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Dignity is something that people have – I think it is part of being made in God's image. But it can be taken away, sometimes in brutal ways, so I am supporting BMS World Mission's Dignity programme which is seeking to highlight the issues, and show ways in which Dignity is being restored. The following text comes from their website:
Across the world every one of us will have met someone who has been a victim of gender based violence. We just may not know it.
The Dignity programme brings this reality out of the shadows and supports churches in grappling with the issues involved. To find out more about the background to the Dignity initiative click here.
A specially commissioned DVD accompanies this initiative to help leaders engage with scriptural wisdom on gender based violence (GBV) in all its forms. Its thought-provoking contents will equip individuals and congregations to understand the level of abuse encountered in communities worldwide, and to think through their responses.
Find out how you can help to tackle the problem through established BMS projects in India and Thailand
Support a co-ordinated education and advocacy outreach in Uganda, Mozambique and Zimbabwe
Pray for the launch of a safe house and rehabilitation project in the UK
Join the BMS 24:7 Justice Partners scheme
Sign up for a weekly email to receive Dignity updates, related stories and news of BMS work around the world
The Dignity DVD includes:
A theological overview of the issue from Dr Stephen Holmes (University of St Andrews)
Ministerial reflections by Anne Wilkinson-Hayes, Head of Mission Enabling at the Baptist Union of Victoria, Australia
Compelling videos from BMS mission personnel
Sermon and small group stimuli from Dr Stephen Holmes (University of St Andrews), David Kerrigan (General Director of BMS World Mission), and Graham Doel (UK Field Leader, BMS World Mission)
Stories that unpack how GBV is affecting women and girls in a cross-section of the countries where BMS operates
Take a stand against GBV
The free DVD will is now available to order. It will help you mobilise your church and equip your leadership team to respond. Order your copy below, and sign up for the BMS weekly email update to receive Dignity updates, related stories and news of BMS work around the world.
Take a step towards Dignity and join us now.
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Order your copy of the Dignity DVD
Follow and inform the Dignity agenda on Facebook and Tumblr.
BMS is a founder member of We Will Speak Out, a global coalition of Christians committed to seeing the end of sexual violence in communities across the world. Read more.
Be blessed, be a blessing
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Did I take this Alaska Cruise alone? Nope! I was surrounded by my siblings.
Brother-in-law, Sister, Me, Sister-In-Law, Brother.
Favorite quote by Angie Worth: "Faith is what holds us together while religion tears us apart." ABOUT ME: I avoid the news. I have turned off my political upheaval. My days of political activisim are supposed to be over. My hands have been thrown up in surrender and I try to be the best wife, mom, grandma, sibling and chicken farmer that I can be. "I am alive, I am alive by God's grace, I am living in God's care."
See all of my ongoing artwork as it unfolds here.
Published in Countryside Magazine, Sept/Oct 2009 isue. A surprise in one of our chicken house nest boxes Be sure and click to enlarge.
Did you know? - [image: Image result for picture waving goodbye] "Goodbye" came from "God bye" which came from "God be with you"
I'm all about doors. - New Bern, NC 1790-ish.
| Increasing Awareness, Fighting Stigma – I battle anxiety and depression. This is my story of trying to Ditch the Black Dog. Welcome!
my blogging is pretty much done - with google and its thing and me not interested and with out my muse singing my story this is my last post.
My Soul - My soul is cold, dark, and meaningless. It reflects my life.
Wordless Wednesday - Before each basketball game each side says a prayer out loud.
Happy Great Grandma - We've added three new Babies to our family. First was Maverick, then Annabelle, and now Raegan (who is fast becoming "Sweet Baby Rae" I feel so blessed!!


Buying a house in Merida is easier than you think! Of course, it helps to have the right people on your side!
In addition to the agreed upon sale price of a property, there are other costs that have to be paid. This is typical in just about every country. The buyer pays notary costs, acquisition tax, registration fees, and title insurance. The seller typically pays the real estate agent fees.
Make sure that when you are buying and owning property in Mexico that you have the help of a professional who is experienced in real estate buying and selling. This will help you get exactly what you are looking for without any risks. At Merida Property Management Company, we have experienced real estate agents to help you find that dream home you are looking for. Come have a look at our properties for sale and see if we have what you are looking for.


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Le jardin de la Place-Souham est un espace vert du  de Paris, en France.

Situation et accès
Le jardin est accessible par la place Souham.

Il est desservi par la ligne  à la station Olympiades.

Origine du nom
Il doit son nom à la proximité de la place Souham, qui doit son nom  au général Joseph Souham (1760-1837).

Historique
Le jardin est créé en 2008.

Références

Annexes

Articles connexes
  de Paris
 Liste des espaces verts de Paris

Lien externe
 Jardin de la Place-Souham sur le site de la mairie de Paris

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Safran Aero Boosters and Sirris rethink turbojet engine blade production
Liège-based OEM Safran Aero Boosters wanted to assess whether it could produce its turbojet engine blades using additive manufacturing. At present, these metal parts – vital for aircraft propulsion – are made by conventional machining, with high levels of material waste. In 2014 and 2015, Sirris helped Safran Aero Boosters to assess the technology, by producing a series of parts at its own additive manufacturing facilities, and to select the most suitable equipment for the company's needs.
Safran Aero Boosters wishes to use additive manufacturing to produce optimised blades, with less wastage.
In 2014 and 2015, Sirris produced blades (and a range of other parts) in order to confirm the feasibility of the project and select the most suitable technology.
Based on this, Safran Aero Boosters purchased a state-of-the-art machine in late 2015; Sirris is now helping with the technology transfer.
The project will continue as part of the Walloon Marshall Plan, with the aim of optimising the parts so that they can be qualified for use in aviation.
Liège-based company Safran Aero Boosters designs, develops and produces subassemblies, equipment and test stands for aircraft and rocket engines. As a partner to major engine-makers, its products are used on many of today's commercial jet engines, as well as the Ariane launcher.
"The chosen technology will enable Safran Aero Boosters to produce its parts more efficiently, as well as to optimise their shape, weight and strength."
Hard-to-process titanium alloy
The blades used in turbojet engines are made from a titanium alloy that is strong and light but hard to machine: up to 90% is lost as shavings when employing traditional techniques. Safran Aero Boosters asked Sirris to help it select a suitable additive manufacturing technology in order to produce optimised parts (lighter, stronger, more compact, etc.) that comply at least as well with aviation sector standards but with greater ease and less material wastage.
The solution: electron beam melting
With Sirris's help, Safran Aero Boosters opted for an additive manufacturing technology called electron beam melting (EBM). This involves spreading a bed of metal power then building up the required shape layer by layer by melting the powder using an electron beam. Sirris used its EBM equipment to produce a series of blades and to demonstrate the feasibility of the project. In particular, the material wastage was very significantly reduced: the 'buy to fly' ratio (the ratio between the mass of material used to produce the part and the mass that actually ends up in the aircraft) fell from 10 to almost 1.
Next steps: optimisation and qualification
Based on the tests carried out by Sirris, Safran Aero Boosters ended its feasibility study with a positive conclusion and in late 2015 purchased a state-of-the-art machine. Sirris is now helping with the technology transfer. A new four-year Marshall project called Aero+ has got under way, in which a Walloon consortium comprising Safran Aero Boosters, Sirris, UCL, ULB, ULG, CRM, SAMTECH, AMOS and V2i will optimise the parts and validate them for use in the aviation sector.
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A state scholarship that recognizes the importance of the duties performed by our fire fighters and peace officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty. The program provides survivors with an opportunity for a college education through a scholarship.
Tuition, room and board, up to the average cost of attendance at a New Mexico public research university.
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<?php declare(strict_types=1);

