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STRUGGLING UPFRONT
Mon, 07/01/2013 - 17:20 — isport
England manager Roy Hodgson is certainly struggling for options upfront due to several injury problems for his strikers, while the fit strikers have also been on poor run of form.
This could certainly derail the hopes of England qualifying for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. They are already several points behind Montenegro in their group, and they need to win the upcoming World Cup qualifying matches September in order to stand any chance of qualifying for the World Cup. The top teams from group qualifies directly for the World Cup, while the second place team has to go through a play-off.
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WALCOTT INJURED
Thu, 04/25/2013 - 11:11 — isport
Arsenal will be without the services of their star midfielder Theo Walcott for up to a week after the 24-year-old suffered injury while on international duty with the England national team.
Walcott was one of the players called up for the England duty by the manager Roy Hodgson. He was expected to be involved in the matches against San Marino and Montenegro, which will be crucial to the World Cup qualifying. However, Walcott suffered an injury just before the San Marino match. The pelvic injury will see him be sidelined for up to 10 days according to the England doctors.
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NEVILLE ENJOYING ENGLAND ROLE
Tue, 03/19/2013 - 10:03 — isport
The former Manchester United defender and the current England assistant coach Gary Neville has revealed that he is extremely pleased to work alongside the manager Roy Hodgson.
The former West Brom, Fulham, and Liverpool manager was appointed as a replacement for Fabio Capello ahead of the Euro 2012. Despite being in the job only for a few months, Hodgson managed to achieve a respectable finish at the Euro 2012. He has now set the objective of winning the World Cup at Brazil. Neville has spoken about his challenges as the assistant coach Roy Hodgson, while also revealing the personality of the England manager.
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MANAGERS CAN CONTRIBUTE
Fri, 02/22/2013 - 07:28 — isport
The England national team manager Roy Hodgson believes that the former managers of the national team will still be able to contribute in a significant way. England has had several high-profile managers over the last few decades. This includes the likes of Fabio Capello, Sven Goran Eriksson, and Kevin Keegan.
Recently, the English FA celebrated its 150th anniversary. As part of the celebrations, several former managers were invited to take part in a function. Speaking at this function, the current manager Roy Hodgson has praised the former managers by saying that they still have a lot of expertise that could help improve the England national team.
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NO COMPARISONS
Wed, 01/16/2013 - 17:58 — isport
The Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has said that he does not want to be compared with the former Liverpool manager Roy Hodgson, who is currently the manager of the England national team. Liverpool were left with just 25 points on the board after the recent 3-1 defeat at the hands of Stoke City.
This meant that Liverpool have the same number of points after 19 games as they have when Roy Hodgson was in charge of the team. This ultimately led to the sacking of Hodgson, who was replaced by Kenny Dalglish. However, there is a feeling around Anfield that Brendan Rodgers will be getting more time because he was signed by the current owners.
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HODGSON PRAISES WILSHERE
The England national team manager Roy Hodgson has said that he feels that the Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere is the kind of player who is necessary for every time.
The 20-year-old Arsenal midfielder is regarded as the next big thing in English football. He was one of the major absentees from the squad at the Euro 2012. However, he has been included in the squad for the friendly match against Sweden much to the annoyance of the Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger. This is because Wilshere has just returned from a long-term injury that has kept him out for more than 17 months.
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TAKE THE POSITIVES
The Manchester city midfielder Gareth Barry has said that he hopes that the club take the positives from the 3-2 defeat in the hands of Real Madrid in the opening group stage match in the Champions League.
Manchester city had a tough draw in the Champions League last time around, while they have been dealt a huge blow this time around as well because they will be facing the likes of Dortmund and Real Madrid. They were facing the Spanish champions Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu. However, they managed to stun the home crowd by taking a lead in the second half through Edin Dzeko with only a few minutes remaining.
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PROBLEMS FOR ENGLAND
England manager Roy Hodgson will have a lot of problems in the match against Moldova and Ukraine due to the lack of fitness for a number of key players like Ashley Young. The Manchester United midfielder will be coming into the match against Moldova not having the best of pre-season, which has meant that he has not been at his best in the opening two matches.
He recently sustained an injury against Fulham and there has been a lot of question marks about the fitness of the players called up for the match against Moldova. The Chelsea defender John Terry has been included in the squad as well, despite the fact that he has not played for a week now due to the neck injury.
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RIO ENGLAND CAREER OVER
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has said that he thinks that the international career for the defender Rio Ferdinand is all but over. The Manchester United defender was not selected by England manager Roy Hodgson as part of the squad for the Euro 2012.
Many thought that it was a selection made due to the controversial presence of John Terry in the squad. However, at 33 years of age, Ferguson reckons that the former Liverpool manager decided to omit Rio Ferdinand from the squad due to his age concerns. Ferguson has also said that he is not expect Rio Ferdinand to be picked for the upcoming 2014 World Cup qualifiers. The latest Football betting odds agree with Sir Alex.
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CAPELLO WOULD HAVE DONE BETTER
The former England manager Fabio Capello has said that he would have been a much better job with the England national side had he been the manager of the team at the Euro 2012, according to the Chelsea news website.
Fabio Capello helped England reached the quarter-finals of the World Cup when they were knocked out by an incredible German team.
This time around, England lost at the hands of Italy, who reached the final of the competition. The Italian resigned from his job a few months prior to the start of the Euro 2012 after falling out with the England football Association over the John Terry issue.
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Off the grid living has risen in popularity in recent years thanks to a variety of factors including an increase in the cost of living and political turmoil around the world. The appeal to living off the grid has only further been introduced to the general population through social media and television shows about families living in the wilderness. While most people who live off the grid do so in wooded areas or in communities on private land, the idea of disconnecting yourself from society on a yacht has yet to reach the mainstream. While some people fear war, an impending apocalypse, or are simply tired of the proverbial rat race, escaping to the water will at the very least bring peace to your soul.
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Whether things have gone bad on the mainland or not, a self-sufficient yacht moored up can be too good to pass up for some thieves. While modern-day pirates are still in existence, they are primarily located to several areas of the world like off the coast of Africa and in some parts of Southeast Asia. The bigger concern is local thieves coming on board at night and stealing supplies or your boat. The weapon of choice for most captains is a shotgun, but any protection on board will do.
At some point, going to shore is going to become a necessity. Whether stocking up on supplies or just exploring an island, having a good inflatable R.I.B. or dinghy as their called, can make life a lot easier. Most larger boats will need at least 4 to 5 feet of water to not become stuck. Using a hand crank on board can lower the inflatable into the water giving you transportation from your boat to shore and back with supplies.
Finally, bring all of the comfort features with you during your time on board. Fishing equipment is essential not just for food, but also to pass the time enjoyably. Living on the ocean can be a life-changer, and maybe someday a life-saver.


