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Yala National Park, Sri Lanka Plan a trip
Yala National Park, Sri Lanka
Ready to go leopard & elephant spotting? Head to Yala National Park, which lies next to the Indian Ocean between the Southern and Uva Provinces.
The Sri Lankan leopard is the star of the show at Yala National Park. In fact, it has one of the highest leopard densities than anywhere else in the world, so you've a good chance of seeing one of these beautiful creatures as you head out on safari. Yala provides a safe space for the leopard population, which lives side-by-side with Sri Lankan elephants, spotted deer, wild buffalo, sloth bears and wild boars. All in all, there are more than 200 bird species here, along with 44 mammal species and many more reptiles. So, bring your binoculars!
A visit to Yala National Park is a unique experience. It's a vast, wild place spanning nearly 1,000 square kilometres, although not all of it is open to the public. This crucial wildlife sanctuary features open grasslands, forest, lagoons and watering holes, which is where of course you're likely to find many of the native animals. You'll love the thrill of excitement as you head out on safari just after sunrise, not knowing what wonders you're going to see during the day. Just as exciting is the unexpected surprise as an elephant saunters past your accommodation – it really does happen!
Yala isn't all about the wildlife, although this popular National Park is a nature lovers' dream. This part of Sri Lanka was also home to many ancient civilisations during its history, and around 400,000 pilgrims still visit its most important historical sites every year. To find out more, pop into one of the many museums in the area, which tell the story of the culture, history and of course, the animals of Yala.
Plan your trip to Yala today!
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East End MPs Stephen Timms, Lyn Brown, Jon Cruddas and Rushanara Ali and Jim Fitzpatrick joined Newham mayor, Rokhsana Fiaz, and Tower Hamlets mayor, John Biggs, in signing a letter to the club on Tuesday.
They call on the club to reject the Democratic Football Lads Alliance (DFLA).
The letter is also signed by London Assembly member Unmesh Desai, Rob Ferguson, from campaign group, Newham Stand Up To Racism, and by John Ratomski, chairman of West Ham United independent supporters club.
They add that following the terror attacks in New Zealand – when 50 worshippers were killed in mosques – everyone had to play a part in making sure Islamophobia, racism, antisemitism and hate crime have no place in communities or football.
The politicians also warn far right activists are targeting matches to recruit supporters under the banner of the DFLA which they accused of fuelling anti-Muslim hatred and organising violent demonstrations.
They welcome the club's condemnation of the kind of racism and Islamophobia directed at Liverpool forward Mo Salah but add there was a need to "isolate those who promote such poison".
Commenting, Mayor Fiaz said: "It's vital that we all take every measure to combat discrimination and hatred in all it's forms, and that includes West Ham United as an important partner in our community.
Mr Desai said: "We must all play our part in rooting out racist, right-wing ideology. This means challenging groups like the DFLA.
A West Ham United spokesman said: "It is well known that the club is unequivocal in its stance against all forms of racism and discrimination.
"Islamophobia, racism, antisemitism and hate crime have no place in our communities and no place in football and we are bemused as to how anyone can think otherwise. This is something West Ham United is passionate about.
A DFLA committee member said it was an open organisation and denied targeting fans or fuelling racism.
"This is utterly ridiculous. We're against extremism and racism. We're not a far right group," he said.
He added the DFLA had lain a wreath outside the New Zealand embassy following the Christchurch attacks and barred racists.


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Q: SAML authentication for Application on Localhost I would like to use SSO with SAML for an Application. During development we would like to test this on localhost.
When I was working with OIDC I would simply create a redirect URL for localhost in the IDP (we use ADFS).
My colleague in charge of the ADFS just informed me we could not do that for SAML since SAML would interpret the redirect ULR relative to the ADFS. (and thus create a redirect loop)
Can anyone tell me a good way to use SAML with a remote ADFS on localhost?
Or do we need to set up a local IDP during development?
Thank you,
Junge

A: You can configure https://localhost URLs for the SAML relying party endpoints in ADFS. The only restriction is that you must use https rather than http. ADFS will send the SAML response, via the browser, in an HTTP Post to your assertion consumer service endpoint (eg https://localhost:44360/SAML/AssertionConsumerService).

