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Vitamin-rich diet may cut risk of vision malady
A vitamin-rich diet can lower the risk of contracting macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness among the elderly in developed countries, researchers said on Tuesday.
Dec. 27, 2005, 9:29 PM UTC / Source: Reuters
A vitamin-rich diet lowers the risk of contracting macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness among the elderly in developed countries, researchers said on Tuesday.
The antioxidant properties of Vitamins C, E, beta-carotene and zinc were found to ward off macular degeneration, in which abnormal blood cells grow in the eye and leak blood and fluid that damages the center of the retina and blurs central vision.
Sufferers are often debilitated and unable to read, recognize faces or drive, and the condition worsens with age. It affects more than one out of 10 white adults over the age 80, and is the leading cause of severe vision loss in Americans 60 and older.
There is no cure, although an earlier study found taking high doses of vitamin supplements could slow the condition's progression.
The eight-year study involved more than 4,000 older residents of Rotterdam, Netherlands. It found that those whose diets included more than the median levels of vitamins C and E, beta carotene and zinc had a 35-percent lower risk of developing macular degeneration, compared with those whose diet provided a below-median level of any of the four nutrients.
Participants with a below-median consumption of all four of the nutrients had a 20-percent higher risk of macular degeneration.
"This study suggests that the risk of age-related macular degeneration can be modified by diet; in particular, by dietary vitamin E and zinc," wrote lead author Dr. Redmer van Leeuwen of the Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam.
"Foods high in these nutrients appear to be more important than nutritional supplements," he added in the report, published in this week's issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Foods rich in vitamin E include whole grains, vegetable oil, eggs, and nuts, the report said. High concentrations of zinc can be found in meat, poultry, fish, whole grains, and dairy products. Carrots, kale, and spinach are the main suppliers of beta carotene, while vitamin C is found in citrus fruits and juices, green peppers, broccoli, and potatoes.


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Thursday's live events
President Obama and GOP nominee Mitt Romney face off October 22 in Boca Raton, Florida, in their third and final debate of the election season. Watch CNN.com Live for all your election coverage.
Today's programming highlights...
11:35 am ET - Obama on the campaign trail - President Obama begins his day in New Hampshire, where he'll speak at a campaign event in Manchester. He'll then travel to New York to speak at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner at 7:55 pm ET.
12:40 pm ET - Ryan in Florida - GOP vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan campaigns in Florida today, starting with an appearance in Ocala and concluding with a 7:15 pm ET rally in Fort Myers.
1:00 pm ET - Boy Scout 'perversion files' released - An attorney in Portland, Oregon, will release 20,000 pages of files on Boy Scout leaders accused of sexual abuse.
1:00 pm ET - 'The Boss' campaigns for Obama - Bruce Springsteen is known for getting political in his music, and now he's taking his message on the campaign trail. He'll join former president Bill Clinton at a rally for President Obama in Parma, Ohio.
2:00 pm ET - Biden in Las Vegas - Vice President Biden takes his campaigning to Las Vegas, where he'll speak to supporters at a culinary school.
9:00 pm ET - Romney dinner remarks - President Obama isn't the only candidate addressing the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner in New York tonight. GOP nominee Mitt Romney will speak to attendees about an hour after Obama's remarks.
CNN.com Live is your home for breaking news as it happens.
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Something has been bothering me since Tuesday night's debate with your CNN employee. It looks to me and any person who watched this that Mr. Romney was set up by her and the Obama camp. I have listened to Obama speech in the garden on Oct. 12 several times and it is quite clear that he was taking about N.Y. Trade Center attack and the brave men and woman that died on that day.
She had no right as the moderator of the debate to intrepid what was said, especially when she was totally wrong. How did she just happen to have the transcript of the speech, when Obama tells him to read the transcript and she agrees with him, just a bit strange if you ask me?
CNN then gives her time to support her possession on this matter, with no one to argue the statement she made. So much for true journalism, she should debate this with someone who knows what they are talking about.
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WOW @ Kenney Rogers, i truly never expected those words from you lmao! You just never cease to amaze me.
and the kenny (superman) at 5:05 is NOT the real kenney (superman) lol he knows how to spell is own name and he hasnt been blogging at all, since hes out of the country.

