In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 622741, Bug 629373.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2011-0762, CVE-2011-2189.
Two security issue have been discovered that affect vsftpd, a lightweight, efficient FTP server written for security.
It was discovered that Linux kernels < 2.6.35 are considerably slower in releasing than in the creation of network namespaces. As a result of this and because vsftpd is using this feature as a security enhancement to provide network isolation for connections, it is possible to cause denial of service conditions due to excessive memory allocations by the kernel. This is technically no vsftpd flaw, but a kernel issue. However, this feature has legitimate use cases and backporting the specific kernel patch is too intrusive. Additionally, a local attacker requires the CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability to abuse this functionality. Therefore, as a fix, a kernel version check has been added to vsftpd in order to disable this feature for kernels < 2.6.35.
Maksymilian Arciemowicz discovered that vsftpd is incorrectly handling certain glob expressions in STAT commands. This allows a remote authenticated attacker to conduct denial of service attacks (excessive CPU and process slot exhaustion) via crafted STAT commands.
For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 2.0.7-1+lenny1.
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 2.3.2-3+squeeze2. Please note that CVE-2011-2189 does not affect the lenny version.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.3.4-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your vsftpd packages.


Dropping the fat and improving your overall level of health depends more on your diet than exercising. While exercising is extremely important, it's easier to cut 100 calories from a diet than to burn another 100 calories at the gym. But how can you begin to eat healthier? You don't need to starve yourself (which isn't healthy), nor should you start hopping around from one trendy diet to the next. Instead, here are seven innovative ways to eat healthier, starting today.
Who doesn't like the added cream, sugar and who knows what else in coffee, right? It makes it taste great. It also instantly adds at least 100 calories to your daily diet for every cup you drink. If you drink the specialty coffee or anything else with heavy creamer and whipped toppings you're bringing in even more. So ditch this and go with straight coffee. Yes, it's not as exciting, but when you start to see the weight drop off just by making slight adjustments, you'll see the benefits.
If you need added flavor, consider a flavor roast (such as French vanilla). You can even add cinnamon to your coffee instead of sugar. cinnamon doesn't have the simple carbs of sugar and it actually fires up your metabolism.
Calories found in beverages do you no good. There's no nutritional value to it. You might think juice is healthy, but it isn't. Juice is packed with sugar. So stick to water, unsweetened tea, and black coffee.
A salad is a great dieting meal until you pour that thick helping of ranch dressing over it. Nothing fattens up a salad like cream-based salad dressings. Chicken Cesar Salad just sounds too healthy, but the croutons, cheese and salad dressing likely bumps it up to over 1,000 calories. Instead, go with a balsamic vinaigrette. It has a fraction of the calories, healthy Omega-3 fat and little else. This simple switch will help cut substantial calories from your diet.
If you're going to snack, don't just open the bag and sit down on the couch. You'll eat far more straight from the bag than you would if you poured out a serving into a bowl. Portion control is important when eating healthy. There is no portion control when snacking from the bag.
Feel free to spice up your meal as much as you want. Spicy food boosts your metabolism, which helps you burn more calories doing the same things you already do. It's okay to carry a bottle of Tabasco sauce with you. It's healthy and great for burning more calories.
Eat a healthy breakfast. One of the biggest problems you'll run into when trying to eat healthily is not eating breakfast. Eating breakfast fires up your metabolism and allows you to burn more calories throughout the day. Skipping breakfast does the opposite. It also reduces your productivity. Just make it healthy. Oatmeal, a veggie omelet or even a protein drink are great breakfasts to help you along your healthy living.
Most people eat more than they should. Have you ever eaten food quickly and then realized well after dinner you ate too much? This happens when you eat quickly. The food doesn't have enough time to reach your stomach, which means you don't know you're full until you've eaten even more. By slowing down how fast you eat you'll actually feel full sooner, which leads you to not eating as much. So feel free to have that open dinner conversation with your significant other instead of watching television. Not only does this help with communication but it helps prevent you from eating as much (and it stretches your food budget further as well).
By following these seven innovative ways to eat healthier, you'll not only start to see noticeable differences in your body composition, but you'll feel better as well. So if you're ready to begin improving your physical fitness and appearance, now is the time to start incorporating these different innovative, calorie slashing ways to eat healthier.


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Q: How do I stop this simple actionscript? I'm making a short little interactive E-card for school. It takes you through the scenes of "a Christmas story." Right now I'm working on the part where Ralphie beats up Farkus.
I want it so you can use the left and right arrow keys to throw punches, but if you choose to end the scene, you can simply click a button and finish Farkus off.
So I have this code here, which simply takes you to certain frames using the arrow keys.
The problem is, is when I click the button, I want all of that code to disappear. Right now it doesn't. If I hit one of the arrow keys after I click the button, the code still brings me to the beginning of the scene.
stop();

stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_UP, punchfarkusleft);

function punchfarkusleft(event:KeyboardEvent):void
{
    if (event.keyCode == Keyboard.LEFT)
    {
        this.gotoAndPlay(1980);
    }
}

stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_UP, punchfarkusright);

function punchfarkusright(event:KeyboardEvent):void
{
    if (event.keyCode == Keyboard.RIGHT)
    {
        this.gotoAndPlay(1995);

    }
}

I'm totally new to actionscript. Thanks a lot.

A: Try the following:
stop();

function keyUpHandler(event:KeyboardEvent):void
{
    // removing the listener will stop the handler being executed on
    // subsequent keyUp events
    stage.removeEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_UP, keyUpHandler);

    // We can handle any number of keys in the handler now
    if (event.keyCode == Keyboard.RIGHT)
    {
        this.gotoAndPlay(1995);
    }
    else if (event.keyCode == Keyboard.LEFT)
    {
        this.gotoAndPlay(1980);
    {
}

// Only add one event listener for keyUp event
stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_UP, keyUpHandler);

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Q: Migrating ASP.NET 2005 to 2010 issue with crystal report reference.[ transferred my site from Wserver 2003 to wserver 2013 ] Could not load file or assembly 'CrystalDecisions.Shared, Version=10.2.3600.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=692fbea5521e1304' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.

A: Crystal can be, touchy to deploy and run if it's not your server (e.g. you don't have access to deploy there and possibly make tweaks).  If it's your server, not a problem.  Go get the Crystal merge modules from sap.com and install them on your server, then you will just need to reference them in your web.config.  You may run into other issues with permissions (Crystal in some circumstances uses the C:\Windows\Temp directory to export files which hosted servers will at lot of times prevent you from using, I assume this is a throw back to the fact their codebase dates back to the Windows 3.x era).
I'm going to provide the links to the downloads page at SAP:

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*http://wiki.scn.sap.com/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?original_fqdn=wiki.sdn.sap.com&pageId=56787567
You're using version 10.2 (which is pretty old, Crystal is pretty good about backwards compatibility so if you're in a pinch you can use newer Crystal DLL's and they should export your reports fine).


ANA Marketing Maestros: Have You Heard?
Interesting to read about the split in terms of companies using social media ,although the information is quite brilliant.
We can definitely see the changing and developing world of social media and it's effects on us, either it is good or bad. The thing we should always remember is to be responsible enough.


