NATO air operations, from peacetime to crisis, rely on a structure that comprises personnel, infrastructure and Command and Control Systems. Air Command and Control Systems enable NATO delivery of effective, efficient and agile air power whenever, wherever and however it is required.
The future Air Command and Control Systems will consist of two main pillars: the Air Command and Control System (ACCS) and the Air Command and Control Information System (AirC2IS).
ACCS will enable air processes within the tactical and operational environments, encompassing tasking and execution of air missions. This system will, for the first time, be fully integrated with real / non-real time capabilities. ACCS will form the backbone of NATO Integrated Air and Missile Defense System (NATINAMDS), allowing full integration of Air Policing assets and Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD), and for the Alliance to conduct effective deployed Air Command and Control.
AirC2IS, part of the wider Bi-Strategic Command Automated Information System (Bi-SC AIS), will enhance interoperability of the Air Component with other commands. Moreover, within the joint arena, AirC2IS will improve air and BMD planning at the strategic and operational levels.
Two new systems are being fielded across NATO, utilising an incremental approach and ultimately replacing older static and deployable Air Command and Control systems. Entering this challenging yet promising era, the new systems will enhance Allied Air Command's ability to execute the full spectrum of current and emerging missions, well into the future.
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The time has come! Tomorrow morning is the start of our 76 day ride. The months of preparation and endless anxiety have finally given way to the adventure of a lifetime. We had orientation today, where we met our fellow cyclists and leaders. Everyone is awesome and we're all pumped to achieve the final goal together. We went over day to day life on the bike, cooking groups, and reading maps.
I had to say goodbye to Addie today, however, luckily for me, she will see me tomorrow morning in Yorktown before the official start. That is surely when the tears will start flowing.
In less than 4 days I'll be on my bike, pedaling for the first day, probably questioning why the heck am I going to be putting myself through this misery for 80 more days?! And I can't wait. I have been preparing for this ride since last year, gathering equipment and trying to get in rides when I can. Though it has been a long journey from then until now, the time flew by. Now that the ride is a mere couple of days away, I feel unprepared and nervous. Hopefully that goes away soon enough!
I decided to do this ride to push myself to the ultimate limit, mentally and physically. Plus, I want to see the country from the saddle of a bike. I want to experience the sights, sounds, and smells as well as the culture of this country in the most intimate of ways – on a bike. Sure I'm gonna have to rough it for a few weeks, but it builds character!
I am doing this trip with a group of around 14 people, of whom I only know one. Sheena is a close friend I was fortunate enough to have met in college. She is just as crazy as me for agreeing to do this trip, ha! I left my job as a physical therapist early May to prepare, though I have mainly used the extra time as an excuse to hang out with my dog, Addie. She is the love of my life and I have no doubt I will cry multiple times throughout this trip from missing her so much.
My parents have been a huge support system in this whole process. My dad has helped tremendously through the whole process, providing me with advice and encouragement. I am truly blessed to have such supportive people in my life.


Bugs in computer software can range from mild irritant to huge economic loss, and, in the worst cases, to a tragic loss of life.
The vast majority of companies today depend on software to run their businesses. Along the whole supply chain and down to the last customer, it's software that runs the show.
Facebook's new Android app has sought to use artificial intelligence – for the first time – to find and fix bugs in its software.
The consequences of software bugs range far and wide.
For instance, in 2017, a glitch in the United Kingdom's NHS computer system meant it didn't send out 709,000 pieces of medical correspondence. While some people missed routine appointments as a result, others failed to receive their patient records, or worse, their cancer test results. Almost 2,000 patients were exposed to harm as a result.
The same year, the Uber app got a Frenchman into trouble when it exposed his affair to his wife. It had continued to send push notifications of his whereabouts, despite him having logged off the service.
In 2018, Tricentis, a Vienna-based software testing company, issued a report that found 606 major software fails, affecting 314 companies and a whopping $1.7 trillion in assets.
Software developers have a constant roll of fixes to find and implement, some critical, others routine, and they have systems and processes in place that help alert them to bugs. But a lot of the work involves manually trawling through code.
Facebook's new AI hybrid tool (called a hybrid because it still requires human interaction) was introduced to alleviate some of this spadework.
SapFix was created by Facebook engineers and is designed to drastically reduce the amount of time engineers spend debugging programs. It's also designed to speed up the process of rolling out new software.
SapFix seeks engineer feedback after it generates a fix.
It works in two parts. First Sapienz, Facebook's intelligent software testing tool, finds the bugs. Then SapFix automatically generates fixes and proposes them to engineers, who do the final check before letting loose the fix.
The finer details of how it works can be found here. In the meantime, Facebook promises that it will release the tools to open source "in the future", with the feedback it receives used to further improve its innovations.
One of its key highlights, and one that might have proven useful to both the NHS and Uber, is that it will head off glitches before they happen.


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Souvláki (auch Souflaki, ) ist ein gegrillter Fleischspieß der griechischen Küche.

Etymologie und Herkunft
Souvlakia ist die Mehrzahl von souvlaki, eine Ableitung von souvla, was Bratspieße bedeutet. Die griechische Pluralform souvlakia wird oft synonym verwendet. In Athen wird das Gericht "Kalamaki" genannt. Die Zubereitung von Fleischspießen war in Griechenland bereits vor 3000 Jahren gängig. Das Gericht in seiner heutigen Ausprägung und unter seinem heutigen Namen ist erstmals für die späten 1960er-Jahre nachweisbar.

Zubereitung
Das Gericht besteht aus in Oregano, Salz, Pfeffer und Zitronensaft eingelegtem Schweinefleisch, das nach dem Marinieren auf Holzspieße gesteckt und über Holzkohlenglut gegrillt wird. Teilweise wird für Souvláki auch Lamm- oder Hähnchenfleisch verwendet.

In Griechenland wird Souvláki in größeren Orten und Städten am Imbiss und in Fast-Food-Restaurants angeboten. Souvláki wird in Griechenland entweder "pur" genossen, am Holzspieß, meist mit etwas Zitronensaft, Salz, Oregano und einer Scheibe Weißbrot, oder unter der Bezeichnung "Souvlaki-Pita" als Handgericht serviert: ohne Holzspieß, in einem Pitabrot eingewickelt mit Tomaten, Zwiebeln, Tsatsiki und Pommes frites. Es ist jedoch auch als Tellergericht im Restaurant erhältlich.

Varianten
In der türkischen Küche wird es mit mariniertem Lammfleisch, Tomaten und Paprika als Schisch Kebap verzehrt. In der zyprischen Küche werden der Marinade zerdrückte Wacholderbeeren zugegeben. In der serbischen und kroatischen Küche existiert ein vergleichbares Gericht mit dem Namen Ražnjići.