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Media: Gary Matsumoto
Gary Matsumoto is Executive Producer, News and Programming for CGTN America. He is an Emmy-award winning investigative reporter/producer in business.
As a foreign correspondent for NBC News and Senior Correspondent for the Fox News Channel, he won numerous awards for his reports from more than 40 countries on five continents, including an Overseas Press Club of America Ben Grauer Award for best radio spot news.
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Book: Vaccine A: The Covert Government Experiment That's Killing Our Soldiers–and Why GI's Are Only the First Victims
Article: Our Watchdogs and the Financial Scandal of the Century
Our Watchdogs and the Financial Scandal of the Century
Mark Mitchell
Deep Capture, 3 April 2009
"Accountability – Integrity – Reliability"
That's the motto of the Government Accountability Office, and it almost makes you believe that there really is a functioning watchdog – somebody, aside from us Internet loons, to investigate and report on the incompetence and malfeasance that pervade our public institutions.
Certainly, there were high hopes when the GAO began investigating the Securities and Exchange Commission's oversight of the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC), a black box Wall Street outfit that is at the center of one of the great financial scandals of our era.
Article: Naked short sales hint fraud in bringing down Lehman
Naked short sales hint fraud in bringing down Lehman
Gary Matsumoto
Bloomberg, 22 March 2009
The biggest bankruptcy in history might have been avoided if Wall Street had been prevented from practicing one of its darkest arts. As Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc struggled to survive last year, as many as 32.8 million shares in the company were sold and not delivered to buyers on time as of September 11, according to data compiled by the Securities and Exchange Commission and Bloomberg. That was a more than 57-fold increase over the prior years peak of 567,518 failed trades on July 30. The SEC has linked such so-called fails-to-deliver to naked short selling, a strategy that can be used to manipulate markets. A fail-to-deliver is a trade that doesn't settle within three days. We had another word for this in Brooklyn, said Harvey Pitt, a former SEC chairman. The word was fraud.
Article: In Pursuit of the Naked Short by Alexis Stokes
Article - Academic
In Pursuit of the Naked Short
Alexis Stokes, Texas State University
Journal of Law and Business 5/1 (Spring 2009)
This article explores the origins of naked short-selling litigation; considers
the failures of significant naked short-selling lawsuits in federal court;
surveys the obstacles erected collectively by constitutional standing requirements, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act, brokerage firms, death spiral financiers, and the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation; examines the efficacy of Regulation SHO, SEC rule 10b-21, and new FINRA rules; discusses recent state legislation and state court litigation; and identifies non-litigation options to curb naked short-selling. Ultimately, this article seeks to answer the question: If manipulative naked short-selling is more than a mythological scapegoat for
small cap failure, what remedies are, or should be, available?
PDF (62 Pages): Article In Pursuit of the Naked Short
Article: Bringing Down Bear Began as $1.7 Million of Options
Bringing Down Bear Began as $1.7 Million of Options
Bloomberg cited by RGM Communications via Wayback, 11 August 2008
On March 11, the day the Federal Reserve attempted to shore up confidence in the credit markets with a $200 billion lending program that for the first time monetized Wall Street's devalued collateral, somebody else decided Bear Stearns Cos. was going to collapse.
In a gambit with such low odds of success that traders question its legitimacy, someone wagered $1.7 million that Bear Stearns shares would suffer an unprecedented decline within days. Options specialists are convinced that the buyer, or buyers, made a concerted effort to drive the fifth-biggest U.S. securities firm out of business and, in the process, reap a profit of more than $270 million.
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Paper: The Deep Capture Story by Mark Mitchell
The Story of Deep Capture
By Mark Mitchell, with reporting by the Deep Capture Team
The Columbia School of Journalism is our nation's finest. They grant the Pulitzer Prize, and their journal, The Columbia Journalism Review, is the profession's gold standard. CJR reporters are high priests of a decaying temple, tending a flame in a land going dark. In 2006 a CJR editor (a seasoned journalist formerly with Time magazine in Asia, The Wall Street Journal Europe, and The Far Eastern Economic Review) called me to discuss suspicions he was forming about the US financial media. I gave him leads but warned, "Chasing this will take you down a rabbit hole with no bottom." For months he pursued his story against pressure and threats he once described as, "something out of a Hollywood B movie, but unlike the movies, the evil corporations fighting the journalist are not thugs burying toxic waste, they are Wall Street and the financial media itself." His exposé reveals a circle of corruption enclosing venerable Wall Street banks, shady offshore financiers, and suspiciously compliant reporters at The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, CNBC, and The New York Times. If you ever wonder how reporters react when a journalist investigates them (answer: like white-collar crooks they dodge interviews, lie, and hide behind lawyers), or if financial corruption interests you, then this is for you. It makes Grisham read like a book of bedtime stories, and exposes a scandal that may make Enron look like an afternoon tea.
Introduction By Patrick M. Byrne, Deep Capture Reporter
PDF (69 Pages): Deep Capture Story

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A Love Rising from the Ashes: A Historical Western Romance Book | Words Are Powerful, Why Not Read More!
The Great Chicago fire burns down the factory that Hetty and her older sister works. Being rather desperate, one of them will have no other option than to become a mail order bride. When Hetty finds out that the man she is in love with has a relationship with her sister, she takes the hard decision and sacrifices herself. She leaves for the unknown, but she would never expect what she will discover upon her arrival. How will she feel about her "wifely duties"?
Jeremiah McAllister is struggling to overcome his past wounds. Having lost his wife recently, he has completely cut his feelings. When Hetty arrives, he is rather bitter and insulting. He prefers spending all of his time with the cowboys, doing everything possible to avoid his new wife. Having built emotional defenses all these years, will he be able to give love another chance?
A series of misunderstandings between Hetty, Jeremiah and the rest of the Phillips family keep perplexing the situation. When his heart gives in to her love, he will need to make up for his past behavior. Is Hetty's heart big enough to forgive him? An accident is all it takes to change their relationship forever.
"A Love Rising from the Ashes" is a historical western romance novel of approximately 65,000 words. No cheating, no cliffhangers, and a guaranteed happily ever after. If you are in for plot twists and unexpected love being revealed, grab your copy now!


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The Kazakhstan blind mole-rat or Ural blind mole-rat (Spalax uralensis) is a species of rodent in the family Spalacidae. It is endemic to Kazakhstan, along the Ural River basin and the flood plains of the Uil, Temir, and Emba rivers.

Whereas the species inhabits an area approximately 100,000 km2 in size, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) describes S. uralensis as rare and its habitat prone to overgrazing. In 1993, Puzachenko's morphometric analysis demonstrated that the species was distinct from the giant blind mole-rat (S. giganteus).

