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D-I Student Athlete Talks Trust, Compliance In Post-PASPA Sports Betting Era
Division I athlete: 'I don't like the part of not trusting (or) people using you for insider information'
by Jill R. Dorson
in Features
This Part One of a two-part series exploring what it's like for college athletes and compliance officers as legal sports betting expands across the U.S.
In an effort to share with readers what it's like inside big-time athletic programs across the country, roughly 18 months after the Supreme Court ruling in Murphy v NCAA opened the door for legal sports betting across the country, Sports Handle contacted nearly a dozen universities, big and small. Some of these universities have taken steps beyond state law and now prohibit sports betting on their campuses, while others are trying to find new ways to educate student-athletes. Of these dozen schools, only three agreed to interviews with compliance officers and only one, Cal State Fullerton, agreed to let a student-athlete share views about sports betting and compliance.
Several schools replied to inquires saying it is school policy not to discuss sports betting. Others didn't reply at all. What all of that indicates is that sports betting, a long-prohibited and still forbidden activity for student-athletes, remains controversial. Those who were willing to talk about sports betting did so freely and openly and with great enthusiasm about how to best protect their athletes from potential scandal.
In the last year, three universities have instituted policies on their campuses that prohibit faculty, staff, students and contractors from placing bets on university athletics. Most recently, Purdue became the first public school to prohibit sports betting by just about anyone currently tied to the university. The policy was put in place quickly as school administrators and faculty seek ways to shield athletic programs, as sports wagering is now legal in Indiana.
Universities want to protect student-athletes
At about the same time, St. Joseph's a private, Jesuit school in Philadelphia updated its student handbook forbidding students, faculty, staff, contractors, and members of the Board of Trustees from placing "an otherwise legal sports wager on any team, contest or event, or individual affiliated with the Saint Joseph's University Department of Athletics."
Though representatives from St. Joseph's declined to be interviewed for this story, Jack Jumper, director of athletic communications, did provide Sports Handle with the following statement:
"The sports wagering policy reflects Saint Joseph's University's commitment to fostering a strong community that encourages all members to support one another in achieving personal, academic and spiritual growth. Wagering on the performance of Saint Joseph's student-athletes and coaches runs contrary to our values and sense of community.
"As sports betting is now legal in the tri-state area — Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania — we proactively implemented a new policy."
Villanova, which won NCAA national basketball championships in 2018 and 2016, was the first school to implement a "don't-bet-on-the-home-team" policy, when it did so in November 2018, with little public notice. Villanova's policy is clear that anyone doing business with or attending Villanova may not bet on Wildcat sports, and that doing so could result in termination or the loss of a scholarship.
NCAA opposition still stands
Jun 19, 2017; Omaha, NE; The Cal State Fullerton Titans bench watches the Florida State Seminoles celebration after the game at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha. (Steven Branscombe-USA TODAY Sports)
Since the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act was struck down in May 2018, 17 states have legalized or launched live sports betting outside of Nevada. Among those with live sports betting are Indiana, Iowa and Pennsylvania, home to multiple big-time college football teams, including Iowa, Iowa State, Notre Dame, Penn State and Purdue, as well as high-profile basketball teams including Butler, Indiana, Indiana State, Iowa, Iowa State, Valparaiso, Iowa and Villanova.
As an organization, the NCAA has long been opposed to sports betting — legal or not — and it further prohibits student-athletes from betting on any sport — professional or amateur — that the NCAA "conducts a collegiate championship in." The association itself is now pushing for federal regulation of sports wagering.
Those lobbying for legal sports betting would argue that prohibiting any kind of sports betting in a legal environment merely opens the door for the unregulated, unchecked, black market sportsbooks to thrive. But universities are responding to what they view as a very real problem.
Athlete shares views
Dillon Brown, a senior pitcher at Cal State Fullerton, whose brother plays football at Alabama, offered a window into the impact of sports betting on the everyday life of a college athlete. Fullerton has won four College World Series titles, and is a regular at the College World Series in Omaha. Among the most well-known Fullerton grads in the Majors in 2019 were Kurt Suzuki, whose Washington Nationals won the World Series last month, and Dodger Justin Turner, winner of the NL MVP Award and an All-Star in 2017.
Brown isn't in the same sort of spotlight as Suzuki, Turner or his little brother is these days, but even in a state where sports betting isn't likely to be legalized soon, he's not only aware of sports betting, but he's changed how he interacts with others and sometimes monitors what information he shares because the idea of even being suspected of being involved with sports betting could change his life. Brown's brother Tommy is a redshirt freshman offensive lineman at Alabama. Both are graduates of California's Mater Dei High School. Brown's Titans last got to the College World Series in 2017, his freshman season. Here's what Dillon Brown had to say:
SH: So, what's it like for you?
DB: I am the oldest of three boys, and my middle brother actually plays football at Alabama. It's interesting because I mean, being a baseball player at Fullerton, you don't really, I don't really notice the sports betting aspect of it. I know, like, following my brother, oh, the [point] spread of the game and all of that stuff matters, and I get that. … Watching SportsCenter, you see it more and more now. As a freshman, I didn't really notice it. The first time I really did notice that stuff is when we made it to Omaha and the FBI talked to us. They were like, 'if people ask you any questions, like how is this person doing?' just say 'the team is doing fine,' and I was like, 'Why would anyone even care?' But that's the sports betting aspect of all of it.
SH: What did the FBI talk about, can you offer any examples?
DB: It was like the first or second day we were there, and we were at the hotel in one of those regular rooms that we have our meetings in, and two or three agents came in to talk to us about the importance of safety and if something ever were to happen, even at the event, and then they started talking about the sports betting part of it, where they are like, 'If you don't know someone, don't talk to them,' kind of thing. And even your family members or anything like that, don't give any information that you wouldn't tell, don't leak, not leak, but just don't give any information that you think someone outside the locker room shouldn't have.
SH: Do you feel like you can't talk to anybody about what is going on in your life?
DB: I mean, they say that, but I still, I'll talk to my parents and tell them everything that is going on, and I know my parents are there not because they want information, but because they are my parents, they're just another person I can talk to and I don't have to think about baseball, it's just, I trust them. They are there and they are going to help me get through issues. It's not the gossipy side of things, but just if I have something on my mind, then I know I can talk to them and I don't have to worry about any implications, like 'oh, I'm not supposed to be talking about any stuff outside the locker room, but it's my dad and mom, and those are people who I still trust.' But I am not going to, even with friends, I think about it because I know with all of these fantasy sports leagues and like how it easy it is to bet online, that kind of stuff is crazy nowadays, and I just try to stay out of it all. For baseball, I don't think anyone is trying to bet on collegiate baseball, but when I think about my brother and stuff, it's a whole different story.
SH: What's it like when you go to Alabama?
DB: My brother will tell me stuff, but I know that he's telling me because he trusts me, and I'm not betting on anything. I know they have to go through a lot of training, even compliance meetings with my parents and stuff like that, and every single time we visit there, we have to meet with compliance (officers). At the tailgate (for families) the head compliance person will always come by and let us know outside people coming into the tailgate. It's kind of interesting, being the brother and not having to worry about being the student-athlete, it's kind of interesting to see. I know compliance as an athlete is different than on the family side.
SH: How much is this making you grow up faster? Are you more wary of people?
DB: I think about it more as I am older now, as a junior and a sophomore, I played a lot more than I did as a freshman. … There's not that many people I'm talking to outside my circle because I'm doing baseball, going to school, and I have a girlfriend who goes to San Diego State, so I go see her sometimes. It's not like I am at the bar, or something where I'm emphasizing that I know this person or that person or look at all of this information that I have. I'm just trying to live a regular life, when I go out, I am not trying to emphasize at all, 'Oh, my brother plays at 'Bama or oh, I play at Cal State Fullerton or I know, you should bet on this or you should bet on that.' That doesn't even come to my mind. I'm just trying to live a normal life. With the whole California legislative thing, now with paying athletes (CA recently made it legal for college athletes to be paid for using their likenesses) made me think about it a lot more, too.
SH: You play in states where sports betting is legal, is it something that interests you? Would you want to go bet?
DB: We're going Vegas, like I don't feel feel like I'm missing out if I can bet on sports. I mean, I can go play blackjack, that's totally legal, and I'd rather do that, I like playing Texas Hold'em, but I know I'm not missing out.
SH: Do you guys talk about that as a team, that you can't bet sports, but you're in Vegas?
DB: We played UNLV my freshman year, at their place, and we definitely talked about it, like, 'stay away from sportsbooks, stay away from all that stuff.' We definitely emphasized all of that, I mean, you have to be 21 to bet, anyway. We definitely know that we are not allowed to, but I mean, no one is doing it because there are other things you can do, if you have that urge. I know a lot of our guys like playing blackjack. No one is talking about sports betting at all.
SH: Have you been in a situation where you have known about someone who is thinking about sports betting or who did?
DB: Not with us specifically, but I've played summer ball with guys from different universities there are definitely guys at different schools, that I am like, 'wow, you guys do that there?' I like summer ball because I get to be somewhere I would never go if I didn't do that, and I get to play with guys I would never play with, if it wasn't for that. And I am not trying to call guys out for that, but it is interesting to hear stories about how it's OK at some places. But that would never happen where I'm from. Or like, not into sports gambling, but things that are OK at some universities.
SH: Temptation during summer ball?
DB: I was in Newport, Rhode Island this past summer, and I know there's a casino 30 minutes away, but no one talks about, 'oh, I'm going to place a bet on this game.' It's all about the actual gambling side of it where it's not the (sports) betting side of it.
SH: If there is one thing that concerns you about legal sports betting as an athlete that concerns you, what would it be?
DB: I think it's just, I don't like the part of not trusting, like, people using you for insider information. I think that's what concerns me the most. I have three uncles and I know they sports bet. But we made it like, we're not going to tell you what's going on at our university. We have cousins that played DI, one who played football at Cal, who played volleyball and soccer at Notre Dame … we've been blessed and lucky, but we've made an emphasis to don't talk about it, just support one another, don't talk about stuff like that.
SH: Purdue prohibited sports betting … they did it so their athletes could be students first … is there anything that you have thought about the way that you act or if you have a cold, is anybody going to notice that?
DB: No, I don't think about it at all.
SH: With regards to your brother, do you talk about that part of the experience?
DB: We don't really talk about, we've never had a conversation of 'I'm going to tell you this, but don't tell anyone else' kind of thing. It's kind of an unspoken thing where we don't really even have to tell each other. He's told me some stories, that, well, I can't tell you, but it's cool, like he's my brother and he's going to tell me that information and we don't have to worry about that stuff getting out. I want to be a part of that experience with him, but I can't be at Alabama with him, I can't be there today, but those kind of stories help me to understand what he's going through. It's tough doing what we're doing here, but I can't ever imagine what he's doing there.
Please come back on Monday (11/11) for Part Two: University Compliance Officers: Sports Betting Education Never Ends, and follow Sports Handle on Twitter @sports_handle
Jill R. Dorson
Jill has covered everything from steeplechase to the NFL and then some during a more than 30-year career in sports journalism. The highlight of her career was covering Oakland Raiders during the Charles Woodson/Jon Gruden era, including the infamous "Snow Bowl" and the Raiders' 2003 trip to Super Bowl XXXVII. Her specialty these days is covering sports betting legislation across the country.
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Mirjam Tuokkola (born 7 February 1997) is a Finnish archer who participated in the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