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This booklet is the 1st basic advent to Galois cohomology and its functions. the 1st half is self contained and offers the elemental result of the idea, together with a close building of the Galois cohomology functor, in addition to an exposition of the overall thought of Galois descent. the complete thought is stimulated and illustrated utilizing the instance of the descent challenge of conjugacy sessions of matrices. the second one a part of the publication offers an perception of ways Galois cohomology should be valuable to resolve a few algebraic difficulties in different energetic examine issues, corresponding to inverse Galois idea, rationality questions or crucial size of algebraic teams. the writer assumes just a minimum historical past in algebra (Galois conception, tensor items of vectors areas and algebras).
Algebra, as we all know it this day, contains many alternative principles, recommendations and effects. an inexpensive estimate of the variety of those diversified goods will be someplace among 50,000 and 200,000. a lot of those were named and plenty of extra may perhaps (and probably should still) have a reputation or a handy designation.
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14. The set H 1 (Γ, A) is a pointed set, and any abstract group G may be considered as a pointed set, whose base point is the neutral element. 15. If A is a Γ-module, the set Z 1 (Γ, A) is an abelian group for the pointwise multiplication of functions. This operation is compatible with the equivalence relation, hence it induces an abelian group structure on H 1 (Γ, A). We would like now to define higher cohomology groups. Let A be a Γ-module (written additively here) and n ≥ 0. We set C 0 (Γ, A) = A, and if n ≥ 1, we denote by C n (Γ, A) the set of all continuous maps from Γn to A.
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Hoosier Farmer Recognized for Agricultural Advocacy
Mar 1, 2017, 13:02 PM by Kathleen Dutro, Marketing Team
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Photo, left to right: American Farm Bureau Federation President Zippy Duvall, Jeremy Barron, Partners in Advocacy Leadership program graduate, and Indiana Farm Bureau President Randy Kron.
(Washington) — Jeremy Barron of Kendallville, Indiana, was honored today by the American Farm Bureau Federation as a graduate of the organization's Partners in Advocacy Leadership (PAL) program.
Barron was one of nine outstanding young farmers and ranchers from across the United States who were chosen to participate in the program, which provides advanced training to the organization's rising stars with the goal of developing powerful advocates for agriculture and cultivating Farm Bureau leaders.
PAL training involves four learning modules designed to develop specific leadership skills while exploring components of leadership and its theories and philosophies. The modules build on one another over the two years of the program and include intense, in-person, hands-on training. Over the 16 years of the program's existence, there have been a total of only 80 participants, and only two of those have come from Indiana, noted Indiana Farm Bureau President Randy Kron.
"We are extremely proud of Jeremy and his commitment to the betterment of agriculture and look forward to his future leadership for Indiana Farm Bureau," Kron said.
"This was the most important next step I could take in my leadership journey both personally and professionally – not just from a skill development standpoint but also for all the relationships I have developed over the years," Barron said.
Barron, who with his wife Lindsay operates Barron Farms, is also a managing director for Cargill. The couple has two sons. They are also members of the INFB State Young Farmer Committee and were finalists in the 2016 INFB Young Farmer Excellence in Agriculture Award.
About Indiana Farm Bureau: Since 1919, Indiana Farm Bureau (INFB) has protected the livelihood, land, equipment, animals and crops of Hoosier farmers. It is the state's largest general farm organization and a farmer's strongest advocate. INFB works diligently to ensure a farmer's very right to farm, because agriculture is so vital to Indiana's economy. Learn more at INFB.

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Q: Redirecting FFMPEG for Android stdout and stderr messages back into a textview control With @rowntreerob's help, I have successfully built the FFMpeg for Android library / shared object for use in an Android application.
How do I capture the stdout or stderr messages issued as a result of running an FFMpeg command and display the messages in a TexView widget in the same Android application from which the FFMpeg command was issued?
Also when FFMPeg connects to (Wowza/Flash Media Server)- FMS, FMS issues CONNECTING, CONNECTED and STREAMING messages. How does one capture these messages and display them using Toast in the application from from which the FFMpeg command was issued.
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Peter Kenter, Postmedia — How does a former executive at a Canadian chartered bank make the transition to heading up mīhī, an up-and-coming Ontario recreational cannabis retail brand? Part of the genius behind BlackShire Capital Corp.'s investment strategy is its executive in residence (EIR) program that expertly shepherds private equity through the rough terrain of an emerging recreational cannabis sector.
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"The vast majority of my career at TD was in retail," says Dyck. "I was responsible for all Canadian branches, 25,000 employees and identifying and evaluating opportunities in communities across the country. I was also the leader for the marketing group in the U.S., when TD first expanded there. I understand the full breadth of retail, from function to line."
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"They were being headed by enthusiasts with little to no business or retail experience," says Dyck. "For those businesses that might have been scalable, their price tags were astronomical. We couldn't make sense of it."
Betting on a victory by Premier Doug Ford in the upcoming Ontario provincial elections, Reed anticipated a private retail cannabis model and approached Dyck for a greater commitment.
"Most start-ups begin with an agonizing search for investment capital," says Dyck. "Kevin committed $25 million in capital and asked me if I could build a retail cannabis business from the ground up. He saw the financial potential for his PE firm, which is absolutely huge, but needed to engage the right people to seize it."
Dyck engaged world-class research talent to more fully understand the nature and expectations of modern cannabis consumers. Those efforts included the use of artificial intelligence to scan and digest social media conversations, a literature search involving thousands of product reviews, and both face-to-face interviews and focus groups involving cannabis users. The research indicated that the majority of cannabis retailers were missing the boat by targeting under-30 males.
"Our research shows that this demographic represents only about 30 per cent of users — and they're particularly price sensitive" says Dyck. "The typical cannabis user is a professional with a median age of 37 and is more likely than average to have a post-secondary degree. About 40 per cent of them have kids at home. They told us they were tired of being stigmatized for using a product they believed was helpful to them. They want to be respected and learn more about how cannabis could be incorporated into their lives in a positive way."
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The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario is currently processing licences for 25 retail applicants selected by lottery. mīhī has readied itself for the post-lottery retail environment by locking down over 40 premium retail locations across the province, in both mall and standalone properties.
"We've assembled a team of world-class retail talent — designers, branding experts, marketers and compliance professionals — who can take those locations and manage a thousand details behind the scenes to create an on-target retail presence for the brand," says Dyck. "We are ready to go. Once licensing hopefully gets back on track in the spring, we believe we can reach our target of opening 43 retail outlets within 12 months."
As an executive in residence Dyck isn't alone. Doug Berchtold, former president of Sleeman's, is also hard at work guiding the fortunes of another BlackShire investment in a U.S. based cannabis-infused beverage line. Dyck, like Berchtold, is committed to efficiently assembling the building blocks of a phenomenally successful enterprise.
"We intend to be the most customer-centric cannabis retail company in North America," says Dyck. "Ontario and a number of close US States could easily support thousands of retail outlets over time, and mīhī is planning to be well represented."
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Ancient Romans are known for eating well, with mosaics from the empire portraying sumptuous displays of fruits, vegetables, cakes — and, of course, wine. But the 98 percent of Romans who were non-elite and whose feasts weren't preserved in art may have been stuck eating birdseed.
Common people in ancient Rome ate millet, a grain looked down upon by the wealthy as fit only for livestock, according to a new study published in the March issue of the Journal of Anthropological Archaeology. And consumption of millet may have been linked to overall social status, with relatively poorer suburbanites eating more of the grain than did wealthier city dwellers.
The results come from an analysis of anonymous skeletons in the ancient city's cemeteries.
"We don't know anything about their lives, which is why we're trying to use biochemical analysis to study them," said study leader Kristina Killgrove, an anthropologist at the University of West Florida.
Health studies out last week heralded the modern Mediterranean diet, rich in olive oil, fish and nuts, as a good way to avoid heart disease. In ancient Rome, however, diet varied based on social class and where a person lived.
Ancient texts have plenty to say about lavish Roman feasts. The wealthy could afford exotic fruits and vegetables, as well as shellfish and snails. A formal feast involved multiple dishes, eaten from a reclined position, and could last for hours.
To find out, she and her colleagues analyzed portions of bones from the femurs of 36 individuals from two Roman cemeteries. One cemetery, Casal Bertone, was located right outside the city walls. The other, Castellaccio Europarco, was farther out, in a more suburban area.
The skeletons date to the Imperial Period, which ran from the first to the third century A.D., during the height of the Roman Empire. At the time, Killgrove told LiveScience, between 1 million and 2 million people lived in Rome and its suburbs.
To determine diets from the Roman skeletons, the researchers analyzed the bones for isotopes of carbon and nitrogen. Isotopes are atoms of an element with different numbers of neutrons, and are incorporated into the body from food. Such isotopes of carbon can tell researchers which types of plants people consumed. Grasses such as wheat and barley are called C3 plants; they photosynthesize differently than mostly fibrous C4 plants, such as millet and sorghum. The differences in photosynthesis create different ratios of carbon isotopes preserved in the bones of the people who ate the plants.
Nitrogen isotopes, on the other hand, give insight into the kinds of protein sources people ate.
"We found that people were eating very different things," Killgrove said. Notably, ancient Italians were locavores. Compared with people living on the coasts, for example, the Romans ate less fish.
There were also differences among people living within Rome. Individuals buried in the mausoleum at Casa Bertone (a relatively high-class spot, at least for commoners), ate less millet than those buried in the simple cemetery surrounding Casa Bertone's mausoleum. Meanwhile, those buried in the farther-flung Castellaccio Europarco cemetery ate more millet than anyone at Casa Bertone, suggesting they were less well-off than those living closer to or within the city walls.
Historical texts dismiss millet as animal feed or a famine food, Killgrove said, but the researcher's findings suggest that plenty of ordinary Romans depended on the easy-to-grow grain. One man, whose isotope ratios showed him to be a major millet consumer, was likely an immigrant, later research revealed. He may have been a recent arrival to Rome when he died, carrying the signs of his country diet with him. Or perhaps he kept eating the food he was used to, even after arriving in the city.
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Roy Moore's spokeswoman told a pregnant CNN host his opponent wanted to kill unborn babies like hers.
Signs at a "Women For Moore" rally in front of the Alabama State Capitol on Nov. 17 in Montgomery, Alabama, demonstrate religious support for the candidate.
Thank you. It's great to be with you. And by the way, congratulations on your unborn child. That's the reason why I came down as a volunteer to speak for Judge Roy Moore, because he'll stand for the rights of babies like yours in the womb, where his opponent will support killing them until the moment of birth.
Harlow then pressed Porter on accusations that Moore pursued, molested, or assaulted women when they were teenagers. Harlow responded by attacking the credibility of Moore's accusers with one eyebrow-raising objection.
"We need to make it clear there's a group of nonaccusers that have not accused the judge of any sexual misconduct or anything illegal," she said.
If Porter's statements defending Moore seem shockingly aggressive, they're not out of character.
She is currently the president of an organization called Faith2Action, which promises to "win the culture war for life, liberty, and family," and which the Southern Poverty Law Center labeled an anti-LGBT hate group. Faith2Action, an Ohio-based organization, seems largely focused on championing "heartbeat bills," which would make abortion illegal as soon as "fetal pole cardiac activity" can be detected, as early as six weeks' gestation and often before many women know they're pregnant.
In 2010, her Faith2Action radio show was cancelled by the Christian broadcaster VCY America over concerns she had began advocating "dominionism," a theology that promotes a return to biblical law and Christian control over the government, according to the Daily Beast.
From the late '80s through the '90s, Porter worked for the Ohio Right to Life Society, where, according to her bio, "she successfully lobbied for passage of the nation's first partial-birth abortion ban" and helped to pass laws highly restricting legal abortions. She also wrote books with titles such as The Criminalization of Christianity and What's a Girl to Do?: While Waiting for Mr. Right.
Her power and influence among evangelical advocates didn't seem to wane. In 2011, Mother Jones reported on the "two Janets" former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said he "answers to"—his wife, and Porter, who was once co-chair of Huckabee's Faith and Values Coalition.
And Porter, the former governor has said, is his "prophetic voice." But that voice has said some weird things over the years: Porter has maintained that Obama represents an "inhumane, sick, and sinister evil," and she has warned that Democrats want to throw Christians in jail merely for practicing their faith. She's attributed Haiti's high poverty rate to the fact that the country is "dedicated to Satan," and she suggested that gay marriage caused Noah's Flood. And there's this: In a 2009 column for conservative news site WorldNetDaily, Porter asserted that President Barack Obama is a Soviet secret agent, groomed since birth to destroy the United States from within.
In WorldNetDaily, she lavished praise on Huckabee. At one point, she composed a medieval ballad in which Huckabee, referred to as "Sir Mike-A-Lot who we all Like a lot," slayed Hillary Clinton (represented by the "the evil queen and her dragon of slaughter").
But beyond her other beliefs, according to Mother Jones, it was a belief in an "impending prohibition on Christianity" that truly motivated her. It's a persecution-themed worldview that won't be completely foreign to many of Moore's supporters.
Moore has risen to national prominence more recently for his alleged predatory behavior, but the majority of Alabama Republicans believe him to be a victim, not an abuser of power. Moore may have violated his vow to uphold the law as a twice-elected chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court when he refused to take down a giant Ten Commandments monument in the state judicial building and, years later, to issue gay marriage licenses, but he was able to spin his expulsions as persecution. Some of his most passionate supporters, much like Porter, believe his innocence because they believe in a world where Christians are social outcasts and natural martyrs. Moore, and Porter as his representative, seem happy to play into this myth.


