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ATLANTA RANKS HIGH Threats to birds from window collisions according to cornell study
A sampling of birds collected during Project Safe Flight Atlanta patrols. Photo by Adam Betuel.
Atlanta ranks high in the threats to birds from window collision related deaths, according to a recently released study by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. During fall migration, Atlanta ranks number four. In the spring, Atlanta ranks number nine for collision-related deaths. Atlanta Audubon is studying bird-building collisions and taking steps to reduce bird fatalities through its Project Safe Flight Atlanta and Lights Out Atlanta programs.
The Cornell study ranked metropolitan areas where, due to a combination of light pollution and geography, birds are at the greatest risk of becoming attracted to and disoriented by lights and crashing into buildings. The research was published in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. It combines satellite data showing light pollution levels with weather radar measuring bird migration density.
Chicago, Houston, and Dallas ranked one through three during both fall and spring migration. Because many birds alter their migration routes between spring and fall, rankings of the most-dangerous cities change slightly with the season, according to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. During spring migration billions of birds pass through the central U.S, therefore cities in the middle of the country comprise the most-dangerous list for that season. Fall bird migration tends to be more intense along the heavily light-polluted Atlantic seaboard, which is why four eastern cities make the list in autumn.
Each year, an estimated 365 million to 1 billion birds die in the U.S. after colliding with buildings. In Atlanta, Project Safe Flight Atlanta volunteers patrol selected routes during peak bird migration periods collecting birds that have died or been injured after colliding with buildings. Since the program began in 2015, volunteers have collected more than 1,200 birds of 100 different species.
In an effort to reduce the number of bird-building collisions, Atlanta Audubon launched the Lights Out Atlanta Program in spring 2017. A voluntary program, Lights Out Atlanta encourages building owners and residential homeowners to turn off or reduce lighting from midnight to dawn during peak bird migration periods. Participants pledge to reduce non-essential lighting during peak migration periods of March 15 to May 31 (spring) and August 15 to November 15 (fall). The pledge is available on the Atlanta Audubon website at www.atlantaaudubon.org/loa. Since Lights Out Atlanta launched in spring 2017, nearly 300 homeowners and 16 commercial properties have pledged to turn the lights out to help birds.
"We were saddened, but not terribly surprised when we received a call from Cornell letting us know about this study and sharing that Atlanta ranks high in the number of bird-building collisions," says Adam Betuel, Director of Conservation for Atlanta Audubon. "The Atlantic flyway is a major migration path for many birds, and millions of birds pass through Atlanta each spring and fall on their way to and from wintering grounds in South and Central America. We hope to use this data to help us enact meaningful programs, like our Lights Out Atlanta Program, to reduce the number of collisions and educate the public about ways they can help. Cornell estimates that a quarter-million birds die from collisions with houses and residences each year, so homeowners in the metro area can play and important role through simple steps, like turning out the nighttime lights during spring and fall migration."
For more information on Project Safe Flight Atlanta and Lights Out Atlanta, please visit www.atlantaaudubon.org/project-safe-flight-atlanta or www.atlantaaudubon.org/loa.
Atlanta Audubon Society is building places where birds and people thrive. We create birds -friendly communities through conservation, education, and advocacy.


You've made the cranberry orange sauce and it's chilling out in your fridge, right? You've got leftover cranberries and oj, too. Maybe no on the oj but yes on the cranberries. You can freeze the whole berries and use them later. Or, you can make this awesome cake for the centerpiece of your holiday dessert table. Sure, you'll have pumpkin pie, or cherry or apple or shoo-fly pie. That's all fine and dandy for the pie addicts, but what about us cake people! Let us eat cake! This cake, as a matter of fact! Pretty to look at, even better to eat! So, take pity on the cake lovers in your house and bake a cake. We'll love you all the more.
Let's get crackin' some eggs! The line up.
and then sprinkle a little sugar in it. Roll it around to coat and them dump out the rest.
That's my big, cake baking tip. Don't grease and flour your pans. Use sugar instead. Speaking of flour, measure out 3 cups of flour.
Measure out the salt, baking soda and baking powder.
Then, dump them into the flour and mix them up. Set it to the side.
and mix them together, and set it aside, too.
Now, get out your mixer. Dump in the sugar and the coconut oil.
Flip the switch and cream them together. Add in the eggs, one at a time, mixing between eggs.
Add it by 1/3's. It's a thick batter, so this ensures that everything gets incorporated. While that's mixing – chop your cranberries.
They just need a rough chop. You don't even have to get them all. However, you do have to go chase down the ones that flew off the cutting board and onto the floor. Except the one that the cat batted under the couch. We'll get it later. Add the berries to the cake batter.
Spoon the batter into the prepared pan and smooth it out.
Bake it for 30 minutes, then, test it with a cake tester or pick. If no batter is sticking to it, you're done. If it's still wet, bake another 5 to 10 minutes and check again. Done yet? Good! Take it out to cool.
Let it cool for 10 minutes. Loosen the edges with a knife if necessary, and then flip it out onto a serving platter.
While the cake is cooling, it's time to make the glaze. It's just a simple, sugar glaze. Measure out a cup of powdered sugar. I sifted mine, it was lumpy. Kinda like me.
Measure out 2 tablespoons of orange juice.
You may need it all, but start with 1 tablespoon first. Pour it into the cup of sugar and stir. Add more juice as necessary to get an even, flowing glaze.
When the cake is cool, start drizzling on the glaze.
Keep going until you're out of glaze.
Let it drip off and puddle around the cake. That's the good stuff. Mmmmm. You can garnish the cake with whatever you want. I used orange zest strips and sugared cranberries (recipe here) It says to keep the berries in the fridge overnight. Nope. Just let them sit in the hot simple syrup for about 20 minutes in the covered pot. Drain them – save that syrup for other uses – and let them sit in the colander for a couple of minutes. Then, roll them around in some superfine granulated sugar. Let them dry for about 20 minutes, then pile on the cake! Or just pop them in your mouth. They are just that good.
Set this beautiful cake in the center of your dessert table and let all the pies go unnoticed.
A moist and delicious bundt cake popping with tangy cranberries and a hint of oranges.
2 Tablespoons orange juice, or as needed.
Preheat oven to 350º. Grease a 10 inch bundt or tube cake pan and coat with white sugar, dumping out excess.
In a small bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside. Combine the milk and orange juice. Set aside.
Using a mixer, add the coconut oil and sugar to a large bowl and beat together until creamed. Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing until well combined. Using a third at a time, add in the flour mix and the milk juice mix. Beat at low speed until combined. Fold in the chopped cranberries. Spoon batter into prepared pan.
Bake for 40 to 50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center, comes out clean. Cool in pan for 10 minutes. Invert onto a serving plate and cool completely.
In a small bowl, combine the cup of powdered sugar with 1 Tablespoon of the orange juice. Mix well, adding more juice as needed to make a pourable glaze. Spoon glaze over cooled cake. Garnish as desired.
It's that time of year again. You know what I'm talking about. The holiday that gets squeezed in between Halloween candy sales and the onslaught of Christmas goods. Thanksgiving! Time for pies, and sweet potato casserole – hold the marshmallows, thank you – smashed taters, vegetable tarts & terrines, bread and my absolute favorite, dressing! I know there's a big debate about whether it's called stuffing or dressing. My opinion, for what it's worth, if you pile it in another ingredient – say a squash, eggplant, zucchini or other vegetable, then it's stuffing. If you pile it into a casserole dish and bake, it's dressing. Anyhow, dressing needs cranberry sauce. It needs it. Or, maybe I just need it. Confession time. I am a cranberry sauce junkie. Growing up, we only had the canned plop. It was okay, I guess. I could never get past the can ridges that were embedded along the sides. They were always there because everyone just slid that baby out of the can and onto a plate. Can imprints. Yuck. Throw away the can! You can make your own whole berry cranberry sauce! It's the easiest thing to do. You will exert more effort using the can opener. Put it away and buy a bag of cranberries. You're halfway to the best cranberry sauce you've ever tasted.
And, it's time for another confession. My mother in law loves the stuff. It brings back memories of her childhood, when her mother made it. She used the canned stuff when my husband was growing up. The first time she had Thanksgiving dinner with us and had the fresh made stuff? Yeah, baby, you know who's the favorite daughter in law now, uh huh! We'll be out of town this year, so, being the darling that I am, I made her a batch to keep in her fridge, so she won't do without.
You'll need 4 cups of fresh cranberries. My co-op was offering these cranberries. The clamshell reads, Sandhill Cranberry LLC, Wisconsin. This amused me. See, sandhill cranes are a migratory bird. So, it's feasible that the birds that wade in their cranberry bogs, are the same that pick over my garden in central Florida.
Sandhill Cranes, sorry. Not much left.
You'll also need one cup each of orange juice and sugar.
Rinse off the berries. Pour the OJ into a medium sized sauce pan and dump the cup of sugar on top.
If you're doing what you ought to, you pour the sugar – wait, that's not how it goes.
Heat until boiling, giving a stir, to help the sugar dissolve.
Then, dump in the cranberries.
Return to a boil and cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. You'll hear the berries pop. They're supposed to.
It will get foamy. Don't worry, it's all good. That foam will settle back down while it cools. When your 5 minute timer dings, remove the pot from the stove and let it cool off.
Once it's cool, pour it into a pretty dish and serve. That's it. Super simple, isn't it. You can make this a week ahead of time and keep it in the refrigerator. When the day comes, just serve it up in a dish with a couple of cute orange peel strips. I have pictured this with our *official* cranberry sauce utensil. It makes an appearance, tarnish and all, just for homemade cranberry sauce. I have no idea what it's real purpose it. That's the fun of it. Get yourself an official cranberry sauce spoonish type thing and enjoy!
A delicious blend of cranberries and orange juice.
In a medium saucepan bring the orange juice and sugar to a boil. Add the cranberries and keep at a full boil for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat and let cool. Pour into a serving dish, cover and refrigerate until needed. Keeps in the fridge for up to a month. Can be frozen, too.