namespace Composer\Test\Repository;

use Composer\IO\NullIO;
use Composer\Json\JsonFile;
use Composer\Repository\ComposerRepository;
use Composer\Repository\RepositoryInterface;
use Composer\Test\Mock\FactoryMock;
use Composer\Test\TestCase;
use Composer\Package\Loader\ArrayLoader;

class ComposerRepositoryTest extends TestCase
{
    /**
     * @dataProvider loadDataProvider
     *
     * @param mixed[]              $expected
     * @param array<string, mixed> $repoPackages
     */
    public function testLoadData(array $expected, array $repoPackages): void
    {
        $repoConfig = array(
            'url' => 'http://example.org',
        );

        $repository = $this->getMockBuilder('Composer\Repository\ComposerRepository')
            ->onlyMethods(array('loadRootServerFile'))
            ->setConstructorArgs(array(
                $repoConfig,
                new NullIO,
                FactoryMock::createConfig(),
                $this->getMockBuilder('Composer\Util\HttpDownloader')->disableOriginalConstructor()->getMock(),
                $this->getMockBuilder('Composer\EventDispatcher\EventDispatcher')->disableOriginalConstructor()->getMock(),
            ))
            ->getMock();

        $repository
            ->expects($this->exactly(2))
            ->method('loadRootServerFile')
            ->will($this->returnValue($repoPackages));

        // Triggers initialization
        $packages = $repository->getPackages();

        // Final sanity check, ensure the correct number of packages were added.
        $this->assertCount(count($expected), $packages);

        foreach ($expected as $index => $pkg) {
            self::assertSame($pkg['name'].' '.$pkg['version'], $packages[$index]->getName().' '.$packages[$index]->getPrettyVersion());
        }
    }

    public function loadDataProvider(): array
    {
        return array(
            // Old repository format
            array(
                array(
                    array('name' => 'foo/bar', 'version' => '1.0.0'),
                ),
                array('foo/bar' => array(
                    'name' => 'foo/bar',
                    'versions' => array(
                        '1.0.0' => array('name' => 'foo/bar', 'version' => '1.0.0'),
                    ),
                )),
            ),
            // New repository format
            array(
                array(
                    array('name' => 'bar/foo', 'version' => '3.14'),
                    array('name' => 'bar/foo', 'version' => '3.145'),
                ),
                array('packages' => array(
                    'bar/foo' => array(
                        '3.14' => array('name' => 'bar/foo', 'version' => '3.14'),
                        '3.145' => array('name' => 'bar/foo', 'version' => '3.145'),
                    ),
                )),
            ),
        );
    }

    public function testWhatProvides(): void
    {
        $repo = $this->getMockBuilder('Composer\Repository\ComposerRepository')
            ->setConstructorArgs(array(
                array('url' => 'https://dummy.test.link'),
                new NullIO,
                FactoryMock::createConfig(),
                $this->getMockBuilder('Composer\Util\HttpDownloader')->disableOriginalConstructor()->getMock(),
                $this->getMockBuilder('Composer\EventDispatcher\EventDispatcher')->disableOriginalConstructor()->getMock(),
            ))
            ->onlyMethods(array('fetchFile'))
            ->getMock();

        $cache = $this->getMockBuilder('Composer\Cache')->disableOriginalConstructor()->getMock();
        $cache->expects($this->any())
            ->method('sha256')
            ->will($this->returnValue(false));

        $properties = array(
            'cache' => $cache,
            'loader' => new ArrayLoader(),
            'providerListing' => array('a' => array('sha256' => 'xxx')),
            'providersUrl' => 'https://dummy.test.link/to/%package%/file',
        );

        foreach ($properties as $property => $value) {
            $ref = new \ReflectionProperty($repo, $property);
            $ref->setAccessible(true);
            $ref->setValue($repo, $value);
        }

        $repo->expects($this->any())
            ->method('fetchFile')
            ->will($this->returnValue(array(
                'packages' => array(
                    array(array(
                        'uid' => 1,
                        'name' => 'a',
                        'version' => 'dev-master',
                        'extra' => array('branch-alias' => array('dev-master' => '1.0.x-dev')),
                    )),
                    array(array(
                        'uid' => 2,
                        'name' => 'a',
                        'version' => 'dev-develop',
                        'extra' => array('branch-alias' => array('dev-develop' => '1.1.x-dev')),
                    )),
                    array(array(
                        'uid' => 3,
                        'name' => 'a',
                        'version' => '0.6',
                    )),
                ),
            )));

        $reflMethod = new \ReflectionMethod($repo, 'whatProvides');
        $reflMethod->setAccessible(true);
        $packages = $reflMethod->invoke($repo, 'a');

        $this->assertCount(5, $packages);
        $this->assertEquals(array('1', '1-alias', '2', '2-alias', '3'), array_keys($packages));
        $this->assertSame($packages['2'], $packages['2-alias']->getAliasOf());
    }

    public function testSearchWithType(): void
    {
        $repoConfig = array(
            'url' => 'http://example.org',
        );

        $result = array(
            'results' => array(
                array(
                    'name' => 'foo',
                    'description' => null,
                ),
            ),
        );

        $httpDownloader = $this->getHttpDownloaderMock();
        $httpDownloader->expects(
            [
                ['url' => 'http://example.org/packages.json', 'body' => JsonFile::encode(array('search' => '/search.json?q=%query%&type=%type%'))],
                ['url' => 'http://example.org/search.json?q=foo&type=composer-plugin', 'body' => JsonFile::encode($result)],
                ['url' => 'http://example.org/search.json?q=foo&type=library', 'body' => JsonFile::encode(array())],
            ],
            true
        );
        $eventDispatcher = $this->getMockBuilder('Composer\EventDispatcher\EventDispatcher')
            ->disableOriginalConstructor()
            ->getMock();

        $config = FactoryMock::createConfig();
        $config->merge(['config' => ['cache-read-only' => true]]);
        $repository = new ComposerRepository($repoConfig, new NullIO, $config, $httpDownloader, $eventDispatcher);

        $this->assertSame(
            array(array('name' => 'foo', 'description' => null)),
            $repository->search('foo', RepositoryInterface::SEARCH_FULLTEXT, 'composer-plugin')
        );

        $this->assertEmpty(
            $repository->search('foo', RepositoryInterface::SEARCH_FULLTEXT, 'library')
        );
    }

    public function testSearchWithSpecialChars(): void
    {
        $repoConfig = array(
            'url' => 'http://example.org',
        );

