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These are the very best surf maps for CSGO
by Nick Johnson | Apr 15, 2021
It may not seem like it now, but Counter-Strike: Global Offensive's underground surf community is thriving thanks to all the new players that have joined the game over the last year. Because of that, there's no better time to break out our top three favorite surf maps of all time and take a look at the CSGO mod's first full-length game based on surfing.
surf_kitsune is the all-time great CSGO surf map
Every player who's tried their hand at surfing will recognize surf_kitsune. The map has been in the surf server's rotation since its creator Arblarg unleashed it in 2014. The map is famous for its rapid increase in difficulty after the early levels. The challenge is raised a few notches with each of kitsune's seven stages, but it's so well designed that many players have used it to teach themselves how to surf. In fact, kitsune may take the cake over the other beginner's map we considered, surf_beginner2.
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surf_master misses out as surf_utopia and surf_ski_2_GO bring it home
It came down to a dead heat between surf_master and surf_utopia for the number two spot, but surf_master is the trendy choice. It's hard, but the level's cramped quarters and dev textures feels a little too hectic. Meanwhile, Surf_utopia lets players literally fly in and around windows, with plenty of room for movements that are closer to what players would find in a competitive game. That said, if you're gunning for the top spot on surf_master, we wish you luck.
Finally the layered surf_ski_2_GO is about as stunning as a surf map can get in CSGO. Situated high above the water, the map has been a popular destination for deathmatch surfers since its release in 2015. But even if players aren't into the flying AWP kills and loud noise, ski_2_GO still provides enough difficulty to challenge veterans without being overly hard on newer players.
Momentum brings CSGO surfing into the spotlight
Surfing is one of those parts of CSGO left over from the game's modded roots. Just like CSGO was originally created as a mod for Half-Life before becoming its own game, surfing is set to do the same.
It's called Momentum Mod and it's a standalone movement mod, but it actually branches off of the Source Engine. The Momentum team announced that it had joined forces with the devs behind the Portal 2 Community Edition, Chaos Initiative, who had already been given access to the updated code by Valve. No longer a mod, Momentum is slated to release for free this summer. Counter-Strike's modding roots shine in its unique, fan-built game modes, but if players want to check them out they're not hard to find.
Players can search "surf" in the Steam Workshop or browse from CSGO's in-game server menu, but since CSGO's in-game server browser isn't that great, here's a tip. Steam has it's own server browser built into the client, and players never have to enter the game until they find a server they like.
Click on "View" in the upper left menu and then hit servers. This browser is much easier to see than CSGO's built-in option, and players are going to need it. Just like always, the top servers by player count were doing something other than playing Dust 2.
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2017 Toyota Camry Specs Price And Release Date – If there is a Toyota design, on which high hopes are pinned, it is unquestionably the Toyota Camry . The 2017 version year Toyota Camry plainly looks even more excellent and is anticipated to get in the marketplace in the future.
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9 Incredible Netflix Casting Decisions (And 8 Terrible Ones)
by Katerina Daley
– on Feb 12, 2018
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In recent years, certain Netflix series have become the gold standard for television, replacing the previous big names in premium television like HBO and Showtime in conversations about quality and awards contention.
Regardless of whether the show is a drama, a sitcom, a work of science fiction, or a high quality period series, Netflix has consistently put out highly entertaining and well-crafted series.
However, while Netflix has certainly built a reputation for producing high quality shows and movies, some of their recent output has shown that the streaming giant may be starting to slip in terms of quality. With each series wavering in quality, notable mistakes are being made in one key department: casting.
However, even a series with the best writing, directing, and design would be nothing if the casting decisions weren't absolutely spot on. Unfortunately, as much as they've hit the target with casting so far, Netflix has also had its fair share of terrible miscasts.
Here are the 9 Incredible Netflix Casting Decisions (And 8 Terrible Ones).
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17 Incredible: Uzo Aduba (Orange Is the New Black)
When her character was introduced in season one, Suzanne Warren was used as an unfortunate punchline. Known as "Crazy Eyes," Suzanne's character displayed passionate intensity and vulnerability in equal measure, declaring herself loyal to Piper from the moment she met her, only to have her heart broken in the end.
Over the subsequent seasons, Suzanne's character has become one of the series' most nuanced.
Through the Emmy-winning performance of her portrayer, Uzo Aduba, Suzanne has offered an often heartbreaking depiction of the intersection of mental illness, ableism, racism, and homophobia.
In her fleeting moments of happiness, Suzanne provides some of the series' biggest laughs; and in her many moments of struggle and heartbreak, thanks to Aduba's performance, Suzanne's character elevates the series to a whole other level of dramatic quality.
16 Terrible: The entire cast of Friends from College
With as much ostensible comedic talent in a single cast as the series Friends from College boasts, this really should have been a surefire hit for Netflix.
However, lackluster writing, utterly detestable characters, and a cast that somehow does not play off one another well in a single key scene led to this poorly thought out work that has been polarizing at best and panned at worst.
Starring the likes of Keegan-Michael Key, Cobie Smulders, Nat Faxon, Billy Eichner, and Fred Savage, the series has built a cast that has literal decades of experience in comedy when put together.
Yet barely a single joke lands in the entire first season, no matter how talented its deliverer may be.
And with Netflix having renewed this cringe-worthy sitcom for another season, unfortunately, it looks like these otherwise talented comedians will be stuck delivering these unfunny lines for the foreseeable future.
15 Incredible: Krysten Ritter (Jessica Jones)
Television nowadays is full of anti-heroes who are battling their own demons, whether in the forms of alcoholism, tragic pasts, or concealed feelings of guilt.
Few of those anti-heroes find themselves confronting all three of those, however, and even fewer do so while struggling with the powers they were given, and the ways in which their body has been used without their consent.
The titular hero of Jessica Jones is a character who finds herself thrust into the spotlight of superheroism, confronted with the reality that she must once again take part in things she doesn't wish to do.
Krysten Ritter's portrayal of the jaded private eye is one that transcends the cliches of a hard boiled detective, imbuing the damaged heroine with nuanced representations of trauma and moments of unflinching vulnerability and selflessness.
For an actress who had once been known primarily for her comedic talents, the fact that the series wouldn't work with anyone else in this highly dramatic role truly does say a lot about how far she has come.
14 Terrible: Neil Patrick Harris (A Series of Unfortunate Events)
For fans of Lemony Snicket's iconic children's series, the news that Netflix would be adapting A Series of Unfortunate Events into a series brought feelings of long overdue joy. Over a decade after the film series starring Jim Carrey was abandoned, leaving 10 of the 13 novels unadapted for screen, finally the book series would be receiving the adaptation it deserved.
Unfortunately, as it turns out, this series is far from what the books deserve.
Much of that blame rests squarely on the shoulders of Count Olaf himself, Neil Patrick Harris.
No matter what faults you can find in the film version of the series, Carrey's Count Olaf is able to quickly switch modes from comedic to menacing at the drop of a hat. Harris's Olaf, however, flounders awkwardly on the precipice of parody, never fully achieving the necessary air of villainy.
13 Incredible: Claire Foy (The Crown)
To portray a historical figure in a biographical work is never an easy task. The task is only made all the more difficult when that historical figure is still alive. Further compounding the level of difficulty is when that same living figure just so happens to be, not just royalty, but the very Queen of England herself.
All of these factors combined make Claire Foy's astounding turn as the young Queen Elizabeth II in the first two seasons of The Crown all the more impressive. Foy is able to capture every possible emotion with requisite grace and ease, as we watch the queen transition from new leader to elegant and regal monarch.
Reserved and vulnerable in equal measure, Foy's Elizabeth is everything that a queen should be.
Her skill, in addition to her awards recognition, will surely make her shoes quite difficult to fill come Olivia Colman's arrival in season three.
12 Terrible: Jennifer Jason Leigh (Atypical)
It's an unfortunate problem with most successful sitcoms that there will always be one character in particular who doesn't fit with the rest. It's also usually the case that this character receives an undue amount of screentime, stealing narrative space away from characters who are more engaging, more sympathetic, and usually better acted in turn.
In the case of Netflix's Atypical, you'd have to look no further than the utterly selfish and self-destructive Elsa, played by Jennifer Jason Leigh, to find a culprit guilty of all of these accusations.
Elsa, the epitome of a paranoid helicopter parent, somehow decides that she's unhappy with her son with autism growing more independent. As a result of her dissatisfaction and the free time afforded to her by it, she begins an affair with a local bartender, hurting each member of her family along the way.
Her character could be an intriguing antihero, if Leigh's performance of her managed to make her remotely sympathetic. Yet, it does not-- not even in the slightest.
11 Incredible: Lili Reinhart (Riverdale)
Although considered a CW series in the United States, Riverdale is regarded as a Netflix original series in other territories, which means that they receive both credit and blame for the series' hits and misses in the casting department.
Perhaps one of the clearest cases of success for Riverdale has been in the casting of relative newcomer Lili Reinhart as the iconic girl next door, Betty Cooper. Riverdale has done what most Archive Comics adaptations over the years have failed to do: given Betty a personality, a character, and compelling struggles and nuance outside of her relationship with Archie.
Most of these things would have been unthinkable without the incredible skills of Lili Reinhart.
Whether tapping into Betty's innate goodness in her relationship with the tortured Jughead, or exploring Betty's inner demons in her dark Betty scenes, Reinhart has proven herself time and again to be a true scene stealer.
10 Terrible: Taylor Schilling (Orange Is the New Black)
Orange Is the New Black is a series about women from all walks of life finding themselves at the lowest points of their lives, and the journeys they take to rebound from them. Certain characters provide truly compelling stories, such as the already mentioned Suzanne, or the quasi family of Nicky and Red.
Other characters, however, began the series as slightly irritating, only to become full blown annoying wastes of screen time over the years.
Look no further than Piper Chapman to find the worst offender in this category.
As portrayed by Taylor Schilling, Piper is utterly bland, devoid of seemingly basic human emotions that don't benefit herself, and unwilling to see the error of her ways nine times out of ten.
Following a misguided season arc in which she decided to make herself a gang leader, it's hard to imagine a version of OITNB that manages to make her sympathetic again, especially with Schilling's lukewarm acting talent behind the reins.
9 Incredible: Rita Moreno (One Day at a Time)
In perhaps one of Netflix's most clutch instances of casting, the inimitable EGOT winner Rita Moreno's role as Lydia Riera in the reboot of One Day at a Time is a true pleasure to behold.
As the beating heart of the passionate Riera family, Lydia is larger than life in all the ways that matter, fiercely protective and devoted to her family each and every step of the way.
Season two's finale, which finds Lydia in a coma and the family faced with the prospect of losing her, only reaffirms what fans of the series know to be true: the show would not ever have worked without her. No matter how talented they all may be, Lydia - and Moreno, along with her-- brings out the best in each and every character, and elevates each performance to another level.
Thankfully, for the Riera Alvarez family and for the audience as well, Lydia decides her journey isn't over and returns to the family who so desperately needs her, allowing us to bask in the glory of Moreno's endless talent for just a little while longer.
8 Terrible: Lorenzo Richelmy (Marco Polo)
A series' success can truly hinge upon whether its lead actor is a good fit for the role or not. Sure, production budget and storyline matter a whole lot, too, but if an actor isn't suited for a role, and if an audience is unable to connect with them, that can really affect a series' longevity as well.