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Q: How can I prevent Undesired data from being added into the Queue? I'm wrote my code using combination of stack & queue data structures. My code is working, but I have a problem in the main() method.
I'm using a loop to read the input from the user. The loop will break when the user enters "Exit".
The word "Exit" shouldn't be pushed to the stack, but in my code it's being pushed.
I've used if condition to break loop, but it didn't work.
My code:
public static void main(String[] args) {
    StackQueue stackQueue = new StackQueue();
    int dataLength = 0, i = 0;
    Object data = "Start";
    System.out.println("Enter data or 'Exit' to exit:");
    while (!data.equals("Exit")) {
        if (data.equals("Exit"))
            break;
        else {
            data = input.nextLine();
            stackQueue.enqueue(data);
            dataLength++;
        } // else
    } // while loop

    System.out.println("The entered data is: ");
    while (dataLength > 0) {
        System.out.println("The data no." + (i += 1) + ": " + stackQueue.dequeue());
        dataLength--;
    } // while loop
}// Main Method

My output:

A: The problem is that you check if the Input is "Exit" after you add it to the stack.
What you can do instead is get the input and only then test it.
data = input.nextLine();
while(!data.equals("Exit")){
            stackQueue.enqueue(data);
            dataLength++;
            data = input.nextLine();
    }

One more thing is that this test
if (data.equals("Exit"))

Is not doing anything because you already checked the input in the while loop condition which is the same.

A: In the code, you've listed any input provided by the user will be added to the queue. And the if input is equal to "Exit" the condition of the while loop will get triggered, i.e. your if statement will never get executed.
You need to change the first while loop by placing the break-condition right after the user input has been read and before storing the data into the queue.
To avoid redundancy, the condition of the while loop can be set to true because if statement will be responsible for exiting from the loop.
// your code
while (true) {
    data = input.nextLine();

    if (data.equals("Exit")) break;

    stackQueue.enqueue(data);
    dataLength++;
}
// your code

Output with that change
A
B
C
Exit
The entered data is:
The data no.1: C
The data no.2: B
The data no.3: A

Sidenotes:

*

*Avoid using Object type when you know what the expected type will be, in this case, data has to be of type String;

*Instead of the strict comparison with equals() you can use equalsIgnoreCase(), so that both inputs "Exit" and "exit" will terminate the loop.

*It's a good practice to define constant values used in the code as public static final variables at the top of your class. And then refer to them by name. It saves you from excremental typo (while typing the value multiple times, you can misspell it somewhere) and gives you the advantage of quick access to these constants if you need to change them because they all will be grouped together instead of being scattered all over the code.

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Quantum Sensing meets Lab-on-a-Chip
Researchers at the Technical University of Munich, LightFab GmbH, and Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid-State Physics have demonstrated that solid-state quantum sensors can be interfaced with microfluidics without compromising either technology. This platform enables novel physical and chemical analysis capabilities within lab-on-a-chip devices. The group's work, led by MCQST member Dominik Bucher has been featured on the cover of Lab on a Chip.
Lab-on-a-chip (LOC) devices are invaluable tools for physical and life sciences. These devices combine numerous laboratory functions from chemistry or bio labs on a single integrated microfluidic circuit. As a result, these systems require far less sample volume while allowing for complex functionality, increased reproducibility, and significantly higher throughput. Thus, this technology already enables applications such as artificial organs for drug development, nanomole-scale chemistry, or single-cell studies. However, LOC devices also require difficult sensor miniaturization to leverage all these advantages fully.
Here, atom-sized quantum sensors are highly promising to overcome current limitations and have already enabled measurements of, e.g., temperature, electric or magnetic fields on the nano- to microscale.
Quantum sensing is a sub-field of quantum technology in which researchers use qubits, the quantum mechanical equivalent of a computer bit, as sensors. In essence: While quantum computing tries to isolate their qubits from the environment to reduce interactions as much as possible, we embrace these interactions, which allows us to use qubits as ultra-sensitive sensors. However, the technical complexity of both fields has so far impeded an uncompromising combination of LOC systems and quantum sensors, with trade-offs in, e.g., biocompatibility or sensing capabilities.
The researchers' team led by Dominik Bucher combined these two technologies by developing a fully integrated microfluidic platform for solid-state spin quantum sensors - in this case: the nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center in diamond - specifically for lab-on-a-chip applications. The developed platform fulfills all quantum sensing requirements, such as fast spin manipulation and efficient spin-state read-out, enabling NV center sensing capabilities.
To produce the microfluidic platform, selective laser etching in fused silica has been employed. This technology allows easy adaptability, arbitrary channel and chip geometries, and biocompatibility. Therefore, generating various microfluidic operations, such as mixers or cell traps, directly on top of the diamond surface is viable, permitting non-invasive studying of processes at the point of interest.
Lastly, the team demonstrated different NV center-based sensing schemes for chemical analysis in our microfluidic platform, like high-resolution microscale nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, highlighting the immense potential of quantum sensors in LOC systems. The study thus paves the way for new chemical analysis capabilities in LOC devices with applications in electrochemistry, high-throughput reaction screening, or single-cell investigations. "Our paper is a decisive step toward the real-world application of quantum sensing in life sciences." mentiones Robin Allert, first author of the publication.
Microfluidic quantum sensing platform for lab-on-a-chip applications
R. D. Allert*, F. Bruckmaier*, N. R. Neuling*, F. A. Freire-Moschovitis, K. S. Liu, C. Schrepel, P. Schätzle, P. Knittel, M. Hermans and D. B. Bucher
Lab Chip, 2022, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/D2LC00874B
Prof. Dr. Dominik B. Bucher
TUM School of Natural Science
Lichtenberg Str. 4
Robin Allert wins second prize with his thesis on "Quantum sensors in diamonds for lab-on-a-chip applications".

