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Doncic scores 28 in 26 minutes, Mavs rout Pelicans 130-84
Wizards have 5th straight game postponed
Warriors rally in 4th to edge Lakers
Bulls spoil Oladipo's Rockets debut
Grizzlies hold off Suns, extend run to 5
Heat rally from 19 down to top Pistons
Cavs to part ways with troubled Porter
Raptors beat Mavs for 3rd straight win
Aldridge, DeRozan help Spurs rip Blazers
Barrett, Randle lead Knicks past Magic
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DALLAS (AP) With Kristaps Porzingis joining Luka Doncic in the Dallas lineup this season, the Mavericks expected to be better. But Boban Marjanovic?
Doncic scored 28 points in 26 minutes, Porzingis had 13 points and the 1,500th rebound of his career and Marjanovic had season highs of 15 points and 16 rebounds to help Dallas rout the New Orleans Pelicans 130-84 on Saturday. Doncic also had nine assists and six rebounds.
Dallas led 64-52 at halftime. Doncic already had 20 points, and Marjanovic scored 11 points, nine in the second quarter.
"(Marjanovic) did a great job," coach Rick Carlisle said. "The group in the second quarter really did a good job of giving us a 10-point lead. He was a big part of it, getting it to him with a smaller guy on him. He was doing a lot of damage."
The Pelicans didn't get within 10 points in the second half.
"The rest of the game was just a formality," Porzingis said.
Last season, Doncic was the NBA's rookie of the year and Porzingis was injured and didn't play after being acquired in a trade with the New York Knicks.
Marjanovic, a 7-foot-4 Serbian, played for two teams before taking a 50% pay cut to sign with Dallas as a free agent. He was a force against the undersized Pelicans.
"When they elected to use (Jahlil) Okafor, that was an opportunity for us to use Boban," Carlisle said. "It's hard to use him against guys like (Jaxson) Hayes because of the quickness and shooting."
Porzingis and his teammates were happy for Marjanovic.
"Can't stop Bobie," Porzingis said. "He played great on the boards. He's so big, so strong. Once he gets the ball in the paint, they can't do much out there."
Marjanovic energized the crowd and his teammates.
"When you hear (the crowd) cheering for you, basically you warm up your body so fast. Blood keep going through the body, and you're not too tight anymore."
The 46-point margin was two shy of Dallas' season high against Golden State.
Dallas has won five in a row to improve to 18-8. The Mavericks have won 10 of 11 for the first time since winning their only NBA championship in 2010-11.
New Orleans has lost eight in a row.
"A poorly played game, a poorly coached game," Pelicans coach Alvin Gentry said.
Doncic, Porzingis and the other starters didn't play in the fourth quarter after the Mavericks ran up a 38-point lead at 104-66.
Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 14 points.
Off the bench, Jalen Brunson scored 14 on 6-for-6 shooting and Seth Curry had 11.
J.J. Redick led New Orleans with 15 points. Brandon Ingram and Jrue Holiday scored 14 each and Hayes had 11.
Pelicans: Redick had a 4-point play 3:27 into the game. Only Jamal Crawford and James Harden have more career 4-point plays in NBA history than Redick. ... F/C Derrick Favors, who is on a personal leave, missed his 11th straight game.
Mavericks: G Delon Wright didn't play after the first quarter because of a right adductor strain. "Very unlikely he's playing (Sunday)," Dallas coach Rick Carlisle said.. C Dwight Powell was in the starting lineup after leaving Wednesday's game with an injury to his left wrist. ... Dallas scored a season-high 104 points in the first three quarters. ...The Mavericks' 40 points were the most in the third quarter this season. ... They are 10 games over .500 for the first time since 2014-15.
20, 5 AND 5 OR MORE
When Mavericks G Luka Doncic grabbed a defensive rebound 23 seconds into the third quarter, it marked his 18th straight game with at least 20 points, five assists and five rebounds in a game. The only player to have done that since the NBA/NBA merger in 1976 was Hall of Famer Michael Jordan in 1976-77. Oscar Robertson had a 29-game streak before the merger.
Pelicans: Host Detroit on Tuesday night.
Mavericks: Host Sacramento on Sunday.
Orlando at New York, 9:00 AM PT10:00 AM MT11:00 AM CT12:00 PM ET10:00 AM MT12:00 PM ET17:00 GMT1:00 21:00 UAE18:0012:00 ET
Cleveland at Washington, 11:00 AM PT12:00 PM MT1:00 PM CT2:00 PM ET12:00 PM MT2:00 PM ET19:00 GMT3:00 23:00 UAE20:0014:00 ET
Minnesota at Atlanta, 11:30 AM PT12:30 PM MT1:30 PM CT2:30 PM ET12:30 PM MT2:30 PM ET19:30 GMT3:30 23:30 UAE20:3014:30 ET
San Antonio at Portland, 12:00 PM PT1:00 PM MT2:00 PM CT3:00 PM ET1:00 PM MT3:00 PM ET20:00 GMT4:00 0:00 UAE (+1)21:0015:00 ET
Phoenix at Memphis, 2:00 PM PT3:00 PM MT4:00 PM CT5:00 PM ET3:00 PM MT5:00 PM ET22:00 GMT6:00 2:00 UAE (+1)23:0017:00 ET
Milwaukee at Brooklyn, 4:30 PM PT5:30 PM MT6:30 PM CT7:30 PM ET5:30 PM MT7:30 PM ET0:30 GMT8:30 4:30 UAE (+1)01:3019:30 ET
Dallas at Toronto, 4:30 PM PT5:30 PM MT6:30 PM CT7:30 PM ET5:30 PM MT7:30 PM ET0:30 GMT8:30 4:30 UAE (+1)01:3019:30 ET
Houston at Chicago, 5:00 PM PT6:00 PM MT7:00 PM CT8:00 PM ET6:00 PM MT8:00 PM ET1:00 GMT9:00 5:00 UAE (+1)02:0020:00 ET
Detroit at Miami, 5:00 PM PT6:00 PM MT7:00 PM CT8:00 PM ET6:00 PM MT8:00 PM ET1:00 GMT9:00 5:00 UAE (+1)02:0020:00 ET
Golden State at LA Lakers, 7:00 PM PT8:00 PM MT9:00 PM CT10:00 PM ET8:00 PM MT10:00 PM ET3:00 GMT11:00 7:00 UAE (+1)04:0022:00 ET


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Whoa, Here's a Surprisingly Legit Rap Battle Between James Corden and Kevin Hart
Hart joined Corden's Late Late Show for a segment Jimmy Fallon is probably wishing he'd thought of.
By Rohan Nadkarni
How exactly does James Corden's Drop the Mic segment work? The game features Corden and his guests (sometimes it's just the guests) in insult-heavy rap battles, and the jokes are frequent and fast—and there is just no way Corden and his guests are freestyling these righteous burns. ... Right?
But in any case, Corden and Kevin Hart really got into it on Wednesday, with Corden calling out Hart for his sidekick roles, height, and The Wedding Ringer. And Hart went right back at Corden, getting on the host for his weight, dependence on Carpool Karaoke, and uh, lack of big bank account.
This edition is extremely fun, and you know Jimmy Fallon probably lies awake miserable at night wondering how he didn't think of it first. Hart was anointed the winner of the latest battle. But that isn't what's important here—what is important is our nation's over-reliance on the audience-applause method as a way to judge competitions. One of these days, that's going to go terribly wrong.
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Q: facebook api is very slow i'm trying to make an application, getting all the birthdays and other information from you facebook friends, using the facebook php sdk.
i get the friendlist and with a foreach loop, get all the info for every friends' id.
This all works, only it takes 4 min+ to get all the information.
(for every friend i have to make a new call)
I can't expect users of my application to wait that long.
Is there a way to get the info faster.
this is my code:

    //$arrFriends is a list with all id's and names of friends

foreach ($arrFriends as $f => $value)
            {
                echo('');
                $fql = "select uid, email, name, hometown_location, sex, birthday, education, relationship_status, pic_square from user where uid=" . $value[id];
                $param = array('method' => 'fql.query','query' => $fql,'callback' => '');
                $friend = $facebook->api($param);
                //dan opslaan in de database:
                print_r($friend);
                echo('');
            }

A: You can use
SELECT uid, name, pic_square FROM user WHERE uid = me()
OR uid IN (SELECT uid2 FROM friend WHERE uid1 = me())

Reference: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/fql/
Same result, fast, quick, elegant solution. May the performance be with you.