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Officials say a major crackdown in western Libya has resulted in the detention of 4,000 migrants, including hundreds of women and children
By SAMY MAGDY Associated PressOctober 2, 2021, 12:12 PM• 3 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article The Associated PressMigrants pray on the deck of the Geo Barents, a rescue vessel operated by MSF (Doctors Without Borders) off Libya, in the central Mediterranean route, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Ahmed Hatem)
CAIRO — A major crackdown in western Libya resulted in the detention of 4,000 migrants, including hundreds of women and children, officials said Saturday.
The raids took place Friday in the western town of Gargaresh as part of what authorities described as a security campaign against illegal migration and drug trafficking. The Interior Ministry, which led the crackdown, made no mention of any traffickers or smugglers being arrested.
Officials said Friday that 500 illegal migrants had been detained but on Saturday reported that number had reached 4,000.
Gargaresh, a known hub for migrants and refugees, is about 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) west of Tripoli, the Libyan capital. The town has seen several waves of raids on migrants over the years, but the latest one was described by activists as the fiercest so far.
Since the 2011 NATO-backed uprising that ousted and killed longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi, Libya has emerged as the dominant transit point for migrants fleeing war and poverty in Africa and the Middle East, hoping for a better life in Europe. Human traffickers have benefited from the chaos in the oil-rich nation and smuggled migrants through the country's lengthy border with six nations. They then pack desperate migrants into ill-equipped rubber boats in risky voyages through the perilous Central Mediterranean Sea route.
The detained were gathered in a facility in Tripoli called the Collection and Return Center, said police Col. Nouri al-Grettli, head of the center.
He said the migrants have been distributed to detention centers in Tripoli and surrounding towns. Libya's detention facilities are miserable places where migrants have suffered from abuses and severe ill-treatment, according to rights activists.
A government official said authorities would "deport as many as possible" of the migrants to their home countries. He said many of the detained had lived illegally in Libya for years. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief the media.
Tarik Lamloum, a Libyan activist working with the Belaady Organization for Human Rights, said the raids involved human rights violations against the migrants, especially in the way some women and children were detained. He did not elaborate.
Lamloum said many detained migrants have been registered with the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR, as refugees or asylum-seekers. The UNHCR did not immediate respond to a request for comment.
Hundreds of migrants were seen in images posted on social media Friday by the Interior Ministry sitting clustered together in a yard with the banner of the Collection and Return Center in the background.
Other images from Gargaresh purporting to show migrants show them with their hands tied behind their backs. An aerial photo showed men lying face down on the ground at a crossroads, with military trucks and guards around them.
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Q: mapkit , tagging a disclosure button with index of annotation i have been struggling with this for a few days, i even re-wrote  half the code to try it another way.
i have my annotations imported from a csv, and placed onto the map with tile and subtitle, i am trying in vain to add a tag to disclosue buttons so i can see which one was tapped, but having problems, whatever values i assign to the annotation i cant seem to access them (like the index) i can access the title and subtitle, but thats it.
how do i assign a index to the annotation that i can then add to the button as a tag, so i can record the tap
here is my code
        NSURL *dataUrl = [NSURL URLWithString:@"http://nne.ezadspro.co.uk/cms/testmap.txt"];
    // URLWithString:@"http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/gis/qed.asc"];
    NSString *fileString = [NSString stringWithContentsOfURL:dataUrl
                                                    encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding
                                                       error:nil];
    int count = 0;
    NSScanner *scanner = [NSScanner scannerWithString:fileString];

    points = [[NSMutableArray array] retain];
    AnnotationData *event;
    NSString *line;
    NSArray *values;
    while ([scanner isAtEnd] == NO) {
        [scanner scanUpToString:@"\n" intoString:&line];
        //skip the first line
        if(count > 0) {
            values = [line componentsSeparatedByString:@","];
            event = [[[AnnotationData alloc] init] autorelease];
            event.latitude = [[values objectAtIndex:5] floatValue];
            event.longitude = [[values objectAtIndex:6] floatValue];
            event.companyID = [[values objectAtIndex:0]intValue];
            event.title = [values objectAtIndex:1];
            event.subtitle = [values objectAtIndex:2];
            //event.magnitude = [[values objectAtIndex:4] floatValue];
            //event.depth = [[values objectAtIndex:5] floatValue];
            //NSLog(@"%@",event.companyID);
            [points addObject:event];

        }
        count++;
        if(count == 300) {
            //limit number of events to 300
            break;
        }
    }

    for (int i=0; i<points.count; i++) {
        AnnotationData *annData = [points objectAtIndex:i];

        coordinate.latitude = annData.latitude;
        coordinate.longitude = annData.longitude;
        CLLocationCoordinate2D newCoord = {coordinate.latitude, coordinate.longitude};
        PlaceAnnotation* annotation = [[PlaceAnnotation alloc] initWithCoordinate:newCoord andID:i];
        annotation.mTitle = annData.title;
        annotation.mSubtitle = annData.subtitle;
        annotation.indexID = i;

        //annotation.indexID = [[i]intValue];

        [mapView addAnnotation:annotation];

        [annotation release];

    }

}

- (void)didReceiveMemoryWarning {
    // Releases the view if it doesn't have a superview.
    [super didReceiveMemoryWarning];

    // Release any cached data, images, etc that aren't in use.
}

- (void)viewDidUnload {
    // Release any retained subviews of the main view.
    // e.g. self.myOutlet = nil;
}

- (MKAnnotationView *)mapView:(MKMapView *)mV viewForAnnotation:(id <MKAnnotation>)annotation
{
    MKPinAnnotationView *pinAnnotation = nil;
    if(annotation != mV.userLocation)
    {
        static NSString *defaultPinID = @"myPin";
        pinAnnotation = (MKPinAnnotationView *)[mV dequeueReusableAnnotationViewWithIdentifier:defaultPinID];
        if ( pinAnnotation == nil )
            pinAnnotation = [[[MKPinAnnotationView alloc] initWithAnnotation:annotation reuseIdentifier:defaultPinID] autorelease];

        pinAnnotation.canShowCallout = YES;

        //instatiate a detail-disclosure button and set it to appear on right side of annotation
        UIButton *infoButton = [UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeDetailDisclosure];
        pinAnnotation.rightCalloutAccessoryView = infoButton;

        //infoButton.tag =
        //[infoButton addTarget:self action:@selector(onMapVenueSelect) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
        //defaultPinID.rightCalloutAccessoryView = infoButton;
        //infoButton.tag = [event indexOfObject:tmpVenueData];
        // [defaultPinID release];

    }

    return pinAnnotation;
    [pinAnnotation release];
}

thanks

A: Consider using the MKAnnotation protocol and storing whatever you need ID or data wise your object.
A starting point header might go something like this:
#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
#import <MapKit/MapKit.h>
#import <CoreLocation/CoreLocation.h>

@interface YourFancyAnnotationClass : NSObject <MKAnnotation> {
    CLLocationCoordinate2D coordinate;
    NSString *title;
    NSString *subtitle;
    NSNumber *companyID;
}

@property(nonatomic, assign) CLLocationCoordinate2D coordinate;
@property(nonatomic, copy) NSString *title;
@property(nonatomic, copy) NSString *subtitle;
@property(nonatomic, copy) NSNumber *companyID;

@end

Then in your delegate do something like this...