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Gender Queer: A Memoir Deluxe Edition
2020 ALA Alex Award Winner
2020 Stonewall — Israel Fishman Non-fiction Award Honor Book
In 2014, Maia Kobabe, who uses e/em/eir pronouns, thought that a comic of reading statistics would be the last autobiographical comic e would ever write. At the time, it was the only thing e felt comfortable with strangers knowing about em. Then e created Gender Queer. Maia's intensely cathartic autobiography charts eir journey of self-identity, which includes the mortification and confusion of adolescent crushes, grappling with how to come out to family and society, bonding with friends over erotic gay fan fiction, and facing the trauma and fundamental violation of pap smears. Started as a way to explain to eir family what it means to be nonbinary and asexual, Gender Queer is more than a personal story: It is a useful and touching guide on gender identity—what it means and how to think about it—for advocates, friends, and humans everywhere.
This special deluxe hardcover edition of Gender Queer features a brand-new cover, exclusive art and sketches, a foreword from ND Stevenson, Lumberjanes writer and creator of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, and an afterword from Maia Kobabe.


Deepika and Ranveer were spotted together at the Ambani's Ganpati Celebrations.The duo looked amazingly attractive wearing traditional Indian wear.
The much loved, much talked about pair of Bollywood may not confirm their relationship but their chemistry on and off-screen says a lot. Deepika and Ranveer were spotted together at the Ambani's Ganpati Celebrations.
DeepVeer lovingly addressed by their fans, looked very happy together. Their togetherness and PDA is not something new. But their recent public appearance together shows the steadiness of their relationship. We can easily say it is maturing with time but the couple is still not ready to talk about it openly.
We must give respect to their privacy. It is their private life after all. Without much head storming the fans and readers must relish the lovely appearances they make.
These stars give us major fashion goals. Ranveer Singh is known for his quirky fashion sense while Deepika is an epitome of elegance. She stunned everyone wearing a magnificent gold and black Sabyasachi sari and looked like she walked straight bout from the sets of yesteryear Bollywood. She looked like a dream in the gorgeous tissue sari.
Her accessories added a lot in completing her look. Deepika's stylist Shaleena Nathani gave her a handcrafted gold choker along with matching gold earrings and bangles. The gold tone is perfect for attending events like Ganpati celebrations .
Ranveer too kept it subtle and classy by sporting a sky blue kurta.
Fashionistas take note carefully, this will help you in increasing your fashion quotient and get ready to attract attention in the upcoming festive season.
Bollywood Star kids: Who do you think is the upcoming heartthrob of Bollywood?


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Chair in Korean Studies at the University of Iowa
By AKSE11th April 2017October 30th, 2020Blackboard
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and International Programs, University of Iowa, announces the establishment of the C. Maxwell and Elizabeth M. Stanley Family and Korea Foundation Chair in Korea Studies.
The endowed and fully tenured post will begin in the Fall of 2018. The review of applications will commence from 1 October 2017. For further information, see attached details.
AKSE 2023 conference registration open
Robert Winstanley-Chesters27th January 2023
Obituary: Dieter Eikemeier (1934-2022)
Robert Winstanley-Chesters23rd January 2023
PhD Scholarship in Research on Korea – University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) – Deadline: 30 April 2023


The Script is a full-color literary art magazine that celebrates self-expression and humanism in medicine. The inaugural 43-page publication, created by Arts in Medicine in 2013, includes poetry, narrative, photography, sketches, paintings and sculptures. Submissions are collected from students, faculty, and staff at the College of Medicine and is distributed around the country. The publication was recognized by the AAMC as an example of how literary art journals can nurture creativity and provide an outlet for reflection in medical school.


