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Babbling brooks and serene lakes make water my favorite element. Yet there are secrets in the dark depths of the ocean and chills not just from the cold in the snowy lands of the north. They lure me to explore these places, and for my story "Frozen" in Spirits in the Water, I wanted to take it one step further.
I took many steps, in fact. Billions. Enough to take me to Saturn's moon, Enceladus. So far from our sun, it's a harsh place. While there is not enough light to melt the ice on the surface, below is a vast ocean. It's one of the few spots in our solar system humans could make an outpost or a colony to stop over before they carry on into the Milky Way.
On this moon, I set a necromancer. As water is a conductor for spirits, his new home could be wonderful for business or his greatest nightmare. Dealing with the frozen dead is much more of a challenge than those buried in warm earth. Was he capable of handling the job he was forced to do? I dug deep into his heart, into his fears, and into my own.
I found my necromancer to be much braver than I am. I'll leave him to the freezing temperatures and ice geysers of Enceladus. I prefer to wade into gentle streams, and if I did come across a spirit, I'd have the option of running away on solid land.
if you meet a few ghosties along the way.
Christine Rains is a writer, blogger, and geek mom.
Excellent story, Christine, so clever! I'd forgotten that water is a conductor for spirits. Lots of story potential.


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Zion Williamson Or Ja Morant: Time To Rethink No. 1 Pick In 2019 NBA Draft?
January 9, 2022 Greg Patuto Memphis Grizzlies, NBA Draft, NBA News, New Orleans Pelicans 0
The 2019 NBA Draft, like many, had a clear top-tier of prospects. As time went on leading up to the draft, the top-two picks were all but solidified.
The Memphis Grizzlies sat in the No. 2 spot knowing they were about to land their franchise point guard. Ja Morant of Murray State fell into their laps and the front office was given player to build around. The New York Knicks selected RJ Barrett with the third-overall pick after Morant but it was another Duke Blue Devil that stole the show.
Zion Williamson spent one season at Duke and was the clear-cut top prospect entering the draft. In fact, he was one of the most-anticipated players in years. The New Orleans Pelicans won the lottery and were given the chance to change the franchise.
As we sit here in 2021, into the third year following the draft, the Pelicans should not be second-guessing themselves just yet but the question could be coming awfully close. Was Williamson the right selection?
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There was no question about Williamson's athleticism and overall basketball ability coming out of college. The concern was his conditioning and if his body could endure an 82-game season. It did not get off to a good start right away.
Zion Williamson averaged 22.5 points and 6.2 rebounds per game as a rookie. The problem was he played just 24 games. During year two, Williamson played 61 games, in a 72-game season, and averaged 27 points and 7.2 rebounds. He finished as the eighth leading scorer in the league.
In year three, Williamson has yet to step on the floor and it is unknown when he will. He has been dealing with a foot injury and during his time on the sideline, his weight has been brought into question.
When looking Ja Morant in Memphis, he suffered a knee injury but was off to a hot start. Morant has played 28 games this season, scoring 25.0 points and dishing out 6.6 assists per contest. This goes along with 5.8 rebounds and 1.4 steals as well. Morant played in 67 games as a rookie and 63 in year two. He is averaging 7.2 assists per game during his career and his scoring numbers have gone up each season.
Most importantly, the Memphis Grizzlies are beginning to win. Memphis qualified for the postseason as the eighth seed last year and stole a game from the Utah Jazz in round one. This season, Memphis is currently fourth in the Western Conference with Morant on his way to becoming the next Grizzlies All-Star.
At this point, it is a bit early for fans to jump ship on Zion Williamson but it is getting close to questioning whether Ja Morant would have been a better pick. He has shown great progression over his career while Williamson struggles to get on the floor. This also causes headaches for the front office when thinking about his contract situation.
Williamson is still playing on a rookie deal that he signed. This was good for four years and $44 million. This is a generational talent that the New Orleans Pelicans want to have around long term but he is not worth much on the sidelines. On Williamson's end, these injuries could give him an option to forgo a max deal and sign a qualifying offer for the 2023 or 2024 season, which would pay him $17.6 million. This would allow him to enter free agency the following season and weigh his options.
As time goes on, the two sides will sort this all out and it will be interesting to see what happens. What we do know is that the Pelicans let Lonzo Ball walk and Brandon Ingram has come up in some trade rumors. All signs pointing to Williamson being the max player for the future and this was the plan all along. They can't take back their draft pick and remain desperate to get Williamson back on the floor.
Where both players sit today, it seems clear which was the right pick. As for the New Orleans Pelicans, they cannot harp on this and have to focus on Zion Williamson's health and contract situation.
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STOP N' SHOP TILL YOU DROP. Even as the wait for monsoon continues, shopaholics are being flooded with a range of offers to splurge on products.
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Vogue Eyewear recently announced the launch of Deepika Padukone's capsule collection -- Deepika's Selects. The latest eyewear edition is composed by two exclusive sun styles chosen by the actress herself. The styles are in line with the latest trends, enhanced by Deepika's initials. Beautifully crafted, the collection is a playful mix of hues ranging from opal blue to dark red Havana to opal powder or even pearl pink.
"All the pieces have been uniquely designed for women to look effortlessly fashionable. Be it style, colour or utility, the brand will have something which defines your individual style statement," said Deepika.
Online marketplace giant eBay is sharpening focus on the fashion and lifestyle segment in India saying that buyers are looking beyond electronics and gadgets to shop on e-commerce sites.
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Fastrack introduced an exciting range of accessories for the summer. Trendy sunglasses and cool backpacks that will add style to the scorching summer fashion.
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Akritti Elite ,a 2-day Luxury Expo -2014 begins at Taj Krishna, Banjara hills , Hyderabad. International table tennis player, Naina Jaiswal & D Jacinta Rao (IRS), assistant commissioner customs, central excise & service tax, inaugurated the exhibition by lighting the traditional lamp.
"It's glad to see various apparel, jewellery, designer wear, dress materials, designer saris, home furnishings to be showcased for fashion connoisseurs," said Naina on the occasion.
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Entertainment Zone - V100.7 Family Affair Expo
By V100.7 Jams / March 10 2017
Check out all of the great singers and entertainers performing on the Milwaukee Public Schools Stage
DLUX
If ever one man was the embodiment of the phrase "THAT WHICH DOES NOT KILL US MAKES US STRONGER," DLUX is that man. As this amazingly resilient Milwaukee native recounts the tragic events of his life thus far, one can not help but be blown away at his strength of mind, body and spirit. "The abuse I have seen in my life started before I even came into this world, as my mother tried to abort me by throwing herself down a flight of stairs.
Read more: http://v100.iheart.com/features/v1007-family-affair-expo-141/articles/15/490926/entertainment-zone-13230767/#ixzz4axmSBkCx
David Casa
David Casa pours his heart and soul into Windy City, paying homage to his hometown while detailing the hope and heartache Chicago has brought him. Since releasing Windy City, Casa's first single and visual, he has been on a constant grind knocking out his current mixtape, This Is David Casa. His mixtape, produced by Reason and Nick Duel, will feature previously released "Flowcabulary Two" and also promises to deliver powerful new tracks.
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Probably my very favorite WTF moment in the book (even if I stupidly spoiled it by including the Santa reveal on the back cover illustration!); I did everything I could to make sure Kwigsnaaar had the most idiotic face I've ever drawn to undercut his supposed menace.
The alien's empty threat and prompt exit is an obscure reference to a Marvel comic called Amazing Adventures (a precursor to the far superior Amazing Adult Fantasy/Amazing Fantasy which introduced Spider-Man), which featured the ongoing 'adventures' of proto-superhero Dr. Droom (later renamed Dr. Druid to avoid confusion with Dr. Doom). These stories were pretty weak and often anti-climactic, including one such moment when the hero exposes an undercover alien, who swears vengeance and teleports away. Not surprisingly the alien never carried out his threat, as Droom's boring stories came to a thankful end and the character's origin was recycled and greatly improved for Dr. Strange.
…where was I? Oh, right, The Scarecrow Spookshow is also a comic book. Buy it, collectors! Excelsior!
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Aww, no more archive. Binging the whole comic (great comic btw) at once really highlights how much Scap has grown since the start of this whole thing, now he seems almost (le gasp!) competent!
I'm also kind of wondering if the SMDL has a 7 Deadly Sins motif. Hypnausea would obviously be Lust, Babirus would be Gluttony, Toxsick Greed, and Dr. Caliban Envy maybe? Scapula would be either Wrath or Pride and Tigadactyl and Throgor I have no idea tbh.
Hello and nice to meet you, Cheshire! The Scapula comic doesn't update as regularly as it used to (the webcomic horizon has changed an awful lot since the early 2010's), but the series is still going on and will have new stories in 2021. Here's hoping you'll enjoy them!
Regarding the Seven Deadly Sins, there was a an art piece that was removed from the Scapula: Memento Mori book that did indeed connect the members of the Sinister Monster Doom Legion with the septuplet of sins (although I didn't create those characters with that theme in mind). The alignment (and explanations) were:
Throgor – Wrath (pretty self-explanatory).
Tigadactyl – Envy (due to the fact that he's an extremely isolated individual with no grasp of normal social interactions).
Babirus – Gluttony (another obvious one).
Toxsick – Sloth (due to the fact that he possesses a strong intellect and deadly skills…and still wastes them by never really applying himself to bigger schemes and instead just hanging out with idiots).
Scapula – Pride (not because he's vain, but because his ego and self-confidence are so damaged that he desperately tries to build himself and his image into something he can never really attain).
I had more difficulty assigning Hypnausea and Dr. Caliban to Lust and Greed, respectively. Lust would seem the obvious choice for a perv like Hypnausea, but then again he's often used sex as a tool for manipulating others instead of just self-indulgence. Dr. Caliban, on the other hand, is a horny and frustrated little bastard who actively seeks revenge against women he can't entice, which screams of a overpowering libido (or, again, damaged self-worth). In the end I went with the obvious and gave Lust to Hypnausea, leaving Dr. Caliban's Greed up for interpretation (we know he's a Pokemon card collector, so…maybe that's it?).
Phew! Thank you for enduring this long spiel and see you again the next time I need to overexplain my goofy comics!