    - (void)mapView:(MKMapView *)mapView annotationView:(MKAnnotationView *)view calloutAccessoryControlTapped:(UIControl *)control
    {
        NSLog(@"calloutAccessoryControlTapped:");
        YourFancyAnnotationClass *tappedSite = (SiteAnnotation *)[view annotation];
        NSNumber *companyIDThatWasClickedExample = [tappedSite companyID];

etc...

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using Newtonsoft.Json;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace TODOFilePickerSample.Services.FileService
{
    class FileHelper
    {
        /// Returns if a file is found in the specified storage strategy
        /// <param name="key">Path of the file in storage</param>
        /// <param name="location">Location storage strategy</param>
        /// <returns>Boolean: true if found, false if not found</returns>
        public async Task<bool> FileExistsAsync(string key, StorageStrategies location = StorageStrategies.Local)
        {
            return (await GetIfFileExistsAsync(key, location)) != null;
        }

        public async Task<bool> FileExistsAsync(string key, Windows.Storage.StorageFolder folder)
        {
            return (await GetIfFileExistsAsync(key, folder)) != null;
        }

        /// Deletes a file in the specified storage strategy
        /// <param name="key">Path of the file in storage</param>
        /// <param name="location">Location storage strategy</param>
        public async Task<bool> DeleteFileAsync(string key, StorageStrategies location = StorageStrategies.Local)
        {
            var _File = await GetIfFileExistsAsync(key, location);
            if (_File != null)
                await _File.DeleteAsync();
            return !(await FileExistsAsync(key, location));
        }

        /// Reads and deserializes a file into specified type T
        /// <typeparam name="T">Specified type into which to deserialize file content</typeparam>
        /// <param name="key">Path to the file in storage</param>
        /// <param name="location">Location storage strategy</param>
        /// <returns>Specified type T</returns>
        public async Task<T> ReadFileAsync<T>(string key, StorageStrategies location = StorageStrategies.Local)
        {
            try
            {
                // fetch file
                var _File = await GetIfFileExistsAsync(key, location);
                if (_File == null)
                    return default(T);
                // read content
                var _String = await Windows.Storage.FileIO.ReadTextAsync(_File);
                // convert to obj
                var _Result = Deserialize<T>(_String);
                return _Result;
            }
            catch (Exception)
            {
                throw;
            }
        }

        /// Serializes an object and write to file in specified storage strategy
        /// <typeparam name="T">Specified type of object to serialize</typeparam>
        /// <param name="key">Path to the file in storage</param>
        /// <param name="value">Instance of object to be serialized and written</param>
        /// <param name="location">Location storage strategy</param>
        public async Task<bool> WriteFileAsync<T>(string key, T value, StorageStrategies location = StorageStrategies.Local)
        {
            // create file
            var _File = await CreateFileAsync(key, location, Windows.Storage.CreationCollisionOption.ReplaceExisting);
            // convert to string
            var _String = Serialize(value);
            // save string to file
            await Windows.Storage.FileIO.WriteTextAsync(_File, _String);
            // result
            return await FileExistsAsync(key, location);
        }

        private async Task<Windows.Storage.StorageFile> CreateFileAsync(string key, StorageStrategies location = StorageStrategies.Local,
            Windows.Storage.CreationCollisionOption option = Windows.Storage.CreationCollisionOption.OpenIfExists)
        {
            switch (location)
            {
                case StorageStrategies.Local:
                    return await Windows.Storage.ApplicationData.Current.LocalFolder.CreateFileAsync(key, option);
                case StorageStrategies.Roaming:
                    return await Windows.Storage.ApplicationData.Current.RoamingFolder.CreateFileAsync(key, option);
                case StorageStrategies.Temporary:
                    return await Windows.Storage.ApplicationData.Current.TemporaryFolder.CreateFileAsync(key, option);
                default:
                    throw new NotSupportedException(location.ToString());
            }
        }

        private async Task<Windows.Storage.StorageFile> GetIfFileExistsAsync(string key, Windows.Storage.StorageFolder folder,
            Windows.Storage.CreationCollisionOption option = Windows.Storage.CreationCollisionOption.FailIfExists)
        {
            Windows.Storage.StorageFile retval;
            try
            {
                retval = await folder.GetFileAsync(key);
            }
            catch (System.IO.FileNotFoundException)
            {
                System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("GetIfFileExistsAsync:FileNotFoundException");
                return null;
            }
            return retval;
        }

        /// Returns a file if it is found in the specified storage strategy
        /// <param name="key">Path of the file in storage</param>
        /// <param name="location">Location storage strategy</param>
        /// <returns>StorageFile</returns>
        private async Task<Windows.Storage.StorageFile> GetIfFileExistsAsync(string key,
            StorageStrategies location = StorageStrategies.Local,
            Windows.Storage.CreationCollisionOption option = Windows.Storage.CreationCollisionOption.FailIfExists)
        {
            Windows.Storage.StorageFile retval;
            try
            {
                switch (location)
                {
                    case StorageStrategies.Local:
                        retval = await Windows.Storage.ApplicationData.Current.LocalFolder.GetFileAsync(key);
                        break;
                    case StorageStrategies.Roaming:
                        retval = await Windows.Storage.ApplicationData.Current.RoamingFolder.GetFileAsync(key);
                        break;
                    case StorageStrategies.Temporary:
                        retval = await Windows.Storage.ApplicationData.Current.TemporaryFolder.GetFileAsync(key);
                        break;
                    default:
                        throw new NotSupportedException(location.ToString());
                }
            }
            catch (System.IO.FileNotFoundException)
            {
                System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("GetIfFileExistsAsync:FileNotFoundException");
                return null;
            }

            return retval;
        }

        private string Serialize<T>(T item)
        {
            return JsonConvert.SerializeObject(item,
                Formatting.None, new JsonSerializerSettings()
                {
                    TypeNameHandling = TypeNameHandling.Objects,
                    TypeNameAssemblyFormat = System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.FormatterAssemblyStyle.Simple
                });
        }

        private T Deserialize<T>(string json)
        {
            return JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<T>(json);
        }