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Mammals of Central Asia
Endemic fauna of Kazakhstan
Rodents of Asia
Mammals described in 1939

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Come now oh Holy Spirit and kindle within us the fire of your love and may my words and our hearts together glorify you, oh God our Rock and our Redeemer.
I saw a cartoon on Facebook this past week. At the bottom it said, "after the three wise men left, three wiser women showed up." The three wiser women brought gifts of diapers, casserole for a week, and baby formula. This seemed a little more sensible than gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. The story of the visit from the Magi, is only found in Matthew's gospel. If we were to really dissect this story, I believe most would find the facts hard to believe if not just plain odd. Fortunately we will not do that this morning. Regardless of how factual the story is, or how odd it may seem, I believe there are some things we can learn from it. But before we get into the story itself I want to remind us all what the season of Epiphany is. The day of Epiphany marks the end of the Christmas season as we know it. Epiphany comes to us from the Greek word epiphainein which means to "reveal." So Epiphany means the manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles as represented by the Magi. Reveal…Revelation…those ahh moments, those all reflect what we sometimes hear as an Epiphany moment. We realize something new, perhaps something different. I personally like those ahh moments. I like when I can see how the pieces all come together. Something I have been thinking about, finally makes sense. As I continue to learn for example more about progressive views on Christianity, I see how at least to me, it seems to make way more sense then how I used to view the Bible and Christianity. Just like with resurrection, Epiphany does't just come to us one time, but we have epiphany moments over and over again. Something new is always being revealed. A light is shined on something new for us over and over again.
Our story today comes right after the birth of Jesus and before the terrible story of children being murdered which thankfully the lectionary has left out. Jesus has just been born in a lonely manger and word of his birth soon spreads. The news even falls upon the ear of the ruler King Herod. The magi are wanting to go and visit this new born baby and they ask around to see where he has been born. The magi refer to baby Jesus as the newborn king of the Jews? As you can imagine, this didn't sit well with King Herod. King of the Jews? I am the one and only King, who dare thinks that they too are king? This troubled King Herod and everyone in Jerusalem. From the time of his birth, Jesus was seen as a threat. This will follow him all of his life. In fact, Jesus being seen as a threat, putting fear in the hearts of the Roman government will ultimately lead to his death on the cross. I sometimes wonder how different things would have played out had Jesus not been seen as a threat. We often do the same. We are treated by those who are different than us, you know those whose skin color doesn't match ours. Some of us see those who do not speak the same language as us as a threat. What about those whose religion is different from ours, some will see them as a threat. How would this story have played out if instead of a threat, Jesus was seen as a friend, an equal to all of those around him. It reminds me of a team. Just because everyone on a football team, for example, doesn't look the same, speak the same, or have the same religion, they will play together as a team to win the game. But a big and powerful king feels threatened and decides that there is only room for one king and that it should be him, Herod. Herod, thinking he was slick, calls the magi over and tells them to go and search for this newborn king of the Jews and let me know where he is and what all they can find out about him. Herod didn't want to waste his time going and searching if this had only been gossip. He wanted proof, people who could say they actually saw this newborn king with their own eyes.
The magi start off following the light of a star that would guide them to where Jesus was at. The magi are guided by the light from a star that is far above them shining down on the desert ground below. Light is a funny thing. Most of us I believe like light. Most of us can see clearer in the light. Light reveals things to us that would otherwise go unnoticed in the dark. In her book, "Learning to walk in the dark," Barbara Brown Taylor talks about how we often associate light with goodness and dark with evil. She argues that this is not true. In the dark, we too can discover goodness, it may take more effort but it can be done. We like light because we can quickly see and discover new things easier. I admit I am not a fan of the dark. I wouldn't go quite as far to saw that I am scared of the dark, but I do prefer a small light on at night in the room I am sleeping in. I have discovered the hard way where the bed rail meets my shin in the middle of the night on the way to the bathroom. Or how the leg of the bed frame will catch my pinky toe if I walk too close to the bed in a pitch black, dark bedroom. I use a nightlight in the same way a ship uses a lighthouse, to guide me around bedrails and legs of the bed frame. There are things that only come out in the dark, and having even having a small light can reveal to the eye what would other wise go unnoticed. As lights reveal things to us they can also guide us. The night light guides me where I walk if I have to get up during the night. As I mentioned before lighthouses guided ships long ago to steer clear from dangerous rocks and lights along runways guide planes as they land and take off. Lights of various kinds can direct and guide us in many different ways.
The magi set out to Bethlehem searching for the newborn child. They took a path following the star they had been told about. They find Jesus, spend some time with him and Mary. The magi may have even stayed the night with Jesus and his family before returning to their own country. We are told that in a dream, they were told not to return to Herod. They went back to their own country by another route. So they take route "A" to Jesus but return taking route "B". Often, there is more than one way to and from your destination. When Samie and I plan to go out of town, we will google the route. You are generally given more than one option on how to get to where you are going. The first route is often the fastest and then it will show another route that will get you there just is generally longer. Then sometimes it tells you if you fly, this would be the time it would take for you to get there. We took another route to Dallas than most do when we went to the fall association meeting last year. I am not a big fan of driving in Dallas. As Samie will attest to, my patients with other drivers seems shorter and I find myself getting stressed by listening to the voice on the GPS which if there is no construction gets me to where I am going. How many times though have you traveled anywhere where there is no construction? The GPS tells me to turn left, for example, but there are orange barrels blocking that road. Then I hear a voice saying "recaculating your route." There was construction on I20 around Sweetwater and I had heard from several co-workers that had been to Dallas the weekend before, that traffic would back up for miles and an hour or more due to the construction. We decided to take another route. I had been this other way once before but Samie had not. We took 114 from Lubbock to Seymore and from there to Dallas. It was not the fastest route, although it didn't take much longer but what we saw on the way was quite different had we taken the interstate. We passed many small towns with old buildings that we both enjoy looking at. We even stopped in one small town to take a picture of an old Catholic church, that was on a hill of sorts, that you could see from the road. I think for both of us, it was well worth our time going the route less taken. The same can be