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Appealing a Workers' Compensation Decision in Hanover County
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When an injured employee believes their workers' compensation claim was unfairly or improperly denied, they have the right to file an appeal. The original decision could have resulted from any number of issues, from misleading insurance company arguments to a misunderstanding from the commissioner. If you believe that your injury deserves to be compensated, talk to a local lawyer about appealing a workers' compensation decision in Hanover County. A knowledgeable workers' comp attorney could advise you on how to navigate the appeals process and put you in a position to fight for damages.
Why Might a Workers' Compensation Decision Be Denied in Hanover County?
A workers' compensation decision may be denied in Hanover County for several reasons. There are many defenses that an insurance company could use to try to deny a claim. For example, the insurance company may claim no injury occurred during the course of employment, or that there is a lack of medical evidence to support a claim. The insurance company may also argue that the employee does not have evidence supporting their periods of disability or that they failed to search for five jobs a week while on light duty, as is often required. Other points of evidence the defendant might use include:
The claimant received unauthorized medical care
The claimant refused to return to modified work with the employer
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The employer was not required to carry workers' comp insurance
Failure to notify the employer of injury within 30 days
Further, a claim cannot be filed if it occurs more than two years after the injury and the statute of limitations has run out. A local attorney could ensure the claim and supporting documentation are filed promptly to avoid running out the statute of limitations.
How Does Someone Appeal a Workers' Comp Decision?
An injured worker should consider appealing a workers' compensation decision in Hanover County if they feel that the issued opinion either misinterpreted facts or did not take into account everything that should have been considered.
Claimants can appeal their workers' comp denial by filing a statement within 30 days of the opinion of a deputy commissioner. After 30 days, statements need to be submitted based on the schedule that is issued by a full commission of three separate commissioners.
Written Appeals
The appeal process happens only in writing, not in a separate hearing. Appeals are sent to the full commission who will review the statements, as well as evidence that the deputy commissioner considered, and make a ruling. This could take several months or longer after all the statements are submitted.
How Could a Workers' Comp Lawyer Help in Appealing a Decision
A workers' comp lawyer can help determine if it is in a person's best interest to appeal a decision in the first place and can assist in submitting statements on their behalf. They can also ensure that an appeal is filed within the 30-day timeframe for quick results and can keep track of all evidence used in the case.
The appeals process is meant to rectify any potential mistakes made in court. When you feel you did not get a fair hearing and that the evidence is on your side, you can appeal the result. Appealing a workers' compensation decision in Hanover County can be made easier by hiring a compassionate local attorney who knows how to navigate the system. Call today to discuss your legal options.
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Q: pthread_create confusion In many occasions I have seen this situation
class Foo
{
    static void* ThreadFun(void* p)
    {
        Derived* args = (Derived*)p;

        //do something with args.
        //example
        //cout << args->getname();
    }

    void function()
    {
        Base* args = new Derived();
        args->setname("test");

        pthread_t id;
        int ret = pthread_create(&id, NULL, ThreadFun, (void*) args);
    }
}

First, is that proper C++ code? or am I missing something? I have done some readings and apparently casting a pointer to class to a void* causes loss of information and calling getname() on the derived class can be illegal.
What they suggest if I understood correctly is something like this:
void function()
{
    Base* args = new Derived();
    args->setname("test");

    void* pargs = (Base*)malloc(sizeof(*args)); // to be freed in ThreadFun
    pargs = args;
    pthread_t id;
    int ret = pthread_create(&id, NULL, ThreadFun, pargs );
}

I don't get it really, how do I need to this properly?

A: Oh, wow...  No, your 2nd example leaks the memory allocated by malloc(), and from the comment, if you follow that advice, you'll be free()'ing your new Derived() allocation in ThreadFun when you think you're freeing the malloc() allocation.
With regard to casting a pointer to a class to void* causing a loss of information.... It doesn't.  Plain & simple.  What it loses is the compiler's understanding of what that pointer means.  If you know what it means, you can always cast it back to its proper type & get its full functionality back, which is exactly what the first example does.  When the ThreadFun() function starts in the new thread, it casts the void* back to its original type, which is Derived*.
I'm noticing that when you initially called for the new Derived() allocation, you assigned the return pointer to a pointer of type Base*.  I'm assuming class Derived inherits from class Base, so the assignment there actually causes a "loss of information" from the standpoint that while it's a pointer of type Base* you lose any non-polymorphic behavior of the Derived class.  But by the time you cast it back to its real type in ThreadFun(), it regains its full functionality.  Note that if instead you allocated a new Base object and started up your new thread with that, and in ThreadFun() you casted that to a Derived*, the compiler would let you do that, but you'd have undefined behavior... probably a crash.  Because (due to the pthreads interface) you have to go through a void*, there's no type-checking safety to be had, even with C++ style casts.  So you could convert that void* to anything you wanted, and the compiler would let you.  But of course the only truly valid casts are either (Base*) or (Derived*), or anything in between them in the inheritance hierarchy.
I should also mention that as a void*, you can't delete the object and have its destructor run.  To delete the object, you need to cast that pointer back to whatever type it is in order for the compiler to know what destructor to call.  There's another tricky sticky situation you can get into with pointers to Derived classes being of type Base*.... If the Base::~Base() destructor is NOT virtual, if you delete your Derived object by calling delete on a Base* to that object, the allocation will be fully deallocated, but only the Base portion of the object will have its destructor run..... UNLESS the destructors were defined with the virtual keyword, which allows you to delete a Derived object even with only a Base* to it.  Have I made myself perfectly unclear?