        public enum StorageStrategies { Local, Roaming, Temporary }
    }
}

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House of Kwa
by Mimi Kwa
Pub Date: 04 Jun 2021 | Archive Date: 04 Jan 2022
Kelly P, Reviewer
This story will stay with me for a long time.  Not being familiar with Mimi Kwa or her work, I was going in blind and still found this memoir, written like a fictional family saga, truly engaging.   House of Kwa opens with Mimi being sued by her father, she then delves into her fascinating family history going back to the 1800's to understand the meaning and culture of House of Kwa.  It follows the family to Hong Kong in its hey-day where they establish as silk merchants and endure the Japanese occupation, and then on to Australia as Mimi's father settles.  House of Kwa features love, loyalty, betrayal, loss and mental health with a warm heart and forgiveness.  Mimi's writing is vivid and immersive.
Anya D, Reviewer
House of Kwa was a historical family saga, similar to Pachinko. The reader is getting a snippet from the present and the author takes us back to the beginnings of her family tree in China and how historical and personal events shaped her ancestors to the now.
The chapters are a good length and the writing style is engaging. However, the Chinese proverbs and sentences through me out of my reading flow a lot, especially in the beginning.
Altogether a good memoir, which I can recommend to anybody interested in Asian history.
Thank you Netgalley for providing me with an eARC in exchange for an honest review.
Rebecca B, Bookseller
Wow…what a story.  The kind of book that if you read not knowing it was a memoir would think 'great story'.  The fact that this is a memoir doesn't take away from the fact that it is still a good story, but it adds that WOW factor.
I must admit to not knowing who Mimi Kwa was before reading this book, and that doesn't matter one bit.  This is not the story of Mimi Kwa renown journalist, it is the story of Mimi Kwa, daughter of a Chinese immigrant and a schizophrenic mother, and the turbulent, complicated life she had growing up.  These complications did not end with her childhood however, they followed her into adulthood, that's where the book begins…with her father suing her.
Vivi W, Reviewer
It's an epic family drama of Kwa.
Very well written memoir by @mimikwa. The book is divided into three parts, Old Kwa, New Kwa, and Now Kwa.
The story starts from her family's history in Hong Kong during Japan occupation; the success of Mimi's aunt, Theresa, which was able to bring Francis, Mimi's father to study in Australia.
Francis built Mandarin Gardens in Scarborough,  WA and achieved 4.5 stars rank as his point of success, however he didn't do best for his role as a father and head of family. I'm impressed with how Mimi is able to stand and care for herself, while she can't really lean on to her mother as well.
Aunt Theresa is my favourite in this book. ❤ She's one of those people who never fails to share and give. Aunt Theresa is equal kindness.
While reading this book,  I can't hold myself to google Mandarin Gardens and Francis Kwa.😆
Well, I don't know if I'll have patience as huge as Mimi to handle the eccentricity of Francis Kwa. Buddy hell.


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Q: Project first item in an array to new field (MongoDB aggregation) I am using Mongoose aggregation (MongoDB version 3.2).
I have a field users which is an array. I want to $project first item in this array to a new field user.
I tried
  { $project: {
    user: '$users[0]',
    otherField: 1
  }},

  { $project: {
    user: '$users.0',
    otherField: 1
  }},

  { $project: {
    user: { $first: '$users'},
    otherField: 1
  }},

But neither works.
How can I do it correctly? Thanks

A: Update:
Starting from v4.4 there is a dedicated operator $first:
{ $project: {
    user: { $first: "$users" },
    otherField: 1
}},

It's a syntax sugar to the
Original answer:
You can use arrayElemAt:
{ $project: {
    user: { $arrayElemAt: [ "$users", 0 ] },
    otherField: 1
}},

A: If it is an array of objects and you want to use just single object field, ie:
{
 "users": [
    {name: "John", surname: "Smith"},
    {name: "Elon", surname: "Gates"}
   ]
}

you can use:
{ $project: { user: { $first: "$users.name" } }

Edit (exclude case  - after comment from @haytham)
In order to exclude a single field from a nested document in array you have to do 2 projections:
 { $project: { user: { $first: "$users" } }

Which return whole first object, and then exclude field you do not want, ie:
{ $project: { "user.name" : 0 }

A: Starting Mongo 4.4, the aggregation operator $first can be used to access the first element of an array:
// { "users": ["Jean", "Paul", "Jack"] }
// { "users": ["Claude"] }
db.collection.aggregate([
  { $project: { user: { $first: "$users" } } }
])
// { "user" : "Jean" }
// { "user" : "Claude" }


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Number of Reviews: 5
The comedy falls flat, November 17, 2016
by Tracy Poff (Hamlin, West Virginia, United States)
Related reviews: IF Competition 2016
This game aims for humor through absurdity and exaggeration, and it's hit or miss--mostly miss. The game tells you in the introduction that "There are no flies in the air, but that is only because they have all passed out on the floor.", and indeed when the game starts there are flies on the floor (which "look highly dehydrated")--a nice touch. I was amused, too, that when the cat flies onto your face, your inventory describes it as "a cat (being worn)". On the other hand, the description of the bar as "A minibar. Just a minibar. Not a spaceship. Not a portal to another world. Not... well, you get the idea." falls a bit flat, as do most of the other jokes in the game.
When you leave the room, you encounter a "left-right corridor" (and can, indeed, go left or right) rather than the usual compass directions. That's weird--what other directions would the corridor run? Up and down? I guess it's an objection on the part of the author to the use of compass directions in IF; trying to move south at one point gives "You don't have a compass." It's not consistent on this, though. Sometimes compass directions are accepted, and trying to run gives "You'll have to say which compass direction to go in."
On this point, I don't think it's a problem for IF to use compass directions. They are, after all, descriptions for the player, not the player character. I'd be much less happy if an IF game more 'realistically' forced me to move around by manually turning and walking forward. Tank controls in IF! Is it an idea whose time has come?
The puzzles, such as they are, aren't very hard. There's a timed 'puzzle' at the beginning--you must turn the fan on before you lose consciousness--and some of the later ones are probably timed as well, but the game is basically just railroading you into progressing through the game. There's little enough to see and do, so I don't suppose this really detracts from it.
After I got my bearings I examined myself and my inventory. The description of the shirt ((Spoiler - click to show)"...just like Stephanie, before that stupid argument messed up everything.") made me think of Adam Cadre's 9:05 and I momentarily hoped that the events of the game might belie the tone, but it was not to be.
After beating the game, you're presented with a list of suggested amusing things you can try, and I poked at a couple of them, but didn't have any motivation to try them all.
Ventilator isn't entirely bad. The implementation is generally competent with some attention to detail (e.g. the flies are gone after you turn on the ventilator--blown away, I presume), and there are a number of endings and optional actions. It just didn't entertain me. Not recommended.
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Play time: 18 minutes.
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Sobol, November 17, 2016 - Reply
"Tank controls" have been used in IF, sometimes to great effect. See Rogue of the Multiverse, for example - where this device forces you to imagine the game world as looking directly from the eyes of the PC, to feel really there, trapped inside the facility; not looking at the PC and the facility from somewhere above (which, in this game, is a privilege of the antagonist).
Also Hunter, in Darkness, a classic short game by Andrew Plotkin.