She started archery in 2007 and her other career highlights include a silver medal in the 2012 World Field Archery Championships in Junior Women's Recurve and several other Finnish championships in different age categories. Her club is Teuvan Jousiampujat.

She broke the Finnish youth record with a score of 633 and won bronze in the mixed international team event with Canadian Eric Peters. In the girls' individual event, she was eliminated in round 32.

Her aim for the 2015 archery season was to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics. She also planned to prepare for the 2020 Summer Olympics.

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Category Archives: Glaciers
Himalyan Glaciers Getting Bigger is a Mystery?
Here's the headline in the Christian Science Monitor….
Global warming mystery: Some Himalayan glaciers getting bigger
While the story comes from Reuters, you have to laugh at their lead in…
The Himalayan glaciers are the planet's largest bodies of ice outside the polar caps. New research shows some Himalayan glaciers got bigger between 1999-2008
To this we say "no shit Sherlock!" If you look at the below charts you can see that the average rise in temperature starts to flatten out (the curving dash line) and see the start of the downward trend, which prompts us to ask what global warming?
Want more on why this shouldn't be a big mystery? Look at the arctic ice so far this year. Note the red line (2012) where it meets or slightly exceeds the average from 1979 to 2006, and meets 2010. Again we ask what warming?
The mystery here is why they don't update the average and instead of 1979 to 2006 make it 1979 to 2012? That's a 6 year lag!
You can look at the Antarctic below, too. Note there's nothing to write home to mama about here, either. To be redundant – what warming?
Note the average here is 1979-2008, a little better but still not current in our book. With all the computers and satellites these days we have to again ask why the averages are not more current? 2008 is still a 4 year lag in information. They still using Commodore 64's or what?
To reiterate, the mysteries to us are and what you should be asking yourselves is:
1. Why the chart average dates aren't more current? Why do the averages cut off years before now?
2. Why anyone should be surprised that some of the glaciers aren't melting like some phony computer models show?
3. Why some scientists appear to think the general public is dumber than a rock and continue to foist BS upon us even though it appears there's no evidence of any catastrophic or unprecedented anything.
Really now, the CO2 is going up and the temperature isn't, the glaciers aren't melting and it doesn't appear the Arctic or Antarctic sea-ice is disappearing either. That should be about all you need to know to comprehend there's not much of a problem. Yet, we continue to be deluged with heaping, steaming, piles of crap that regardless the weather, claim global warming is unprecedented and that unless we start redistributing the world's wealth, we're all gonna die.
Source: The Christian Science Monitor
Filed under Antarctica, Climate Alarmism, Climate Change, Climate Disruption, Climate Modeling, Climategate, CO2, Co2 Insanity, GISS, Glaciers, Global Warming, Government, Sea-Ice
Scientists pin down historic sea level rise – with pinheads.
Scientists pin down historic sea level rise – with pinheads. Today we have another in a massive quantity of articles all designed to make you soil your underwear and capitulate to the global warming gods and start donating money to the Goreacle, et al. You can see in the quotes what I'm talkin' about.
The collapse of an ice sheet in Antarctica up to 14,650 years ago might have caused sea levels to rise between 14 and 18 meters, a study showed on Wednesday, data which could help make more accurate climate change predictions.
Note by stating this 'could help make more accurate climate change predictions' they've basically admitted a) that they're not certain and b) that what they have now sucks, yet you're supposed to be stupid and buy a house in the mountains so you don't get flooded. It gets better.
Sea levels have increased on average about 18 centimetres since 1900 and rapid global warming will accelerate the pace of the increase, experts say, putting coastlines at risk and forcing low-lying cities to build costly sea defenses.
Ummm…..yeah, right. 18 centimeters is only about 7 inches over 112 years, which is a whopping 0.0625 inches per year. Yep, I'm heading for the high ground and giving all my worldly possessions to the UN's IPCC immediately.
Haven't had enough BS yet? Well, it still gets even better!
Scientists last month said that thinning glaciers and ice caps were pushing up sea levels by 1.5 millimetres a year, and experts forecast an increase of as much as two meters by 2100.
OK, so look at the graphs below. See the Arctic sea-ice? Does it look like it's disappearing? Nope! It's increasing! See any thinning? I don't.
Now here's a real clear statement.
A very rapid sea level rise is thought to have occurred 14,650 years ago but details about the event have been unclear.
Yes, though things are 'unclear' you're supposed to be a total dumbass and buy into this BS, which show's you the intelligence of some global warming fans who continue to fan the flames even though someone doused them with a fire hose already.
Regardless, and to further add to the insane things we're supposed to believe we'd like to know why this is even remotely relevant to anthropogenic global warming? Why? Because sure as the sun shines, there was no man-made global warming 14,650 years ago.
Source: iolscitech (which we vote should change their name to LOL scitech after reading this!)
Filed under Al Gore, Climate Alarmism, Climate Change, Climate Disruption, Climate Modeling, Climategate, CO2, Co2 Insanity, Editor, Glaciers, Global Warming
Tagged as Antarctic, Arctic, Sea-Ice
When the Earth Goes Tilt
Tilt! A word associated with pinball games (if anyone remembers what those are) is now associated with the warming and cooling of the planet.
The idea that slight shifts in Earth's axis might have been enough to trigger the ice ages is a century old.
But a Harvard earth sciences Professor Peter Huybers has finally proved it, using computer models to test competing ideas – and finding that earth's tilting axis is the only one that works.
So, per this, it's not that nasty old anthropogenic (man-made) CO2 that certain warmers have been blithering about for decades, it's the variation of the tilt of the Earth's axis, something I remember hearing about in grade school about 50 years ago, in pre-Goracle times when kids were taught actual science and didn't major in Greentard Brainwashing 101.
Two 'cycles' in the way Earth's axis spins have an effect on the cycle – one lasting 10,000 years and one lasting roughly 40,000 years.
When they align correctly, ice melts. At the other extreme, glaciers advance.
'And at least now we know with greater than 99 percent confidence that shifts in earth's axis are among the factors that contribute to deglaciation.'
OK. We're waiting for certain people out there we all know and 'love' to capitulate and say 'oops!', but we won't hold our breath.
Source: The Daily Mail
Filed under Climate Alarmism, Climate Change, Climate Disruption, CO2, Co2 Insanity, Glaciers, Global Warming, Sea-Level, Weather
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It's About Time! It's AGW Lie Detector Time!
Finally, someone's going to get the old BS Meter out and see if it exposes any anthropogenic global warming lies over research on polar bears done by Jeffrey Gleason and Charles Monnett. From the Daily Mail:
A wildlife scientist, whose report on dead polar bears in Arctic waters became a rallying call for climate change campaigners, will face a lie detector test as part of an investigation by federal agents.
Jeffrey Gleason, who co-wrote a 2006 report highlighting the danger posed to the animals by melting ice, will take a polygraph over alleged scientific misconduct connected to the study, the Independent reported.
Polar Bears have been around for about 150,000 years now. They have survived two periods over this time when it was 5F to 7F warmer than it is now, yet the paper being investigated makes some rather astronomical claims about polar bear mortality due to global warming. Moreover, the study touted wasn't even about polar bears, it was based upon research on bowhead whales, who to my considerable powers of observation don't have white fur.
So, what is the alleged problem with the paper? From Natural News we get these tidbits:
According to a recent report by Human Events, special investigators from the US government's Interior Department (ID) have found that a scientific paper published in a 2006 issue of the journal Polar Biologyis filled with baseless assumptions about four specific polar bear deaths— and this eventually became the foundational argument for the fight against global warming. But in reality, the deaths may have had nothing to do with melting ice caps, and everything to do with a simple windstorm.
According to investigators, Monnett's calculations concerning polar bears' rate of survival, however, are flawed because he not only failed to verify that the four dead polar bears he witnessed were the same ones that he saw a week prior, but he also allegedly used faulty percentages in the process. As a result, polar bears ended up getting listed as a protected species under the Endangered Species Act, even though they are likely not endangered, and are not dying at the rates to which Monnett had implied.
Believe it or not, this was supposedly peer-reviewed, too. Which is another nail in the coffin regarding the so-called peer review process that goes on with anything to do with global warming. I often wonder if the peer-review process is – if it's warm it's hot if it denies it's not.
This report has also been touted by, guess who? Al Gore of course. It has no doubt prompted many or all of the polar bear photos posted around the internet, in newspapers and magazines that show bears perched upon what are claimed to be shrinking icebergs.
We say if there's nothing to hide then why all the defensive fuss from the warmer camp? It won't be long now and we'll know if scientists lied and polar bears didn't die. More faux science? More CO2 Insanity? You decide!
Source: Natural News
Filed under Al Gore, Climate Alarmism, Climate Change, Climate Disruption, CO2, Co2 Insanity, Glaciers, Global Warming, Government
Tagged as Charles, Jeffrey Gleason, Melting Ice Caps, Melting Icebergs, Monnett, Polarbears, Polorbeargate
Atlasgate: Global warming error? Or was it deliberate?
Hmmm….another inconvenient error? Or did the Times deliberately embellish how much ice is missing in Greenland?
Publishers of the Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World scrambled Tuesday to correct a controversial statement that Greenland had lost 15 percent of its permanent ice cover over the last 12 years.
That's an awful lot of missing bullshit I mean ice. So how much was really lost? Oh only a 'whopping' 0.1 percent or so. Just a 'minor' difference, eh? It gets better. Mea culpa, mea culpa.
"The conclusion that was drawn from this, that 15 percent of Greenland's once permanent ice cover has melted away, was highlighted in the press release, not in the Atlas itself," HarpersCollins said in a statement. "This was done without consulting the scientific community and was incorrect.
