percent, the survey found. Employer matching of employee contributions, usually by 50 percent or 100 percent, is the prime means of encouraging participation. Americans can fill `er up for far less
COMPARED with the rest of the world, drivers in the US have it pretty good, according to an analysis of gasoline prices worldwide by Runzheimer International, a Rochester, Wis.-based management consulting firm.
There are a few less-expensive places to buy gasoline, including Caracas, Venezuela, where a gallon of gas costs 21 cents; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (33 cents); and Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (83 cents). But with a national average of $1.11 per gallon in December, the US compares favorably to most other places in the world.
In Tokyo, the average pump price is $4.58; Hong Kong averages $3.87; Paris, $3.58; and Amsterdam, $3.43. Gas prices are high because of the taxes those countries impose, says Chris Ritter, vice president of the international division at Runzheimer.
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The Fateful Bell
A lowly artisan falls in love with the daughter of the emperor while casting a gigantic bell made of precious metal in this tragic romance set in ancient China.
First Run - April 2, 1980
Repeat - July 17, 1980
Kristoffer Tabori
Evie Juster
I remember this episode and also the repeat in 1980 and am exited I can listen to many of these great episodes that I listened to as a kid.
The question remains...what came of the shoe???
One correction- the inspiration for this story is Lafcadio Hearn.
Dale Haskell
Agreed Dale, specifically from the story "THE SOUL OF THE GREAT BELL" out of the book "SOME CHINESE GHOSTS" BY LAFCADIO HEARN, Copyright, 1887, by ROBERTS BROTHERS
Michael Cowden
I rate this episode ★★★★☆ for GOOD. In Lafcadio Hearn's original story, THE SOUL OF THE GREAT BELL, it involved the father and the daughter, plus a female servant. In this version written by Ian Martin, not only he added romance into this mystery tale, but also added a bell smith, a minister, an enchantress/witch, and a male servant. The time periods are the same and the plot points are the same, but the character developments are different. I highly suggest that all CBSRMT fans should read Lafcadio Hearn's story and then listen to this episode and decide which version is better. In E.G. Marshall's Prologue, he informs us that this story takes place in the 15th Century of China during the Ming Dynasty. In ACT-1, it begins in the year 1406. In ACT-2, our main character encounters our main villain, then later struggles with love and time. In ACT-3, everyone is on borrowed time. I liked E.G. Marshall's quote in this part of his narration: "Ultimate power not only corrupts, it establishes a short fuse on patience." In the end, he narrates exactly what happened to the girl and why the bell makes the after voice sound of a woman crying. In his Epilogue, E.G. Marshall points out that there's a Footnote: the voice in the bell cries for more than lost love, but a lost shoe, but he sees this as a great story of love unfulfilled. Informative and compelling our Host was. The sound effects of tea pouring into cups, birds chirping, bubbling melting pot, bell smiths murmuring, sound of the gongs, shovel dinging on the bell, fusing the metals, and the water fountain were splendid. Perfectly fitting for this tale. The music was purely captivating, celestial music in every Act. My favorite tune was at the 20:02 mark where they played this beautiful melody that heightened the romance (to that, I say "Bravo"). And finally, our cast: Kristoffer Tabori (as Ming-Yee: the bell smith and Minister Chung), Evie Juster (as Ko-Ngai and Mara: the enchantress/witch), and Ian Martin (as Kouan-Yu and Pil-Lo: Mara's man servant). Ian Martin played his parts splendidly. Evie Juster did an awesome job, especially playing her parts back and forth in the 3rd Act. Kristoffer Tabori was good as the leading man, but his accent for playing the minister, was awful! It was cheesy and stereotypical! CBSRMT should've hired Norman Rose, or Russell Horton, or John Lithgow, or Fred Gwynne to play that part. Other than that, it was a decent mystery story and worth listening to. Plus, it has a commercial for Super Savor and CBS Radio News on President Jimmy Carter. Until next time…pleasant dreams. =0)
Another correction. The lowly artisan falls in love with the mandarin's daughter, not the emperor's daughter. The mandarin was commissioned to craft the bell, and he offered up his daughter in marriage to pay for the bell. [Now I am not sure what a mandarin is, but I take it through the dialog in the play that they referred to the emperor as somebody who is not the mandarin.]
Being a sucker for romance, I loved this one!