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Q: add last custom collectionViewcell to collectionView swift 3 I am trying to build collectionView with 2 different custom collectionviewcell. What I want is

Please ignore the first button (invite send one) We decided remove it. I only want to have plus button (add User one) at the end every time
I am getting error continue with many different approach that I found on google.
What I have is
import UIKit
import SDWebImage

private let reuseIdentifier = "safeCircleCell"
private let lastCell = "LastSafeCircleCell"

class SafeCircleCollectionViewController: UICollectionViewController {

var circleArray: [CircleUser] = [];
var selectedEntry: CircleUser!

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()

    // Uncomment the following line to preserve selection between presentations
    // self.clearsSelectionOnViewWillAppear = false
}

override func viewWillAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
    super.viewWillAppear(animated)

    // TODO Need to add logic to add + button
    PackageGuardService.shared.getCircleUsers() {
        (circleUsers, error)in
        self.circleArray = circleUsers!
        self.collectionView?.reloadData()
    }
   collectionView?.register(LastSafeCircleCell.self, forCellWithReuseIdentifier: lastCell)
}

and .........
   override func collectionView(_ collectionView: UICollectionView, numberOfItemsInSection section: Int) -> Int {
    // #warning Incomplete implementation, return the number of items
    return self.circleArray.count + 1
}

override func collectionView(_ collectionView: UICollectionView, cellForItemAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UICollectionViewCell {
    if indexPath.row == circleArray.count {

        //try to set the add User button at the last cell

    let cell = collectionView.dequeueReusableCell(withReuseIdentifier: lastCell, for: indexPath)as? LastSafeCircleCell;
    //            cell?.btnLabel.text = "add friend"
        print("last Cell")
        return cell!
    } else {
    let cell = collectionView.dequeueReusableCell(withReuseIdentifier: reuseIdentifier, for: indexPath)as? SafeCircleCell;

      // set all the user pic and info here and this part work great

            cell?.safeCircleImage.layer.borderWidth = 2
    cell?.safeCircleImage.contentMode = .scaleAspectFill
    cell?.safeCircleImage.layer.cornerRadius = (cell?.safeCircleImage.bounds.width)!/2
    cell?.safeCircleImage.layer.masksToBounds = true
    cell?.safeCircleImage.layer.borderWidth = 0.5

    let circleEntry = self.circleArray[indexPath.row]
    print("safe circle array image \(circleEntry.ImageUrl)")

    cell?.setUser(circleUser: circleEntry)

    return cell!
    }
}

and in my LastSafeCircleCell.swift file
 import UIKit

 class LastSafeCircleCell: UICollectionViewCell {
 let addCircleButton: UIButton = {
    let button = UIButton()
    button.backgroundColor = UIColor.white
    button.layer.cornerRadius = 18
    button.clipsToBounds = true
    button.setImage(UIImage(named: "add-safe-circle"), for: .normal)

    return button
}()

let btnLabel: UILabel = {
    let label = UILabel()
    label.text = "add Friend"
    return label
}()
func addViews(){
    backgroundColor = UIColor.black

    addSubview(addCircleButton)
    addSubview(btnLabel)
}
    override init(frame: CGRect) {
        super.init(frame: frame)
        print("lastCell in")
        addViews()
    }

    required init?(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) {
        fatalError("init(coder:) has not been implemented")
    }
  }

A: I think the problem is due to the fact that you are reloading the tableview before registering the class LastSafeCircleCell so I think you should register the class LastSafeCircleCell in viewDidLoad method instead of viewWillAppear method, and also because you dont need to register the class each time the view appears
Now to get the cell to show instead of black color, you need to set the frame of the LastSafeCircleCell either directly setting the frame or using Autolayout constraints and then set its properties like background color.
One more suggestion I would like to give is this:
Instead of
let cell = collectionView.dequeueReusableCell(withReuseIdentifier: lastCell, for: indexPath)as? LastSafeCircleCell;

use this:
let cell = collectionView.dequeueReusableCell(withReuseIdentifier: lastCell, for: indexPath) as! LastSafeCircleCell

I made two changes in the above code, you dont need to use ; in swift if you are writing a single statement on a line. The second change that I made is to force unwrap the optional here using as! , this is one of the case where you want your program to crash if you dont deque the cell correctly.
so now in your following code you can simply use cell instead of cell! and do same for other cell in else part.

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Attarbashi House
Herat, Afghanistan
Attarbashi house, a large family home in the Bar Durrani quarter of the Old City, was originally built in the mid 19th century by a distinguished grocer. This home follows the traditional layout of a northern (for winter use) and southern (for summer use) range of rooms, arranged around a large central courtyard that is accessed from a covered passage or dalan. The complex retains some of the characteristic elements of large family homes of the era, including a double-height central domed reception room, at the northern part, and timber colonnades along the upper levels of both ranges. The courtyard elevations contain timber screens in characteristic Herati style and sections of geometric patterned brickwork. At the eastern side of the courtyard, an unusual domestic hammam can be found beside a small shrine, adjacent to the main entrance. A servant quarter is located on the west side which contains a large domed kitchen.
Attarsbashi house, along with many other homes in the Old City of Herat, had fallen into disrepair and partially collapsed when surveyed in 2005. It was documented and restored by AKTC/HCP between 2006 -10. As part of the restoration works, the doubled height room was reconstructed and traces of fine molded and painted plasterwork have been documented and safeguarded.
Through the conservation initiatives in Herat Old City, the project provided opportunities for a range of specialist craftsmen to demonstrate their skills in restoring decorated plaster and woodwork, while training apprentices in workshops set up on site. With growing local interest in the conservation of the Attarbashi and other houses in this quarter, it is hoped that the project might have raised awareness locally of the potential for retaining and upgrading traditional structures in a context where many owners still see no alternative but to demolish and 'redevelop' historic property.
Aga Khan Trust for Culture Afghanistan. 2007. "AKTC Afghanistan Newsletter # 9 September / October 2007". [Accessed 18 March 2013]
Part of site
Old City of Herat Urban Regeneration
Variant names
Attar Bashi House (Variant)
1850-1890, restored 2005-2008
Qajar
Old City of Herat, Bar Durrani quarter, Kucha-e Rokhband, Herat, Herat Province
Aga Khan Historic Cities Programme (architect/planner)
Herat (place)
Aga Khan Historic Cities Programme (client)
Aga Khan Historic Cities Programme, area development, restoration and conservation, urban regeneration
South wing, restoration of internal plaster
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Aga Khan Trust for Culture Retrospective Exhibition: Herat
Afghanistan: Preserving Historic Heritage
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Q: Skip Jenkins stage when parameterized credential is unset I'm trying to skip a stage in Jenkins when a parameterized credential is unset (in this case, an AWS account parameter). However, I seem to be unable to do so, and I'm not sure why. The stage seems to immediately start and fail without evaluating my 'when' skip condition, and later stages don't start. Here's an example:
parameters {
  credentials(name: 'AWS_CREDS', description: 'Skips AWS build if not specified.', credentialType: 'com.cloudbees.jenkins.plugins.awscredentials.AWSCredentialsImpl', required: false)
}