Marco Polo was Netflix's first real attempt at a lavish period drama on the scale of something like Vikings or a smaller Game of Thrones.
They made the decision to cast Lorenzo Richelmy as the titular historical figure.
Despite Richelmy's bearing no clear physical resemblance to the historical Polo, and despite his performance being panned all but universally by critics following the first season, Netflix renewed the series for a second costly season... only to realize the error of their ways soon after and cancel the series after yet another poorly received outing.
7 Incredible: Mahershala Ali (Luke Cage)
If the casting of an EGOT in Rita Moreno is one of Netflix's best casting decisions, the casting of now Oscar winner Mahershala Ali for the role of Cornell "Cottonmouth" Stokes may be one of the next best things they have ever managed to do.
As the ruthless and charming Cornell "Cottonmouth" Stokes, Ali is able to tap into his endless well of talent, plumming the depths of the ugliest sides of humanity to provide one of the MCU's best villains to date-- and perhaps even the best villain in the Marvel Netflix universe, at that.
Luke Cage, as a series, feels a lot less enjoyable without his presence looming large over its last half season.
There's no denying that a large part of what makes the series work to begin with is Ali's impressive talent-- so we can only wonder what its second season will come up with to fill that considerable void.
6 Terrible: KJ Apa (Riverdale)
Just as Netflix deserves some of the credit for the successful casting of Lili Reinhart as Betty Cooper, they also deserve so very much of the blame for the horrible miscasting of KJ Apa as Archie Andrews.
Of course, Riverdale's version of Archie is highly problematic to begin with. Unflinchingly selfish, completely oblivious, and openly inconsiderate of women's feelings for much of the series' first season, Archie is nothing like the adorable oaf who fans of the comics have come to know and love for so many decades.
Making Archie truly insufferable, however, is just how poorly acted Apa's performance is. Somehow paradoxically ranging from monotone to over dramatic, and sometimes in the same scene, his interpretation of Archie is almost unbearable to endure, especially when surrounded by far more gifted young actors.
5 Incredible: John Lithgow (The Crown)
John Lithgow has long been considered an incredible actor with an amazing range.
Whether in comedy or drama, in film or on stage, Lithgow has shown time and again that he is a true talent.
However, it was perhaps his award-winning, heart-wrenching turn as the renowned Prime Minister Winston Churchill in season one of Netflix's The Crown that truly showed audiences just what the actor could be capable of in the most surprising of roles.
Lithgow himself has expressed his own confusion at having been cast as the legendary British figure, but regardless of his nationality, he proved time and again that he was so much more than the right man for the job.
Whether in his moments of leadership or in his truly tender and heartwarming connection with Foy's young Queen Elizabeth II, Lithgow's performance went to great lengths to humanize this illustrious historical figure in a way that will keep his portrayal among the best performances for many years to come.
4 Terrible: Finn Jones (Iron Fist)
There's hardly anything we can say about just how bad Finn Jones's performance as Danny Rand is that hasn't already been said. Arguably the weakest Marvel property on Netflix, if not the weakest Marvel property altogether, Iron Fist is almost impossible to get through.
With shoddy writing, boring characters, lackluster fight scenes, and basically a lack of anything that makes standard Marvel fare enjoyable, the series has proven to be easy pickings for critics everywhere to point out how not to make a comic adaptation.
Adding insult to injury is the blatant miscasting of Finn Jones as the insufferable Danny Rand.
No matter the slight improvement Jones displayed in The Defenders, it's clear that his portrayal is the weakest of the entire cast of Marvel Netflix heroes. Hopefully, further seasons can allow him to improve, but we have to wonder how many fans will continue to tune in.
3 Incredible: Tituss Burgess (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt)
Every once in a while, a character comes along that is truly a career-defining and stardom-making turn for a talented actor who has long been overlooked within Hollywood.
Within Netflix's world of sitcoms, this character couldn't possibly be anyone other than the larger than life Titus Andromedon, portrayed by the impossibly gifted Tituss Burgess.
True, the series may be called Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, but the quirky Netflix comedy is undoubtedly Titus's world and we're all just living in it. Brought to life with gut laughter-inducing wit and absolutely out of this world comedic timing by Burgess, Titus Andromedon is even more of an other worldly presence than you would think based on his name.
Whether Lemonade-ing his way through romantic struggles, or fretting about having eaten the great Dionne Warwick alive, Burgess brings genuine heart and humor to each and every moment of Titus's less than conventional journey.
2 Terrible: Erik LaRay Harvey (Luke Cage)
Following in the footsteps of the inimitable, Oscar-winning Mahershala Ali can't possibly be a thrilling prospect for any actor. Unfortunately for Erik LaRay Harvey, those were precisely the circumstances he found himself in as he entered the first season of Luke Cage as Luke's half-brother Willis Stryker, also known as Diamondback.
It would stand to reason that having brother turn against brother would serve as a great opportunity for actors to work opposite one another for truly dramatic performances.
However, Harvey's performance as Diamondback never reaches the caliber necessary to prove as a worthy adversary.
He is thus unable to foil to the strong on screen presence of Mike Colter's Luke Cage.
Netflix's Marvel villains have really been hit or miss as the seasons have stacked up, and unfortunately, Harvey's Diamondback is by far one of the worst.
1 Incredible: The entire cast of Stranger Things
Casting child actors is something that has long been considered one of the worst parts of working in Hollywood. Whether considered difficult to work with, or not up to par with their adult counterparts, child actors have gotten a bad reputation, and all without their own doing.
When it comes to a series with a cast primarily comprised of children, it's safe to say that Stranger Things hit the jackpot.
Whether in the form of tiny powerhouse Millie Bobby Brown, the heartbreaking scene stealer Noah Schnapp, or the lovably adorable Gaten Matarazzo, Stranger Things has armed itself to the hilt with only the best of the young talent out there today.
As if that weren't enough, its adult cast is just as impressive, including a strong comeback turn from Winona Ryder, a crushing performance from geek legend Sean Astin, and a career-making performance from the internet's new hero David Harbour.
If it weren't for all of the monsters that plague it, Hawkins, Indiana really does seem like it may be the perfect place to be.
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How can we regenerate a damaged heart?
U of T researchers at the new Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research are exploring the extraordinary promise of stem cell therapies and tissue engineering to offer new hope to millions who suffer from heart disease.
Imagine a world where damaged hearts are repaired through a simple injection or cardiac implants can "grow" or adjust their function as a child develops. Cutting-edge research taking place at the Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research has the potential to change how we think about and treat heart disease.
Heart disease – a major health care crisis
Heart disease impacts the lives of millions of Canadians and represents a major economic and societal burden around the world. Globally, more than seven million people die annually from heart failure. In Canada, a million people are living with heart disease and one in five Canadians over the age of 40 is at risk for developing it. Heart disease costs the Canadian health-care system upwards of $2.3 billion per year.
"Heart disease is a major health-care problem," says Mansoor Husain, Interim Executive Director of the Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research. "Some would characterize it as an epidemic. Our goal is to significantly reduce heart failure in Canada and develop treatments that will transform the landscape of cardiac care."
A historic donation from the Rogers family
A historic donation of $130 million from the Rogers family has put the University of Toronto, the University Health Network and the Hospital for Sick Children at the frontier of cardiac research. This unprecedented partnership, which unites three internationally recognized institutions in support of a single focused mission, created the Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research—a new global powerhouse for advancing direct, tangible and measurable outcomes for cardiac health for children and adults.
Since the middle of the last century, the only possible treatment for late-stage heart disease has been a heart transplant. And, even though brilliant and innovative technological advances such as artificial heart valves and electrical pacemaker devices have extended and improved countless lives, these treatment options have not provided a permanent solution. Donors are in short supply, and transplant patients and patients given artificial valves must be on medication for the rest of their lives.
Revolutionizing cardiac treatment: coaxing the body to heal itself
U of T scientists, led by the Institute of Biomedical Engineering (IBBME), hope to revolutionize cardiac treatment options by coaxing the body to heal itself. Stem cell technology and cellular and tissue engineering offer the possibility of a renewable source of heart muscle cells and tissues to treat heart disease, complementing current strategies using artificial devices and donor tissues and organs.
"Stem cells can turn into any type of tissue, including heart muscle," says Professor Peter Zandstra, a professor in IBBME and interim leader of the newly established (Rogers) Translational Biology and Engineering Program at U of T. "The pioneering work of U of T scientists James Till and Ernest McCulloch helped establish the field of stem cell research. Fifty years on, we may one day heal a damaged heart by applying the fundamental concepts they taught us."
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Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura has listed ten offenses against the holy dhama that we must carefully avoid in order to be fully benefitted from our visit to or residence in the holy dhama.
To think that the holy dhama is temporary.
To commit violence towards any of the residents of the holy dhama or to any of the pilgrims who come there, or to think that they are ordinary people. Srila Prabhupada writes: "All the inhabitants of Vrindavana are Vaisnavas. They are all auspicious because somehow or other they always chant the holy name of Krishna" (C.C.Adi 5.232, purport).
To perform mundane activities while living in the holy dhama.
To utilize the dhama for personal economic development by commercializing deity worship and sankirtana in the holy dhama.
To think that the holy dhama belongs to a mundane country or province, such as Bengal; to think that the Lord's dhama is equal to a place connected with some demigod, or to attempt to measure the area of the holy dhama.
To consider Vrindavana-dhama as different from Navadvipa-dhama.
To blaspheme the sastras that assert the glorious position of the holy dhama.
To be faithless and think that the glories of the dhama are imaginary.
Srila Prabhupada explained that the results of all devotional activities performed in the holy dhama are magnified a thousand times. Therefore, one can make rapid advancement if one lives offenselessly in the holy dhama. But if we commit offenses, the results of those offenses are also magnified one thousand times. Therefore, one is advised to carefully avoid committing any offenses in the holy dhama.
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Sept. 22 – at McDonald, 7 p.m.
Sept. 29 – Sebring, 7 p.m.
Oct. 6 – Western Reserve, 7 p.m.
Oct. 13 – Mineral Ridge, 7 p.m.
Oct. 20 – at Lowellville, 7 p.m.
Oct. 27 – Waterloo, 7 p.m.
Springfield High School athletics
Nickname: The Tigers
Colors: Orange and Black
School address: 11335 Youngstown-Pittsburgh Road, New Middletown, OH 44442
Stadium location: 11335 Youngstown-Pittsburgh Road, New Middletown, OH 44442
For scores and highlights during the season, watch WKBN 27 First News at 11pm and visit the WKBN sports scores page.
For more information, visit the Springfield Local Schools website.
by Vince Pellegrini / Jan 15, 2021
BELOIT, Ohio (WKBN) – West Branch outscored Alliance, 27-13, in the second half on their way to their 53-37 win.
Jaxon Hendershott led the Warriors in scoring with 17 points by making five 3-pointers. Josh Gregory and Dru DeShields each had 10.
CORTLAND, Ohio (WKBN) – Trey Metzka leads Struthers past Lakeview, 62-53. Metzka scored a game-high 24 points including a pair of 3-point baskets in the fourth quarter. Aidan Slocum added 13 points for the Wildcats.
Struthers only led at the half, 26-23. The Cats outscored the Bulldogs, 36-30, in the second half.
Austintown Fitch vs. Boardman Boys Basketball
BOARDMAN, Ohio (WKBN) - One of the area's best rivalries – Fitch-Boardman – will take place on this Friday's Game of the Week.
The Spartans won last year's meetings by an average of 17 points. Fitch is seeking their first win in the series since 2017.