Another solution (to be an idea for you)
If  you have hundreds of friends, well that's pretty normal and expected. You're requesting Facebook API for hundres of times in the loop.
Many scalable facebook applications do that job asynchronously in the background (in a task queue) or maybe completely on a different machine to not to slow down and consume CPU bursts.
Try to use OR conjuctives in your FQL queries.
$fql = "select [...] from user where uid=123213312 OR uid=129038823 OR uid=893423890

But in this case your FQL query gets larger and larger so that you have to be divide it. Therefore use first solution.

A: Each fql query involves an http request to facebook, which is likely to be slow.
If you can work out a query to produce all of the results in a single response, and then process that response in a loop, you are likely to get much better performance.

A: If you don't want to use FQL, batch requests are designed for exactly this purpose. You build an array of graph requests and send them together. According to the documentation they're processed in parallel.

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Corse, GT Series: over 50 cars in the Santerno circuit competing for the 12h Imola.
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A competition born from the cars derived from the series
Everything is ready for the second edition of Hankook 12H Imola, scheduled from Thursday 26 to Saturday 28 May at the Enzo e Dino Ferrari International Circuit. The Imola race marks an important innovation: for the first time, the start will be in two groups, one for the GT cars and one for the TCE cars. More than 50 cars are expected on the starting grid for the event that marks the third round of the European Championship in the 24H GT Series and the second in the European Championship in the 24H TCE Series.
The program during the weekend
The first four hours of the race are scheduled for Friday from 3.30PM to 7.30PM, while the remaining eight hours will be held Saturday from 11.30AM to 7.30PM. The 7 Race Series are the official support categories for the event, with one race for each series on Friday and one on Saturday. Free admission on Friday and Saturday to Paddock and Tribuna A.
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First of all my apologies to Sanjaya Baru, author of the book 'The Accidental Prime Minister', for taking the liberty to paraphrase from his title. He was media adviser and trusted aide to former Indian Prime Minister Shri Manmohan Singh during the latter's first term of the UPA government, an alliance led by the Congress Party, starting in 2004, which defeated the NDA led by BJP with Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee as Prime Minister.
In his introduction the author writes that 'this book is an honest account of my time with the PM, offering my view of what I saw and believed had happened'. The blurb on the back cover of the book describes it as 'one of the great insider accounts of Indian political life'.
What happens to and in India, its politics in particular, is of great importance to the worldwide Indian Diaspora. India is not only the land of our forefathers but also our spiritual motherland, and because in Mauritius almost 70% of the population is of Indian origin (the oldest Diaspora of modern times that comprises that of South Africa, Caribbean and South America as well) and there have existed between our two countries what is officially described as privileged relations – although we did manage to mess up the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA). For those of us whose connection with India spans student days and family links, and therefore have a certain intimate knowledge about Indian social life and the polity in general, the interest in matters Indian is even greater.
It will be recalled that Shri Manmohan Singh became Prime Minister when Smt. Sonia Gandhi, leader of the Congress Party, disqualified herself – despite a forcing – according to the provisions of the Indian Citizenship Act (1956) as has been clearly explained by lawyer Dr Subramanian Swamy of the BJP. The power situation in the UPA government was best captured pithily in two juxtaposed cartoons that appeared in the Indian magazine India Today after the annointment of Shri Manmohan Singh. One showed the latter seated and was captioned: 'The throne'. The one next to it showed Smt. Sonia Gandhi standing behind the chair, and was captioned: 'The power behind the throne'.
One last point about the 'accidental' part. Anupam Kher, well-known actor has played the role of Manmohan Singh in the film of the same name based on the book that was released last January. He explained in an interview to Arnab Goswami of Republic TV that when he met Shri Manmohan Singh about the film, the latter joked about the title, commenting that he had an antecedent as an 'Accidental Finance Minister' in Shri Narasimha Rao's government. This is in contrast to the offence displayed loudly by the Congress when the film was advertised to be released.
This elegance of Shri Manmohan Singh was to be expected on the part of such a refined gentleman, who had served as economist at the World Bank before he was inducted into Rao's government. His track record is only too well-known, and it includes the game-changing reforms that bore his imprint in that government.
Unfortunately, the new aspirant to the prime ministership of the largest democracy in the world and its second most populous one (after China), cannot boast of any similar equivalent. To start with, his 'qualifications' are controverted – and again it is Dr Subramaniam Swamy who has commented on the topic. Despite the presence of such experienced and capable stalwarts as P. Chidambaram in the Congress Party, it was a given that Rahul Gandhi would succeed his mother as leader of the party (we have a precedent here too, isn't it), as a continuation of the dynastic line that has been recently lengthened further with the induction of his equally politically green sister Priyanka into the party.
As some observers have pointed out whenever he has made some gaffes in his moves on the political scene, Rahul Gandhi is still undergoing his political education. It is true that he has been able to lead the party to victory in some recent State elections in India, but that does not yet add up to make him the mature and rounded leader that his country needs. Anyone with a bit of common sense will see as clearly as the light of day that he is no match for the current incumbent whom he wants to replace, the veteran Shri Narendra Modi.
Shri Modi's track record as three times Chief Minister of Gujarat and since 2014 as Prime Minister is an open book, as much as his organizational skills to mobilize support for the BJP as pracharak when he was requested by Atalji to come to New Delhi (from Gujarat) in the mid-1990s. Quibbles about his personal life before he joined politics – such as his being an ascetic in the Himalayas, a marriage renunciate, and his being advised by Ramakrishna Mission that he had a more urgent role to play ahead of him than to join the Mission (to serve his country at national level ) – only reinforce his credibility as a dedicated man with a single-pointed purpose, a mumuksha in the true Indian tradition.
As Prime Minister he has beefed up his country's security situation through a combination of regional and international diplomacy as well as robust armed response (surgical strikes), pursued a foreign policy with maturity and avoiding as far as possible any escalation (e.g. on the Dokhlam issue with China), and recently has strengthened the rail links with Nepal). Besides, he has taken a series of innovative measures to reinforce the financial and fiscal situation in India, along with a host of other measures that impact health, sanitation, education, manufacturing and other sectors too. He has also initiated actions to bring back fugitives like Vijay Mallya, and Nirav Modi who has been refused bail in a London court and sent to jail till March – such moves take long to materialise because they involve complex legal processes in the host country and negotiations with bodies such as Interpol etc. Congress-wallahs seem to think that a flick of the finger by Rahul Gandhi will make Theresa May (or her replace) snap to attention and action!
As against all this, all that Rahul Gandhi does is to criticize him openly on issues such as the Rafale deal with France, his foreign policy and the latest was that Modi is afraid of Chinese President Xi when China did not back up the UN Security Council move to designate the mastermind behind the Pulwama attack in Srinagar as a global terrorist.
All the stands taken by Rahul Gandhi betray his immaturity as regards running the affairs of State, where knee-jerk reactions cannot be the norm and shrewd diplomacy is preferred. He expects Modi to turn around the country in five years after nearly 70 years of Congress rule. We don't use the word 'misrule' because unlike Rahul Gandhi who sees nothing good in what the BJP government has done, we accept that Congress governments did contribute to advance the country on several fronts. But on many others – primary education, primary health care, its policy of minority appeasement – they have miserably failed their country. Otherwise how does one explain that so many decades after Independence India has still the highest levels of child mal- and under-nutrition in the world, woeful sanitation and water facilities which have begun to be addressed seriously by the BJP government at last – and so on and so forth.
In a public display of his great understanding of his prime ministerial functions and responsibilities, and respect for his country's institutions, in 2013 he tore up in front of Parliament an Ordinance that had been signed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh – that too in the latter' absence on official mission abroad!
Rahul Gandhi expects a miracle in five years. Well, good luck to him who has not so far had any direct experience of governing at even local level, let alone of the central machinery with the intelligentsia of Indian bureaucracy – and bureaucratese as well for that matter!
He will be a formidable theoretical Prime Minister. Genuinely patriotic Indians will surely know the difference between the wheat and the chaff as they go to the polls soon.