As a recruiter, I get asked this question every time I submit a resume. As an applicant, you can bet that 99% of the employers will ask you why you left your last position. It's is a difficult question; your integrity is on the line with this one. Most candidates don't answer the question directly, hoping an indirect answer will deflect the real reason why they left. This is a fatal interview mistake that you don't want to make! You must be honest and forthright about why you left prior jobs!
"It was mutual" or "I was laid off " or "lack of work" doesn't cut it, especially if the hiring manager knows someone else who is now doing your former job, knows your former boss, or has friends working at your former company. If you were laid off due to no fault of your own, whenever possible, obtain a letter from your prior company outlining the reasons for your layoff.
Personal reasons/medical/taking care of a family member: If you had to leave your past job due to personal reasons such as medical issues or caring for a family member, say so if you are comfortable with the details. If you are uncomfortable sharing the specifics, tell the interviewer you had to take care of some personal or family affairs and didn't want your work to suffer, so you chose to resign until you could fully commit to a full-time role again. Explain that the situation has resolved itself and you are ready and excited to resume your career. Add that you kept your skills sharp by staying abreast of industry news and trends while you were not working.
Fired for cause/laid off without notice or reason: Most employers will only give dates of employment and maybe verify your title, but that's just as bad as saying you were let go. In this case, no news is not good news! Be honest; again, it only takes a couple of phone calls in the industry to uncover the truth. Use the firing or termination experience to show how you learned from it and how your work is much better today as a result.
Short-term jobs/job hopper: Everyone is afraid to hire the job-hopper. You will always have an uphill battle with this one, but you can lessen the climb by talking about how and why you moved from job to job. If the company went out of business, relocated or closed your division, that's legitimate and not your fault. Remember, the employer is looking at how long between your jobs and is asking themselves why it took so long for you to be hired by the next employer. You have to satisfy their curiosity fully, or you will not be hired. If you were recruited away, say so, just make sure you reinforce that you left for more opportunity and career growth and not just for more money. Explain that you were "referred" into the next job. Employers think the best people are always referred to them so use this to your advantage.
Long gaps between jobs/part time work: Don't gloss over or make up bogus answers for significant time gaps in your résumé. If you were temping, say so. There's no harm in that, at least you were working. If you have been unemployed for more than six months, and have been diligently looking for work, say so, but add that you have been taking classes to keep your skills current. If you took a sabbatical to go back to school, start a family, or change careers, or were just burned out and needed a break, be honest and explain that the time off allowed you to refocus your energy and that you are now ready to resume your career full time.
Spouse relocation/military transfers: If you have moved a lot due to a spouse's job or military transfers, say so, and tell the employer how moving around has enabled you to quickly learn new computer systems and procedures. Have solid examples of where you have come up to speed quickly and preferably letters of recommendation from past managers. Stress that you are looking to stay in the area long-term.
We all leave jobs for various reasons. Remember that employers are simply "employed applicants" and they have also made good and bad choices with respect to the jobs they have held. The key is to take responsibility for your job movements, good or bad, show how you career has progressed as a result, and move the conversation forward. You can't change the past, you can only shape the future and pick your next job wisely.
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Random Raider Stuff
By RaidersAreOne, December 18, 2018 in Oakland Raiders
oakdb36 242
1 hour ago, big_palooka said:
His inconsistency is still there. Outside 2 big games, he was mostly average with the Cowboys.
That's his career so far. Great games here and there, average to non factor the rest of the time. I don't understand why some people say he was a different player in Dallas. Is it worth being paid 18M+? I'd say no.
RaidersAreOne 2,307
SBXISBXVSBXVIII 558
Wow. Look at me talking football.
On 5/8/2019 at 7:52 AM, oakdb36 said:
I hope Abram develops into a stud and they pay A. Cooper 18+ just to be mediocre. Even if he's slightly better than his rookie and sophemore seasons, Cooper will never be worth 18+ million. He isn't even a top 10 WR. It would just make our trade look that much better for us.
raidr4life 348
Very interesting read I said day one Gruden was rubbing players the wrong way with his lies.
https://www.silverandblackpride.com/2019/5/9/18559175/kelechi-osemele-opens-up-raiders-infamous-washington-game-amari-cooper-trade-like-a-dagger-more
true2form 180
14 minutes ago, raidr4life said:
Seems pretty straightforward to me. Gruden and the staff tried to win with what they had at the start of the season, going vet heavy. When the wheels fell off, they changed gears into rebuild mode. Playing younger players and looking to off load big contracts.
I understand why the vets wouldn't like that, but how does anyone not understand it?
As for Gruden saying one thing and doing another. I mean come on. What's he supposed to do? "This is the plan. Oh crap that's not working, ok now this is the plan"
That's not lying, that's being smart enough to admit things needed to change.
Ultimately, if the team does well no one will even remember this crap and if the team doesn't do well they'll point to these things as the reasons why. As for the locker room, there is less than 10 guys on the team who even played with Mack or on that 2016 team.
big_palooka 1,659
1 hour ago, raidr4life said:
Tough to hear and pretty much sums up why I don't think this team will ever amount to anything under Gruden. His ego will continue to rule over this thing. Modern day Al Davis.
Those comments about his hand picked strength and conditioning coach were painful to hear. An NFL team employing a personal trainer as an assistant...... yeesh.
3 hours ago, big_palooka said:
I do think tho, that's why he gut the roster of veterans the younger drafted guys won't see him that way until he starts lying to them.
3 hours ago, true2form said:
I know what you trying to say, but I don't know if you can say they tried to win with what they had, when they traded their best player before the season, that took the wind out of the sails of alot of people, if the wheels fell off it was his own doing, and then Cable wanting to shuffle the OL.
Edited May 10 by raidr4life
NightTrainLane 460
Yeah I've said it time and again. If Gruden is a liar, so are all the other power guys in the NFL. Just nonsense some want to paint this as him being some scumbag or something. It takes fire, personality and charisma to inspire guys in this sport. Every great coach has their brand of it.
Also happy he put the "Oline gave up on Carr" rumors to bed and pointed the finger at the real culprit. It was Miko wannabe something trying to stir the pot.
What they had excluded Mack after the contract demand.
3 minutes ago, NightTrainLane said:
The problem is they told everybody who would listen how much they loved Mack and wanted to re-sign him.
I'm sure Mack being traded was a shock to all of them. It was to everyone, but even KO said it wasn't as big as the Amari trade because it was before the season started. Like I said, all the vets were unhappy and the guy doing the interview even pointed out that's natural in a rebuild. Vets don't want to rebuild.
As for the Cable stuff, I can't defend his results, but he was up front with the plan. KO sounded like a disgruntled ex-employee. I get it. But, the truth is, the oline fell off the year before Cable even was here. He acted (and some fans) like Gruden dismantled a 12-4 team.
For me, all of this is excuses the players can use to why they were bad or wanted out. At some point you have to put your big boy pants on and do your job.
Reggie did that. Gruden flat out stated the defense was bad even with him. I don't think gruden didn't want him, I just think he had a true understanding of the negative effect it would have on paying two players 25+ million a season. I think he knew that by adding 3 or 4 solid players for the same amount with the right coaching would amount to much more. I don't think Gruden lied intentionally, he just adapted to the terrible situation and did what he thought was best for 2019, 2020, and beyond. His goal was to try and hit the playoffs year 1, but once he saw what was available, he knew he'd have to bide his time and slowly build us back up. I think he made the right choice. I believe in the GM and HC.
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Apple launches in-store Android trade-in program to boost iPhone sales
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In line with our report from earlier this month, Apple today launched its first trade-in program for non-iPhones in its Apple Retail Stores. The program allows users of select Android, Windows Phone, and BlackBerry phones to bring in their devices and receive credit toward the immediate purchase of a new iPhone 5c, iPhone 6, or iPhone 6 Plus (but not an Apple Watch). Apple first launched its standard iPhone Reuse and Recycle trade-in program in 2013, and the company expanded the feature to the iPad last year. Apple made today's announcement on the individual retail store pages, indicating that the program is so far now available in the U.S., France, United Kingdom, Germany, Canada and Italy, and multiple retail sources say that the program has indeed gone live today. A version of the iPhone trade-in program that does not support non-iPhones is launching this week in China.
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Public private partnerships (PPPs) will grow rapidly in coming years as Latin America moves to redress its weakness in infrastructure while its ambitious plans swamp the public sector's ability to finance them.
Improved capacity in the public sector and a willingness by local banks and increasingly institutional investors to fund projects are also driving interest in PPPs.
But badly designed programmes, the reluctance of the public sector to allow in private companies and weak credit ratings are still hampering growth.
Uruguay is just the latest to announce a PPP deal. Last week CND, the country's development corporation, said it was looking at two rail projects worth up to $500 million. Contracts will last for 25 to 30 years with payments of between $25-30 million to the government.
Luis Alberto Moreno, president of the IDB, said the region lagged behind in infrastructure. Asian countries typically invest twice as much as Latin America in the sector. Energy demand alone will increase 54% through 2025 in Latin America, he said.
Fabrice Henry, managing director at Astris Finance, which advises on infrastructure finance, predicted a boom in PPPs across the region.
He said Colombia and Mexico had particularly ambitious programmes and the former has extensively consulted with construction companies and banks on how best to structure the deals, a prerequisite for success.
However the global banking crisis and more recently Basel capital standards that impose greater restrictions on long-term investing limit international institutions' role, said Mini Roy, head of export and agency finance at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation.
Marcos Siqueira Moraes, executive manager of the central PPP unit of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, said the main challenges included building capacity within the public sector and creating a sufficient pipeline of deals to attract foreign investor interest. For lower rated credits, managing the amount of subsidy that the government needs to provide is sensitive.
Minas Gerais has been developing projects in areas ranging from waste to energy and protecting the environment, said Moraes. In an interview with Emerging Markets, he said that the governments of 11 Brazilian states including Minas Gerais, Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, were seeking to coordinate and devise common standards to attract more international investors.
The states would like volume to attract especially large investors such as Dutch pension funds and Asian investors. He said that while the dialogue had started between the states, it remained challenging to agree common standards.
Multilaterals will be able to help catalyze the area. The IDB tripled its portfolio of lending to the private sector between 2006-12 and can help in areas such as designing PPP projects and corporate governance. The Multilateral Investment Fund and the IDB's Infrastructure and Environment Sector are launching a regional PPP advisory services program to enable governments to attract increased private sector participation and strengthen government capacity.