The phrase Hilo 'ia a pa'a is a play on Hilo, the name of the crescent moon and the first night of a new malama (Hawaiian month). This is a time of great potential and new beginnings, as the energy of the mahina (moon/month) increases from Hilo till Māhealani. Hilo also means to twist or braid. As you begin the practice of recording observations for each lunar phase, you will start braiding a cord of knowledge about your 'āina that will eventually become pa'ana'au, or fixed within your consciousness. For our ancestors, the moon guided planting, fishing, and many aspects of traditional life. How can it help to guide our contemporary lifestyles?
In collaboration with the Moon Phase Project, Kealopiko has designed beautiful moon phase journals (available at http://www.kealopiko.com) to encourage the practice of recording observations. In conjunction, we hope that this site will be a useful way to learn from others and share your own discoveries. If you see a photo that interests you, think about whether you have similar or different experiences in your area, and share your thoughts in the comment section.
Share your own photos by tagging @moonphaseproject and #hiloiaapaa on Instagram. Select photos will be featured on this site and the Moon Phase Project Instagram account. You can also send observations (photo, moon phase, location, short description) to moonphaseproject@gmail.com.
A note about diacriticals: We are just learning how to use the formatting and coding in this online platform, so we are omitting okina and kahako in most of the posts until we can find a consistent way to display them correctly (when we post from our phones too!) If you have experience with this and you have suggestions, please contact us!
Kia ora tatou, This website is an inspiration to Maori like me here in Aotearoa-New Zealand. The Hawai'ian lunar calendar is very similar to our tribe lunar calendar here – except for dialectal differences. That is certainly an achievement because we sailed away over 1,000 years ago. Please keep up this marvellous work. We certainly need to work collaboratively at some stage in the near future. We'll like to duplicate your system here with your permission naturally. Ockie Simmonds – Society of Maori Astronomy, Research & Traditions, Aotearoa – New Zealand.
Aloha! We would love to collaborate! It would be amazing to hear from our 'ohana across the ocean. Let's talk more!
Kia ora ano, ae, we must keep this up. Check our our website – http://www.maoriastronomy.co.nz/ The Society of Maori Astronomy, Research & Traditions (SMART) group here is trying to promote the Maori lunar calendar here like you. However, you are further ahead. We had a visit by Kalei Nu'uhiva at a conference in Auckland NZ 14/15 March. Her attendance was very much appreciated. She gave copies of your moon phase journal and 2014 Moon calendar. This work is really inspirational for us here. The calendar records identical activities. However, you have greater micro-detail – or detail about plant/animal identification for a specific lunar day. I would appreciate help to decipher types of plant specie types referred to in your calendar for a particular day. Can you help me identify if the activity there occurs here on the same lunar day? Ockie Simmonds – Raukawa, SMART (Society of Maori Astronomy, Research & Traditions, Aotearoa – New Zealand).
This is beautiful, mahalo for sharing!!