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By Global Ministries on June 07, 2006
Jim & Jayanthi Wilson - Botswana
One of the greatest joys in doing ministry is when you see the fruits of your labor. At other times, however, all we can do is give our best and to leave the rest in God's hands.
"God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes." - Revelation 21:4
One of primary purposes of Sedibeng, where Jayanthi works- is to help empower young people and women. As a Christian, non-profit organization- it attempts to helpsuch people todiscover the innumerable talents within themselves, to gain marketable skills as well as to take charge of their own lives. Sometimes, that's exactly what happens. But, at other times, the obstacles to whichthey aremade to face seem nearly insurmountable. Take the case of Thato, a woman of about 50 years old. She came to Sedibeng nearly a month ago seeking advice and help. A victim of spousal abuse,penniless and with no hope of finding a jobin the village from which she came, shemoved to Gaborone, Botswana along with her family. In a dilapidatedone-room dwelling (approximately 6 feet by 10 ft) she lives therealong with5 other people (a son who is 8 years old; one daughter who is 18 years old and another daughter who is 20 years old and who has two children of her own- ages 2 and 4). The dwelling has no lock on the door and very basic furniture inside. Thato wants to change her circumstances, but doesn't know how. She feels insignificant and incapable because ofyears of spousal abuse; limited educational skills, and no extended family nor support group to help during this difficultperiod in her life.
Sedibeng has tried in many ways to help give support and guidance to Thato. They have given herused furniture, clothing and have also connected her to varying kinds of governmental assistance. At the same time, they are encouraging her to gain further job skills and to learn to be independent. But, as Jayanthi and the other members of the Sedibeng staff already know- such people come to the institution with multiple problems and very rarely do suchproblems go away over night. Nonetheless, theyare reminded over and over again of the words found in the Book of Revelation, i.e. that God is close to the brokenhearted and wipes awayall tears from their eyes.
I recently had the opportunity of participating in their annual graduation ceremony of Kgolagano Theological Collegewhere 29 our students completed their studies and were awarded varying kinds of certificates and diplomas on Saturday, May 20. It was a wonderful occasion and withmany people in attendance. But, what was most amazing about the ceremony was the number of times during the ceremony that graduates, fellow students, family and staff broke into spontaneous songs of praise to God, clapping hands and dancing. Many of theseindividualswere faced with so many hurdles in the process of completing their education- including difficulty in raising the USD 300.00 to pay for their annual tuition, living in remote places with little or no access to books, anddealing with the time restraints that come with working, raising a family and being actively involved in the churches where they come from. And yet, through it all, they give praise to God.
Jayanthi and I consider it a real privilege to be serving in Gaborone, Botswana through Global Ministries, and appreciate the prayers, e-mails and the other ways that churches and friends encourage us. God bless.
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James & Jayanthi Wilson are missionaries with the Kgolagano Theological College in Gaborone, Botswana. Jim serves as a teacher of theology at Kgolagana Theological College. Jayanthi serves as seconded staff to the Mabogo Dinku Advice Centre in Gaborone, Botswana. She works in community development at the Mabogo Dinku Advice Centre.
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Ready Player One – Blu-ray Review
by Brian M. Sammons | Aug 1, 2018 | Movie Reviews, Reviews | 0 comments
Stars: Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn
Reviewed by Brian M. Sammons
I've heard this film described as "Spot the Pop Culture Reference: The Movie" and to an extent that is true. But hell, that's a large part of the fun. Take that away and you still get a sci-fi dystopian future story about VR and losing your identity in an artificial world more tantalizing and attractive than the real one. That's all great, I hear you say (and here it is), but why is this being reviewed by you for this site? Well, horror plays a big part in not only my personal world of pop culture, but in this film as well. So without further ado, are you ready, Player One? Then let's get started.
In the future the world sucks so bad that everyone damn near lives inside a virtual reality on-line multiplayer game called The Oasis. Because the creator of the game was a mega nerd and a child of the 80s, the game, and therefore this movie, is jam-packed with pop culture references to the 1980s. Music, movies, video games, cartoons, and jokes (those things that existed before memes, although there also plenty of memes in this too) from the 80s are all over the place in here. That goes double for the characters. If you have a favorite fictional character, chances are good that they are in here somewhere. Pop culture junkies are in danger of overdosing in this movie, so be warned.
As for the story, the aforementioned creator of The Oasis died and left an Easter egg hunt in his game for three keys. Whomever got the keys and solved the riddles and puzzles would get half a trillion dollars and control of the global sensation that is The Oasis. Naturally everyone is trying to get this prize, including a big, nasty, greedy company (boo, hiss) and a young man who is our poor, awkward, downtrodden everyman. Gee, I wonder who's going to win? Yeah, yeah, the story is about as cliché as they come, but the same can be said about many movies. Also this is one instance where the trip itself is far more enjoyable than the destination.
So why is this being reviewed here? Because appreciation of horror plays a bit part in this pop culture landscape. Nothing is really all that frightening, but that's not the point. This is a celebration of all things cool and the horror genre gets more than its fair share of love in this. There are countless horror pop culture characters running around in the background for you to play "spot the scary" and put a big grin on your face. One of the three tests/key quests takes place in an extended scene from someone's "11th favorite horror movie ever" and I really loved that bit. Then there is the mashing up with a somewhat modern meme with an unexpected cameo that got me laughing. All I'll say about that is "Focking Chucky!" There's more, but I will leave you to find them, or not, as that is one of the things that makes this movie so much fun.
Let's get to those special features Warner Brothers has given us for the new Blu-ray/DVD combo pack. First, as is usual with Spielberg movies, there is no director's commentary. Come on, Steven, get with the times. But there are quite a lot of featurettes on here for you education and enjoyment. There's one all about the 1980s, that decade that's at the heart of this film. Sadly that one is rather short at just five and a half minutes. There is an almost hour-long making-of about bringing the book to life on screen. There's a 25-minute-long look at all the amazing CGI effects and worlds used in the film. There is an eight-minute featurette on the sound design, and another 10-minute one on the music/score for the movie. Lastly there is another 10-minute featurette on the author of the novel, Ernest Cline and the star of the movie, Tye Sheridan. Oddly there is no trailer. Is not having your trailer on the disc a thing now? It seems to be. Regardless, that's a bunch of cool things for this movie all about cool things.
Ready Player One is an unapologetic nostalgia bomb of a movie. A fun, fast, CGI thrill-ride down memory lane with the rose-colored glasses firmly in place. But I am fine with that. I am a consumer of pop culture; the 1980s is my wheelhouse decade. I have unabashed nerd love for many things from that time so this film is preaching to the choir when it comes to me. I think if you can separate yourself from all that you still end up with a fun little sci-fi action flick, but I can't separate myself from all that, as all that is a large part of who I am today. So yeah, I may be a bit biased, but I don't care. I adore this film and highly recommend you picking it up when it comes out July 24th.
About Brian M. Sammons
Brian M. Sammons has penned stories that have appeared in the anthologies: Arkham Tales, Horrors Beyond, Monstrous, Dead but Dreaming 2, Horror for the Holidays, Deepest, Darkest Eden and others. He has edited the books; Cthulhu Unbound 3, Undead & Unbound, Eldritch Chrome, Edge of Sundown, Steampunk Cthulhu, Dark Rites of Cthulhu, Atomic Age Cthulhu, World War Cthulhu and Flesh Like Smoke. He is also the managing editor of Dark Regions Press' Weird Fiction line. For more about this guy that neighbors describe as "such a nice, quiet man" you can check out his infrequently updated webpage here: http://brian_sammons.webs.com/ and follow him on Twitter @BrianMSammons.
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Chef Boyardee
The six-foot-tall, bronze statue of Chef Boyardee was installed in ConAgra Plaza in 2011. It was later moved to a less visible location, in front of Building #6. John Lajba produced the statue for ConAgra Foods which is based in Omaha and owns the Chef Boyardee canned pasta brand. The statue represents both the Chef Boyardee character and the real-life chef, Hector Boiardi, who started the company. For more, see this website. [map]
Russell Speeder's Car Wash
The revolving, fiberglass statue at Russell Speeder's Car Wash was installed around 2006. The statue revolves on its base. It was built by FAST Fiberglass. There are many other Russell Speeder's Car Wash locations but this is the only one with a statue. [map]
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Incoming chairman of the Athens Area Chamber of Commerce board of directors heralded 2012, which featured the promise of Caterpillar and about $200 million in downtown Athens developments, as a banner year while discussing the challenges ahead in 2013.
Among them, new chamber board Chairman Mike Morris said Monday night in the annual chamber banquet and awards ceremony at the Classic Center, is maximizing the impact of Caterpillar by drawing in suppliers, finding a zoning compromise along Prince Avenue to promote development that complements the new health sciences campus, and welcoming the incoming University of Georgia President Jere Morehead, the current provost who will replace outgoing President Michael Adams in July.
Morris also warned of the "impending loss of retailers along the Atlanta Highway corridor," referencing long-standing rumors that an in-progress shopping center in Oconee County will draw many big-box stores from their homes Athens across the county line.
The local government will lean on the chamber when it comes to commercial, retail and entrepreneurial efforts as its new department of economic development focuses on more industrial-type projects, he said.
"We face the challenge of attracting suppliers to the Caterpillar plant and convincing them that Athens-Clarke County is the place to relocate to," he said.
ATLANTA - Athens' job growth will be about half of last year's pace for the remainder of 2013, according to economic predictions released Wednesday.
Statewide, Georgia's job growth and exports will also be positive, but slower, in 2013 than last year, and the state's unemployment rate will hold steady at 8.6 percent, according to a forecast released by the Economic Forecasting Center at Georgia State University.
"In the fourth quarter of 2012, total employment in Athens grew by only 80 jobs," wrote Rajeev Dhawan, director of the center. "This moderation is significant considering the gain of 1,200 jobs in the first, 460 in the second, and 180 in the third quarters."
Most of the hiring has been in the professional/business-services sector while state and local government shed jobs. Yet, the area unemployment rate of 6.4 percent remains the lowest of any metro area in the state.
The Athens forecast calls for this year's employment base to grow 1.1 percent, compared to 2 percent last year.
The numbers fall in the ballpark of what Jeff Humphreys, director of the University of Georgia's Selig Center for Economic Growth, forecast for last year and tracked for this year. Humphreys, who did not read Dhawan's forecast, has 1.2 percent growth for next year, but has 2012 at 1.5 percent.
If an almost 28-acre parcel near U.S. Highway 29 North and Hull Road makes it over some final hurdles in the Athens-Clarke County Commission chambers in coming weeks, it would mean a $40 million development anchored by a grocery store that straddles two federally designated "food deserts."
The mayor and commissioners took their first collective look at the proposal, from Atlanta-based Cideco Development Co. Inc., at their agenda-setting meeting Thursday. According to the plans, the developers would build a 123,500-square-foot Kroger grocery store that would eventually grow again by almost 30,000 square feet. The first phase, which also includes a gas station, commercial retail and restaurants in seven outbuildings, could be voted on March 5.
The development could remove the area's federal "food desert" designation as well. That designation, from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is for low-income census tracts where a "substantial number" of residents lack access to a supermarket or large grocery store.
Should the commission give the OK to the shopping center, developer Barak Zukerman said he hopes to move "as quickly as possible," but added that the Kroger company will have the final say.