stage ('Build AWS') {
  when {
    expression { params.AWS_CREDS != null }
  }
  environment {
    AWS_CREDS = credentials("${params.AWS_CREDS}")
  }
  steps {
    sh 'Use $AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and $AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY'
  }
}

A: As I was typing the question, I stumbled my way into a solution, so I figured I'd share.
Remove the AWS_CREDS environment variable, change the when expression to do an empty string check (rather than a null check), and surround your steps with the withCredentials binding. Put together:
stage ('Build AWS') {
  when {
    expression { "${params.AWS_CREDS}" != "" }
  }
  steps {
    withCredentials([[$class: 'AmazonWebServicesCredentialsBinding', credentialsId: "${params.AWS_CREDS}"]]) {
      sh 'Use $AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and $AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY'
    }
  }
}


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Hong Kong protestors use offline chat apps to avoid government surveillance
- Sep. 3rd 2019 5:13 am PT
Protestors in Hong Kong are increasingly turning to the privacy of offline chat apps to reduce the risk of government surveillance…
TNW reports that one of them, Bridgify, has seen 4,000% growth over the past couple of months.
As pro-democracy rallies rage in the territory, protestors are increasingly giving up on SMS, emails and China's social media Swiss army knife WeChat in favor of peer-to-peer mesh networking apps like Bridgefy and FireChat.
With the government keeping a close eye on social networks — homegrown and elsewhere — in an attempt to stifle dissent, these off-the-grid messaging apps have proven to be a blessing in disguise.
According to Forbes, downloads of Bridgefy has skyrocketed by 4,000 percent over the past 60 days, citing metrics from Apptopia.
Based on statistics from Apptrace, Bridgefy's ranking on Apple's App Store climbed from #973 in late June to #6 as of September 1.
Both apps are short-range peer-to-peer ones, which rely on direct Bluetooth or Wi-Fi connections between devices. They were originally created for use in environments where mobile data might be unavailable or prohibitively expensive — for example, planes and cruise ships — as well as at times when networks are likely to be congested, like rock concerts and festivals.
Although range is very limited, the offline chat apps create mesh networks, so that a message from person A to person C can be relayed via person B. Messages are encrypted, so that person B relays the message without being able to see it.
Additionally, both apps offer a broadcast mode, where public messages are sent to all app users within range.
Here's how FireChat describes itself.
FireChat creates a mesh network using Bluetooth and peer-to-peer WiFi. FireChat transmits messages and pictures offline between devices that are located within 200 feet of one another.
Thanks to FireChat's innovative multi-hop and store-and-forward capabilities, FireChat users form a network that increases in size with the number of devices. It allows messages to hop from one device to the next in order to reach the recipient(s). This is why the more people use FireChat, the better and the larger the network becomes (unlike with cellular networks).
On the mesh network, messages are transmitted seamlessly from one device to the next in order to reach the recipient(s). When an Internet connection or cellular network is available, FireChat uses them to reach remote recipients.
Public messages are visible by anyone. Private messages are encrypted and can only be seen and read by the sender and the recipient(s).
Bridgefy also offers an API that allows developers to use its tech for their own apps, though this is chargeable.
Hong Kong has, since Britain handed back control in 1997, been a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (PRC), operating under a so-called 'one country, two systems' approach intended to preserve some degree of independence. However, concerns have long been expressed that the PRC has increasingly been exerting more direct control, which came to a head this year when a bill was proposed which would allow the extradition of Hong Kong residents to mainland China.
Although that bill has been indefinitely suspended, the goal of protestors has broadened to five demands, from a complete withdrawal of the bill to full and free elections for the Legislative Council.
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Look-in was a children's magazine centred on ITV's television programmes in the United Kingdom, and subtitled "The Junior TVTimes". It ran from 9 January 1971 to 12 March 1994. Briefly in 1985 a BBC-based rival appeared called BEEB; another was launched in 1989, Fast Forward, which went on to outsell Look-in.
Look-in had interviews, crosswords and competitions, and it had pictures and pin-ups of TV stars and pop idols of the time. Its main feature however was the many comic strips of the favourite children's television programmes, all of which were being shown on the ITV network at the time.
When the magazine began publication, it was edited by Alan Fennell and the strips were written by Angus Allan. Fennell left in 1975, and the art editor, Colin Shelborn, took over as editor. The covers in the 1970s were paintings by Arnaldo Putzu, an Italian working in London who had created many cinema posters in the 1960s, including designs for the Carry On films. His Look-in covers were mostly painted using acrylics.
Introduced mainly as a vehicle for children to find out what was on ITV, it included highlight listings for each ITV region, of programmes likely to appeal to its target market, but Look-in also spotlighted popular children's topics and pastimes of the day. Skateboarding, BMX and YoYoing were all featured in the magazine. Although primarily a television magazine, it also often featured articles on sport such as On The Ball with Brian Moore, as well as science articles written by Peter Fairley. DJ Ed Stewart became a regular face in Look-in, appearing in the first issue in a feature about a day in his life, he was later given his own pages called 'Stewpot's Newsdesk' which ran until 1980. Alan Fennell who edited Look-in wrote episodes for most of Gerry Anderson's series.
After television, the next biggest topic featured was pop music. This usually comprised interview articles and pull-out pin-ups of the top acts of the day, from ABBA and the Bay City Rollers in the 1970s to Adam and the Ants and Bros in the 1980s. Picture strips on pop groups at first featured life stories on ABBA and The Beatles (among others) and went on to become original adventures stories for groups such as Madness and Bucks Fizz.
In September 1981 Look-in changed its look, adopting a new logo and with photo covers replacing the cover paintings. By the late 1980s, the comic was struggling to compete with glossier teen magazines and sales were dropping. By the early 1990s, Look-in was catering for a younger age group by featuring picture strip stories based on cartoons and short and choppy fact-file type articles. The final issue was published in 1994.
During its run, Look-in annuals and Summer Special issues were released each year. In 2007 Carlton Books published a compilation reprint; Best of the Seventies, under their Prion and Sevenoaks imprints. This was followed-up by a Best of the Eighties the following year.
In the pack it says Annual 71,72,75, you have to rename those into 72,73,76.
Posted by boutje777 on September 29, 2016 in Uncategorized.
Thanks for these issues. Are you planning to upload more issues? I'm interested in issues from the late seventies and the early eighties. Keep up the good work!
You are welcome. These are all the issues i found, maybe in the future i will find some more, i hope.
Thanks heaps mate. Any chance of the full Street Hawk run from March 1985 to October '85?
You are welcome, better ask at the homepage because that is what most people read.
I would like full issues from 1974 to 1980.
Thanks, you are welcome. I will take a look one of these days for sure.
Look-in Holiday Special 1973 I found for you, it is now being uploaded to you.
uploaded to you as well. It is Look-in 1973 Follyfoot Special. It is not the same as the other 1973 Special. That one is different. Also the other one is from 1981 and is called Look-in Film Special – Clash of the Titans. Glad to be of help.
That's a pretty accurate listing but did A-Ha and Bros actually have dedicated strips? They might have been part of 'When They Were Young' or 'The Story So Far' but not, unlike Kylie, Jason and also I think Michael Jackson, colour biography strips drawn by Gordon and Maureen Gray.
Thanks for the Annual and i'll change that and make a note that you have to rename those 3.