I used to get very excited every year around this time when we would change the clocks and "fall back." That extra hour of sleep seemed like the greatest gift I could receive! I now recognize that I was chronically sleep deprived, which manifested as the ability to fall asleep anywhere, at any time of day. It took some major lifestyle changes (and treatment of my sleep apnea) to get me to the place where I now wake up feeling rested.
Although we need less sleep as we age, at least 7 hours is recommended for all age groups. According to the CDC, about 38% of New Yorkers reported sleeping less than that. (And that's New York State; want to bet that New York City skews even worse?) The New York Times recently ran an article citing the detrimental effects of too little sleep on cognition, mood and overall health. One thing the article doesn't mention is the effect of poor sleep on pain and recovery from injury.
During sleep, our bodies do physical and mental housekeeping: we turn short-term memories into long-term ones (memory consolidation), build muscle and repair tissue, and produce hormones. Sleep loss interferes with exercise recovery and tissue healing. This hinders rehabilitation from injury, slows strength gains and decreases physical performance.
Pain from a surgery, injury or other orthopedic condition can contribute to disturbed sleep. Likewise, disturbed sleep can exacerbate pain. If unaddressed, poor sleep and pain may create an ongoing cycle in which the two elements perpetuate each other. If you are currently in physical therapy and suffering from poor sleep, make sure to tell your therapist!
Avoid napping in the late afternoon or evening.
Limit screens before bed. Try not to watch television or use your computer, cell phone, or tablet in the bedroom. The light from these devices may make it difficult for you to fall asleep.
Get out of bed if you can't sleep. If you wake up in the middle of the night and can't get back to sleep in about 20 minutes, get up and engage in a quiet, restful activity such as reading or listening to music.
Stop caffeine 6 hours before bedtime.
Stop alcohol 3-6 hours before bedtime. Although alcohol may help bring on sleep, after a few hours it acts as a stimulant, increasing the number of awakenings and generally decreasing the quality of sleep later in the night.
Balance fluid intake. Drink enough fluid at night to keep from waking up thirsty—but not so much and so close to bedtime that you will be awakened by the need for a trip to the bathroom.
Sleep may be the missing link in your wellness plan! If you are getting less than 7 hours of sleep per night, or you are not feeling rested in the morning, one of our health coaches can help you find a solution.


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Board of Trustees/
Mr John King
Chair of Board Trustees
Mr King is a retired architect who worked as lead designer and design manager on large commercial construction projects. He was also a regional operations director for the design sector of a large corporation, responsible for the coordination and management of resources, for technical and financial performance, for staff welfare, recruitment, premises and facilities. Mr King has been a governor of SHSCC and served as chair, vice chair of premises and chair of finance and audit. He was appointed a Member when SHSCC became an Academy in 2013.
Start date: 1st July 2016
Mr Jonathan Digby
Board of Trustees/Chief Executive Officer
Mr Digby has been a senior leader in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough for 15 years and Principal at Sir Harry Smith Community College since 2008. Ofsted said that he was effective in raising the expectation of staff and with the support of other leaders and governors, has improved the quality of teaching and the achievement of students and provided strong and ambitious leadership. Mr Digby has lead the College to two Good inspection reports in 2011 and 2014. He has supported colleagues in both primary and secondary schools, is currently chair of the Cambridgeshire Secondary Heads Association and was previously chair of the Fenland Partnership, vice chair of the Local Area Partnership and chair of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough School Games Local Organising Committee. He was a parent governor on a Lincolnshire primary school and was appointed a Trustee when SHSCC became an academy in 2013.
Mrs Jo Phillips
Mrs Phillips is a career civil servant working for the Ministry of Justice as a Business Change Manager, where her strong financial and analytical background has enabled her to oversee a multi-million pound annual budget. She was appointed as a parent governor at SHSCC and became Safeguarding Governor responsible for Safeguarding for SHSCC which included reviewing provision in March 2015 and July 2016. She now holds this brief across the Trust.
Mr Stephen Ackerman
Mr Ackerman has spent much of his career to date in business in operational, factory and financial management roles. In his last role he managed the operational side of a pan-European manufacturing and logistics business. Prior to that he managed a factory in Peterborough and before that was Chief Financial Officer for a region of an American multi-national company.
Mr Ackerman is used to building teams and working within a legislators and budgetary framework. He is a qualified management accountant and a green belt in six-sigma continuous improvement.
Start date: 26th March 2018
Mr Jed Roberts
Mr Roberts retired in August 2014 after thirty-seven years in teaching. Thirty-five of those years were spent working in five different Village & Community Colleges in a variety of different roles across Cambridgeshire. The other two years were spent in an 11-18 school in Hertfordshire. For the last ten years of his career he was privileged to be the Principal of Cromwell Community College, Chatteris. Particular highlights of the role were: The successful introduction of post 16 provision to the College, leading the College from 'Satisfactory' to 'Good' while at the same time overseeing an £11,000,000 transformation of the site.
Since retiring Jed has continued to work part-time in a school improvement role, serves as a secondary school governor and Manager of the Cambridge Area Partnership of schools and colleges.
Mr Roberts was OFSTED trained and fully understands the requirements of evidence based judgements and accountability.
Ms Zoe Botterill
Zoe has spent her fifteen year plus career working at the intersection between education and business, most of which has been at Pearson Education. Having started out in academic publishing she moved into Higher Education where she is currently Director of New Products for Pearson's major markets outside of North America. She brings strength in leadership and people development, innovation, practical implementation of strategy and evidence based decision making to the Board alongside a passion for the power of diverse teams. She lives in Saffron Walden with her partner and two primary school age daughters.
Start date: 1st May 2019


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Infomedia A/S er en dansk virksomhed, der indsamler og overvåger nyhedsstof fra redaktionelle medier, herunder trykte medier, onlinenyhedsmedier, blogs, radio, tv, postcasts samt sociale medier. Baseret på medieovervågningen leverer virksomheden kommunikationsanalyser og rådgivning til virksomheder og organisationer. Infomedia har også et mediearkiv, som virksomheder, uddannelsesinstitutioner og folkebiblioteker kan betale for at give deres brugere adgang til. Virksomheden er ejet ligeligt af JP/Politikens Hus og Berlingske Media.