What a wonderful way to finish off Children's Lit Week-Damsel and Annie appear right up my alley as I always thought Hermione was undervalued. I enjoyed all your choices even though I might not have tended towards some due to their grim nature, my interest has been piqued! Well done!
Cheers Stacey, I'm very grateful for your kind words and support.
Annie is a wonderful heroine and the book itself is delightful.


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Air Date: April 9, 2009
Last week, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled to permit gay marriage. On Wednesday the Vermont legislature voted to do the same. While these two states have taken different routes to legalizing marriage between gays, there still is interest in a federal marriage amendment which would over-ride state law on the issue. We talk with two individuals who have been at the fore of the debate – one arguing against gay marriage and the other in favor of it. They have been working together to create a compromise approach (They've co-authored an op-ed in the February 22 issue of the New York Times). Our guests are DAVID BLAKENHORN of the Institute for American Values and writer JONATHAN RAUCH. Listen to the mp3


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Note: The directory /Uploads should be created in your web server root before running this example. Also, be sure to have the permissions set for this new directory to allow "Everyone" read/write access. If you are going to copy and paste this text, please remember to remove the line numbers. You can download a set of example forms in a zip file here.
1 Starts the ASP code section of the file.
2 Forces us to declare all of our variables.
4 Declares the variables that we're going to use in the code.
6 Create an instance of the Upload component so we can use it throughout the code.
8 Check to see if the user uploaded a file. If they did, this will contain the name of the file on their hard drive. Also, note that we us the component to get the form fields, not the Request object. You must use the component to read the form variables in all of the forms with file uploads on them.
9 Set the NewFileName variable to the /Uploads/ directory in our web server root and append just the name of the file that was uploaded.
10 Save the file to the our web server. This method automatically calls the Server.MapPath for you so you don't have to figure out where your website is physically located. The first parameter of SaveToWeb is the field name (File1) and the second parameter is the location and filename you want to save this file to.
11 If the save was successful, we tell the user.
13 Otherwise, tell them the upload failed.
16 End the ASP part of the page.
20 Start our form making sure to set the method to POST and the enctype to multipart/form-data.
21 Add the file input tag to the form with the type of file and the form field name of File1 and a form field length (on the screen) of 30.
22 Add the submit button to the form so that after they select a file to upload they can submit it to this page for processing.


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Q: Awareness API - Place type home On google awareness API Guides page there is mention about Context types.

Contextual data includes sensor-derived data such as location
  (lat/lng), place (home, work, coffee shop)

However, on reference page with Places type Place reference, there is no mention about Home type. Is there a way to find out if user is at home (of course if he has it set up in his google settings)?

A: A bit late to the party, but now that Google's Awareness API has deprecated Places, you can use the NumberEight SDK as an alternative. One bonus is that it works on iOS too.
It performs a wide variety of context recognition tasks including:

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*Real-time physical activity detection

*Current place categories (including Work and Home, which can trigger even without GPS)

*Motion detection

*Reachability

*Local weather

It can also record user context for reports and analysis via the online portal.
To quickly check when a user is at home in Kotlin, you would write:
val ne = NumberEight()

ne.onPlaceUpdated { glimpse ->
    val place = glimpse.mostProbable

    if (place.context.home == Knowledge.AtPlaceContext) {
        Log.d("MyApp", "User is at home!")
    }
}

Here are some iOS and Android example projects.
Disclosure: I'm one of the developers.

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Banking CFO: Collaboration enabled teams to meet system challenges
By Swati Sanyal Tarafdar
Syed Ahmad Taufik Albar, FCMA, CGMA, the group CFO of RHB Bank in Malaysia
Editor's note: This article is part of "A Year of Evolution: CFOs on 2021" series featuring insights from finance leaders across industries, and their COVID-19 lessons and 2021 plans. To receive weekly updates on this series, sign up for our CGMA Advantage newsletter.
Most banks continued to operate throughout the pandemic despite lockdowns and social-distancing rules. But many have had to revise and re-implement their regulatory and compliance functions, manage customer expectations while managing liquidity and revenue, and deal with interest rate cuts. This year has also seen more people globally conducting bank transactions online due to lockdowns. For banks, offering enhanced experiences will become a crucial feature to maintain their customer base.
FM magazine spoke to Syed Ahmad Taufik Albar, FCMA, CGMA, the group CFO of RHB Bank in Malaysia, to find out how he and his colleagues coordinated their interdepartmental collaborative efforts to execute a six-month loan repayment holiday the Malaysian banks granted to individuals and to small and medium-size businesses, while continuing to meet customers' needs.
How did you manage to maintain business continuity when the first wave of the pandemic hit?
Albar: Bank Negara Malaysia, our central bank, together with all the banks operating in Malaysia, decided to offer a blanket moratorium, which is an automatic repayment holiday, to all individual and SME customers on all the loans they have with Malaysian banks (other than credit cards) for six months starting 1 April. That's been a huge help to the customer base in Malaysia. What does it mean for the banks? Obviously, there is an impact on our cash flow. We also needed to do a lot of system changes within a very short period because our systems are not set up to give a six-month payment holiday without affecting customers' credit profile.
We have a variety of platforms, a variety of products, from midterm loans to revolving credit to overdrafts. Some are on the reducing balance method whilst others are based on Rule 78 [a method of estimating interest charges on a loan where the borrower pays a greater portion of interest in the earlier part of the loan cycle]. We have secured loans, unsecured loans, Islamic loans that are compliant with sharia principles, which provide yet another dimension that we needed to manage. We had to ensure that whatever restructuring we do, we still complied with the sharia laws in addition to the banking regulations and agreements that we have with our customers.
A significant amount of work had to be done within a short time between end of March to mid-April to execute the moratorium. And it was only possible because there was a concerted effort by various teams to find a solution and execute the process changes required to implement the moratorium.
It wasn't something that the IT team could do alone. It wasn't something that the retail and SME businesses could do alone. It wasn't something that finance or treasury could do alone. It required a meeting of minds where every key department had to come together. And this was at a time when all of us had to work from home and did not have the benefit of face-to-face discussions. It really was our spirit of collaboration, all of us trying to take into account the viewpoints, concerns, and constraints each department had, without losing sight of the ultimate objective to help customers — that was the recipe for success.
How did you manage cash flow?
Albar: We had the benefit of starting from a position of strength with the relevant liquidity ratios well above the minimum required by the regulator. Still, we had to carefully assess our position before executing the moratorium. That involved a detailed analysis. We ran multiple projections with different scenarios to check and double-check if we have sufficient liquidity to cope with the reduced repayment, which we did.
Since October, customers have started repaying the loans, and our liquidity position is now stronger.
The world today is very different than the world we had envisioned when we had planned our businesses for 2020. But we have to roll with the punches. We know it's not possible to achieve some of our original targets, and that's all right. We still have to keep our staff motivated and try and get as close as possible to those targets and improve upon them in the next year.
But it's not all doom and gloom. Due to the low-interest-rate environment, there has been a higher demand for wealth management products, which is part of our longer-term strategic focus anyway. The stock market has also experienced a boom in trading volume in the last few months because of the repayment holiday and people suddenly had excess cash. That helped with our brokerage business.
But to me, the biggest positive this crisis has given us includes a major leap forward on our readiness to cope with disrupted operations and also the way it energised our efforts in the digital space.
What is your most important priority now?
Albar: We are not out of the woods yet. Until a vaccine for COVID-19 is found and deployed at scale worldwide, there will still be some parts of the economy that will not be firing on all cylinders. Under this situation, we have a very strong focus on asset quality, which is our loans and financing to our customers. We have thousands of SMEs and retail business clients, and not all of them have been able to resume repayment in October because of jobs lost, reduced income, and reduced business volume.
We are trying to reach out to each of them individually, offering as much help as we can. We are prioritising the SMEs in the more vulnerable industries, such as tourism, and engaging with them to see how their businesses are doing — what's their volume compared to before, how's the cash flow, what help they need, whether they need another payment deferment from the bank, or if a reduced instalment would be helpful, or if they need to restructure their loan. It's no longer a blanket moratorium but a targeted repayment assistance. This is our number one priority today.
What are the biggest threats to your business now, and how are you overcoming the threats?
Albar: Economic volatility is a key risk — and it is not just driven by COVID-19. It depends on a variety of factors, such as the stand the US takes on China, the different domestic government policies at any given time. With economic volatility, whether domestic or global, we have to be nimbler and more flexible in the way we respond. We need to have that collaborative spirit where we are not only individually agile but also intuitively collaborative with each other. Naturally coming together as a team, and having that intuitive propensity to collaborate, I think, is key.
There are also other challenges that are relevant for banks these days. We have to be extremely vigilant against cyberthreats and must continue to invest in the next-generation technology that can help protect ourselves. We must invest in top-notch talents who really know how to manage these threats. Then there are the various frauds and scams our customers are exposed to, and we need to find a way to work together not just as individual banks, but as an industry, and together with the regulators.
What approach are you taking to budgeting and forecasting for 2021? How is that different from past years?
Albar: There is not going to be a fundamental change to the way we do our business planning and budgeting, but we need to inject more flexibility of realigning or reprioritising our objectives during the year. We may have a certain view now, as we are finalising our budget for 2021. But 2021 may be a very different year than what we envision it to be now. So we need to be able to inject checkpoints and review on a quarterly basis whether our assumptions are still valid. If the world changes dramatically, that would render our assumptions irrelevant. If that's the case, we'll have to ask, "What can we do differently?" We must remain vigilant and flexible to respond to changing circumstances during the year.
How will the pandemic impact RHB's and the finance department's digital transformation journey?
Albar: RHB had already started its digital transformation journey since the end of 2016. There are many ways to go about this, but if I were to simplify them, banks have two main ways of doing this: either set up a separate digital bank or digitalise our core business. At RHB, we chose the latter and had started to digitalise our core business from the end of 2016. Now, with COVID-19, we realised that there are certain things that we need to accelerate further, especially the digital part that has an immediate impact on customers' access to our services and their experience with it.
We also listened to customer feedback and accelerated our digital investments to ensure that we are able to address their pain points quickly because with COVID-19, more customers are dependent on our digital platform.
Underlying that digital investment is our IT infrastructure, which is something the customer doesn't see. It's the engine that lies in the background. We are committed to elevating it to world-class standards and have made substantial investments in that regard. This would enable us to take the next step, which is applying machine learning and artificial intelligence in our applications, which in turn will help us better address cyberthreats, give us a better platform to address fraudulent attempts on our customers, and can really propel RHB forward in the coming years.
Rapid fire questions
What has been your biggest lesson from the pandemic?
To put the customer front and centre in everything we do. Banks have to do this anyway, but the pandemic strongly reminded us of this.
What one piece of technology is a must-have in your 2021 budget?
Any technology that can enable a faster and more user-friendly experience for our customers each time they contact us through any channel — physically at the branches, digitally, or by calling our customer call centre.
Looking ahead, what is one skill you want to develop in your team?
My finance team already work well with each other and with other teams. But can we be even more collaborative? Absolutely! We need to be even more collaborative with each other and with our business partners outside of finance.
— Swati Sanyal Tarafdar is a freelance writer based in India. To comment on this article or to suggest an idea for another article, contact Alexis See Tho, an FM magazine associate editor, at Alexis.SeeTho@aicpa-cima.com.