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Nintendo: Where's the fun in streaming gameplay?
Reggie Fils-Aime doesn't want live-streaming completely open to Wii U's users
Matthew Handrahan
Sony and Microsoft may be bewitched by the popularity of live-streaming gameplay, but Nintendo is not so keen to make the ubiquitous Twitch service available to its users.
Speaking to Polygon, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime said that the company has always been focused on making its platforms as "fun" as possible - and, at present, it doesn't see that potential in Twitch as an ever present feature.
"We don't think streaming 30 minutes of gameplay by itself is a lot of fun," he said. "Your specific question of just purely streaming gameplay, what we've got to think through is, so what's fun about that? From a consumer standpoint, what's fun about it?"
Well, not that much, apparently. Fils-Aime pointed out that Nintendo works with Twitch on a consistent basis - including in its live coverage of E3 - and it has implemented user-created video features in Mario Kart 8, but these are specific, tailored uses of the technology.
"So for us, what we're doing at the Nokia theater with the Smash Invitational [Super Smash Bros.], we loved that streamed because that's where you are able to see how these players perform, the moves they make, you can learn something. That has value to us. And you can expect us to do more of that type of activity, highlighting our games and providing a forum for players to learn how to play better.
"But that's different than watching Joe Blow's 30 minute stream, which may or may not have something that's all that interesting."
The impact of live-streaming on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One has been so immediate and pervasive that Twitch has emerged as an incredibly early contender for the new generation's defining feature.
While there is certainly logic backing up Nintendo's viewpoint, after an encouraging E3 widely seen as a return to form, Fils-Aime's words may be enough to give Nintendo's investors a few more sleepless nights.
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Jamie Grant Japanese Translation & Localisation Professional 7 years ago
No doubt like others, I ran this response over and over in my head, struggling to understand whether Nintendo is just blind to Twitch's potential or slow to catch on like other gaming technology trends of recent years, all while noting his thoughtful comment on "focused streaming" as if there's an angle we or Twitch haven't yet considered as of yet (even though editing and uploading of videos is at least a couple of decades or so old now). In the meantime, Reggie cackled wickedly to himself knowing he just bought Nintendo more time to work out what to do with Twitch. Genius.
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Andrew Watson Tools Programmer 7 years ago
I know that personally if I watch a let's play of a game, I will have a lot less motivation to play it myself afterwards, since I now already know everything that happens.
On the other hand, they're useful to see if you missed anything after you finished playing it, or if you're missing one [collectible item] and have searched the level from top to bottom and still can't find it.
I'm conflicted.
Klaus Preisinger Freelance Writing 7 years ago
Watching other players perform at awe inspiring skill levels that you cannot reach yourself adds value to a game and the culture of gamers surrounding a game/platform. The following is certainly an example exceeding Reggie Fils-Aime' "pure gameplay" statement. But whereas this video might be understandable to every lament, other forms featuring pure gameplay will make themselves apparent to the people actually playing those games.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvzIb53Lcno&feature=kp
I am under the impression Nintendo views Twitch as platform giving away games to content tourists for free, which isn't the case. One hour of looking at the structure of the site and what makes a good channels should make that much apparent. The people who actually post monetized fullruns of games on Youtube for conten ttourists don't need a share button. They are financially better of, if the lack of a share button limits the number of competing fullruns.
Steven Hodgson Dev 7 years ago
If you're making your platform as fun as possible, then Twitch should pose a threat to your business model since others will want to join in after seeing it in action
Rick Lopez Illustrator, Graphic Designer 7 years ago
I love you guys at Nintendo, but sometimes I just want to knock some of you guys over the head to see if you wake up... :)
Friend a mine was using Twitch to stream gameplay sessions on Battlefield hardline betta and Destiny Alpha... it was fun as hell seeing him play, made fun of him and it was tons of laughs...
Jehferson Wohllerz Curupana da Rocha e Mello Programmer 7 years ago
I find it curious that when I saw Splatoon during their E3 presentation all I could think is how much I'd like to watch that being played and broadcast as an esport
Greg Wilcox Creator, Destroy All Fanboys! 7 years ago
Um, not to be the party pooper, but the LAST thing Nintendo needs is controversy when someone decides to video themselves doing something naughty and post it up. Even if the video was yanked down right away, imagine the news from those looking to get hits and views on their sites and networks: "Nintendo allows people to post PORN online!" Yeesh. Cue the usual anti-gaming suspects on the usual cable news networks trotting out their tired old arguments that hold no water...
Remember the craziness when it happened on the PS4 and there was a bit of fuss and bother that lasted about a week or two? I kind of think that's another hidden reason they're against it, no matter that 99.9% of the users will probably stream inoffensive content. Now, if they had their own dedicated network (no, not their own Nintendo Direct posts where people play and they make fun of themselves) where content was moderated before posting (which would be quite a bit of work with the potential millions of people wanting to)... that could be interesting.
I guess.
James Berg Games User Researcher 7 years ago
Nintendo, we love you, but please stop treating everything online as the enemy. It's 2014. Please join us.
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True Greg, thats another way to look at it. its like the stuff that happened when some guy purchased a used 3DS that had porn in it...
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Yuri Bialoskursky Senior Designer, PerBlue, Inc7 years ago
To be fair though, look how long it took for them to embrace those concepts...the Wii-U and the 3DS. Yes the Wii had some social features and examples of online multi-player as well, but I always thought it felt more experimental and somewhat reluctant than the commitment we're seeing to social features on the Wii-U. Twitch seems like a natural extension of that, but my guess is that they just want more control over it and will work on developing their own streaming network where they can dictate the constraints over the content their users have access to.
Paul Jace Merchandiser 7 years ago
Nintendo Thru The Years
2001: "Where's the fun in online multiplayer?"
2006: "Where's the fun in a universal gamertag with easy to manage friends list"?
2014: "Where's the fun in streaming gameplay?"
For Nintendo it appears that the more things change the more they stay the same.
Ten cents says it's Nintendo wanting control and some way to guarantee security for parents concerned about who their kids play with. Anyone who spends more than two minutes on Xbox Live or PSN will hear plenty of stuff I'd bet Nintendo wants to NOT drip on anything they come up with. Granted, it's "quaint" of them, but I think if they DO go the streaming rout at some point, it'll be in what's going to be a safer place.
That and unless you own a Wii U an as Christian noted, use the Miiverse, you're not seeing one thing that they've done quite well in terms of how players interact with each other. Granted, there are a few dopes there like anywhere else online, but it's nowhere as awful as listening to some kid rattle off all sorts of crap in your ear when he's losing at a game he shouldn't even be playing in the first place... :D
Morgan King Animator 7 years ago
Who would ever buy a game without seeing what it actually plays like if they have the chance to do so? Watching others play games is how I, and countless others, choose what to purchase.
David Canela Game & Audio Designer 7 years ago
I agree with the sentiment that I'd rather have the gaming-interested people playing a game than watching somebody else pla, but I'm not sure the latter cannibalisesthe former. For story-based games (the Walking Dead & Co.), it's definitely an issue. For more systemic games it might actually be a way for undecided folks to see something cool, unforeseen happen. It's hard for me to weigh the advantages and disadvantages for me in this matter..
Andrew Goodchild Studying development, Train2Game7 years ago
Well, I don't really watch footage of people playing, but my 9 year old spends as much time as we let him watching Blitzwinger or some others playing mincemeat, reviewing mods or playing Lego games, and so do a lot of his friends. When I was not much older than him, Gamesmaster was one of my favourite shows.
It seems that it would be a perfect fit for Nintendo's traditional audience. Arguing that it's not fun won't stop people who find it fun getting fun from it, or something like that. And it seems that there are a lot of people who do find it fun, bearing in mind some of the most popular YouTube channels are this sort of thing, and last I heard Pewdiepie was the tweeter with most followers in the world.
Does twitch allow commentary?
Jeff Kleist Writer, Marketing, Licensing 7 years ago
@James