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Open Records Request (January 9, 2016)
Karen Smith filed this request with the New Richmond School District of New Richmond, WI.
Submitted Jan. 9, 2016
From: Karen Smith
Dear Mr. Olson,
Under the Wisconsin Open Records Law, §19.31 et seq., I am requesting a copy of the following public records:
1. A copy of the letter from the New Richmond School District to Thomas Woznicki dated July 1, 2015. The letter detailed the contents of Thomas Woznicki's personnel file and provided an opportunity for Mr. Woznicki to review a redacted copy of the personnel file. Please provide a complete copy of the letter from the District to Thomas Woznicki dated July 1, 2015. With regard to the delivery of the requested letter, my preference would be to receive a scanned copy of the letter via email. I understand the letter described above to be part of a public court file, so I believe the letter is publicly available despite the ongoing litigation related to the actual personnel file (which I previously requested on December 5, 2015).
If there are any fees for searching or copying these records, please inform me if the cost will exceed $50.00 (fifty and 00/100 U.S. dollars).
I would request a response in writing, within the 5 days described by law, if you intend to deny this request. Also, if you expect a significant delay in fulfilling this request, please contact me with information about when I might expect a copy of the requested records.
If you deny any or all of this request, please cite each specific exemption you feel justifies the refusal to release the information and notify me of the appeal procedures available to me under the law.
Thank you for considering my request.
I submitted an Open Records request to the New Richmond School District on January 9 seeking a copy of the following records:
1.	A copy of the letter from the New Richmond School District to Thomas Woznicki dated July 1, 2015. The letter detailed the contents of Thomas Woznicki's personnel file and provided an opportunity for Mr. Woznicki to review a redacted copy of the personnel file. Please provide a complete copy of the letter from the District to Thomas Woznicki dated July 1, 2015. With regard to the delivery of the requested letter, my preference would be to receive a scanned copy of the letter via email. I understand the letter described above to be part of a public court file, so I believe the letter is publicly available despite the ongoing litigation related to the actual personnel file (which I previously requested on December 5, 2015).
I am respectfully requesting acknowledgement that you have received my Open Records request dated January 9. Please let me know if you have any questions pertaining to this request. Thank you.
From: Patrick Olson
Subject: Re: Open Records Request: Open Records Request (January 9, 2016)
I apologize as this email was in my spam folder. I have received your
records request and will get this information to you.
*Patrick B. Olson*
District Administrator
New Richmond School District
polson@newrichmond.k12.wi.us
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Dear Ms. Smith,
Your records requests were initially sent to my e-mail spam box, so I did
not receive them until very recently. I am writing in response to your
requests for the following:
"A copy of the letter from the New Richmond School District to Thomas
Woznicki dated July 1, 2015. The letter detailed the contents of Thomas
Woznicki's personnel file and provided an opportunity for Mr. Woznicki to
review a redacted copy of the personnel file. Please provide a complete
copy of the letter from the District to Thomas Woznicki dated July 1, 2015.
With regard to the delivery of the requested letter, my preference would be
to receive a scanned copy of the letter via email. I understand the letter
described above to be part of a public court file, so I believe the letter
is publicly available despite the ongoing litigation related to the actual
personnel file (which I previously requested on December 5, 2015)."
The District is not able to release a copy of the July 1, 2015, letter at
this time. Currently, one issue in the present litigation, Woznicki v.
Moberg, Wisconsin Court of Appeals Case No. 15AP1883, is whether all of the
contents of Mr. Woznicki's personnel file are subject to disclosure under
the Wisconsin Open Records Law. Because this letter is part of Mr.
Woznicki's personnel file, we cannot provide it until the Court of Appeals
issues its decision and the deadline for appeal of that decision has
Additionally, the letter makes specific references to matters contained in
Mr. Woznicki's personnel file that constitute "records containing
information relating to an employee that is created or kept by the
authority and that is the result of an investigation into a disciplinary
matter involving the employee or possible employment-related violation by
the employee of a statute, ordinance, rule, regulation, or policy of the
employee's employer." See Wis. Stat. § 19.356(2)(a)1. The referenced
records are currently the primary subject of the dispute in Woznicki v.
Moberg. Given that Mr. Woznicki has commenced an action under Wisconsin
Statutes Section 19.356(4), the District is prohibited from providing
access to the requested records during pendency of the action. Wis. Stat.
§ 19.356(5). Thus, the District cannot provide a document that is not only
part of the personnel file at issue before the Court of Appeals but also
specifically references the records which are the primary subject of the
dispute under the Wisconsin Open Records law.
Once the Court of Appeals rules on this matter and the time for appeal has
passed, the District will notify you whether it may provide access to the
July 1, 2015 letter, and if so, whether any redactions may be required.
See, e.g., Wis. Stat. §§ 19.36(10)(a); 19.36(13); 146.82; and 118.125; 20
U.S.C. § 1232g; 34 C.F.R. § 99.31; and the attorney-client privilege and/or
work product doctrine.
In the meantime, if you have any further questions or concerns, please
direct those to the District's attorney, Trevor Helmers, at trevor.helmers@
raswlaw.com.
Records Request Response (Smith-2016)
I appreciate the thoroughness with which you have responded to my request. Although the legalities seem somewhat complicated, it is perfectly clear from your response that the New Richmond School District cannot release the letter dated July 1, 2015, at the present time. I will wait to hear from you regarding whether you can release the letter dated July 1, 2015, after the Wisconsin Court of Appeals makes a decision. Thank you for acknowledging receipt of my request and taking the time to provide a detailed reply.