said about our lives. We "travel" on paths thought out our lives. One view of this a very theological conservative view is that we are on one path or route but it is not one that leads to salvation. We realize that we are sinners, confess that we are sinners, accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, being baptized coming from the water a new person and on a new path or route to salvation. I have been there. However I would like to think I am on the right path now, the path I walk and travel with others including those of you in this room is not one that is often a straight path. You may agree or disagree. The path I walk as a Christian, as a disciple, is one that has many paths on one route. Sometimes I get lost as I think others do as well. Even with best intention, we seem to lose track of that light that is guiding us. We take little paths that lead to dead ends, or other paths that seem like we are just going around and around in circles. Other paths may circle back to where we have been before. Talking about paths and routes to God also raises a very controversial question and that, is Jesus the only way to God? If other religions do not recognize Jesus, are they doomed? I do not believe that they are doomed. As we see there are different routes to get to and from the newborn king, and different routes to get from here and Dallas and back, why must we believe that there is only one straight path that leads to salvation with God?
They opened up their treasure chests and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. Why these gifts and what are they exactly? Ancient readings not found within the Bible itself, tell of how these three gifts were commonly given to kings during this time. Gold seems pretty obvious because of its value. But it seems, at least according to The Health Journal, that frankincense and myrrh were more valuable than gold. How could they serve the baby Jesus? Some believe the offerings were meant to protect and nourish him.
These shrubby boswellia and commiphora trees are found to be native to the Arabian Peninsula as well regions of northeast Africa. Harvesting the 'tears' of resin is a time consuming and laborious job. The trees are scored and then left for 2 weeks. The cuts produce a gummy sap that oozes out of the trees. These tears harden and are collected and sorted based on color and grade, and then distilled down to rich and powerful essential oils.
Both resins are extremely fragrant, particularly when burned, with frankincense emanating a sweet, citrusy scent and myrrh producing an earthy, slightly bitter aroma. Today we prefer to diffuse them instead of burning them to receive their most therapeutic benefits. Frankincense is known as the king of the essential oils. It has been shown to be a strong immune booster and has potent anti-inflammatory effects in the body. Myrrh has high antioxidant capacity, which helps the body's immune system function properly. It also has calming and relaxing properties. Historically, myrrh was used to treat wounds and prevent infections with its anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties. It was also used in embalming fluids. Just so you know, you can still buy both frankincense and myrrh for your diffuser at home. We still present gifts to one another during Christmas. Sometimes I am just like a child when I sit down and a gift is handed to me, I can hardly wait to rip into it to see what is under the wrapper and cardboard. But as the saying goes, it is better to give than to receive, as we will discuss in our annual business meeting, we will look at ways we give our money to various organizations that support things we believe in that truly help others and the life and mission of the church and beyond. We are a very giving congregation. 30-40% or more of the money we take in goes back out to serve organizations and groups that serve the wider community and beyond from there. The gift of giving starts with individuals who have pledged to contribute a set amount each week or month. WIth rising cost of doing business, utilities, wages etc, what we bring in and what we send out is important. Rick will break it down to us later on a spreadsheet.
What is this story in Matthew really about? As I was reading and listening to podcast commentaries on our reading from today, one commentator summed it up best and the thought would not leave my head. This story is not about paths, light, or gifts although they are important parts in the story and I hope we have learned something from them. This story is really about the tale of two kings. King Herod was troubled from the beginning from the news that Jesus had been born and was being called king of the Jews. He was a ruthless leader. He would later order that all soldiers be sent out and to kill all the male children, two years and younger, in Bethlehem and in all of the surrounding territories. Jesus kingship would look much different. Jesus brought about hope and joy to the world. He didn't come to destroy the world, but came as God in the flesh to show love and mercy. Herod ruled with a sword in hand but Jesus ruled with love and compassion. Herod ruled out of fear, but Jesus ruled with confidence that the love he would show would overcome evil and fear. They were two totally different kings and ruled in very different ways.
What cannot be overlooked is what happened when the magi left. The angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and told him to take his family and escape to Egypt. They were an early family fleeing from their own country crossing over into a foreign land. They were migrants on the run. Thank goodness there were no border walls blocking their entrance, or asylum courts backed up for months to hear their case. In the same way today, we see so many families fleeing from their countries seeking asylum here in the United States, but our administration wants to say no, you must return to where you have come from. How would this story have played out if they were told no, you must return to where you have come from? You are not welcomed here, you cannot seek asylum here from King Herod. Go away we do not want you here. When we rule out of fear we build walls. When we let fear fill our hearts, we make people wait months in makeshift tents and housing. We we rule with fear, we tell others no, they are not welcomed here, and turn them away at the border. There is another way. We can lead with love and compassion that Jesus showed. We can allow families to come here to seek a safe place from the violence and persecution they are facing in their home country. We can let fear dominate our lives our we can let love dominate our lives. Which do you choose?
Epiphany calls us to recognize those ahh moments, moments when our eyes are opened. Moments when our hearts are open. Moments when our minds are allow to think outside of the box. Light shines on what we are to see, not always what we want to see. That same light will guide us if we let it. We will be guided to act out of love and mercy. We will be lead to show compassion on our neighbor no matter what path or route they may be on at that moment in their lives. Their route may not match our route. Their journey may be far different from our journey, and that is ok. Just as the magi brought gifts of healing and restoration to Jesus, we too receive gifts everyday. Gifts of life, love, grace, forgiveness, to name a few. But we are called as disciples not only to receive gifts but to give gifts. We are called as we are able to give gifts of money, time, talent, and ourselves. No gift is ever too small to make a difference in the lives of others. We can also give the gift of voice for those seeking asylum from violence. Voice that leaders cannot turn a deaf ear too. Voice of love and compassion that will hopefully drown out the voice of fear. As the star in the heavens shined down that day lighting the way for the magi, may we too be a source of light for others who cannot see anything but the darkness that surrounds them. May the light we illuminate, though Jesus Christ, give them comfort and hope for a brighter day. Thanks be to Creator, Christ, and Holy Spirit. Amen.