        $httpDownloader = $this->getHttpDownloaderMock();
        $httpDownloader->expects(
            [
                ['url' => 'http://example.org/packages.json', 'body' => JsonFile::encode(array('search' => '/search.json?q=%query%&type=%type%'))],
                ['url' => 'http://example.org/search.json?q=foo+bar&type=', 'body' => JsonFile::encode(array())],
            ],
            true
        );
        $eventDispatcher = $this->getMockBuilder('Composer\EventDispatcher\EventDispatcher')
            ->disableOriginalConstructor()
            ->getMock();

        $config = FactoryMock::createConfig();
        $config->merge(['config' => ['cache-read-only' => true]]);
        $repository = new ComposerRepository($repoConfig, new NullIO, $config, $httpDownloader, $eventDispatcher);

        $this->assertEmpty(
            $repository->search('foo bar', RepositoryInterface::SEARCH_FULLTEXT)
        );
    }

    public function testSearchWithAbandonedPackages(): void
    {
        $repoConfig = array(
            'url' => 'http://example.org',
        );

        $result = array(
            'results' => array(
                array(
                    'name' => 'foo1',
                    'description' => null,
                    'abandoned' => true,
                ),
                array(
                    'name' => 'foo2',
                    'description' => null,
                    'abandoned' => 'bar',
                ),
            ),
        );

        $httpDownloader = $this->getHttpDownloaderMock();
        $httpDownloader->expects(
            [
                ['url' => 'http://example.org/packages.json', 'body' => JsonFile::encode(array('search' => '/search.json?q=%query%'))],
                ['url' => 'http://example.org/search.json?q=foo', 'body' => JsonFile::encode($result)],
            ],
            true
        );

        $eventDispatcher = $this->getMockBuilder('Composer\EventDispatcher\EventDispatcher')
            ->disableOriginalConstructor()
            ->getMock();

        $config = FactoryMock::createConfig();
        $config->merge(['config' => ['cache-read-only' => true]]);
        $repository = new ComposerRepository($repoConfig, new NullIO, $config, $httpDownloader, $eventDispatcher);

        $this->assertSame(
            array(
                array('name' => 'foo1', 'description' => null, 'abandoned' => true),
                array('name' => 'foo2', 'description' => null, 'abandoned' => 'bar'),
            ),
            $repository->search('foo')
        );
    }

    /**
     * @dataProvider provideCanonicalizeUrlTestCases
     *
     * @param string $expected
     * @param string $url
     * @param string $repositoryUrl
     */
    public function testCanonicalizeUrl(string $expected, string $url, string $repositoryUrl): void
    {
        $repository = new ComposerRepository(
            array('url' => $repositoryUrl),
            new NullIO(),
            FactoryMock::createConfig(),
            $this->getMockBuilder('Composer\Util\HttpDownloader')->disableOriginalConstructor()->getMock(),
            $this->getMockBuilder('Composer\EventDispatcher\EventDispatcher')->disableOriginalConstructor()->getMock()
        );

        $object = new \ReflectionObject($repository);

        $method = $object->getMethod('canonicalizeUrl');
        $method->setAccessible(true);

        // ComposerRepository::__construct ensures that the repository URL has a
        // protocol, so reset it here in order to test all cases.
        $property = $object->getProperty('url');
        $property->setAccessible(true);
        $property->setValue($repository, $repositoryUrl);

        $this->assertSame($expected, $method->invoke($repository, $url));
    }

    public function provideCanonicalizeUrlTestCases(): array
    {
        return array(
            array(
                'https://example.org/path/to/file',
                '/path/to/file',
                'https://example.org',
            ),
            array(
                'https://example.org/canonic_url',
                'https://example.org/canonic_url',
                'https://should-not-see-me.test',
            ),
            array(
                'file:///path/to/repository/file',
                '/path/to/repository/file',
                'file:///path/to/repository',
            ),
            array(
                // Assert that the repository URL is returned unchanged if it is
                // not a URL.
                // (Backward compatibility test)
                'invalid_repo_url',
                '/path/to/file',
                'invalid_repo_url',
            ),
            array(
                // Assert that URLs can contain sequences resembling pattern
                // references as understood by preg_replace() without messing up
                // the result.
                // (Regression test)
                'https://example.org/path/to/unusual_$0_filename',
                '/path/to/unusual_$0_filename',
                'https://example.org',
            ),
        );
    }

    public function testGetProviderNamesWillReturnPartialPackageNames(): void
    {
        $httpDownloader = $this->getHttpDownloaderMock();
        $httpDownloader->expects(
            [
                [
                    'url' => 'http://example.org/packages.json',
                    'body' => JsonFile::encode(array(
                        'providers-lazy-url' => '/foo/p/%package%.json',
                        'packages' => array('foo/bar' => array(
                            'dev-branch' => array('name' => 'foo/bar'),
                            'v1.0.0' => array('name' => 'foo/bar'),
                        )),
                    )),
                ],
            ],
            true
        );

        $repository = new ComposerRepository(
            array('url' => 'http://example.org/packages.json'),
            new NullIO(),
            FactoryMock::createConfig(),
            $httpDownloader
        );

        $this->assertEquals(array('foo/bar'), $repository->getPackageNames());
    }
}

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We have two royalty free music collections located in the CTL Media Center. These audio files can be used in your classroom and are available in various locations on campus. The first location is our iTunes University. The second location in an iTunes library on our MAC computers which are located in the CTL Media Center. If you need help accessing these files, please contact one of the CTL Staff Members.
The Canary Collection is a royalty free collection of music located in the CTL edit lab as well as iTunes University.
www.freesound.org — Freesound: collaborative database of creative-commons licensed sound for musicians and sound lovers.
www.sounddogs.com — Sounddogs is the premiere online source for sound effects, production music, sound clips, free sound effects samples and loops.
Below are free programs and tutorials that can help you when working with video and audio projects.
http://audacityteam.org/ - Audacity is a free wave form audio editor for MAC or PC.
http://format-factory.en.softonic.com/- Format Factory is a free program that allows you to convert audio and video files to other formats. This is an PC only program.
www.videomaker.com —Videomaker Magazine provides reviews and previews of the latest hardware and software for the video hobbyist and professional.
www.goanimate.com — Cloud-based platform for creating and distributing animated videos. This is free but only for 14 days.
www.nofilmschool.com — NoFilmSchool is a site for DIY filmmakers and independent creatives.
www.videocopilot.net — High quality After Effects Video Tutorials for motion graphics and visual effects.
www.Lynda.com — lynda.com is an online learning company; fee based tutorial service.
www.vimeo.com/videoschool — In-depth video tutorials on all aspects of independent filmmaking.
VLC Media Player (PC version) - VLC Media Player allows you to play .wma format files (and other video files) on your MAC or PC omputer.
VLC Media Player (MAC version) - VLC Media Player allows you to play .wma format files (and other video files) on your MAC or PC omputer.