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Sri Lanka's Energy sovereignty at risk ?
19 Sep, 2021 | 7:12 pm
Written by Staff Writer 19 Sep, 2021 | 7:12 pm
COLOMBO (News 1st); JVP Leader Anura Kumara has alleged that the government has signed a midnight agreement with a US firm for electricity generation and the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG).
In early July 2021, New Fortress Energy Inc. announced that it has signed a Framework Agreement with the Government of Sri Lanka to construct a new offshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving, storage and regasification terminal.
The Terminal will be located off the coast of Colombo to supply gas to the country's power plants, primarily located in the Kerawalapitiya Power Complex.
The Kerawalapitiya Power Complex consists of 300 MW in operation today and is ultimately expected to grow to over 1,000 MW by 2025.
As part of the Agreement, New Fortress will supply natural gas to the existing 300 MW Yugadanavi Power Plant and is negotiating the purchase of the Government's 40% stake in the company that owns the power plant.
This power plant is currently under a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) to provide electricity to the national grid that extends through 2035. The plant consists of General Electric turbines and was configured to run on natural gas in combined cycle.
Anura Kumara Dissanayake alleged the agreement was already signed in a backdrop where the cabinet paper for this project, was not seen by any cabinet minister, thought it was approved.
'The agreement was signed at 12:06 AM on Saturday (18). Thereafter the President flew off to the US," said Dissanayake.
The JVP leader warned that whoever controls Sri Lanka's energy sector will decide Sri Lanka's Government.
He said the JVP will seek relief from the court against these attempts.
At the same time, opposition lawmaker and Former Minister Dr. Harsha De Silva said there are serious concerns about Sri Lanka's move towards LNG with US firms involved.
Political activist Pubudu Jagoda from the Frontline Socialists Party says these agreements threaten Sri Lanka's energy sovereignty as a whole.
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This is the AGA Code of Conduct for all attendees of AGA sponsored events. It was approved by the board on May 20, 2018.
Statement of Welcome
All are welcome at AGA events! We welcome all attendees regardless of differences, including race, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, immigration status, ability, religion, or any other personal identity or belief. Our shared interests, differing backgrounds, and mutual respect strengthen our community. We ask that attendees abide by the AGA Code of Conduct and help us to create a welcoming and safe environment for everyone who comes to share their passion for go at our events.
The go community in America has long been known as a warm and welcoming society. Exhibiting respect for oneself, one's opponents, officials, and other go players is one of the foundations of go in America, and is a clear value of the American Go Association. This Code of Conduct has been adopted to further this welcoming spirit and to ensure an atmosphere that is safe and comfortable for ALL current and future AGA go players. The Code of Conduct does not replace the Tournament Regulations, or limit any prohibition or sanctions allowed there, and is not intended to impede regular go play or interactions.
The AGA expects all members and guests to act maturely, to behave responsibly, and to respect the rights and dignity of ALL others. Members and guests are encouraged to take responsibility for their personal comfort and safety. Anyone who feels uncomfortable in confronting a person directly should report the behavior to an event official or AGA Code of Conduct Committee person.
This Code of Conduct outlines prohibited action, but the actions listed below are not intended to be an all-inclusive list of behaviors considered inappropriate in our tournaments and programs.
Harassment or intimidation by words, gestures, body language, or any type of menacing behavior.
Physical contact with another person in an angry, aggressive, or threatening way.
Verbally abusive or offensive behavior, including angry or vulgar language, swearing, name-calling, or shouting.
Sexually explicit conversation, behavior, or sexual contact with another person without their affirmative consent.
The AGA will not tolerate these expressly prohibited actions or other behaviors that are contrary to the core values of the AGA. Violation of the Code of Conduct may result in suspended or terminated participation privileges up to and including indefinite expulsion from participation in the AGA. Criminal behavior will immediately be referred to the appropriate authority. The AGA will assist with contacting venue security, local law enforcement and support services, provide escorts, and otherwise assist the involved parties in feeling safe for the remainder of the event.
If you suspect that yourself or someone else is being harassed or being made to feel unwelcome or unsafe, please report it in one of the following ways:
Call or text a Code of Conduct Committee representative at 860-469-2663. This phone number is continuously monitored during AGA sponsored events such as the US Go Congress, where one or more representatives will be onsite at all times.
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Q: How to disable, or hide system settings programmatically? I do not want the user to open device settings, so I need to disable device settings.
I found way to open settings
startActivityForResult(new Intent(android.provider.Settings.ACTION_SETTINGS), 0);

But I am looking for a way to disable it, how can I do that?

A: You can not disable system packages unless you make a custom rom. Besides that it is a huge security risk to allow developers to disable settings so the user can not stop the app.

A: You may create custom launcher with kiosk mode to achieve your target. Note that this approach requires some actions from your users.
Related links
https://developer.android.com/work/cosu.html
http://pvolan.blogspot.ru/2017/01/android-50-kiosk-mode-aka-super.html


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