Infomedias historie
I 1975 besluttede man hos Politikens Hus at erstatte det traditionelle bladarkiv med en EDB-løsning. Denne løsning blev kaldt Redak-75. I 1983 gjorde et nyt teknisk system det muligt at udarbejde resuméer af artiklerne. Politiken stiftede i den forbindelse en informationsvirksomhed, kaldet Polinfo, som skulle sælge adgang til databasen af resuméer og henvisninger. I 1990 grundlagde Berlingske Media en lignende informationsdatabase med navnet Berlingske Avisdata. Begge mediehuse havde et ønske om at etablere et fælles selskab, som bestod af aktiviteterne fra både Polinfo og Berlingske Avisdata.

Men lovgrundlaget for at kunne etablere en sådan virksomhed fandtes ikke på daværende tidspunkt, og politikerne var ikke begejstrede for tanken om et mediearkiv. I kommentarerne til lovforslaget udtrykte flere politikere bekymring over, at man via en sådan database kunne citere politikere for synspunkter, de ikke længere havde.  Efter et par år kom dette på plads, og som et resultat af fusionen af Politikens Hus og Berlingske Media blev selskabet Infomedia etableret i november 2002.

Datterselskaberne
Fra 2006 til 2012 opkøbte Infomedia Ajour Klip, Cision og Infopaq. I 2018 opkøbte Infomedia Opoint – en international softwarevirksomhed specialiseret i at indeksere indhold på online medier via deres webcrawler. I 2019 opkøbte Infomedia det finske medieovervågningsselskab M-Brains selskaber i Sverige, Norge og Estland. Alle selskaber opererer i dag under Infomedias navn.

Mediearkivet
Redak-75, EDB-løsningen nævnt ovenfor, fungerede på den måde, at man til hver artikel kunne skrive korte resuméer og tilføje de relevante søgeord. Derefter kunne man fremsøge relevante originalartikler i systemet.  Formålet var at skabe ét samlet landsdækkende mediearkiv. Dette ejes i dag af Infomedia. Mediearkivet er Danmarks største onlinebaserede mediearkiv, som kan bruges til research i medier, blandt andet af studerende med et gyldigt unilogin fra landets uddannelsesinstitutioner. Anno 2021 er der mere end 75 millioner artikler, der kan dateres tilbage til 1990 i arkivet.

Infomedia har et internationalt mediearkiv, der indeholder mere end syv milliarder online nyhedsartikler fra ca. 200.000 nyhedsmedier i hele verden.

Medieovervågning
Infomedia udfører medieovervågning af redaktionelle og sociale medier. Medieovervågning handler essentielt om at overvåge og opspore, hvad der bliver sagt og skrevet i medierne om diverse emner af interesse for virksomheder og organisationer. Dette kan eksempelvis være overvågning af specifikke emner eller agendaer, konkurrenter eller virksomhedens/organisationens varemærker, talspersoner med mere. Medieovervågning kan omhandle specifikke medier, mediegrupper (print, web, tv, radio, podcasts og sociale medier) og kan være lokalt, regionalt, internationalt eller globalt.

Medieanalyse og kommunikationsrådgivning
Nogle virksomheder og organisationer har behov for at forstå, hvordan deres omtaler og egne PR-budskaber modtages i medierne. Medieovervågning giver virksomheder og organisationer overblik over, hvor de er omtalt, og hvor mange gange de er blevet nævnt i diverse medier. En medieanalyse og den dertilhørende rapportering kan  fortælle, om omtalerne er positive, negative eller neutrale, eller om de omhandler de agendaer, som den pågældende virksomhed eller organisation ønsker at påvirke gennem deres PR- og marketingaktiviteter. Medieanalyser kan omfatte konkurrentanalyse, omdømmeanalyse, stakeholderanalyse, agendaanalyse, influenceranalyse, kampagne- og eventanalyse og bæredygtighedsanalyser.

Digitale platforme
Infomedia implementerer kundespecifikke løsninger på tredjepartssoftwareplatforme herunder håndtering af kommunikation og markedsføring via sociale medier, overvågning og analyse af sociale medier samt distribution og analyse af pressemeddelelser.

Teknologi og sprogforskning
Infomedia forsker i samt udvikler teknologier inden for AI og Machine Learning, eksempelvis til automatisk genkendelse af navne på organisationer, steder og personer i artikler.

Infomedia udvikler sprogteknologier til blandt andet talegenkendelse (speech-to-text) i eksempelvis radio- og tv-klip. Kernen i teknologien er baseret på disciplinen Named Entity Recognition (ofte forkortet NER), som er en specialiseret gren inden for forskning og udvikling af sprogteknologi. Via NER kan man træne en computer til at finde eksempelvis lokationer og organisationer/virksomheder i alle slags tekster, samtidigt med, at computeren forstår, hvordan de hver især opfører sig grammatisk i en sætning; computeren kan kende forskel på, hvordan der skrives om en lokation, en organisation og en person.

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Eksterne henvisninger
 Infomedias hjemmeside
 CVR
 OpenCorporates
 Opoints hjemmeside

Medievirksomheder i Danmark
Etableret i 2002
Berlingske Media
JP/Politikens Hus
Netdatabaser fra Danmark

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Q: GAS: How to set listbox selection to shown value I have sorted my listbox values ascending and selected for example the 3rd value. After the selection,the value shown in the listbox is the first one. It should be the selected value, not the first value. Is it possible to "activate" the selected value to be shown after it is selected?

A: This not a normal behavior ... if you select an item in a listBox it shows the selected item....
could you post the code you are using so we can try to reproduce the issue ?

A: Have struggled with this over the past few days and came across a few difficulties. For a listbox (lb), an array of items and a selected item in the list (setitem) the following rather inelegant code works in a dropdown (single selection) listbox with just the labels (no values) and number of displayed values set to 1. Changing any of those conditions seems to change behaviour markedly.
function fillListBox(lb,items,setitem){
    try {
      lb.clear();  // making the widget reusable

      for (j=0;j<items.length;j++){
        var item = items[j];
        lb.addItem(item);
           if (item==setitem){
          lb.setSelectedIndex(j);  // zero is the first item in list
             }
      }

    }
    catch(e) {
    }
  }

a clear documentation of this whole area would be appreciated (and better code)

A: While DavidF's solution works, I think this is a little simpler:
function fillListBox(lb,items,setitem){
  try {
    lb.clear();  // making the widget reusable

    for (j = 0; j < items.length; j++){
      lb.addItem(items[j]);
    }
    lb.setSelectedIndex(items.indexOf(setitem));
  } catch(e) {}
}

This way, you add all the items, and then set the index using it's index in the array.