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We believe working in partnership makes us strong.
Friends of Basha
Friends of Basha connects people from around the globe to provide advocacy and resources that equip and empower people of Bangladesh to build lives free from exploitation
Pobitra
The Pobitra programme was set up by the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) in 2008, offering new hope to women trapped in the sex trade: Women like Morsheda*, who found that the only way she could care for her two young children after the death of her husband was through sex-work; or Sheema*, who was promised a job in Dhaka, but instead was taken to a hotel and raped repeatedly.
At Pobitra, women like Morsheda and Sheema are trained in the social and technical skills needed to successfully transition to alterative employment. Pobitra's year-long training programme includes literacy and life-skills classes, psycho-social support, and work-skills training – and their children receive care, nutrition, and learning opportunities at the in-house day care centre while they study.
At the end of the programme, women are offered positions in protected workplaces such as Basha's office in Mymensingh. Pobitra continues to support graduates who have relationship, financial, or workplace concerns through a follow-up programme.
*names have been changed.
Children's Uplift Program (CUP)
CUP is a project of Serving in Mission (SIM), working with mothers and children in street situations to break cycles of poverty and abuse. Most CUP mothers previously survived by begging for money or selling sex, with their children often forced into similar work. CUP runs a drop-in centre in Dhaka where these women and children are able to rest, wash and receive crisis support.
CUP also runs a training program for around thirty mothers of young children. The women participate in literacy classes, vocational and life-skills training. Children under five attend school preparation classes while older children are supported to attend local schools.
On completion of their training, women are offered work with Basha's Dhaka office. Located in the same building, Basha and CUP work closely to provide a seamless transition for the women, with ongoing counselling, support, education, training and child-care services.


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High schooler's 3D printed 'mini-brain' bioreactor accelerates Zika research
Devin Coldewey	@techcrunch / 5 years
A "mini-brain" infected with Zika. The red dye indicates vulnerable progenitor cells.
What are you planning on doing this summer? Probably not designing a revolutionary new bioreactor with which a thousand "mini-brains" can undergo testing. You're probably not designing a bioreactor at all! But New York high schooler Christopher Hadiono did just that, and his powerful and efficient 3D-printed machine is now beginning to make waves.
Hadiono put the machine together during a summer internship in the lab of Johns Hopkins neurology professor Hongjun Song. The SpinΩ, as it's called, is cheap and versatile, as Song and others demonstrate in a recent paper.
Mini-brains themselves aren't a new idea: they're basically tiny collections of stem-cell-derived neurons that can be experimented on as if they were developing brains. They're not perfect, but they're useful, and the more you have, the better.
Most of Hadiono's bioreactor can be created in an ordinary 3D printer, though of course it must be augmented with the precision parts needed to perform experiments. Not only is it cheaper to make ($400 versus about $2,000 for a commercial platform), but it's more compact, and only a tiny amount of nutritive fluid needs to be used for each one. The result is that for a fraction of the cost, you can fit 10 times the number of mini-brains inside a standard incubator.
"I was shocked," Song told Spectrum News, which reports on autism-related developments. "We did not think that even a biotechnology graduate student could make this into a reality."
Song didn't wait long to put the device into action: He and others recently published a paper in the journal Cell that not only details the engineering of the SpinΩ itself (including printing files), but also an experiment that appears to strengthen the link between Zika infection and microcephaly.
Other labs are also getting in on the SpinΩ fun and building their own, Song confirmed to TechCrunch in an email. There has also been interest from equipment makers in licensing or otherwise employing the system. Don't worry — Hadiono is still involved, and his name is on the patent application.


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Urology News
Antibiotic prophylaxis for urinary tract infections in antenatal hydronephrosis, "Beyond the Abstract," by Rahul K. Bansal, MBBS, MS, MCh and Luis H. Braga, MD, MSc, PhD
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Antenatal hydronephrosis (HN) is one of the most common congenital anomalies, seen in 1% to 5% of all pregnancies.[1] Based on 2009 American Urological Association update and the 2010 Society for Fetal Urology (SFU) consensus statement on HN, it seems prudent to consider use of continuous antibiotic prophylaxis (CAP) in "high-risk" populations such as those with higher grade of HN.[1, 2, 3] Multiple prior reports have suggested that infants with moderate to severe HN are at higher risk of developing urinary tract infections (UTIs), thereby supporting the use of prophylactic measures.[3, 4, 5] However, recent studies have provided contradictory information, suggesting that infants with all grades of HN can be safely managed without CAP.[6, 7, 8]
Due to widespread use of routine prenatal ultrasound, the detection of fetuses with HN has increased proportionately. Management of patients with persistent HN after birth still remains controversial and is devoid of guidance based on high levels of evidence. Highlighting these issues, the 2009 Canadian Urological Association guidelines on antenatal HN stated that the role of CAP is indeed controversial and provided a grade D recommendation (based on case series and clinical experts' opinion) for this specific topic.[9] Our study was aimed at summarizing the current evidence in the literature spanning over 20 years to determine the importance of CAP the in prevention of UTIs in newborns with antenatal HN. Strict eligibility criteria for included studies have allowed us to gather a rather homogeneous population, summarizing information on relatively large numbers of infants identified antenatally and followed for a minimum of 12 months after birth. We considered SFU grades I and II and/or corresponding transverse renal pelvis APD ranging between 4.0 and 14.9mm on postnatal ultrasound as low-grade HN. SFU grades III or IV and/or transverse APD of renal pelvis ≥15.0mm on postnatal ultrasound were grouped into high-grade HN. UTI rates were significantly higher in infants with high-grade HN even when restricted to selected articles that reported a direct comparison of UTI rates between patients with low- versus high-grade HN within the same study.[3, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12] CAP in the high-grade group was associated with significant reduction of UTI rates when compared with no treatment (14.6% vs 28.9%; P<0.01). In contrast, UTI rates in infants with low-grade HN were similar regardless of CAP use. This core finding supports the notion of selective use of CAP for patients with high-grade HN. Due to paucity of data, we were unable to comment on the association between antenatal HN concurrent with VUR and UTI, and gender effect on UTI, adjusted according to HN grade. Associations between rate of UTI and isolated HN (uretero pelvic junction obstruction) or hydroureteronephrosis (primary megaureter) were often difficult to analyze because the included articles had not consistently provided UTI rates described according to etiology. In an attempt to assess UTI rates solely in patients with hydroureteronephrosis without VUR (primary megaureter), we saw that the pooled UTI rate was 34% (95% CI: 14-58), significantly higher than the rate of all patients with high-grade HN (23.3% (95% CI: 3.7-12)) suggesting that these patients might be at even higher risk of developing UTI and could benefit from administration of CAP.[3, 4, 5, 6]
The notable limitations of the review include the unavoidable restriction to observational studies as we could not identify any randomized controlled trials addressing the same problem. Even if all the included non-experimental studies were of high quality, the resultant level of evidence would be moderate at the most. Despite the limitations, we believe there is value in the current review. These findings are a first step toward tailoring our approach for patients with antenatal HN, which could be selectively favored in cases of high-grade HN.
Nguyen HT, Herndon CD, Cooper C, et al. The Society for Fetal Urology consensus statement on the evaluation and management of antenatal hydronephrosis. J Pediatr Urol. 2010;6(3):212–231.
Herndon ACD, Cain MP. Prenatal Diagnosis of Urological Disease. Vol. 28. Linthicum, MD: American Urological Association, Education and Research Inc; 2009:21–32.
Song SH, Lee SB, Park YS, Kim KS. Is antibiotic prophylaxis necessary in infants with obstructive hydronephrosis? J Urol. 2007; 177(3):1098–1101.
Coelho GM, Bouzada MC, Lemos GS, Pereira AK, Lima BP, Oliveira EA. Risk factors for urinary tract infection in children with prenatal renal pelvic dilatation. J Urol. 2008;179(1):284–289.
Lee JH, Choi HS, Kim JK, et al. Nonrefluxing neonatal hydronephrosis and the risk of urinary tract infection. J Urol. 2008;179(4):1524–1528.
Roth CC, Hubanks JM, Bright BC, et al. Occurrence of urinary tract infection in children with significant upper urinary tract obstruction. Urology. 2009;73(1):74–78.
Greenfield SP. Antibiotic prophylaxis in pediatric urology: an update. Curr Urol Rep 2011;12(2):126–131.
Islek A, Güven AG, Koyun M, Akman S, Alimoglu E. Probability of urinary tract infection in infants with ureteropelvic junction obstruction: is antibacterial prophylaxis really needed? Pediatr Nephrol. 2011;26(10):1837–1841.
Psooy K, Pike J. Investigation and management of antenatally detected hydronephrosis. Can Urol Assoc J. 2009;3(1):69–72.
Brophy MM, Austin PF, Yan Y, Coplen DE. Vesicoureteral reflux and clinical outcomes in infants with prenatally detected hydronephrosis. J Urol. 2002;168(4 pt 2):1716–1719.
Wollenberg A, Neuhaus TJ, Willi UV, Wisser J. Outcome of fetal renal pelvic dilatation diagnosed during the third trimester. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2005;25(5):483–488.
de Kort EH, Bambang Oetomo S, Zegers SH. The long-term outcome of antenatal hydronephrosis up to 15 millimetres justifies a noninvasive postnatal follow-up. Acta Paediatr. 2008;97(6):708–713.
Rahul K. Bansal, MBBS, MS, MCh and Luis H. Braga, MD, MSc, PhD as part of Beyond the Abstract on UroToday.com. This initiative offers a method of publishing for the professional urology community. Authors are given an opportunity to expand on the circumstances, limitations etc... of their research by referencing the published abstract.
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Antibiotic prophylaxis for urinary tract infections in antenatal hydronephrosis - Abstract
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Councillor Theo Blackwell wrote to you about the impact of Benefit changes to London Boroughs. He reports that of 3,384 households in Camden who were claiming Local Housing Allowance in April 2011 a year later 1,104 households were no longer on their rolls. Will the GLA track the number of housing benefit claimants to provide an evidence base for representations to Central Government about the impact benefit changes are having on Londoners?
Please see my response to MQ 1242/ 2014.