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Automotive Semiconductor Market
Market Leaders- Top Automotive Semiconductor
The automotive semiconductor market is projected to grow from USD 42.9 billion in 2022 to USD 70.0 billion by 2027; it is expected to grow at a CAGR of 10.1% from 2022 to 2027. Automotive semiconductor systems are extensively deployed in a variety of applications, including powertrain, safety, body electronics, chassis, and telematics & infotainment. The high requirement for fuel-efficient cars and the stringent government regulations to lower CO2 emissions led to an increasing number of semiconductors in both traditional vehicles and EVs/HEVs. Governments in many countries are in the process of regulating emissions from internal combustion engine (ICE)-based cars. The adoption of electrified vehicles will lead to a significant rise in demand for new automotive ICs, microprocessors, and sensors. Hence, with the inclusion of advanced technologies and new features in vehicles has increased the scope of electrification. As a result, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are installing a greater number of ICs, microprocessors, and sensors in high-end electric vehicles.
Although the automotive semiconductor market is growing at a steady pace, the market is consolidated among the players in the market. Key strategies adopted by top players to enhance their product portfolios, increase their market share and expand their presence in the market mainly include new product launches and deals. For instance, In January 2022, Infineon Technologies (Germany) launched a new generation of its AURIX microcontroller family (MCU). The TC4x series features advanced driver assists systems (ADAS), automotive electric-electronic (E/E) architectures and affordable artificial intelligence (AI) applications for automotive. In January 2022, NXP Semiconductors (Netherlands) announced the industry's first dedicated 16nm imaging radar processor, the S32R45, released into mass production. Additionally, the new S32R41 has been introduced to extend 4D imaging radar's benefits to a much larger number of vehicles. Together these processors enable 4D imaging radar for surround sensing. In December 2021, NXP Semiconductors (Netherlands) announced a strategic partnership with Foxconn, a subsidy company of Foxconn group (FII). NXP will provide FII with its comprehensive portfolio of automotive technologies. The initial phase of the joint project focused on the development of a full digital cockpit solution, based on the NXP i.MX 8 QuadMax. In April 2020, Infineon Technologies (Germany) acquired Cypress Semiconductor, a leader in the semiconductor industry. With this acquisition, Infineon is expected to enhance its automotive semiconductors offerings.
Infineon Technologies (Germany) is a leader in automotive semiconductor solutions. The company emphasizes on energy efficiency, automotive mobility, and passenger and road security. It offers semiconductors and solutions for automotive, industrial electronics, chip cards, and security applications. Infineon Technologies AG primarily operates through four major business segments: Automotive, Industrial Power Control, Power and Sensor Systems, and Connected Secure Systems. The Automotive division supplies sensors, microcontrollers, power semiconductors, and power modules for automotive applications. All these products are built to meet the goals of sustainable mobility, which include reduction in fuel consumption and CO2 emissions and improvement in road and passenger safety. Through the Automotive division, the company offers devices and components that find applications in driver assistance systems and safety systems, comfort electronics, powertrain solutions, security solutions, etc. Its key competitors include Aptiv, Robert Bosch GmbH, BYD, Continental, Delphi, DENSO Corporation, Hella, Hitachi, Hyundai, Keihin, Lear, Mando, Mitsubishi Electric, Omron, Preh, Valeo, Veoneer, and ZF. Infineon's comprehensive product portfolio is distinct due to the reliability, excellence of its innovative and leading-edge technologies such as analog and mixed-signal, RF, power management, and embedded controls. Infineon is one of the significant suppliers of integrated circuits to the automotive industry. The company offers products for automotive applications such as car powertrain, vehicle body and convenience, safety management, and infotainment.
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Q: Windows - Loading library dynamically C++ I'm getting some trouble when trying to link a library dynamically.
I've searched by other topics and by wikis and found two interesting links:

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*Dynamically load a function from a DLL

*Tutorial: Using Dynamic Linked Libraries in C++Builder Applications
However, when I try to link my library dynamically I get unresolved external in my applicationk, here are the files:
CriptLib.h:
#ifndef CriptLibH
#define CriptLibH

#ifdef CRIPTNSDLL_EXPORTS
#define CRIPTLIB_API __declspec(dllexport)
#else
#define CRIPTLIB_API __declspec(dllimport)
#endif

#ifdef __cplusplus

#include <fmx.h>
#include <FMX.Dialogs.hpp>
#include <System.Classes.hpp>
#include <string.h>
#include <FMX.Memo.hpp>

extern "C" {
#endif

    CRIPTLIB_API void Cript_BasicoM(String Original, String Chave, TMemo* Memo);
    CRIPTLIB_API void Cript_BasicoL(String Original, String Chave, TStringList* Lista);
    CRIPTLIB_API void Cript_BasicoS(String Original, String Chave, String* Linha);
    CRIPTLIB_API void Decript_BasicoM(String Chave, TMemo* Memo);
    CRIPTLIB_API void Decript_BasicoL(String Chave, TStringList* Lista);
    CRIPTLIB_API void Decript_BasicoS(String Original, String Chave, String* Linha);
    CRIPTLIB_API String VerProg();

#ifdef __cplusplus
}

namespace CriptLib
{
    class Encriptar
    {
    public:
        static void Subst(String Original, String Chave, TMemo* Memo) { Cript_BasicoM(Original, Chave, Memo); }
        static void Subst(String Original, String Chave, TStringList* Lista) { Cript_BasicoL(Original, Chave, Lista); }
        static void Subst(String Original, String Chave, String* Linha) { Cript_BasicoS(Original, Chave, Linha); }
    };

    class Decriptar
    {
    public:
        static void Subst(String Chave, TMemo* Memo) { Decript_BasicoM(Chave, Memo); }
        static void Subst(String Chave, TStringList* Lista) { Decript_BasicoL(Chave, Lista); }
        static void Subst(String Original, String Chave, String* Linha) { Decript_BasicoS(Original, Chave, Linha); }
    };

    class Info
    {
    public:
        static String Ver() { return VerProg(); }
    };

}
#endif

#endif

Parts of my code:
const wchar_t* library = L"CriptLib.dll";
typedef String (*VerInfoS)();
// Don't know if the following sentence is necessary once it is already declared in CriptLib.h (But I've also tried with it)
extern "C" __declspec(dllimport) String VerProg();

And the load momment:
    HINSTANCE load = LoadLibrary(library);
    if (load) {

        VerProgS verified = (VerProgS)GetProcAddress(load, "VerProg");
        if (!verified) goto jump;

        frmAbout->lblExtName->Text = "CriptLib V" + CriptLib::Info::Ver();

        jump:

    }

So, the thing is... I don't wnat my application dependent of this dll, but if it has then the dll must be loaded, so I just didn't included the .lib file to the project and commented the following line.
//#pragma comment (lib, "CriptLib.lib")

The errors I've got:

[ilink32 Error] Error: Unresolved external '_VerProg' referenced from
  C:\USERS\USER\DOCUMENTS\PROJECT\WIN32\RELEASE\LOAD.OBJ

Since now, thaks a lot guys.