A public outcry, spear headed by the feminist group, WOMANTRA, is calling for Port-Of- Spain(POS) Mayor, Raymond Tim Kee, to resign after his statements yesterday evening, following the discovery of the body of Japanese national, Asami Nagakiya . Tim Kee is reported to have attributed the death to the "vulgar" and "lewd" behaviour of women during the Carnival season.
The Mayor's office has since issued an apology in the form of statement which said that, "His Worship the Mayor of Port of Spain Alderman Raymond Tim Kee unequivocally apologizes to women and the national population who were offended by remarks attributed to him following the death of carnival visitor and mas player, Asami Nagakiya.
Local feminist group, WOMANTRA, has started a petition calling for Tim Kee to resign, stating that the POS mayor has a habit of "blaming and shaming victims of abuse". They believe that persons with that kind of mindset do not have a place in public office and are calling on all citizens of Trinidad and Tobago who agree with their view to sign their petition on www.change.org, in order to get Time Kee out of office.
The petition started at around 9am this morning and currently has 3,032 signatures.


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GB Electrical is the service agent for most welding and cutting machine companies including WIA, Lincoln, Miller and ESAB, providing quality repairs and warranty work for these companies.
We are involved in the installation and maintenance of automatic welding equipment and profile cutting machines for Lincoln Electric, Farley Laser Lab and Esab.
Please contact us or fill in the enquiry form if you require maintenance or a service to be carried out for your industrial machines.


Our expert accounting procedures will take a huge load off of you. All client invoicing will reflect your brand. Trips are always reconciled the same day, giving you a real-time look at business. Credit card transactions are processed under your company name, providing clarity for your clients. Be assured that we have one of the highest levels of security for credit card information.
We assist and promote your brand in hundreds of ways: reservations via phone are answered live with your name; all accounting transactions; signage for client pick-ups; chauffeur communications; dispatcher's calls for service, rates for who you are, business cards and all marketing collateral, including website assistance.
CTG is pleased to have one of the finest groups of professionally-trained chauffeurs. All personnel receive background checks, including driving records. They are regularly and periodically screened for drugs (testing). Our chauffeurs have impeccable appearances and the cleanest, shining vehicles. Customer service is absolutely number one!
We plan special client appreciation events so you can invite your own clients, vendors and other key stakeholders for your business. It is an opportunity for you to get better acquainted with those who use your company, as well as giving them something back. Currently, we are hosting two events per year.
At CTG, we understand that one rate does not fit for all companies. So, continue with the rate structure you have been using, what your clients are accustomed to and fits your brand; You are able to then adjust rates, as needed, as well as offer specials or promotions at your discretion. It is your choice!
As noted, our experienced dispatchers know how to call for what is needed, and do so representing your company. Our full staff of dispatchers is there for you 24/7. They work as a team with our chauffeurs for the smoothest operation.
We offer a full, diverse fleet. It includes classic sedans, 6 and 8- passenger limousines, luxury vans and SUVs, mini- and motor coaches, and other specialty vehicles, upon request. All vehicles are driven by our professionally-trained chauffeurs, drivers that view their work as a career, not just a job.
As a part of CTG, you immediately have access to our global network of transportation companies. All companies and drivers are trained to meet our very high standards. This network currently includes almost every major destination in the US, as well as parts of Canada and Europe. It grows daily! We have "one-stop shopping" when clients book multiple city pick-ups.
Have you always wanted to attend transportation industry events, or conferences and tradeshows, but never had the time? With CTG managing your business, that precious time is freed up, allowing you to take part in educational and networking events both locally, and across the country.
Marketing your brand is essential in any business. At CTG, we help you with both print and online material. From business cards, brochures, to assistance with setting up a website, developing online newsletters (linking to the website) and social media posts, all are vital parts. Keeping clients updated and you "in the light" are invaluable!
All chauffeurs are equipped with iPads, enabling them to track flight information and provide a digital greeting to your client(s). It includes the passenger's name, company name and logo, and your name. The meet and greet is high-tech, yet personal; it continues to represent your brand.
Our technology is able to provide a wide variety of reports. You may just want monthly revenue figures, or revenue by vehicle type. We can also analyze your data to view trends for leads, listing how reservations are made, and provide marketing programs to increase sales. Let us know how and when you want or need them!
At CTG, you will always have a real person answering the phone, no matter what the hour or day! No complicated voicemail. A unique feature is also having access to live phone conversations (recorded), to personally experience how your clients are being serviced. Our customer service agents can also track flights in real time!
As a CTG member, you now have access to one of the world's best Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software programs. We will have regular meetings with you to support your sales efforts and share proven techniques to increase sales. Using Salesforce effectively enables you to expand current accounts. Our experienced sales teams are available to coach you in giving presentations to emphasize your brand and its FAB.
CTG is a management company with many facets. We have a special event manager on staff to assist with all the extras for meetings and events. The coordination can be for corporate or social programs, such as weddings, Bar/Bat Mitzvahs, awards programs, VIP needs, and a night on the town…all personalized service!
Chauffeurs will provide each client with a survey or link to one. You will get direct feedback on every area: reservations, timeliness of pickups, chauffeur service, vehicle performance/comfort/cleanliness and more. The information will help you know CTG's performance in all areas. The surveys are a powerful technology tool for our management, and are used in chauffeur training. You can use the data to increase sales.
Our technology does not stay stagnant. We are on top of trends and continue to make improvements. From our online reservations, on-demand booking, same-day bill reconciliation, email confirmations and receipts, to trip status notifications via phone texts, we are keeping you, your company and valued clients in sync. Other special technology features include invoicing as your brand in the timeframe you choose (daily, weekly or monthly). All emails sent to clients will use your member signature and logo—we are you! We can also transfer calls to you even when you are not in your office, so you won't miss a valuable contact.
As we receive feedback from your clients and information on your performance, we can post comments and data on CTG's website. Data on your company will be placed in a secure location. General and specific feedback can be placed on your website and in newsletters.


These are made from the same type of creosote treated canvas as were the genuine late war airborne trousers. The set includes dark green canvas pockets, and canvas leg ties. The snaps are finished dull black. The pattern is the same sized pattern as used on the Parachute jumper trousers.
These pockets were historically worn on the Trousers, Field, Cotton, OD or M43 pants by troopers of the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions as of the late summer of 1944. The Army did not originally manufacture these trousers with large cargo pockets on the legs. When the Army Quartermaster Headquarters in the European Theater of Operations received their issued allotment of M43 trousers they saw right away the need to modify them with the same style of large cargo pockets that were included with the earlier Parachute Jumper Trousers. Troopers needed the large cargo pockets to hold the much needed additional supplies that each trooper was issued. Someone in the Army chain of command therefore ordered that the M43 trousers be modified with the addition of large canvas cargo pockets identical in the early jumpsuit styling. Though this was not specifically a rigger-made modification to the uniforms, the modification of the trousers with large cargo pocket was unique to strictly these airborne units.


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Q: List of all versioned files in subversion? (Remove files by name) Some smart dude at the office managed to commit a whole bunch of 'backup' files (they start with ._) to our subversion server.
Preferably I would like to delete these files using some basic bash script instead of going through the repository manually.
Is there any way I can get a list of all subversion versioned files inside a directory so I can do some basic grepping / svn deletes?
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'svn list' isn't recursive and also seems to list directories, I need the kind of behavior like 'find'.
second edit:
Ok, the -R flag can make 'svn list' recursive... but how do I strip out directories?

