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Out of the Fog: Four Historical Romances By Doreen Milstead
Hannah Gets All Dusty: A Mail Order Bride Romance - A woman takes a chance on life and heads out to the west to become, first, a companion to a widower & his children. Abandoned by the Wagon... More > Train: A Story of Survival & Faith - A woman needs to find a new job because her schoolhouse is being torn down. Looking in the newspaper to see what might be available -- anywhere -- she spots an ad for both a schoolteacher in California, and a mail order bride wanted by the same store owner who placed the ad. Banking On Love: A Mail Order Bride Romance - An overweight woman, tired of her life and job at a bank in New York, spends weeks trying to find a mail order husband through a marriage broker and when she does, all of her fears about there being no love and a lot of work, surface. Beatrice the Maid & Farmer Flint: A Mail Order Bride Romance - An English woman, first a scullery maid then an indentured servant in New York, escapes to become a mail ordered bride thanks to the assistance of a young nun.< Less
Dawg Tired, the Brain Fog Chronicles By Gayla Peterson
An account of a busy nurse who is stricken with a chronic, disabling illness and how she and her family cope with the life changes that came with a condition none of them had ever heard of.
The hardcover version of the earlier book. An account of a busy nurse who is stricken with a chronic, disabling illness and how she and her family cope with the life changes that came with a... More > condition none of them had ever heard of.< Less
Piercing the Fog of 9/11 By Charles Giuliani
We have been told that we were attacked by 19 Muslim fanatics on 9/11. This story works well for those who don't look carefully at it. But upon close inspection, this whole account crumbles to dust... More > faster than the Twin Towers did. Find out the shocking truth about who really perpetrated this terrible crime, and why.< Less
Nights on the Water - Moonlight, fog and darkness By David Rule
This wonderful blend of dissonance and instrument combination will leave you with chills. This piece is the ultimate slow and emotional breakthrough with the brass, flute and piano pieces.
Say Goodbye To Brain Fog & Forgetfulness By Barbara Hart
eZine 3 Pages 3 Step Name Game Technique SNAP FLASH SING Oh, what was her name? Or his name? Have you uttered that phrase lately? Make remembering names a game and habit with this Brain... More > A-robics 3 Step Name Game Technique: SNAP….FLASH…SING The best way to sharpen your memory? Move It! Feed It! Speed It Up! Give It a Rest! Laugh! Many experts believe that adopting the following approaches included in this eZine may even help defend against Alzheimer's. It all comes down to living a brain-healthy lifestyle. The message for memory loss has changed from fading memory to be considered an inevitable part of aging to far more encouraging news focused on how to preserve memory. More....< Less
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emvigee - pr & marketing Eurosport Trail Running League kicks off with two fold increase in participation.
Fast forward to 2019 and the work put in by Agones SFC has resulted in the sport being firmly placed on the map – testament to this is the sell out crowd, 240 athletes registered, double the amount of the same race in the previous year, that took to the trails on Sunday in Buskett for the first race of the Eurosport Trail Running League.
A quick warm up session energised the crowd before setting off on the on the 4.5km, single loop course set in the environs of Malta's last few remaining woodland - Buskett. The route enabled the runners to experience good trail terrain in the vicinity of the historical Clapham Junction Cart Ruts.
Tara Abdilla (La Salle AC) winner of the 2018 Series, returned to the starting line and took the first win of the series in a time of 19 minutes 24 seconds. Second to follow Abdilla was seasoned runner Carmen Hili (St Patrick's AC) in a time of 21 minutes 31 seconds. Third was Anna Skinner (Raptorz Running Club) in 22 minutes 33 seconds.
In the Males' category Ryan Farrugia (Raptorz Running Club), who has made a name for himself in the trail running communitey won the race in a time of 17 minutes 31 seconds. Nevertheless Farrugia did not have it easy due to fellow team member Pierre Chicco's efforts to keep hot on his heels. Chicco had to settle for second place, with just a fifteen second gap between them. In third place was Gerald Grech (AS Libertas) in a time of 18 minutes 23 seconds.
Prizes were given to the winners by Johann Mifsud, Sports Events Executive at Eurosport Malta. All athletes were treated to water and post race snacks.
The 'Eurosport Trail Running League 2019' is organised by Agones Sfc and sponsored by Eurosport, with the support of Xemxija Pitstop and Nature Valley.


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Although in many ways I didn't agree with him politically, Anthony Bourdain's show featured him traveling the world and breaking bread with people he often also did not agree with politically. Not enough of that on TV in this world today. It's important and I will miss it.
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Nice to hear the Eric Clanton story reported on No Agenda. Adam is right, it IS big news... or was a year ago when it happened and several NA producers were sending the info to our guys. Shame it only got mentioned in passing.
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Pamela's portrait is part of a black-and-white series taken in 2010 in which we can note the distinctive and salient aspects of Alessandro Pellican's artistic research, particularly his use of black and white, and his specific ability to transform the portrait of a person, an art historian in this case. Here, however, the focus is not linear or uniform. It is not simple portrayal or pure exteriority, but something much more complex and fascinating.


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Ryan Mullins: With Integrity, iron will and perseverance, Ryan Mullins is taking the scene by storm. Tattooing only since 2010 he has already inspired and motivated Tattooer's and Painters from around the globe. Living a drug free Straight Edge lifestyle his hard work and dedication to his art is definitely reflected in the amazing drawings and paintings that he produces. Tattooing has become a rite of passage to him and become second nature, he strives for excellence and puts 100% into everything he creates. The heart of a lion and his positive attitude has already makes him one of the elite group of artist that will surely influence many for years to come.


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Q: String to numeric conversion using regex in scala Hi have an array of numbers as string:
val original_array = Array("-0,1234567",......) which is a string and I want to convert to a numeric Array.
val new_array      = Array("1234567", ........)

How can I aheive this in scala?
Using original_array.toDouble is giving error

A: The simple answer is ...
val arrNums = Array("123", "432", "99").map(_.toDouble)

... but this a little dangerous because it will throw if any of the strings are not proper numbers.
This is safer...
val arrNums = Array("123", "432", "99").collect{ case n
    if n matches """\d+""" => n.toDouble
}

... but you'll want to use a regex pattern that covers all cases.  This example won't recognize floating point numbers ("1.1") or negatives ("-4").  Something like """-?\d*\.?\d+""" might fit your requirements.

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Anyway, recently I tried something new. Its dancing but not just my regular gym dance stuff, it's something new. Something I've never done before. Something exciting! I actually joined a competition. It was embarrassing but totally fun at the same time. So what did i joined? Well it's the Watson's Move Your Body competition which is held in conjunction with World Health Day 2014!
So the reason Watson is having this competition is to create awareness on health and lifestyle with dance. People always think health is just gym or running, but dance is also a way of it. Back to the competition (I keep strolling out of topic), all you've got to do is actually shoot a video of yourself or your friends doing the dance routine and submit it. It's so bloody easy! But it's tiring too.
Plus, wait, here's the deal. You'll stand a chance to win RM 5,000 and a spot to dance with Hitz.FM crew on 30th March 2014 at Sunway Lagoon. There will be an event that day and Watson's is collaborating with Celebrity Fitness and Hitz.FM for it. If you don't intend to join the competition, you can always join the celebration on that day. Watson is offering a promotion of RM30 for entrance ticket (which is so much bloody cheap compared to the normal price - RM120! Mad!) to the event with any purchase from its store. Of course it is only available around KL and Negeri Sembilan la.
ps. guess which is me. LOL!
#Waitwhat ? Faster join the competition as RM5,000 awaits you!
Me in orange? Lol. From the video?
who is the cute guy in black? he can't dance, but he looks so fuckable!!!
oh so he's a virgin??? even better! haha!


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Is anyone else having trouble downloading? I can't get it to even start downloading most of the time, and when it does start it often fails in the middle. I've got no answer from Chinesepod support so far (although to be fair I only submitted yesterday). I'm in Beijing, so maybe its just a typical China internet thing.


When renovating a door or window, there are times when a barrel bolt won't fit straight up or down - for that for that you need an offset barrel bolt. By Australian brand, Tradco Hardware, it is specially designed to suit either a door or window, and is made of solid brass and aged by hand for an antique finish. Outfit your entire home with antique brass door hardware for a stylish and unified look.


On Monday, we looked at when large pieces of art take center stage. Conversely, smaller pieces of artwork can be a finishing layer that sits quietly in the room. Whether it is a single piece or a cluster arrangement, being discreet has never made quite a statement!