Today I introduce you to an easy, healthy, delicious and useful vegetable side dish. This is a traditional Japanese side dish which is called "Kinpira". The seasonings are soy sauce, cooking sake and sugar. It has a great sweet-savory taste and the vegetables have a crunchy texture. Delicious!! If you use gluten free soy sauce, this can be a vegan and gluten free dish.
In Japan we usually use Gobo (Burdock Root) for this recipe but I can't find that easily near here so I use potato and carrot. It is so tasty and the recipe is very easy!!
Heat sesame oil in a pan and cook the sliced vegetables. Season with sugar, soy sauce and cooking sake and stir-fry. You can store for 3~4 days in the refrigerator.
If you don't follow a vegetarian diet, you can add thin sliced pork or small pieces of chicken. Also I sometimes add bonito or kelp Dashi powder. These bring a hearty taste to the dish!!
In addition, you can make this dish spicy so you can add some sliced red pepper if you like.
If you don't like to use alcohol in your cooking, you can use any kind of Dashi stock or broth instead of using cooking Sake.
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Yum! I'm back in Japan and am looking for quick and easy recipes that use actual Japanese ingredients. It's tricky to cook in a country you didn't grow up in, the groceries are all different to those in all the recipes I'm used to making.
You are right! It is tricky.
This recipe is great for potato and carrot but you can also try to cook using Gobo if you like. When you use Gobo, you might want to slice them very thinly and stir-fry little bit longer.
I love gobo, especially fried! But have never cooked it myself before. I'll have to challenge myself. We just arrived back in Japan on Sunday and Tora-chan and I both caught colds already. 😷 We're enjoying lots of naps.
OMG! I hope you feel better soon!!
I have to admit, I've never heard of Gobo but the dish looked amazing. I'm going to try it with potato slices and carrot. I have a feeling that my family will love it!
Gobo is a root vegetable. It is high in fiber and it has crunchy texture and slightly bitter taste (we don't taste bitter when we use some seasonings).
Oh! I hope they have it!!
I love fried food, and seeing your pictures reminds me especially of french fries. I should be eating healthier so I may give your recipe a try!
This looks so good! Another PDF for the files I've saved of your great recipes!
Thank you!! It is definitely easy, delicious and healthy recipe. I hope you like it!!
These vegetables look great! Thank you for this wonderful recipe.