OK, sounds good on the face of it. We get the old we screwed up and we're sorry. But, it gets even better.
Maintaining the accuracy of the new maps though, may not be enough. When comparing the maps to recent satellite images Christofferson and his team found "numerous glaciers and permanent ice cover where the new Times Atlas shows ice-free conditions and the emergence of new lands."
You decide! Do you think perhaps someone in the chain of publishing this atlas is a warmer who decided to put some propaganda out and got busted? Or, was it an honest mistake?
Source: Fox News
Filed under Climate Alarmism, Climate Change, Climate Disruption, Co2 Insanity, Editor, Glaciers, Global Warming
Tagged as Glacial Ice, Glaciers, Greenland, Harper Collins, Ice, The Times, Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World
More quakes and tsunamis for Japan or elsewhere?
Theories are flying around regarding the causation of the 9.0 Japan earthquake along with predictions of the possibility of more earthquakes for Japan and elsewhere. Below are the ones I found this morning.
The head of the Australian Seismological Centre, Kevin McCue, is predicting another quake in the 7.9 range and large enough to cause another tsunami 'within days," based on performance of past earthquakes.
Piers Corbyn, of Weatheraction, is attributing the massive Japanese earthquake and the recent killer quake in New Zealand "were triggered by massive events on the Sun and there are more to come in the next two years."
Arcady Tishkov is alluding the causes to "both the moon and the sun."
The warmers, like the BBC were claiming mere hours after the Japanese earthquake that it is (of course) caused by global warming (what else? global warming causes everything according to the warmers).
Discover Magazine is saying all the other claims are untrue and any attempts at linking causation and effect are mere coincidences of timing and that earthquakes are really caused by the movement of the Earth's tectonic plates.
Some are blaming it on the "Super Moon" because the moon will soon be at perigee (approximately 220,000 miles), even though that won't happen until March 19th. (Note the Moon was about 240,000 miles away when the Japanese quake hit).
While I can find no articles claiming this as causation for the Japanese earthquake, some are claiming melting glaciers allowing the surface of the Earth to rebound, can cause earthquakes, a concept I find hard to believe as do many others (a roundabout way to blame it upon global warming). From Physorg.com "Glaciers may also cause earthquakes. During the last glacial period, the ice sheet was up to 2.5 miles thick. This pushed down on the Earth's crust, causing a depression. When the weight was lifted due to glacial melting, the depressed crust began to stick-slip on its way back to the pre-depressed elevation."
There are links to the above claims so you can read for yourself and judge for yourself what you think caused the 9.0 earthquake in Japan.
My take on it is that I don't know other than I'd bet the farm that global warming, or anything related, had absolutely nothing to do with this or any other recent earthquakes such as the ones in Haiti or New Zealand.
Who knows what that solar energy can cause to happen within the planet and while the claims are that the "Super Moon" has nothing to do with earthquakes either, the moon is powerful enough to cause the tides (that's a lot of water to be moving around) and is also caused the Earth's surface to rise and fall by as much as a meter (about 3 feet) per day in some areas. Who knows? Again with that much force exerted upon the planet I certainly wouldn't dismiss it as at least having a partial effect in causing earthquakes.
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Here is a good link to watch Japanese TV (in English) with interviews of locals on what happened. Here is another link, same channel, larger picture.
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Now climate change causes cancer
Yes, I didn't believe it when I read it either, it seems we hit a new low here with things that climate change will cause. Per todays Telegraph we get this headline, which pretty much says it all…..Now scientists claim climate change could give you cancer (in the week Doomsday warning of rising sea levels was rubbished)," which leads me to believe that as a final act of desperation they may claim it causes genital warts. So where's this cancer coming from? Why it's those melting glaciers that….ummmmm…aren't melting!
Melting glaciers and ice sheets are releasing cancer-causing pollutants into the air and oceans, scientists say.
The long-lasting chemicals get into the food chain and build up in people's bodies – triggering tumours, heart disease and infertility.
The warning comes in a new international study into the links between climate change and a class of man-made toxins called persistent organic pollutants.
Persistent organic pollutants? WTF is that? What? Shit that was outlawed long ago? Hmmmm……
They include pesticides such as DDT and chemicals called PCBs used in electrical goods.
Donald Cooper, of the United Nations Environment Programme which published the report at the UN climate talks in Cancun, Mexico, said melting glaciers and ice sheets were releasing POPs trapped years ago into the air and seas.
OK, so what do the seas have to do with melting glaciers that aren't melting?
He added: 'It is a problem in all parts of the world – they do not respect borders. They travel thousands of miles and they continue to build.
'In the past pollutants have travelled long distances and become trapped in ice in glaciers and ice sheets. But as the ice melts, or when temperatures go up, they are released back into the seas and atmosphere.
They travel thousands of miles? Do they have little cars or planes that carry them around? Please tell me how could this happen. According to the warmistas the glaciers have been melting since the 1850 start of the industrial revolution. Now with all the melting how could this be trapped in glaciers? But wait! They're not melting either? Which is it? Talk about talking out of both sides of your ass, this has to be it.
You can read the rest of this bullshit at the source below. They just keep getting more desperate and keep sinking further and further into CO2 Insanity don't they?
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With today's news, IBM is investing in its clients and business partners to develop the skills, technical support and industry resources that will allow them to effectively adopt social networking capabilities to transform their business operations.
This includes introducing new technical workshops designed to improve skills and consulting offerings to help develop a business culture that fosters open collaboration and sharing among employees, clients, and business partners. Through the use of interactive online courses, live support and one-on-one guidance with IBM Social Business experts, IBM is working with organizations across the globe to educate them on the benefits of applying social networking technology to their organizations, while at the same time helping to assess the barriers of social business for faster adoption.
As the industry leader in social business, among the first to embrace social internally and to develop social computing policy and guidelines, IBM is poised to help organizations exploit the transformation into a social business, helping them to build stronger relationships among their employees, customers and business partners and make better decisions, faster. A successful social business must combine the use of social technologies with a business culture that promotes transparency, trust and information sharing among the workforce. Quite often, organizations need guidance around developing social policy, governance, the skills needed for compliance and connecting social technologies to business processes.
Strategic consulting from IBM Global Business Services to help organizations better understand their current adoption of social business tools for both internal and external purposes and helps to articulate how social business accelerates and alleviates business challenges.
Global educational and mentorship programs for clients and business partners on how to become effective community managers, the fastest growing job in social, while increasing employee engagement over top, line-of-business communities on the social software platform.
Technical certification programs that help customers and business partners validate and demonstrate their skills through assessment exams and training resources so that they can plan for and perform the installation, configuration and day-to-day tasks associated with ensuring the smooth and efficient operation of social software solutions.
Social Business Agenda workshops on IBM PartnerWorld providing immediate access to discussions forums focused on the benefits of becoming a social business, providing clients and business partners with case study examples of successful social businesses, and helping them to develop an agenda for driving social adoption.
IBM is also announcing a partnership with The Dachis Group, the world's leader in powering the design, development, management, and measurement of Social Business performance, to help organizations quickly drive adoption success through a social business adoption quickstart workshop. The workshop combines IBM services for the implementation of Social Business solutions for enterprises with additional services from The Dachis Group and focuses on the use of social business technology while fostering cultural skills and engagement.
IBM is also collaborating with Group Business Software, an IBM Business Partner, to help IBM clients convert IBM Lotus Notes applications into applications accessible on the Web or via mobile devices. The new IBM services offering using Group Business Software's Transformer product will help clients retain the value of their significant investments made over the years in the Lotus Notes and Domino platform while enabling them to take full advantage of the latest web technology to support their business.
According to a 2011 AIIM survey, over 50 percent of user organisations now consider becoming a Social Business to be imperative or significant to their business goals. However, many organizations use social technologies only to find them fall flat. This is often the case because of a failure to align their Social Business strategy to their unique, organizational culture. According to the 2011 State of Community Management Report from The Community Roundtable, culture is the hardest thing to change in an organization. According to a survey from the report, 28 percent of respondents said that their organizational culture was either resistant to sharing, controlling, or paranoid.
"The opportunity to transform into a social business can be stunted without a focus on engagement, culture change, and policy," said Alistair Rennie, General Manager, Social Business, IBM. "Social technologies, when combined with the right skills and culture, can truly unlock the potential of people within the organization to collaborate, innovate, make smarter business decisions and ultimately drive their bottom line."
For more information about IBM's social business initiative, please visit http://www.ibm.com/press/socialbusiness or follow #IBMSocialBiz on Twitter.