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Arizona Diamondbacks: Second half off to a poor start
By Mark Brown
In the second half, Paul Goldschmidt needs to pick up his RBI production. (Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images) /
Play after the break for the Arizona Diamondbacks began on a familiar tone.
The second half of the season for the Arizona Diamondbacks started the same way the first half ended.
That would be with a loss and another disappointing hour. Given their recent side of a three- game losing streak and slide in six of their last seven games, the Diamondbacks cannot afford anymore roadblocks in what has been a successful ride to this point. Despite a physical standpoint and a glance at the standings, the continued negative results would have that dreadful and ominous cloud hanging over the clubhouse.
The latest bout with misery transpired Friday night in Atlanta, and the opening day of the second half. Against the improved Braves, a team which was three games under .500 coming into play, the Diamondbacks displayed some of the characteristics of a team trapped in its own agony over the past two weeks.
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Tied at 2-2 in the eighth inning, the Diamondbacks manage to manufacture the go-ahead run. That's when Chris Owings scored from third on a wild pitch. In an experience he has not given the Diamondbacks at any time this season, Archie Bradley subsequently allowed two runs in the Atlanta half of the eighth, and the Braves squeezed out a 4-3 victory in new Sun Trust Stadium. Third baseman Freddie Freeman delivered the game-winner with a two-run single to left in the eighth.
For the first time this season, Bradley allowed more than one run in any one outing, and that prompted manager Torey Lovullo to tell the Associated Press that Bradley continues to be a principal weapon in his bullpen.
""We believe in Archie and Freeman just beat us," he said. "We thought about (walking Freeman), but we thought Archie was the guy to get us out of the mess.""
One of the maladies which struck the Diamondbacks at the All-Star break and seemed to continue after the break. That is is lack of production from key producers. Granted, Paul Goldschmidt's solo homer in the seventh tied the Atlanta game, but his production in recent weeks has all but disappeared.
Ditto for fellow National League All-Star Jake Lamb.
On June 29, Goldschmidt was leading the National League in RBIs with 66. With his homer Friday night, he has now driven in 68 runs. On June 29, Lamb had 64 RBIs and after Friday night's game, he has 67 RBIs.
With Goldschmidt and Lamb driving in runs earlier in the season, the Diamondbacks' rise in the National League West division was noticeable. Just as obvious now is their descent and sporadic production from the middle of the batting order.
"Arizona Diamondbacks: Report card at mid-season"
Lovullo can only hope these two-main producers start to produce once again. If not, the supporting cast may not have the fire power to keep the Rockies from gaining second place in the division, and clearly incapable of catching the division-leading Los Angeles Dodgers.


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Reece Mastin (@reecemastin), platinum selling Australian recording artist and winner of X-Factor in Australia in 2011, used #Nurph for a Q&A Twitter Chat. This caused #Nurph to trend in Australia!
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Whether your aim is to keep on top of your personal finances or grow your company with investor relationships, there are a number of money matters to master when running a small business in your 30s.
From buying your first house or investment property to raising children, your 30s are a decade associated with a lot of big-ticket spending. Throw running a small business into the mix and you have your work cut out for you.
Matt Hale, 30, runs financial planning business Rising Tide. Hale says balancing his personal and business finances can be a challenge but he stays on track with online tools and outsources some responsibilities.
Hale uses cloud accounting to monitor all areas of his finances, while he outsources the running of personal finances such as investment properties to give him more time to focus on the business.
"I also use offset accounts to ensure money is easily accounted for and doesn't get mixed up in the wash of day to day life," Hale says.
Now as we get further into our 30s, we have steered more into automating our business.
Dean Salakis, 33, has a goal to find investors to fund the expansion of his party supplies store The Party People, which he runs with his 31-year-old brother, Peter.
But a key challenge is finding the time to meet with investors and drill down on numbers while also running the business, Salakis says.
"Potential investors want specifics on everything from debt ratios, to conversion rates and advertising spending, which takes time to prepare," he says.
However, Salakis recommends making time to meet with investors from all walks of life even if they may not be the right fit initially.
"It's still worth meeting, as you may be able to work with them down the track," he says.
On the flipside, 32-year-old Sarah Saputra and her husband, Danny, 35, are stepping away from the day-to-day operations of their online jewellery store Belle Fever to concentrate on building personal assets and spending more time with their four children.
Heather Jennings is a Sydney-based journalist who writes about technology, finance and business for publishers including ninemsn, Yahoo7 and Thomson Reuters.


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In 2013 Moody Publishersacquired the works and rights of Wing Spread Publishers. Among the 138 titles they bought the rights to were 58 works by AW Tozer, the former pastor most known for his legendary work "Pursuit of God."Since that time Moody has been publishing several of these works under new titles and compilations.I recently bought Prayer: Communing with God in Everythinga collection of insights from the sermons, books, and lectures of Tozer.
Compiled by WL Seaver, this book takes short (1-4 pages) excerpts from Tozer on prayer in each chapter.The book is all about prayer, but it is not on cohesive work in the sense a book is normally thought of.Beyond the excerpts, after each chapter there are several pages that dive deeper into what Tozer says, sometimes pushing back a little, sometimes giving nuance, but always probing you to think deeper.This 1-2 page followup is closed out by several questions meant to help you "Reflect and Apply" the teachings.
Each year the Tishomingo United Methodist Church hosts Holy Week Luncheons, and it was my privilege to address them this year.
William O Carver was a SBC pastor and professor of Missions at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary from 1898-1943. He developed the missions program at SBTS, the first such in the United States.
After 1943 his unfinished memoirs were published, "Out of His Treasure." Carver tells of a time when as a young teenager he took it upon himself to start a program for the young people of the church in order to facilitate their spiritual growth.
"Without consultation with my elders or our church leaders, I announced that on Sunday evenings I would read the scriptures and sermons to anyone who card to come together. Soon we were having a goodly number, mostly young people, sharing happily, and let us hope, with some profit in these evening meetings. Some of the young people were learning to lead in prayer and to share in reading the scriptures and, most of them, in singing.