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'Nervous' Cameron Bancroft Disappoints On Return From Ban
Sports Home Cricket News 'Nervous' Cameron Bancroft Disappoints On Return From Ban
Cameron Bancroft was included in the Perth Scorchers squad after his nine-month ban came to end on Saturday.
Edited by Varun Pandey
Updated: December 30, 2018 03:56 PM IST
Cameron Bancroft lasted just three deliveries on his return to cricket.© Twitter
Bancroft was dismissed by Meredith in the 4th over of Scorchers' innings
Bancroft's nine-month ban came to an end on Saturday
Ponting, who spoke to Bancroft said he was "really, really nervous"
Cameron Bancroft's return to cricket after serving a nine-month ban lasted just three balls as the 26-year-old was dismissed for 2 in the Big Bash League (BBL) match against Hobart Hurricanes on Sunday. Bancroft, who came into bat at number four was dismissed by Riley Meredith in the fourth over of the Perth Scorchers' innings. Bancroft, whose ban ended on Saturday, was straightaway included by the Scorchers in the squad but "looked nervous" as he came into bat with his side reeling at 16 for three after being asked to bat.
Bancroft played the first ball off his pads to square leg for two. The right-hander then blocked another one before getting an edge off Meredith to Matthew Wade behind the stumps.
Despite his quick exit, he was applauded by the crowd at Launceston in Tasmania as he trudged off.
Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting, who was commentating on the game, said he spoke to Bancroft beforehand and he was "really, really nervous".
"He was a little bit worried about the pace these boys might be bowling at him as he's only played club cricket for the past few months," he said.
"He said to me that even going out on this wicket he's sure everything was going feel like it's a Test match at the WACA," said Ponting, referring to the notoriously quick Perth ground.
Along with Bancroft, then-Australian captain Steve Smith and his deputy David Warner were banned for a year over their part in the tampering scandal.
Their suspensions run out in late March.
Bancroft re-emerged into public life with an explosive television interview last week in which he confirmed Warner asked him to rough up the ball.
He claimed he went along with it "to fit in" and because he "didn't know any better".
Bancroft also said he almost gave up cricket to become a yoga teacher in the darkest days of his exile.
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package org.apache.activemq.security;

import java.net.URI;
import java.security.Principal;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.Set;

import javax.net.ssl.SSLServerSocket;
import javax.security.auth.login.AppConfigurationEntry;
import javax.security.auth.login.Configuration;

import junit.framework.TestCase;

import org.apache.activemq.broker.ConnectionContext;
import org.apache.activemq.broker.Connector;
import org.apache.activemq.broker.StubBroker;
import org.apache.activemq.broker.TransportConnector;
import org.apache.activemq.command.ConnectionInfo;
import org.apache.activemq.jaas.GroupPrincipal;
import org.apache.activemq.jaas.UserPrincipal;
import org.apache.activemq.transport.tcp.SslTransportServer;
import org.apache.activemq.transport.tcp.StubSSLServerSocket;
import org.apache.activemq.transport.tcp.StubSSLSocketFactory;
import org.apache.activemq.transport.tcp.StubX509Certificate;
import org.apache.activemq.transport.tcp.TcpTransportServer;

/**
 *
 */
public class JaasDualAuthenticationBrokerTest extends TestCase {

   private static final String INSECURE_GROUP = "insecureGroup";
   private static final String INSECURE_USERNAME = "insecureUserName";
   private static final String DN_GROUP = "dnGroup";
   private static final String DN_USERNAME = "dnUserName";

   StubBroker receiveBroker;
   JaasDualAuthenticationBroker authBroker;

   ConnectionContext connectionContext;
   ConnectionInfo connectionInfo;

   SslTransportServer sslTransportServer;
   TcpTransportServer nonSslTransportServer;

   /**
    * create a dual login config, for both SSL and non-SSL connections
    * using the StubLoginModule
    */
   void createLoginConfig() {
      HashMap<String, String> sslConfigOptions = new HashMap<String, String>();
      HashMap<String, String> configOptions = new HashMap<String, String>();

      sslConfigOptions.put(StubLoginModule.ALLOW_LOGIN_PROPERTY, "true");
      sslConfigOptions.put(StubLoginModule.USERS_PROPERTY, DN_USERNAME);
      sslConfigOptions.put(StubLoginModule.GROUPS_PROPERTY, DN_GROUP);
      AppConfigurationEntry sslConfigEntry = new AppConfigurationEntry("org.apache.activemq.security.StubLoginModule", AppConfigurationEntry.LoginModuleControlFlag.REQUIRED, sslConfigOptions);

      configOptions.put(StubLoginModule.ALLOW_LOGIN_PROPERTY, "true");
      configOptions.put(StubLoginModule.USERS_PROPERTY, INSECURE_USERNAME);
      configOptions.put(StubLoginModule.GROUPS_PROPERTY, INSECURE_GROUP);
      AppConfigurationEntry configEntry = new AppConfigurationEntry("org.apache.activemq.security.StubLoginModule", AppConfigurationEntry.LoginModuleControlFlag.REQUIRED, configOptions);

      StubDualJaasConfiguration jaasConfig = new StubDualJaasConfiguration(configEntry, sslConfigEntry);

      Configuration.setConfiguration(jaasConfig);
   }

   @Override
   protected void setUp() throws Exception {
      receiveBroker = new StubBroker();

      authBroker = new JaasDualAuthenticationBroker(receiveBroker, "activemq-domain", "activemq-ssl-domain");

      connectionContext = new ConnectionContext();

      SSLServerSocket sslServerSocket = new StubSSLServerSocket();
      StubSSLSocketFactory socketFactory = new StubSSLSocketFactory(sslServerSocket);

      try {
         sslTransportServer = new SslTransportServer(null, new URI("ssl://localhost:61616?needClientAuth=true"), socketFactory);
      }
      catch (Exception e) {
         fail("Unable to create SslTransportServer.");
      }
      sslTransportServer.setNeedClientAuth(true);
      sslTransportServer.bind();

      try {
         nonSslTransportServer = new TcpTransportServer(null, new URI("tcp://localhost:61613"), socketFactory);
      }
      catch (Exception e) {
         fail("Unable to create TcpTransportServer.");
      }

      connectionInfo = new ConnectionInfo();

      createLoginConfig();
   }

   @Override
   protected void tearDown() throws Exception {
      super.tearDown();
   }

   public void testSecureConnector() {
      Connector connector = new TransportConnector(sslTransportServer);
      connectionContext.setConnector(connector);
      connectionInfo.setTransportContext(new StubX509Certificate[]{});

      try {
         authBroker.addConnection(connectionContext, connectionInfo);
      }
      catch (Exception e) {
         fail("Call to addConnection failed: " + e.getMessage());
      }

      assertEquals("Number of addConnection calls to underlying Broker must match number of calls made to " + "AuthenticationBroker.", 1, receiveBroker.addConnectionData.size());

      ConnectionContext receivedContext = receiveBroker.addConnectionData.getFirst().connectionContext;

      assertEquals("The SecurityContext's userName must be set to that of the UserPrincipal.", DN_USERNAME, receivedContext.getSecurityContext().getUserName());

      Set<Principal> receivedPrincipals = receivedContext.getSecurityContext().getPrincipals();

      assertEquals("2 Principals received", 2, receivedPrincipals.size());

      for (Iterator<Principal> iter = receivedPrincipals.iterator(); iter.hasNext(); ) {
         Principal currentPrincipal = iter.next();

         if (currentPrincipal instanceof UserPrincipal) {
            assertEquals("UserPrincipal is '" + DN_USERNAME + "'", DN_USERNAME, currentPrincipal.getName());
         }
         else if (currentPrincipal instanceof GroupPrincipal) {
            assertEquals("GroupPrincipal is '" + DN_GROUP + "'", DN_GROUP, currentPrincipal.getName());
         }
         else {
            fail("Unexpected Principal subclass found.");
         }
      }

      try {
         authBroker.removeConnection(connectionContext, connectionInfo, null);
      }
      catch (Exception e) {
         fail("Call to removeConnection failed: " + e.getMessage());
      }
      assertEquals("Number of removeConnection calls to underlying Broker must match number of calls made to " + "AuthenticationBroker.", 1, receiveBroker.removeConnectionData.size());
   }

   public void testInsecureConnector() {
      Connector connector = new TransportConnector(nonSslTransportServer);
      connectionContext.setConnector(connector);
      connectionInfo.setUserName(INSECURE_USERNAME);

      try {
         authBroker.addConnection(connectionContext, connectionInfo);
      }
      catch (Exception e) {
         fail("Call to addConnection failed: " + e.getMessage());
      }

      assertEquals("Number of addConnection calls to underlying Broker must match number of calls made to " + "AuthenticationBroker.", 1, receiveBroker.addConnectionData.size());