Scout Isensee is an art director & content creator based in Brooklyn, NY. She specializes in crafting engaging imagery for brands, through social media and traditional advertising, as well as still lifes, fashion stories, and portraiture.
As a native New Yorker and the daughter of Warren Isensee, a renowned oil painter, she was exposed to the NYC art scene at a very young age. In these early beginnings, she started to experiment with photography and clothing design. At seven years old, she started editing and altering images in Photoshop. By the age of eleven she had taught herself how to sew and began creating her own garments. In high school she gained recognition for her pieces, winning numerous awards at various costuming competitions, and also creating elaborate photoshoots around her pieces. Scout then went on to study at the Fashion Institute of Technology. After receiving her AAS in Fashion Design, she moved on to London College of Fashion and earned her BA (Hons) in Costume for Performance. While studying there, she won two awards at the prestigious World of Wearable Art competition in Wellington, New Zealand for her costume, Unnamed Soldier 627.
After graduating, Scout returned to New York for the world of Broadway, dressing on shows including Matilda the Musical, The Book of Mormon, and Something Rotten!. Her costume designs were featured in the short documentary, Hilda, which was chosen to be a part of the TriBeCa Film Festival 2017.
Through her extensive experience in fashion and costume, she discovered that her enjoyment came not from creating the garments, but from developing the scene and/or world in which they were meant to live. She finds fulfillment in the complexity of designing a photoshoot, bringing a team together to realize a vision, and seeing her ideas come to life.
She now works with her partner, Adam Wamsley, as an art director/photographer. Together they create a variety of content for brands, individuals, and publications.


The Turner Syndrome International Conference [TSI 2020] is taking place from the 16 to 20 July 2020 at Stirling University, Stirling, Scotland, UK.
Proudly hosted by the Turner Syndrome Support Society (UK) [TSSS].
The Turner Syndrome Support Society (UK) is delighted to be hosting the next Turner Syndrome International Conference on the 16-20 July 2020.
welcoming both our national members and our International friends to join us at an informative conference with some of the world's leading specialists on TS, speaking about a host of topics all relative to TS.
Stirling is just an hour from Glasgow in the West and Edinburgh in the East. It is a very scenic area not far from Loch Lomond and Stirling Castle stands proudly over the town. We have chosen the venue not only for its wide range of accommodation options but also for its extensive choice of conference rooms, lecture theatres etc.
It has a theatre, cinema, shops, bank, cafes, restaurant, bars, walks round the lake, swimming pool, fitness gym, 9-hole golf course and so much more.
We are seeking sponsorship and doing our very best to keep costs as low as possible for all attending. At the moment all costs are approximate, but it will help give you an idea of how much to prepare for. We will have super early discounts, early discounts and standard full prices available for you to choose from. Onsite accommodation will range from approx. £40 per head per night upwards and can be booked directly with the University via their online shop when it goes live.


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The Jaypee group wants to sell the Yamuna Expressway to a third party and that they have an offer of Rs 2500 crore.
Jaypee group told the Supreme Court about the matter.
The bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud will hear the matter after festival Diwali on October 23.
The court was hearing a plea by over 40 home buyers of Jaypee Wish Town project at Noida in Uttar Pradesh who have challenged certain provisions of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016.


I do both historical and contemporary research on architecture, design, information, communication, technology and communication. The same themes tend to emerge in my work, regardless of the time period or location.
My book Architectural Intelligence: How Designers and Architects Created the Digital Landscape will be published Fall 2017 by MIT Press. It is based on case studies on Christopher Alexander, Cedric Price, Richard Saul Wurman, and Nicholas Negroponte's Architecture Machine Group at MIT (the predecessor to the MIT Media Lab), and how their work from the 1960s–80s applied architectural approaches to information systems, and similarly, how they applied informational structures and processes to architecture, such as computer-aided design, heuristics and artificial intelligence. It looks critically at how these figures and their collaborations put in place the foundations of interaction design.
It really is a series of tubes. In the late 19th century, major financial centers on all continents except Antarctica used subterranean pneumatic postal services to get telegrams and mail across the city quickly. After 1907, they brought these capabilities inside of buildings. Pneumatic tubes went where capital went (and vice-versa).
"Interfaces to the Subterranean,"Cabinet 41 (summer 2011).
How do we develop a sense of place within our own data? Does data have a place? What does it mean to lead an increasingly algorithmed life, in which data mining predicts more about us before we even know ourselves, before we are born?
"The New Nature vs. The New Nurture: Big Data & Personal Identity," South by Southwest Interactive 2013, with Jen Lowe, Columbia University, Spatial Imaging Design Lab. In this dual talk, we probe the implications of the algorithmed life on who we are and how we conceive of ourselves.
Mobile phone sharing & urban settings: In this study conducted in urban India, people share mobile phones with frequency: it is not necessarily a matter of economics but of spatial context and social situation.
"Beyond the Personal and Private: Modes of Mobile Phone Sharing in India," Molly Steenson and Jonathan Donner. In The Reconstruction of Space and Time: Mobile Communication Practices(Piscataway, NJ: Transaction), 2008.
"Express Yourself" and "Stay Together": The Middle‐Class Indian Family," Jonathan Donner, Nimmi Rangaswamy Molly Wright Steenson and Carolyn Wei, Handbook of Mobile Communication Studies (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press), 2008.
Social networking websites and friendship: With ReD Associates in Copenhagen for Intel, we studied how social networking was changing the notion of friendship in China and the UK. I was a part of the Shanghai team.
Mobile technology and fluid time: in 2004, I conducted a study on how people coordinate as they get ready for events, noting what technologies and platforms they used leading up to the event.
I gave a talk with my then colleague Michael Kieslinger at the O'Reilly eTech conference in 2004. The results are still salient, even though the technologies (landlines! no smartphones!) are out of date.