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New Bern ranks second in North Carolina and 75th in the nation for EMT and paramedic services, according to Security Choice.
Among North Carolina cities, Greenville ranked 19th, New Bern 75th, and Asheville ranked 83rd.
Arizona offers a great life quality for Paramedics and EMTs. In the top 20 cities, four are in the state of Arizona. Of those, three are in the top 10. Of these cities in Arizona, all have a lower than average crime rate and the cost of living is on average with a paramedic/EMT's salary.
Low population cities are heavily represented. The average population in the top 20 cities was 54,000. The overall dataset's average was 160,000. Areas with less congestion and residents yielded a better overall quality of life for this profession.
Western states don't feature many cities in the top 100 list. Although California's Santa Rosa is featured in the top 10 best cities and Washington's cities are heavily represented throughout the top 100, many western states are not represented at all. No cities from Oregon, Montana, Idaho, or Wyoming proved to be advantageous for this profession.
Southern cities are among the best for EMTs and paramedics. Of the top 20 cities represented, seven of them are southern states. Georgia is well represented on this list, with two cities in the top 10 and three in the top 20.
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Medicaid Commissioner Stephanie Azar told a joint meeting of the House and Senate budget committees on Wednesday that the department, critical to the state's health care sector, would ask for $715 million in next year's budget, less than the $755 million budgeted for the agency this year.
Azar said changes to federal regulations, including an improved matching rate – the federal government covers 71 percent of Alabama's program – had led to more than $100 million in carryover money from this year. That, she said, will help the agency meet an expected need of $821 million.
"A lot of things have gone our way," Azar told legislators.
Medicaid covers over 1 million Alabamians, mostly children, elderly and the disabled. The program plays a major role in funding hospitals and pediatricians' offices and covers about half of the births in the state.
Legislators have worried about allocating enough money from the General Fund to cover the program, especially as funding from a settlement with BP over the 2010 Gulf oil spill was gradually spent. House Ways and Means General Fund chair Steve Clouse, R-Ozark, said Medicaid's request left him "encouraged," though he added it could be a case of delaying a reckoning.
"We're going to have to face that next year," he said.
Azar also told legislators that enrollment appears to have stabilized after going up through the years of the Great Recession, which she credited to the overall improvement of the economy. The commissioner also said the agency was speaking regularly about a waiver that would require some members of a small subset of Medicaid recipients to work or engage in community service.
Able-bodied adults almost never qualify for benefits under Medicaid, but the program does extend benefits to about 75,000 people — less than 8 percent of the eligible population — who have a dependent who qualifies for benefits. Such individuals have to make 18 percent of the poverty level or less — about $2,963 a year for a household of two — to qualify for benefits.
Azar said the waiver, if granted, would affect 15,000 people in the group. A person who became employed would be able to stay on Medicaid for 18 months.
Gov. Kay Ivey and other Republican officials have resisted calls to expand Medicaid to those making up to 138 percent of the poverty level — $22,715 for a household of two; $34,638 for a household of four — but Rep. Pebblin Warren, D-Tuskegee, urged legislators to reconsider.
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Le HMS B9 était l'un des 11 sous-marins britanniques de classe B, construit pour la Royal Navy au cours de la première décennie du . Achevé en 1906, il a d'abord été affecté à la Home Fleet, avant d'être transféré en mer Méditerranée six ans plus tard. Après le début de la Première Guerre mondiale en 1914, le HMS B9 joue un rôle mineur dans la campagne des Dardanelles. Le navire a été transféré en mer Adriatique en 1916 pour soutenir les forces italiennes contre la marine austro-hongroise. Il a été converti en patrouilleur en 1917 et vendu à la ferraille en 1919.

Conception
La classe B était une version agrandie et améliorée de la classe A qui la précédait. Ces sous-marins avaient une longueur totale de 43,4 m, un maître-bau de 3,8 m et un tirant d'eau moyen de 3,4 m. Ils avaient un déplacement de 292 tonnes en surface et 321 tonnes immersion. Les sous-marins de la classe B avaient un équipage de deux officiers et treize matelots.

Pour la navigation en surface, les navires étaient propulsés par un  unique moteur à essence Vickers à 16 cylindres de 600 chevaux-vapeur (447 kW) qui entraînait un unique arbre d'hélice. Lorsqu'il étaient en immersion, l'hélice était entraînée par un moteur électrique de 180 chevaux (134 kW). Ils pouvaient atteindre 12 nœuds (22 km/h) en surface et 6,5 nœuds (12 km/h) sous l'eau. En surface, la classe B avait un rayon d'action de 1 000 milles marins (1 900 km) à 8,7 nœuds (16,1 km/h).

Ces navires étaient armés de deux tubes lance-torpilles de 18 pouces (450 mm) à l'avant. Ils pouvaient transporter une paire de torpilles de rechange, mais en général, ils ne le faisaient pas, car en compensation ils devaient abandonner un poids équivalent de carburant.

Engagements
Commandé dans le cadre du Programme naval 1904-1905, le HMS B9 a été construit par Vickers à son chantier naval de Barrow-in-Furness. Il fut lancé le 26 janvier 1906 et achevé le 28 avril, au coût de 47000 livres sterling. Les sous-marins de classe B ont d'abord été affectés à la troisième division de la Home Fleet, basée à Portsmouth et à Devonport, et ont été chargés de la défense côtière et de la défense du pas de Calais en temps de guerre. En 1912, les HMS B9, B10 et B11 ont été transférés à Malte.

Après le début de la Première Guerre mondiale et la poursuite infructueuse des navires allemands Goeben et Breslau en août 1914, les sous-marins de classe B ont été transférés dans la région des Dardanelles à la mi-septembre pour empêcher toute tentative d'évasion des navires allemands. Après l'arrivée des sous-marins de classe E plus grands et plus modernes au début de 1915, les navires de classe B ont commencé à revenir à Malte. Après l'adhésion du Royaume d'Italie au camp des Alliés en mai 1915, les sous-marins de classe B de la Méditerranée furent transférés à Venise pour renforcer les forces italiennes dans le nord de l'Adriatique. Les HMS B9, B7 et B8 ont été les premiers à arriver à Venise le 11 octobre et le B9 a effectué sa première patrouille une semaine plus tard. Il n'a vu aucune cible et est retourné à Venise trois jours plus tard. Les cinq sous-marins britanniques effectuent 13 patrouilles au large des côtes austro-hongroises avant la fin de 1915, gênés par le mauvais temps et les mines dérivantes, suivies de 13 autres patrouilles au cours des deux premiers mois de 1916.

Alors qu'il effectuait une patrouille au large de l'entrée de Pola le 29 mars, le B9 a été repéré et attaqué sans succès par une paire d'hydravions à coque Lohner L. Après avoir plongé, le sous-marin a eu beaucoup de difficulté à maintenir sa bonne profondeur de 60 pieds (18,3 m) et est descendu trois fois au-dessous de 100 pieds (30,5 m) avant que ses batteries soient épuisées. Le mois suivant, le navire entame un carénage à Venise qui dure plusieurs mois. Du 18 au 20 octobre, le B9 a effectué (sans incident) la dernière patrouille réalisée par un sous-marin de classe B dans l'Adriatique, au large des côtes de l'Istrie.

Remplacés par des sous-marins de classe H plus modernes, les sous-marins de classe B sont retournés à Malte le 9 novembre pour être convertis en patrouilleurs de surface, armés d'un canon de 12 livres (76 mm). Renommé S9 en août 1917, le navire fut chargé de patrouiller sur le barrage d'Otrante qui devait empêcher la marine austro-hongroise de sortir de l'Adriatique, bien qu'il se soit avéré très peu fiable une fois entré en service. Le navire a été vendu aux enchères à Malte pour la ferraille en 1919.