      ConnectionContext receivedContext = receiveBroker.addConnectionData.getFirst().connectionContext;

      assertEquals("The SecurityContext's userName must be set to that of the UserPrincipal.", INSECURE_USERNAME, receivedContext.getSecurityContext().getUserName());

      Set<Principal> receivedPrincipals = receivedContext.getSecurityContext().getPrincipals();

      assertEquals("2 Principals received", 2, receivedPrincipals.size());
      for (Iterator<Principal> iter = receivedPrincipals.iterator(); iter.hasNext(); ) {
         Principal currentPrincipal = iter.next();

         if (currentPrincipal instanceof UserPrincipal) {
            assertEquals("UserPrincipal is '" + INSECURE_USERNAME + "'", INSECURE_USERNAME, currentPrincipal.getName());
         }
         else if (currentPrincipal instanceof GroupPrincipal) {
            assertEquals("GroupPrincipal is '" + INSECURE_GROUP + "'", INSECURE_GROUP, currentPrincipal.getName());
         }
         else {
            fail("Unexpected Principal subclass found.");
         }
      }

      try {
         authBroker.removeConnection(connectionContext, connectionInfo, null);
      }
      catch (Exception e) {
         fail("Call to removeConnection failed: " + e.getMessage());
      }
      assertEquals("Number of removeConnection calls to underlying Broker must match number of calls made to " + "AuthenticationBroker.", 1, receiveBroker.removeConnectionData.size());
   }
}

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Policy reforms that are changing Pakistan's horticultural sector
An international project led by Monash Business School investigating Pakistan's horticulture markets has already brought about policy changes at the highest level.
Sisira Jayasuriya
Jeffrey LaFrance
Centre for Development Economics and Sustainability
One of the key ways Australia helps other less developed countries is to provide them not just with money in the form of aid, but with skills that can boost productivity and sustainability particularly in the area of agriculture so that food systems can flourish.
Not only does this help farmers improve their productivity and income, it also offers the local population access to more plentiful and better-quality food.
But Pakistan's horticultural sector has been caught in a cycle of 'low value, low investment' cycle that has failed to take advantage of burgeoning niche markets and struggles to meet shifting consumer demands, according to Professor Sisira Jayasuriya, a development economist who has studied this sector for many years.
In 2016, the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACAIR) invited Professor Jayasuriya and his colleague Professor Jeffrey LaFrance from Monash Business School's Centre for Development Economics and Sustainability (CDES) to lead an international research project hoping to shed some light on Pakistan's existing horticultural marketing systems.
The $1.5 million ACAIR-funded project involved partners from several Australian universities, China's Peking University and major Pakistani academic and government research institutions. It sought to identify any sources of inefficiency and weaknesses and then offer some practical policy reforms to improve market efficiency, farm incomes, consumer welfare and gender equity.
Significant policy changes
The project has already achieved significant policy changes.
"The Punjab (state) government passed legislation last year incorporating our recommendations, and the Federal Government has signalled support for Punjab legislative changes and hopefully extension to other states (provinces)," Professor Jayasuriya says.
As a result, even before the formal end of the research, the project has achieved major policy impacts, with the promise of much more.
Shifts in agricultural marketing
Two of the project's collaborators in Punjab, Mr Arif Nadeem and Dr Ahsan Rana actively contributed to policy discussions that resulted in the repeal of the basic law governing agricultural marketing from the colonial times.
As a result, in March last year there were major amendments to the Punjab Agricultural Marketing Regulatory Authority Act, 2018 incorporating the main project recommendations.
The Federal government has also been receptive to the recommendations of the study.
In July 2019, when the legislative processes were underway in Punjab, Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan announced a national agricultural 'emergency' program, including a PKR 23.6 billion (A$223 million) scheme to transform Punjab's agricultural produce markets.
This involves establishing four new markets and upgrading infrastructure in 54 existing markets.
Mr Moeen Abbas, a Senior Associate to the Prime Minister's Office, explained that the research has been well received because it suggests very specific interventions.
"Most of the other projects that we studied offered suggestions too broad and generic to be even implemented," he says.
International research team
Under the leadership of Professors Jayasuriya and LaFrance, the international research team engaged closely and worked interactively with policymakers, senior government officials and industry stakeholders to understand in depth the existing system, problems, and constraints on policymakers.
"We adopted a 'mixed methods' approach," Professor Jayasuriya explains. "This means combining quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection and analysis and producing a comprehensive body of analytical research on marketing systems and channels from farm gate to final markets."
Shifts in consumer demand
Domestic consumption patterns in Pakistan have changed significantly over the last 15 years with households shifting their expenditure from cereal food items to dairy products, milk products and fruits and vegetables.
The research, however, shows important shifts in demand within horticultural commodities, as the share of household expenditure on mangoes and chilli has fallen, while market share for tomatoes increasing.
"But a rising population and income growth will continue to increase total domestic demand for all three crops," Professor LaFrance says.
"If we look at this in conjunction with global trends that indicate shifting consumer demand for higher quality and more hygienic products, increasing demand will create opportunities for charging quality-price premia.
"Niche markets are also emerging as is the growth for organic produce."
Market reforms needed along with improved quality
The study confirmed that, for the three crops studied, there is little if any price premium for quality at the producer end of the marketing chain, though at the retail end consumers do pay more for higher quality.
"Our studies showed that a main cause of underperformance in Pakistan's horticulture sector is the market structure, which is caught in a cycle of low value, low investment, low innovation and low productivity," Professor Jayasuriya says
But in order to meet market needs, it is necessary to shift from the current 'low-quality-high-cost' equilibrium, reduce wastage, improve storage and processing.
Another issue the research brought to light is that gender reforms will benefit rural women by modernising supply chains.
"Existing social norms exclude women from market participation despite the huge contribution of women to agricultural production," says Dr Aneela Afzal, who worked with Professor Jayasuriya.
Exporting requires central policy shift away from agents
Exporting also requires higher quality, credible certification, and better marketing.
The research shows that the central policy challenge is to provide the conditions for integrating rural producers into modern value chains while ensuring that vulnerable small farmers will share the benefits from industry modernisation.
"We found that the current marketing system is inefficient. It needs comprehensive reforms involving a combination of legislative/regulatory changes and complementary institutional reforms and supportive policies," Professor Jayasuriya says
The central bottleneck to value chain modernisation that can be addressed by policy reforms is the concentration of market power in the hands of licensed commission agents (locally known as 'arthis').
Their control of market access allows them to exercise market power and hinder the entry of new firms. But they also provide a range of essential marketing services.
"Therefore, policy reforms must be designed carefully to ensure that reforms that weaken the monopoly power of arthis will not jeopardise farmers' access to those services," Professor Jayasuriya warns.
Part of the research was to outline potential policy changes, with the study putting forward the following recommendations:
Implement legislative reforms to remove barriers to entry of new firms and weaken the monopoly power of 'arthis' so that new dynamic firms can enter horticultural industries;
Modernise them through technological and institutional innovations;
Integrate small producers into modern value chains.
The researchers believe that these legislative reforms must be backed up with government policies, investments and initiatives, including establishing appropriate private-public partnerships, to complement the legislative reforms to assist and foster improved production, distribution and marketing, including exports.
And they are not finished yet. Professors Jayasuriya and LaFrance plan for another 18 months to two years of dissemination and advocacy roles, building on links and relationships built up with key stakeholders.
"There will be ongoing policy engagement, with more policy briefs, presentations, and meetings to achieve full potential for policy impact," says Professor Jayasuriya.
"Ultimately we believe that these findings will lead to important policy changes that will assist Pakistan and help struggling farmers boost their incomes in the future.'


From the author of It's Always the Husband comes a riveting new suspense audiobook about privilege, power, and what happens when we let ambition take control.
For Rose Enright, enrolling in a prestigious New England boarding school is the opportunity of a lifetime. But for Rose's vulnerable twin sister Bel, Odell Academy is a place of temptation and danger. When Bel falls in with a crowd of wild rich kids who pressure her into hazing Rose, the sisters' relationship is shattered. Rose turns to her dorm mother, Sarah Donovan, for advice. But Bel turns to Sarah's husband Heath, a charismatic and ambitious teacher. Is Heath trying to help Bel or take advantage of her? In a world of privilege, seduction, and manipulation, only one sister will live to tell the truth.
In an audiobook full of twists, turns, and dark secrets, Michele Campbell once again proves her skill at crafting intricately spun and completely compelling plots.