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Mavericks Top Timberwolves, 98-87
January 15, 2017 by Juan Carlos Blanco via RotoWire.com
The Dallas Mavericks defeated the Minnesota Timberwolves, 98-87, at American Airlines Center on Sunday.
The Timberwolves (14-27) had handled the Mavericks last Monday night at the Target Center on the strength of a 34-point, 11-rebound double-double from Karl-Anthony Towns. However, the Mavericks (13-27) appeared intent on not allowing that to transpire again, and their focus on limiting Minnesota's best all-around player was effective enough to insure themselves a home victory. Dallas limited Towns to a solid but tolerable stat line of 18 points, nine rebounds, three assists, steal and block over 38 minutes, while also turning in a balanced offensive effort on their end. The Mavs shot 46.8 percent from the field and 41.4 percent from three-point range, while seeing six players hit double digits in the scoring column.
The T-Wolves were actually paced by Gorgui Dieng, who managed 21 points, eight boards and a steal. Andrew Wiggins posted a full stat line of 19 points, eight rebounds, four assists and a steal. Zach LaVine returned to the starting lineup after missing the previous two games with a hip injury and registered 11 points, five boards, an assist and a steal. Ricky Rubio tallied a modest eight points but did dish out 10 assists, while Nemanja Bjelica went for 10 points, four rebounds, an assist and a steal in 22 minutes off the bench.
Dallas was led by Wesley Matthews, who tallied 19 points, along with seven rebounds, an assist and a block. Dirk Nowitzki continued his recent resurgence with 17 points, six rebounds, two assists and three blocks. Deron Williams supplied a 13-point, 10-assist double-double that also included four rebounds and two steals. Harrison Barnes matched Williams' scoring total and added three boards, a block and steal. J.J. Barea led the second unit with 15 points, three rebounds and three assists, while Devin Harris posted 10 points, three rebounds and three assists.
The Timberwolves remain in the Lone Star State to do battle with the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday evening, while the Mavericks head to the Windy City for a showdown with the Chicago Bulls on that same night.
Hamilton will join the starting five for Sunday's game against the Rockets, Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle reports.
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What is the net worth of Giancarlo Stanton?
Who does the richest contract in all of professional sports belong to? The answer is none other than New York Yankees player Giancarlo Stanton. The 28 year old is spending his first full season with the Yankees organization after being traded from the Miami Marlins this offseason. Before leaving Miami, Giancarlo signed the largest sports contract valued at $325 million over 13 years. What is the net worth of Giancarlo Stanton? Giancarlo Stanton's net worth currently sits at $15 million.
Drafted in the second round of the 2007 MLB draft, Stanton spent the first few years of his professional career in the Marlins minor league organization. Giancarlo was eventually called up during the 2010 season and had been on the Marlins roster ever since. That is until the New York Yankees came calling.
In December 2017, the Yankees sent three of their players to Miami in exchange for Giancarlo and $30 million cash. The $30 million was to help pay for his salary. Stanton is scheduled to make $25 million this season, tops on the Yankees roster; however, that salary is a mere 13th in overall value for the 2018 season when compared to the rest of Major League Baseball.
So what is the net worth of Giancarlo Stanton? As stated earlier, it currently sits at $15 million; however, it has the chance to increase dramatically over the next few years. Giancarlo is scheduled to make $25 million this season and $26 million for both the 2019 and 2020 seasons. These three years total up to $77 million in earnings. By the end of the 2020 season, Giancarlo Stanton's net worth could reach in excess of $40 million.
After the 2020 season, Stanton will have eight years remaining on his current contract with the first seven years being a player option. If he is able to complete the full 13 years of his contract, Giancarlo Stanton's net worth could climb to as high as $150 million. At that point he would easily be one of the top earners among professional athletes. Since Major League Baseball contracts tend to be fully guaranteed, there is a high probability that his net worth will touch the nine figure mark.
Based on the amount of salary Giancarlo is demanding throughout his contract, it is obvious the Yankees are hoping he produces at a high level. In his first game at Yankee Stadium in uniform this season he was booed by the local fans. He followed this up the following day with a home run and quickly earned his spot among the New York faithful.
Stanton has the physical prowess needed to be a professional athlete. At 6'6" in height and 245 pounds, he was a three sport athlete in high school out in California. Although he accepted a baseball scholarship at Tulane, he opted to instead enter into his professional baseball career and the $475,000 signing bonus that came along with it.


Ten years into a historic economic expansion, inflation remains surprisingly subdued. Is this a problem or a benefit? San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Mary Daly will talk about navigating this debate and finding clarity as a policymaker.
Daly became president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco on October 1, 2018. In this role, she participates on the Federal Open Market Committee, bringing the 12th district's perspective to monetary policy discussions in Washington, D.C.
Daly is a widely respected expert on labor markets with an unusual breadth of personal experience. She dropped out of high school at the age of 15, working in a doughnut shop and at Target before a friend persuaded her to earn a general education diploma. She worked her way through college at the University of Missouri–Kansas City, then earned a doctorate from Syracuse University before joining the Fed in 1996. Prior to her appointment to president, Daly served as the bank's executive vice president and director of research. Daly has become a strong voice for increasing diversity among the leadership ranks of the Federal Reserve System by building the pipeline of women and minorities entering the economics profession.
Come hear a unique perspective from an official responsible for supporting a safe, sound and stable American financial system.