American boat Quantum Racing helmed by Terry HUTCHINSON put a fantastic end to a spectacular season by winning the TP52 World Championship in Lanzarote.
After being crowned Audi MedCup champions last month, Quantum Racing won the world title after a week of tough racing in Puerto Calero.
"It's a really good end to this team's season," said Quantum Racing helmsman Terry HUTCHINSON (USA). "We are over the top with excitement and incredibly thankful to Quantum Sails for the opportunity they gave us to represent them in the way we did. I really can't thank everybody enough for the amount of work and support that went in this team."
Vasco VASCOTTO's (ITA) Mutua Madrileña takes the silver medal with a similarly good performance. The score table clearly reflects the tight nature of the TP52 fleet. Platoon, helmed by Jochen SCHUEMANN (GER), grabbed third place overall from Torbjörn TORNQVIST's (SWE) Artemis, the 2007 World Champion, at the last downwind leg of the championship's last race resulting in a mere 0.25 lead.
VASCOTTO, was gracious in defeat and paid tribute to the new World Champions, "First of all, I have to admit that won the boat that sailed the best. Quantum did a great job throughout a season and this World Championship is a gift to them," he said.
Two races were sailed in the closing day of the series on Saturday, both in strong (20 to 30 knots) but tricky conditions. The first race went underway with a 20 knot northeasterly breeze after a 30 minute postponement and was probably destined to be the shortest one the 14-strong fleet sailed in Puerto Calero. Its outcome was decided right on the starting line. While Quantum and Synergy had an excellent clean start, both Artemis and Mutua Madrileña, together with Desafío and Bigamist, were over the line. As a result, most of the suspense and nail-biting excitement everybody was hoping for evaporated. Again, the left played well and Quantum, Synergy and AUDI Q8 opted for it and led the race until the finish line. Top place was going back forth between the American and Russian boats with Synergy finally prevailing. Throughout the race, the left side was definitely favoured to the point that boats gybed only once in the first run. Mutua Madrileña and Artemis managed to recover a couple of spots but a ninth and 11th respectively meant they had no options towards the title.
After doing the complete quantum physics calculations, Quantum was World Champion before the start of the second race and the Americans decided to convert themselves to spectators in the last race of the series, in order to avoid influencing the tough three-way battle for second and third overall, taking place between Mutua Madrileña, Platoon and Artemis as any of these three boats could finish the championship in any of the two podium places. Artemis led from the start until the leeward gate when Desafío overtook them after picking the right shift and staging a great recovery through the fleet. With Artemis second and Platoon sixth at the bottom mark, the Swedish boat was guaranteed third overall in the championship. It proved too early to rule SCHUEMANN out and Platoon passed Cristabella and Bribón and in the final leg it was Matador's turn to surrender to the German attacks. Platoon crossed the finish line in the wake of Artemis and grabbed the bronze medal by the slimmest possible margin, 0.25 points.
Ed REYNOLDS, President of Quantum Sails and Project Manager of Quantum Racing, paid tribute to the quality of the competition in Puerto Calero. "The rest of the fleet was very toug. In each and every race we had great respect for all boats and teams. Every time we docked out we were thinking how we could be better than the day before. This victory was a tribute to the team and the whole project," he said.
"This was the best we sailed this year, the best we had the boat going and we never let up the entire year. It might have looked a little easier than it was but 90% of the work necessary to be in this position is done before you come here. We did the work upfront, we were prepared and this world title is a tribute to what great sailors they are," RENOLDS added.