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The 29th Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (generally known as ARIA Music Awards or simply The ARIAs) are a series of award ceremonies which include the 2015 ARIA Artisan Awards, ARIA Hall of Fame Awards, ARIA Fine Arts Awards and the ARIA Awards. The latter ceremony took place on 26 November at the Star Event Centre and aired on Network Ten.

The final nominees for ARIA Award categories were announced on 7 October as well as nominees and winners for Fine Arts Awards and Artisan Awards. ARIA opened the public-voted categories Song of the Year, Best International Act, Best Australian Live Act and Best Video, which includes Twitter live vote for Best Australian Live Act. Tame Impala won the most awards with five trophies from six nominations, while Courtney Barnett received the most final nominations with eight categories and won four. Tina Arena was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame at the ceremony.

Performers

The following artists performed at the ARIA Music Awards:
Conrad Sewell
 Flight Facilities
 Hermitude
Jarryd James
Jessica Mauboy
 Nathaniel
 Peking Duk
 The Veronicas
 Vance Joy
 Tina Arena
 Ed Sheeran

Presenters

The following presenters handed out trophies at the ceremony:

 Ed Sheeran presented Song Of The Year
 Joel Creasey presented Best Children's Album and Best Comedy Release
 Guy Sebastian presented Best Pop Release
 Sheppard presented Best Group
 Catherine Britt presented Best Adult Contemporary Album
 Adam Brand and Jasmine Rae presented Best Country Album
 Iva Davies presented Album Of The Year
 Veronica & Lewis presented Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Album
 Ian Moss presented Best Rock Album
 Rove McManus presented Best Female Artist
 Scott Tweedie and Olivia Phyland presented Best Australian Live Act
 Kylie Minogue inducts Tina Arena into the ARIA Hall Of Fame

ARIA Hall of Fame inductee

On 25 October ARIA announced that Tina Arena was due to be inducted into their Hall of Fame. To further honour her, and previous inductees, the ARIA Hall of Fame Walk was established on 6 November with Arena as the first artist to be featured. At the ceremony she was introduced by Kylie Minogue, also a Hall of Fame inductee, and was presented the trophy by cyclist, Cadel Evans. Arena performed a new version of her 1994 song, "Chains", which featured Jessica Mauboy and the Veronicas on co-lead vocals. Arena released the performance as a single, which debuted at No. 14 on the ARIA Singles Chart.