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[Comparison of six radionuclidic and non-radionuclidic methods for the assessment of glomerular filtration rate in patients with chronic renal failure].
Hell J Nucl Med. 2006 May-Aug; 9(2):133-40.HJ
The assessment of renal function in patients with chronic renal failure has a significant impact on both prognosis and treatment. We were unable to find a study, comparing six radionuclidic and non-radionuclidic methods as tested in this study on the same patients for the assessment of renal function in order to evaluate the relative significance of each method. In this study 82 patients were enrolled, 31 females with an age range 18-73 y (mean: 46 y) and 51 males with an age range 20-77 y (mean: 48 y). The level of renal function of these subjects ranged between normal, and mild to severe renal failure with serum creatinine levels: 2.7+/-2.2 mg/dl (mean+/-SD). The methods used for the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) were: (a) the clearance of inulin; (b) the technetium 99m labeled-diethyleno triamine pentacetic acid (99m)Tc-DTPA plasma disappearance curve; (c) the UV/P formula, not corrected for the residual urine volume in the bladder [DTPA(-)]; (d) the UV/P formula corrected for the residual urine volume in the bladder [DTPA(+)]; (e) plasma clearance of creatinine by the Cockcroft-Gault formula; and (f) plasma clearance of creatinine by using a 24-hour urine collection. In a subgroup of 13/82 patients, GFR was assessed by the radionuclidic and non-radionuclidic methods and compared against clearance of inulin, which was considered to be the gold standard. Moreover, we evaluated in our results the impact of age, gender, cause and stage of renal failure and the effect of the residual urine volume in the bladder. Fifteen of our patients were re-evaluated after 19-21 weeks. Spearman's correlation was used for statistical analysis; a two-sided P value < 0.05 was considered as statistically significant. Our results have shown that: the DTPA(+) method displayed the best correlation with the clearance of inulin (r=0.996) and was considered as the reference method in this study. The radionuclidic methods (99m)Tc-DTPA) plasma disappearance curve and DTPA(-) gave similar and comparable results with DTPA(+) (r=0.98, r=0.96), while the non-radionuclidic methods(plasma clearance of creatinine by using a 24-hour urine collection and plasma clearance of creatinine by the Cockcroft-Gault formula) tended to overestimate GFR respectively(r=0.91, r=0.79). Patient's age and gender had no impact on the calculated GFR values. With regards to the chronic renal failure cause, the above-mentioned tendencies were confirmed in primary and secondary glomerulonephritis, in diabetic nephropathy, and in hereditary renal diseases. On the contrary, in patients with renal disease of unknown cause, all methods -- isotopic and non-isotopic -- gave comparable results. The DTPA(-) method is simple to use and reliable, however, due to the fact that it does not consider the residual urine volume in the bladder, it seems to overestimate GFR in elderly men with prostate hypertrophy and increased residual urine volume in the bladder. The DTPA(+) method is reliable in a wide range of renal function levels, from mild to significant renal impairment. The radionuclidic methods DTPA(+), DTPA(-) and the (99m)Tc-DTPA plasma disappearance curves showed a very good reproducibility (r =0.97, r =0.96, r = 0.87) when were reperformed after 19-21 weeks, as compared to creatinine clearance with 24-hour urine collection (r=0.83). In conclusion, the radionuclidic methods in patients with chronic renal failure are reliable and reproducible, closely resembling those of inulin clearance. The among all radionuclidic methods, (99m)Tc-DTPA(+) shows the best results.
Fotopoulos A
Nuclear Medicine Department, University Hospital Ioanninon, P.O. Box 1315, 45101 Ioannina Greece. nuclearmed@.uhi.gr
Bokharhli JA
Tsiouris S
Katsaraki A
Papadopoulos A
Tsironi M
Theodorou J
AdolescentAdultAgedFemaleGlomerular Filtration RateHumansKidney Failure, ChronicMaleMiddle AgedRadioisotope RenographyRadioisotopesRadiopharmaceuticalsReproducibility of ResultsSensitivity and SpecificityTechnetium Tc 99m Pentetate
Fotopoulos, Andreas, et al. "[Comparison of Six Radionuclidic and Non-radionuclidic Methods for the Assessment of Glomerular Filtration Rate in Patients With Chronic Renal Failure]." Hellenic Journal of Nuclear Medicine, vol. 9, no. 2, 2006, pp. 133-40.
Fotopoulos A, Bokharhli JA, Tsiouris S, et al. [Comparison of six radionuclidic and non-radionuclidic methods for the assessment of glomerular filtration rate in patients with chronic renal failure]. Hell J Nucl Med. 2006;9(2):133-40.
Fotopoulos, A., Bokharhli, J. A., Tsiouris, S., Katsaraki, A., Papadopoulos, A., Tsironi, M., & Theodorou, J. (2006). [Comparison of six radionuclidic and non-radionuclidic methods for the assessment of glomerular filtration rate in patients with chronic renal failure]. Hellenic Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 9(2), 133-40.
Fotopoulos A, et al. [Comparison of Six Radionuclidic and Non-radionuclidic Methods for the Assessment of Glomerular Filtration Rate in Patients With Chronic Renal Failure]. Hell J Nucl Med. 2006 May-Aug;9(2):133-40. PubMed PMID: 16894423.
TY - JOUR T1 - [Comparison of six radionuclidic and non-radionuclidic methods for the assessment of glomerular filtration rate in patients with chronic renal failure]. AU - Fotopoulos,Andreas, AU - Bokharhli,Jihad Al, AU - Tsiouris,Spyridon, AU - Katsaraki,Afroditi, AU - Papadopoulos,Athanasios, AU - Tsironi,Maria, AU - Theodorou,Jane, PY - 2006/02/03/received PY - 2006/04/04/accepted PY - 2006/8/9/pubmed PY - 2006/9/21/medline PY - 2006/8/9/entrez SP - 133 EP - 40 JF - Hellenic journal of nuclear medicine JO - Hell J Nucl Med VL - 9 IS - 2 N2 - The assessment of renal function in patients with chronic renal failure has a significant impact on both prognosis and treatment. We were unable to find a study, comparing six radionuclidic and non-radionuclidic methods as tested in this study on the same patients for the assessment of renal function in order to evaluate the relative significance of each method. In this study 82 patients were enrolled, 31 females with an age range 18-73 y (mean: 46 y) and 51 males with an age range 20-77 y (mean: 48 y). The level of renal function of these subjects ranged between normal, and mild to severe renal failure with serum creatinine levels: 2.7+/-2.2 mg/dl (mean+/-SD). The methods used for the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) were: (a) the clearance of inulin; (b) the technetium 99m labeled-diethyleno triamine pentacetic acid (99m)Tc-DTPA plasma disappearance curve; (c) the UV/P formula, not corrected for the residual urine volume in the bladder [DTPA(-)]; (d) the UV/P formula corrected for the residual urine volume in the bladder [DTPA(+)]; (e) plasma clearance of creatinine by the Cockcroft-Gault formula; and (f) plasma clearance of creatinine by using a 24-hour urine collection. In a subgroup of 13/82 patients, GFR was assessed by the radionuclidic and non-radionuclidic methods and compared against clearance of inulin, which was considered to be the gold standard. Moreover, we evaluated in our results the impact of age, gender, cause and stage of renal failure and the effect of the residual urine volume in the bladder. Fifteen of our patients were re-evaluated after 19-21 weeks. Spearman's correlation was used for statistical analysis; a two-sided P value < 0.05 was considered as statistically significant. Our results have shown that: the DTPA(+) method displayed the best correlation with the clearance of inulin (r=0.996) and was considered as the reference method in this study. The radionuclidic methods (99m)Tc-DTPA) plasma disappearance curve and DTPA(-) gave similar and comparable results with DTPA(+) (r=0.98, r=0.96), while the non-radionuclidic methods(plasma clearance of creatinine by using a 24-hour urine collection and plasma clearance of creatinine by the Cockcroft-Gault formula) tended to overestimate GFR respectively(r=0.91, r=0.79). Patient's age and gender had no impact on the calculated GFR values. With regards to the chronic renal failure cause, the above-mentioned tendencies were confirmed in primary and secondary glomerulonephritis, in diabetic nephropathy, and in hereditary renal diseases. On the contrary, in patients with renal disease of unknown cause, all methods -- isotopic and non-isotopic -- gave comparable results. The DTPA(-) method is simple to use and reliable, however, due to the fact that it does not consider the residual urine volume in the bladder, it seems to overestimate GFR in elderly men with prostate hypertrophy and increased residual urine volume in the bladder. The DTPA(+) method is reliable in a wide range of renal function levels, from mild to significant renal impairment. The radionuclidic methods DTPA(+), DTPA(-) and the (99m)Tc-DTPA plasma disappearance curves showed a very good reproducibility (r =0.97, r =0.96, r = 0.87) when were reperformed after 19-21 weeks, as compared to creatinine clearance with 24-hour urine collection (r=0.83). In conclusion, the radionuclidic methods in patients with chronic renal failure are reliable and reproducible, closely resembling those of inulin clearance. The among all radionuclidic methods, (99m)Tc-DTPA(+) shows the best results. SN - 1790-5427 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/16894423/[Comparison_of_six_radionuclidic_and_non_radionuclidic_methods_for_the_assessment_of_glomerular_filtration_rate_in_patients_with_chronic_renal_failure]_ L2 - https://medlineplus.gov/kidneyfailure.html DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -
Glomerular Filtration Rate
Kidney Failure, Chronic
Radioisotope Renography
Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate
Comparison of methods for determination of glomerular filtration rate: Tc-99m-DTPA renography, predicted creatinine clearance method and plasma sample method.
Comparison of methods for determination of glomerular filtration rate: low and high-dose Tc-99m-DTPA renography, predicted creatinine clearance method, and plasma sample method.
Determination of glomerular filtration rate using technetium-99m-DTPA with differing degrees of renal function.
Prediction of two-sample (99m)Tc-diethylene triamine pentaacetic acid plasma clearance from single-sample method.
Comparison of different glomerular filtration methods in the elderly: which formula provides better estimates?
[Comparison of four methods for measuring glomerular filtration rate by inulin clearance in healthy individuals and patients with renal failure].
Evaluation of renal function in elderly patients: performance of creatinine-based formulae versus the isotopic method using 99mTc-diethylene triamine pentaacetic acid.
A new quantitative method for estimating glomerular filtration rate and its clinical value.
Comparison and correlation of measurements of glomerular filtration rates by Tc-99m DTPA and 24-hour creatinine clearance.
Radionuclide staging of renal function in type 1 diabetes mellitus.