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Humans of New Mexico
Humans of New Mexico is a not-for-profit project that illustrates New Mexico's unique culture through the stories of its citizens.
Van Overton
Albuquerque native Van Overton, who volunteers at local schools, was recently featured on the website. Overton gave insight on the impact the African American community has on New Mexico.
Original Humans of NM Members
(r. to l.) Original Humans of NM fellows, now collective members, Alysia Coriz, Eric DeLorme, Sradha Patel, Diane Andraca and Daniel Guerrero when they started their fellowship.
Humans of NM Members
(r. to l.) Humans of NM members Froilan Orozco, Rafael Martinez, Georgia Weiss-Elliott, Marco Sandoval and Lizzy Hines at a presentation for an event that aims to give a platform to community based projects called "Impact & Coffee."
Eileen Espinoza
Eileen Espinoza, a custodial worker at the state capital, has spent 27 years working at the Roundhouse, cleaning the entire building – even when the legislature is not in session. Coming from places in Northern New Mexico like Chimayó and Pojaoque, she gives insight into life outside of the metro area.
Humans of NM project highlights the state's diverse culture
Project reveals hidden stories in New Mexico communities
By Addison Flores-Thorpe April 19, 2017
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Just how diverse is The Land of Enchantment? That's the question that the Humans of New Mexico project hopes to answer by shining a light on the vibrant culture that the state has to offer.
Humans of New Mexico is a not-for-profit project that illustrates New Mexico's unique culture through the stories of its citizens. With 40 stories already published on their website, Humans of New Mexico is making an impact across the state.
"The Humans of NM project is bridging the gaps across New Mexican communities. It is providing a platform for everyday peoples to share their stories and it allows for communities across the state to interact and learn from those stories," said Rafael A. Martinez, a graduate fellow with the project.
Martinez, a Ph.D. student at UNM, oversees the project with three other fellow UNM graduate students form distinct fields, Moises Santos, Froilan Orozco, Christine Shell.
The collective is also composed of six undergraduate student that began the project as fellows, Sradha Patel, Eric DeLorme, Daniel V. Guerrero, Raphael Begay, Diane Andraca and Alysia Coriz. All of the students gained fellowships for the project through UNM's ethnic studies centers. Community members Georgia Weiss-Elliott, Bobby Gutierrez, Adam Rubeinstein, and Jim Holbrook also assist with the project.
The fellowship is a collaboration with three ethnic centers at UNM, El Centro de la Raza, American Indian Student Services (AISS) and African American Student Services.
The project is a community-oriented initiative collective striving to break down stereotypes and stigmas within the local community, interviewing artists, activists, refugees, custodians, farmers and the many other individuals that make New Mexico special.
"The purpose of this project is to expand the notion of what community is," said Raphael Begay, a fellow with the project and senior at UNM. "We are focused on documenting the history of New Mexico, looking more at the people rather than the landscapes."
Begay explained that the project looks past the predominant communities in the state and seeks to find smaller sub-communities that are often overlooked. The collective recently ran a feature on Van Overton, an Albuquerque native who volunteers at local schools. Overton gave insight on the impact the African American community has on New Mexico and what it means to be an African American man today.
"New Mexico is known for its culture," said Sradha Patel, another fellow with the project and senior at UNM. "We want these stories to expand to other communities so that everyone can come together and understand each other."
Recently, the collective ran a story on Eileen Espinoza, a custodial worker at the Santa Fe Capital Roundhouse. Espinoza has spent 27 years working at the Roundhouse, cleaning the entire building – even when the legislature is not in session. Coming from places in Northern New Mexico like Chimayó and Pojaoque, she gives insight into life outside of the metro area.
Members of this project hope that the initiative lasts, bringing in more generations of New Mexicans that contribute and inspire.
"I see this project becoming the largest ongoing oral history project for the state of New Mexico," Martinez said. "This is an amazing opportunity that started and shall continue as a student initiative. The goal of the project is to preserve New Mexico's oral history tradition and to be able to have a space where communities from all over the state are able to share their stories."
Martinez hopes to someday organize a physical archive of these stories, to preserve them beyond the digital age.
For more information and to check out more stories, visit the Human of New Mexico website.
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Q: Manjaro KDE multimonitor issues - GPU outputs not detected after restart I am using Manjaro for the support for kdenlive alongside playing games.
The way my two monitors were set up on windows 10 originally was having a DVI cable for my old monitor plugged into my motherboard to let the onboard graphics deal with that one, and then use my GTX 1070 for handling my newer, 144hz monitor over displayport. First time I installed, my old monitor wasn't recognized, but my displayport one was, so after some tinkering with other things, I went and looked at the Displays app and checked for other possible displays, it said that another existed over "HDMI2" despite it clearly being over DVI, but whatever, I just enabled the display.
Then issues immediately popped up where my old monitor turned on, but was a black screen, then I could move my mouse over to it, which did show up on the black void, but then garbled graphics would appear on the top of the screen.
Eventually after a reinstall of Manjaro, I decided to go in and not have my DVI cable plugged in during the installation process, then plug it in afterwards and then select my old monitor after all of that, which did work and it does show up with actual graphics and functions correct... until I restart the computer, to which Manjaro then decides that my displayport monitor now will not function, the splash screen from my motherboard boot sequence stays on my displayport monitor and only my DVI monitor is recognized, no matter how many times I plug the displayport cable into different slots. In fact, it only works with the slot I initially plugged it into, which then simply shows the motherboard splash again, and still isn't recognized in Manjaro.
My specs:
i7-4790k CPU
GTX 1070 GPU
16gbs of DDR3 ram
Gigabyte z97x Gaming 7 motherboard
Manjaro KDE 64-bit
No overclocking of any kind have been done on either the CPU or GPU throughout this situation.
Edit 2: I've just tried a thing with the DVI cable and plugged it into my GPU to see if it would do anything, the motherboard splash showed up on the DVI monitor this time... and my displayport monitor showed nothing, so it seems like Manjaro's just not liking my GPU currently.
Edit 3: At the request of user kemotep, I've run some commands and here's the output:
[user@user-pc ~]$ lspci | grep VGA
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 06)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GP104 [GeForce GTX 1070] (rev a1)