Over the past few years, traffic safety groups and organizations have brought to light the severity of our nation's distracted driving epidemic. End Distracted Driving's (EndDD.org) Awareness Initiative has reached more than 325,000 people in 45 states and several Canadian provinces. Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) has participated in campaigns to change teens' behavior on the road. The U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the American Association for Justice, even cell phone carriers — I could go on and on — so many groups are speaking out and joining the battle to end distracted driving.
Despite our best efforts, however, drivers still use their phones during the majority of car rides — 88 out of 100 trips, one study found. Zendrive's Distracted Driving Behavior Study, the largest distracted driving study conducted to-date, looked at the frequency and duration of phone use behind the wheel. This study analyzed data from 3.1 million anonymous drivers during 570 million trips nationwide over 5.6 billion miles between December 2016 and February 2017. Zendrive's top finding shows drivers used their phones during 88 percent of the trips analyzed. When extrapolated for the entire U.S. driving population, that number equates to about 600-million distracted trips a day.
What's worse is that 2016 was the deadliest year on U.S. roads in nearly a decade. Preliminary data from the National Safety Council shows the number of vehicle-related deaths in 2016 totaled 40,200, which is up six percent from 2015 and the first time the number of annual fatalities has exceeded 40,000 since 2007.
Because distracted driving has been noted as a major cause of traffic deaths, many states have begun cracking down with new laws and tools to report drivers' bad behavior. Many have been announced during this year's Distracted Driving Awareness Month. Below are a handful of highlights that will hopefully combat the staggering statistics.
New York "Textalyzer" Legislation is Moving Forward: New York legislators are pushing for law that would allow field testing for use of mobile phones and devices while driving after an accident. Proponents of the textalyzer technology argue it could have a similar effect on distracted driving as breathalyzer tests do for drinking and driving.
New Jersey Encourages Motorists to Report Distracted Driving: New Jersey's #77 alert system, originally used exclusively to report aggressive driving, will now be used to report all forms of dangerous driver behavior including distracted driving.
A New Smartphone App Rewards Non-Distracted Drivers: When downloaded to a smartphone, Mojo runs in the background and detects movement. The app awards drivers virtual points for driving without using their cell phones. The points can then turn into actual gifts like Amazon gift cards.
No matter where you live in the U.S., I encourage you to research your state's most up-to-date distracted driving laws and reporting tools. Consider having your family download an app like Mojo, and turn safe driving into a fun competition. Whatever it takes to practice good driving behavior and promote safety with others — the efforts are worth it.


Listening to the budget yesterday, I was struck by how familiar much of it seemed. After a depressing hour or so I returned to "The Drowners", and realized why this might be. The world around us is much closer to the decade of greed in the 80s than many would admit. The characters from "Death of the Elver Man" are all fictional but they are also based on types I met and knew during my years in Somerset. There are Kevins out there, and Laurens and even Adas. The 80s were a very unforgiving time – I'm worried for them in this new age of inequality and self-interest.