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2015 NHS Pension Scheme Learning Zone (11)
In this edition of the Learning Zone we drill down into exactly what life assurance benefits are payable under the NHS Pension Scheme if you are a deferred member of the Scheme.
Lump Sum
2.025 x the annual pension the member would have received had they retired on the date of death.
Adult Survivor Pension
33.75% of the notional tier 2 Ill Health Pension if date of death within 12 months of leaving
33.75% of the notional age pension if date of death more than 12 months after leaving
There is no short term pension for a deferred member.
Children's Pension
16.875% of the notional tier 2 ill Health Pension if date of death within 12 months of leaving. 33.75% shared equally if two or more children
16.875% of the Age pension where date of death is more than 12 months after leaving. 33.75% shared equally if there are two or more children
There is no short term pension payable.
Go to Learning Zone (12)
Ensuring your financial security in the event of long term illness Wednesday, August 29, 2018
Critical Illness Cover was designed by a surgeon; find out how doctors can benefit Wednesday, August 29, 2018
How will the rise in interest rates affect doctors? Friday, August 3, 2018
Why sustainability is becoming an accepted part of investment decision-making Friday, August 3, 2018
The mundane truth about offshore investments – perfectly legal, tax-efficient and not just for millionaires Friday, July 27, 2018
The value of offshore bonds for doctors saving for their children Monday, July 23, 2018
How much will the State Pension contribute towards your retirement? Monday, July 23, 2018
Can doctors trust the rising market? Monday, July 23, 2018
Offshore bonds as a retirement planning option for doctors restricted by the Annual Allowance and Lifetime Allowance Monday, July 23, 2018
Doctors with young children have a choice of applying for either Childcare Vouchers or Tax-Free Childcare. Which is best? Friday, June 15, 2018
Apply before 31 July if you want NHS Pensions to pay your 2016/17 Annual Allowance charge Friday, June 15, 2018
The options for NHS Pension members who have exceeded the Annual Allowance, including Scheme Pays Friday, May 18, 2018
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New president sworn in to lead protest-hit Algeria
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LSG Group: Significant Increase in Earnings
Neu-Isenburg, Germany – The LSG Group significantly improved its performance in 2018. In response to its highly dynamic market environment, the company took considerable steps to maintain its position as a leading provider of end-to-end products and services for the travel industry.
The LSG Group closed the business year 2018 with consolidated revenues of EUR 3.2 billion, which is at the previous year's level, despite the negative impact of foreign exchanges (adjusted for currency-related factors: +4.3 percent) and the expiration of two hub catering contracts in South Korea and Italy in the summer and fall of 2018, respectively. Changes in the group of consolidated companies contributed to a growth in sales of EUR 22 million. The Group achieved an Adjusted EBIT (Earnings Before Interest and Taxes) of EUR 115 million, which is 73 percent above the 2017 figure, primarily due to an improved operational performance and lower transformation costs.
"In 2018, we successfully continued the sustainable transformation of our business model by adjusting our classic-catering operational landscape in Europe while expanding our offerings for the onboard-retail market," said Dr. Kristin Neumann, Chief Financial Officer. "A market-oriented mix of production modules, tailored logistics and valuable partnerships will enable us to serve a higher number of airports without a physical presence at every location. This will certainly increase our flexibility and agility, which are important prerequisites to succeed in the ever-changing aviation market. Furthermore, our Retail inMotion expert team revamped and expanded its digital-retail platform. It has attracted an impressive 23 new airline and train customers since 2017, including prestigious carriers like Etihad and SWISS."
LSG Sky Chefs' quality and reliability was rewarded with important contract extensions with United Airlines, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Cathay Dragon and TAP Portugal, as well as the acquisition of two new train clients. Furthermore, its network was extended with new customer service centers (CSCs) in Lagos, Nigeria, and Wenzhou, China, and an onsite delivery-only facility in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
"Moving forward, we will concentrate on taking advantage of the multiple opportunities offered by digitalization," commented Chief Executive Officer Erdmann Rauer. "This will impact our way of doing business in every possible respect by creating new products and applications and facilitating our workflows in the backend. At the frontend, our customers and consumers will ultimately benefit from an enhanced travel experience appealing to their strong desire for individualization, mobility and convenience."
For 2019, the LSG Group expects revenues on the previous year's level and an Adjusted EBIT margin in the range of two to four percent.
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Q: Is there a way to use an if exists statement in power query code? Hey I need help with my code, I am trying to figure out how to deal with different files having different number of pages.
I am actually using power bi to extract data from a folder of pdf's but the deal is that those files have different number of pages, in the code below you can see that I have 3 tables, each of them is on a page(Table1 for the table of the first page..), so for pdf files having only one page the tables 2 and 3 do not exist, so I am looking for a way to ignore parts of code where there will be errors
let

 Source = Pdf.Tables(#"Paramètre de l'exemple de fichier1"),
 Table1 = Source{[Id="Table1"]}[Data],
 #"En-têtes promus1" = Table.PromoteHeaders(Table1, [PromoteAllScalars=true]),
 Table2=Source{[Id="Table2"]}[Data],
 #"En-têtes promus2" = Table.PromoteHeaders(Table2, [PromoteAllScalars=true]),
 Table3=Source{[Id="Table3"]}[Data],
 #"En-têtes promus3" = Table.PromoteHeaders(Table3, [PromoteAllScalars=true]),
 #"Table" = Table.Combine({#"En-têtes promus1", #"En-têtes promus2",#"En-têtes promus3"}),
 #"Index ajouté" = Table.AddIndexColumn(Table, "Index", 1, 1),
 #"Colonnes renommées" = Table.RenameColumns(#"Index ajouté",{{"Index", "Page"}})
in
 #"Colonnes renommées"

A:  let
 Source = Pdf.Tables(#"Paramètre de l'exemple de fichier1"),
Table005 = Source{[Id="Table005"]}[Data],
#"En-têtes promus1" = Table.PromoteHeaders(Table005, [PromoteAllScalars=true]),

#"Table010"=try Source{[Id="Table010"]}[Data] otherwise null,
#"En-têtes promus2" = Table.PromoteHeaders(Table010, [PromoteAllScalars=true]),
Table015=try Source{[Id="Table015"]}[Data] otherwise null ,
#"En-têtes promus3" = Table.PromoteHeaders(Table015, [PromoteAllScalars=true]),
#"Table" =  try Table.Combine({#"En-têtes promus1", #"En-têtes promus2"}) otherwise  #"En-têtes promus1",
#"Table2" =  try Table.Combine({#"Table",#"En-têtes promus3"}) otherwise  #"Table",
#"Index ajouté" = Table.AddIndexColumn(Table2, "Index", 1, 1),
#"Colonnes renommées" = Table.RenameColumns(#"Index ajouté",{{"Index", "Page"}})

in
 #"Colonnes renommées"

A: Yes. You can use try and otherwise for steps where errors may occur.
More details:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-query/handlingerrors


Two weeks ago, Katherine Olejnik and Matthew Duran saw the sun for the first time in five months when federal judge Richard A. Jones granted their attorneys' request to release them from the SeaTac Federal Detention Center.
Neither had been charged with a crime, but they were sent to prison for civil contempt of court—refusing to answer some questions for federal prosecutors in front of a grand jury. That grand jury was supposedly looking into political vandalism on May Day last year, but neither Duran nor Olejnik were in Seattle on May Day. They say they refused to answer questions about other people's political beliefs and social affiliations (in the tradition of those who refused to testify about who was or wasn't in the Communist Party for Senator Joseph McCarthy).
People were overjoyed at their release—the post announcing the release on The Stranger's blog got picked up on social media, and even regular commenters who'd scoffed when the two went to prison seemed pleased by this turn of events. But the problems aren't over.
Throughout this process, The Stranger has been working with attorney Neil Fox, president of the local chapter of the National Lawyers Guild, petitioning to unseal some of the documents in this case that prosecutors have reflexively shielded. Some of those motions, for example, aren't sensitive to the investigation, but merely cite precedent and case law. We have been successful in getting some made public (such as a copy of the government's search-warrant affidavit, which Gordon and Kaplan say was helpful in getting their clients released), but not others (such as the full civil contempt proceedings). If we can raise the funds—including a $450 filing fee and at least $300 for printing—Fox and The Stranger will push our case for greater government transparency to the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. We plan to file soon.
In an interview after they were released, Duran and Olejnik said they were treated better than most prisoners, but they're still having trouble eating and are showing symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. "If I hear something behind me, I jump with my back to the wall," Duran said.
One more grand jury refuser, Maddie Pfeiffer, remains at the SeaTac FDC.