I plan to have a load of dials along the back of the machine, which will be built using servos and a bit of fakery.
Servos are easy to control and cheap as chips. Building a set of dials around them might take a while but will make it more unusual looking than a set of obviously modern moving coil meters.
I've got one vintage ammeter but they're pricey and obviously a 'set' is harder to come by.
Here I've quickly mocked up one dial so I can see how it looks. The 'hand' will most likely have a fine wire pointer on the final version and I'll make more effort with the face.


The situation in Egypt is extremely complicated and changing constantly. The arguments between the military and the Muslim Brotherhood go back over half a century and they are much more complicated than the press tends to give them credit for.
I just wanted to share a tiny bit of context to help the world understand the different stakeholders, what they want, why they're angry, and why the first democratically elected leader of Egypt lasted so little time.
Thank you very much to Mohktar Awad for spending so much time on the phone with me yesterday setting me straight!
What's Happening in Egypt Explained —By Nick Baumann and Siddhartha Mahanta | Wed Feb. 23, 2011 10:40 AM EST. Tweet; Email.
Aug 04, 2013 · Unrest in Egypt – Morsy supporters run among the smoke and fire resulting from clashes with security forces in Sixth of October City in Giza on August 2.
What is Egypt? Explaining what we could find out about Egypt.
Fatimah at the blog Promoting Peace has a helpful post up: a primer on what is happening in Egypt, and why.
This video has been making the circuit among those connected to Egypt, like myself. The title says it all!
Enrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler better known as Enrique Iglesias, is a Spanish singer, songwriter, model, and actor.Iglesias also has Maltese citizenship.
Jan 29, 2011 · This is a "quick" summary of the events that have been happening in Egypt from Jan 25 to Jan 28th. It is by no means a comprehensive account of events.


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Erick was brand new real estate investor that did is first wholesaling deal in 9 days, after joining The Smart Coaching Program. Let me add, that his house flipping did not require Erick to have a pill of cash, nor did he need credit or a bank loan or hard money loan.
Victor did 8 flips in 4 weeks, using The New Flip Training System. Plus Victor has a full time job working in contraction over 40 hours a week. In addition, victor did 8 flips without browning any money from bank or hard money lender or credit cards.
Toni she did 2 real estate wholesaling deals in 4 weeks as Newbe real estate investor, without any money, without getting into debt, and without lots of risk like fix and flips, after joining The Smart Coaching Program. Toni had a full time job working as a paralegal, and going to collage full time. Plus she had a new born baby!
Avi got this first owner financing deal in 8 weeks after joining my mastermind, The Abundance Club, and live boot camp "Flipping Wednesday". Plus Avi has a collage degree and was working 2 full time jobs to cover the high living cost of New York.
Dean in UK, used The New Flip Training System. Dean Turned $450 into $1,115 in weeks! The New Flip In UK.
Victor used The New Flip Training System. Plus Victor has a full time job working in contraction over 40 hours a week. In addition, victor did 8 flips without browning any money from bank or hard money lender or credit cards.
Sergio Success story after taking my The Alchemy Stones Automation Funnels Training System. Sergio is a pro real estate investor, but he need help in scaling and growing his real estate business to the next live with the help of MrNoFluFF.com Systems, Automation, and Massive Lead Production With Spending Zero Money in Marketing.
A New Rea Estate Investor got 2 deals under contract in 28 days after join mine one-on-one real estate coaching, called One-Deal-Coaching.
Student turn his Struggle into a very successfully Auto Car Dealership with $500,000.00 cash in the bank, and 2.25 Million dollars in investment in Commerical real estate.
My 2nd business. My love for real estate pushed me owning real estate brokerage firm.
Started as a refugee, and with a 100 bucks in my pocket living out of my Jeep, I turned that darkness into the Light of creating 3 multi-million dollar businesses without borrowing any money from any Stinky-bankers, Credit Cards, Investors, or any friends or family.
NOW BEFORE YOU SAY YOU ARE IN A TIGHTER SITUATION THAN ME, GUESS WHAT?... I have more lacks, than cottage cheese has calories. For example, I can not read and spell above a 8th grade level.
Plus as a refugee to America without any "connections", without any "hook-ups" or hand-ups, or speaking the English language, SO If I can do it, so can you!
"I closed my eyes, and I dreamed of a dream, and than, worked the dream, without a plan B.
Therefore, at the Dojo, I teach you that you can be who you want to be, if you are will to do whatever it takes, plus you have to be willing to allow you're magnificent body to tap into the ether and use imagination, creativity, and sweat equity to manifest your dreams and reality.


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Q: Redirect to other dialogflow agent? I got started with dialogflow two weeks ago, and have a good basic understanding of how everything works. I'm trying to do the following:
I have one agent, which should take a query from the user (more like a keyword in a sentence, for example "I'd like to buy a phone" or "I'd like to get a loan").
This query should go to a system which has a list of chatbots registered. It has to find the best matched agent for the query.
My question is, how do I redirect from the initial chatbot (which listens to the query) to the 'final' agent?
Is there a blogpost, documentation or something similar for this? I was unfortunately not able to find it.
Thanks in advance!

A: you can use your base agent's webhook as a dispatcher to relay a message to another agent the same way you would do it with curl.
We took another approach where we're using a middleware in front of DialogFlow that does the dispatching based on a base agent's response.
Once the base agent returns another agent to our middleware, we use the event system to query that specific agent's welcome intent and return it back to the UI.


Wondering How To Plan A Party In New York City?
Planning a party in New York City can seem like an impossible task. There are so many decisions to make from how many guests to invite, what venue to choose, where to get the supplies, to how to find a DJ and caterer. Luckily there are services throughout the city that help with all these decisions which makes planning your party a breeze! We have put together a list of how to plan a spectacular party in New York City so you can stress less about the logistics and focus on the fun night ahead.
The number of guests you invite depends entirely upon how many people you want at your party! There are hundreds of venues throughout New York City that can accommodate any number of party size from small to gigantic. The best way to find these venues is to check out your local event planning website where you can find lists of some of the best venues in the city. Cellar Bar at the Bryant Park Hotel, for example, is a great venue for intimate gatherings with anywhere from ten to two hundred guests so if you're looking to host a smaller party, this would be a great place for you! If you have a guest list of 201 to 295 people, Bounce NY might be a perfect venue choice for you. When you're choosing a venue make sure to figure out where in the city you want to have your party and what kind of venue you're looking for whether it's a rooftop lounge, a club, or a bar.
Most venues provide both! NYC is known for its hold on the entertainment industry, tons of artists, both up and coming and those who are already well established, live in the city and perform at night clubs and other venues regularly which means deciding on a DJ is one less thing you have to stress about! In terms of catering, most venues have a set menu with delicious food and drinks for you and your guests. Some venues have specific catering menu outlines where you, as a patron, have the liberty to design your own party menu based off the club's regular menu. You can also designate this job to your event planning specialist and make your job even easier!
There are a plethora of party supplies stores in the city where you can get balloons, streamers, birthday hats, and more! Depending on where you decide to host the event, it may be in your best interest to choose a party supplies store close to your venue or home. Village Party Store in Greenwich Village is a great option if you're looking for balloons and everything else your party heart could imagine! They have a friendly, helpful staff that will make your experience one in a million. Balloon Kings on the Upper West Side is also a fantastic option with outstanding customer service. In TriBeCa there is Balloon Saloon and in the Flatiron District, check out Paramount Party Supplies! If you're near the Upper East Side, State News has great party supplies as well as stationary (perfect for crafting invitations).
Party planning does not need to be a stressful thing if you follow these tips and/or get yourself a professional event planner to assist you in every way possible! If you decide to take on the event planning responsibility yourself, we hope this article provided the insight you were looking for to plan your perfect New York City party!
Author: Savannah Mellberg is a Social Media Strategist with Birthdays and Bottles, an event planning service in New York City. If you would like to see more of her work, you can find it on the Birthdays and Bottles blog!