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The best time to visit Istanbul is between May and October. The rest of the year it can be quite cool, wet, and windy making it uncomfortable for visitors. Some special dates to keep in mind when booking your visit include May 19th, which is the Commemoration of Ataturk: Youth and Sports Day. Another annual highlight is October 29th, Republic Day.
A number of major Muslim festivals are also celebrated: e.g. the festival of Eid and Ramadan for which dates vary.
Visas are required for citizens visiting from many countries, including India. You must apply a month before the date of travel, and passports must be valid at least six months and have one blank page.
Before visiting Istanbul be sure to sharpen your haggling skills, as that's how you will be purchasing all of your goods at the markets, including the Grand Bazaar and Egyptian Bazaar. Goods are often marked overprice with the expectation of haggling. Istanbul is a fast food paradise, with snacks from around 2 TRY to kebabs around 8 TRY. Fish is another speciality, and beers cost around 6 TRY. Groceries tend to cost a little more.
One night in a hotel/guesthouse will cost around 30 TRY. There are a wide variety to choose from all over the city, including in the Eminönü and Beyoğlu districts. There is also a good and cheap public transport network, which includes buses, subways, minibuses, ferries, metrobuses, and trams. Be sure to pick up a rechargeable Istanbulkart which is valid for all public transport. Taxis are also widely available, however they cost considerably more than public transport. While in Istanbul be sure to check out the Prince Islands. It is a large car free area, with only horse drawn carriages allowed.


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Southern Cameroons Crisis: Police officer decapitated in Menchum County 0
A Cameroonian police officer was decapitated on Wednesday in the country's restive anglophone region, sources said.
The officer who was killed was stationed at the town of Wum in the northeast of the country, a security source told AFP, confirming information from one of the victim's relatives.
He had been at a roadblock with a colleague when men suspected of being secessionists attacked him, the security source said.
"They cut off his head and took it away," the source added.
The ambush occurred amid an armed campaign to gain independence for the Northwest and Southwest Regions, a predominantly English-speaking part of the French-speaking West African state.
Years of resentment at perceived discrimination at the hands of the francophone majority have led to almost daily acts of violence and retribution that have claimed scores of lives and forced tens of thousands from their homes.


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Mercedes-Benz sells more vehicles than ever before in the first half of 2013
In the first half of 2013, Mercedes-Benz posted yet another record with sales of 694,433 vehicles (+6.4 per cent). With 131,609 units sold, sales in June also reached record level (+8.3 per cent), not least through strong growth in China (+16 per cent). The growth
Mercedes-Benz in March posts best sales month in the company's history
Mercedes-Benz delivered 139,920 vehicles to
customers in the month of March, more than in any previous month (+6.5 per cent). Thus, first-quarter sales were 3.5 per cent higher than in the same period of the previous year (324,898 units).
Despite the difficult
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Following up on the record sales in the first three quarters, Mercedes-Benz posted a new sales record in October as well. With 109,632 vehicles delivered, the record of the same month in the previous year was topped by 6 per cent. Thus, the brand
Mercedes-Benz India launches the India's first Sports Tourer B-class @ Rs 21.49 lakh
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Exciting new apps from Mercedes-Benz
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Emissions-free fuel-cell car from Mercedes-Benz conquers Hollywood
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Q: java.io.File.length() greater than 0 when actual file is 0 bytes What:
My Android application is compressing a directory on rooted Android Devices (API 25+) and writing the zip to a removable USB stick.
Problem:
Java is telling my that the file is 97,993 bytes but when I take the USB stick out of the Android Device and plug it into my mac, mac is saying it's 0 bytes.
Code:
/// Where is the directory that we're compressing onto the USB stick?
File dir = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(), "logs");
if (!dir.exists() || !dir.isDirectory()) throw new IOException("Invalid directory.");

/// Where on the USB stick is the logs.zip going to go?
File zip = new File("/storage/FD91-1317/logs.zip");

/// Delete the file if it already exists then recreate it
if (zip.exists() && !zip.delete()) throw new IOException("Failed to create zip file.");
zip.createNewFile();

/// Using try {} to manage our streams
try (FileOutputStream fileOutputStream = new FileOutputStream(zip); ZipOutputStream zipOutputStream = new ZipOutputStream(fileOutputStream)) {
    /// Get the list of files to enumerate through
    File[] files = dir.listFiles();

    // Enumerate through each file to be compressed
    for (File file : files) {
        /// If somehow a file was deleted throw an exception
        if (!file.exists()) throw new FileNotFoundException(file.getPath());

        /// Create the new zip entry
        zipOutputStream.putNextEntry(new ZipEntry(file.getName()));

        /// Copy the file into the zip
        try (FileInputStream fileInputStream = new FileInputStream(file)) {
            IOUtils.copy(fileInputStream, zipOutputStream);
        }

        /// Close the zip entry
        zipOutputStream.closeEntry();
    }
}

/// Validate that the zip has been created successfully
if (zip.length() == 0) throw new IOException("Zip failed to be created!!!!");
Log.v("logs", String.format("Logs collected: %s", zip.length());

More Info:

*

*My application is running as a system app in the /system/priv-app/ directory

*My application has the android.permission.WRITE_MEDIA_STORAGE permission

*The zip file on the USB stick is only 0 bytes when plugged into the mac, if I remove the USB stick within 5-10 seconds after Log.v(...) is called. If I wait longer than 10 seconds it'll always have bytes.

*Log.v(...) also is logging Logs collected: 97993

*org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.readFileToByteArray(zip) is also returning a byte array with the length of 97993 and the byte array 100% has data in it and isn't empty.

*ls -l /storage/FD91-1317 is also saying that logs.zip is 97993 bytes.

Closing:
I've tried literally everything I can think of at this point but still can't figure out why Java is saying that the zip contains data but when plugged into my mac it's saying the file is 0 bytes. Windows is telling me the same thing. The only thing I know for a fact is that if I wait more than 10 seconds before removing the USB from my Android device, then this problem will not occur but I worry that depending on the size of the zip, that might not be enough time in all cases. To my knowledge, once you write to a stream and close it, it should be 100% completed.

A: In order to fix the issue, I had to run fileOutputStream.getFD().sync();
If anyone is wondering why running that had fixed it, here is a snippet from Java's docs to explain what sync(); does.

See: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/io/FileDescriptor.html#sync() for more details.

Thanks so much to @CommonsWare for assisting!