Notes et références

Notes

Références

Voir aussi

Bibliographie

Liens internes
 Liste des classes de sous-marins de la Royal Navy

Liens externes

Nom de bateau de la Royal Navy
Sous-marin de la Royal Navy de la Première Guerre mondiale
Bateau lancé en 1906
Navire construit à Barrow-in-Furness
Navire construit par Vickers
Navire démoli en 1919


Rice paper rolls are one of my go-to meals when I want something healthy, fresh and light, but at the same time filling and extra tasty. They take a little time and patience to create, but make a fantastic meal for dinner or lunch and are a hit at parties and events. You can use any fillings you have on hand and be as creative as you like, too!
This recipe includes a peanut dipping sauce which can be made in advance, and used in tonnes of other recipes or used as a sauce for your favourite vegan protein. Yum!
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Exploring the reach and the limits of the Fourth Amendment in the modern world
Law Review Article Reviews
How Herring allows police to launder their dirty evidence
Posted by simmons.239@osu.edu on February 12, 2015
Posted in: Law Review Article Reviews.	Tagged: Evidence Laundering, exclusionary rule, Herring, Jenia Turner, Kay Levine, Ronald Wright.	Leave a Comment
In the five years since the Supreme Court decided Herring v. United States, law professors and other commentators have written dozens of articles about it, to the point at which it seemed as though there was not much more to say about the decision. However, a recent article posted on SSRN takes a fresh perspective on Herring by examining how the case has been handled by lower courts–and, by extension, how police departments may be reacting to Herring in order to "launder" evidence that was obtained in violation of the Fourth or Fifth Amendment.
In Herring, the Supreme Court broadened the application of the "good faith exception" of the exclusionary rule. The arresting officer in Herring relied upon a negligent mistake by a police department employee from another department when he arrested the defendant–but there was no way for the arresting officer to know that there had been a mistake. Thus, the defendant was illegally arrested, but the arresting officer had know way of knowing at the time that the arrest was illegal. However, unlike in previous good faith cases (like United States v. Leon), the mistake at issue was made by a law enforcement official–thus, the Court had to address the question of whether a negligent mistake made by a law enforcement officer who was not the arresting officer would still trigger the exclusionary rule. The Court held that the exclusionary rule should not apply–essentially, it was not worth the cost of applying the exclusionary rule in a case where the arresting officer acted in good faith, even if originally it was a police error that lead to the Fourth Amendment violation. The Court noted in dicta that if the original error was "deliberate misconduct, recklessness, or gross negligence," or if there were "systemic negligence" on the part of the mistaken officer, then the good faith exception should not apply.
Herring decision left a lot of questions unanswered: how much attenuation is necessary between the original police error and the illegal arrest before the good faith doctrine can apply? What exactly constitutes "gross negligence" or "systemic negligence"? And more broadly: does this case signal the beginning of the end of the exclusionary rule, since the Court is now refusing to apply the rule even in the case of a police mistake that leads to a Fourth Amendment violation?
Probably these questions were intentionally left unanswered: the Supreme Court wanted to wait and see how the decision played out in lower courts before deciding what its next move should be with regard to the application of the exclusionary rule. Elsewhere I have been very critical of this "wait-and-see" strategy by the Supreme Court, arguing that the Court takes so few cases in Fourth Amendment law that it needs to be bolder when it addresses unsettled areas of law–otherwise (as in Herring) it ends up creating more questions than it resolves. But when the Court chooses to move incrementally, it is undoubtedly useful to actually take a look a few years later and see exactly what the lower courts are doing. This is exactly what this latest law review article does.
The article, Evidence Laundering: How Herring Made Ignorance the Best Detergent, is co-written by Professor Kay Levine of Emory, Professor Jenia Turner of Southern Methodist, and Professor Ronald Wright of Wake Forest. The article conducts an analysis of the twenty-one lower court decisions that have applied Herring in cases where one police officer acting in good faith relied on tainted information and thus violated a defendant's Fourth Amendment rights. In those twenty-one cases, seventeen courts allowed the evidence to be admitted, while four determined that there was "deliberate misconduct, recklessness or gross negligence" which required exclusion of the evidence.
The authors worry that police officers may launder evidence intentionally, reviving the "silver platter" doctrine from the pre-Mapp era in which state police would violate the law to obtain evidence and then hand over the tainted evidence to federal authorities, who could then legally use it in federal court. Although most of the post-Herring cases involved fact patterns very similar to Herring (i.e., a mistake in an arrest warrant database), the authors still found cause for concern:
we identify courts that have permitted boldly problematic hand-offs of the sort contemplated by the hypothetical. But even in the less obviously problematic cases, acquiescent reasoning or insufficient fact-finding by courts suggests a tolerance for evidence laundering that not only is troubling on its face but might also inspire evasive tactics by law enforcement in the future.
The article goes on to make two important points. First, the Herring decision is based on an individualistic, "atomistic" view of how police departments operate, which leads it to focus on the (innocent) actions of the arresting officer rather than the (negligent) actions of some other member of law enforcement. As the article points out, this is increasingly an inaccurate way of viewing how police departments operate, since in the age of computer databases and cross-jurisdictional crimes, police officers often work closely (or at least rely upon) officers in other divisions or other departments in the course of investigating criminal activities. Second, the article compares our current exclusionary rule to the rules followed by other countries, and finds–somewhat surprisingly–that the current state of the exclusionary rule is now very similar to the rule for other countries. Other civil and criminal law countries do apply an exclusionary rule, although less often than in the United States, and in doing so they apply a broad balancing test rather than applying a stricter rule-based analysis. That is, these countries "weigh the effect of factors such as the seriousness of the misconduct, the gravity of the offense, and the importance of the rights violated." This is increasingly how the United States courts are applying the exclusionary rule post-Herring. The article points out some good and some bad effects of this shift from a traditionally American "rules-based" standard to an international "balancing test" analysis:
One of the chief weaknesses of the balancing approach is that its flexibility carries the risk of inconsistent and unpredictable decisions. To the extent it relies on a subjective evaluation of officers' state of mind, a balancing approach also raises practical difficulties for defendants in proving this element. And finally, because balancing expands in some respects the range of cases in which unlawfully obtained evidence is admitted, this likely reduces the disciplinary effect of exclusion.
Yet balancing also offers some potential advantages. In certain circumstances, its openness allows judges to exclude evidence to ensure systemic integrity where our deterrence-oriented approach would call for admission. The flexibility of the balancing approach also permits courts to consider alternative remedies, such as sentence reduction or jury cautions, in some cases where our zero-sum approach would lead to admissibility because of concerns about the costs of exclusion. While empirical evidence on the practical effects of the balancing approach is very limited, existing data suggest that it need not severely undermine the exclusionary rule.