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#5-3 Honky Tonk Queens: Tammy Wynette
"I Believe You Have To Live The Songs"
Few people's lives are more tragic than the songs they sing, even after death.. If we start from the very beginning, we'll see how Tammy Wynette was a true honky tonk queen. She earned her crown singing anywhere they'd let her utter a word. Early on, the places were rough, and the people oblivious to the legend-in-the-making pouring out her heart.
If country music is anything at all, it is about life.. The good, the bad, and the ugly.. If you can accept the previous as a defining statement, then Tammy's life was more tragic than most country songs.
For starters, Tammy never knew her father. He died from a brain tumor before she reached a year in age. She was raised by her mama, and maternal grandparents. Tammy would rise at day break to pick cotton. They were not rich, but they were self sufficient, and had more than most in the area. The town was very poor-no electricity or phone service to be had.
William Pugh (Tammy's Father)
Not brutal enough for you yet, well read on..At age 17, she married a moonshiner by the name of Euple Byrd. But not before she dated all of his brothers. She fell for the oldest DC, and well his marriage ended.. However, after he came back from a military tour, he remarried his ex wife, but continued to see Tammy on the side. Unrequited love much?
It is said that she was madly in love with DC, and was heartbroken when he remarried his ex wife. She was still a teenager.
Tammy before blond hair oh my gosh!
Tammy married Euple because she thought she was pregnant. She said, she had miscarried a time before. But also, her mother bird dogged Tammy quite a bit, which she was tired of. Tammy was only 17, and Euple was 26.
They moved around quite a bit. some reports say, he couldn't hold a job, and others say it was Tammy, who would take off to wherever she could sing. One of the houses they lived in was a literal shack insulated by cardboard. What I found more astonishing was that the house actually belonged to her grandfather. There was no utilities to speak of.. Not even a stove. And with two young children in tow, I can hardly believe this was acceptable.. Poor Tammy..
They eventually moved to Memphis, and Tammy started working at Mary's Bar, five tables, and a handful of drunks is how its described.. There she was able to cut her teeth as a performer. She sang classic country favorites from Kitty, Loretta, and Patsy. She was 21 years old.
They moved to Tupelo, and there Tammy found out she was pregnant, but was determined to leave Euple. They got into a heated argument, and Tammy had a nervous breakdown.. She was unable to speak, and was hospitalized for depression.. She received 10 shock treatments.
Things got worse when she came back home, and arguments ensued. One evening, she came home to find the apartment completely emptied of all her possessions. The police came shortly after, and informed Tammy that they were going to arrest her for being an unfit mother. Euple had provided the information to the police, and was indeed the one that took all her possessions. Her family physician was able to attest to Tammy's sanity, and the matter was dropped. Can you imagine?
There was not much support from her mother, who viewed divorce as a cardinal sin, and sided with Euple. Her mother was so angry that she knocked a pregnant Tammy to the ground in the driveway of the apartment.
She finally left Euple who belittled her dreams, who uttered the infamous words Dream On Baby only to eat them later when he appeared at one of Tammy's concerts asking for an autograph. So shameless..
She moved to Birmingham with her two daughters, and was pregnant with the third. She lived with her paternal grandparents.. There she was surrounded by an extended family that were musicians just like her late father.
Tammy landed a spot on the Country Boy Eddie show, where she met David Vest, and his wife. He was instrumental in recording Tammy. Armed with a raw demo, she started going to Nashville on the weekends. One of the songs on the demo was "You Can Steal Me".
On one of those weekend trips to Nashville, she met a struggling songwriter who had just gotten his first two cuts. He was recently divorced, but more importantly, he was on the same label as George Jones.
Don Chapel was Tammy's Get Out of Jail card.. Her all-time favorite artist was George. She fantasized about meeting, and singing with him for most of her life. And even better, George had recorded a few of Don's songs. Don Chapel was working at the Anchor Motel where Tammy was staying. But he got fired when the management found out he was sneaking Tammy into his room..
Don & Tammy
If anything can be said about the very short marriage, it is that Tammy's career started to move forward with Don. He was at the time passionate about helping her succeed. With no record deal in sight, Don, and Tammy took to the road, and played every hole-in-the wall. They were living a hand to mouth existence with three kids in tow one of which was a special needs child. For six months, that was Tammy's life.
By now, Tammy had been turned down by every label in Nashville. She had even gone to see Billy Sherrill, who was a budding producer.. He told her to find better songs, but eventually, he did come around, and signed her to a contract. Billy recalled that he knew, he was Tammy's last hope. She looked desperate, and was going to go back to Alabama, and give up on her dreams. Her first major label release was "Apartment #9" a song co-written by Johnny Paycheck. It charted peaking at #44.
Tammy, and then husband Don landed an opening slot on a George Jones tour. Tammy finally lived out one of her dreams to sing with the Possum. She also started traveling with George to the shows as Don trailed behind.. In less than a year, Tammy would have the biggest hit of her career as a soloist.
She would also marry her favorite singer George Jones. For several years, her star shone bright with multiple hits spawned by duets with George. They were Mr. & Mrs. Country Music, a title no couple has been able to claim since.
Life looked great from the outside, but reports of abuse, George's drinking problems, and her pill addiction circulated. She eventually left George, and married two more times. She was now an established cultural icon. Stand By Your Man will forever be the rallying battle cry that echoes deeply for fans from all walks of life.
I wish, I could say that life got better...In some respects it did.. She was a doting mother, and adored her four girls. Her health got worse, and often she would perform so heavily sedated that she would fall asleep on stage. There was also that bizarre kidnapping in 1978.
If honky tonk music was born out of the dive bars where hard working folks drowned their sorrows, and lived through the messy parts of real life then Tammy was their queen. I can't think of any other female country singer that had more heartache, and pain than Tammy.
The greatest tragedy for me as a fan is that her daughters were not able to benefit from the legacy their mom fought tooth, and nail for. At the end, George Richey, Tammy's husband at time of death inherited everything, and gave nothing to her daughters.
When he died everything was left to his wife, Sheila Slaughter, who was a friend of Tammy's and about 30 years his junior. I cannot begin to imagine how heartbreaking this is. At the end, Tammy busted her butt to leave her hard earned wealth soaked in literal tears to someone that is not any relation to her at all..
Tammy's songs often mirrored what was going on in her real life. She pushed through financial obstacles, physical pain, and heartache to become the First Lady of Country Music. I wonder, if at the end, when she was able to reflect, if it was all that she thought it would be.. If she felt it was worth it...
In our next installment, we'll look at the lil' ole honky tonk girl that became an icon for women in the 60's. she was also one of the few that can say Patsy Cline was her friend.
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Muhamma is mainly concentrated on coir &coir product. Coir industries are mainly concentrated in villages .There are numarable number of coir loooms & factories in the area. Many coir co -operatives societies and private industries produce coir &coir products. A large number of people work in these institutions. About 40% of the people are coir workers.
Coir Industry is an important agro based export and employment oriented cottage industry widely spread over. The area Coconut husks is the basic raw material for the coir industry. Coir fiber extracted from the coconut husk, is a natural hard fiber which can be used in the manufacture of a verity of products, such as floor coverings, geo-textiles, rope, cordages etc. which in turn can be used for a variety of industrial and agriculture purpose. The industry provides employments to about half million artisans mostly in the rural sector. About 80%of the work force in the coir extraction and the spinning sector are women's.
The white fiber produced from the retted husk which is spun into coir yarn and products that have acquired special preference among the foreign buyers. Brown fiber is produced from dry or green coconut husk without retting by mechanical means
Environment friendly nature of the products the excellent brushing qualities, bio-degradability as wall to wall covering etc. blends well with any other natural furniture etc.
Coir is exported in the form of coir fiber, coir mats, coir yarns, coir floor covering, rubberized coir, carpets, geo textiles, coir poets, coir pots, coco logs and coir path.
Coir is the precious gift and pride of Kerala. The most important Traditional Industry, generating employment, is the Coir Industry, which is a standing monument of the toil of nearly 3.75 lakhs of workers with nearly 76% of them being the women folk, all the way from the outer husk to the golden yarn and then to the fabrics of coir and all that. Co.operativisation scheme in the Coir Sector was originally started by the Government of the erstwhile Travancore state in 1950 and ever since then the Government have been extending all helping hands to the Sector for its growth through support and welfare measures for the workers. Unfortunately, neither the growth of the industry nor the living condition of the Coir Workers has been to the desired level. Inspite of the sincere efforts of the Government, the Coir Industry is still a 'sick traditional industry' craving for revival for its survival in the field of competition with products of other natural as well as synthetic fibres both in domestic and International Markets. Ofcourse there has been a change for the better in the Coir Industry in the Co-operative Sector due to the various schemes implemented and assistance given by the Government. Still, we have a long way to go to save it from its down-trodden plight to save the industry as well as the workers involved and it is our duty.
Problems of non professionalised management system in the Co-operative Sector, the lack of responsibility or sincerity of the Managing Committees, the hesitation of the Union Leaders to accept mechanization and modern technologies, shortage of availability of husk due to attack of Mandari disease and extensive use of tender coconut, absence of any efficient system of uninterrupted collection or procurement of the available husk, the Societies' over dependence on Governmental assistance, unhygienic surroundings and conditions of the work area of traditional retting and beating operations etc. have resulted, among other things, in reduction of fibre production in the state and consequently in acute shortage of fiber and unprecedented increase in the price of fibre in the state as it has to be purchased from elsewhere. The non-commissioning of more than 20% of the 56 Defibering units already sanctioned by the State Govt. in the Co-operative Sector under the ICDP Programme for mechanized fibre production, and the unsatisfactory working of even most of those units already commissioned due to various reasons, coupled with non-availability or non-collection of available husk have made the position from bad to worse.
Out of the 802 registered Co-operative Societies only 455 are now working and only 21 out of them are working with profit. A good number of societies are now on the verge of liquidation. Even the Appex society – Coirfed – has been facing severe financial crisis for the last few years. So also the Public Sector Undertaking in Coir Sector like the Kerala State Coir Corporation. Only Foam Mattings (India) Ltd. (FOMIL) is running in profit. Inability to produce new designs and more value added items as per the changing taste of consumers is one reason for the poor performance. Lack of R & D activities and lack of innovative marketing are the other main reasons.
Out of the 837 registered Co-operative Societies only 522 are now working and only 41 out of them are working with profit. A good number of societies are now on the verge of liquidation. Even the Appex society – Coirfed – has been facing severe financial crisis for the last few years. So also the Public Sector Undertakings in Coir Sector like the Kerala State Coir Corporation and the Foam Mattings (India) Ltd. (FOAMIL) which are running at loss, for years. Reluctance or inability to produce new designs and more value added items as per the taste of consumers is one reason. Absence of R & D activities is also responsible.
In order to tide over the present acute shortage of fibre for the coir industry, the department has arranged import of fibre from foreign countries as a trial and temporary measure subject to study of the economic viability of the arrangement as a continuing process as and when necessary. Revival of the existing Defiberring Units in the Co-operative Sector and opening of more such units in the Private Sector are therefore to be done, to ensure continuous availability of fibre.
Action has already been initiated for setting up a National Coir Research and Management Institute in order to strengthen the R&D activities in the Coir Sector with a view to enable the industry to produce more value added and new design products at a reasonable but competitive price to sustain an upper hand in the domestic and in the International Market of Coir Products.
Taking the above crucial situation mentioned in a nut-shell, it is quite imperative to continue the various Plan Schemes now being implemented and, in addition, to introduce a number of new schemes in the coir sector
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Travellers leave Birmingham park ahead of Pope's visit
Travellers who descended on Birmingham in a bid to see the Pope have left their controversial makeshift camp.
Families were given seven days to move on after they pulled their caravans onto playing fields off Cole Bank Road in Hall Green on Thursday.
But they beat the deadline by leaving over the weekend.
The development came as Birmingham Council deputy leader Coun Paul Tilsley denied the authority was performing a U-turn on its policy on travellers heading to the city for the Papal visit.
Council sources said he had simply "changed his mind" over earmarking sites capable of accommodating more convoys but Coun Tilsley said there were "no plans" for temporary camps and the idea was "never a serious runner".
"We have tried to get the message out to all the travellers that there are no spare tickets for the Papal mass or the blessing," he said.
"We have no plans at present for any temporary camp sites. There has been no change of mind."
It was not clear exactly when the travellers, who were said to have come from Leeds and Donegal in the Republic of Ireland, left the land or where they had gone.
But city parks boss Coun Martin Mullaney, who had been in contact with the families, said the area had been left in good condition and no rubbish appeared to have been dumped.
"I popped down on Sunday to see how things were and they had gone," he said. "It's all very tidy down there. I know one of the groups was from Yorkshire and one was from Donegal and I hope they have decided to go back."
The travellers originally angered residents when they pulled onto the historic Sarehole Mill site – said to have been one of the inspirations for JRR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings saga.
They quickly moved off the land, only to move straight onto the nearby fields.
The council said last week it expected up to 3,000 travellers to flock to Birmingham ahead of Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the city's Cofton Park on September 19.
But tight security will be in force around the park to ensure that only worshippers with a so-called 'pilgrim's pass' will be able to get inside. The £25 tickets have long since sold out.
Commercial PropertyTower block to 'visually state' the intentions for new development area in central CardiffThe development company believe the new 25-storey tower south of Cardiff Central Station would be the first step of the ongoing redevelopment of the Dumballs Road area
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The Global Nutrition Report is the first in an annual series, based on commitments made at the Nutrition for Growth Summit in 2013. The report provides an analysis on the state of the world's nutrition, identifies bottlenecks to change, highlights opportunities for action, and contributes to strengthened nutrition accountability. Anemia rates have not changed appreciably in the last 20 years, and only five out of 185 countries with data on anemia are on course for anemia reduction.