A house at 80 Further Lane in East Hampton is scheduled to be auctioned off on Wednesday, October 22, to resolve a $10.5 million debt.
The State Supreme Court determined in March that David and Gia Walsh owe more than $10.5 million to ES Ventures One LLC, which purchased the couple's mortgage from the parent company of Patriot National Bank, which had consolidated $8.5 million worth of the property owners' loans. That was in 2008—the backlogged courts are only now processing many of the foreclosures originating from that period, when many homeowners failed to make mortgage payments in the midst of a housing crisis.
The Walshes paid $2.7 million in 1999 for the property, an 8,000-square-foot house with a pool on 1.8 acres now worth an estimated $11 million. Notably, it sits next to another estate that reportedly broke a national record for residential sales: a single-family spread at 60, 62 and 64 Further Lane that reportedly sold for $147 million earlier this year without a broker, in turn leading to a lawsuit against both the sellers and the buyer.
Meanwhile, next week's auction is scheduled to take place at 11 a.m. on the steps of East Hampton Town Hall. Daniel Murphy will be the referee.


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Dinner Hosted by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe congenially shared friendly anecdotes during the ceremonial toast in a dinner held at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on the occasion of the President's official visit to Japan.
Before raising his glass for the ceremonial toast, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reminisced the time when he visited President Duterte's home in Davao and recounted the amount of feedback it garnered in the social media. "I was truly impressed by the rousing welcome extended to me and my wife and my delegation. The video clip featuring my stay in Davao City we put on the Prime Minister's Facebook account page actually marked over 100 — 1.3 million access counts, the greatest ever," he said.
Adding that, 90% of those who viewed the clip online were Filipinos across the globe and that only 10% were actually Japanese. "I would like to encourage Japanese to pay more attention to my Facebook account," he said jokingly.
The Prime Minister perceives this as testament to the family-like and brotherly closeness shared between the Philippines and Japan.
On the other hand, President Duterte vowed to work hard in keeping the close ties strong. "I will strive to keep that friendship, amity and cooperation between us, our nations and our peoples going from strength to further strength," he said.
Raising his glass, the President toasted for "the continued good health and happiness of His Majesty Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, to the continued success and good health of Your Excellency Prime Minister Shinzo Abe; to the peace and prosperity of the Japanese people; and to the enduring camaraderie and harmony between the Philippines and Japan."


Scottish artist Susan Smith was born and brought up on a farm in Aberdeenshire, a very outdoor childhood fostering her absolute love of nature and the outdoors. She is an avid observer of animal behaviour and a keen supporter of conservation, as is reflected in her work. She sketches and paints outdoors before developing work more fully back in her studio.
Susan is an active member of the Fife Dunfermline Printmakers Workshop (FDPW) who exhibit regularly throughout central Scotland. In printmaking she specialises chiefly, though not exclusively, in linocut. Susan's work can be seen in galleries around Scotland and by arranging to visit her studio in Burntisland.