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Meet Ruby, a 15 year old from Phoenix, Arizona who decided to give up her 16th birthday to fund a house for Argentina and her family in Nicaragua. What started as a sacrifice turned out to be the greatest adventure of her life.
Argentina lives in the remote community of Tichana, located on the slopes of the Madera Volcano on Ometepe Island in the middle of Lake Nicaragua. She is a single mother of seven children. In 2011, when she was pregnant with her 7th child, her husband took his own life. When she gave birth, her baby daughter Milagro needed surgery to repair a problem with her esophagus that prevented her from eating. Argentina had to be away from the rest of her children for two months, but thanks to the community and local church, her children were well taken care of.
The local women of the Community Health Education (CHE) program have embraced Argentina and her family. They have taught her to make bags and jewelry to help provide income for her family. The family also works as farm laborers when the work is available. Argentina is very thankful for the support she and her family have received from the CHE program and the local church.
The Godinez family earned their home by participating in the local Community Health Education program. They taught others how to make pastries and how to do embroidery. She also did home visits with local families in the community teaching sanitation and health. In addition they served at a local school digging deeper and safer holes for new latrines. Imagine sending your child to school wondering if she'll fall into a latrine today. This is the reality of so many in this area because of the moisture on the ground, holes dug for latrines cave in regularly.
After raising over $11,000 through her birthday campaign, Ruby was surprised at her 16th birthday party to receive a plane ticket to Nicaragua. In addition to funding the Godinez's new house, she was now going to meet them and help build their new home. Throughout her adventure, friendships were made, celebrations were held and the constructon of Argentina's new home went underway. Not only did committing her birthday make an impact in the Godinez's lives, it also impacted Ruby, giving her a new perspective on life. Argentina and her family are now sleeping in a safe and secure home.
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La pailona  conocida en algunos puertos del Cantábrico como foca (Centroscymnus coelolepis) es una especie de tiburón de la familia Somniosidae.

Morfología

Elasmobranquio Selacimorfo de la familia Somniosidae, presenta cinco pares de hendiduras branquiales. Posee dos espinas dorsales duras muy pequeñas. Esquina interior de la aleta pectoral generalmente redondeada, nunca extendida. No posee aletas anales. Carece de membrana nictitante. Morro muy pequeño, dientes superiores lanceolados y los inferiores con los vértices cortos y oblicuos. Cuerpo cilíndrico. Línea lateral que en adultos posee dentículos circulares suaves. Piel bastante suave en comparación con especies similares. Color uniforme de castaño dorado a oscuro.

Distribución geográfica

Se distribuye en el talud y en la zona abisal, entre los 270 y 2000 m de profundidad. Normalmente se encuentra en los 400 m, no obstante ostenta el registro de más profundidad de cualquier elasmobranquio ya que ha sido capturado a 3.675 m. Vive preferentemente en aguas con temperaturas entre 5 y 10 °C.

Alimentación

Se alimenta principalmente de peces (incluidos otros escualos) y cefalópodos, gasterópodos y cetáceos.

Reproducción

Ovovivíparo aplacentario con 13 a 29 jóvenes por camada, que nacen con alrededor de 27-31 cm.

Pesca

Especie que hace algunos años se pescaba mediante palangre de fondo, en el Cantábrico junto a otros tiburones de fondo como Centrophorus squamosus y Centrophorus granulosus, principalmente para la obtención de aceite mediante la fermentación de su hígado, su carne también era comercializada para su consumo, siendo exportada a algunas zonas del Mediterráneo. Debido a la sobrepesca y a su lento desarrollo las poblaciones se han resentido, por lo que su pesca está prohibida.

Véase también
 Anexo:Taxonomía de los tiburones

Referencias
 Barrull, Joan y Mate, Isabel: Els tiburons dels Països Catalans. Editorial Pòrtic, S.A. Col. Conèixer la natura, núm. 14. Barcelona, març del 1996. ISBN 84-7306-920-X. Plana 85.

Enlaces externos

 Amplia información sobre esta especie de tiburón. (en inglés)

coelolepis

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1. What makes a good literary translation great?
You have to start with a great book—a book that's done something unusual or masterful and can reach beyond its original readership in translation. It doesn't have to be famous or canonical. Some recent great translations have been of works that are somewhat forgotten in their home countries (for instance, one of my favorite translations last year, The Cardboard House by the Peruvian Martín Adán, translated by Katherine Silver, is a novel from the 1920s overshadowed by the "Boom" novels).
For me, a great translation has to pay attention to the deliberate choices of the original author and to the nuances and quirks of his or her language. I'm extremely interested in what happens at the level of language: word choice, syntax, how the author bends the rules and how the translator follows suit. I also associate great translations with excellent commentaries by the their translators in which they narrate the story of the translation and the challenges they faced. I highly recommend reading Lydia Davis's essays on her Proust or Flaubert translations, Clayton Eshlemann on his César Vallejo translations, and Rosmarie Waldrop on her translations of Edmond Jabès.
2. Do you believe that literary translation can be taught?
Yes, beginning translators can benefit from working on a text with more experienced translators, especially one who translates from the same language. This can be in person, but literary translators can also learn a lot by reading translations side by side with the original and seeing what kinds of moves and choices the translator made. It can be very revealing, sometimes surprising. There are many styles of translation— some are rather free, some stay very close to the original, some fall in between. I don't believe there's a "right" way to translate that can be taught, but workshops are excellent for creating a sense of community among translators and for motivating more literary translations. It's a good time to be starting out as a literary translator, because right now there are more opportunities to publish than ever before, in print and especially in online magazines such as Words Without Borders, Asymptote, InTranslation, the Buenos Aires Review and other online venues.
3. Is it necessary for a literary translator to also be a writer?
Absolutely, even though the sort of writing you do may be very different from the sort of work you translate. You also have to be an intense and voracious reader. Sometimes solutions to a translation puzzle will leap out at you when you're reading something completely unrelated. Your antennae are always picking up on words and expressions that might come in handy.
4. What makes poetry translation difficult? Is there a theory behind it?
Poetry is often seen as inseparable from the language it's written in. The question of form often comes up and poetic forms are seldom compatible between languages. But maybe there's too much of a mystique about translating poetry, and too much theory can get in the way. I'm not sure theory provides much insight into what happens when a poem is being brought from another language into English. When I translate poetry, I tend to work with contemporary poets who write in free verse, so there's no formal rhyme scheme to recreate. You have to be inventive in other ways to suggest the rhythms and cadences of the original, through alliteration, assonance, slant rhyme, etc. It's an incredibly complex process, with the ultimate aim of creating a new poem in English.
5. What work have you enjoyed the most translating?
My Two Worldsby the Argentine writer Sergio Chejfec, which was published by Open Letter Books in 2011. My current project, Baroni: A Journey, is also by Chejfec, and now that I've done a few rounds of revisions I'm finally beginning to read the translation with less of a critical eye and with more pleasure.
6. Who has been the most challenging author to translate?
Once again, Sergio Chejfec, because of his long and syntactically tricky sentences that convey rather dense ideas. The first drafts are always a mess. I'm never sure it will happen, but after many revisions and reworkings, the jaggedness gets smoothed out and sentences start coming together. It's like finding your way out of a labyrinth.
7. What makes Spanish literary translation unique? Who are some of your favorite Spanish authors and new talents?
It's an enormous language and the literature is incredibly rich and varied. My favorite authors from Spain are Enrique Vila Matas and Javier Marías. I read them both in the original and in their English translations, which are all superb. Of the newer authors, I've read a bit of Agustín Fernández Mallo. I thought his story "Un recorrido por Los monumentos de Passaic 2009," which uses Google maps to recreate the walking tour described by artist Robert Smithson in his 1967 essay, "A Tour of the Monuments of Passaic, New Jersey," was quite inventive.
8. In your opinion, what would it take for there to be more available translations in the US?
More curiosity about the world outside our borders, and a publishing model that would support taking more risks, especially with respect to international fiction and poetry. Small indie presses are taking the lead in publishing the best in international literature, and we should support their programs by buying the books they publish and recommending them to our friends and family.
9. What is the state of translating Spanish literary works into English?
Within the very small niche of international literature in translation, I believe it's one of the top languages to be published in translation. However, the number of titles published in any given year is probably fairly small.
10. Is there fair recognition of literary translators in general?
I'd say literary translators are now receiving greater recognition in the literary community. More importantly, we're also beginning to publish our own work, curate our own online spaces, start reading series, and write essays and books about our work as literary translators. We promote international literature as much as any publisher of literature in translation.
11.What has been the highlight of your career to date?
Because My Two Worlds was the first novel by Sergio Chejfec to come out in English, it was exciting to follow it like a shooting star traveling through the online blogging community, where quite a few bloggers specializing in international fiction wrote enthusiastically about it. There were ripples on Twitter, too. Another highlight was its nomination for the Best Translated Book Award and its longlisting for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.
12. Is there an author that you would love to translate?
I'm hoping to translate the writings of the Spanish surrealist artist Remedios Varo—her dream journals and other scattered writings that as far as I can tell, have never before been published in English.