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La Alianza de la Izquierda Democrática (, SLD) es el principal partido político de izquierda en Polonia. Fue fundado el 15 de abril de 1999 y actualmente constituye la tercera fuerza política en el Sejm, la cámara baja de la Asamblea Nacional de la República.

La mayor parte de sus miembros habían sido miembros del SdRP (Socjaldemokracja Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, el Partido Social Demócrata de Polonia). La SdRP y otros partidos socialistas y socialdemócratas formaron una coalición de izquierdas llamada Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej (1991-1999). En 1999 la coalición se convirtió en un partido, pero perdió a algunos miembros. La coalición fue establecida por antiguos militantes del Partido Obrero Unificado Polaco (POUP), que gobernó Polonia antes de 1989. El POUP fue un partido comunista, pero hoy en día la SLD es un partido socialdemócrata a favor del ingreso en la Unión Europea. Una coalición entre SLD y PSL ha gobernado Polonia entre 1993 y 1997 y entre 2001 y 2003.

Resultados electorales

a Dentro de la coalición Izquierda Unida.
b Dentro de la coalición La Izquierda.

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 Sitio oficial

Partidos políticos de Polonia
Miembros del Partido Socialista Europeo
Partidos políticos fundados en 1999
Partidos socialdemócratas

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Entrepreneurship development key to meeting 2030 SDGs target — BoI
The Bank of Industry (BoI) has stated that Nigeria would not be able to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) target by 2030 without recording successes in entrepreneurship development.
Managing Director, BoI, Mr. Olukayode Pitan, noted this realization has prompted the bank to work relentlessly to build an ecosystem for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the country. He asserted that MSMEs have the highest multiplier effect and developmental impacts per unit of investment, adding that with the help of its development partners, the 2030 target would be achieved. The BoI boss stated this at the 3rd edition of the bank's Graduate Entrepreneurship Fund (GEF) training for corps members at various NYSC camps across the country. Pitan stated: "There is no way we can meet the SDGs without recording successes in entrepreneurship. It is only when people are productive, empowered and their purchasing power improves, that those goals will be met. There are many development partners who are willing to collaborate with us to ensure that the SDGs are achieved by 2030." Represented by Waheed Olagunju, BoI's Executive Director, SMEs, Pitan said the bank has disbursed up to N500 million to 300 graduate entrepreneurs under the scheme. "This year, we have been able to generate about 11,332 business ideas and we would be multiplying those we trained this year by three fold which is from 1000 to 3000. So far, we have disbursed about N500 million to 300 enterprises that that have been fully established while they have created about 2,700 jobs." According to him, the GEF scheme was set up to solve youth unemployment, stressing that youths account for 60 to 70 percent of the current level of unemployment in the country. In his remark, Director General of NYSC, Brigadier-General Suleiman Kazaure, said from inception in 2015 till date, close to 3,000 corps members have been trained under the GEF programme. He however appealed to the management of BoI to scale up the number of would-be beneficiaries to give more youths the opportunity to start their own businesses thereby reducing the national unemployment index.
Source: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/04/entrepreneurship-development-key-meeting-2030-sdgs-target-boi/
Date: 5th April, 2018


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After sustaining severe fire and water damage, the property sat on the market for well over a year with no developer seeing a chance of salvaging the existing structure.
The limitations on a new construction project would significantly reduce the property´s value. With its skilled team of experts and associated consultants, the Marcal Group was able to confidently purchase the property at well below market value, developing a rehabilitation plan that would not only bring the building back up to par but reposition it as an ultra-modern 65-unit multi-family that was fully compliant with current codes and standards. In under 18 months, The Marcal had the entire building reconfigured and completed. In under three months, the entire building was occupied. This project highlighted the company´s ability to work around challenges and compliance hurdles in a manner that few other can. Shortly thereafter, the building was sold off at approximately $262 per square foot.