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Young people in post-Soviet Russia
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Russia! Where are you rushing to? Give me an answer.
Nikolai Gogol, "Dead Souls" During the course of the twentieth century, the Soviet Union rose and fell, and Russia reemerged. The Russians were left "feeling robbed of a sense of place, of purpose and of identity"[2]. By the mid-1990s, Russia, while contending with the ups and downs of economic crisis and the health of its leaders, was trying to find its own course, attempting to resurrect past glories, learn from recent mistakes, and forge a place in a community of nations. Together with society, youth was going through a period of change in its ideological, economic and moral values. According to Martha Olcott, "it was Russian youth, who seemed to suffer disproportionately from the numerous social disorders in the USSR at the end of the decade"[3]. Ilynsky talks about the widespread moral decay in Russia in the 1990s and the lack of direction among many young people – their poor understanding of freedom, lack of faith in politicians, growing sense of injustice and general concerns about what the future might bring"[4].
Russian identity is and has been a topic of continual argument, of conflicting claims, competing images, contradictory criteria. According to S. Franklin, "Russia is continually represented as a question, a field of possibilities, a set of contradictions"[5]. After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 even more intensified self-questioning in the "new" Russia started. Usually, such questions have been posed by the young population of Russia who happened to live in the period of global economic and ideological transitions. What kind of country is Russia to be? What has happened to young people in the post-communist phase? The focus of this paper is how the changing economic, political and social geography of Russia affected the youth since the fall of communism in 1991. I will reflect upon the typical portrait and particular features of the post-Soviet youth. My research question is as follow: "What images, sentiments, and obligations do young Russians attribute to their homeland, and how do these contribute to an understanding of their notions of ethnicity, patriotism, and nationalism?"
Value system and patriotism in post-Soviet Russia
"He who does not regret the break-up of the Soviet Union has no heart; he who wants to revive it in its previous form has no head".
V.V. Putin
Enormous changes occurred in every sphere of Russian life – economic, political, social and legal after 1991. As J. Finkenauer puts it, "perestroika (restructuring) and glasnost (openness) became household words to Russians during the last half of the decade of the 1980s"[6]. The Communist party, which had been the dominant force in the USSR for several decades, first lost its primacy and then was outlawed. Expectations were raised, but remained unfulfilled. One of the negative sides of glasnost was the emergence of extremist nationalistic groups like the Russian "Pamyat" ("Memory") society. It was a violent, anti-Semitic group reminiscent of Hitlerite organizations in Nazi Germany. "Pamyat" was the extremity of a powerful, chauvinistic Russian nationalism. It has not yet become a political force, but it has been very attractive to disaffected Russian youth. From the examinations of youth and nationality in the Soviet Union, it has been concluded by scholars that Russian youth seems most attracted to extreme political ideologies, such as fascism espoused by "Pamyat"[7]. After the Collapse of the Soviet Union, new tendencies and subcultures have emerged and their scope is rapidly expanding. Among them are: marginalization, forced migration, nationalism, religious fundamentalism and so forth. Throughout the 1980s, there was a proliferation of informal youth groups throughout the Soviet Union. They included finding a sense of community with their peers outside the official institutions, and finding a place where they could express their individuality. Included among the Soviet groups were rock music fans, hippies, religious groups, cults, fanaty (soccer fans), afghantsy ( veterans of the war in Afghanistan), fashisty (neo-nazi youth group), youth gangs, vigilante groups and others. Not all of these youth groups engaged in criminal activity, but many apparently did. For example, the Liubery – a contemporary vigilante-type group that emphasizes physical strength – opposes all Western culture and influence. Their self-appointed mission was to rid the country of rock fans and groupies, of hippies, and of punks"[8]. "Russian young people have been disillusioned. They witnessed the collapse of a total system that had ensured full employment, equality, and identity, and a bright future. Living their school years in a state of heightened instability provided strong medicine against believing in what were formerly assumed to be absolute, meta-answers to life's multitude of problems"[9].
[2] The New York Times, June 14, 1992.
[3] Åslund, Anders; Olcott, Martha B. Russia after Communism. Carnegie: Washington, D.C., 1999. P. 136.
[4] Riordan James; Williams, Christopher; Ilyinsky, Igor. Young People in Post-Communist Russia. Dartmouth Publishing Company, 1995. P.75.
[5] Franklin, Simon; Widdis, Emms. National Identity in Russian culture. An introduction. Cambridge University Press, 2004. P.69.
[6] Finckenauer , James O. Russian Youth. Law, deviance, and the pursuit offreedom . Transaction Publishers: New Brunswick, 1995.
[7] Finckenauer , James O. Russian Youth. Law, deviance, and the pursuit of freedom. Transaction Publishers: New Brunswick, 1995.
[9] Markowitz, Fran. Coming of age in post - Soviet Russia . University of Illinois Press: Chicago, 2000.
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New Poverty Funding to Continue Efforts to Improve Lives, Housing, Work Opportunties for Poor
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Onondaga and surrounding counties are ready to take the next step in trying to reduce the area's high poverty rate. A call is out this week for proposals that can address some of the barriers and challenges that make it hard for people to get out of poverty.
County Executive Ryan McMahon says efforts under the Alliance for Economic Inclusion are important for the entire region.
"We can't be known as a community that doesn't take care of its neighbors. And the last thing you want to be known for is high rates of poverty anywhere in our county. So, that has a negative impact on any person and every person who lives here."
There's about $16-million to fund a second round of A-E-I projects. McMahon says ideas can address transportation, day-care, housing, or job-training and creation. The moeny comes from the CNY Rising Upstate Revitalizaiton initiative, including Onondaga, Oswego, Madison, Cortland and Cayuga Counties.
AREAS OF PRIORTY FOR AEI FUNDING:
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He notes the $13-million first round of projects is making a positive impact on Syracuse's concentrated poverty and overall poverty rate.
"We know the numbers of concentrated poverty were trending in the right direction, they're trending down. And we know that our caseloads this year of folks who are on assistance, over the last nine months, are down 10%. So, they're down 10% because people are getting to work."
An analysis of round one is underway to find out which services best helped people rise out of poverty.
"Overall we think what we're doing is working to address some of these long-standing barriers to jobs and to careers for our working-poor families. We have an analytics team that's making sure that the money went where it said it was going to go. If you said you were going to create jobs, where are you on the job creation? So that we can really show the board and the public how effective round one was, and we can use that as model moving forward with round two."
Organizations interested in getting A-E-I funding for a program can learn more at ongov.net
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Prof. Subhash Bhalla joined the faculty of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi in 1986, at the School of Computer and Systems Sciences. He was a Visiting Scientist at Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (1987-88). He is a member of the Computer Society of IEEE and SIGMOD of ACM. He is with the Department of Computer Software at the University of Aizu. He has also toured and lectured at many industries for conducting feasibility studies and for adoption of modern techniques. He has received several grants for research projects. Prof. Bhalla currently participates in the Intelligent Dictionary System Project. He is exploring database designs to support models for Information Interchange through the World wide Web. He is working with a study team on creating user interfaces for web users and transaction management system for mobile computing. He is studying transaction management and algorithmic designs for Distributed Real-Time Systems. He is also pursuing performance evaluation and modelling of distributed algorithms.


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One of the greatest challenges facing the United States in the 21st century is how energy is produced and consumed. The country's dependence on foreign oil is often cited as a security risk, the Achilles' heel of our economy. The concern is understandable: America consumes a quarter of the globe's daily production, producing high levels of carbon dioxide and other emissions that many believe are contributing to global warming.
Ethanol pulled into the fast lane in Missouri this year when Gov. Matt Blunt approved a bill requiring that gasoline sold in the state be blended with at least 10 percent of the corn-based biofuel by Jan. 1, 2008.
As with most alternative sources of energy, ethanol has significant benefits: it's a clean-burning, high-octane fuel that can help keep gas prices down by increasing and diversifying the nation's fuel supply. Yet there's a major catch: energy is needed to grow corn and turn it into ethanol.
In ethanol production, the starch portion of the corn is fermented into alcohol and then distilled. Natural gas and electricity are used to run the ethanol plant, powering everything from the hammer mill that grinds the feedstock into a fine powder to the boilers that liquefy the starches.
By 2015, drivers may be less concerned about gas mileage than about hydrogen storage. By 2030, the United States' dependency on foreign oil to power our cars and trucks could be a thing of the past.
A few years later, homeowners might be able to drop off the grid, generating their own power from in-house fuel cells and leaving behind nothing but clean, potable water.
Yangchuan Xing, assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering, is working to bring these possibilities into reality using polymer electrolyte membrane (or PEM) fuel cells.
In a PEM fuel cell, electrons are conducted across two electrodes with a polymer membrane sandwiched between them. The anode is fueled with hydrogen to produce protons and electrons. The polymer membrane conducts the protons through to the cathode, where they recombine with electrons and oxygen to form water, the only byproduct of a PEM fuel cell. The process creates the electricity to power devices from laptop computers to cars to homes.
"It's a very environmentally friendly process," Xing says.
Soldiers at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., may soon get the chance to reduce their use of fossil fuels and ease the strain on their wallets – just by sitting down.
The idea is simple. A public transit system would transport commuters along the Interstate 44 corridor, from Fort Leonard Wood to Rolla and Lebanon. If successful, hydrogen-powered shuttle buses would then retire the gasoline-powered fleets, creating the first rural test site for the federal government's hydrogen technology program.
Personal energy audit: What can YOU do?
The UMR Magazine staff caught up with John Sheffield of UMR's Industrial Assessment Center to find out what the average consumer can do to conserve energy. The IAC conducts energy audits for companies to help them cut their energy costs. Sheffield says real energy savings come through the use of energy-efficient appliances. And apparently, it's all about reading labels.
When it comes to the future of energy production, Chevron Corp. sees college graduates – particularly UMR graduates – as one of its most valuable resources.
This summer, Chevron donated $1.5 million to UMR to establish an educational and research partnership that will help meet the needs of the energy industry.