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Strategy Development: Most Significant Change (MSC)
The Most Significant Change (MSC) technique is a form of participatory monitoring and evaluation. It is participatory because many project stakeholders are involved both in deciding the sorts of change to be recorded and in analysing the data. It is a form of monitoring because it occurs throughout the programme cycle and provides information to help people manage it. MSC contributes to evaluation because it provides data on impact and outcomes which can be used to help assess the performance of the programme as a whole.
Essentially, the process involves the collection of significant change (SC) stories emanating from the field level, and the systematic selection of the most important of these by panels of designated stakeholders or staff. The designated staff and stakeholders are initially involved by 'searching' for project impact. Once changes have been captured, various people sit down together, read the stories aloud and have regular and often in-depth discussions about the value of the reported changes. When the technique is successfully implemented, whole teams of people begin to focus their attention on programme impact.
MSC has had several names since it was conceived, each emphasising a different aspect. Examples are: 'Monitoring-without-indicators' - MSC does not make use of predefined indicators, especially ones which have to be counted and measured; or the 'story approach' - the answers to the central question about change are often in the form of stories of who did what, when and why, and the reasons the event was important.
Detailed description of the process
The first step in MSC generally involves introducing a range of stakeholders to MSC and fostering interest in and commitment to participating. The next step is to identify the domains of change to be monitored. This involves selected stakeholders identifying broad domains - for example, 'changes in people's lives' - that are not precisely defined as are performance indicators, but deliberately left loose to be defined by the actual users. The third step is to decide how frequently to monitor changes taking place in these domains.
SC stories are collected from those most directly involved, such as participants and field staff. The stories are gathered by asking a simple question such as: 'during the last month, in your opinion, what was the most significant change that took place for participants in the programme?' It is initially up to respondents to allocate a domain category to their stories. In addition to this, respondents are encouraged to report why they consider a particular change to be the most significant.
The stories are then analysed and filtered up through the levels of authority typically found within an organisation or programme. Each level of the hierarchy reviews a series of stories sent to them by the level below and selects the single most significant account of change within each of the domains. Each group then sends the selected stories up to the next level of the programme hierarchy, and the number of stories is whittled down through a systematic and transparent process. Every time stories are selected, the criteria used to select them are recorded and fed back to all interested stakeholders, so that each subsequent round of story collection and selection is informed by feedback from previous rounds. The organisation is effectively recording and adjusting the direction of its attention - and the criteria it uses for valuing the events it sees there.
After this process has been underway for some time, perhaps a year, a document is produced including all stories selected at the uppermost organisational level in each domain of change over the given period. The stories are accompanied by the reasons for selection. The programme funders are asked to assess the stories in the document and select those which best represent the sort of outcomes they wish to fund. They are also asked to document the reasons for their choice. This information is fed back to project managers.
The selected stories can then be verified by visiting the sites where the described events took place. The purpose of this is twofold: to check that stories have been reported accurately and honestly, and to provide an opportunity to gather more detailed information about events seen as especially significant. If conducted some time after the event, a visit also offers a chance to see what has happened since the event was first documented.
The next step is quantification, which can take place at two stages. When an account of change is first described, it is possible to include quantitative information as well as qualitative information. It is also possible to quantify the extent to which the most significant changes identified in one location have taken place in other locations within a specific period. The next step after quantification is monitoring the monitoring system itself, which can include looking at who participated and how they affected the contents, and analysing how often different types of changes are reported. The final step is to revise the design of the MSC process to take into account what has been learned as a direct result of using it and from analysing its use.
In sum, the kernel of the MSC process is a question along the lines of: 'Looking back over the last month, what do you think was the most significant change in [particular domain of change]?' A similar question is posed when the answers to the first question are examined by another group of participants: 'From among all these significant changes, what do you think was the most significant change of all?'.
Key points/practical tips
MSC is an emerging technique, and many adaptations have already been made. These are discussed in Davies and Dart (2005). In sum, there are 10 steps:
How to start and raise interest
Defining the domains of change
Defining the reporting period
Collecting SC stories
Selecting the most significant of the stories
Feeding back the results of the selection process
Verification of stories
Secondary analysis and meta-monitoring
Revising the system
Example: MSC in Bangladesh
In 1994, Rick Davies was faced with the job of assessing the impact of an aid project on 16,500 people in the Rajshahi zone of western of Bangladesh. The idea of getting everyone to agree on a set of indicators was quickly dismissed, as there was just too much diversity and too many conflicting views. Instead, Rick devised an evaluation method which relied on people retelling their stories of significant change they had witnessed as a result of the project. Furthermore, the storytellers explained why they thought their story was significant.
If Rick had left it there, the project would have had a nice collection of stories but the key stakeholders' appreciation for the impact the project would have been minimal. Rick needed to engage the stakeholders, primarily the region's decision makers and the ultimate project funders, in a process that would help them see (and maybe even feel) the change. His solution was to get groups of people at different levels of the project's hierarchy to select the stories they thought were most significant and explain why they made that selection.
Each of the four project offices collected a number of stories and was asked to submit one story for each of the four areas of interest to the head office in Dhaka. The Dhaka head office staff then selected one story from the 16 submitted. The selected stories and reasons for selection were communicated back to the level below and the original storytellers. Over time, the stakeholders began to understand the impact they were having and the project's beneficiaries began to understand what the stakeholders believed was important. People were learning from each other. The approach, MSC, systematically developed an intuitive understanding of the project's impact that could be communicated in conjunction with the hard facts.
Rick's method was highly successful: participation in the project increased; the assumptions and world views surfaced, in one case helping resolve an intra-family conflict over contraceptive use; the stories were used extensively in publications, educational material and videos; and the positive changes where identified and reinforced.
To date, although the application of MSC has been mostly confined to NGO programmes and other not-for-profit organisations, corporations are also recognising that issues such as culture change, communities of practice, learning initiatives generally and leadership development could benefit from an MSC approach.
This tool first appeared in the ODI Toolkit, Tools for Knowledge and Learning: A Guide for Development and Humanitarian Organisations.
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Tools for Knowledge and Learning: A Guide for Development and Humanitarian Organisations
This toolkit presents entry points and references to the wide range of tools and methods that have been used to facilitate improved knowledge and learning in the development and humanitarian sectors.
Successful Communication: A Toolkit for Researchers and Civil Society Organisations
This handbook presents work in progress on communication tools, specifically geared towards the needs of researchers in civil society organisations.
Davies, R. and J. Dart The 'Most Significant Change' (MSC) Technique; A Guide to Its Use
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The US Department of Justice has put all employers on notice: Agreements among competitors not to hire each other's employees or otherwise limit wages or benefits — "anti-poaching agreements" — are not allowed. And as staffing professionals frequently engage with competitors in the normal course of business, the Department of Justice may hold staffing firms to the scrutiny of criminal proceedings.
Knorr-Bremse is the first federal prosecution and settlement of an antipoaching case since 2010, when the Department of Justice pursued and resolved the "Hi Tech" anti-poaching cases against Adobe, Apple, Google, Pixar, Intel and Intuit. Shortly after settlements with the federal government, a class-action civil case commenced against the same defendants, alleging violations of California's antitrust statute and right-to-compete laws. The civil class action resulted in $400 million paid in settlements to the certified class of 65,000 employees and the attorneys. Suffice it to say, a lot of money is at stake.
Staffing professionals need to be aware that their customers do not use staffing firms to engage in activities that the department might classify as antipoaching. Staffing firms need to be vigilant to inferences or possible evidence of potential anti-poaching agreements because email, conversations and other inferences — not necessarily formal written agreements detailing antipoaching behavior — may form the basis for prosecution.
Discussions or agreements limiting compensation and/or benefits to those of competitors in the same industry.
Conversations or emails where companies agree not to solicit or hire each other's employees.
Exchanges of compensation, benefit employment or recruitment strategies with other employers in the same industry.
Provide regularly scheduled awareness and compliance training to staff, recruiters and executives.
Create written policies to prevent anti-poach agreements.
Consult with counsel about an antitrust audit as soon as any issues or concerns are identified.
Moreover, staffing firms may want to take advantage of the "amnesty" program offered by the Department of Justice should they become privy to information about anti-poaching agreements as the government offers to protect reporters from criminal prosecution, fines and jail time.
A failure to comply with all antitrust laws, including the bar on anti-poaching, will more likely invoke the significant disruption, costs and scrutiny of civil and criminal prosecution. Therefore, if you encounter any suggestion, communication or direction that arises as part of an industry meeting or conference, internally, from a representative of a competitor or otherwise, you should seek advice from in-house or outside counsel immediately.
Dan M. Forman is a managing partner with employment law firm Carothers DiSante & Freudenberger LLP. He can be reached at dforman (at) cdflaborlaw (dot) com.