In a previous blog post we provided an overview of the different security mechanisms for ePassports and similar ICAO 9303 documents. In this blog, we zoom in on the security measures to protect the privacy of the holder.
Passports contain privacy sensitive information, such as personal number. Protection of this information is very important, for example to prevent identity theft. Someone must be close to the RFID chip to be able to read the content via NFC, but access control is needed nevertheless. Access control means a technically inherent form of control over who can access and read the chip via NFC. For example, you do not want someone in line behind you in the supermarket to hold their smartphone close to your wallet and read the content. In addition, for example at an airport, secure messaging is needed to prevent someone from eavesdropping on the communication between your passport and the Automatic Border Control gate that is reading the chip in your passport.
Beside the above three security mechanisms to protect access to the chip, this can also be done by putting a metal shielding in the passport cover. The passport then must be opened to be able to read the chip. The United States passport is an example of this.
Basic Access Control (BAC) is the simplest and oldest mechanism to protect access to the chip found in ePassports. To access a chip that is protected by BAC, you need to know the document number, the date of birth of the holder and the expiry date of the document. This information is used as a password to encrypt all communication with the passport and can be found in the Machine-Readable Zone of the document. This mechanism prevents unauthorized access to the chip because only entities that know the information that is used as the password can access the chip. The idea behind it is simple and elegant: you can only get access to the content of the chip if you already have optical access to the document, i.e., you already know what is on the chip. Eavesdropping is prevented as well, because an attacker that intercepts the communication between chip and reader cannot decrypt it without knowledge of the password. Although the implementation of BAC is not mandatory, it is used in all modern ePassports.
There has been some debate on the security of BAC, as the combination of document number, date of birth and expiry date can in some cases be guessed by brute forcing all possible combinations. The security of the password is especially reduced if some of some of the fields can somehow be related to each other. For example, if an issuer would increment the document number for each document that was issued, the document number is related to the date the document was issued, and therefore also related to the expiry date of the document. Relations like this effectively reduce the number of possible variations (entropy) of the password and as such reduce the security. This weakness has a larger impact on eavesdropping than on access control. An attacker can record the communication and try many passwords afterwards, but the number of attempts to get access is typically limited by the passport. For example, it may respond very slowly after a reader tries to get access with an incorrect BAC, thereby making a try-many-different-BAC-combinations attack very unpractical.
To avoid this blog post becoming too long, we will not discuss the privacy-related security mechanisms in electronic driving licenses (ISO18013), but please be aware there is a security mechanism very like BAC for ISO18013 which is called BAP.
Password Authenticated Connection Establishment (PACE) is Supplemental Access Control (SAC). Depending who you talk to, they may use PACE or SAC, but typically refer to the same. PACE is a successor of BAC that uses more modern cryptography to provide an increased level of security. EU mandates the implementation of PACE by its member states for newly issued travel documents. Passports that have support for PACE also support BAC to remain compatible with the ICAO 9303 standard, that requires documents that support PACE to also support the older BAC. PACE solves the possible security problems of BAC by exchanging strong passwords to prevent eavesdropping immediately after access control. For getting access to the chip, the same combination of document number, birthdate and expiry date is used as password. Additionally, the chip can accept one or more Card Access Numbers (CAN) as a password. Typically, a CAN is only 6 digits long and is printed on the document, like the Machine-Readable Zone.
Starting in January 2018, documents that implement PACE are no longer required by the ICAO standard to implement BAC for backwards compatibility. We expect that some countries may soon drop the support for BAC, requiring PACE to get access to the content on the chip. Until that happens, there is always the fallback to BAC to get access to the chip. ReadID implements PACE already, and we participated in the PACE/SAC interoperability tests that were done at Secure Document World in May 2016 (SDW Interop 2016).
The third privacy-related security mechanism we discuss in this blog is Extended Access Control (EAC). This is used to protect more privacy sensitive information in the chip, especially fingerprints. EAC must be executed before the fingerprints can be read. The ICAO standard only suggests implementing additional access control mechanisms for protecting more sensitive information, but leaves the specification up to its member states. EAC is therefore not an ICAO standard, but in Europe it has been standardized by the BSI (see here and here). EAC consists of two mechanisms: Chip Authentication (CA) and Terminal Authentication (TA). The first is a cloning detection mechanism that we'll discuss in another blog post. EAC-TA is about privacy and thus the subject of this blog post.
Contrary to BAC and PACE, the execution of EAC-TA does not involve a password that can be derived from information on the data page. Instead the terminal (device that reads the passport) must present a government issued certificate to the chip, to proof that it is authorized to read such sensitive information.
In practice, only a very few organizations such as national border control, police and local governments receive authorization to read the fingerprints from a passport. Especially in an international context it is very difficult to arrange. Because of this, EAC-TA seems to be used very little. We have already implemented EAC-TA some years ago, and ReadID can support EAC-TA for customers that have received such authorization. This is however currently not a production feature.
This blog post provided a short overview of privacy related security mechanisms. In follow-up blogposts, we explain the security features of ePassports that are related to authenticity of the chip and clone detection (to appear).


The online pre-pregnancy course gives you the opportunity to learn so many things at your own pace especially with the aid of lectures through iPad. These courses have the maximum potential of helping you. Babedu Academy is offering an online pre-pregnancy education course that is available for pregnant women and their support person.
The online Pre-pregnancy course is an essential prenatal care that improves support during pregnancy period. Taking an online pregnancy course is beneficial to the mother, baby and support person. It aids decision-making and improves communication links that exist between partners about the baby and parenting.
An online pre-pregnancy gives maximum opportunity for prenatal education to women and their support persons especially in a scenario where it is impossible to attend face-to-face group classes. Some of the reasons why it is necessary for women to undergo online pre-pregnancy course includes the absence of pre-pregnancy course in their community because of a scheduling conflict, poor transportation, lack of time and low enrollment. Some people also prefer online learning and Babedu offers them at their choice.
You will be given the latest advice on fertility and pregnancy outcomes. You will also be exposed to foods, pre-pregnancy, and fertility. Important topics that serve as a requirement during pregnancy and optimized weight gain will also be discussed.
The course is easily accessible and interested persons can visit the Babedu Academy's website. It focuses on couples as a way of taking the childbirth class. In addition to guiding you through the birth process, the online pre-pregnancy course provides accurate answers to questions you might be thinking about without the intention of asking anyone.
Babedu's online pre-pregnancy course is highly recommended as it contains information that will prepare you for childbirth. You are free to ask questions regarding birth preparations and pregnancy. Get Proper training and pre-pregnancy course today at Babedu Academy.