This table runner/wall hanging was made using my own Full Moon Rising pattern. If you look carefully, you'll see a kangaroo in each circle — and you'll understand the name.
The fourth circle from the top has an extra ring around it because the kangaroo wasn't quite big enough to fill the space.
I quilted this myself with a combination of free-motion quilting in the blocks with circles and straight line quilting in the end pieces. It measures 16″ x 59″.
For a closer look at the kangaroos and the other fabrics I used, check out my first post dated Feb. 1, 2018 and this one dated April 19 describing the quilting.
Using the free Mini Mod Tiles pattern from Sew Kind of Wonderful, I made this wintry table runner, cutting the outer corners to match the interior curves. Binding the runner in the high contrast dark green batik really highlights the curves. It measures 13″ x 38½". This post gives the background on the making of the runner, begun at a quilt retreat in June and completed in November 2017.
This wall hanging is one of three projects I made in 2016 incorporating the block design Spinners by Heather Peterson of Anka's Treasures. The floral fabric repeats in the spinning blocks are from the Joel Dewberry line of fabric named Wander, hence the name.
WanderLust finishes at 20″ x 53″ (not counting the grosgrain ribbon ties). This is the second quilt named WanderLust that I made this year. The first version, incorporating other fabrics in the triangles along with the floral, is a king-size bed runner pictured in the Quilts section of my Gallery.
This one was beautifully quilted by Debbie Scroggy of All Quilted LLC, using a combination of digitized and free motion quilting motifs. You can see close-ups of her quilting (and also see the king-size bed runner mentioned above) here.
To read the full story, click on this link.
Sun Flowers, a wall hanging based on my Season to Taste pattern, is #10 in my series of kaleidoscope quilts. It's also the third of four quilts I'm making to reflect the seasons of the year.
Sun Flowers (18½" x 55½") represents summer. The spring and fall versions are pictured directly below.
Same (original) design, two completely different looks. Under Paris Skies and Autumn Reflections illustrate my continuing fascination with the kaleidoscope block.
Directions for both versions (measuring about 18″ x 55″) are now available in my pattern, Season to Taste, available at the Pine Needle Quilt Shop. They represent #8 and #9 in my series of kaleidoscope quilts.
I call this wall hanging Full Circle because every single fabric – even the strips and binding – has circles in it. I didn't pick up on that until I was casting about for a name.
The pattern is Full Moon Rising, my first pattern, with a few minor changes. Most of the fabrics are from the Neutral Territory Line by Donna Becher for P&B Textiles.
Mogambo Moons is based on my Full Moon Rising II pattern. Although the pattern calls for different fabrics in the background blocks, I used the same Marcia Derse print for all of the blocks in this version. The moons are made of a gradated cotton sateen that travels from a pale yellow to a deep orange.
Instead of inserting set-in circles for my moons, I appliquéd them to the top after the blocks were joined together. The moons are finished-edge applique circles, backed with fusible interfacing.
This little quilt is based on Urban Tiles, designed by Jenny Pedigo of Sew Kind of Wonderful. I left off the outer pieces of the block so that my quilt would be curved on the outside edges, and then I bound it in a dark fabric to really set off those curves.
The moons are made of dupioni silk.
After making Full Moon Rising first in batiks, I wanted to try it in fabrics that would give it an entirely different look. I chose small prints in deep red, gold, and black. The gold of the moons reminds me of waving wheat. Although I think of the American West when I look at this quilt, some people have told me it looks Asian.
I love angles. Many of my quilts are set on point or feature strong diagonal lines. Full Moon Rising II, my second pattern, is a riff on the first (Full Moon Rising), using the same basic idea but replacing all of the squares and rectangles with angled blocks.
Is it a wall hanging? A table runner? A skinny quilt? Whatever you choose to call it, it's the piece that launched First Light Designs. I wanted to design something using a technique I had learned for making set-in circles without having to sew concave and convex seams.
I've been told the concept has been around since the turn of this century, if not earlier, but Dale Fleming's 2004 book Pieced Curves So Simple (C&T Publishing) is the earliest one I have found describing this method, which involves sewing around a freezer paper pattern. Although my method differs from Dale's in a few ways, I never would have thought of it myself, and I thank her, for Full Moon Rising has proved to be my best-selling pattern to date.
I also thank Geri Grasvik for encouraging me to publish a pattern of Full Moon Rising and bringing me into the cadre of teachers at her quilt shop, the Pine Needle, in Lake Oswego, Oregon.
Hello – this is more of a request than a comment. I very much like the look and design of the, "Prairie Moons" runner. Is it possible to purchase one of a custom length, 39-1/2″? If yes, please let me know the cost. I have a piece of furniture with a surface length and width of, 33-1/2″ x 16-1/2″. Your runner would facilitate a 3″ overhang, making my piece of furniture look amazingly beautiful.
Thank you for your class yesterday. Sorry I had to leave early. I'm feeling much better today. Besides the lesson, it put me back into the mood for quilting. It will be fun again.
So glad to hear that, Celestia. Hope to see you again sometime. Happy sewing!


DIM is one of our most popular products at Smoky Mountain Nutrition, so we get to hear so many success stories. We also see how people fail to get optimal results.
Because your body knows what you need. If excess estrogen has been eliminated, the body does not continue to deplete estrogen levels. In other words, some people (especially those taking DIM for menopause-related estrogen dominance) worry about their estrogen levels dropping too low, and don't take DIM as directed.
You can trust your body to metabolize only what is healthy to be rid of. DIM works by giving those smart systems a boost.
Headaches are one of the most common reasons people don't get the results that they should with DIM. Most people won't experience them, but it's also not uncommon at all for the first few days taking DIM to be marked by headaches, or even some slight fatigue.
For those that do have this experience, it can be a little bit like the start of a detox.
A. They will go away.
The headaches are not a constant result of DIM usage, but rather, the result of hormonal shift and correction that is taking place in your body. Once the most dramatic corrections have been made, and levels are no longer in flux, detox-like symptoms also disappear.
B. A rough first few days should actually be encouraging.
Because headaches and fatigue are the result of significant hormone shifting, they should actually be an encouragement that DIM is the right supplement for you.
Hormone correction that is significant enough to cause a few days of discomfort, is also hormone correction that is significant enough to make a huge difference in your ongoing hormonal health.
In fact, many of the people that have the most significant gains from DIM will experience headaches or fatigue in the first few days.
If the detox-like phase of DIM is just too much for you, we recommend adding CDG (Calcium D-Glucarate). It binds to metabolized hormones, and keeps them from sneaking back into the blood, which can greatly reduce unpleasant symptoms.
You are much less likely to experience headaches, or other symptoms in the first few days with DIM if you always take it on a full stomach.
Absorbing DIM with a healthy meal allows the body a smoother and slower absorption process. That means less potential for headache, fatigue, or other noticeable disruption.
It's equally important to make sure that you are well hydrated while you are taking DIM. The body will be breaking down hormonal excesses, and keeping a ready supply of water on hand allows the body to expel the metabolites that are being produced.
We recommend at least a couple of additional glasses of water on top of what you might ordinarily drink during the day.
Speaking of moving higher levels of liquids through the body... the color and odor of your urine will probably change when you supplement with DIM.
Most people find that their urine is noticeably darker, and some variation of burnt orange. The smell also typically becomes more pungent than before.
These changes are so common that it's actually much more rare to have no such change to urine during DIM supplementation.
Urine changes are the result of the body filtering out the broken down metabolites, as well as the DIM itself. But while the change is totally normal, they can be disconcerting if you don't know to look out for them.
Sadly, one of the most common reasons people fail to get everything out of DIM, is simple inconsistency.
It's something that we're all subject to. Life gets busy, and there are a million things to think about, and before you know it, you've missed three days in a row.
Remembering to take DIM every day is important because it keeps excess estrogen at bay, and prevents stores from building up. Whether you're in the initial phase of correcting imbalances, or maintaining your corrected healthy levels, you don't want to regress and lose ground.
That's the reason that DIM by SM Nutrition has been designed to work with only one dose every day. We recommend selecting a meal where you take DIM each day. Once it's a habit, you won't have to think about it any more, and consistency won't be a problem for you!
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Variations in urine color shouldn't really be a concern. Water intake and a variety of other factors contributes to the color of urine and lightening of previously darkened urine is just fine.
What does it mean if your urine stops turning orange while you're still taking DIM?
Hey Larisa, That is exactly what DIM does! It promotes the metabolism of estrogen excesses, so it sounds like DIM would be a good supplement for the situation you've described.
Does DIM help reduce excess estrogen levels? I was told by my ND that my estrogen is off the roof. Very high. Can DIM help me lower my estrogen? I also take tamoxifen and my ND said it's very helpful to take DIM during tamoxifen.
It may be fine to use DIM during pregnancy, but it is one of the times where we make the particular recommendation to talk with your doctor to make sure that it is right. There are a lot of variables during pregnancy, so to have confidence, you should get the individual medical advice about any supplement.
Hi, my daughter had extremely terrible acne during her pregnancy. She has since delivered the baby, but for future pregnancies, is it OK to take DIM during pregnancy?
Both DIM and CDG should be thought of in terms of their cumulative effect, so timing throughout the day is not a huge consideration. We make the general recommendation to take them together, but that is mostly about convenience. If you are planning how to use these supplements in advance of their actual use, we do recommend starting the CDG a week or two ahead of DIM to get its full impact in terms of relieving the initial days of detox-like symptoms that can accompany DIM. Hope that helps!
Hello, looking for a suggestion on how to use DIM and Calcium D Glucarate correctly in order to maximize their benefits…Can I take DIM in the morning and CDG before night?Or they have to be taken close together?Thank you for your feedback!!
Great question! When taking DIM for cystic acne it is possible to see some initial breakouts because hormone levels are shifting. But when that occurs, it will no longer be a factor once levels have settled again. Establishing that hormonal cause of acne can actually be encouraging for the usefulness of the supplement for acne.
So I started taking DIM exactly a week ago and I did have a headaches over the weekend which have seemed to stop already, I have noticed that new cystic acne has popped up and was wondering if maybe the acne will get worse before getting better. I quit birth control a little over a year ago which I was on for 10 years and have been suffering cystic acne all over my jawline and haven't been able to get rid of it.