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import { Router } from '@angular/router';
import { AuthService } from '../auth/auth.service';
import { Subject } from 'rxjs';
import { Observable } from 'rxjs';

import { TokenUser } from '../token-user';

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  userChangedSource = new Subject<TokenUser>();
  userChanged$ = this.userChangedSource.asObservable();

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  constructor(
    private auth: AuthService,
    private router: Router,
    private http: HttpClient
  ) {
    this.renewUser().catch(_ => _);
  }

  logout() {
    this.user = null;
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  }

  getUser() {
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5 years poverty reduction Program by European Union for supporting Sindh Government
July 9, 2014 Correspondent Karachi
Sameer Nazir
KARACHI: The Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah has welcomed and appreciated the European Union for supporting Sindh Government in implementation on its five years poverty reduction Program "Sindh Union Council & Community Economic Strengthening Support (SUCESS) and offering to contribute one third of the total cost of the Program i.e Rs. 08 billion as grant, out of Rs. 24 billion of the total estimated cost of the Program. The Chief Minister also invited the European Union to avail the opportunities of investment in other sectors including energy and agriculture.
The Chief Minister Sindh said that this gesture would further close the bilateral relations and pave the way for new avenues of other opportunities of trade and business to both sides. This he observed while holding meeting with the Ambassador European Union Lars-Gunnar WIGEMARK and his delegation who called on him at CM House Karachi today.
Talking on the occasion, the Chief Minister Sindh said that during the undemocratic period and era of dictatorship, the people of Sindh had been ignored, thus resulted increase in poverty, unemployment, and deprivation from their basic amenities. He said that now the democracy has been restored, people are expecting more from us; as such the PPP Government has conceived a 5 years poverty alleviation Program at its estimated cost of Rs. 24 billion under the title of Sindh Union Council & Community Economic Strengthening and planned to implement on grass root level/ Union Council level. He said that Sindh Government is already executing another Union Council based poverty reduction Program through Sindh Rural Support Organization (SRSO) which started from upper Sindh. He said that under this poverty alleviation Program the priority given to the empowerment of women. He said that his government has now allocated Rs. 1.3 billion this financial year as compared to Rs. 400 million allocated in last year to implement SUCCESS as we want to extend this noble job to all district in Sindh. The Chief Minister Sindh also invited the European Union for making their investment in the other sectors of developments such as energy, agriculture and water sector. He said that we are facing shortage of energy and water sources and we need technological support to fulfill the requirements. The meeting further revealed that European Union would take up seven districts of Sindh including Sujawal, Tando Muhammad Khan, Mitiari, Tando Allayar, Dadu, Larkano, and Qambar Shahdadkot comprising on 194 union councils with collaboration of local NGOs, Sindh Rural Support Program (SRSP) whereas the Sindh Government will take up 13 district including Badin, Mirpurkhas, Tharparkar, Thatta, Khairpur Mirs, Umerkot, Sanghar, Naushero-Feroz, Hyderabad, Jamshoro, Shaheed Benazirabad, Sukkur, Ghotki and Karachi comprising 414 union council including 10 rural union of Karachi. The Chief Minister Sindh recommended for including Tharparkar and Khairpur in the list of European Union. The meeting was informed that this Program to help average population for increasing their income, develop framework for community institution that are capable of building the capacity of the poor and enabling them to come out of the vicious circle of poverty. This Program also to establish a sustainable government –people partnership by fostering community institution and community volunteers for the delivery of various services at the grass root level and this Program to enable the community institution to arrange a sustainable micro finance program from community investment fund grant to be provided by this project. The Ambassador European Union Lars-Gunnar Wigemarks while talking in the meeting expressed his keen interest in socio-economic, development of the Sindh. He and his other members of delegation also expressed their interest in the investment in energy sector and importing agro product, specially of Mangoes, however he suggested further up gradation of the cultivation, harvest and conservation of exportable items.
Meanwhile presiding over another meeting regarding launching of poverty alleviation Program Sindh Union Council & Community Economic Strengthening Support (SUCCESS) through Rural Support Organization, the Chief Minister Sindh directed the officers to adopt participatory approach for implementation on this poverty alleviation Program. He said that Sindh is rich with artisans and resources and said that if these resources are institutionalized, the poverty would be considerably reduced from the rural areas. He asked the officers to encourage handicrafts, arrange display and outlet to the pave the ways for income and employment opportunities for the people of rural areas. The Chief Minister Sindh said that though Sindh Government was already implementing on Union Council based poverty reduction Program through Sindh Rural Support Organization (SRSO) but the initiating the "SUCCESS" Program would be helping hand to achieve the objectives. The Chief Minister Sindh directed the officers to include the district Tharparkar and district Khairpur Mirs in the list of the European Union as these districts needs more attention.
ADVISORY BOARD OF THINK TANK CONSTITUTED IN SINDH – DR. NIAZ ALI ABBASI
KARACHI: Secretary Home Sindh Dr. Niaz Ali Abbasi has disclosed that Provincial Advisory Board has been constituted by the Home Department.
The Secretary Home Department will be its Chairman and members including Additional Inspector General of Police, Sindh, Head of Criminology/Sociology Department, Karachi University, Head of Criminology/Sociology Department, Sindh University Jamshoro, Head of Criminology/Sociology Department Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur, while any other think tank or person of eminence with expertise in security/legal issues to be nominated by Home Secretary.
The Home Secretary said that the terms of reference of the Advisory Board are; to conduct research on major crimes and security issues (Sectarian issue) of the Sindh Province, to organize national and international seminars on major crimes & security issues, to prepare necessary policy briefs and working papers for consideration of Government of Sindh and to prepare material on major crimes & security issues for presentation to the Sindh Cabinet/Provincial Assembly.
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Christmas Island has some unusual and rare birds. PRL work hard to minimise impacts on threatened species. Surveys are undertaken to identify and avoid critical habitat for important species such as the Abbott's Booby.
Clearing for mining is assessed through the clearing permit process to minimise any impacts on nest sites. PRL also contribute to Island wide conservation programs for threatened species such as the Christmas Island hawk owl.