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6 Chefs Who Died in the Line of Duty
August 11, 2017 by Joan Vos MacDonald
Dedication to culinary excellence can be deadly
Achieving fame as a chef requires dedication—even obsession—and the pursuit of fine cuisine can occasionally be dangerous. Whether sickened by poor ventilation, surprised by a snake, or caught up in political intrigues, the following chefs are known to have died for their cause.
1. RICHARD ROOSE (DIED 1531)
Chef Richard Roose was in charge of preparing the daily gruel for his master John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester. But in February 1531, he was accused of adding poison to the porridge. The bishop was spared because he had no appetite that day, but the poisoned gruel killed two and sickened several members of the bishop's family. The crime was considered so heinous that Parliament passed the 1531 "Acte for Poysoning," which made it high treason to poison anyone—and declared that the punishment for the crime was being boiled to death.
Roose maintained his innocence, saying he merely added laxatives to the gruel as a prank and had no idea where any poison came from. And the cook may have been framed: Rumor had it that Henry VIII arranged for Fisher's poisoning because the bishop criticized the king's decision to divorce his first queen. Innocent or guilty, Roose met his gruesome fate in a large cauldron.
2. FRANCOIS VATEL (DIED 1671)
Francois Vatel was a very conscientious cook, performing his kitchen skills with such dedication that he was employed by the households of Nicolas Fouquet—France's Superintendent of Finances—and then French Prince Louis II de Bourbon Conde. During his tenure with Fouquet, he is said to have created the dish Creme Chantilly for a banquet.
He was ordered to prepare a lavish feast for King Louis XIV in 1617, but suffered greatly under the strain of such a command performance. When a delivery of fish did not arrive on time, Valet was so stressed out that he stabbed himself. Shortly after his body was discovered, the fish arrived.
3. MARIE ANTOINE CAREME (DIED 1833)
Although he became a master of grand cuisine, Careme's childhood was one of neglect and poverty. Abandoned by his parents at an early age, he began as a kitchen boy and worked hard, becoming one of the first internationally known celebrity chefs. At the height of his career in the early 1800s, he was famous for creating towering confections of sugar, marzipan, and flour. He's credited with conceiving recipes for nougats, meringues, and croquantes (a type of crisp cake), as well as vol au vents (hollow puff pastry delights), and he wrote several cookbooks. His dishes delighted Napoleon, Talleyrand, George IV, and Tsar of Russia Alexander I, but they came at a high price. He died before the age of 50—diagnosed with intestinal tuberculosis, but doctors also suspected carbon monoxide poisoning from years of working in kitchens with no ventilation.
4. CHARLES PROCTOR (DIED 1912)
The 10-course dinner that Charles Proctor served on April 14, 1912 is remembered as one of the more notable meals of the 20th century. It was the last meal the chef prepared, and the last first-class dinner on the Titanic. Proctor served his meal—featuring oysters, filet mignon, lamb with mint sauce, and roasted squab—to the ocean liner's first-class passengers just hours before the ship collided with an iceberg. Proctor and his staff were closing up the kitchen during the crash and went down with the ship. Only one baker survived.
5. LIU JUN (DIED 2012)
As in many other cuisines, fresh ingredients are essential in the best Chinese restaurants, and chef Liu Jun always sought the freshest, most flavorful ingredients. In 2012, he wanted to prepare a special New Year's Eve meal for colleagues at the restaurant in Canberra, Australia, where he worked, so he went mushroom hunting. Unfortunately, the mushrooms he collected were not the edible variety, but rather deadly death cap mushrooms, and Jun and his kitchen hand died after consuming the mushroom stir fry.
6. PENG FAN (DIED 2014)
Peng Fan was another chef who misjudged his ingredients. He was mistakenly convinced that his primary ingredient—a decapitated spitting cobra—was harmless. Fan came from the Chinese province of Guangdong, where snakes are commonly served up in soup and used in medicine. Peng did what any cook accustomed to snakes would do: He chopped off the cobra's head. Decapitation usually kills most living things, but apparently does not stop a cobra from lethally biting someone. Twenty minutes later, when Fan tried to throw the serpent's severed head into the waste bin, it bit him. Peng died before he could get any anti-venom.
BONUS: DANIEL OTT (DIED 1865)
The name of Daniel Ott is now lost to obscurity, but Queen Victoria grieved his loss and his death made the headlines. The 38-year-old chef, who had formerly worked for a German prince, was hired temporarily by Queen Victoria in 1865. He never got to dazzle her with his culinary skills, however, because the night he went out to celebrate his royal promotion with Prince Alfred's groom, they became entangled in a fight between students with opposing political views. When a bystander remarked that the men worked for the British crown, the fight quickly broke up. But it was too late for Ott, whose injuries proved to be fatal only a few days later. When the Queen heard the news, she made her feelings known in a letter to a Prussian official, noting that she grieved at Ott's passing and sought justice in finding his killers. She did, however, quickly hire another chef.
This story was originally published on Mental Floss.
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What is the recommended way to handle the presence of read-only fields in the request body?
For example, a user resource may have a permanently read-only attribute username. If a PATCH request comes in with the username specified, should the field be ignored (updating any other specified fields), or should the server return e.g. 400?
FWIW, I'm working on an implementation and plan to error on read-only fields. But I'll continue with the update to gather any other possible errors before returning the error objects (in case there are multiple problems with the update request).


Identity thieves like to go "phishing" – pronounced "fishing" – on the internet for consumers' personal financial information using fake emails and websites to trick people into providing Social Security numbers, bank numbers and other valuable details.
Typically, the most common phishing emails pretend to be from a bank, a retail store or government agency to lure you into divulging personal financial information, and often use a variety of tricks to make the mail look legitimate. They might include a graphic copied from a bank's website or a link that looks like it goes to a bank's site, but actually leads to a fake site.
Also beware of "pharming." In this version of online indentity theft, a hacker hijacks internet traffic so when you type in the address of a legitimate website you're taken to a fake site. If you enter personal information at the phony site, it is harvested and use to commit fraud or sold to other indetity thieves.
Here are some tips to avoid becoming a victim of phishing or pharming scam.
Be suspicious if someone contacts you unexpectedly online and asks for your personal information. It doesn't matter how legitimate the email or website may look. Only open emails that look like they are from people or organizations you know, and even then, be cautious if they look questionable.
For example, scam artists may hack into someone's email account and send out fake emails to friends and relatives, perhaps claiming that the real account owner is stranded abroad and might need your credit card information to return home.
Be especially wary of emails or websites that have typos or other obvious mistakes. "Because some requests come from people who primarily speak another language, they often contain poor grammar or spelling," said Amber Holmes, a financial crimes information specialist with the FDIC.
Remember that no financial institution will email you and ask you to put sensitive information such as account numbers and PINs in your response. In fact, most institutions publicize that they will never ask for customer personal information over the phone or in an email because they already have it.
Assume that a request for information from a bank where you've never opened an account is probably a scam. Don't follow the link and enter your personal information.
Verify the validity of suspicious-looking email or a pop-up box before providing personal information. Criminals can create emails state that "you're a fraud victim" or a pop-up box with another urgent sounding message to trick people into providing information or installing malware (malicious software). If you want to check something out, independently contact the supposed source (perhaps a bank or organization) by using an email address of telephone number that you know is valid.