In her acceptance speech Arena wanted to "acknowledge that ladies over 40 are still in the game" she specifically named Minogue, Madonna, Jennifer Lopez and Annie Lennox; she continued "Keep doing what you're doing, ladies, because we will decide when it's time for us to stop." She also voiced her concern about support for local artists by broadcasters, "Radio please don't try and meet your Australian quotas because you have to, exceed them because you really want to".
 Tina Arena

Multiple winners and nominees

 Tame Impala – 5 wins from 6 nominations
 Courtney Barnett – 4 wins from 8 nominations
 Vance Joy – 1 win from 7 nominations
 Jarryd James – 1 win from 5 nominations
 Hermitude – 7 nominations
 Gang of Youths – 5 nominations

Nominees and winners

ARIA Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface; other final nominees are listed alphabetically by artists' first name.

Fine Arts Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface; other final nominees are listed alphabetically by artists' first name. Winners were announced on 7 October.

Artisan Awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface; other final nominees are listed alphabetically by artists' first name. Winners were announced on 7 October.

See also
Music of Australia

Notes

References

External links

2015 in Australian music
2015 music awards
ARIA Music Awards


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When did it become unconstitutional?
April 16, 2013 By Contributing Writer
Perhaps the most important question asked in the Supreme Court during the two days of argument on gay marriage was a rhetorical question posed by Associate Justice Antonin Scalia to pro-gay marriage attorney Ted Olson. "When did it become unconstitutional to exclude homosexual couples from marriage?" Implicit in the question "when did it change" is the question "who changed it?" The answer to those questions exposes the fundamental difference between two competing worldviews in the … [Read more...]
ACLU withdraws objection to Franklin County prayer
February 28, 2013 By Kayla Rinker
UNION — After filing suit against the Franklin County Commission last summer for declaring that prayers offered before meetings instituted a government-forced religion, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has now withdrawn legal action to stop these invocations. "I think it is good they dropped the lawsuit," said Jim Plymale, director of missions for the Franklin County Baptist Association. "Now there will be no further legal expenses or clouds over the County Commission in this … [Read more...]


WUHAN, China — CPM, the world's leading supplier of process engineering, process equipment and aftermarket parts for the oilseed, animal feed, biofuels and food processing industries, announces the formation of Crown Asia (Wuhan) Engineering Company (Crown Asia).
The wholly-owned company is a result of CPM's acquisition of its joint venture partner's shares in Wuhan Crown Friendship Edible Oil Engineering Company (CFEC). As Crown Asia, the new venture will build upon its leading market position in China and the greater Asia region in oilseed processing.
Beginning in 1991, CFEC served the Chinese oilseed market, designing the first commercial extraction unit in China. In 2001, CPM's Crown Iron Works acquired a 60-percent stake in CFEC, combining the technological assets to better serve the expanding market. Since that time, the joint venture has established itself as the leading Chinese oilseed technology company with more than 300 processing installations. Now as Crown Asia, the company will expand its Wuhan operations to more fully serve the Asia region with a full complement of process solutions and equipment.
CPM business units include Crown, SKET, California Pellet Mill, Roskamp Champion, Beta Raven, Wolverine Proctor and Greenbank Technology. CPM has more than 900 employees with operations in the Americas, Europe and Asia. For more information, visit www.CPM.net, www.CrownIron.com or contact CPM at 800-366-2563.


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Q: RecyclerView with ScrollView wrap_content problems To begin with, I am aware of Recycler problems in old versions of libs. My current version of lib is 24.2.1.
I am trying to make a template, which contains a basic information about the item, and below this information, a list of comments. This list of comments has to wrap it's content and has to scroll with it's parent, so it should feel like a one big view.
I'm trying to do it with the following code, but RecyclerView doesnt wrap content, instead of this it has a small part on the bottom on the screen.
<android.support.design.widget.CoordinatorLayout
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:fitsSystemWindows="true"
android:orientation="vertical">

<LinearLayout
    android:orientation="vertical"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:paddingBottom="50dp">

    <android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar android:id="@+id/toolbar"
        android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:minHeight="?attr/actionBarSize"
        android:background="?attr/colorPrimary" app:theme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar"
        app:popupTheme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Light"/>

    <ScrollView
        android:id="@+id/scrollView"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content">

        <LinearLayout
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:orientation="vertical">

            <include layout="@layout/news_layout_header_repost"/>

            <LinearLayout
                android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"
                android:layout_marginStart="@dimen/cardview_inner_margin"
                android:layout_marginEnd="@dimen/cardview_inner_margin"
                xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
                xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">

                <LinearLayout
                    android:id="@+id/repostTextLayout"
                    android:orientation="horizontal"
                    android:layout_width="match_parent"
                    android:layout_height="wrap_content">
                </LinearLayout>

            </LinearLayout>

            <Button
                android:id="@+id/loadComments"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content" />

            <android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView
                android:id="@+id/rv"
                android:layout_width="match_parent"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content">
            </android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView>

        </LinearLayout>

    </ScrollView>

</LinearLayout>

Can you please help me?
UPDATE
Finally found the solution. It is better to use Relative layout. Not sure why this problem came up in LinearLayout, but the following xml structure worked:
<ScrollView>
   <RelativeLayout>
      <LinearLayout/>
      <RecyclerView/>
   </RelativeLayout>
</ScrollView>

A: ScrollView should never have a wrap_content height

A: manage the height of recyclerview according to the number of child items it contain, it may solve the height issue


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require "rails_helper"

module Pwb
  RSpec.describe Api::V1::PageController, type: :controller do
    routes { Rails.application.routes }

    context "without signing in" do
      before(:each) do
        sign_in_stub nil
      end
      it "should not have a current_user" do
        expect(subject.current_user).to eq(nil)
      end
    end

    context "with non_admin user" do
      login_non_admin_user

      it "should have a current_user" do
        expect(subject.current_user).to_not eq(nil)
      end

      describe "GET #show" do
        it "returns unauthorized status" do
          get :show, params: {
                       page_name: "home",
                     }

          expect(response.status).to eq(422)
        end
      end
    end

    context "with admin user" do
      login_admin_user
      before do
        # let!(:page) { FactoryBot.create(:pwb_page, :home_page) }
        @page = FactoryBot.create(:page_with_content_html_page_part,
                                  slug: "home")
        page_part = @page.page_parts.first
        page_part.template = '
{{ page_part["main_content"]["content"] %> }}
'
        page_part.save!
      end

      it "should have a current_user" do
        expect(subject.current_user).to_not eq(nil)
      end

      describe "should save_page_fragment correctly" do
        it "returns error status when no params are provided" do
          post :save_page_fragment
          expect(response.status).to eq(422)
        end

        it "saves page content when params are correct" do
          post :save_page_fragment, params: {
                                      fragment_details: {
                                        locale: "en",
                                        page_part_key: "content_html",
                                        blocks: {
                                          main_content: {
                                            content: "
Hola.
",
                                          },
                                        },
                                      },
                                      page_slug: "home",
                                    }

          expect(response.status).to eq(200)

          result_as_json = JSON.parse(response.body)

          expect(result_as_json["html"]).to eq("

Hola.