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News	• 14 Mar 2013
Samsung to give SA users free Wi-Fi for a year
By Stuart Thomas
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If you had any doubts as to Samsung's desire to stay top of the smartphone pile, check this out. The South Korean electronics giant has announced that it will be giving its South African users 1GB of free Wi-Fi access a month.
The offer is part of a deal with roaming Wi-Fi provider AlwaysOn.
"We live in the connected age and it makes sense for Samsung to incorporate a service offering that combines innovative mobile devices with national wireless connectivity," said Craige Fleischer, director of Mobile Communications at Samsung Electronics South Africa.
The deal, which will be extended to all Samsung devices bought in the country over the past three years, represents a potential boon for the manufacturer. Despite a series of price wars between South Africa's mobile operators, data remains pretty expensive in the country.
As features become less important when distinguishing between different mobile phone models, it becomes imperative for the manufactures to find other ways to lure people into using their products.
"This offering is our way of thanking our local customers for their loyal support. It is also indicative of our investment in expanding the Samsung eco-system of service offerings for a more integrated experience for our consumers," said Fleischer.
AlwaysOn has over 1 000 Wi-Fi hotspots across the country, meaning there will be plenty of places to connect.
If you think South Africa's status as an emerging market country means it's not that hungry for data, bear in mind that it has a rapidly growing middle class and that, without any data incentives on its part, Samsung managed to sell 200 000 of its premium Galaxy SIII phones and you can see why a gig of free data every month looks appealing.
Stuart Thomas
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Q: How to create data validation for an email address in C# Below is the code for inserting data via input boxes into my table, I have used some data validation already but want to know how to verify that an email address input box is in email format (@ .)
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        Connection.Open();
        SqlCommand Command = new SqlCommand(null, Connection);
        Command.CommandText = "Insert into [StaffDetails] (Forename,Surname,DateofBirth,Emailaddress,Country,Address,City,Postcode,Skill1,Skill2,Skill3,Job1,Job2,Job3,EmployeeAvailability,Location) Values(@forename, @surname, @dateofbirth, @emailaddress, @country, @address, @city, @postcode, @skill1, @skill2, @skill3, @job1, @job2, @job3, @employeeavailability,@location)";
        Command.Parameters.AddWithValue("@forename", ForenameInputBox.Text);
        Command.Parameters.AddWithValue("@surname", SurnameInputBox.Text);
        Command.Parameters.AddWithValue("@dateofbirth", DateOfBirthPicker.SelectedDate);
        Command.Parameters.AddWithValue("@emailaddress", EmailInputBox.Text);
        Command.Parameters.AddWithValue("@country", CountryInputBox.Text);
        Command.Parameters.AddWithValue("@address", AddressInputBox.Text);
        Command.Parameters.AddWithValue("@city", CityInputBox.Text);
        Command.Parameters.AddWithValue("@postcode", PostcodeInputBox.Text);
        Command.Parameters.AddWithValue("@skill1", Skill1DropDownBox.Text);
        Command.Parameters.AddWithValue("@skill2", Skill2DropDownBox.Text);
        Command.Parameters.AddWithValue("@skill3", Skill3DropDownBox.Text);
        Command.Parameters.AddWithValue("@job1", Job1DropDownBox.Text);
        Command.Parameters.AddWithValue("@job2", Job2DropDownBox.Text);
        Command.Parameters.AddWithValue("@job3", Job3DropDownBox.Text);
        Command.Parameters.AddWithValue("@employeeavailability", EmployeeAvailability);
        Command.Parameters.AddWithValue("@location", LocationDropDownBox.Text);
        Command.ExecuteNonQuery();
        Connection.Close();

A: You can check the link below..
I think it is one of the awesome way to validate email..
Using try..catch block to get the boolean..
https://stackoverflow.com/a/1374644/5518217


Run alongside your friends and family in the famous Gold Coast Marathon, returning once again this June! Celebrating its 40th event this 2018, the Gold Coast Marathon will be hosting a special edition of its usual annual event, featuring 8 different running events and over 25,000 participants from more than 50 countries worldwide. Join in the fun of running on Queensland's favourite beach destination this winter!
The Gold Coast Marathon takes place annually on the Gold Coast, offering the perfect location to get active and challenge yourself this 2018. Famous for its beaches and perfect tropical weather, the Gold Coast Marathon has become such a huge success for 4 decades due to the Gold Coast's ideal running conditions, which provide flat terrain, low humidity, little wind, and convenient mild temperatures each winter. Dedicated runners cherish this particular event and its location, where they consistently receive personal-best running times and one of the most scenic running experiences in the country!
This June participate in the Gold Coast Marathon or come along to show your support. 8 exciting running events will be taking place this year which will include the Gold Coast Marathon, Wheelchair Marathon, ASICS Half Marathon, Wheelchair 15km, Southern Cross University 10km Run, Gold Coast Airport Fun Run, Zespri 4km Junior Dash, and the Zespri 2km Junior Dash. This wide choice offers something all ages and levels can take part in, as well as an easygoing running experience that the whole family can enjoy together!
The Gold Coast Marathon returns for its 40th event from June 30 to July 1 - don't miss it.
Be in a great place to enjoy the Gold Coast Marathon this winter with Aristocrat Holiday Apartments. Our family-friendly Gold Coast apartments provide the perfect break on the Gold Coast in its most sought-after location. In Surfers Paradise discover what the Gold Coast is all about with its most famous beaches and attractions ready to be enjoyed within moments. Savour the best view on the Gold Coast at SkyPoint, browse the famous beachfront markets on Surfers Paradise Beach, visit the best marine park on the Gold Coast at SEA WORLD, or head to Dreamworld for a memorable day of thrilling rides and family-friendly fun - the options are endless.


The 2009 Dodge Journey will be coming to the US during the first quarter of 2008 and has an estimated retail price of $19,985. ©2008 natalie1981.blogspot.com The 2009 Dodge Journey is a five seater Sports Utility vehicle that can accommodate two additional passengers with its spacious cargo room that has a third row seating.
A 3.5 liter V6 Engine is under the 2009 Dodge Journey's hood and it has a 19 inch wheels and tires which makes it different from other crossovers. Another feature on the 2009 Dodge Journey is its integrated child booster seats which can raise a child seated in the second row by 4 inches so that they're seated in the adult belted zone.


Study: Elderly Are Prone To Bed Sores | The Law Offices of Barry G. Doyle, P.C.
A new study in the online journal PLOS ONE makes the claim that elderly people have a scientific propensity towards acquiring bed sores.
In brief, the study found that young skin has proteins that make it more resilient to damage caused by pressure. As people get older, they develop less and less of the specific protein, making it more likely to sustain the kind of damage that leads to bed sores.
Bed sores are caused by neglectful behavior. Bed sores, also known as pressure ulcers, are primarily caused by three conditions. First, constant pressure. When people who are unable to move are forced to remain in one spot (bed or chair) for long periods of time, pressure builds up on the areas that are in contact with the chair.
The second factor in the development of bed sores involves damp conditions. Nursing home residents who are the victims of nursing home neglect are often left for hours in the same spot. Naturally, they aren't being properly cleaned and provided with toileting.
The third important cause of bed sores is dehydration and malnutrition. Nursing homes are obligated to keep careful track of the amount of fluid and food that every resident eats and drinks. They should know when a resident is at risk for becoming dehydrated.
This study worries me because nursing homes may claim that bed sores are simply part of getting old. But bed sores can be prevented with quality nursing home care. There are many nursing homes where bed sores never or rarely develop. There are other nursing homes where they develop frequently.
If you have a loved one who has developed a bed sore in an Illinois nursing home, contact my law offices for a free and confidential evaluation of your case. At my law offices we have the expertise to manage every aspect of your Chicago bed sore lawsuit, and we would welcome the opportunity to speak to you.