This is probably a very accurate prediction of the future of the exclusionary rule–the doctrine will ultimately complete its evolution from a rigid rule-based analysis into a flexible balancing test that will result in more illegally obtained evidence being admitted. Whether this is a positive development depends on how much a person accepted the original premise of the exclusionary rule as an effective deterrent that was worth the cost of setting some guilty people free. In his seminal article Fourth Amendment First Principles, Professor Akhil Amar predicted that we would eventually get to the point where courts reject the exclusionary rule in favor of a more balanced reasonableness analysis. Professor Amar believed this would be a positive development. As he pointed out:
The exclusionary rule renders the Fourth Amendment contemptible in the eyes of judges and citizens. Judges do not like excluding bloody knives, so they distort doctrine, claiming the Fourth Amendment was not really violated. In the popular mind, the Amendment has lost its luster and become associated with grinning criminals getting off on crummy technicalities. When rapists are freed, the people are less secure in their houses and persons–and they lose respect for the Fourth Amendment. If exclusion is the remedy, all too often ordinary people will want to say that the right was not really violated. At first they will say it with a wink; later, with a frown; and one day, they will come to believe it. Here, too, unjustified expansion predictably leads to unjustified contraction elsewhere.
Professor Amar (and some others) have argued for adopting a number of alternate remedies for addressing Fourth Amendment violations, such as civil liability of police departments (which would require weakening or abolishing some of the qualified immunity doctrine), punitive damages, class actions, and injunctive relief. Of course, courts will not start developing these alternate remedies in any meaningful way until the Supreme Court completes this shift once and for all and abolishes the exclusionary rule as we know it in favor of the broader balancing test that some post-Herring lower courts already seem to be applying. Surely it is now time for the Court to take this final step and allow a more robust development of other Fourth Amendment remedies.
Should we require DNA tests for all arrestees?
Posted by simmons.239@osu.edu on December 21, 2014
Posted in: Law Review Article Reviews, Supreme Court Cases.	Tagged: DNA testing, Joh, Maryland v. King.	Leave a Comment
In Maryland v. King, the Supreme Court allowed states to collect DNA samples from anyone arrested for "serious felonies." Writing in dissent, Justice Scalia scoffed at the limitation that the majority claimed to put on this principle:
The Court repeatedly says that DNA testing, and entry into a national DNA registry, will not befall thee and me, dear reader, but only those arrested for "serious offense[s]." … I cannot imagine what principle could possibly justify this limitation, and the Court does not attempt to suggest any. If one believes that DNA will "identify" someone arrested for assault, he must believe that it will "identify" someone arrested for a traffic offense. This Court does not base its judgments on senseless distinctions. At the end of the
day, logic will out. When there comes before us the taking of DNA from an arrestee for a traffic violation, the Court will predictably (and quite rightly) say, "We can find no significant difference between this case and King." Make no mistake about it: As an entirely predictable consequence of today's decision, your DNA can be taken and entered into a national DNA database if you are ever arrested, rightly or wrongly, and for whatever reason.
In a forthcoming article in Recent Advances in DNA & Gene Sequences, Professor Elizabeth Joh of U.C. Davis picks up where Justice Scalia left off and discusses the possibility of extending the King doctrine to all arrestees, whatever the offense may be. The article is mostly a cautionary tale; a warning to policymakers not to eagerly adopt this seemingly inevitable next step. She cites four concerns about such an extension: (1) it has technically not been authorized by the King decision; (2) it would give police officers too much discretion in deciding who became part of the growing DNA database; (3) expungement is not a practical option for those whose DNA is collected; and (4) the crime-control benefits of such an extension would be less than most people believe.
Of all of these concerns, only the second one actually discusses the negative consequences of DNA testing for misdemeanor arrestees. And Professor Joh makes a compelling argument here, pointing out that police discretion to arrest for misdemeanors is far greater than their discretion to arrest for felonies. Because of a variety of factors, the police already exercise this discretion to arrest in a way that results in the detention of a disproportionately large number of racial minorities and poor people. As Professor Joh points out:
What all of this means is that one's chances of being included in DNA database based on an arrest for a minor crime may depend on seemingly arbitrary factors like one's neighborhood, race, attitude, or just plain bad luck. And given the existing disproportionate representation of minorities in the criminal justice system, that discretion would likely translate into databases that are even more racially imbalanced than they are now.
The title of Professor Joh's article asks an important question: Should Arrestee DNA Databases Extend to Misdemeanors? A policymaker trying to reach an informed and thoughtful answer to that question would have to take into consideration all of the potential crime-control benefits of such a step (something which Professor Joh's article briefly discusses but does not delve into detail about). But the policymaker would also have to come to terms with the undeniable truth that Professor Joh presents in this concise paper–that such a step would exacerbate the already troubling disparities in our criminal justice system.
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What can we (in Australia) learn from HIV & Migration in Europe?
A report on Julia Del Amo's presentation "HIV & Migration: a Renewed Challenge"
Since 2015, Europe has been in the grip of a "Migrant Crisis"1 , shifting the population landscape in some countries and a change in the political climate.
As Julia Del Amo from the National Center for Epidemiology, Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid explained in her session "HIV & Migration: a Renewed Challenge", the UN definition of a migrant is incredibly broad2 and this is reflected in the challenges that are faced domestically, politically and economically when considering these groups. She delivered an enlightening presentation on Wednesday morning at the Glasgow 2018 conference outlining patterns of HIV such as country of origin for newly acquired HIV cases & HIV positive migrants in Europe; acquisition method and trends in HIV positive migrants from specific regional 'hotspots'.
Of course, the situations in Europe and Australia greatly differ. With strict border controls and compulsory HIV testing when applying for permanent visas, it could be argued that this data does not apply to us – and certainly Australia has some of the lowest rates of HIV positive migration in the world. But there would be few Clinicians among us who do not have patients who have migrated either legally or illegally to this country and there were many elements of this presentation that could be translated into greater awareness and care for this cohort.
A report on Sarah Fidler's presentation "Approaches towards a cure for HIV"
This presentation, on the third day of the conference was one of the best attended - with an entirely packed auditorium. As a Clinical Trials Coordinator, the question of a cure comes up on a regular basis in my work. Even though we now have U=U, and with most patients having a very small burden, there are still those who yearn to be pill and disease free.