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A Pen & A Dress
Reclaiming Sexy
— WRITTEN BY CHEYANNE MUMPHREY AND RACHEL DEXTER
Dear Diary,
Sexy — it's merely a word.
A word that's spit at girls who walk by in short shorts and v-neck shirts. It is whispered among guys who sit around the bar. It has become negative — a sign of objectification. But at one point sexy was beautiful, sexy was strong — a sign of power.
Spoken word artist and poet Michael Lee, better known as Tenrai Kenshin, has been one of the many artists who has represented and reclaimed this sensual and provocative word.
"Sexy is taking all the evil things people call you as compliments and using the rocks they've thrown to build mansions," said Lee in his poem "Sexy."
It should be used synonymous with beautiful, strong and intelligent and not a word to describe the "girl that gets around." What happened to the time when sexy was empowering? A word to describe the strength of a female, the confidence in herself and the pride in being a woman.
Sexy is beautiful. Sexy is strong. Sexy is intelligent — sexy is you.
Your Opinion Editors
About A Pen & A Dress
A Pen & A Dress is a column by Cheyanne Mumphrey (and often features Rachel Dexter). Created in December 2015, A Pen & A Dress started publishing in The Lumberjack. Mumphrey's goal is to strike conversation about issues women face on a day-to-day basis and challenge the social norms for females across the globe.


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Clinton disregarded US State Department guidelines on emails, internal audit says
by Daily Sabah with Agencies
This file photo taken on May 23, 2016 shows Hillary Clinton speaking at the IBEW Local 11 union hall during a campaign event in Commerce, California. (AFP Photo)
by Daily Sabah with Agencies May 25, 2016 12:00 am
The Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton disregarded various State Department guidelines for avoiding cybersecurity risks, an internal audit found Wednesday.
Clinton's use of private email, held on a private server at her Chappaqua, New York, home, for government purposes has come up in various investigations, and the controversy over it has hung over her campaign for months.
The report by the department's inspector general cited "longstanding, systemic weaknesses" with State Department records that predated Clinton's tenure, but criticized her for using private email for government business and for failing to turn over records promptly, media reports said.
"At a minimum, Secretary Clinton should have surrendered all emails dealing with department business before leaving government service and, because she did not do so, she did not comply with the Department's policies that were implemented in accordance with the Federal Records Act," the report read.
Despite guidelines to the contrary, Clinton used mobile devices to conduct official business on her personal email account and private server. She never sought approval from senior information officers, who would have refused the request because of security risks, the audit said.
"By Secretary Clinton's tenure, the department's guidance was considerably more detailed and more sophisticated," it concluded. "Secretary Clinton's cybersecurity practices accordingly must be evaluated in light of these more comprehensive directives."
Clinton has been dogged by questions about her email practices for more than a year, since the AP revealed that the clintonemail.com server was in the basement of Clinton's New York home while she served as the nation's top diplomat from 2009 to 2013. It's also been raised as an issue in her campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Separately from the State Department audit, FBI agents have been probing whether Clinton's use of a private email server imperiled government secrets.
Clinton has acknowledged in the campaign that her homebrew email setup was a mistake, but said she never sent or received anything marked classified at the time.
State Department spokesman Mark Toner said the agency is "already working" to improve its email and records management system.
Toner said "it is clear that the department could have done a better job preserving emails and records of secretaries of state and their senior staff going back several administrations." He said the State Department also agrees that compliance with its rules has been "inconsistent across several administrations."
The independent review by the department's inspector general was prompted by the revelations of Clinton's email use, but the audit also encompassed the email and information practices of the last five secretaries.
The report said the department and its secretaries were "slow to recognize and to manage effectively the legal requirements and cybersecurity risks associated with electronic data communications, particularly as those risks pertain to its most senior leadership."
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Search is more than a query and results – search is a conversation your users have with your product. When done right, you feel understood by the engine – and, in turn, the product – which reacts to your needs and adapts to what you're saying as you're saying it.
Perhaps one of the most magical moments is when the search engine speaks to you – an individual person, with search results that are catered to your personal tastes and expectations.
One of the core focuses of Algolia is speed. Every time we've looked at how other search engines handle personalization, it always came at the cost of speed – we don't think personalizing the search results makes sense if it makes the search slow. Who wants a slow, personal conversation?
We rolled up our sleeves earlier this year and got to work, and we're proud today to announce two features that make personalization of search results a breeze, without compromising on the speed Algolia is known for. We call these two API features Optional Filters and Filter scoring – and here's how it works.
Because the feature can place high demands on CPU performance, it is enabled by default only in our Enterprise plans. If you're interested in trying it out on your plan, send us a note.
Let's take the example of searching through an index of movies. In this hypothetical website, users can add movies to their "Watch later" list – a familiar feature – and this information is added to the index, in the form of an attribute watch_later with an array of user IDs of every user that adds this movie.
When we search this index, we want movies that are added to a watch list to appear before others.
With only one added parameter, suddenly the results are personalized: the search retrieves all the movies related to "karate", but if a user has added one of the movies related to "karate" to their watch list, this result will show up at the top of the results.
…And you'll get the results in the order that you expected! We added a new rule called filters in our ranking formula, which will rank the results according to the matching optionalFilters and filters scores.
We've been playing around with these features for a few months now, and a few of our customers already use them in production during the beta period, with amazing results.
If you want to know more about these features, we wrote a guide on personalization. We can't wait to see what you'll build with them!
Thanks, would you implement this example at scale, say 10,000 user id's per move in the index?
I'm thinking of a 'favourites' use case here.


Assistant Physical Planners in Lesotho who are assigned to urban councils and community councils work directly with the legal functionaries and community stakeholders in the control of waste disposal. However, the targets set for the management, treatment and removal of waste are all left unmet. A backdrop of this is unauthorized development, which later gets regularized, without its design and urban management flaws ironed out as mentioned before by my colleague Mpaleng. This includes poor circulation areas for service vehicles to remove waste. Also cannibalized "dead ground" caused by a patchwork of encroachment acts like a magnet for informal waste disposal.
Left as it is, which is insufficiently managed, the issue of improper waste disposal is an enormous public health concern. Like elsewhere some of the solid wastes have been proved to be extremely toxic and infectious, especially if encountered by children. Uncontrolled dumping has brought about an increased number of incidents of health hazards, such as infection and vermin. Left longer it can also cause surface and ground water contamination. In Maseru in 2015 (near the Qoaling area), children were reported to have found some waste material that they assumed to be a toy and were injured when it exploded. Uncollected waste is often found scattered inside communities, footpaths and along streets. But hidden inside that is commercial and industrial waste, and sometimes more sinister events like the medical waste found in the Lithabaneng area mixed into a local informal dumping ground. And worse again the only way to reduce the volume of such waste in such areas is to burn it, which realises carbons and toxins and harms the health and environment again in a vicious cycle.
For this reason, the landfill mapping initiative should come to our use as assistant physical planners, with the aim to create an open source interactive map of the waste disposal sites within our country. As phase two of #MapLesotho begins we should highly consider demarcating the landfill sites as well as the informal dumping grounds. The formal sites can be drawn as landuses as seen in the wiki. But we should also create a tag called "Thotobolo". Mapping them does not legitimise them, it does however, allow us examine where they are and understand the causes as rooted in our present day land development practices.
Urbanization is happening faster and faster in our country, especially as our economy shifts in balance from primary agricultural produce to more of services type.The success and failure of Government Policy, and Stakeholder behaviour are evident in urban Lesotho. In Sesotho we say Kaekapakae to say everything is everywhere. Let us map all these everythings wherever we find them in the next round of mapping. Let us use settlement planning when it comes to see how waste management can be stopped by better planning.
Nkareng Mothibe is an Assistant Physical Planner in Leribe District.