That's not the issue. It's control. Look how hard Nintendo fought YouTube, how they used Smash tournaments. Every single thing Nintendo has ever done for thirty years has been about control.
More importantly, Nintendo doesn't treat online as the enemy. They're clueless Read the Eurogamer expose. The people developing the the WiiU online system could not answer questions based on comparisons to Live or PSN because "they haven't used those systems"!!!
Nintendo engineers are clueless, they're ten years behind, and since the WiiU is not capable of broadcasting to Twitch, at the very least with a signal that will look good, they simply continue to poo poo what they don't have or can't do. Nintendo is dying a slow death. They have a lot of cash, and so it's going to take a long time to bleed out. But if they continue on these paths, and don't go third party or merge, it's going to happen.
Robin Clarke Producer, AppyNation Ltd7 years ago
What Nintendo are basically saying is that they've not been convinced in the value to their average user of solving this non-trivial technical problem. The same reason they - correctly, as it was borne out - didn't expend effort on the niche interest of online console gaming in the last two generations.
Recording and streaming gameplay footage is currently seeing a boom because the technology is cheap, and the audience segment who want their time filled for free are no longer as well served by free web games and casual piracy as they were a few years ago. Is there a tangible benefit for anyone except Twitch and Google, the people selling ads? Canny investors should welcome the fact that Nintendo don't jump on every passing fad.
Jim Webb Executive Editor/Community Director, E-mpire Ltd. Co.7 years ago
Sounds to me like they are simply wanting to roll put their own Nintendo style service rather than just integrate Twitch.
Reminds me of MiiVerse. Rather than incorporate Facebook, they created their own social media system directly into the system.
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Cremaster Tours Poland
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The average visitor to a contemporary art gallery adopts a stony face, and does his/her best to show no response whatsoever to anything on display.
Matthew Barney is a 40-year-old native of San Francisco who is already considered part of the canon of American visual art. He started making video art in 1990, earned a reputation as an enfant terrible, moved on to film and performance, and to top it all off married Icelandic pop sensation Bjork. The Cremaster series is already being touted as his "masterpiece," and was made between 1994-2002. On a more provincial note, I have never seen the Pod Baranami cinemas more clogged with fashionable young people desperate to get their hands on tickets. In our first film two blimps fly over a technicolor-blue (all colors here are highly-saturated) football field, upon which dance a team of women in odd harlequin costumes. The blimps are peopled by bored stewardesses, tables filled with grapes and with centerpieces of a statue that might be disfigured phalli or the legs of satyrs, and women in lingerie under the tables. The women under the tables eat grapes, the grapes come out of their high-heeled shoes, and then they rearrange these grapes into different patterns, which are then mimicked by the harlequin-women on the football field. This is repeated many times, for over half an hour. And that's it.
Anyone putting forth an interpretation of this film, treating the content seriously, will indeed probably end up making a fool of himself. This is not because the film is non-narrative: Roy Andersen's Songs from the Seventh Floor and Sokolov's Russian Ark are only two examples of non-narrative films about which there is a great deal to say. The strange feeling of emptiness one gets in watching Cremaster 1 and 2 must come from somewhere else.
It partly comes, no doubt, from Barney's palette. These films are hyper-stylized, a blend of video art, high-budget commercial, and music video aesthetics. Every hair-do, manicure, cosmetics job and piece of furniture is the subject of the most meticulous detail. As such, these films give the impression of being "designed" (some might prefer to say "sculpted"), and for the first five minutes there is a certain intoxicating effect that comes in watching them.
But ultimately a non-narrative film depends a great deal on the director's intuition, and though any judgement of this must be enormously subjective, the Cremaster films do not impress here. Cremaster 2, which is more interesting than the first, depends on a series of cloaked or literal bee metaphors, many of which are only wrapped up together by a short speech by a man playing Houdini. Barney may succeed in playing some interesting tricks with his honeycomb symbols, but the overwhelming impression is that it adds up to nothing. And many of the individual scenes (a phallus ejaculating honey, a death-metal vocalist covered in swarming bees, etc.) reveal an artist with a fairly second-rate capacity for creating a metaphor.
Somewhere in Barney's promotional materials, one no doubt finds a line like: "Barney takes all the refuse and detritus of modern civilization and spins it into gold." America is currently filled to the brim with artists working on this project, of course, but Barney is rare in his sincerity. He really would like you to find mythology in a Goodyear advertisement, beauty in a gas-station uniform. Warhol would never have gone this far: Barney is painting Campbell's Soup cans and wants you to find poetry, not irony.
There is, of course, the possibility that I am guilty of watching these films the wrong way, and that one need turn off the critical part of your brain while watching Barney's films and simply delight in their candy-colored over-abundance. But if this is the case, things are very badly off for America's contemporary art, indeed.
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Home Breaking Hans Vanaken hopes that, this time, however, opportunities to play gigs at...
Hans Vanaken hopes that, this time, however, opportunities to play gigs at the Red Devils: I would like to have another substitute for Eden Hazard.
Last month, was given to Hans Vanaken (27) does not play and the opportunities for the Red Devils, although many of them felt that he had earned it. There is also very little changed across time, Vanaken is playing in Belgium is always on the same level. He's going to this time, however, minutes to get?
"I don't know, it's hard to tell," said Vanaken Tuesday afternoon at his press conference in the Patients. "I just want to do my best at the Club, in Bruges, try and be there as best as possible to make a difference, and the attention of the head coach. However, we have a very, very large, and the competition is huge, so it remains to be seen. We'll see what happens."
the Last time I went there, mainly due to the Club's fans and, of course, have seriously campaigned for Vanaken is in the squad to get in. That he would have noticed. "Well, yes, that's good to hear that people believe in me, but it's the coach's decision. Finally, it was Raman, and Verschaeren, when the chance of minutes to do, but also because they have, for the first time in front of them. Ok, well, I would have collapsed, everyone would have fallen, but they are the choices of the coach. You just need to respect it."
As Vanaken said he will remain through the Club and fight for his place. And it's going to a Club for the wind. "The competition is going to be very fast, yes. The scoringsprobleem is a thing of the past, the balls are going to get good at it. I feel I am in shape. But the receipt you are not allowed in the national team, a lot of players who are in form. And they should also have a look at the best players in the world, and especially in my position. If I can substitute for Eden Hazard, as in the last two caps in, I'll already be content."
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Well, Dennis Praet has been a lucky Red Devil. The happiness radiates from the face of the 25-year-old midfielder, who is at Leicester City's rise to the capture is.
"Everything's fine," said Praet. "I am very happy that I made the move from Sampdoria to the Tube have been made. What is the difference? In the uk, there will be more intensity during the training sessions and the matches. In Italy it is more tactical to it. The training courses are longer, with less and less intensity. I'm still adjusting to this new way of playing. I don't know if I should only be in Italian or English football. I really enjoy both of these. The training courses in the uk, have fun in Italy, it can sometimes be boring. That's why I see England as a step forward. Be Sure To Leicester. I have noticed though is that the team is a lot of potential it had. That the evidence we have now, we're on for a European place. The coaches, Brendan Rodgers and the head coach, Roberto Martinez, are similar. Hot coaches working with their players to talk to. In Italy, talked with the trainer, will never be with me."
At the Tube, he saw Youri Tielemans, and his ex-teammate in Anderlecht's back. "With Williams, it's fun to play, and always has been," said Praet. "It's not that I dreamed of having with him, that it would be an exaggeration. However, I thought it was nice that he was there. He has helped me well in the Tube. Also, Ndidi, to the spider in the Tube, which is everywhere, with his feet among them, was a familiar face. He also played with RC Genk."
While he was at Leicester, is fighting for his move, it seems that the Red Devils are still far, far away. "Of course, I would like to play for the national team," said Praet. "The competition is very high. It's not easy to be in a position to win. However, I have to grab any chance. I am hoping that I will get it. I think the coach sees me as a number 8. That's my best position at the moment."
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package co.cask.cdap.explore.service;