No need to boat over to the Big Island to sample the Aloha State's signature comfort food staple. These spots across the country are turning out hearty takes on the gravy-soaked, egg-topped dish.
Loco moco might be the quintessential island-style comfort food. As the story goes, this hearty dish was invented at Lincoln Grill in Hilo in 1949 to satisfy some hungry teenagers. The classic version is a hamburger patty topped with a fried egg, smothered in brown gravy and served over a scoop or two of Asian short-grain rice. Variations include fried rice instead of steamed, different kinds of gravy and all kinds of meat. Similarly to other comfort food staples, such as meatloaf and mashed potatoes, this in-demand dish is both filling and soothing. It has proven to be a popular combination, as loco moco has found fans well beyond the 808 state. Read on to find out where to score the best riffs on the dish.
Chef Dennis Lee has offered various riffs on the loco moco over the years at the popular spots he co-owns with his brothers Daniel and David: the street-food stand in the San Francisco Ferry Building and the Namu Gaji restaurant facing Dolores Park. One previous incarnation had a more Korean spin with kimchi fried rice. The current version on the menu is the most traditional. The classic burger patties are made with pasture-raised ground beef sourced from nearby Marin Sun Farms. They come topped with two sunny-side-up eggs, finished with dashi gravy and served over sticky koshihikari rice.
Hula Girl Bar & Grill, Arlington, Va.
Oahu native Mikala Brennan spent four years running a Hawaiian food truck before opening her brick-and-mortar location in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., so rest assured that her menu delivers authentic island flavors. Her spin on the loco moco is sumo-sized: Two eggs are heaped on two burger patties, then drenched in a brown mushroom-onion gravy. This hearty heap of meat and egg is served in the standard plate-lunch style of Hawaii, meaning the dish comes flanked by two scoops of rice and macaroni salad.
This spot is the latest culinary brainchild from the partners behind Marination, one of Seattle's first food trucks to dish out Hawaiian delicacies. The restaurant's name is a nod to the space's former life as an auto body shop, as well as to an early 20th-century roadster called the Super Six, which was powerful and practical — not unlike the protein-packed loco moco dish itself. Super Six sticks close to the classic recipe, delivering a dish composed of a beef patty, gravy, rice and two eggs garnished with some pickled red onions. In addition to the loco moco, the menu features a slew of pan-Asian style Hawaiian favorites, including poke, katsu, kalbi, coconut cream pie and malasadas.
Ate-Oh-Ate is a play on the area code for Hawaii, 808. The homage to the Aloha State goes well beyond a nod in the name, as the menu is rife with Hawaiian-style food that brings together typical tastes of the island (such as authentic Spam) with fresh vegetables, all-natural meats and other impeccable ingredients. The attention to detail is evident in dishes such as the loco moco, which features a natural beef patty that is ground fresh daily at sister restaurant Laurelhurst Market Butcher Shop. The patty comes perched on a bed of steamed rice, topped with two eggs over easy and blanketed in a shiitake mushroom brown gravy.
Masterminded by the powerhouse partnership of Chef Tin Vuong and restaurateur Jed Sanford (who already have six restaurants crisscrossing Los Angeles County), Suburbia offers New American cuisine. Several island specialties are available, with poke alone securing its own section of the menu. Don't overlook the loco moco, which is listed as a breakfast dish. It's made with a grilled hamburger that's doused in brown onion gravy, crowned with a fried egg and served over steamed rice.
Starbelly is easily one of the best restaurants in the Castro, with the crowds flocking to its covered patio to indulge in an impeccable menu of elevated comfort foods. And while diners may not be able to trade the sounds of the surrounding city for those of the surf, the loco moco is capable of transporting their taste buds to the islands. The dish brings together a thick Prather Ranch beef patty, steamed rice and sunny-side-up egg drizzled with sweet soy sauce. A flurry of green onions finishes the plate.
This hip restaurant and martini bar located across from the Denver Performing Arts Complex dishes out a creative menu of sophisticated pub eats and a retro vibe to match. Highlights include poutine with duck gravy, a kale Waldorf salad and a loco moco that's offered on the weekend brunch menu. This hearty dish can be ordered either classic style, which means the patty will come perched atop a bed of rice, or in the form of a burger. Both are served with huli-huli onions, a slab of Spam, gravy and a fried egg.
Aloha Cafe has been delivering the flavors of Hawaii to the denizens of Los Angeles since 1996. The culinary team prides itself on dishing out authentic island eats, and the passion shows through in signature plates such as the loco moco. This menu mainstay is made in the traditional fashion, with a homemade hamburger patty crowned with two eggs any style, a heap of grilled onions and generous ladlefuls of brown gravy, all served on top of white rice. The kitchen uses high-quality ground beef, which is seasoned with a blend of secret spices. The mixture is molded into patties and cooked to order. In addition to its standard loco moco, the restaurant also serves a stepped-up version made with curry and chili.
Bamboo Grove Hawaiian Grille, Portland, Ore.
From the surfboards on the wall to the live ukelele music in the Tiki Room every Friday night, Bamboo Grove is steeped in the spirit of the Aloha State. The requisite loco moco comes in three sizes, all of which are made with seasoned hamburger meat that's hand-formed into patties, then topped with fried egg and smothered in the house brown gravy. The dish is served bento or plate-lunch style, meaning rice and macaroni salad come on the side. Opt for the hamburger steak variation and the egg will be switched out for sauteed onions instead.
So many transplants from the Hawaiian Islands reside in Las Vegas that it is sometimes referred to as "the 9th island." And when they're hungering for a taste of home, Island Flavor delivers. Run by a former Big Islander, this spot has been praised for its large portions, as well as the authenticity of the food. Here, island-style cuisine is what's on the menu, including a traditional loco moco. A 10-ounce hamburger patty is broiled to order before being crowned with two eggs and drenched in homemade brown gravy. The whole lot sits on a three-scoop mound of Japanese Calrose rice, which is an Asian-style short-grain sticky rice.
Diners crowd into Good Enough to Eat to cozy up to the American comfort food dishes that the Upper West Side restaurant has been turning out for more than 35 years. Chef Michele Weber makes a mean loco moco, which is offered as a special in the classic style — white rice, hamburger patty, fried egg and brown gravy. Weber's inspiration came from her Hawaiian friend Lester, who was also an artist and a waiter at the restaurant for 20 years. His parents made and sold the dish out of a beachside food truck back in the 1950s.
Peg's Glorified Ham & Eggs, Reno, Nev.
The popularity of this mom-and-pop restaurant has spawned various locations throughout Nevada, including three locations in Reno, which continue to be operated by the offspring of the original owners. The menu at this classic breakfast spot is crowded with American morning favorites; an entire section is devoted to Hawaiian-style dishes alone. Selections include fried Spam and eggs, chili and rice, and a combo plate with Portuguese sausage, fried Spam, two eggs and white rice. Don't sleep on the loco moco: A mound of white rice comes topped with ground chuck, brown gravy and two eggs. A side of macaroni salad is served on the side. Grilled onions and/or bell peppers are available upon request.
Taste of Aloha, Arbutus, Md.
Molokai-born Robert Alcain is on a mission: He's bringing the Hawaiian experience to Maryland locals via his restaurant, Taste of Aloha, which he opened in 2013. Here, he churns out the Polynesian comfort foods he grew up eating, in a laid-back, low-key dining room, with Hawaiian music piped in to boot. Alcain offers five kinds of "mocos," with ingredients as varied as pork tonkatsu and mahi mahi. But his loco moco follows the classic recipe. It's an Angus burger cooked to order, which is smothered in a rich brown gravy and served with an over-easy egg and rice.
Located in San Jose's Japantown, Hukilau was founded by three guys who hail from three different Hawaiian islands — Kauai, Oahu and Hawai'i — and missed the food from their home state. So they opened up a neighborhood tiki-style bar with fruity cocktails and plenty of "island grindz," including poke, pupus and traditional specialties such as hamburger steak, mahi mahi sandwiches, lau lau, lomi lomi salmon and kalua pork. Loco moco is offered several different ways — original "Mauna Kea" style or with chicken katsu, beef teriyaki, Spam or kalua pork. Whichever version you get, the meat comes layered on a bed of steamed rice, topped with two fried eggs and then blanketed in a beef-based brown gravy that's made in-house.