")
        end
      end

      describe "GET #show" do
        it "returns correct agency and default setup info" do
          get :show, params: {
                       page_name: "home",
                     }
          # , format: :json
          expect(response.status).to eq(200)
          # expect(response.content_type).to eq("application/json")

          result_as_json = JSON.parse(response.body)

          expect(result_as_json).to have_key("show_in_top_nav")
          expect(result_as_json["slug"]).to eq("home")
          # expect(result_as_json['setup']['name']).to eq('default')
        end
      end
    end
  end
end

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


s. of Robert Middleton, bailiff and alderman of Colchester. educ. ?St. John's, Camb., matric. pens. 1558; I. Temple 1568, called. m. Jane, wid. of Ambrose Gilbert, 1s.
As Middleton is described in the election return as 'Robert Middleton, junior esq.' it seems likely that his father, who lived in St. Runwald's parish, was still alive in 1579 and that it was he, not the son, who held many offices in Colchester between 1568 and 1579, as well as before that period. In 1579, however, Robert Middleton the younger was granted an annuity for life as counsel for the town. He was returned in May 1579 to fill the vacancy in Parliament caused by the death of Nicholas Clere. Clere himself had replaced Henry Golding I, who had been returned in 1572 and died in 1576. All three were local men. In 1602 Middleton's heir was admitted to the Inner Temple because his father was 'an ancient utter barrister, and near for antiquity unto the degree of the bench'.
In his will, dated 27 Aug. and proved 30 Nov. 1610, Middleton left most of his land and chattels to his son Robert, the executor. He also bequeathed legacies to various friends, relatives and servants, and £3 to the poor of St. James's parish.
Essex Rev. i. 154; iv. 241; Cal. Harwich Borough Muniments, 21; Cal. Colchester Ct. Rolls, ed. Harrod, 75; Colchester recs. assembly bk. 1576-99; Trans. Essex Arch. Soc. n.s. xvii. 37; Cal. I.T. Recs. i. 451; PCC 94 Wingfield.


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The Trützschler Apps give you access to our current range of brochures. It allows you to download the desired brochure to your mobile device – naturally in your preferred language.
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Pets of the Homeless: Providing for Your Pet When You Can't Provide for Yourself
According to the National Coalition for the Homeless, in September 2014, there was an "all-time record" 58,056 homeless people sleeping each night in the New York City municipal shelter system. A recent study revealed that over 3,357 unsheltered homeless people sleep on New York City streets, with nearly 60 percent sleeping in Manhattan. Between 5 percent to 10 percent of homeless people in New York City have dogs and/or.
With groundbreaking numbers of homeless people living in New York City, it is hard to believe that the homeless burden themselves with the ownership of an animal. However, in many cases, the homeless community finds solace, protection, and companionship through their pets. By caring for their furry, four-legged friend, many homeless people sacrifice their own starvation and habitation for their dogs or cats.
Throughout New York City, a majority of homeless shelters do not allow pets. As a result, these homeless shelters reject hundreds of homeless people and their pets each night.
Photo Courtesy // Pets of the Homeless Organization
Currently, there is only one shelter available for the homeless and their pets. In May 2013, the Mayor's Alliance partnered with Urban Resource Institute and its People and Animals Living Safely (URIPALS) pilot programs to provide co-sheltering for families and their pets. The PALS programs specifically works with victims of domestic violence, in an effort to provide "essential support in the form of crucial expertise and technical assistance by addressing the link between animal welfare and human welfare." The Mayor's Alliance and the Urban Resource Institute are "seeking funds and resources to equip its facility to accept dogs and expand the program to other shelters."
In an effort to change the harsh reality for homeless people and their pets, the nonprofit organization Pets of the Homeless provides pet food and veterinary care to the homeless living in New York City and across the United States. Pets of the Homeless's mission is to "feed and provide basic emergency veterinary care" to homeless people's pets, thus relieving the "anguish and anxiety of the homeless who cannot provide for their pets."
Throughout New York City, there are 11 donation sites that collect pet food and pet supplies for those in need. By working with distributing organizations, such as local food banks, pantries, soup kitchens and homeless shelters, these collection sites provide the necessary resources and services for homeless people and their furry companions.
Hundreds of homeless people with pets in New York City struggle to provide for themselves and their beloved animals. Through nonprofit organizations like Pets of the Homeless and shelters like URIPALS, humans and animals are given a second chance in life.
Bark In The Borocanine, dogs, East Harlem, homeless, Manhattan, National Coalition for Homeless, New York, New York City, Pets of the Homeless, puppies, shelter
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Q: How do we say "placed my thumb inside a hose" while inverting the word order of thumb and hose? He placed the hose around his thumb? I can't really think of an idiomatic way of saying it. Is it just me? I am trying to think of a good phrasal verb for this.

A:
I placed my thumb inside a hose.

To invert it, you would use something like this:

Inside a hose, I placed my thumb.

Note, however, that even though the syntax works, the inverted sentence is awkward. People would not normally use that phrasing.
It also lends itself to misinterpretation. Even though it wouldn't make sense, it might be thought to mean when I was inside a hose, I placed my thumb.
In order to avoid such confusion, a slight change would be required:

Inside a hose did I place my thumb.

This is less awkward, but it sounds archaic or poetic. That may be fine in the right context, but it's not a natural sentence in general. In short, I don't think there is an idiomatic way of expressing the inversion of the original.

A:
I put my thumb inside a hose.

If you invert the action, it becomes

I placed a hose on my thumb.

A: I stuck my thumb up the [vacuum cleaner] hose to clean out a dust ball.
But there's no inversion, I'm afraid. stick something up something [stick one's finger up one's nose]. I can't "feel" the around option at all.
The idiomatic usage here is: to stick something up something; often to describe putting a finger into or up a bodily orifice. Sorry, it can get somewhat gross.
But it can also be totally fine, as well: He stuck his finger in the pie and shoved the piece into his mouth.

A: You could also say

His thumb he placed inside the hose.
The hose he placed around his thumb.
The tip of his thumb he placed inside the hose to spray the water farther.
The hose he placed around his thumb, but why we couldn't say.