import co.cask.cdap.test.XSlowTests;
import org.junit.AfterClass;
import org.junit.BeforeClass;
import org.junit.ClassRule;
import org.junit.experimental.categories.Category;
import org.junit.rules.TemporaryFolder;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
import org.junit.runners.Suite;

@Category(XSlowTests.class)
@RunWith(Suite.class)
@Suite.SuiteClasses({
  ExploreExtensiveSchemaTableTestRun.class,
  ExploreMetadataTestRun.class,
  HiveExploreServiceTestRun.class,
  WritableDatasetTestRun.class,
  HiveExploreObjectMappedTableTestRun.class,
  HiveExploreServiceFileSetTestRun.class,
  HiveExploreStructuredRecordTestRun.class
})
public class ExploreServiceTestsSuite {

  @ClassRule
  public static TemporaryFolder tmpFolder = new TemporaryFolder();

  @BeforeClass
  public static void init() throws Exception {
    BaseHiveExploreServiceTest.initialize(tmpFolder);
    BaseHiveExploreServiceTest.runBefore = false;
    BaseHiveExploreServiceTest.runAfter = false;
  }

  @AfterClass
  public static void finish() throws Exception {
    BaseHiveExploreServiceTest.runBefore = true;
    BaseHiveExploreServiceTest.runAfter = true;
    BaseHiveExploreServiceTest.stopServices();
  }
}

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The Ministry of Social Services' budget will increase by $50.6 million in 2020-21, bringing the total budget to $1.286 billion, a 4.1 per cent increase from 2019-20.
"Our government is working on building a strong Saskatchewan for all, where everyone can get the support they need," Social Services Minister Paul Merriman said. "We are continuing our investment in community organizations that deliver services on our behalf, because they are critical in helping create positive outcomes and better lives for the people we serve."
Increased funding of $10.9 million to third party service providers includes:
$6.8 million increase for service providers that work with people with intellectual disabilities, plus an additional $1.0 million increase for client transportation for day programs and other activities;
$2.5 million increase for service providers that support at-risk children, youth and families; and
an increase of $621,000 for Approved Private Service Homes that care for people with intellectual disabilities and mental health issues.
Merriman said this year's budget again focuses on working to make Saskatchewan the best place in Canada for people with disabilities.
It contains:
$10 million increase for the Saskatchewan Assured Income for Disability, or SAID, program to continue to support people with significant and enduring disabilities; and
$10.9 million increase to address current and anticipated needs of people with intellectual disabilities, including youth with intellectual disabilities transitioning into adult programs, and to increase access to respite for caregivers.
Social Services is also providing $1.0 million to SaskAbilities for repairs and improvements to Camp Easter Seal, which provides summer camp programs for children, youth and adults with physical and intellectual disabilities.
Another $350,000 in new funding will enhance communication services delivered by the Canadian National Institute for the Blind and Saskatchewan Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services Inc. The funding will provide support for roles including a DeafBlind Intervenor, American Sign Language Interpreters and Sign Support Professionals. This investment builds on the Saskatchewan Disability Strategy by improving access to communication supports that people need to live and participate in their communities.
The province is continuing to invest in Child and Family Programs to ensure the safety and well-being of vulnerable children.
Investments include:
an increase of $3.2 million to support children and youth with developmental and complex behavioral needs through private treatment and two new group homes;
an increase of $2.5 million for family supports, including outreach and in-home supports;
an increase of $1.8 million to the supported family living program that helps keep at-risk families together;
an increase of $1.4 million for foster families, who will continue to be eligible for additional monthly payments when they complete specific training; and
an additional $356,000 to increase basic maintenance rates for foster care, extended family care and assisted adoption by 1.0 per cent effective July 1, 2020.
The Saskatchewan Income Support (SIS) program was launched in July 2019 for new income assistance clients. It is designed to help people receiving income assistance overcome challenges, earn more income, become more self-sufficient and start a career. The SIS budget will increase by $84.6 million to reflect the caseload in this program, as the Saskatchewan Assistance Program (SAP) and Transitional Employment Allowance (TEA) wind down. Applications are now being accepted for the new Saskatchewan Housing Benefit.
The province will provide $3.4 million as a 50/50 cost-match with the federal government under the National Housing Strategy, resulting in total funding of up to $6.8 million. The benefit will target eligible individuals or families that require rental support.
Social Services has also responded to the impact of the COVID-19 virus on our province's most vulnerable citizens with a number of pandemic-specific programs. The estimated cost of these initiatives is $6.4 million and they will be managed within the ministry's overall 2020-21 budget of $1.286 billion.
Initiatives include:
$1.1 million toward a supplementary respite payment of $100 per month for four months to support caregivers of people with intellectual disabilities, including families caring for Community Living Service Delivery clients, families currently receiving the Family Respite benefit and Approved Private Service Home proprietors, including Mental Health Approved Home proprietors in response to the reduced respite options available during the COVID-19 lockdown.
$2.0 million for a one-time $50 benefit distributed in addition to regular benefits in April for clients receiving SIS, SAID, SAP and TEA to help cover extra COVID-19 related expenses.
One-time total additional funding of $171,000 to emergency shelters to help address extra cost pressures for services and supplies related to COVID-19.
$1.3 million to provide an additional $300 one-time payment in June to family-based care providers, aligning with the federal government's announcement of a one-time increase to the Canada Child Benefit.
$1.7 million for placement spaces to prepare for new children entering care to minimize the potential spread of the virus.
$145,000 for delaying transitions for youth aging out of care.
Child and Family Programs will continue to provide supports to these youth to remain in their current placements, while continuing to receive financial supports and access to all services.
"We recognize the impact that COVID-19 has placed on many Saskatchewan citizens, as well as on organizations that support them," Merriman said. "This government has taken a number of positive actions to reduce the financial and lifestyle effects on individuals and families already experiencing difficulties."
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Chefe militar ou senhor da guerra (do inglês warlord) são expressões utilizadas para se referir a uma pessoa com poder de controle militar de facto sobre uma área subnacional, devido ao fato de as forças armadas obedecerem ao chefe militar e não à autoridade central. Também especifica alguém que endossa o ideal de que a guerra é necessária, e possui os meios e a autoridade para executá-la.