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Q: how to fix Jest encountered an unexpected token React I m trying to run a react app, created using create-react-app. App runs successfully, but when I try to run JEST it give me the following error. I have looked and tried various options but could not fix it. Here is my package.json and jest.config.json
please suggest on what I might be doing wrong
Thank you
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 FAIL  src/App.test.js

● Test suite failed to run
Jest encountered an unexpected token

This usually means that you are trying to import a file which Jest cannot parse, e.g. it's not plain JavaScript.

By default, if Jest sees a Babel config, it will use that to transform your files, ignoring "node_modules".

Here's what you can do:
 • To have some of your "node_modules" files transformed, you can specify a custom "transformIgnorePatterns" in your config.
 • If you need a custom transformation specify a "transform" option in your config.
 • If you simply want to mock your non-JS modules (e.g. binary assets) you can stub them out with the "moduleNameMapper" config option.

You'll find more details and examples of these config options in the docs:
https://jestjs.io/docs/en/configuration.html

Details:

SyntaxError: C:\Test\counter-app\src\App.test.js: Unexpected token (7:18)

   5 | it('renders without crashing', () => {
   6 |   const div = document.createElement('div');
>  7 |   ReactDOM.render(<App />, div);
     |                   ^
   8 |   ReactDOM.unmountComponentAtNode(div);
   9 | });

package.json
    {
  "name": "counter-app",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "private": true,
  "jest": {
    "verbose": true,
    "moduleDirectories": ["node_modules", "src"],
    "transformIgnorePatterns": [
      "node_modules/(?!(react-native|react-native-cookies)/)"
    ]
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "bootstrap": "^4.3.1",
    "react": "^16.11.0",
    "react-dom": "^16.11.0",
    "react-scripts": "3.2.0"
  },
  "scripts": {
    "start": "react-scripts start",
    "build": "react-scripts build",
    "test": "jest --env=jsdom",
    "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"
    ]
  }
}

jest.config.js
const {defaults} = require('jest-config');
module.exports = {
  "verbose": true,
  "transform": {
    "^.+\\.js$": "babel-jest",
    "^.+\\.(css|scss|less)$": "jest-css-modules",
    ".+\\.(css|styl|less|sass|scss)$": "<rootDir>/node_modules/jest-css-modules-transform"
  },
  "globals": {
    "NODE_ENV": "test"
  },
  moduleFileExtensions: [...defaults.moduleFileExtensions, 'js', 'jsx'],
  "moduleDirectories": [
    "node_modules",
    "src/frontend",
    "src/shared"
  ]
};

A: Modified Package.json as follows:
{
  "name": "foo",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "private": true,
  "dependencies": {
    "jest-junit": "^9.0.0",
    "react": "^16.12.0",
    "react-dom": "^16.12.0",
    "react-scripts": "3.2.0"
  },
  "scripts": {
    "start": "react-scripts start",
    "build": "react-scripts build",
    "reporters": [ "default", "jest-junit" ],
    "test": "react-scripts test --watchAll=false",
    "testResultsProcessor": "jest-junit",
    "eject": "react-scripts eject"
  },
  "jest-junit": {
    "suiteName": "jest tests",
    "outputDirectory": ".",
    "outputName": "junit.xml",
    "uniqueOutputName": "false",
    "classNameTemplate": "{classname}-{hello}",
    "titleTemplate": "{classname}-{helloTests}",
    "ancestorSeparator": " › ",
    "usePathForSuiteName": "true"
  },
  "eslintConfig": {
    "extends": "react-app"
  },
  "browserslist": {
    "production": [
      ">0.2%",
      "not dead",
      "not op_mini all"
    ],
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A: Try removing jest.config.js file completely and let it work with default config.

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I joined the Bodyharmonics Acupuncture Course 2012 after completing the first year of a degree which had left me mentally and emotionally drained. I was really not enjoying it and my enthusiasm for acupuncture was eroding. Fees would also be increasing and I knew this would cause difficulty in the future. This is not to say that the Bodyharmonics course is an easy option, it takes hard work and dedication, but it is fulfilling and fun.
It is clear that a degree is not necessary to practise acupuncture successfully and the price of a diploma is a fraction of that of a degree. Also, the membership costs of the statutory body, the Acupuncture Acutherapy Council and the insurance are not prohibitively expensive.
I was not working full time, but for a student who does I think it would be fairly straightforward to take off the odd Thurs and or Friday once a month, than particular days in the week, every week, for a degree course, so attendance is not a problem.
I had read previous reviews, spoken to previous students and visited Maria before the course. I found her to be bright and enthusiastic and I knew I would be in good hands, especially after observing her with a patient.
The first weekend of the course was incredible. We learnt theory in the mornings and practical point location during the afternoons with actual needling. Every student was observed inserting needles to ensure accuracy, with due regard for hygiene. We practised on each other and I feel this is important, as you can't really expect a patient to experience a treatment that you haven't had yourself.
CAROL ASPINAL ACUPUNCTURE TESTIMONIAL. We looked for case studies from that weekend onwards. I had no potential clients, unlike Tui Na students who would presumably practise on their current clients. This did not hold me back in any way as friends and family were eager to assist.
I did complete a business card drop where I live and advertised in my local Costa, (which is worth a try as long as you are advertising a "not for profit" local service). As a student practitioner, treatment was free, but I was insured and this was useful information for potential clients, although not one person has asked to actually see a copy of it!. I only had one response from Costa and one from the leaflet drop, but from these contacts I made several others on recommendation. The treatments, even in the early stages, were working, and word spread. This was a tremendous boost to my self confidence and encouraged me to learn more.
I believe that the first year of the degree helped enormously with the theory. Other non Tui Na students would have completed the one day TCM theory as a minimum, but I found that some were more confident than others with regard to understanding. I am not sure that some individuals did enough theory study in their own time even though there are some excellent books available which are straightforward.
One of the really useful things to know is that the exams are based entirely on the information that Maria gives in her notes, so it is pointless to read too widely. This may sound like a contradiction to my previous statement, but it is really important to understand the basic principles and organ functions.
For example; the Spleen controls the Blood, it is then easy to understand the Syndrome of Spleen not Controlling Blood. Or in the case of the Liver, which ensures the smooth flow of Qi for digestion, emotions and secretion of bile, therefore stagnation of Qi leads to abdominal pain, anger, irritability and PMT. The notes do not cover all the points and all the syndromes, but do cover the points most commonly used and the most common syndromes. The tongue and pulse paperwork and tuition is straightforward, where this was complicated on my last course. Maria's course is not based on the five elements, but does mention them in point descriptions, so it is worth having some five element knowledge (again, there are some excellent books available). With reference to exam preparation, the tests at the beginning of each new weekend were extremely useful, as the format is the same as for the exams.
To conclude I would say that Maria is an excellent and knowledgeable tutor who clearly has an enormous passion for what she does. The course is really enjoyable but a challenge. The exams are supposed to stretch you, as retention of knowledge needs to be assessed; it is a professional qualification after all.
You will have immeasurable self confidence after completing the course, which all my degree friends have since commented on, and found surprising. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend the course to anyone, as I did on the last day, to a potential student who had gained a degree some years ago, but had lost her self confidence. The course would be perfect for her.