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Us Trade Agreement With Australia
· The two countries also commit to extending the non-discriminatory scope of the agreement to sub-central units and will cooperate with their respective states and territories in the coming weeks to refine the scope of this coverage. On March 3, 2004, the USTR released draft free trade agreements between the United States and Australia. · In most cases, U.S. investors have the right to create, acquire and operate investments in Australia on an equal footing with local investors and investors from other countries. Economic theory suggests that bilateral agreements such as the free trade agreement lead to the creation of trade between the parties directly concerned, but also to divert trade out of third countries and offset all the benefits. Bilateral agreements can also undermine multilateral agreements related to the World Trade Organization. Partly because of these factors, the estimates of benefits produced by the ICE and used by the government have been challenged by most economists who have engaged in Senate committees that have looked at the issue, some of whom have concluded that the agreement would reduce Australia`s economic well-being. According to the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the trade imbalance between the United States and Australia increased significantly in 2007. The United States has become Australia`s largest source of imports, with more than AUD 31 billion in goods and services. However, Australia`s exports to the United States reached only $15.8 billion. [12] The real benefits of the agreement are not clear. · The United States and Australia will work together on other e-commerce issues, including mutual recognition of digital certificates used for electronic transactions, with the government of the other country (for example.
B in the area of public procurement). · Establishes strict anti-circumvention rules to prohibit any manipulation of technologies (such as embedded codes on discs) to prevent hacking and unauthorized dissemination on the internet. Section 10 of the Free Trade Agreement gives clear meaning to the term "cross-border trade in services" and provides suppliers with an open environment for business. It requires each country to insert national or treatment by the most advantaged countries to the other`s service providers and prohibits numerous restrictions on market access and transfers. The free trade agreement was ratified by the United States Congress with the passage of the United States-Australia Free Trade Agreement Act. On July 15, 2004, passed by the House of Representatives by 314 votes to 109, on July 15, 2004 by the Senate by 80 votes to 16[2] and President George W.
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Hunt's Social Care Funding Figures are out of date!
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has claimed in parliament that councils would not face social care funding gaps following cuts - but based this on out of date evidence!
The Kings Fund report author that Mr Hunt quoted as evidence for making efficiency cuts of 2%, has said the figures are out of date and no longer reflective of councils' financial state.
The figure was quoted from a report written by Richard Humphries for the King's Fund in March 2011. Mr Hunt used the report to support his claim that councils could cope with a 7% cut to their social care budgets if they both used a £7.2bn transfer of funding from the NHS and made 2% efficiency savings.
From this, he deduced that councils should not have to cut social care services but would however "choose" to cut services because the money transferred from the NHS was not ring-fenced.
Humphries, who is a senior fellow at the King's Fund, has said it was not the right use of the figures, and that councils now faced a real gap in social care funding.
The situation has moved on a long way since that report was written. The figures are more than 18 months old and they assume councils would cut social care budgets by 7% on average.
Evidence has emerged since then that the actual cuts are likely to have been higher than that. We are clear that there is a crisis in social care funding.
Source: LGC
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Their sacrifice, our freedoms
QMI Agency
Jun 07, 2014 • Last Updated June 7, 2014 • 2 minute read
As the years go by, remembering D-Day is more important than ever.
On Friday, the world acknowledged the 70th anniversary of the Normandy landings.
On June 6, 1944 over 150,000 troops crossed the English Channel on what's now known as D-Day.
Among them were 14,000 Canadians.
Hundreds of Canadians died on that first day, and thousands more over the next couple months during the campaign.
Canadian veterans and dignitaries were on hand at the Juno Beach Centre to mark the anniversary.
As Prime Minister Harper put it, it was the day "Canadian and Allied forces smashed through the German defences to help put an end to Nazi tyranny in Europe."
Currently, the youngest Canadians who participated in the landings are in their late 80s. These heroes won't be around for much longer.
This means the end of Canada's living history for this period. No more first-hand memories.
This presents a challenge for the rest of us.
For teachers. Historians. Average Canadians.
How do we keep the stories alive? How do we ensure future generations understand the sacrifices made and why they were made?
In 21st century Canada, we live in comfortable times. D-Day reminds us of two things about these comforts.
The first: don't complain. We've got it good.
Most of us have no clue what it is like to storm a beach, running into gunfire, hurtling over barbed wire, wondering if you'll make it out alive.
The second is that we didn't always have these comforts. Generations before us worked hard and fought hard so that we could enjoy our liberty and prosperity in peace.
We owe our freedoms to the heroes who died that day and the heroes who are with us still.
The best way we can honour them is to remember why they did what they did. And to be ready to defend our liberties with the same courage they showed should the call come in our lifetime.
As Harper noted: "It is a source of enormous national pride that Canadians played such a pivotal role in ensuring the success of the D-Day landings, one of the greatest battles of the Second World War and a turning point in the world's history."
Thank you. We will never forget.