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New Zealand's Social Crisis
February 18, 2011 November 27, 2019 Juliet Bonnay	child abuse, drug and alcohol abuse, neglect, New Zealand, physical abuse, poverty, PTSD, sexual abuse, social crisis, social problems, violence in the home
Portrait of an abused child, by Juliet Bonnay
A study of young people behind bars carried out for the Corrections Department by clinical psychologist Dr. Nick Wilson and Rehina Rolleston, found that seven out of ten young people in New Zealand prisons are predators who show no remorse for the victims they see as prey. Dr. Wilson said that they "do not have the ability to empathize, or do not know that their behavior is wrong."
Why should we be so shocked by this when we live in a society that turns a blind eye to violence in the home?
By the time young criminals come before court, too many have already been hardened by a combination of domestic violence, abandonment, substance abusing caregivers, physical or emotional neglect, emotional abuse, physical abuse and the dark secret shame of sexual abuse.
Felix Donnelly wrote in Big Boys Don't Cry, "in 1967, the Auckland Probations Officers analysed for me their caseload of 372 youths under 21 years. The results showed that 63% of the probationers' homes were rated by the officers as unsatisfactory through to harmful."
Dr. Bruce Perry, Senior Fellow of the Child Trauma Academy in Texas, whose research explores the neural pathways from "terrorized infant to terrorizing adolescent" wrote: "In today's world, millions of children are raised in unstable and violent settings. Literally, incubated in terror." His writings centre on his continued findings that "neglect, chaos and trauma can create impulsive, aggressive, remorseless and anti-social individuals."
Perry explains that it is within the first three years that the brain is hard-wired by experiences in a "use-dependent way" that establishes patterns of behaviour that can remain for the rest of our lives. In computer language, this is when the default settings are programmed.
It therefore doesn't take much imagination to realize that it will take great persistence, perseverance, courage, and often a lifetime to undo negative early programming. But even after great changes have been made, the default programming can still be reactivated during moments of acute stress.
Numerous studies show that childhood victimization is the major cause of violence in our society and that the most violent criminals were physically or sexually abused as children. For instance, of 14 juveniles condemned to death for murder in the United States in 1987, 12 had been brutally physically abused and five had been sodomized by relatives as children.
Dr. Pita Sharples, co-leader of the Maori Party, said when speaking out about Nia Glassie's terrifying abuse and death that problems of child abuse stemmed from a dysfunctional culture which happened among poverty-stricken and underachieving communities, a group in which Maori were too highly represented.
However, in a media release in September, 2003, UNICEF stated that although poverty and stress are factors closely associated with physical child abuse and neglect, the relationship is far from fixed. Further, it stated, "One of the most common and serious family problems causing child maltreatment is drug and alcohol abuse," and that there is also "strong evidence linking the physical abuse of children with domestic violence between the adults they live with."
In a paper entitled, Going Crazy—a reasonable response to domestic violence? Debbie Hager points out that up to a third of women will abuse drugs or alcohol as a way of coping with domestic violence. Many become depressed and mentally ill with trauma and anxiety disorders, including post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) which is usually associated with war veterans.
In a National Study of Psychiatric Morbidity in New Zealand Prisons in 1999, the lifetime prevalence of PTSD for women inmates was 37 percent, which is more in keeping with findings for high risk populations such as victims of criminal offences and combat veterans.
The National Study also revealed that 90 percent of those with major mental disorders also had a substance abuse disorder (also known to contribute to re-offending).
It is now known that war veterans with PTSD can have profound and pervasive problems in family and other interpersonal relationships, problems with employment, and involvement with the criminal justice system. It is also known that those most likely to suffer combat-related PTSD, were abused as children.
The type of abuse that can have the most insidious and debilitating impact on a child is sexual abuse by a child's parent or someone known to the family – like a grandparent or a trusted friend. Sexual abuse is particularly disturbing to a child because it is a shame-inducing and traumatising personal invasion as well as a betrayal of trust. When children are used as an object for an adult's sexual pleasure, they are dehumanised. Sodomy is a relatively common form of sexual abuse with children—even as young as six months old. Of the few cases I came across as a counsellor, the perpetrators came from 'respectable' middle class homes.
The incidence of sexual abuse in New Zealand is much more widespread than might be imagined. A University of Auckland study showed that 23 per cent of women in urban areas and 28 per cent in rural areas suffered some form of sexual abuse when under 15 years-old.
In 2002, while completing her PhD on the cost of sexual abuse of children in New Zealand—which she estimated to be $2.4 billion a year when adding together the cost of lost earnings, extra health bills and the unmet potential of adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse—Dr. Shirley Julich found that 25 percent of girls and 9 percent of boys are sexually abused in New Zealand in some way by the time they reach 16, often resulting in low self-worth, alcohol and drug abuse and ongoing psychological problems. Her findings are backed up by overseas research. Even in Australia, government research in 1995 found that one in four young girls and one in ten young boys experience some form of unwanted sexual violence.
Sexual abuse and rape are high risk factors for the development of PTSD, along with severe physical assault. The symptoms children display include impulsivity, distractibility and attention problems (due to hypervigilance), emotional numbing, social avoidance, dissociation, sleep problems, aggressive play, school failure, and regressed or delayed development.
Studies have shown that Substance Use Disorder rates are higher among persons with PTSD. According to Dennis Charney, M.D. of the National Institute of Mental Health in the Unites States, this is because "some substances can affect the brain systems that have been made hyperactive. Some people are self-medicating. Most persons with PTSD who use drugs, take drugs that have a dampening effect, such as opiates, alcohol and sedative-hypnotics."
In the Youth 2000 survey of 9570 students at 114 New Zealand high schools, conducted by Annabel Prescott, sexual abuse was the only key "risk factor" that showed up in a statistical analysis of all factors associated with heavy cannabis use. The analysis found that heavy cannabis users were also more likely to be violent, get involved in fights, ride in cars being driven dangerously, have unprotected sex, be clinically depressed and attempt suicide.
Psychiatrist Dr Estela Welldon (cited by Gay Search in The Last Taboo: Sexual Abuse of Children) found that where men have been involved in incestuous relationships, particularly with their mothers, it often comes to light in a very dramatic way—either in sadistic situations with other women, or in an explosion of violence."
Dr. Vincent Felitti, head of the Department of Preventive Medicine at Kaiser Permanente in San Diego, curious about the high drop-out rate on an obesity program of patients who had been successfully losing weight, found that a high proportion of drop-outs had histories of childhood abuse or neglect.
He is quoted as saying, "We saw that things like intractable smoking, things like promiscuity, use of street drugs, heavy alcohol consumption, etc., these were fairly common in the backgrounds of many of the patients…These were merely techniques they were using, these were merely coping mechanisms that had gone into place."
Childhood maltreatment is also a significant risk factor for teenage suicide, teenage pregnancies, depression, the development of personality disorders and mental illness, and for a host of physical health problems, including asthma.
According to the Ministry of Social Development's 2005 Social Report, there are twenty confirmed cases of child abuse and/or neglect in New Zealand every day.
No political party in New Zealand has yet come up with a comprehensive plan to deal with the problem of child abuse. It is a political 'hot potato'. Yet by ignoring the impact on society of violence and neglect in the home, it is costing billions in health care, social welfare, child protection services, incarceration and the judicial system, special needs in education, substance abuse rehabilitation and, lost productivity, potential, and skills in the workforce.
The 2008 Drug Harm Index shows that hardcore drugs such as P, cocaine and Ecstasy gave New Zealand a bill of about $546 million for social costs in one financial year – all a big part of the total $1.3 billion that drug use cost the country in 2005 and 2006.
How can our government ignore this problem any longer? The 'land of the long white cloud' is sunless under its statistics of child abuse, which are among the worst in OECD countries. Child abuse is a serious issue, with serious implications for years to come if we remain reluctant to expose the secrets of child abuse that cut across all socio-economic classes, and take affirmative and begin treating children with the respect they deserve as human beings.
Without this respect, how can children learn self-respect? Instead, many will enter adulthood with a huge debt in their bank account of life that most will struggle in vain to bring into credit balance. This is because years of prolonged abuse and trauma result in a poverty of positive experiences that will drag too many children into poverty on every level. This poverty includes low feelings of self-worth, low self-esteem and a lack of confidence and know how to improve their situation—often because of learned helplessness after being trapped for years within a situation they were powerless to change. These are the real drivers of material poverty.
Yesterday, Prime Minister John Key, showing his lack of understanding of the underlying causes of poverty and the Government policies that have further exacerbated it, criticized those living on benefits for making poor budgeting choices that forced them to resort to using food banks when they ran out of money. Conveniently forgotten is the Government's cash deficit blow out of $1.9 billion more than expected, which, in Mr. Key's own words is "the outer limit of what we would regard as acceptable", and which places New Zealand at risk for a sovereign credit rating downgrade. And 'forgotten' is the bail out of several failed finance companies last year to the tune of $1.8 billion.
Also conveniently forgotten is that the recession has hit people hardest who are on low incomes. Soaring food prices pushed higher by the extra 2.5 percent GST increase the Government introduced last year, ever-increasing fuel prices, and energy bills are pushing people into untenable situations from which they may never find a way out—except perhaps to take flight to Australia.
Not only has New Zealand slipped into the world gutters of alcohol and drug abuse and child abuse, it is also slowly slipping into the gutter of poverty. Not caring for its children and maintaining a punishing attitude to people in genuine distress years later because of the abuse and trauma they suffered in childhood, New Zealand is in social crisis, yet is deaf and blind and cannot hear or see it. The Salvation Army's fourth annual "state of the nation" report, published on 11 February 2011 criticises the Government for becoming too "fixated" on reducing debts while failing to tackle longstanding social problems.
Perhaps the place to begin to address these issues is for us all to change any poverty of attitude we might have by learning to see people and situations from different perspectives. North American Indians urged each other to "walk in another man's moccasins for one moon" (28 days) to more fully understand them. By doing this, new understanding and compassion would enable us to make positive changes to impact the well-being of all. Individually we could also ask ourselves, "What one small change can I make today to change my life for the better, or the life of someone else?"
And keep on asking that question.
Half a Year of Hell in New Zealand
PTSD And It's Damaging Impact on Individuals, Families and Communities
Hidden in Front of Us (2010) by Anthea Simcock with Lee-Anne Duncan.
"When I was twelve, I got pregnant to my father. My parents arranged for me to have an abortion. This was carried out on the kitchen table. I know my sister saw it." Nancy
"I saw my neighbour, who I knew was on drugs, beating her six-year-old with a stick. I realize how hard it is to intervene and feel safe yourself. But I went up to her and gave her a cuddle, and then I cuddled the little boy. Then I went back home and called the police and got CYFS in. I knew it was the right thing for that child." Jayne
"We've gotta get people talking about child abuse," says Mareti Kume, who now spends her life teaching people alternatives to the violent behaviour she grew up with.
How Can We End Family Violence?
Along with steadily increasing incidences of family violence, are the spiralling economic and health costs it creates – not to mention the huge problems caused when drugs and alcohol are used to self-medicate the anxiety family violence creates. What can we do to end these cycles…
The impact on mental health of living for years in war-torn homes of domestic violence, and/or being subjected to sexual abuse, physical abuse, or neglect, can be just as damaging, if not more so, than engaging in combat or being a prisoner of war.
The Antidote to Violence
Violence in the home can create psychic wounds that may never heal. It can cause children to 'harden their hearts' by shutting down their feelings to enable them to survive it. It has also, I believe, created a silent epidemic of PTSD…
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U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Friday wrote to states requesting that they report back to her on the creation of special insurance pools aimed at covering Americans with pre-existing conditions, a key part of the federal government's new health care reform legislation.
The move is one of the first concrete steps toward reform coming after President Barack Obama signed the package into law March 23, the Associated Press reported. It is aimed at creating or expanding statewide buying pools focused on uninsured people who have so far been denied coverage because they have a pre-existing medical problem.
"Over the next couple of months, we'll be making a lot of announcements just like this," Sebelius said in a Friday news conference. "The law the president signed was carefully written to get benefits to Americans as quickly as possible without disrupting or overburdening the health care system."
According to the AP, many of the details of the new insurance pools remain obscure, including who and how many will be eligible, premium costs, and whether the $5 billion allocated for the programs will be sufficient.
The programs are currently available to people who have been without insurance for at least six months, the AP said. According to a Kaiser Family Foundation report released in January, more than 200,000 Americans are covered by similar pools already in place in 30 states.
A U.S. program to test people for HIV will receive an additional $31.5 million, bringing total funding to approximately $142.5 million over the next three years, says the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
State and local health departments will use the extra money to increase access to testing and early diagnosis of infection with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
The program was designed to increase awareness and HIV testing among black men and women. The new funding will expand the initiative to more areas and a wider number of groups, including injection drug users, Hispanics and gay and bisexual men, United Press International reported.
"HIV testing is a crucial step in reducing new HIV infections, so that those infected with HIV can be linked to medical care and ongoing support to help them maintain safer behaviors," Dr. Kevin Fenton, director of CDC's National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Tuberculosis Prevention, said in a news release. "This expansion will help ensure that more Americans have access to what could be life-saving information about their HIV status."