A: svn list -R

lists all files and directory recursively

A: If it's only in one commit (or series of commits) then use svn merge to undo it.
If the user has been doing it across several commits and you're on Linux:
First check that this properly lists the files you want to delete:
find . -name '._*'

Then actually invoke svn to delete them:
find . -name '._*' -exec svn rm {} \;

Check svn status, commit if good.
Disclaimer: I have not tested the commands so beware.
I think those are Mac backup files it makes automatically.

A:
how do I strip out directories?

The key is to observe the directories will end with a slash.
You can then use grep.
svn list -R my_svn_dir | grep -v '/$'


Would Bob Smith go back to making historical wargames?
I still want a game to give me the same depth/challenge as Desert Rats on the Speccy. Basic supply, deeper combat than PG and nothing too complicated like many wargames.
I read this in the comments section of an RPS Flare Path article (2017/05/12/the-flare-path-wars-across-the-world, can't post full link). After a bit of a rabbit hole search, I realized that Robert T. Smith, the author of Armada 2526 had previously released a bunch of wargames for the ZX spectrum and DOS. Reports seem to indicated that they were a notch above Panzer General in complexity, while remaining lightweight and playable.
It seems to me that there is a void of light wargames that aren't Panzer General clones, so I was wondering if Bob Smith would maybe consider putting his design experience to work making new historical wargames at about the same level of complexity. I never played his old games so I'm not saying this out of nostalgia, but I'd be fine with some nice counters on a 2d map, no need to go full 3d like recent Slitherine offerings. However, since the mechanics would be simple, it would be awesome if the games were playable with a controller from the couch - offering much needed rest to my mouse hand when I'm not at work.
Can't emphasize the Controller part enough... currently if one wants to play a strategy game without a mouse, one has to resort to Japanese strategy RPGs. But there's no reason simple games like Panzer Corps, Order of Battle, WH40K armaggeddon and the like couldn't be played with a controller, concurrencing classics like Advance Wars, Fire Emblem, and so on.
Status: offline His current game is Oriental Empires. A 4x in ancient China. I like it very much. He's still working on it (DLC) so wouldn't expect anything else for a while.


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The much-awaited emergency subsidy, is there?
By: Fernando Fajardo - Columnist/CDN Digital | April 01,2020 - 07:14 AM
Last Saturday, March 28, 2020, Executive Secretary Salvador Campo Medialdea, acting on behalf of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, issued a Memorandum providing for the implementation of temporary emergency powers granted to the President. The memorandum serves as the order of battle to all concerned agencies directly involved in the implementation of the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act (RA 11469).
The objective of the memorandum is to achieve the government's aim of overcoming the present threat brought about by COVID-19 from China and making cohesive and harmonious the simultaneous government efforts on different fronts to:
Protect and support our health workers and frontliners;
Provide the supplies and equipment necessary for detecting the disease and caring for those infected;
Ensure that community quarantines are effectively implemented and essential necessities such as food and medicine to the most vulnerable delivered;
Keep essential and critical utilities and businesses running and their processes uninterrupted;
Provide temporary economic relief to Filipinos and businesses; and
Mobilize all state assets to sustain the operations of the government.
The agencies concerned are DOH (Department of Health), DSWD (Department of Social Welfare and Development), DBM (Department of Budget and Management), DOF (Department of Finance), DTI (Department of Trade and Industry), DILG (Department of Interior and Local Government), DOLE (Department of Labor and Employment), DoTr (Department of Transportation), DPWH (Department of Public Works and Highways), DOE (Department of Energy), PhilHealth (Philippine Health Insurance Corporation), NWRB (National Water Resources Board), OCD (Office of the Civil Defense), NDRRM (National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management) Council, and all other relevant agencies of the national government and local government units.
Of these agencies, the most critical is the DOH in our fight against the deadly COVID-19 or coronavirus disease 2019 from China. As expected, the DOH, following World Health Organization guidelines and best practices, must adopt and implement measures to prevent or suppress further transmission and spread of the virus through effective education, detection, protection, and treatment.
Among other things, the DOH must also ensure that all public health workers are protected by providing them with a "COVID-19 special risk allowance" and that those who may contract severe COVID-19 infection or die while in the line of duty are compensated.
Presently, many of our people, especially the poor, are worried of the loss of their income because of the lockdown. Is there an emergency subsidy? How much? Which agency of the government will provide it?
Here, the job in providing subsidy falls on the DSWD. The memorandum implementing the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act orders the DSWD to provide an emergency subsidy to around 18 million low income households in the amount not lower than P5,000.00 or higher than P8,000.00 a month for two (2) months. The final amount is computed based on prevailing regional minimum wage rates and after considering the conditional cash transfer program and rice subsidy presently existing. In his press con the other night, the President mentioned 200 billion pesos available for this purpose.
Assuming the 18 million targeted households are fully covered, this would require the DSWD to distribute between 180 billion pesos to 288 billion pesos or roughly 234 billion pesos in average in two months. This exceeds the 200 billion pesos intended for the subsidy.
However, is that amount really needed?
My answer is no. This is because the 18 million (I wonder where they got this figure) households targeted for coverage is highly overblown. It is overblown because in the 2015 census the total population of the country was counted only at 100,979,303, which corresponds to 23 million households at 4.4 persons per households in that year.
Using 1.72 percent annual growth rate of our population observed from 2010 to 2015, this year's total population would be about 110 million. This would correspond to about 25 million households at the same average number of 4.4 persons per household.
If we target 18 million households for emergency subsidy, that would mean covering 72 percent of our 25 million total number of households. It also means that not just the poor but also the middle-income households and some of the upper class are subsidized.
We do not have the luxury to do this because of our limited resources. Apart from emergency subsidy, we also need more funds in fighting the virus directly such as those for the purchase of the very much needed test kits, personal protective equipment, vents, hiring of additional health personnel, and many more such as those needed to help business, especially the small ones, to recover.
At the minimum, we could use the number of our households considered officially in poverty as our target for subsidy. This was last measured at 16.5 percent of our total number of households in 2015. Using this rate would require us to provide emergency subsidy to only 4.125 million households out of the 25 million total estimated number of household that we have presently. At 5,000 pesos per household for two months, this would only amount to 41.25 billion pesos or 66.0 billion pesos at 8,000 pesos per household for two months.
If this minimum target is too low, we can increase this to include all those households in the bottom third of our population based on household income size. Now this is about 8.33 million households in all, less than half of the original 18 million targeted number of households. The total requirement for this is 83.3 billion pesos minimum or 133.3 billion pesos maximum, so we do not have problem with funds if the 200 billion mentioned by the President is there.
Now the question is whether there really is 200 billion pesos available to the President now. This is what I will tackle next Wednesday. For now let us just stay home and be a hero if only by saving just one life. Our own life. /dbs
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TAGS: Bayanihan Heal as One Act, COVID-19, DSWD, emergency subsidy, RA 11469
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