[user@user-pc ~]$ lsmod | grep "kms\|drm"
drm_kms_helper        208896  1 i915
drm                   495616  21 drm_kms_helper,i915
agpgart                49152  2 intel_gtt,drm
syscopyarea            16384  1 drm_kms_helper
sysfillrect            16384  1 drm_kms_helper
sysimgblt              16384  1 drm_kms_helper
fb_sys_fops            16384  1 drm_kms_helper

[user@user-pc ~]$ find /dev -group video
/dev/fb1
/dev/dri/card0
/dev/fb0

[user@user-pc ~]$ cat /proc/cmdline
BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.19-x86_64 root=UUID=9e897b2b-7796-4f0a-8813-07044c3f397c rw quiet

[user@user-pc ~]$ find /etc/modprobe.d/
/etc/modprobe.d/
/etc/modprobe.d/mhwd-bbswitch.conf
/etc/modprobe.d/mhwd-gpu.conf
/etc/modprobe.d/mhwd-nvidia.conf

[user@user-pc ~]$ cat /etc/modprobe.d/*kms*
cat: '/etc/modprobe.d/*kms*': No such file or directory

[user@user-pc ~]$ ls /etc/X11/xorg.conf
ls: cannot access '/etc/X11/xorg.conf': No such file or directory

[user@user-pc ~]$ glxinfo | grep -i "vendor\|rendering"
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
client glx vendor string: Mesa Project and SGI
    Vendor: Intel Open Source Technology Center (0x8086)
OpenGL vendor string: Intel Open Source Technology Center

[user@user-pc ~]$ grep LoadModule /var/log/Xorg.0.log
[     4.622] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[     4.636] (II) LoadModule: "intel"
[     4.644] (II) LoadModule: "dri3"
[     4.644] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
[     4.644] (II) LoadModule: "present"
[     4.759] (II) LoadModule: "libinput"

(note, I edited the output to "user-pc" for privacy reasons)

A: After this seemingly went nowhere, I realized that manjaro has its own forums which I honestly should have gone to first
if you wish to read the whole scenario and how I came to my solution: https://forum.manjaro.org/t/multi-monitor-setup-acting-weird/83906
tl;dr I uninstalled and completely removed bumblebee from my drivers using mhwd, installed the video-nvidia driver in mhwd, and then deleted the /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/90-mhwd.conf file that generated after video-nvidia fully finished installing. After doing that, I rebooted and both my monitors were working perfectly and I was able to game with performance that made sense for my GTX 1070 running native linux ports of Portal 2 and CSGO.


I have suffered on and off lower back pain for years, had sciatica on both sides before, and cramped muscles in lower back with two discs herniated. Now I am getting older the back pain seems to keep returning. This will happen now 3-4 times a year and lasts for weeks on end and its chronic pain very painful where I can hardly move or do anything. Apart from physiotherapy they have no answers for back pain. A lot of treatments you cant even get on nhs and private treatments are expensive. I feel there is a lack of support as well with nhs as you wait weeks on end before you are seen, its not just about the physical but also emotional pain we go through as well. It affects your well being in life and ends up making you house bound for a while until it starts to recover and you can move around again. Then three months down the line it all starts up again. I found the pain clinic before to be of no help. When it starts it can go from two weeks to six or more at a time. Makes it hard to hold down a job as limited motor functions or do anything of every day things that we do. I just wanted to say how I felt at times with this chronic pain. and sure lots of other sufferers out there please feel free to reply back..even though chronic back pain is popular there seems to be little investigation into it, leaving everyone to simply suffer.
SO sorry for your suffering! I have had treatment for other issues (hip pain, neck and shoulder pain) at the British School of Osteopathy on Southwark Bridge Road, and can recommend you might contact them. The fees are very reasonable; assessment and treatment done by students supervised by a tutor. It is all very professional, and the practitioners take care to really listen to the patient. In my case a few treatments resolved the issues, and I was reassured by the underlying principle of identifying and correcting the root of the pain rather than just treating the symptoms. Last time I was there I think I saw fliers for a chronic pain management course, so perhaps this could be helpful? Good luck!
You need to put on a bout 1 kg in and relax for half an our or so= the influx of magnesium helps v much with pain.
You can get it at boots but it's about £5.00 a pack ( one bath) if you go on amazon or the internet you can buy it cheaply in big quantities'. LOVLEY CHEMIST ON bhs next to Holland and Barrett also sell it- maybe try it once from there and if you liken think about bulk buying.
Back Pain is all about management as opposed to cure so obviously avoid any heavy lifting and if you sit a lot for your job then make sure you use posture corrector.
Aside from that a TENS machine is a great investment. I got this one for £ 30 for my neck pain and it's great, even sends me to sleep sometimes. It's not a cure but part of an overall management strategy with voltarol / hot baths etc.
I have same problem which started after I had my son and has been on and off bad ever since-been under Guys back pain treatment centre and done all the classes which are basically exercise and education based also my doctors offer classes dealing with chronic pain.
I agree it does seem to be this is it you have to just get on with it here are some pain killers. Thankfully the people I work with are now well used to the cries as I try to stand up or sit down and the company has provided me with a special chair so am lucky in that respect. For me hot baths and massage do very little the only thing is to try and find and position that is comfortable either lying down or standing take a load of painkillers and hoping it will go away.
My daughter has bad hip pain, she swears by Dead Sea salt. Personally, I would try an exploratory trip to Amsterdam for back pain, especially if it's muscular. Of course if that works, you may become a criminal.
dee dee, my wife also suffers from back pain, she blames the epidural injection she had when giving birth.
I found the back clinic at Guys hospital really useful, if you haven't been think about asking your GP for a referral (I also had sciatica, rather than back pain).
Epsom salts are great, I have used them after a long bike ride. I also like an occasional visit to the spa. The E&C gym has a sauna and steam room, but I like Iron Monger Row at Old Street, £26 for three hours and well worth the money.
Dead sea salt and Epsom have a similar make up I think, High magnesium count. The infusion of that in along soak helps with pain.
Hi, I see an osteo at my doctors on nhs but he just gets me to lay down and pushes my back into place which is extremely painful and thats it. He does not manipulate it or massage or anything. I assume its because its being done on nhs so rushed. The appointments are far apart as well due to nhs I guess. not like every week but like once or month or less. Its good to have this service but wonder if its not enough really. I guess if I was paying for it I would get longer and more treatment.