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Jhye Richardson says he's ready to put shoulder surgeries behind him for Perth Scorchers in the BBL. Credit: AAP
Fit-again paceman Jhye Richardson says he'll continue to put his body on the line despite the horror run of shoulder injuries he's suffered over the past 20 months.
Richardson's troubles started in March, 2019 when he dislocated his right shoulder while diving in the field during an ODI clash with Pakistan.
The 24-year-old has undergone two shoulder surgeries since then, but he is nearing full fitness after returning to club ranks in recent weeks and bowling 10 overs a match.
Richardson says he isn't haunted by his past shoulder setbacks.
"I always get asked whether or not I'd dive like that again in the field given the shoulder injury, but it's what you do to play cricket," Richardson said.
"If you go into every game thinking you're going to get injured, you probably don't have the right mentality.
"I'm always going to put my body on the line for my team. It's what my team needs from me at that moment. I'd be happy to do it again if I have to."
Richardson impressed during his two Tests and 13 ODIs for Australia.
The nippy right-hander would love to get back into the international set-up, but for now his focus is on enjoying cricket with Western Australia and the Perth Scorchers.
Richardson is still restricted in his throwing capabilities, but he feels his bowling pace is almost back to where it was before the original injury.
"I've got full faith in myself and what everyone is saying around me to be able to get back to full pace," Richardson said.
"I'd be extremely close, if not there already, so I'm raring to go for game one (of the BBL season)."
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Perth boast Jason Roy, Mitch Marsh, Colin Munro, Liam Livingstone, and Cameron Bancroft among a powerful batting line-up.
"We're looking to be the team to beat this year," Richardson said.
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Die Alderney Railway ist eine normalspurige Eisenbahn auf der Kanalinsel Alderney, die ursprünglich aus militärischen Gründen gebaut wurde und heute als Museumsbahn genutzt wird.

Geschichte
In den 1840er Jahren wurde im Bereich der Braye Bay mit dem Bau umfangreicher Festungsanlagen begonnen. Die Baumaterialien stammen aus Steinbrüchen am östlichen Ende der Insel. Zur Durchführung der Materialtransporte für den Festungsbau wurde von der britischen Admiralität nach jahrelangen Vorarbeiten im Jahr 1847 die Alderney Railway als erste staatliche Eisenbahn Großbritanniens eröffnet.

Im Zuge des Festungsbaus wurde ein Hafen errichtet, zu dem ein Wellenbrecher gehört, der ursprünglich 1430 Meter lang war. Da der Unterbau des Wellenbrechers ständig erneuert werden musste, blieb die Bahn auch nach dem Abschluss der Bauarbeiten im Betrieb.

Im Jahr 1854 besichtigte das britische Königspaar die Insel und bereiste auch die Alderney Railway, die ansonsten nur im Güterverkehr genutzt wurde. Die Bahn diente ihrem ursprünglichen Zweck bis 1921, als sie zusammen mit den Steinbrüchen an die Brookes Ltd. verpachtet wurde. Brookes, zu diesem Zeitpunkt der größte Arbeitgeber auf Alderney, exportierte Granit-Schotter für den Straßenbau und lieferte weiterhin das Material für den Unterhalt des Wellenbrechers.

Nach der deutschen Besetzung 1940 wurden die Gleisanlagen größtenteils demontiert und die Trasse teilweise von Feldbahnen mit 600-mm-Spurweite genutzt. Nach dem Abzug der deutschen Truppen 1945 wurden die normalspurigen Anlagen vom britischen Verteidigungsministerium wieder aufgebaut und für den Unterhalt des Wellenbrechers genutzt. 1958 endete der Dampfbetrieb mit der Anlieferung der ersten Diesellok. Mitte der 1970er-Jahre ging die Zuständigkeit für Wellenbrecher und Eisenbahn an das Innenministerium, wo man versuchte, die Bahn touristisch zu nutzen. Die Strecke wurde schließlich an die "Alderney Railway Society" verpachtet, die am 5. März 1980 den Betrieb aufnahm.

Die Touristenzüge verkehren heute regelmäßig nachmittags an Wochenenden von Ostern bis Ende September, weitere Züge werden im Sommer und vor Weihnachten eingesetzt. Die Fahrtzeit in einer Richtung beträgt 15 Minuten.