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#import "IFContainer.h"
#import "IFDB.h"
#import "IFWPContentCommandProtocol.h"
#import "IFCommandScheduler.h"
#import "IFIOCContainerAware.h"
#import "IFIOCTypeInspectable.h"
#import "IFAbstractContentAuthority.h"
#import "IFWPContentAuthorityFormFactory.h"
#import "IFWPAuthManager.h"
#import "IFMessageReceiver.h"
#import "IFHTTPClient.h"
#import "IFJSONData.h"

@class IFWPClientTemplateContext;
@class IFWPPostDBAdapter;
@class IFWPPostsPathRoot;
@class IFWPSearchPathRoot;

@interface IFWPContentAuthority : IFAbstractContentAuthority <IFIOCContainerAware, IFMessageReceiver, IFIOCTypeInspectable> {
    // Container configuration template.
    IFConfiguration *_configTemplate;
    // Command scheduler for unpack and refresh operations.
    IFCommandScheduler *_commandScheduler;
    // Location for staging downloaded content prior to deployment.
    NSString *_stagingPath;
}

/** The name of the posts DB. */
@property (nonatomic, strong) NSString *postDBName;
/** The URL of the WP posts feed. */
@property (nonatomic, strong) NSString *feedURL;
/**
 * The URL of the content image pack.
 * Used when the app is first installed, to bulk download initial image content.
 */
@property (nonatomic, strong) NSString *imagePackURL;
/** The location of pre-packaged post content, relative to the installed app. */
@property (nonatomic, strong) NSString *packagedContentPath;
/** The location of base content. */
@property (nonatomic, strong) NSString *baseContentPath;
/** The location of downloaded post content once deployed. */
@property (nonatomic, strong) NSString *contentPath;
/** The WP realm name. Used for authentication, defaults to 'semo'. */
@property (nonatomic, strong) NSString *wpRealm;
/** Action to be posted when the container wants to show the login form. */
@property (nonatomic, strong) NSString *showLoginAction;
/** The posts DB instance. */
@property (nonatomic, strong) IFDB *postDB;
/** An adapter for the posts DB providing specific data access methods. */
@property (nonatomic, strong) IFWPPostDBAdapter *postDBAdapter;
/** Whether to reset the post DB on start. (Useful for debug). */
@property (nonatomic, assign) BOOL resetPostDB;
/** Interval in minutes between checks for content updates. */
@property (nonatomic, assign) NSInteger updateCheckInterval;
/** The content command protocol instance; manages feed downloads. */
@property (nonatomic, strong) IFWPContentCommandProtocol *contentCommandProtocol;
/** Post list data formats. */
@property (nonatomic, strong) NSDictionary *listFormats;
/** Post data formats. */
@property (nonatomic, strong) NSDictionary *postFormats;
/** Template for generating post URIs. See uriForPostWithID: */
@property (nonatomic, strong) NSString *postURITemplate;
/** Factory for producing login and account management forms. */
@property (nonatomic, strong, readonly) IFWPContentAuthorityFormFactory *formFactory;
/** Map of pre-defined post filters, keyed by name. */
@property (nonatomic, strong) NSDictionary *filters;
/** An object to use as the template context when rendering the client template for a post. */
@property (nonatomic, strong) IFWPClientTemplateContext *clientTemplateContext;
/** An object used to manage WP server authentication. */
@property (nonatomic, strong) IFWPAuthManager *authManager;
/** A HTTP client. */
@property (nonatomic, strong) IFHTTPClient *httpClient;
/** The maximum number of rows to return for wp:search results. */
@property (nonatomic, assign) NSInteger searchResultLimit;
/**
 * A map describing legal post-type relationships.
 * Allows legal child post types for a post type to be listed. Each map key is a parent post type,
 * and is mapped to either a child post type name (as a string), or a list of child post type names.
 * If a post type has no legal child post types then the type name should be mapped to an empty list.
 * Any post type not described in this property will allow any child post type.
 * Used by the getPostChildren: methods.
 */
@property (nonatomic, strong) IFJSONObject *postTypeRelations;

/** Unpack packaged content. */
- (void)unpackPackagedContent;

/** Refresh content. */
- (void)refreshContent;

/** Download content from the specified URL and store in the content location using the specified filename. */
- (void)getContentFromURL:(NSString *)url writeToFilename:(NSString *)filename;

/** Generate a URI to reference the post with the specified ID. */
- (NSString *)uriForPostWithID:(NSString *)postID;

/** Show the login form. */
- (void)showLoginForm;

@end

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QinetiQ Australia Appoints Aerospace General Manager
QinetiQ Australia has appointed Mat Sibree as General Manager Aerospace. Based in South Melbourne, Mat has overall responsibility for 80 engineers and consultants delivering advice and services to Defence, industry and commercial customers. His area of the business also holds unique status as the Australian Defence Force's chosen partner in aircraft structural integrity as a certified Authorised Engineering Organisation.
Commenting on his appointment, Mat said: "What attracted me to QinetiQ was the integrity of the business and the respected relationship the team has fostered within Defence and industry. I'm in awe of the depth of unique engineering capabilities within the organisation and how our work directly contributes to sustaining Australia's air power capabilities. I'm excited about the opportunity to further develop QinetiQ Australia's aerospace domain and leverage these core capabilities to grow the business and our engineering capability through maintaining certification aligned with emerging Defence requirements."
Greg Barsby, Managing Director of QinetiQ Australia, said: "Mat's wealth of experience in both Defence and industry successfully leading teams, improving project performance, delivering sustained business growth, increasing customer satisfaction and strengthening partner relationships will be valuable to the aerospace domain and our business moving forward. It's a wonderful position to be in to have someone of Mat's calibre taking on the role."
Mat joins QinetiQ Australia from BAE Systems Australia, where he has held several senior positions over the past five years, most recently as General Manager Aviation Solutions.
Prior to this, Mat worked for Boeing Defence Australia in Army aviation training and Qantas before that as a licensed long haul B747 pilot. Mat did his initial pilot training with the Royal Australian Air Force and was an F-111 pilot and qualified flying instructor.
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Strains of Neisseria gonorrhoeae with dual resistance to World Health Organization-recommended antibiotics azithromycin and last-ditch drug ceftriaxone turn out to be common in China, says the groundbreaking study published this week in PLOS Medicine.
From 2013 to 2016, the rates of dually-resistant gonorrhea in China climbed from 1.9 percent to 3.3 percent, reports Yueping Yin of the National Center for STD Control, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College Institute of Dermatology in Nanjing, China and colleagues.
In short, superbug gonorrhea is becoming a global threat.
Most of the participants in the Chinese study were symptomatic male heterosexuals.
So what can be done? Just this week a completely different team reported they had invented a way to trap bacteria in the bloodstream that behaves like a nano-scale Venus flytrap. But the idea is short of a technology yet, and it wouldn't work for gonorrhea anyway, which doesn't infect the bloodstream. Normally, the disease can be fatal if it does.
Gonorrhea is the most common of all STDs, with over 80 million cases reported each year around the world – and that's just the recognized cases. Some people are asymptomatic. Untreated gonorrhea may lead to infertility and other health impairments. Infection rates have been climbing in the west – and commensurately, the disease has been growing more difficult to treat.
As the germ achieves superbug status, meaning not treatable by antibiotics, the race is on to find alternatives. Just this week a completely different team, in Oregon State University, reported progress on leaning about the bacteria's membrane proteins, with the hope of one day developing a vaccine. There is no vaccine against gonorrhea as of now.