A expressão traz uma forte conotação de que a pessoa exerce muito mais poder do que seu título ou posto oficial (caso exista) lhe permitiriam legitimamente; outros líderes militares de poder e influência, como os senhores feudais, por exemplo, também desfrutavam de grande autonomia e possuíam um exército pessoal, mas sua legitimidade provinha da lealdade formal a uma autoridade central.

O termo warlordismo (referido pelo Correio Braziliense como "emergência de senhores da guerra") foi cunhado para descrever o caos reinante no nascimento da República da China, especialmente após a morte de Yuan Shikai, como a era dos senhores da guerra. O termo pode ser empregado em referência a períodos similares em outros países e épocas, tais como o Japão durante o período Sengoku, a China durante os Três Reinos, ou a Somália e outros estados fracassados de tempos mais recentes.

Etimologia
A palavra warlord ("senhor da guerra", em tradução livre) é uma tradução literal inglesa do vocábulo alemão Kriegsherr, de idêntico significado. Curiosamente, os alemães contemporâneos utilizam quase sempre a palavra inglesa, que conseguiu superar Kriegsherr em seu idioma. Warlord, e suas traduções literais (como "senhor da guerra"), enquanto anglicismos, também superaram palavras de significado idêntico ou semelhante em outras línguas, como no caso do caudilho na língua portuguesa.

A expressão lord of war é um equívoco em relação a warlord usado por um personagem no filme homónimo de 2005 (O Senhor da Guerra em Portugal, O Senhor das Armas no Brasil), que, na verdade, fala sobre a vida de um traficante de armas.

Exemplos

Idade Moderna
De 1515 a 1523, o governo Habsburgo nos Países Baixos também teve de conter a rebelião de camponeses frísios liderada inicialmente por Pier Gerlofs Donia e depois por seu sobrinho Wijerd Jelckama. Os rebeldes foram bem-sucedidos no começo, mas, depois de muitas mortes, os líderes remanescentes foram capturados e decapitados em 1523.

Idade Contemporânea
Na Somália, com o colapso do governo central, grupos de chefes militares rivais constituem a única forma de autoridade em algumas partes do país. Entre outros exemplos de países que são totalmente ou parcialmente dominados por chefes militares, estão o Afeganistão, Chechénia, Birmânia, a República Democrática do Congo e o Paquistão.

Ver também

Caudilho
Militarismo

Ligações externas
-Un análisis crítico de la literatura de las "nuevas guerras" a la luz de la violencia

Poder político

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Mason creates art from bits of glass
Gage Cureton
gcureton@nujournal.com
Staff photos by Gage Cureton Mike Mason examines a booklet containing photos of his shop's past stained glass works. Sleepy Eye Stained Glass has made everything from restored church windows to lampshades.
Staff photos by Gage Cureton Kim Boyle of Delhi grinds down a shard of stained glass to fit it into a stained glass snowflake design she's working on.
Staff photos by Gage Cureton Mike Mason stands in the entry way of Sleepy Eye Stained Glass. The storefront features a restored church window from St. Catherine's Catholic Church in Redwood Falls.
SLEEPY EYE — Walking into Sleepy Eye Stained Glass, a visitor's gaze is greeted by dozens of stained glass windows and hundreds of other colorful creations.
Mike Mason, owner of the business and workshop, has been at it for over 40 years repairing or constructing hundreds of windows and projects.
But he wasn't always a craftsman of glass.
Mason came to Sleepy Eye from Illinois in 1976 as part of a work transfer between Del Monte Foods factories.
Initially, Mason never imagined he would work with stained glass until he bought a box of broken stained glass from a church auction in Illinois.
He said the box travelled with him to Minnesota.
"After I hauled it 500 miles up here and let it sit for a year or two," Mason said. "I decided I would learn how to do it."
Mason said his interest was sparked when he saw an advertisement for a do-it-yourself stained glass pamphlet in an issue of Popular Mechanics magazine. He ordered a pamphlet and quickly picked up on the skill, and like the dozens of decades-old windows in the shop, the rest is history.
"I wasn't too bad," he said. "I had lots of fun with it and got a little bit involved with a studio in Mankato at the time and was doing so well on my own that the owner wanted me to teach classes."
Mason honed his skills at the Glass Galleria in Mankato where the owner asked him to assist with classes. It was here he acquired the right tools and a good supply of glass.
Staff photos by Gage Cureton Mike Mason stands in the entry way of Sleepy Eye Stained Glass. The storefront features a restored church window from St. Catherine's Catholic Church in Redwood Falls.
"So I started through the community education program teaching weekly classes," he said. "It went pretty well. And then it went well enough that I started accumulating a supply of glass."
Mason taught night classes four nights a week at four schools in southern Minnesota. During those four nights every week, Mason said he'd make the trek to New Ulm on Mondays, Redwood Falls on Tuesdays, Morgan on Thursdays and St. James on Fridays.
Every night, he loaded all his tools and glass in his pickup truck, unloaded it, taught the class, reloaded everything back up, and then headed back home where he unloaded everything again for his personal shop use.
He said teaching the classes helped hone his skills even further.
"As I was doing that I was getting a little bit better at the craft," he said. "Then I opened up a real shop."
Mason built a small workshop in the basement of his home in 1982. Two years later, he added on a garage, but not necessarily for storing his truck.
"I built a garage later on to have a small shop and I never got a vehicle in there because I filled it up with junk," he said. "I do accumulate a lot of stuff."
Mason said he taught fewer classes after he accumulated too many tools and supplies. It was becoming a hassle to haul everything around in his truck four nights a week — all while working full time at Del Monte as plant production superintendent.
"In the course of things, it ended up people wanted glass repaired," he said. "So I started doing that and wasn't bad at it. In any case, it got me started and kept me busy."
Mason eventually retired from Del Monte in 1995 and opened up Sleepy Eye Stained Glass' current location on Main Street East in 2001. The move gave him plenty of space for storage — and plenty of room to grow the business.
"This is the largest selection of stained glass that you can find in Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Iowa, half of Wisconsin and Kansas," he said. "My competition, they have more volume of glass, but not the selection."
In addition to repairing everything from stained glass windows, to lampshades and sculptures; Mason also hosts classes Monday through Friday 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Mason teaches the art and craftsmanship of creating stained glass works, and guides attendees as they progress from beginner's projects such as what he calls "an ugly angel," a small glass sculpture of an angel, until they are able to design and create projects of their own.
Some class attendees have shown up to Mason's classes for years, and see it as a means to focus their creative energy.
Kim Boyle of Delhi, Minnesota, said she learned about the classes after she brought in a damaged stained glass sculpture to be repaired. She was impressed by the repairs and decided she wanted to learn the craft.
"I've been coming here for about two years," Boyle said. "It's great to come here and be creative."
Boyle said most of her projects are stained glass flowers that feature a variety of colors. Recently, she's been crafting snowflakes.
"For me, at least, it's all about playing with color," she said.
Mason has built or repaired a vast array of stained glass windows and projects. Many are housed in churches throughout Minnesota – and some in multi-million dollar homes such as Peace Harbor on West Lake Okoboji in Iowa.
At $12.8 million, the home was the most expensive house for sale in Iowa in 2015 according to an Aug. 18, 2015 article by the Sioux Falls Argus Leader.
Despite all Mason's experience and work, he said he cherishes every project and considers it more of a hobby than a profession.
"I don't have a favorite," Mason said. "I've made windows for churches and I've made windows for houses. I enjoy all of it."
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Q: SQL Comparing Dates in a database table I have made a date attribute but I have set it's type to varchar and not Date.
My question is, will I still be able to compare such dates in a SQL Query?
Dates in my DB are stored in this format:

dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm:ss

I have to do a SQL Query in PHP that looks something like this:
SELECT *
FROM DBtable
WHERE DBname='$name' AND date>='01/01/2015' AND date<='01/09/2015';

I would appreciate an example how to do this.
Thank you for your help.

A: You'll need to convert/cast to compare:
SELECT *
FROM DBtable
WHERE DBname='$name'
  AND CAST(date AS DATETIME) >='2015-01-01'
  AND CAST(date AS DATETIME)<='2015-01-09'
;

Much better to store values as the appropriate data types to avoid this inefficiency.   You could also use DATE instead of DATETIME if you want to compare without the time component.  Syntax and available datatypes vary by database, so the above may need adjustment.
Update:  Since you're using MySQL, you can use the following:
SELECT *
FROM DBtable
WHERE DBname='$name'
  AND STR_TO_DATE(`date`, '%d/%c/%Y') >= '2015-01-01'
  AND STR_TO_DATE(`date`, '%d/%c/%Y') <= '2015-01-09'
;

A: Yes you can cast a Varchar to a Date. Here is an example:
SELECT
CAST(date_column AS DATETIME)
FROM
TABLE_NAME

In your case it might look like:
SELECT *
FROM DBtable
WHERE DBname='$name'
AND CAST(date AS DATETIME) >='01/01/2015'
AND CAST(date AS DATETIME) <='01/09/2015';

A: You can cast or convert a varchar to a date or datetime before you do any comparisons.
But you'd have to do it every single time you compare the date to something.  That's because the following comparisons are all true if you compare them as varchar:
'2/1/2015' > '1/5/2016'
'25/1/2015' > '15/2/2015'
'11/1/2015' < '3/1/2015'

You'll also need to convert if you want to pull out some time-based aspect of the dates, such as any records where the hour was before 8:00 AM.  There is no easy way to do that if your date is a varchar.
And that assumes that the value in your database can always be parsed into a date!  If an empty string or some other kind of data gets in there, CONVERT(datetime, MyColumn) will fail.
So I would strongly recommend that you change your column to be a date or datetime.  It will make your life much easier.


The beauty of a home or office looks even more appealing to the eyes and adds to the impressive persona when it has perfect floors. For perfect floors, good floorings are a must.
When buying or specifying floorings, it is vital to understand the product's suitability for its intended application or usage class. To understand this the international standards have created an Abrasion Criteria or AC Rating. The AC RATING is based on flooring's resistance to stresses like burns, scratches, stains and impact. They even look at factors like how the weight of furniture affects the product's performance. Failing one aspect of the testing can cause a line to receive failing marks.
When it comes to technological advancements and newer innovations, Alstone is always way ahead with its counterparts.
Now a days Alstone Floorxtra WPC floorings is the latest fad in the flooring market leaving behind the regular stone, marble and HDF floorings. Alstone Floorxtra is the name to take when it comes to great flooring experience.
Floorxtra has been awarded with the highest rating class as AC 7. It means its wearing index is very low and it can perform well for longer period of time due to its higher resistance to stresses like burns, scratches, stains and impact. The Aluminium oxide coating gives it an edge of 15-25 years of impressive functionality and performance over others.
Floorxtra is warp, bend and scratch resistant due to its high density stable panel. The unlined grooving makes it easy to install, remove, replace and reinstall even by a layman. It gives a unique unlined locking system for a seamless flooring experience.
Alstone Floorxtra is a 100% virgin vinyl product as it is made with WPC which is the most green and sustainable product today and does not use any hazardous chemical in its manufacturing process.
Floorxtra is engineered to sustain all climatic conditions and application areas in both commercial and domestic spaces like malls, exhibition areas, bedrooms, kitchens, bathrooms and lobbies. No amount of water or moisture can affect its performance.
Alstone is the only and the first company in India to make AC7 class rated floorings which is tested for 10000 rotation cycles as per ASTM standards.
Alstone feels immense pride and gratitude in offering you its WPC Floorings having highest abrasion resistance of AC7 class making it the most suited choice for high footfall areas like malls, airports , offices, supermarkets etc.
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The Metropolitan Council's equity program manager has been appointed to fill a short-term vacancy on the St. Paul school board.
He said that despite the short-term nature, he sees the appointment as an opportunity to help children maximize their potential.
"You don't always have to have a lot of time to make an impact," he said.
Baker has a bachelor's degree in sociology from the University of Florida and a master's in public administration from Georgia State University. He interned with the Georgia governor's budget office in 2012 before the Met Council hired him as an audit project team leader.
He has no children but has worked as a facilitator for the St. Paul school district's Parent Academy, which helps parents navigate the school system. He's also on the Ramsey County parks commission.
After his selection, Baker said he'd been thinking about how he can use his skills amid civil unrest in the city and country when someone told him about the school board vacancy.
Baker said he's undecided about running for the Nov. 8 special election, when voters will decide who fills out the final year of Jean O'Connell's term. O'Connell resigned in June to protest superintendent Valeria Silva's firing.
Candidate filing for the special election opened Tuesday and ends Aug. 16.
Out of 37 applicants, Baker was one of eight finalists who gave a six-minute presentation to the board Tuesday. He had the initial support of Zuki Ellis and Jon Schumacher and won the job after three rounds of voting.
In the first round, board member John Brodrick favored attorney and former board member Tom Goldstein.
Mary Vanderwert liked Wendy Robinson, an Inver Hills Community College administrator.
Chue Vue voted for the Rev. Zach Wilson, an interim pastor with a Presbyterian church.
Steve Marchese liked Melanie McMahon, an attorney with the Ramsey County attorney's office.
Ali Farah, Juchoj Fang and Shamus O'Meara also gave presentations. Eduardo Barrera was named a finalist but had a scheduling conflict with Tuesday's meeting.
No reflection on Mr, Baker but to pass up a candidate with Shamus O'Meara's background and experience is just plain nuts!
Some of our Minnesota and St. Paul Gov't officials have called for more diversity in hiring. So experience and background have no place in selections. At least this is a short term assignment.
I, for one, don't care about where a person comes from, or what they look like, or what kind of accent they speak with. Background and experience with the right qualifications, should be the only things considered when hiring or assigning for any job or position.
St Paul school parents, you're in one big pile of a mess over there and those serving you don't have a blank clue.
The biggest question? Is he qualified and the best person for the job?
you know that doesn't matter.
Diversity wins over experience and background in Minnesota every time.
why would a government body initially set up to handle sewage need an equity manager?
Words fail even me, at the audacity of this appointment. To let the camel's nose under the tent, and invite, yes, INVITE the already smelly met council, into the school board!
The ubiquitous "they" don't even care how bad it looks anymore.