Streckenführung
Der erste, heute nicht mehr befahrene Abschnitt der Strecke beginnt an der Spitze des Wellenbrechers an der Braye Bay und verläuft auf dessen Krone zum Hafen. Die Strecke führt weiter durch den Hafen Richtung St. Anne zur heutigen Endhaltestelle an der Braye Road, an der die Züge der Museumsbahn beginnen. Die Strecke führt in einigem Abstand zum Ufer entlang der Küste vorbei an Steinbrüchen und Befestigungsanlagen an die Ostspitze der Insel, wo die Bahn im Mannez Quarry endet. Der befahrene Streckenabschnitt ist heute ca. zwei Meilen lang.

Zur Sonnenfinsternis vom 11. August 1999 wurde, einmalig, der Zwischenstopp Eclipse Halt eingefügt.

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Über den Fahrzeugeinsatz vor der deutschen Besatzung gibt es kaum Quellen. Bekannt ist der Einsatz einer zweiachsigen, von Pecket & Sons gebauten Satteltank-Lokomotive und einer Anzahl einfacher zweiachsiger Seitenkipper für den Gütertransport.

Nach dem Ende des Zweiten Weltkrieges waren auf Alderney keine brauchbaren Fahrzeuge mehr vorhanden. Für die Materialtransporte wurden zunächst 24 Seitenkipp-Wagen aus amerikanischer Produktion und eine kleine zweiachsige Dampflok mit stehendem Kessel nach Alderney gebracht. Die Dampflok erhielt den Namen "Molly", die Kippwagen wurden wegen ihrer Herkunft "Yankees" genannt. 1958 übernahm eine zweiachsige Diesellok von Ruston Hornsby, die ebenfalls "Molly" genannt wurde, den Betrieb. Diese Fahrzeuge waren mit einer Mittelpufferkupplung nach amerikanischen System ausgerüstet. "Molly" ist heute noch vorhanden, kann aber wegen der Kupplungs- und Brems-Bauart nicht im Personenzugdienst eingesetzt werden.

Der Museums-Personenzugbetrieb wurde 1980 mit zwei Wickham-Kleinbahnwagen, von denen mittlerweile sechs auf die Insel gelangt sind, aufgenommen. 1982 wurde eine zweiachsige Bagnall-Dampflok namens "J.T. Daly" beschafft und mit zwei offenen Personenwagen bis Mitte der 1990er Jahre eingesetzt. Dann wurden die Fahrzeuge nach Jersey abgegeben, da die Dampflok nur wenig benutzt wurde und zu teuer im Unterhalt war. 1984 kam eine weitere zweiachsige Diesellok Bauart Drewry nach Alderney. Diese Lok wurde bei Vulcan in Newtown gebaut und dort bis zum Ende des Lokomotivbaus als Werklok eingesetzt. Seit 1985 trägt diese Lokomotive namens "Elizabeth" mit der Nummer D100 die Hauptlast des Betriebes.

Für die Personenbeförderung wurden 1987 zwei 1938 gebaute U-Bahn-Wagen der London Underground beschafft, die auf Alderney von einer Diesellokomotive gezogen wurden. Wegen des rauen Seeklimas verschlechterte sich der Zustand der Wagen zusehends, so dass sie 2000 ausgemustert und verschrottet werden mussten. Als Ersatz wurden wiederum zwei U-Bahn-Wagen Baujahr 1959 mit den Nummern 1044 und 1045 aus London beschafft, die seit 2001 eingesetzt werden und wegen der Aluminiumbauweise das Klima besser verkraften sollen.

Wegen unzureichender Verladeanlagen im Hafen ist der Transport der Fahrzeuge von und zum Festland problematisch, so dass die Dieselloks in Einzelteilen geliefert werden mussten. Die U-Bahn-Wagen wurden mit Landungsbooten der Armee transportiert.

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Last Saturday night was the UFC's debut on ESPN and ESPN+ from Brooklyn, which featured Flyweight Champion Henry Cejudo defending his title against the Bantamweight Champion TJ Dillashaw. In addition, we speculated the debut of Greg Hardy and much more. Here is a review of all 13 fights on the card, as well as an overall review on whether the debut was a success or failure.
Making his debut on short notice for the early prelim card on ESPN+, Kyle Stewart faced off against Chance Rencountre, who ended the fight early in the first. Although this finished via submission, it was not an exciting win for Rencountre, who will move forward in his UFC career.
Geoff Neal vs Belal Muhammad wasn't only a one-sided affair, but an exciting fight to watch from start to end. Neal perfected a dominant performance over Muhammad by stuffing 8 out of the 8 takedowns that were attempted. As for his striking, Neal knocked down Myhammad twice in 3 rounds to earn the unanimous decision win. It will be exciting to see who else feels the wrath of "Hands of Steel" Neal next.
Longtime UFC fighter Dennis Bermudez made his lightweight debut against Te Edwards after thoughts of retiring from MMA. Despite a knockdown from Edwards, Bermudez was able to control a majority of the fight. A dominant unanimous win led to an emotional retirement from Bermudez.
The prelim card on ESPN was met with an impressive start from Cory Sandhagen, who landed a flying knee, which resulted in Bautista being dropped. After ending the fight in an arm bar, Sandhager extended his win streak to 5.
Light heavyweights collided as Alonzo Menifield defeated Vinicius Moreira via TKO. In result, Menifield kept his undefeated streak of 8 wins. On the flip side, Menifield ended Moreira's 5-fight win streak, which could result in a case to become ranked in the light heavyweight division.
Ariana Lipski hyped herself up as a strong athlete, but Joanne Calderwood dominated Lipski throughout the bout. Calderwood proved herself, and earned the victory through the judge's scorecard. This is a fight that helped Calderwood build momentum in the strawweight division.
Donald Cerrone made his lightweight return against Alexander Hernandez, and showcased with an impressive performance. In the second round, he capitalized by knocking down and finishing off Hernandez. After the victory, speculation surfaced on whether Conor McGregor would emerge as his next opponent.
In the first fight for the ESPN+ main card, Glover Teixeira faced off against Karl Roberson. Despite a shaky start, Teixeira bounced back and submitted Roberson with an arm triangle in the first round.
This fight was close to not happening, due to Rachael Ostovich's injuries from a domestic abuse situation last year. However, Ostovich made sure the fight happened, and despite coming out strong against Paige VanZant in the first round, it was VanZant who scored the arm bar that forced Ostovich to verbally tap out. Despite the loss, Ostovich proved that nothing can keep her away from the octagon.
In a rematch between Joseph Benavidez and Dustin Ortiz, it was an exciting flyweight fight that could have gone either way. In the end, Benavidez not only got the victory, but gave credit to Ortiz, who has grown as a fighter in the past few years. Benavidez hasn't fought for the title in 5 years, and holds a split decision win over current champion Henry Cejudo. Could this be a title match in the making?
The undefeated Gregor Gillespie is on a mission to retain his winning streak, as he dominated Yancy Medeiros for 10 minutes straight. Gillespie is what would label "a poor man's Khabib Nurmagomedov", as the #15 ranked lightweight is climbing up the ranks to fight the best.
The controversial debut of Greg Hardy was the co-main event of the night, and despite being a heavy favorite, Allen Crowder continued to land shots and takedowns. In the second round, Hardy struck Crowder with an illegal knee that spoiled his debut and gave him his first loss of his professional record. Will we see Hardy compete in the UFC ever again?
The highly-anticipated Flyweight Championship fight between Henry Cejudo and TJ Dillashaw served as the main event for UFC's ESPN+ debut in Brooklyn. All the excitement was built for this moment, but 31 seconds into this fight, Cejudo shocked the world when he dropped Dillashaw multiple times before the referee stepped in to end the fight. Despite Cedujo desiring to move up and take Dillashaw's belt, Dillashaw is looking to rematch Cejudo at flyweight, claiming the stoppage was premature.


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