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Synopsis of Sunday business pages
Sunday Business Post The department of health is meeting resistance from unions over its planned move to the old Bank of Ireland HQ on Baggot Street as a number of staff who had offices previously will be forced to work in open plan offices. All 3 papers have coverage of Sean Fitzpatrick's acquittal and the ODCE: There is a new set of tapes released by the Business Post this weekend with Sean Fitzpatrick conversations. The biggest takeout seems to be the Office of Director Corporate Enforcement raising concerns that Fitzpatrick's barrister was being appointed as a trustee to the board of charity Console, which seems outside their remit. There is a four-page reflection on the Sean Fitzpatrick tapes and on his acquittal during the week "The special liquidator of the former Anglo Irish Bank is pressing ahead with a €50 million damages case against the bank's former auditors Ernst & Young, now renamed EY, over an alleged failure to uncover alleged "improper" loan transactions." Brian Carey, of the Sunday Times, and Richard Curran, of the Sunday Independent, also covers the collapse of the Sean Fitzpatrick trial and the performance of the ODCE. Carey points out that its downfall was the ODCE's civil law rather than criminal law approach to collecting evidence, specifically in the taking of evidence from the Anglo auditors EY. Meanwhile, in Curran's view, the ODCE's reputation is in "tatters" and he points out that the organisation wasn't even fully spending its allocated budget and that it didn't have sufficient numbers of suitably qualified people. Our conclusion last week that Leo Varadkar had won the race for leader of Fine Gael and the country seemed premature and while Varadkar is still red-hot favourite, Simon Coveney is making a race of it. FG are rising in the polls on the back of the new appointment. The Red C polls is as follows Fine Gael 29% (+5%) Fianna Fail 21% (-7%) Sinn Fein 15% (-3%) Ind 14% (+4%) Labour 6% (-) Others 15% (+1%) There is an interview with Michael O'Leary who gives his view on various politicians and when asked would he himself enter politics he says "I have no desire to get into **** politics in one of the government ministries. I wouldn't survive a week in a government ministry because I do not have the patience to be telling people what they want to hear. I'd be telling them the truth instead." He is confident of hitting 200m passengers per annum by 2024, Brexit or no Brexit. He thinks height in certain parts of Dublin City may fix things. He says six or seven story buildings here and there will not fix the current supply glut. The Sunday Times reports that Ryanair is expected to report after-tax profits of more than €1.31bn this Tuesday, after carrying 120m passengers in the financial year to the end of March. The businessmen behind the Persona Digital Telephony are challenging for damages in relation to the awarding of the state's third mobile phone licence to Denis O'Brien's Esat Digifone 22 years ago. However, their campaign took a hit last week as the court refused them the option to allow a professional litigation fund to fund the case on their behalf in return for a share of the spoils if successful based on a precedent from 1634. Flynn Management and contractors, who built Twitter's new offices, turnover was up from €38.9m in 2015 to €98m in 2016. Cabot Financial has bought €200m of loans off Cerberus. Cerberus have big books to work through and are actively appointing receivers if they cannot reach satisfactory consensual settlements with its debtors. Greencore chief Patrick Coveney believes that the British Government appreciates the importance of migrant workers to the British food industry. County Louth headquartered digital marketing firm Kong Digital is set to raise €3m next year as part of an expansion into the US. Michael Carey has topped up his funding for his East Coast Bakehouse by €1.75m bringing the total investment to €17m. Backers include Jelly Bean founder Richard Cullen, Lily O'Brien chocolate founder Mary-Ann O'Brien, former head of Kelloggs Europe Stephen Twaddell, Patrick Joy of Suretank fame, Larry Shields and Cyril Forbes. The Sunday Times reports that the €1.75m raised from shareholders is to fund a new packaging line for the production of individually packaged biscuits for the hotel and aviation industries. Hibernia REIT posted impressive results last week with its dividend up 47% and the carrying value of its portfolio up 10%. Its portfolio is now valued at €1.2bn and they have a rent roll of just under €50m. According to the Sunday Times, the chief executive, directors and key executives of Hibernia REIT will share a €7.5m bonus (to be awarded in shares) this year after the company reported a profit of €119m this year. Kevin Nowlan, Hibernia's chief executive, will be granted €3.2m of the bonus which will be awarded in shares. "Custodian, the print management and digital design company which has the former Dublin footballer Alan Brogan as its commercial director, has been acquired by the supply chain and logistics firm PRL group." Noel Furlong's carpet and flooring company saw turnover drop from €107.1m to €98m in 2016. The company's accumulated profits rose by over €6.5m to €67.2m. The company has €37m in cash. It cites unrealistic wage demands and competitors using "predatory pricing looking to damage key customer relationships". There is a two-page special on the burgeoning gaming (not to be confused with gambling) industry in Ireland. IT Services firm IT Force is celebrating its most recent ISO award in the Business Post. Head of Google Ireland Fionnuala Meehan is interviewed by Colette Sexton. Sue O'Neill, chairperson of the Small Firms Association and MD of Shellcove writes an article in the Business Post about their annual conference last week. There is positivity among her members about economic growth investing in their companies etc. However, there are many headwinds, not least Brexit and the consequent pressure on the value of sterling which is hurting exporters hard. She intends to hold the Government to their commitment to end the inequitable treatment of income tax between self-employed and PAYE workers. She is also putting forward the case for reducing Capital Gains Tax from 33% to 20% and to extend the Entrepreneur's relief from €1m to €15m to bring into line with our UK neighbours. There is a profile on Warren Gatland ahead of the Lions series. Yellowbelly craft brewers has announced its move to a 9,500 sq. ft. facility in Wexford town. There is a management matters piece in association with IMI. There is also a focus on Cyber Security, the Food Industry Summit, the Internet of things, Irish Franchise Awards and the AIB Private Banking Law Awards. Timber Creek, a multi-billion asset management firm specialising in real estate and other alternative asset classes, is hoping to invest at least €200m into the Irish property market. Its strategy is aimed at mid-ticket lending in the range of €10m - €20m and will charge interest rates in the range of 6.5% - 8.5%. It will lend a maximum of €50m for up to 75% loan-to-value on a first mortgage position. After the abrupt closing last month of Yo! Sushi in the Dundrum Town Centre, the owners of Yo! Sushi, Graeme Beere and David Zebedee, have launched High Court proceedings against Dundrum Town Centre, and its owners the Hammerson/Allianz consortium. A History of Irish Business, a new that book details the Irish business landscape and its history, is to include interviews from Michael Smurfit, TK Whitaker, Tony Ryan and Denis O'Brien amongst others. Sunday Independent One51, the Irish plastics company, is reported to be planning a listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange as early as next year at a valuation of over €663m. According to the Sunday Independent, the company had an EBITDA of €55m in 2016 and plans to grow that to €100m within the next 2 years. Its acquisition of US rigid plastics company Macro is expected to add €16m in EBITDA next year and earlier this month CDPQ, the Canadian investment firm bought the 23% stake in the company previously owned by Dermot Desmond. This week's focus piece covers One51. The lending business of Chill Insurance, Chill Money, is contemplating entering the mortgage market in the next year. Chill Money's general manager, Fergal Lynch, said the company hopes to write business totalling €80m this year. The Sunday Times reports that La Parisienne Assurances, France's oldest insurance company, is to enter the Irish motor insurance market in partnership with brothers Seamus and Padraig Lynch, owners of on-line broker Chill .ie. Ivernian Insurance a company owned by the brothers will act as the local agent for La Parisienne, selling cover on its behalf to Chill .ie and other insurance brokers. Unicorn Mineral Resources, the Irish minerals explorer that focuses on zinc, lead and copper, is reported to be in sales talks with a Canadian-listed company. According to Richard O'Shea, the company's chief executive, initial talks have given the company a valuation of €7.3m. Eugene O'Callaghan, a director at the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF), has said the fund is "actively working" on 60 potential investments with another 40 at an early stage. ISIF has more than €5bn left to invest, having already invested €3bn to-date and sees itself having deployed all of its capital by the end of 2021. Many of its investments have been in the SME sector, either through SME-focused lenders or in SME businesses themselves and when asked by Gavin McLoughlin if the amount of capital the fund has to spend risks inflating a bubble in SME valuations, O'Callaghan responded: "The impact of quantitative easing by the Fed and the ECB and the Bank of England and so on, has been to flood the world with money, essentially, and that then drives up prices". "I don't think the Irish economy is any different than anywhere else. We would look at every transaction that we enter into, and we're acutely conscious of valuation. But ultimately we look at the cash flows." Richard Curran's piece this week: - Curran uses the withdrawing of the 105 individually-let apartments at the casino in Malahide from sale to illustrate how the government's rent caps may help to cool the market in places without freezing it. The withdrawal had to do with the price tag that could be achieved for selling the units as a block given the new rent cap restrictions. A survey carried out by the Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Ireland on its 5k members found that a total 68% of those polled want a dedicated Cabinet minister with responsibility for Brexit to be appointed as a matter of urgency by the next Taoiseach. Dublin Aerospace, the aircraft maintenance company founded by Conor McCarthy in 2009, increased its pre-tax profits by 20% last year to c. €3.7m. According to the latest accounts, revenue grew by 4% to c. €45.2m in the 12 months to the end of last September.
Glencore, the mining giant, has re-started drilling at its Pallas Green prospect in Limerick after being suspended for a number of years. According to a 2013 Glencore report, the site could have as much as 42m tonnes of recoverable resources, making it the second-largest mine in Ireland after the Tara mine near Navan in Meath. Independent News and Media (INM) has made two new senior appointments to the Sunday Independent. Fearghal O'Connor joins from the Sunday Business Post and has been appointed as the deputy business editor while Gavin McLoughlin has been appointed as a business correspondent, having previously been a business reporter for INM. In an effort to make online passport renewal applications easier, Topaz is investing €1m into the rollout of 50 new photo booths across its nationwide network. Topaz has partnered with Photo-me in a 5-year deal to roll out the ID-compliant photo booths and its aim is to have a photo booth within 5km of 95% of the population. Niamh Bushnell, the former Dublin Commissioner for start-ups, has attracted Google and Bank of Ireland as backers for of her new venture, Tech Ireland. Tech Ireland, the comprehensive public database of innovation in Ireland, is reported to be formally launched in the next two months. This week's interview is with Ger Brennan, the managing director of MSD Human Health in Ireland. IP Telecom, the Dublin-based telecoms company, that offers telephony solutions to companies in Ireland and across the world, has invested €500k in its infrastructure by completing deployment of point of presence architecture into the BT Data Centre in City West Business Park in Dublin. Samantha McCaughren's Ergo piece: - Summix, a property company owned by Shukri Shammas and Tareq Naqib, both founders of Initial Capital in the UK, have plans for student accommodation projects in Galway, Cork and Dublin. It has submitted plans for a 349-room project in Dublin 8, but these have been met with rejection by local businessmen due to their already being plans for over 2.6k student accommodation units within 1km of the Summix property. - OpenJaw, the travel software company, has signed four new Asian airlines as customers. The airlines include Shenzhen Airlines, Sichuan Airlines, Hong Kong Airlines and China United Airlines. OpenJaw was bought by TravelSky, a Chinese aviation IT firm, last year. - The former executive chef at the Ashford Castle Hotel and previous owner of the Michelin-starred restaurant and hotel Erriseask House, Stefan Matz, has set up his own consultancy business, Stefan Matz Catering Consultancy, to provide advice on "everything from menu planning to recruitment advice". Sunday Times Limerick is on course to be a beneficiary of Brexit with the US financial services giant Northern Trust considering moving parts of its European headquarters away from London. A Northern Trust source informed the Sunday Times that up to 1k jobs could be earmarked for Limerick if the UK does not secure a favourable deal for the pass-porting of financial services post-Brexit. Cormac Lucey concurs with the calls from the European Council and within government to increase public spending over and above the numbers indicated in the new 10-year national development plan. Lucey cites the huge underinvestment during the crash which has left our national infrastructure strained, with limited capacity for the future, another reason he cites is the cost of borrowing and 1% interest rates which make it very economical to invest. Finance Minister Michael Noonan will sell as much as 28% of AIB in an initial public offering expected to be confirmed this week. The sale is bigger than the originally envisaged 25% and could raise an additional €250m. Brian Carey agenda piece:
- The Supreme Court has ruled that the Insurance Compensation Fund, which is funded by the exchequer must pay for the collapse of Setanta Insurance. Thomas Roeggla, an Austrian investor who has emerged as a big buyer of Irish hotels, is close to adding Mount Wolseley hotel, spa and golf resort in Co Carlow to his portfolio. The consideration is reportedly close to the €14.24m asking price. The sale will result in an excellent return for its current owners, Tetrarch Capital, which acquired the resort out of examinership for €7.5m in 2014. Lone Star, one of the most active buyers of distressed loans from IBRC and Nama, made approaches to buy EBS and PTSB over the last three years. Victoria's Secret signed a long-term lease for a flagship store at Nos 28-29 Grafton Street with owner Iput earlier this year. The store which extends to 2.7k sq. mts., will produce a rental income of €1.85m a year and set a new benchmark rental value for Grafton Street.
Credit Suisse is buying the former headquarters of Bord na Móna in Dublin city centre for close to €40m. The block is located at Number 76 Lower Baggot Street. Student lender Future Finance is set to begin providing funding for college-goers in Ireland after being licensed as a retail credit firm. Tax investors at the Liffey Valley Clarion, which was partly acquired by hotel group Dalata earlier this month, claim to be owed back rent of up to €3.25m from Nama appointed receiver Kieran Wallace of KPMG. The US investment firm Cerberus Capital Management has got the go-ahead to take control of Knocklofty House in Co Tipperary, the former home of Lord and Lady Donoughmore. Iconic Newspapers, a media group owned by the British businessman Malcolm Denmark, has held talks about a possible purchase of the regional titles owned by Landmark Media, publisher of the Irish Examiner. The approach from Iconic comes as the Irish Times and Key Capital owner of the Sunday Business Post, are considering a possible bid for the Irish Examiner. Marks & Spencer reported a drop in sales at its Irish operations as it implemented "a strategy to reduce promotions and sale activity", the company said last week. Ireland accounts for 35% of M&S's international business i.e. business outside of the UK, the percentage drop in Irish sales was not revealed. Retail group Musgrave is the latest employer to freeze future pension entitlements in a bid to curb scheme liabilities that it claims are threatening its ability to develop and grow its business. The scheme had a deficit of €165m at the end of last year The owner of Tayto Park, Ray Coyle, plans to invest about €30m of his own money into developing a 250-bedroom hotel at the Co Meath theme park. The total cost of the scheme will be c. €45m with the balance coming from bank borrowings. CMS Distribution, a tech products wholesaler owned and run by Mayo man Frank Salmon had turnover of more than £250m and made an operating profit of £2.9m last year, according to recently filed accounts. The wine importer Febvre lost more than €1m in 2015, as it was hit with the costs of a legal battle between its founders and new owners. Renegade Spirits, which is distilling whiskey at the former Diageo brewery in Waterford, aims to distill 1m litres of alcohol this year. Harvey Norman reported its 5th successive year of sales growth in Ireland and reported losses of €1.3m to June 2016 down from €7.2m the previous year. Nick Webb's inside track:
- Terry Clune's Tranfermate is reportedly raising €15m in investment having been recently valued and €250m and having secured a prized license to operate in New York.
- John Mulcahy, formerly Nama's head of property who joined Iput has amassed shares worth €4m according to Iput's latest report.
- Paddy McKillen and Liam Cunningham have acquired a 50% stake in Cecilia House in Temple Bar, which houses Urban Outfitters. Gavin Daly's chief executive interview is with Currency Fair's Paul Byrne this week. Gerard Flynn covers the pay talks in the public sector. Sandra O'Connell has a good piece on Irish start-ups enjoying success in the US.
Twitter @RenatusCapital tweets this week: 78.8% & 66.4% - The average percentage of the value of their property that first-time buyers and subsequent buyers borrowed in 2016. 0.7% - Year-on-year decline in face-to-face retail spending for April, its 7th consecutive month of decline, according to @VisaIreland. 29,893 - The number of new mortgage loans last year, with a total value of €5.7bn, according to @centralbank_ie. @IrishTimesBiz €30k - Average level of household indebtedness in Ireland, making it the 4th most indebted country in the EU, according to @centralbank_ie. €16.6bn - The overall value of mortgages in arrears as of Q4 2016, equivalent to just over 13% of the total mortgages balance. @examinerbiz 3.75% - The average standard variable interest rate on primary dwelling house mortgages in Q1 2017, a decrease from 3.94% a year earlier. €143.8bn - The level of household debt as of Q4 2016, a quarter-on-quarter decline of €3.9bn, according to @centralbank_ie. @IrishTimesBiz 3.5% - The year-on-year increase in employment in the first quarter of 2017, bringing the total number of people employed to over 2m. 1% - The percentage of GDP property tax revenues were in 2014, below the EU average of 1.6%, according to @EU_Commission. 7.7% and 3.7% - The year-on-year increases in the average daily room rates and occupancy rates for Irish hotels, according to @STR_Data.
Virgin Media - Digital Insights Report 2016