1. Which browsers support NIBL eBanking?
Internet Explorer 5.5 or above, Mozilla 3.0, Opera 9.0, Safari supports NIBL eBanking, however the Back and Forward Button won't work in eBanking System.
2. Does double clicking inside eBanking page work?
Pressing Double Click in any link inside eBanking will logoff the session. This is a system described feature.
3. How many times can I attempt to login?
The User will get disabled after three wrong login attempts. To reset the login account the customer either needs to contact the Customer Service of the Respective Branch or send a message through eBanking feedback.
4. What are valid special characters that can be used in passwords?
5. Which special characters are not supported by the system?
6. Is the password case sensitive?
Password is case sensitive - it means, small letters and capital letters will not be treated same.
7. Is the Customer Code (User Id) case sensitive?
User ID is not case sensitive - it means, small letters and capital letters are treated same.
8. What do I do if I want to link new accounts in existing e Banking User Id?
Customer should contact Customer Service Department if they want to link new accounts in existing User-Id.
9. What is the expiry date of a password?
The validity of password is three months. You can change both your passwords online anytime from the eBanking system. Doing this renew the expiry of your password for three months.
10. Can I bookmark NIBL eBanking Login page?
11. How long can the eBanking page be kept idle?
The session timeout is 10 minutes. If you keep the eBanking idle for 10 minutes or more the user will be auto disabled for security reasons. The same rule also applies eBanking login page.
12. What do I do if I want more information regarding eBanking?
a. They can forward their queries to Relationship Managers through Request or Mail menu in eBanking.
b. They can send feedback from feedback form from login page.


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KIDO, Boise Morning Host Kevin Miller Dedicates Programming to "Getting Idaho Back to Work." AM drive talk host Kevin Miller announces he'll use some of the time during his talk program to help get Idahoans back to work. He states on KIDO, Boise's website, "I invite you to help us bring jobs to the great Gem State. (I know it's easier said than done.) However, after years of record unemployment and a loss of jobs it's time to do something. Throughout the year we will be highlighting Treasure Valley Businesses that are succeeding and profiling listeners who are looking for work. Our goal is to get our family, friends and neighbors back to work and inviting businesses around the world to move to our great state."
Cumulus Media Networks Aggressively Promoting Huckabee Debut. With three weeks until former Arkansas Governor and one-time presidential candidate Mike Huckabee begins his nationally syndicated daily talk show, Cumulus continues the drive to acquire affiliate stations with subtle jabs at Premiere Networks' Rush Limbaugh. And with Limbaugh's Sandra Fluke-flap still fresh in everyone's memory, the consumer media is paying attention. Both Reuters and the Wall Street Journal Online published stories this weekend pointing to a Cumulus e-mail blast touting Mike Huckabee as the conservative talk show host of the future. Cumulus COO John Dickey didn't actually say his company is targeting Limbaugh's affiliate stations but does tell Reuters, "Only one station in a city can offer Rush, so there are lots of other stations that are looking to put up an alternative to him regardless of whether he put his foot in his mouth…We have been growing the affiliate base on that fact alone, but recent developments with Rush have put some wind in our sails and accelerated our efforts." Cumulus claims to have about 140 stations ready to air Huckabee when he begins his 12:00 noon to 3:00 pm ET show on April 9 – about 45 of those are Cumulus-owned stations. Former CBS Radio chief Joel Hollander is quoted by Reuters stating, "I can guarantee you that the minute Cumulus' contract with Rush expires in New York, they will replace him with Huckabee." The Limbaugh contract with WABC reportedly doesn't end until 2013 but such a prediction is not so far out. Every syndicator in the business wants a New York affiliate so why wouldn't Cumulus put its own product – assuming it is performing – on its own station? Meanwhile, Premiere Networks issues this statement: "Rush Limbaugh continues to be the No. 1 talk radio host in America. Mike Huckabee is the latest in a long line of those who have attempted to compete with Rush. We wish him the best with his new show."
American Public Media's "This American Life" Retracts Popular Story. On the January 6 episode of American Public Media's "This American Life," the program ran an excerpt of Mike Daisey's one-man show titled, "The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs," in which Daisey describes workers at a Chinese Apple plant putting in long hours doing repetitive and crippling work. The segment became a sensation – almost 890,000 downloads of that episode's podcast – and shone the light on Apple's Chinese operations. The effect of the piece has caused PR problems for Apple. But on Friday, March 16, host Ira Glass retracted the story telling listeners they can't vouch for its truth. The Chinese correspondent for the public radio program "Marketplace" contacted the Chinese interpreter Daisey used when he made his journey to China and the interpreter disputed much of what Daisey expresses in his show. Daisey's performance – doing very well at New York's Public Theater – is getting excellent reviews. For his part, Daisey says on his website that he stands by his work which is theater, not journalism. In a statement, "This American Life" said when it asked Daisey for the interpreter's contact information he, was unable to provide it. Ira Glass states, "At that point, we should've killed the story. But other things Daisey told us about Apple's operations in China checked out, and we saw no reason to doubt him."
Oprah's OWN Cancels Rosie O'Donnell TV Talk Show. The Rosie O'Donnell program will tape its final episode tomorrow (3/20) and air on March 30. TVWeek reports the show's ratings on the struggling network founded by Oprah Winfrey are to blame. Deadline.com reports O'Donnell's program started out with about 500,000 average viewers but that settled to about 200,000 for most of the show's run. Deadline's Nellie Andreeva also attributes the 7:00 pm ET airtime for its failure. Most talk shows air in the daytime or in late night and 7:00 pm is not a time people associate with a talk show.
WGN, Chicago Names Winner in Cubs Song Contest. Tribune's WGN, Chicago announced the winner of the contest to write an original song about the Chicago Cubs that will be played on the radio prior to Cubs play-by-play broadcasts this season. Morning drive host Jonathon Brandmeier proclaimed "Let's Go Cubbies" by the Chicago-area band The Fold the winner by fan choice with more than 8,000 votes on WGN's website. More than 300 entries were received for the contest. The band will play the song live at the Captain Morgan Club at Wrigley Field during Brandmeier's Opening Day broadcast.
Longtime KABC, Los Angeles Personality Bob Anderson Dies at 86. Bob Anderson, who served as staff announcer at KABC, Los Angeles from 1961 until 2007 – passed away on March 11 after a battle with Alzheimer's. Anderson hosted programs including "Religion on the Line," "Spotlight on the Community" and a talk program with future L.A. Mayor Tom Bradley. He often subbed for Bob Arthur on the "Ken and Bob" show."
Fisher House Foundation Creates Memorial Day Program for News/Talk Stations. The show – "A Grateful Nation" – is hosted by Army veteran and broadcaster Bryan Suits and is billed as "a one-hour, spoken-word program honoring those who have fought and died to defend America, and the loved ones who share the burden." The program features compelling stories from the front lines and the home front, including the heartbreaking-yet-uplifting story of the Stanton family of Southern California, who traveled to Dover Air Force Base to receive the body of their remarkable son, who was killed in Afghanistan. The Stantons were among the first guests at the Fisher House for Families of the Fallen, which provides grieving loved ones with shelter and comfort during a time of unimaginable pain. Premiere Networks is distributing the show.
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