Neasden Boxing Club was founded in 1998 by Kingfishers Youth Centre and rejuvenated under new management since April 2014. The gym is now embarking on a new chapter and hoping to start competing in the amateur boxing scene once again. We provide a friendly, fun, nurturing atmosphere which welcomes all lovers of boxing. The club encourages all to pursue their goals. Our vision is to produce top quality amateur boxers with the aim of representing GB Boxing or turning professional. All classes are led by qualified ABA coaches. Classes take place on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.


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Q: Aggregate data for 2 tables sql I have 2 questions which I was unable to answer in an interview, and hence do not have the answer.
2 questions are:
a. Write a query to get close rate by make and partner name (close rate = sales count / lead count)
Attempt:
select  (totalsales/totalleads) as close_rate
(select count(sale_id) as totalsales from daily_sales group by make_name) S
outer join
(select count(lead_id) as totalleads from daily_leads group by make_name) L
on S.make_name=L.make_name
outer join
(select partner_name from partners) P
on L.partner_id=P.partnerid

b. Write a query to Aggregate data to get daily leads and sales count by make and date
Attempt:
select count(sale_id), count(lead_id)
from daily_leads dl
full outer join
on daily_sales ds
on dl.lead_id=ds.lead_id
group by make_name, date

TABLES:
Daily_Leads
+---------------------------------------------------+
| lead_id     partner_id      date_id     make_name |
+---------------------------------------------------+
|     4           2           2019-01-01  toyota    |
|     6           2           2019-01-01  honda     |
|     8           2           2019-01-02  toyota    |
|     9           70          2019-01-01  honda     |
|     2           70          2019-01-01  ford      |
|     7           1           2019-01-01  bmw       |
|     10          4           2019-01-01  bmw       |
|     25          1           2019-01-02  ford      |
|                                                   |
+---------------------------------------------------+

Table Name: daily_sales
+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
| lead_id partner_id          date_id         make_name   Sale_id |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------+
|     4           2           2019-01-01      toyota          1   |
|     6           2           2019-01-01      honda           2   |
|     8           2           2019-01-02      toyota          3   |
|     9           70          2019-01-02      honda           4   |
|     10          4           2019-01-01      bmw             5   |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------+

Table name partners
+----------------------+
| id      partner_name |
+----------------------+
| 1       True         |
| 2       App          |
| 4       Way          |
| 70      Fbook        |
+----------------------+

I am trying outer joins which I know is probably wrong. Can someone please help me out?
I am new to StackOverFlow community, so I might not have a proper approach to asking questions. I am learning. Would be great if someone can answer these questions.

A: I guess that you can use the query joining two aggregate queries.
For a., the query is below:
select
  M.make_name,
  P.partner_name,
  L.totalleads,
  S.totalsales,
  S.totalsales/L.totalleads as close_rate
from
  (select distinct make_name, partner_id from daily_leads
   union select distinct make_name, partner_id from daily_sales) M
  left outer join
  (select make_name, partner_id, count(lead_id) as totalleads
    from daily_leads
    group by make_name, partner_id) L
  on M.make_name=L.make_name and M.partner_id=L.partner_id
  left outer join
  (select make_name, partner_id, count(sale_id) as totalsales
    from daily_sales
    group by make_name, partner_id) S
  on M.make_name=S.make_name and M.partner_id=S.partner_id
  left outer join partners P
  on M.partner_id=P.id;

db fiddle
For b., it's similar to a query that changed partner_id to date_id of the a. query.


Safety Practices for the Home Inspector, now available as a PDF download.
The purpose of this publication is to assist the inspector in recognizing those conditions which can lead to personal injury, and to provide safety guidelines for such situations. It also provides basic information and useful tips for operating a safe and professional home inspection business.
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Оброшинська сільська рада — орган місцевого самоврядування у Пустомитівському районі Львівської області з адміністративним центром у с. Оброшине.

Загальні відомості
Історична дата утворення: в 1946 році.

Населені пункти
Сільраді підпорядковані населені пункти:
 с. Оброшине
 c. Пришляки

Склад ради
 Сільський голова: Вовчко Орест Осипович
 Секретар сільської ради: Пристайко Марія Тимофіївна
 Загальний склад ради: 24 депутати

Керівний склад ради

Примітка: таблиця складена за даними джерела

Депутати
Результати місцевих виборів 2010 року за даними ЦВК

Джерела
 Облікова картка Оброшинської сільської ради на сайті Верховної Ради України

Примітки

Адміністративний устрій Пустомитівського району
Сільські ради Пустомитівського району

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Alteya Organics' bio cosmetic line for face is created to give visible results and to have a beneficial effect on the spirit, soul and body. All cosmetic products by Alteya Organics are certified organic according to the European and American Directive. One of the greatest advantages is that the Alteya's team is behind every stage of the manufacturing process from planting the crops to bottling and packaging of the finished products. Pamper your skin with the pure products from the Bio Damascena cosmetic line.
Alteya organics'products for face include organic face cream (day, night and rejuvenating), organic lip balm, organic washings gels, bio serums, for face and eyes and bio face cleansers (cleansing milk and tonic) and sunscreen.


I'm working with a TWR-MPC5125 system, using Linux BSP and I'm trying to use I2S interface to send audio data to the UC864-E module using de DVI (I've already checked how to configure it).
I would like to know if someone could give some advice or orientation.
We are looking for some driver or another way that allow us to comunicate via I2S with the UC864, and how it should be the way our micro has to put/send the data, avoiding the use of the analog I/O's.
At the moment we want to send an audio file to a phone, to test it, but in the future we aim to send audio calls in this way if possible.
Any info will be usefull.
Searching these forums for "PCM" reveals some discussion related with the subject and their initiators, maybe this will give some info.
I've been reading the threads, but they refer to the use of #SPCM, which is not implemented for this module.
I'll continue with my search, thanks.
Hi again, I'm blocked with this.
All the information is related to the use of #SPCM (not in UC864) and I cannot find an easy way to transfer audio in a digital way with this module.
For example, I could have audio stored in a file, or as Ethernet trafic, and I would like to send it from my microcontroller with Linux to the module avoiding the analog I/O. Is the DVI the best way to do this? and if so, is there any driver that I can use for that?
Telit UC864 Digital Voice Interface Application Note.
I'm afraid I'm lost on Linux side, I don't know if is something available.
I saw Cosmin sent you the DVI user guide and I believe DVI, which is an I2S based protocol, should be the way to send an audio stream to the module bypassing the analugue stages. If you can cops with 8bit per sample audio quality you can send the stream directly via serial port with AT #SPCM. You don't need special driver , just the way ( and you have it) to manage the serial port and/or a way to use an I2S port or emulate it via GPIO.
Linux has support for I2S, see Alsa/ASoC, you need to do some investigations on your specific hardware & software.
I'm already working to configure the LinuxBSP I work with to test the I2S interface with the module using the DVI. The codec on the example doen't fit our design because it isn't automotive, but we are thinking about using AD1939 for example, or maybe do a driver to directly connect the DVI with the I2S port of the MPC5125. I'll come back when I have more news on this.
About using #SPCM, this module hasn't got it implemented, so we will try to manage the transfer in other way, I mean, we don't have to use this command, don't we?
Of course not, you need to use the DVI custom commands to enable and configure the interface, all details are in the doc.
Did you find any more infomation on this? I need to use the DVI interfaces also – for bi-directional digital streaming. I'm looking at the timing diagram in the DVI app note and it doesn't match my expectations for I2S – in particular the "extra bit" in the clock cycle for sync doesn't appear to be standard.
Please point me in the direction of any information you have found?
Basic question – have you got DVI to work?
DVI at UC864 doesn't exactly work as I2S, if I'm not wrong it can work in PCM burst mode, and it has some differences (mono voice data, for example). It's not like the HE910 that has the two possibilities, you can take a look to the DVI application note of the HE, you'll find more info (take a look to the Burst mode (PCM) entry, you can find some info about the extra bits there).
We were able to test the DVI by using a generic I2S codec without control interface. We modified the AD1939's driver, removing the code used for control, but I think that there are many others like WM8727 that hasn't got control interface, it can be usefull.
We did this bacause we only wanted to put the digital signals in the I2S microcontroller port, without using the analog part (as is used in the example of the MAX). So we "only" had to put the digital audio signals at the correct frequency.