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Hiring the right person can sometimes be a real challenge. You may be making it harder for yourself by turning down an applicant because there résumé wasn't up to your standard? If you're doing this without giving them a second thought, you could be missing out on a potentially great employee.
Regina Hartley joined TED to talk about her experiences as Director of Human Resources at UPS (United Parcel Service) in the U.S.A. She explains why she thinks you should give this type of applicant, she likes to refer to them as a 'scraper', a chance.


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Jada Pinkett Smith Acceptance Speech MTV Movie and TV Awards
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Jada Pinkett Smith was honored with the Trailblazer Award at the MTV Movie and TV Awards on Saturday night. After the actress, philanthropist, and Red Table Talk host walked the red carpet in style, she accepted the award from her Girls Trip costar Tiffany Haddish and delivered an empowering speech to the audience.
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"We are all Trailblazers!" Thank you @jadapsmith! ❤ #MTVAwards pic.twitter.com/X0gDpJ8Qi9
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Garfunkel and Oates Do Math
For the comedy duo who recently finished the first season of their IFC series, writing funny songs requires work.
Saturday, comedy duo Garfunkel and Oates will play the House of Blues, and I'll have a story on them in Friday's New Orleans Advocate. We talked about the impact of their IFC Channel show, the impetus behind their videos, and their differing levels of comfort with some of their songs including "The Loophole."
We covered more ground than there was room for in my story, so here is some additional material.
On @Midnight
Riki Lindhome and Kate Micucci have appeared on Chris Hardwick's comedy riff fest on Comedy Central. I asked if being on the show was fun or pressure.
Kate Micucci: It's kind of both
Riki Lindhome: It's really fun or we wouldn't do it, but it's hectic. You're like Ohgodohgodokayokay. Having to be fast is not what we're normally good at. We take our time with writing. It's not really in our strength, so it's a challenge for me.
Micucci: I'm the same way. I was really nervous going in. Riki had done it one other time when we did it together, but the greatest thing was having Pete Holmes on it with us because it's really nice to be able to do it with your friends.
Lindhome: And you know Pete's going to talk, so that takes some of the pressure off.
On Writing Funny Songs
Since the duo made their name writing funny songs, I asked how they do it.
Micucci: I think people think that it's a lot easier than it is. It takes a long time to really land jokes in ways that are musical and fit in musical phrases. Crafting a comedy song is the biggest math problem.
Lindhome: And finding subject matter that can sustain itself for a whole song, not just one joke.
I was thinking about that, and how often funny songs are funny for a verse and chorus, but keep going anyway. Have you written any songs that worked for a verse and chorus?
Lindhome: Sure, but those songs don't make it into the show
What's your writing process?
Micucci: We found this stride that really works. We brainstorm on a subject for as long as it takes to get a lot of material. We might have 20-page word documents about—you know, 'The Fadeaway' is this song we have, and we have 20 pages of material about things that fade away and attitudes toward dating. We'll talk about it until we can't talk about it anymore. Then Riki will go off and do a lot of the lyrics and I'll work on the melody. Then we'll get back together and it's a free for all until we figure it out.
@Midnight
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Brexit Penny Dropping?
By ManxTaxPayer
August 25, 2021 in International News
13 hours ago, ManxTaxPayer said:
Christ on a bike, you're even getting laughs for it. Unbelievable.
All those who voted for brexit didn't have the faintest idea what brexit they were voting for. Was it Canada, Canada +, Canada ++, Norway, any nonsense dreamt up by Rees Mogg and his favourite fag Mark Francois and the rest of the Looney Tunes that make up the ERG, or the tax avoidance policies of newspaper owning Non-Doms or whatever...?
Consequently, as brexit turns into the shit sandwich that they were all warned it would be, expect more "laughs" as it's a lot easier to bug "laughs" than it ever will be to try and justify the obvious massive folly that is the stupidity of pissing away the best deal in the best trading bloc on the planet due to lies, stupidity and racism thinly described as "immigration"...
Edited September 20, 2021 by P.K.
The Voice of Reason 185 posts
ManxTaxPayer 134 posts
P.K. 103 posts
The terms of leaving were set before the uk left. The uk helped set those terms. The eu haven't changed them.
Blame the people who pushed for Brexit and those who voted for it. Not the people who opposed.
Graham Brady. Or else deep fake technology is even more far-reaching and sinister than we thought.
Holte End
Not just for the UK.
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/headlines/priorities/brexit/20210902STO11114/how-the-eu-will-help-mitigate-the-impact-of-brexit
I think brexit was an american ideal.
10 hours ago, P.K. said:
All those who voted for brexit didn't have the faintest idea what brexit they were voting for.
They knew what they were voting for. They wanted the UK to leave the EU for a whole myriad of reasons and that is what they got. That is why it is impossible to have a sensible discussion with a true brexiteer. They won and the UK has left the EU and that is what they ultimately wanted.
The rest is not that important to them. They don't really care about international trade, "red tape", the NHS or anything else. This is why the UK Government keeps spewing out so much BS to make the brexiteers feel like things have actually changed like;
- Being able to use imperial measurements which the EU had "banned".
- Being able to have a crown on a pint glass which the EU had "banned".
- More money going to the NHS despite the fact that this was prompted by the pandemic and is ultimately being funded via tax rises rather than any Brexit savings.
- Securing COVID-19 vaccines which could have been done even if the UK had been part of the EU.
ManxTaxPayer
For the benefit of Roxanne and The Voice of Reason. *
*(Although it doesn't work if you have to explain it)
I wouldn't have bothered if you hadn't wet your knickers at the Voice of Reason's dumb post.
The Voice of Reason
8 hours ago, manxman1980 said:
Yes they knew what they were voting for. Returning sovereignty to the UK and it was right that the wishes of the majority as determined in the referendum were implemented. Sure there will be road bumps along the way, bound to be when disengaging from an institution you've been a member for decades.
The same is true of South Africa abandoning apartheid. (Though fortunately the very worst predictions of mayhem and carnage turned out not to be the case.)
You don't not do the right thing for avoiding short term inconvenience.
And for those that want to tarnish Brexit supporters as "thinly veiled racists" this is beyond contempt and shows the lengths that Remainers will go to in pursuing their lost cause.
And yes ,not that it matters much but is indicative of the extent that the EU wished to impose their will and homogenise everything, why could the UK not have the crown stamp on a pint glass whist in the UK.? This is EU control freakery not an urban myth.
I love visiting Europe and seeing the different cultures.
Vive la difference!
Edited September 20, 2021 by The Voice of Reason
1 hour ago, The Voice of Reason said:
Yes they knew what they were voting for. Returning sovereignty to the UK
21 minutes ago, TheTeapot said:
In the most important and far reaching sense, not being subjected to laws made elsewhere by people, the majority of which were not put in the position to do so by the UK electorate.
Did you not follow this argument during the referendum debate.? It was made very clear.
To give you an easily understood illustration. Say Tynwald surrended its law making powers to Westminster, (and maybe allowed one MP in return pro rata )
Whom. And surrendered.
Edited September 20, 2021 by pongo
Imagine if Liverpool surrended its lawmaking powers to London MPs. The majority of which were not chosen by the Liverpool electorate.
Most of what the IOM does is effectively decided elsewhere. Not only foreign and military policy.
2 hours ago, The Voice of Reason said:
The end of apartheid was a good thing but South Africa has hardly been without chaos and mayhem since then.
The end of Apartheid and Brexit are very different things though and hardly comparable.
The Government in Westminster is only in power because of the UK's first past the Post system. More people voted against the Conservative party than voted for them. Doesn't seem very democratic...
What about the population of Scotland who don't seem to want to be ruled from Westminster?
The one positive from Brexit is that it seems to be accelerating the (inevitable anyhow) end of the partition of Ireland.
2 minutes ago, pongo said:
That has to be one of the most stupid things I have read on here. It's like saying imagine if Port St Mary surrendered its law making powers to Ramsey MHKs. The majority of which ( perfectly accept to use "which" in this context ) were not chosen by the Port St Mary electorate. It simply does not make sense. Liverpool and London voters are part of the same electorate so how could either surrender law making powers to the other?
I have let myself down by responding to your nonsense. I should not have bitten
10 minutes ago, manxman1980 said:
Very different indeed but the common denominator is that they both involve constitutional change. Which requires a period of adjustment.