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Tragic Facts About Ruan Lingyu, China's Doomed Screen Siren
Old Hollywood chewed up and spat out vulnerable starlets like Marilyn Monroe and Rita Hayworth, but even these tragic beauties have nothing on the Chinese screen siren Ruan Lingyu. Although Ruan's electrifying acting stunned silent film audiences in the 1930s, her promise was cut violently short in one of Old Shanghai's most sordid tragedies. Here is the heartbreaking story of Ruan Lingyu.
Ruan Lingyu Facts
1. She Suffered A Childhood Tragedy
Ruan Lingyu's childhood was like something out of a dark fairy tale. Born on April 26, 1910 to a working class family in Shanghai, China, the little girl's life quickly lost its innocence. When she was just six years old, her father passed, leaving her and her mother to fend for themselves. Already, Ruan had a heartbreaking road to survival.
2. She Was A Lonely Girl
Ruan's mother worked as a housemaid for the wealthy Zhang family in Shanghai, a profession that was considered shameful for the time. As a result, young Ruan grew up lonely and isolated, witnessing the immense wealth of her mother's employers without experiencing any of its comforts for herself. Frustrated, Ruan and her mother made a desperate plot.
3. She Hid Her True Self
One of the only ways Ruan could escape the cycle of poverty was to try to get an education. When she was just 13 years old, her mother sent Ruan to school to give her daughter a better future. It came at a high cost. Ruan's mother forced her to keep her working class background a secret, fearful that other children would bully her for her roots.
Ruan knew she had to make good on her mother's efforts, and she knew exactly how she was going to do it.
4. She Took A Big Gamble
When Ruan was only 15 years old, she was chomping at the bit to start earning money so she could return some of her mother's generosity. The scrawny teenager answered an ad for the Mingxing Film Company, hoping to earn a spot on their acting roster. For any other teenage girl, this might have been a pipe dream…but Ruan Lingyu was the exception, not the rule.
5. A Powerful Man Fell In Love With Her
In truth, Ruan had help in high places when it came to her dream of glitz and glamour. Zhang Damin was the youngest son of the Zhang family, the clan her mother worked for, and he harbored a major crush on the quickly-developing Lingyu. To woo her, he got her foot in the door at the Mingxing Film Company. But that's where Ruan took over.
The Goddess (1934), Lianhua Film Company
6. She Was An Instant Sensation
Ruan blew the production company away with her powerful stage presence, and within a year, the 16-year-old was starring in 1927's silent film A Married Couple in Name Only. It was there that she displayed her soon-to-be signature acting style: An ability to convey deep emotions through total silence. After this breakthrough role, it didn't take long for the country to learn Ruan's name.
7. She Took On A Scandalous Role
In 1930, Ruan had her first bona fide hit with the blockbuster film Spring Dream of an Old Capital—but there was a catch. Ruan's role in the movie was scandalous. She played a sex worker named YanYan and quickly shot to super stardom on the back of the tragic story. Ruan earned a reputation for acting with a "suppressed sadness." If only audiences knew how right they were…
One of the reasons Ruan Lingyu stood out so much was because she wasn't your average starlet. Her features weren't as large or naturally as expressive as some other famous Chinese stars at the time, and she wasn't what many considered to be conventionally beautiful. Nonetheless, no one could deny that Ruan had a strange, magical charisma that made it difficult to look away.
9. She Was In "Puppy Love"
During this time, Ruan had fully taken up with the young Zhang Damin. She felt dazzled by his wealth, his childhood history with her, and the fact he had given her a leg up to stardom. Film writer Vivienne Chow calls the relationship "puppy love," and for a time the two teenagers enjoyed the high life together…but there was a dark side to their passion.
10. She Liked Bad Boys
Although Zhang came from a well-to-do family, he was definitely the black sheep, and not just because he had gone and fallen in love with the "help." Ever since he was an adolescent, he had a raging gambling problem. Ruan's boyfriend simply couldn't stop spending his parents' money, leading his family to throw him out. Banished, Zhang fell right into poor Ruan's arms. Unfortunately, their romance wouldn't end well.
11. Her Lover Stole From Her
Zhang Damin had always been impulsive and brash, which did not combine well with his rampant gambling problem. Eventually, his debts grew so high and his appetites so big that Zhang would pilfer Ruan's hard earned film money to cover his bids at the card tables. In an instant, the couple's puppy love turned toxic, and Ruan knew she had to get out.
Center Stage (1992), Golden Harvest Company
12. She Ran Away With Another Man
If there was one thing Ruan Lingyu knew how to do, it was survive. And this time, she would have to use all her smarts to escape her short-tempered partner. Fearful of Zhang's quick fuse, Ruan ran into the arms of the wealthy and powerful tycoon Tang Jishan, who at the very least had the money to protect her against her now-ex lover. Yet that wasn't all that Tang offered Ruan…
Where Ruan spent her time with Zhang continually worried about keeping her money firmly in her pocket, her new man Tang was more than happy to provide Ruan with all the luxury she could imagine. He even bought her a three-storey house where they could move in together. Still, as with everything in Ruan's life, there was a big trade-off.
14. Her Boyfriend Betrayed Her
Although Tang Jishan kept Ruan in the glamorous style she deserved, he was far from a perfect catch. Tan was a notorious womanizer and he had zero qualms about running around behind Ruan's back. Of course, Ruan noticed when her boyfriend didn't come home at night. But then, their already twisted romance got even worse.
15. She Wasn't Good Enough For Her Love
It wasn't enough for Tang to carry on dalliances with random women around Shanghai; he had to go and seduce one of Ruan's own co-workers. In the 1930s, Tang struck up an illicit relationship with Ruan's fellow actress Liang Saizhen, a coquettish cabaret performer who couldn't have been further from Ruan's serious looks. And Tang had more in store for her.
16. She Was Trapped In Her Relationship
Ruan just couldn't seem to pick the right men and before long, Tang really upped his game in the "horrible boyfriend" department. Whether the big man couldn't take being around Ruan's star-power or he was just naturally an enormous jerk, Tang soon became an aggressor in their relationship, physically mistreating Ruan. One day, it reached a disturbing climax.
17. Her Boyfriend Killed Her Dog
After a particularly rocky argument, Tang came up with a sick way to get revenge on his starlet girlfriend. Without warning, he threw Ruan's beloved pet dog clear out of a window, taking his anger out on the innocent animal and leaving Ruan devastated. And sadly, just as Ruan's personal life started to fall apart, so did her professional career.
18. She Became A Household Name
Ruan was now a household name in China, but terrifying fractures were breaking under her surface. Ruan poured herself so completely into her roles that she couldn't help but take her emotional work home with her, especially when—in an echo of her difficult childhood—she starred in 1934's The Goddess, playing a single mother.
Ruan's next role only made those troubles worse.
19. She Was Vulnerable
In 1935, Ruan starred in New Women, and the project nearly broke her. The film told the veiled life story of tormented starlet Ai Xia, who had just perished by suicide the previous year. Indeed, the tragedy was so fresh that many claimed the film had a secret meaning. According to some, the movie's director Cai Chusheng had been in love with Ai, and was making the movie as an elegy to her.
With emotions running high, the set turned into a nightmare for Ruan.
New Women (1935), Lianhua Film Company
20. She Had A Breakdown On Set
Ruan felt immense pressure to do Ai Xia's story justice, and she couldn't help but be affected by the grimness of the late star's life. Eventually, all the pressure took a massive toll on Ruan. In the final scene, where Ruan's character is on her deathbed, the young starlet was so wound up that the director had to stay with her to calm her down long after the cameras stopped rolling.
Tragically, all this emotional turmoil just foreshadowed Ruan's own upcoming horrors.
21. The Critics Attacked Her
Despite the incredible torment Ruan had put herself through on the set of New Women—not to mention her relationship issues going on behind the scenes—all her hard work didn't pay off. The film made a horrible impression when it first came out, with many critics objecting to what they saw as Ruan's overly negative portrayal of Ai Xia.