10,200 patients of Plastic Surgery Associates of South Dakota are being notified that some of their protected health information was potentially compromised as a result of a ransomware attack in February this year.
Plastic Surgery Associates of South Dakota discovered ransomware had been installed on some of its systems on February 12, 2017. Rapid action was taken to remove the ransomware and third-party forensics experts were brought in to investigate and determine the extent of the breach and which, if any, patients had been impacted.
Fortunately, while data were encrypted, the majority of its patients were not impacted by the incident and did not have any of their data accessed or encrypted. However, the process of restoring data resulted in critical files being lost.
Those files contained evidence that could have been used to confirm that some patients had not been impacted by the incident. On April 24, Plastic Surgery Associates of South Dakota decided that without access to that evidence it was not possible to rule out PHI access for 10,200 of its patients with a high degree of certainty. Consequently, all of those individuals have now been notified that their PHI has potentially been compromised.
The system that the ransomware was installed on contained names, Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers, state ID numbers, credit and debit card information, lab test results, medical diagnoses, birth dates, health insurance information and details of medical conditions.
Plastic Surgery Associates of South Dakota has confirmed that no reports of misuse or attempted misuse of patients' PHI have been received. Out of an abundance of caution, affected individuals have been offered complimentary membership of Equifax Credit Watch Silver credit monitoring and identity theft protection services for 12 months.
Plastic Surgery Associates of South Dakota said it already employs stringent security controls to protect the privacy of patients and the confidentiality of their PHI, and that "the confidentiality, privacy, and security of our patient information is one of our highest priorities." The incident has prompted the company to enhance security and additional security measures will be deployed to prevent future incidents of this nature from occurring.


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When our editor in chief sets out for a jog around a city, his brain is whirring even faster than his legs. Here he reflects on urban projects in London and Zürich that have stumbled at the first hurdle.
We consider the loss of Cairo's Maspero Triangle and dabble with dance. But first up: Miami finds the art in parking, Swiss gallerists have a Highland fling and Lewis Hamilton drives his point home.
If the forces of mediocrity aren't challenged then ambitious architecture is too easily threatened with eradication, as the case of 15 Clerkenwell Close only too sadly shows.
Diets don't work. And here's why.
My cabinet
For ClientEarth's CEO, the environment would be all the poorer without a trusted team of lawyers and strategists.
Foreign correspondent Janine di Giovanni finds sanctuary in churches.
Qatar has an obesity epidemic; we meet the people working to change this, then explore initiatives around the world.
In the first of a new series looking at US cities and the people fixing them, we stop off at Albuquerque to find out why New Mexico's most populous city is on the up.
State of the nation: Belgium
Hosting the institutions of the EU can be a double-edged sword. But Belgium's unique federation has plenty to offer on the world stage through its liberal and energetic approach to diplomacy, plus growing influence in the worlds of art and sport.
Politics briefing
An old party in the Netherlands making new changes, Filipino activists and Trump's fake news.
Diplomacy briefing
Australia's ambassador to Poland and why Canada's world-stage win isn't helping at home.
Defence briefing
Canada's pilot conundrum, Sweden takes subs seriously and the US loosens rules for foreign recruits.
Cities briefing
The future of transport in LA, symphonies for cities and using mobiles for mobility in Vilnius.
Rising above it
Despite uncertain times for the aerospace industry, Airbus's outgoing CEO Tom Enders is still smiling.
We were told that workplaces would become less relevant but the opposite is true. Here's how to improve your lot.
Worship worthy
When architect Ricardo Bofill discovered a vast, disused cement factory, he transformed it into his firm's HQ – an office of religious proportions.
Hail a Blue Bird cab and Noni Purnomo might be your driver. For the CEO of the iconic taxi firm, it's all about the people.
What raises last-mile delivery from perfunctory hand-off to attentive art? Three leading lights of logistics reveal all.
Clad in white coats and working with a surgeon's precision, these Rome-based fine-art restorers are on a mission to preserve the city's cultural heritage.
A snowy photography museum, Peruvian art in Madrid, going rural in the fight against climate change.
Headline act
We visit a Greek newspaper staying healthy in an industry that many thought was dying. The cure? Better reporting, smarter stories and plenty of supplements.
Making a stand
Roadside kiosks are a fixture of everyday life in Greece – and a trusty source of gossip. But these charming outposts have a history that takes them beyond the fleeting concerns of the day.
From communal evening strolls to languorous lunches with family and friends, Madrileños seem to hold the key to a long and happy life. We join Europe's longest living citizens on the streets of Spain's capital to find out what makes them tick.
To the rafters
Gracing the interior of a number of contrasting sporting arenas, Neue Holzbau's intricately engineered timber designs have put the Swiss company in a league of their own.
Philosopher Alain de Botton has persuaded celebrated architect Peter Zumthor to make a home for contemplation.
Architecture briefing
From a concrete creation in Chile to a cosy studio in New York, we highlight eye-catching architecture.
Set for a second act
An architectural gem in Palma has been revamped as a stunning cinematic hotel.
With relish
We care more than ever about the provenance of our food but a new batch of saucy entrepreneurs are creating healthier alternatives to everything from hot sauce to ketchup. Hungry for more?
A scallop farmer on the far-flung Isle of Skye shows that healthy profits and a happy ecosystem can coexist.
Food & drink briefing
We visit a jamón joint in Madrid, Norwegian café-cum-hotel in Tokyo and Parisian grocer par excellence.
Bruce Davidson, the Magnum photographer whose healthy curiosity led him to capture the civil-rights movement in the US, reveals his favourite French joint.
Running with it
Functional meets fashion-forward at Vancouver Running Co, whose feet are firmly in the community.
In sharp focus
Magrabi Retail is the biggest luxury eyewear firm in the Middle East. We meet the two visionary siblings at the helm of this hugely successful family-owned brand.
Trainers from Tod's, outdoor gear from Loewe and an LA shopping round-up.
Brightening up
Spring is just around the corner so we're giving you the green light to introduce a pop of colour to your wardrobe with well-chosen outerwear and accessories.
Breathtaking nearby mountains and an enviable lack of rain are just two of the things to recommend the handsome city of Ueda.
City guide: Chicago
Blow away the cobwebs in the Windy City with a sky-high cycle or head inside for fine art and super speakeasies.
The list: Weekly workout
A selection of exercises, health tips and fitness destinations to fit into your regime.
Shopping briefing
Retailers have shut up shop and moved online. These firms buck the trend, inviting customers to see, smell, hear – and try on – their wares.
Best in class: Lisbon
A grocery store with a heart, not to mention the highest-quality produce.
Visit-worthy getaways within easy reach of Seoul, Tokyo, Los Angeles, Florence and Mexico City.
New to the market / Global
Shops are alive and well: look at design brand Dowel Jones. "It's hard for people to understand the comfort of a couch without sitting on it," says co-founder Dale Hardiman. He and Adam Lynch opened a shop in 2018 after five years of selling online. "We always said that if we opened it'd be in a smaller town where people didn't feel rushed," says Hardiman.
doweljones.com
Arys
Launched in 2014, Frederick Sturm's hi-tech clothing brand with an emphasis on German provenance has been a hit in Tokyo, Seoul and Beijing. The brand opened its first retail space on home turf at the end of last year. Its shop in Berlin's residential Prenzlauer Berg looks as refreshingly functional as the fashion it holds.
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This 131-year-old soap and perfume brand previously had no shops, not even in its native Portugal. Now it boasts three: one in Porto, one in Lisbon and the most recent in New York. "New York is the first of what we hope will be a series of international openings," says Francisco Neto, the firm's ceo.
Jeremy Barbour of Tacklebox Architecture had the brand's beautiful packaging in mind when designing the Nolita retail space. "You want to tell the brand's story to create a relevant place for visitors to experience the brand," says Barbour, who dreamt up the arresting cork archway that showcases the company's collection.
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