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Price watchers
Students seek community volunteers for citizen science project
By Jeff Green
A pair of undergraduate students are looking for volunteers to join a project examining food prices in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Willa Neilsen and Morgan Davidson are working with the Civic Laboratory for Environmental Action Research (CLEAR), led by Dr. Max Liboiron, associate professor, Department of Geography, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.
The N.L. Food Pricing Project is looking for citizen scientists.
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CLEAR is partnering with the Social Justice Co-operative N.L. and the Nunatsiavut Government on the citizen science survey, collecting data on key food prices.
Willa Neilsen
"The goal of the N.L. Food Pricing Project is to better understand the cost of key food items across our province," said Ms. Neilsen, who is from North West River, Labrador, and is completing a bachelor of science degree.
She and Ms. Davidson, who is originally from Clarenville and is working towards a bachelor of science degree, are eager to expand the study.
Morgan Davidson
"Our need for volunteers stems from our goal of collecting food pricing data from different stores in different areas all around the province," said Ms. Neilsen.
"The role of volunteers is to regularly go to a local food store in their area and fill out either our paper data form or our online Google form with the information it asks for."
Price of food
Patricia Johnson-Castle, director of policy and planning with the Nunatsiavut Government, says food security is a serious issue for northern communities such as Nain and Hopedale.
"We know that food is more expensive up here but some studies fail to highlight other factors that contribute to food insecurity," she told the Gazette.
Things such as the weather and transportation delays can limit the freshness and availability of items such as produce. She says the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has also affected food distribution chains resulting in a rise in prices for products such as ground beef and pork chops.
"We know that food is expensive — but how much more expensive is it?" she said, adding that people, especially those living in the North, often share photos of skyrocketing food prices on social media.
She says this project will shed light on prices and their fluctuations throughout the year.
"We'll be able to use this to hopefully further talks with the federal government on how food is subsidized," Ms. Johnson-Castle added. "We want to bring some attention to the issue."
Connecting citizen scientists
Kerri Neil (BA(Hons.)'16, MA'19) co-chair of the Social Justice Co-operative, says the group was excited to partner with CLEAR and the Nunatsiavut Government for this project.
"We have an action team working around food sovereignty," said Mx. Neil, who is also a member of Memorial's Board of Regents. [Editor's note: "Mx." is a gender-neutral honorific.]
"Not a lot of people in the province have access to traditional foods from sustainable sources. Food is so important to our every day and we want to make sure people have access to good nutritious food."
Mx. Neil says her group is helping connect citizen scientists throughout the province with CLEAR.
Once a month, volunteer participants will collect data from their local food store and share that information with CLEAR.
Ms. Neilsen say the pandemic has slowed their research but they want to increase publicity for their project and recruit further volunteers.
More information about the N.L. Food Pricing Project is online or you can email Ms. Neilsen to get involved in the project.
Jeff Green is manager of communications in the Office of the Vice-President (Research). He can be reached at jeffg@mun.ca.
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NME Blogs
The Actor Playing Quicksilver In 'X-Men: Apocalypse' Just Revealed Who His On-Screen Father Is
Larry Bartleet Jan 26, 2016 3:31 pm GMT
Long-term fans of X-Men will already be aware who Quicksilver's father is revealed to be in the upcoming film, X-Men Apocalypse – the answer is in the comics. But those who have only watched the films may be surprised to learn who it is. Consider yourselves spoiler-warned, because Quicksilver actor Evan Peters recently revealed the truth.
Peters, speaking to JoBlo, admitted that as in the comics, his father will be Michael Fassbender's character, Magneto.
"I have learned that he's my father at this point," he said, "and I am trying to … I don't know what I can say… It's like an adoptive child or any kind of child who has a strange father trying to… He knows who he is now so he is trying to find him. He's been searching for him. It's been 10 years and he hasn't found him and then something happens."
The clues were there in the most recent film, 2014's Days of Future Past, where Quicksilver mentions that his mother knew someone with the same metal-controlling powers as Magneto. In that film, Quicksilver helps break Magneto out of the Pentagon in a super-slick slow-motion sequence. Peters also discussed how it could be improved upon in the new film.
"Can we top it? They did such a f*cking awesome job. The special effects team is amazing. Bryan Schmears over at Second Unit, everybody just made that whole sequence awesome, I thought. I was just a minion. They just told me what to do so I didn't really have much to do with it but I was curious to see how they were going to top it and if they could and I think they have. I'm very excited to see it myself. I'm excited for everybody to see it because we've been working hard on it."