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Transformative Drug Manufacturer On Demand Pharmaceuticals Chooses Montgomery County, MD for Its New Headquarters
By Andrew Eckert | News | No Comments
Company revolutionizes medicine manufacturing to allow production whenever and wherever needed
Rockville, Md. — On Demand Pharmaceuticals (ODP), an innovative pharmaceutical manufacturing company, has selected Rockville in Montgomery County, Maryland, for its new GMP manufacturing, research, development and headquarters facility.
ODP recently signed a $20 million contract with the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop a domestic production capability for critical active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) and medicines using its proprietary Pharmacy on Demand (PoD) technology. PoD is a modular manufacturing machine the size of a small household refrigerator that can be quickly customized to produce pharmaceuticals from key starting materials to API and final formulated drugs.
ODP's on demand manufacturing approach will enable a more resilient domestic medicine production capability and create secure alternatives to KSMs (key starting materials) and APIs currently sourced from offshore manufacturers. PoD's small-scale, adaptive and distributed manufacturing has the ability to provide an adequate, safe and reliable supply of medicines to communities around the world.
ODP is creating a state-of-the-art 44,500 square foot facility in Rockville. The company selected Montgomery County for its first commercial location over Boston, Princeton, NJ, and other locations around the country. It expects to have up to 75 employees by the end of 2021 and potentially hundreds at the end of five years.
"Montgomery County is ideal for government partners who need to be in Washington, D.C. regularly and want to access the experienced talent here," said Dr. Geoffrey Ling, CEO and co-founder of ODP. "Our physical needs were critical as we needed to scale up our operations quickly in response to the COVID-19 crisis, and Montgomery County had a site that worked for our use, a flexible landlord experienced with life sciences, and local officials who helped to expedite the move."
Dr. Ling views ODP's technology as a crucial breakthrough for healthcare workers in some of the world's most difficult environments. A key advantage of the PoD system is its flexibility; the same machines can be easily switched to make different medicines and in various formulations. This versatility has the potential to produce low volume drugs, such as those for rare diseases, at the fraction of their current cost.
"On Demand Pharmaceuticals will feel right at home here in Montgomery County, MD, where they join a wide array of ground-breaking innovators," said County Executive Marc Elrich. "Our county is the place for diverse and highly capable businesses to nurture ideas and see them come to fruition."
"This technology is revolutionary for the pharmaceutical industry in some of the same ways that iconic IT brands designed around the end user have been revolutionary," said Benjamin H. Wu, MCEDC President & CEO. "On Demand's PoD technology has the potential to produce life-saving medicines within reach of every American while also safeguarding our nation's security through greater domestic manufacturing production."
MCEDC connected the company with the City of Rockville for expedited permitting review. "The City of Rockville changed its permitting systems in the last few years to be more business friendly and was ready to nimbly meet the needs for this project," said Cindy Rivarde, CEO of Rockville Economic Development Inc. "The City also gave ODP high priority in processing due to the pressing public health needs and ODP's strong positive economic impact to our community."
MCEDC also connected ODP with Facility Logix, a Montgomery County company that specializes in the design and construction of biotech manufacturing and R&D facilities. "As a member of the local life sciences community, we were pleased to work closely with ODP to help them with their commercial facility design and implementation. We helped them avoid costly overruns so they could focus on their core and unique mission to change pharmaceutical delivery," said Pat Larrabee, CEO of Facility Logix.
ODP, as a Maryland company, is eligible for state tax credits through the More Jobs for Marylanders (MJM) and Job Creation Tax Credits (JCTC) programs, as well as a Partnership for Workforce Quality (PWQ) grant.
Dr. Ling developed the ODP concept while serving as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. When Dr. Ling was deployed at a combat hospital in Afghanistan, a wounded American soldier needed a life-saving treatment that was not available onsite. The treatment was flown in from a base in Germany, a time-consuming and costly undertaking. Dr. Ling turned frustration into inspiration when he realized he could have made the drug himself with some simple starting ingredients. His idea came to fruition through work at MIT funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
ODP recently received a number of federal contracts. In addition to the DOD/HHS contract to further develop PoD, ODP received a DARPA contract in June to produce key starting materials in a GMP space. Read more about the present and future plans for On Demand Pharmaceuticals.
ABOUT MCEDC
The Montgomery County Economic Development Corporation (MCEDC) is the official public-private economic development organization representing Montgomery County, Maryland. Created in 2016, MCEDC is led by a Board of Directors of business executives. Its mission is to help businesses start, grow and relocate in Montgomery County by helping them gain access to top talent, business and market intelligence and prime locations. For more information, visit our website. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.
On Demand Pharmaceuticals (ODP) is an innovative pharmaceutical manufacturing company creating new reconfigurable medicine production systems that enable rapid response when conditions are uncertain and changing. Our mission is to provide an adequate, safe, and reliable supply of medicines to every community across the world. ODP is led by an experienced team of chemical engineers, materials science experts, pharmacists, pharmacologists, and organic chemists. www.ondemandpharma.com
Aurinia Wins FDA Approval for First LN Oral Drug
Aurinia Pharmaceuticals' Rockville, Maryland commercial center is about to get a whole lot busier following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's approval of the company's treatment for adult patients with active lupus nephritis (LN).
The FDA greenlit Aurinia's Lupkynis (voclosporin) in combination with a background immunosuppressive therapy regimen for LN, a serious progression of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), a chronic, complex and autoimmune disease. The approval not only marks the first medication in the United States specifically approved for active LN, but it also marks the first for Aurinia, which is headquartered in Canada and last year opened its 30,000 square-foot commercialization facility in the BioHealth Capital Region.
Click here to read more via BioBuzz
U.S Pharmacopeia (USP) Launches COVID-19 Vaccine Handling Toolkit
Recent challenges around preparing, transporting, and administering COVID-19 vaccines have received national and international attention. As part of our ongoing COVID-19 response, the U.S Pharmacopeia (USP) rapidly engaged stakeholders and convened experts to identify and help address operational efficiency gaps to help increase COVID-19 vaccinations.
The new USP COVID-19 Vaccine Handling Toolkit provides critical information to pharmacists, doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, health profession students, and others who are involved in handling COVID-19 vaccines. These resources facilitate operational efficiencies that can help accelerate delivery and support safe handling of COVID-19 vaccines while maintaining quality and ultimately the public's trust.
When complete in early 2021, it will include operational strategies in three key areas:
Preparation and labeling
Storage, handling and transport
Waste and disposal
https://www.usp.org/covid-19/vaccine-handling-toolkit
BioBuzz: Six Biotechs to Watch in 2021
2020 was an interesting year for the biotech industry and the BioHealth Capital Region as we adjusted to continue moving forward during the COVID-19 Pandemic. While the biggest stories in terms of dollars were related to the Coronavirus and funding to create a vaccine in record time, that didn't stop other biotech companies from working hard to develop their research, science, and/or devices.
As we begin 2021, we ask the same question this time every year:
Who's the next big success story that could emerge in the new year?
To answer that question, we looked back at our stories from 2020 to review the companies in our ecosystem poised for transformative funding transactions or collaborations in 2021.
Here are the six life science companies to keep an eye on in 2021 and beyond.
Nonprofit CONNECTED DMV eyes Montgomery County for global pandemic prevention center
A nonprofit is considering Montgomery County as the site of a global pandemic center that would focus on prevention, research and response.
The Global Pandemic Prevention and Biodefense Center would serve as the "world's epicenter" for pandemic prevention and biodefense ecosystem coordination.
Click here to read more via Bethesda Magazine
WBJ – Rockville vaccine company Immunomic Therapeutics raises another $16M for cancer programs after a strong 2020
Immunomic Therapeutics Inc. has raised another $16 million following a mammoth raise in the spring of 2020.
The Rockville vaccine company secured the new capital to support its oncology programs, the company said in an email Friday to the Washington Business Journal. That's after it surpassed its initial $50 million target with a total $61.3 million in new funding in April. The company disclosed the latest raise Thursday in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Click here to read more via WBJ.
Novavax taps Baxter for commercial production as COVID-19 vaccine nears finish line
With a phase 3 data readout on its COVID-19 vaccine looming, Novavax has already started stockpiling doses ahead of an authorization. Now, thanks to a fresh manufacturing tie-up, the company's ex-U.S. supplies just got a little more secure.
Novavax tapped Baxter BioPharma Solutions to handle commercial-scale vaccine manufacturing at its facility in Halle, Germany. Once production work kicks off, Baxter will be on deck to crank out supplies for the European and U.K. markets, the companies said.
The Deerfield, Illinois-based CMO will tackle fill-finish work on Novavax's recombinant nanoparticle adjuvanted vaccine, a Novavax spokeswoman said via email. The company's candidate, NVX-CoC2373, is still in phase 3, though it's eyeing a phase 3 data readout sometime during the first quarter.
Click here to read more via FiercePharma
Veralox Therapeutics Announces IND Submission for VLX-1005 to Treat Heparin-Inducted Thrombocytopenia
FREDERICK, Md – January [XX], 2021 – Veralox Therapeutics, a biotechnology company developing first-in-class small molecule therapeutics that treat the underlying pathologies of diseases with significant unmet medical needs, today announced it submitted an Investigational New Drug (IND) application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for initiation of a Phase 1 clinical trial of VLX-1005, a first-in-class small molecule inhibitor of 12-Lipoxygenase in development for the treatment of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT).
HIT is an immune complication of heparin therapy resulting in low platelet counts caused by antibodies to complexes of platelet factor 4 (PF4) and heparin. Currently, one third of hospitalized patients in the U.S., or about 12 million a year, receive heparin. HIT is the most important and most frequent drug‐induced type of thrombocytopenia.
"This IND submission is a key milestone for Veralox and a tribute to the hard work and dedication of our team to advance VLX-1005 to first in human studies," said Jeffrey Strovel, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer of Veralox Therapeutics, Inc.
"We are excited to continue our efforts to further develop this groundbreaking new therapy for patients suffering from HIT," David Maloney, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer of Veralox Therapeutics.
About VLX-1005
VLX-1005 is a first-in-class and selective small molecule inhibitor 12-Lipoxygenase, a key target within the arachidonic acid pathway. Preclinical data has demonstrated that VLX-1005 halts immune driven platelet activation and thrombosis thus offering the potential of a lifesaving treatment for patients with HIT.
About Veralox Therapeutics
VERALOX Therapeutics Inc. (Veralox Website) is developing first-in-class therapeutics that target the underlying pathologies of diseases with unmet medical needs. The company's lead candidate, VLX-1005, will be developed initially to treat patients with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT). Second generation therapeutic products are under development for T1D and other immune-mediated and inflammatory diseases.
Jeffrey Strovel, CEO
Jeff@veralox.com


I am a firm believer in finding a way to share or create a little magic every day. This is not specific to Disney. That is to say that simply making a co-worker smile with a well-placed compliment is more than enough to consider yourself a good person or magic-maker. However, where Disney is concerned, I think there is always some way of sharing that magic with someone on a daily basis, or finding a shelter in the storm for yourself by adding something Disney related to your day.
Using the often underappreciated form of blocks, this is my Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. Now some might argue that adding a bit of Disney to a preschool teacher's day is easy, there is a catalogue of music to pull from, I can create 2-D magnetic representations of Spaceship Earth, and every child knows Cinderella, Nemo, and Lightning. These criticisms are all true enough, but what about the background loops from the parks and resorts? How many people tuck themselves away in their offices a play the Frontierland loop as they work on a report? Perhaps the more appropriate question is how many of us could be listening who aren't?
All it takes is thinking outside of the box a little. Have a meeting coming up and have to send out the usual memo? Instead, grab a handful of Pirates of the Caribbean party invitations and send them in the memos' stead. Lou Mongello's Walt Disney World Trivia Calendar is also a way to put a little Disney into your day. On your next trip to Walt Disney World or Disneyland, pick up some extra postcards and bring them home with you. Then, when you are going to have a particularly long week at work, send a postcard to yourself. Trust me, if you are as busy as I am at work, you'll forget that you sent it to yourself before it arrives. Better yet, give them to a friend/co-worker/family member and ask them to send them to your office randomly with notes of encouragement. Put on a stylized Mickey Mouse tie, wear a pin somewhere discreet, or whistle while you work.
Work is not, by its very nature, supposed to be fun. But who is to say that by choosing your attitude everyday you can't have fun at work, can't make work fun for others, and can't bring a bit of your passion with you to work?
And at work, I have my '3D' Disneyland/Walt Disney World cup that I use for my water. I love looking at it and remembering the Disney Magic!
What's the wait time for the front car???
Why am I not surprised that you have Disney at work with you Princess? Actually, I think I'd be rather disappointed if you didn't!
That's the beauty of it Lou, if you create it, there is no wait time!
I love this article and the idea behind it. I populate my desk environment with pictures (digital and otherwise), and often listen to movie soundtracks (Disney and otherwise).