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Q: Creating a "Recent Posts" list in a sidebar. I'm working on a simple blog app in Django, and i'm having trouble figuring out how to dynamically generate the five most recent posts in a side bar. Each of my views are class based and they extend a generic template, each view maps to one template which I believe is the correct way to do it. I've looked for a way to do this using template tags, but it seems Django doesn't like you to put any logic inside of your templates.
The problem I believe is that I want this to exist within my base.html because I want the recent posts to be displayed site-wide, is a view even supposed to map to your base.html or does that cause problems, i'm pretty new with this. I don't know how to approach this, whether i'm supposed to create a new view for base.html or if I should use my template tags, or if I should extend an existing view(but if I do that it won't be site wide?).
I essentially want the following(they're ordered in reverse chronological order)
{% for post in post_list[:4] %}
 {{ post.title }}
{% endfor %}

A: You can use a template tag. More specifically, an inclusion tag is what you need. This allows you to insert a rendered snippet anywhere inside your template via a small view-like piece of code.
For example, create a templatetags/blog_tags.py file (it's important that you create the templatetags folder within your app; Django searches for them here by default) in your blog app and add the following:
from django import template
register = template.Library()

@register.inclusion_tag('blog/snippets/recent_posts.html')
def render_recent_blogposts():
    return {
        # This is just an example query, your actual models may vary
        'post_list': BlogPost.objects.all().order_by("published_on")[:4]
    }

now create a blog/snippets/recent_posts.html template (it can be anywhere as long as it mathecs the @register.inclusion_tag(...) above.):

    {% for post in post_list %}

 {{ post.title }}

        ...
    {% endfor %}

finally, in your original template, you can now render your template tags:

    {% load blog_tags %}
    {% render_recent_blogposts %}


text:
"""
    response.py
    ~~~~~~~~~~~
"""

class Response(object):

    def __init__(self, resp):
        if not hasattr(resp, 'content'):
            raise ValueError('resp has no content attr!')
        self.content = resp.content

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