Posted September 14th, 2011 by Tim Groeneveld & filed under Computers, Linux, RedHat.
I know I might bag out CentOS at the best of times, but Karanbir Singh – our fearless leader of all CentOS developers has announced the immediate availability of CentOS-5.7 for i386 and x86_64 Architectures.
Well, what are you waiting for? yum upgrade.


5 tankers ended up moving 75,000 gallons of water across two sims for a training fire. Thanks to Liberty Bay VFD Chief Rob Melson and his crew for taking the fill site as well as incident command for the practice structure fire. Did we have a few small hiccups? Of course we did but everyone overcame or recovered quickly from them. Overall it went smoothly and I think everyone had a lot of fun.This is what the second life international association of firefighters has always been about to me. People who never or rarely work together getting together just like real life departments and getting the job done.


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News Release: Newly founded LANGSTON to strengthen Black arts and culture in Seattle
June 30, 2016 by Erika Lindsay Leave a Comment
New non-profit arts organization announces formation and Board of Directors
SEATTLE (June 30, 2016) — The Office of Arts & Culture is pleased to announce the founding of LANGSTON, an independent non-profit arts organization based in the heart of Seattle's Central Area. LANGSTON's mission is to strengthen and advance community through Black arts and culture. With a vision to cultivate Black brilliance, LANGSTON will launch its inaugural season in the fall of 2016, at the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute, 104 17th Ave. S., under the leadership of its founding board of directors, community advisors, and arts champions.
LANGSTON's founding board of directors includes:
Inye Wokoma, Ijo Arts Media Group (Chair)
Sheley Secrest, NAACP (Treasurer)
David Harmon, Olio Development Design Strategies (Secretary)
Jo-Anne Birnie Danzker, Frye Art Museum
Randy Engstrom, City of Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, Ex-Officio
Terri Hiroshima, University of Washington
Vivian Phillips, Seattle Theatre Group
Andrew Russell, Intiman Theatre
Sharon N. Williams, CD Forum
To ensure long-term stability and success, the LANGSTON Board of Directors has spent the first two quarters of this year establishing a strong foundation and creating strong financial and programmatic infrastructures. Additionally, dedicated focus has been placed on securing dynamic leadership for the organization by launching a national search for the new organization's first Executive Director.
The LANGSTON founding Board will support artistry that breaks molds and challenges both artistic and cultural traditions. In service to the cultivation of Black brilliance, LANGSTON will engage, nurture, and support a wide range of local and national artists to share distinct artistry and build relationships and connections to the creative processes. Programming will occur year-round and serve multi-generational audiences and participants.
LANGSTON will be located within Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute's (LHPAI) historic building. The current LHPAI staff will continue to work for Seattle's Office of Arts & Culture to manage building rentals, support rental programs, and maintain the building and associated property. Highly regarded signature programs of LHPAI, such as the Langston Hughes African American Film Festival and Teen Summer Musical, will continue in 2016. Additional programs, festivals, and artist development will be announced at an open community welcome event in August. LANGSTON will hire a contracted Program Manager in August to carry forward their initial programming while the search is conducted for a new Executive Director. Details about the Program Manager position can be found at langstonseattle.org/jobs.
LANGSTON was created in December of 2015 in response to both the community and City's desire to establish an independent nonprofit that was community driven and committed to the historic mission of Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute, a former program of the City's Parks Department and Office of Arts & Culture. After a three-year review and engagement process, LANGSTON was founded and designed specifically to serve as the hub for African American arts and culture in Seattle.
"LANGSTON is an exciting and necessary addition to the arts ecosystem in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest," said LANGSTON Board Chair, Inye Wokoma. "It will expand and evolve the boundaries and experiences of African American artistry and Blackness, while creating pathways for accessing African American arts, culture, and community. LANGSTON will contribute to the depth, value, and diversity of Seattle as a world-class city for the arts and artists." Wokoma is joined by all members of the new board in articulating a commitment to creating a LANGSTON that serves in ways that matter most to the community.
For more information about LANGSTON, visit our website, www.langstonseattle.org or email info@langstonseattle.org.
About LANGSTON
LANGSTON is a newly formed, community conceived and designed nonprofit arts organization whose mission is to strengthen and advance community through Black arts and culture in service to cultivating Black brilliance. It provides multigenerational, multi-genre programming that is responsive to community needs and desires. LANGSTON will promote artistic expression, encourage artistic excellence, cultivate leaders, practice radical inclusivity, and facilitate cultural education and possibility in our practices, policies, and partnerships.
Filed Under: Art Beat, Cultural Space, Equity, Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute, News, News Release Tagged With: LANGSTON, Langston Hughes African American Film Festival, Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute


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Carrie goes above and beyond. She is caring and kind to the animals, and professional and meticulous.
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Q: Strange php redirections with nginx (Works fine in apache) finally I decide to ask here after hours trying, searching and researching.
Months ago I migrated my site to a newer version and everything works fine with my old hosting in apache.
Recently I migrate to a VPS where I decide to use Nginx as server and I'm working in the details.
My problem is that I'm trying to make some specific redirections using a PHP script.
The redirections works pretty well in apache (locally and remotelly) but in nginx does not.
The strange behavior is that for example when I try to use the URL fakesite.tk/Section/index.php apache redirect to fakesite.tk/Section/ but Nginx returns a 404 error and if I try the URL fakesite.tk/Section/index.php/ mysteriously work (note the slash at the end) and redirect to fakesite.tk/Section// (Note the double slash)
I tryed to add a slash to the end of all URLS but this redirection equally don't work in Nginx.
If it matters, my VPS runing in Ubuntu (iquals that my host) and I make tests in a Windows machine.
There are my Nginx site config file:
server
{
         server_name *.fakesite.tk;
         return 301 $scheme://www.fakesite.tk$request_uri;
}