And then she made an even bigger enemy…
22. The Tabloids Hated Her
Throughout New Women, the film takes aim at Chinese tabloids for the part they played in hastening Ai Xia's passing. Well, the journals did not like that. Protesting reporters even forced director Cai Chusheng to make cuts to the movie, so that reporters wouldn't look so cruel. When that wasn't enough, they turned their hungry gaze to Ruan. Sadly, she was about to have plenty of fodder for them.
23. Her Boyfriend Blackmailed Her
Around this time, Ruan's past came back to haunt her in a terrifying way. Her old lover Zhang Damin, never much of an upstanding man, had turned into an absolute ghoul since Ruan left him. Now, he was out for blood—her blood, to be exact. First, he tried to blackmail the famous star in the hopes that she would cave…and his threats were ruinous.
24. Her Lover Threatened Her
Disgustingly enough, Zhang Damin tried to hold one over on Ruan by saying he would claim she had been his concubine, not his girlfriend. This would have been enough to unravel her whole career, but Zhang eventually changed his mind and switched tactics. Unfortunately, his new approach was something even more horrific.
25. Her Ex Got Revenge
In 1934, Zhang launched a lawsuit against the starlet, and his allegations were chillng. Zhang claimed Ruan as his property, almost literally. According to the spurned lover, Ruan was actually his wife, and even though she had left him for another man, she was still his, which meant that by seeing anyone else, she was committing adultery.
And even after that stunning accusation, Zhang had more up his sleeve.
26. She Was In A Courtroom Drama
In a move so mind-bogglingly ironic that it would be laughable if it wasn't so tragic, Zhang Damin also claimed that Ruan had stolen from him and owed him money. Yeah, this from the guy who used to fritter away Ruan's superstar earnings at the blackjack table. The lovers' spat was heating up, and it was going nowhere good.
27. She Had A Horrific Year
In 1935—the same year that New Women came out—Zhang publicly took poor Ruan to court for adultery. It was supposed to be a breakout year for China's darling starlet, but instead it was the year that made her infamous. The tabloids gleefully splashed her chaotic love life all over the front pages. All the bad press had devastating consequences on poor Ruan.
28. Her Life Fell Apart
The public lapped up the scandalous news, and soon enough Ruan's personal life far overshadowed her cinematic achievements. Meanwhile, her current partner Tang was becoming both more distant and more abusive toward the starlet, while her ex-boyfriend Zhang showed no signs of slowing down his vengeful lawsuit. In the end, Ruan was pushed to a breaking point.
29. She Met A Horrific End
On March 8, 1935, Ruan Lingyu took her own life, downing an overdose of barbiturates when she was alone and no one could possibly come to save her. The emotional, electrifying actress wasn't just in the prime of her talent when she chose to end her life, she was also only a bare 24 years old. Yet her story was far from over.
30. Her Funeral Was Enormous
The people of Shanghai were tormented over their beloved starlet's end, and Ruan's funeral became less a memorial than a mass gathering. Surpassing even Rudolph Valentino's notorious funeral, tens of thousands of people came out to say one last goodbye to Ruan. The procession of mourners was over three miles long. That's when tragedy struck again.
31. She Had A Disturbing Domino Effect
During Ruan Lingyu's funeral procession, her fans whipped themselves into a dark frenzy over their grief, until all at once, it came to a brutal head. In a kind of mass hysteria, no fewer than three young women took their own lives soon after the service. They felt too bereft to go on living, so they followed their heroine into the dark instead.
32. Her Fate Was Eerie
Perhaps one of the eeriest things about Ruan's short, sad life is the way it imitated her incandescent art. Despite the controversy, New Women remains some of her best work—and it seemed as though Ruan could never quite separate herself from her character, even at her darkest moment. Indeed, Ruan took her own life in the exact same way her character in the film does.
33. Her Lover Tried To Profit From Her Tragedy
Even though Ruan was gone, she still had to suffer one final indignity. Before she was cold in her grave, her ex Zhang Damin was already doing what he did best: Thinking only about himself. Instead of grieving his young ex-girlfriend, Zhang started trying to option a film about Ruan's life to turn a profit. Oh, and it gets more mortifying than that.
34. She Had An Exploitation Film Made About Her
Not only did Zhang try to squeeze every penny he could out of his ex-girlfriend's tragedy, he also "graciously" offered to star in the production. Grossly enough, someone took him up on the offer. In 1937, Zhang came out with the delicately titled Who's to Blame, a thinly veiled account of Ruan's life. Don't worry though—Zhang got his comeuppance.
35. Her First Love Met An Ironic End
In the end, Zhang didn't live much longer than the woman he had so scorned and used. By 1938, he was gravely ill and penniless once more from his gambling addictions. He passed later that year, just three short years after Ruan. Thankfully, the films he made about the starlet don't seem to be in existence today. Serves him right.
36. She Was A Princess Of Cinema
It's hard to overstate just how popular Ruan Lingyu was in the brief time that she reigned over Old Shanghai. In 1933, Ruan won second-runner up in Star Daily's poll of the country's "Movie Queen," just behind mega-celebrities Hu Die and Chen Yumei. Keep in mind, this was just five years into Ruan's burgeoning acting career.
37. Her Oeuvre Is Legendary
Following her premature end, Ruan became an absolute giant of Chinese cinema and a goddess of the silver screen. Although she only worked in film for less than a decade, the actress managed to make 29 movies, many of which are considered to be some of the finest silent films in all of Chinese cinema. And she also inspired more groundbreaking works….
38. Her Legacy Lives On
In 1992, years after Ruan's passing, the famed Hong Kong actress Maggie Cheung starred as the tragic starlet in Stanley Kwan's film Centre Stage, which snagged Cheung the Best Actress prize at the Berlin Film Festival and earned a spot on several "The Best Films of the Decade" lists. Today, Ruan is still a legend of Old Shanghai.
39. Old Shanghai Mourned Her
In honor of just how much she had done for the art of silent film, the pallbearers at Ruan Lingyu's funeral were a veritable who's who of Chinese cinema, including multiple directors liker her New Women helmsman Cai Chusheng.
40. She Was The Greta Garbo Of China
For the brief, burning time that Ruan was at her peak, she had China in the palm of her perfectly manicured hands. Her searing talent for emoting in silent films was so undeniable that she earned a reputation as "The Greta Garbo of China," after the actress equally famous for her ability to make love to the camera without saying a word.
41. She Changed Her Name
Like so many starlets before her, Ruan Lingyu changed her name to better make it in movies. Originally born Ruan Fenggen, Ruan chose the stage first name "Lingyu" when she decided she was going to go into acting. Obviously, the ploy worked out for her.
42. Her Final Words Were Brutal
Although Ruan was gone, she did leave one thing behind—a heartbreaking farewell note, which the Chinese authorities released to the mourning public in the days after her sudden and shocking passing. It explained Ruan's decision to end her own life in just five horrible words: "Gossip is a fearful thing." Even so, this note wasn't the end of the story.
43. Her Last Hours Were Heartbreaking
In the aftermath of Ruan's passing, investigators leapt to understand what exactly led her to her horrific final moments at such a young age. Sadly, it went far beyond the pressures she faced in the media. There is some evidence to suggest that just before she took the pills, Ruan had been physically abused. And then, in 2001, even more evidence emerged.
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44. She Wrote More Than One Note
In 2001, decades after her ignominious end, researchers uncovered two other versions of Ruan's note, and they explained her final emotions in a much different light. In one of the letters, Ruan puts the blame solely on her childhood love Zhang, lamenting his vindictive streak and how he tried to shame her publicly. But the second and final note hits even closer to home.
45. Her Death Is Mysterious
In the last version of her note, Ruan shifts the burden instead to Tang, confessing that his mistreatment and womanizing drove her into a depression and broke her heart. With so many aspects to consider—from the tabloids to her lovers—the real reasons behind Ruan's decision are still murky and much debated. In short, she may never rest in peace.
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