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The State of the State in Latin America
Beginning in the early 1800s, governments imbued with liberal ideals worked to form the state as the central institution to oversee all sectors of society. While each area of Latin America took a different path in the formation of the state, what was similar was the understanding that a strong centralized state with extensive powers was crucial to the creation of a modern and unified nation. In the early years of the formative period of the state, elites worked to "civilize" the citizens through the creation of legal systems, industry, and the inclusion of European immigrants to break away from a colonial past. What developed was a closed society, closely monitored by the state. By the 20th century, the oligarchic order came under attack from the new populist leaders arising throughout Latin America. Under populist leaders, the state worked closely with labor unions, intellectuals, and peasants to build a new, modern society that could provide social justice. The development of the Cold War significantly altered Latin American politics and ushered in a new period of conservative order. Many populist governments slowly failed and Latin America plunged into disorder and civil war. Mounting pressure from the US and elites pressed Latin American military authoritarian states to quickly order and curb the spread of socialism and communism. The state responded with violence, terror, fear, and coercion to eliminate threats. Throughout Latin America, thousands died, were displaced, or disappeared.
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Ariel de la Fuente, CHILDREN OF FACUNDO: CAUDILLO AND GAUCHO INSURGENCY DURING THE ARGENTINE STATE-FORMATION PROCESS
Domingo F. Sarmiento, FACUNDO: OR, CIVILIZATION AND BARBARISM (New York: Penguin Classics), 1998.
Mariano Azuela and E. Munguia, THE UNDERDOGS
Gilbert M. Joseph and Jurgen Buchenau, MEXICO'S ONCE AND FUTURE REVOLUTION: SOCIAL UPHEAVAL AND THE CHALLENGE OF RULE SINCE THE LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY
Mariano Ben Plotkin, MANANA ES SAN PERON: A CULTURAL HISTORY OF PERON'S ARGENTINA
Mark Danner, THE MASSACRE AT EL MOZOTE
Daniel Wilkinson, SILENCE ON THE MOUNTAIN: STORIES OF TERROR, BETRAYAL, AND FORGETTING IN GUATEMALA
George W. Lovell, A BEAUTY THAT HURTS: LIFE AND DEATH IN GUATEMALA. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2010


since the release of cosmic because of problems with GPU/steam under Debian.
failed (w_scan *can* find some signals but failes in getting the channels).
Stick doesn't find all the channels I found with Debian Testing.


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https://www.chron.com/business/energy/article/Phillips-66-seeks-to-build-offshore-crude-oil-14018932.php
Phillips 66 seeks to build offshore crude oil export terminal near Corpus Christi
Updated 4:17 pm CDT, Wednesday, June 19, 2019
Houston oil giant Phillips 66 is planning to build an offshore crude oil export terminal east of Corpus Christi, plans obtained by the Houston Chronicle reveal.
Photo: Bluewater Texas Terminal LLC
Houston refiner Phillips 66 is seeking permission to build an offshore crude oil export terminal east of Corpus Christi.
Phillips 66 subsidiary Bluewater Texas Terminal LLC began contacting public officials about the offshore project earlier this month, records obtained by the Houston Chronicle show.
Under its current plans, Phillips 66 is seeking permission to build two offshore buoys about 27 miles east of Port Aransas.
Supported by two underwater, 30-inch crude oil pipelines, the offshore terminal will be able to accommodate Very Large Crude Carriers, or VLCCs. Among the largest ships in the world, the supertankers can haul up to 2 million barrels of crude oil in a single shipment.
Permit filings remain pending but the proposed project would require approval from the U.S. Maritime Administration, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and other agencies.
Midstream Moves: $2.5 billion crude oil pipeline project to link Cushing to Gulf Coast
In a statement, Phillips 66 reported that it is working with the Port of Corpus Christi to develop the project. If approved, Phillips 66 would be the operator of the proposed project.
"Phillips 66 has decades of experience safely and responsibly operating similar single point mooring systems and other marine loading facilities," the company said in a statement. "Bluewater Texas would provide U.S. oil producers another outlet for their increasing volumes while also potentially reducing the need for reverse lightering and the environmental impact that those operations have on a regional level."
Report: Corpus Christi to become top U.S. crude oil export hub
News of the project comes a week after a joint venture between Plains All American Pipeline LP and Phillips 66 is building a $2.5 billion pipeline system to move crude oil from Colorado, Oklahoma and the Permian Basin of West Texas to destinations in Beaumont, Houston, Corpus Christi and Ingleside.
It also comes a week after global energy research firm Wood Mackenzie reported that Corpus Christi is poised to become the top crude oil export hub in the United States within the next 10 years.
"This is the only buoy project working with a port authority in Texas," Port of Corpus Christi Sean Strawbridge said. "This is the model for success."


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Q: Npm React Scripts not working after MongoDB installation I am working on a course React projects and working with the React dev server.
I was able to run npm start until I installed MongoDB local community server, not sure if it's related as I did not include any MongoDB in the project. I did some Google in the past 2 hours and found mixed answers and suggestions. I tried to uninstall MongoDB and remove its PATH variable but still did not solve the issue.
Any suggestions will be appreciated.
This is the Npm error message I get:
Starting the development server...

events.js:292
      throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event
      ^

Error: spawn cmd ENOENT
    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:267:19)
    at onErrorNT (internal/child_process.js:469:16)
    at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:84:21)
Emitted 'error' event on ChildProcess instance at:
    at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:273:12)
    at onErrorNT (internal/child_process.js:469:16)
    at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:84:21) {
  errno: 'ENOENT',
  code: 'ENOENT',
  syscall: 'spawn cmd',
  path: 'cmd',
  spawnargs: [ '/s', '/c', 'start', '""', '/b', '"http://localhost:3000/"' ]
}
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! burger-app@0.1.0 start: `react-scripts start`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the burger-app@0.1.0 start script.
npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     C:\Users\Roy\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_logs\2020-08-27T08_59_44_741Z-debug.log

This is the log output:
0 info it worked if it ends with ok
1 verbose cli [
1 verbose cli   'C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe',
1 verbose cli   'C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js',
1 verbose cli   'start'
1 verbose cli ]
2 info using npm@6.14.6
3 info using node@v12.18.3
4 verbose run-script [ 'prestart', 'start', 'poststart' ]
5 info lifecycle burger-app@0.1.0~prestart: burger-app@0.1.0
6 info lifecycle burger-app@0.1.0~start: burger-app@0.1.0
7 verbose lifecycle burger-app@0.1.0~start: unsafe-perm in lifecycle true
8 verbose lifecycle burger-app@0.1.0~start: PATH: C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\npm-lifecycle\node-gyp-bin;c:\Code\React\Course\burger-app\node_modules\.bin;C:\Program Files\nodejs\;C:\Users\Roy\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;C:\Users\Roy\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\bin;C:\Program Files\MongoDB\Server\4.4\bin;C:\Users\Roy\AppData\Roaming\npm
9 verbose lifecycle burger-app@0.1.0~start: CWD: c:\Code\React\Course\burger-app
10 silly lifecycle burger-app@0.1.0~start: Args: [ '/d /s /c', 'react-scripts start' ]
11 silly lifecycle burger-app@0.1.0~start: Returned: code: 1  signal: null
12 info lifecycle burger-app@0.1.0~start: Failed to exec start script
13 verbose stack Error: burger-app@0.1.0 start: `react-scripts start`
13 verbose stack Exit status 1
13 verbose stack     at EventEmitter.<anonymous> (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\npm-lifecycle\index.js:332:16)
13 verbose stack     at EventEmitter.emit (events.js:315:20)
13 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\npm-lifecycle\lib\spawn.js:55:14)
13 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:315:20)
13 verbose stack     at maybeClose (internal/child_process.js:1021:16)
13 verbose stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:286:5)
14 verbose pkgid burger-app@0.1.0
15 verbose cwd c:\Code\React\Course\burger-app
16 verbose Windows_NT 10.0.19041
17 verbose argv "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "start"
18 verbose node v12.18.3
19 verbose npm  v6.14.6
20 error code ELIFECYCLE
21 error errno 1
22 error burger-app@0.1.0 start: `react-scripts start`
22 error Exit status 1
23 error Failed at the burger-app@0.1.0 start script.
23 error This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above.
24 verbose exit [ 1, true ]

This is my project's package.json file:
{
  "name": "burger-app",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "private": true,
  "dependencies": {
    "@testing-library/jest-dom": "^4.2.4",
    "@testing-library/react": "^9.5.0",
    "@testing-library/user-event": "^7.2.1",
    "axios": "^0.19.2",
    "prop-types": "^15.7.2",
    "react": "^16.13.1",
    "react-dom": "^16.13.1",
    "react-router-dom": "^5.2.0",
    "react-scripts": "3.4.1"
  },
  "scripts": {
    "start": "react-scripts start",
    "build": "react-scripts build",
    "test": "react-scripts test",
    "eject": "react-scripts eject"
  },
  "eslintConfig": {
    "extends": "react-app"
  },
  "browserslist": {
    "production": [
      ">0.2%",
      "not dead",
      "not op_mini all"
    ],
    "development": [
      "last 1 chrome version",
      "last 1 firefox version",
      "last 1 safari version"
    ]
  }
}

This is my system's PATH variables:

A: After TONS of Googling and reading, this what actually solved the issue:
The problem was that for some reason, the %systemRoot% variables were deleted from the Windows System Variables PATH variables.
Only after manually adding these variables back to the system's PATH variables, the issue was solved:
%SystemRoot%\system32
%SystemRoot%
%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem
%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\
%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\OpenSSH\