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Plastic Cosmetic Surgery, Risk, and Complications
Paper type: Research Paper
Direction: Medicine
Subject: Surgery
Plastic and cosmetic surgery is a growing trend in the medical industry and widely influences the growth of medical tourism. The various procedures classified under plastic and cosmetic surgery encompasses the reshaping and altercation of appearance of the human body. The objective of cosmetic surgery is to change the aesthetical condition of the part of the body that does not look pleasing, but performs its intended function normally. However, plastic cosmetic surgery also has its risks and complications. The discussion will highlight the different forms of cosmetic and plastic own surgery along with the risks that come along with it. Furthermore, the agreement to perform related procedures was reached upon by both the surgeon and the patient; there are still implications into going under the knife in order to achieve satisfactory physical features. Although cosmetic plastic surgery may enhance an individual's looks, the complications and side effects can be more detrimental than the surgery itself.
Breast augmentation can be described as a procedure where the female's breast size is increased through implants. The procedure is being carried in order to create fuller breasts and in severe medical conditions such as breast cancer, the procedure helps in reconstructing the affected area. Breast implants are often made up of silicon gel; fats drained from liposuction, or water-based fluid encased in silicon membrane. Incisions are often made udder the arm, below the crease or under the colored skin near the nipple (Vitug and Newman, 2007). Despite the aesthetical value that breast augmentation creates, it will continue to age and change in appearance as a result of weight loss or gain, and aging. The common problems encountered with breast augmentation are the rapturing of the implant encasing, which leaks to the muscle tissues that may cause serious infections (Vitug and Newman, 2007). In addition, augmentation may cause difficulties in terms of interpreting the mammogram and breastfeeding.
As the name suggests, the surgical procedure is being done to extract excess fats from under the skin in order to achieve the desired body shape and weight. Using the vacuum suction called Canula, body fats are being extracted from under the skin. The thin hollow tube is being inserted under the skin through a small incision. Other procedures may also include an ultrasonic probe, which breaks down the fats into manageable pieces in order to make it easier to remove via the canula (American Society of Plastic Surgeons, 2008). Liposuction can be done in almost the majority of the body sections including abdomen, calves, neck, thighs, arms, buttocks, back, hips, and face. The first step in the process is to for the surgeon to evaluate the skin at the suction site because it is important to determine if the skin is elastic enough contracts after the procedure. Otherwise, the skin will appear baggy. The treated section of the body may look bumpy or will show discoloration on the skin, which is a result of the loss of cellulite that acts as pitting for the skin (American Society of Plastic Surgeons, 2008). Although the results of the procedure can be achieved immediately, it is still not permanent because fats may still build up in the treated area when the patient gains weight.
The procedure is also referred to as abdomen reduction or tummy tuck where the loose skin and fats are being surgically removed in order to achieve a tighten the abdominal skin. The procedure has a drastic aesthetical effect as it can make a patient's abs look flat (Shiffman and Di Guiseppe, 2012). The causes of the flabby skin in the abdominal area varies from stretching due to pregnancy, excess fats e removed from liposuction, and poor skin elasticity. Having stretch marks after giving birth is among the reasons that female patients under the procedure, as for male patients, the procedure us a preparation for abdominal muscle development in order to achieve a six-pack abs. Incisions are normally done between the pubic hair and the belly button. However, provided that the procedure can significantly add more appeal in the abdominal area (Shiffman and Di Guiseppe, 2012). The sutures created by the incision are likely to remain, but the scarring varies from person to person.
Baggy eyelids are one of the reasons that people would agree to undergo the procedure in order to tighten the skin. Sagging of the eyelids occur as a natural process of aging, but for some people it caused by disease, and some are born with dropped eyelids. The aesthetical condition of the dropping eyelids can make an individual look tired and older. However, with blepharoplasty, the physical appearance of the dropping eyelids can be reversed (Bunn, 2013). The procedure is synonymous to face lift, but the only difference is that the latter uses an injectable solution that tightens the facial skin to remove visible wrinkles. Eyelid surgery, on the other hand is a procedure wherein excess skin is being removed (Bunn, 2013). The procedure may cause the patient blurry vision, double vision, having teary eyes, sensitivity to light, and make the areas surrounding the eyes to look bruised. For some patient, the effects of the procedure vary from scarring that lasts a lifetime or repeat surgeries because of recurrences of the dropping eyelids.
The advent of technological advancement also paved the way for innovative methods in performing plastic cosmetic surgery with the use of laser. The use of CO2 laser encouraged several surgeons to apply the technology in various procedures including wrinkle, hair, acne, hair, and scar removal (Thorne et al., 2007). The technology is often used as a treatment method to address skin-related conditions particularly for patients that are reluctant to endure a long recovery period caused by incisions. Laser surgery encompasses the purpose of removing dead skin cells and tightening the skin. As the heat from the laser passes by the skin tissues, the dermal collagen contracts resulting to skin to appear rejuvenated (Thorne et al., 2007). However, laser handling needs more precision than traditional medical procedures because the damages on the skin become apparent when the laser intensity increases.
Also referred to as a "nose job," it is among the most popular cosmetic plastic surgery performed on patients who wish to have a more pronounced and improved nose appearance. The procedure is being done to improve the aesthetical condition of the nose, which includes adjusting the angle between the upper lip and the nose (Haeck et al, 2009). It is also being performed to reshape the tip of the nose, straighten the bridge, to decrease or increase the size of the nose (Haeck et al, 2009). Normal surgery enables the patient to return to normal activities after only seven weeks after the procedure. The surgery is rather progressive, as the desired appearance may not be achieved in a single procedure. The patient will have to wait for a year to have a follow up procedure and through the course of several surgeries; the final appearance of the nose can then be achieved.
Risks and Complications
The risks and complications involved in plastic cosmetic surgery vary to the type of the performed procedure. Dissatisfaction regarding the outcome of the procedure is among the possible outcomes that could reverse the positive psychological effect that the cosmetic surgery tends to provide. All surgeries medical or cosmetic has its share of risks and complications and one of them is the risk of infection. Improper use of equipment including the lack of sterilization harbors the possibilities of acquiring infection (Capone and Sykes, 2012). Like any other medical procedure, cosmetic and plastic surgery uses anesthesia, but not all patients are immune to anesthetic allergies. Allergies with anesthesia vary from temporary, mild to severe. Anaphylactic shock may occur as a severe symptom of an allergic reaction to anesthesia, which could lead to death (Capone and Sykes, 2012). Other symptoms include headache, nausea, chipped teeth, sore throat, vomiting, and urine retention.
Blood clots in the leg caused by prolonged inactivity during the cosmetic surgery procedure may manifest a few days following the surgery. The clotting may cause the leg to hurt and swell. However, the critical risk involved in blood clotting is the dislodging of the blood cloth that could go to the lungs and the heart causing cardiac arrests (Clin, 2001). Excessive bleeding, on the other hand is an apparent risk in contrary to clotting. Bleeding may lead to hematoma or the collection of blood under the skin. It creates an appearance of bruising causing the healing process to slow down and swelling of the areas surrounding the incision (Clin, 2001). General risks are also attributed to cosmetic plastic surgery. For example, the risk of infection will require the patient to take antibiotics, which could cause allergies to medication.
The more severe risks and complications involved cosmetic surgery procedures are not limited to infections, but also chemical reactions to the external matters used. For example, the use of silicon implants has long been prohibited because of its long-term effect in the body. It includes decay of the surrounding muscle tissues when the silicon gel leaks because of the implant rapture (fda.gov, 2013). The same goes with materials for nose implants and rear implants. Low-cost surgeries tend to offer amazing results, but the materials used including implants are not safe and, therefore, being rejected by the body. News of cosmetic surgeries gone wrong are circulating and in some cases, the patient undergoes life-threatening conditions due to severe infections caused by the foreign materials inserted in the body.
On the other hand, laser surgery, which is regarded as the safest procedure to perform due to less blood, also encompasses a number of risks and related complications. For one, non-appropriate wavelength goggles used during the procedure is likely to cause blindness for the patient. Furthermore, the intense heat from the laser beam causes the blood vessels to rapture (Nouri, 2008). Scarring can be caused by incisions made by the light beam obtained from skin blisters and postoperative crusting. Skin burns up to third degree of severity is also likely to occur in mishandling of the laser equipment exposing the nerves and causing them to explode (Nouri, 2008). The complications caused by laser surgery vary according to the handling technique of the surgeon, and the effects of the aforementioned risks are likely to last a lifetime.
Alternative to Cosmetic Plastic Surgery
Aiming to look good depends on each individual's perception of aesthetic beauty. However, for those that not confident about their physical features may also consider other viable options such as regular exercise and balanced diet. The reason for obesity and gaining weight is inactivity causing the build up of fats in the body. It is important to consider that eating the right food and ideal serving controls the amount of fats that enters the deposited in the body. Eating foods that are rich in vitamins can promote healthier skin and body cells that in return rejuvenates the body tissues and slows down the process of aging.
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Plastic surgery may enhance an individual's looks, but there is also a greater need to consider the risks and complications involved in the procedures, as they are more important than the surgery itself. Feeling good and looking good may boost confidence and reinforce a positive outlook, but the risks and complications are far more depressing than dissatisfaction of one's physical aesthetics because long-term health encompasses life-long benefits than good looks.
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Elena Näsänen's reference for her work on video is the big screen, the glory of grand cinema, and with that, the picture of nature in cinemascope.
She is one of the few artists who work exclusively on video, and who are rarely shown on a cinema screen. Instead, the audience finds her work in art shows, galleries and international exhibitions.
Elena tells me, she started as a painter in Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki, but then joined the Department of Time and Space (not necessarily a place for video production), because in painting, she was "missing movement, sound and time." One may want to add "Šand story", as her films contain structures of narrative cinema: most of them are written by the artist, are played by actors, and they are building up a suspense of uncanny possible occurrences, which the audience anticipates to happen. In "Before Rain" Elena uses fragments of Hollywood crime movies that stay unresolved, in "Night" a female character follows an urge to leave the house at night searching through the adjunct woods, and in "Wasteland" a group of women are on their way to an unknown task and destiny.
There are two other elements, however, that seem to mark Elena's work just as strongly: time and nature. Unlike Hollywood's realism and illusion of continuity, time in Elena Näsänen's work does not represent the sensed time of daily life; instead time seems to exist as autonomous duration. Thus, time is strictly connected with images. And, time ceases to exist when the images disappear. Likewise, if those, her images, stay with us in memory, their time seems to persist, thus making time ambivalent, a "film time" that stays still or becomes endless, depending on the viewer.
Nature, on the other hand seems to dominate the image, and Elena's characters. Nature is more than a second character in her films. Nature seems to be the uncanny ground for her characters, who seem not to belong there. More than the possible tails of crime and violence, it is nature herself who is uncanny. Neither is it the nature of contemporary environmentalists, nor is it "landscape"- an image construction of 19th century painters of pasture. Maybe, Elena Näsänen here revives a contemporary view onto the sublime other: Nature as it has become the unfamiliar other for us city dwellers. Only virtually controlled by infrastructure as in "Drive" and exploited by tourism as in "The Mountain", or endangered by industrial exploitation ("Wasteland"), nature still holds a mystery. This mystery may be contained by the Australian outback, the Chinese yellow mountains, or the Finnish landscape.
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Q: Mobile detection via PHP in Wordpress with Litespeed Web Server We're using wordpress on a publishing website and I have a situation where I need to use server-side mobile detection in order to deliver some ad scripts. Javascript is not a solution since the scripts from the ad server are pretty complex.
The problem is that the condition simply doesn't work. Desktop is delivered to mobile instead.
I tried 2 solutions so far:
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Mobile_Detect.php
Both of them are working locally - true on mobile, false on Desktop (using Mamp), but none works in the production server.
I tried enabling the Mobile Cache from the Litespeed Cache plugin, tried other recommended rewrite conditions from their documentation. Nothing Works.
We also tried a simple implementation of mobile_detect outside WordPress, same issue: desktop is delivered to mobile.
Our server is a VPS with WHM, so we have root access.
Any recommendation is welcomed!
Thanks!

A: Have you tried this?
function wp_is_mobile() {
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    /**
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    return apply_filters( 'wp_is_mobile', $is_mobile );
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