#Redirect non www to www site version
server
{
         server_name fakesite.tk;
         return 301 $scheme://www.fakesite.tk$request_uri;

}

server
{
        listen 80;
        listen [::]:80;

        root /var/www/SiteFolder;
        index index.php;

        server_name www.fakesite.tk;

        #Stabilishing error 404 and 403 error pages
        error_page 404 /?error=404;
        error_page 403 /?error=403;

        #Friendly URLs
        location /
        {
        location /
        {
                try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
                rewrite ^/([^/]*)/$ /?sect=$1 last;
                rewrite ^/([^/]*)/([^/]*)/$ /?sect=$1&lang=$2 last;
                rewrite ^/([^/]*)/([^/]*)/([^/]*)/$ /?sect=$1&lang=$2&cont=$3 last;
                rewrite ^/([^/]*)/([^/]*)/([^/]*)/([^/]*)/$ /?sect=$1&lang=$2&cont=$3&subcont=$4 last;
        }

        #Adding expire header
        location ~* \.(?:ico|css|js|gif|jpe?g|png|eot|svg|ttf|woff)$
        {
                expires 30d;
                add_header Pragma public;
                add_header Cache-Control "public";
        }

        #Enabling PHP
        location ~ \.php$
        {
                # With php5-fpm:
                try_files $uri =404;
                fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
#                fastcgi_index index.php;
                include fastcgi_params;
        }

        #deny access to .htaccess files, if Apache's document root
        # concurs with nginx's one

        location ~ /\.ht
        {
                deny all;
        }
}

And my php redirection script:
<?php
    ini_set('display_errors', true);//Si estamos en local se muestran con normalidad los errores.
    error_reporting(E_ALL);
    $url = "http://$_SERVER[SERVER_NAME]$_SERVER[REQUEST_URI]";
    $newurl = $url;

    $newurl = str_replace('_', '-', $url);//Reeplace all _ with -

    $newurl = str_replace('index.php', '', $newurl);//Removing a index.php

    $newurl = str_replace('.php', '', $newurl);//Removing all .php

    $newurl = str_replace('/Intro', '', $newurl);//Removing all intro sections

    $extens = preg_match('/\.(jpg|gif|png|jpeg|js|css|woff|html|eot|svg|ttf|xml|map|min|txt)/', $newurl);

    if($extens !== 1 && $newurl[strlen($newurl) - 1] !== '/') //Trying to put a slash at the end
    {
        $newurl.='/';
    }

    if($url !== $newurl)
    {
        header("HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently");
        header("Location: $newurl");
    }
?>

I suppose that maybe is very small detail that I even not see, so I appreciate your help. Many thanks.
EDIT: I verified that the var $newurl effectively  changed and goes inside the if condition, but the header(....); lines does not executed, I put an exit(); command after that and it is being executed, it means that affectively the header(...); lines not been executed.
EDIT 2: When I put manually a underscore in the URL and slash at the end of it, this redirects pretty good but if I don´t put a slash at the end it does not work even when run the conditional block.

A: Ok guys. I finally solved it, just like I said was a very small detail (the small details are the most difficult always).
The problem was with the fcgi for PHP configured in the virtual host file for nginx.
In the original file (below) I said to fcgi that try find the file and if not trigger a 404 error, this was my mistake because it trigger his self error and don't allow to my site to manage this, so the redirection script does not be executed.
#Enabling PHP
location ~ \.php$
{
    # With php5-fpm:
    try_files $uri =404;
    fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
    fastcgi_index index.php;
    include fastcgi_params;
}

To solve the problem. I simply said to the fcgi that send the code error like a parameter to allow to the site manage it, just like this:
#Enabling PHP
location ~ \.php$
{
    # With php5-fpm:
    #try_files $uri =404; #Mistake here!!
    try_files $uri /?error=404;
    fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
    fastcgi_index index.php;
    include fastcgi_params;
}

EDIT: I prefer to add the trailing slash at the end of the URL (to avoid 404 errors) using the proper nginx virtual host config file because PHP doesn't work properly. I only added the following line inside the server block: #Adding trailing slash at the end rewrite ^([^.]*[^/])$ $1/ permanent;
Notice that it only redirects when the URL have not a dot '.'.
I hope that someone could use this experience to solve a related problem, in the future.
See you then.


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When embedding Designer Session or a Signing Ceremony in an iFrame, these embedded sessions require third-party cookies enabled on your browser. And if not, you could see errors in the browser console telling you that "X-Frame-Options" are set to "sameorigin".
In most cases, this issue should be alleviated by enabling third-party cookies in the browser settings. However, there could be some exceptional scenarios that forbid you to do so. For example, it is possible that your company policy does not allow third-party cookies, and the user cannot change this setting on their browser without approval from IT.
This blog will demonstrate a potential solution involving the addition of a revere proxy server. We will briefly explore this solution and provide a quick demo that allows you to test the results at your local development device.
Apache 2 installed on the server. You may simply use the Apache HTTP Server from XAMPP. Read this blog to learn how to install XAMPP.
The following sections are all based on Apache Configuration. For other web servers, such as IIS and Nginx, similar settings will also work.
In httpd.conf file, load the three modules below.
Because we are working with SSL connections, we need to set the path of certification and server key. A self-signed certification is enough for this demo.
Through this configuration, we have OneSpan Sign service running behind the reverse proxy at root route and exposed our own application (localhost:8080) at route of "/oss".
From the settings above, you can see that we will deploy our application at localhost 8080 port and expose this application at "https://localhost/oss". Simply set XAMPP listening to local 8080 port and directly put a static HTML page named "iframe.html" containing an iFrame under the htdocs folder.
Find the HTML page in this Code Share and replace the iFrame link with your own.
Most importantly, change the domain of link according to your reverse proxy configuration. In our case, it should be "localhost".
Of course, you can expose your application at different ports and build the application in the way most convenient for you.
After having third-party cookie disabled in your browser, we start Apache Server and navigate to our static HTML page at https://localhost/oss/iframe.html.
This will solve the issue and the page should load properly now. Try it out for yourself, and feel free to make a post on our community for additional support.
With OneSpan Sign, let's demonstrate a potential solution involving the addition of a revere proxy server to solve third-party cookie issue!


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