A: Since you don't want to depend on the VerProg DLL, you don't want to call any of its functions directly in code.  Remove all the externs for them.  When you want to call them, after getting the function pointer with GetProcAddress, you then need to call the function thru that function pointer:
frmAbout->lblExtName->Text = "CriptLib V" + (*verified)();

or, since you can call a pointer to a function directly:
frmAbout->lblExtName->Text = "CriptLib V" + verified();

The Info::Ver function should be removed.  You can package all the exports you're calling in CriptLib in a class that can load the DLL once, have a function to check if the DLL was found and loaded, and call thru the function pointers.
When you call VerProg directly, the linker will need to resolve the symbol so you'll create a dependency on that DLL.

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October 21, 2020 October 21, 2020 / Crime & Tragedy / By Amelia Finefrock
An 11-year-old boy from Louisiana was caught in Baton Rouge after he started a school bus and then fled from police when they attempted to stop him.
According to authorities, the pursuit lasted an entire 45 minutes.
Cops reveal that the kid taunted and flipped off officers as they chased him before he eventually crashed into a tree.
The child was physically fine but was arrested. Cops also reveal he hit 3 other vehicles along the way but no one was seriously injured.
He was then placed in handcuffs at the scene.
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It was not clear how the boy obtained keys to the bus, as most schools are closed on a weekend.
The Baton Rouge Police Department says the bus belongs to a private owner who subcontracts with Head Start. They additionally noted how the bus is a push to start.
Joy Gradney captured the chase on her cell phone. She said she was not expecting a young person to zoom past her.
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"As he got closer and closer and closer, I saw it's a little boy in there and he was laughing. He was like giggling on the way across Florida as he goes right past me. I'm like I can't believe it's a little boy," said Gradney.
"I'm thinking what in the world is going on and my first thought is that it was a lot of kids on the bus. Thank goodness he was okay he was safe, but it was not your typical Sunday afternoon occurrence for sure. So, we're blessed that it didn't do any more damage than it did," said Smith.
BRPD has charged the 11-year-old juvenile with theft of a motor vehicle, aggravated flight, three counts of aggravated damage to property, and aggravated assault.
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With a background in the creative and educational fields, Amelia Finefrock is freelance writer, singer-songwriter and nanny based in Chicago.
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Mr. Frederick "Fred" W. Rose, Jr.
Frederick "Fred" W. Rose Jr., age 71, entered into rest on Sunday, October 21, 2018. He is preceded in death by his parents, Frederick Sr. and Georgette Rose.
He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Margaret; his son Frederick (wife Michelle); his daughter, Rebecca(husband Ted); grandsons Dylan and Brandon Rose, and Ethan Hood. "Poppa" was a SRS retiree and USAF veteran.
The family will receive friends on Friday, October 26, 2018, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Arlington Burial and Cremation.
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Peg and family, I am so sorry for your loss. My God comfort you in this time. I only met ya'll a couple times at our church with Susie,Mike and Deb. Know that people are praying for you.


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Meet Mang, award winning Lao Tai Chok weaver.
She lives in a picturesque village by the side of the Mekong River in northern Laos, and has woven many of the scarves in our Laos Collection.
In a peaceful village by the banks of the Mekong, not far from Luang Prabang in northern Laos, a cluster of small weaver's studios create some of the most exquisite and laborious silk textiles you'll find anywhere in the world.
Mang is one of the weavers working at these studios, who specialises in the chok supplementary weft technique of the Lao-Tai community. She weaves textiles using hand spun silk from the workshop's own silk farm, coloured using natural dyes to create unique pieces that tell tales of mythological creatures and that can take up to six months to complete.
The weaving is closely related to the beliefs of Mang and her fellow weavers. Aside from the motifs woven into the patterns, the textiles themselves are believed to offer protection to the wearer. During the weaving, Mang leaves a knife sitting on the loom to ward off mischievous spirits from making a mess of her warp yarns.
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Mang is 27 years old; when she was a girl of 12, her mother began teaching her to weave, and since the age of 17 she has been weaving professionally in this weaver's studio owned and managed by master weaver, Bangone Doungdala. She is paid per piece she completes and can make a good living from her work. She's not yet married and still lives at home with her family.
Mang weaves five days a week for three and a half hours in the morning, then another two hours after her lunch break. She is still learning and on her way to becoming a master weaver herself, one day.
Until then, the designs for each piece she weaves are first created by Bangone. These are usually based on traditional patterns incorporating the mythological naga (water serpent): the people of the Mekong believe the naga to be a river god, so this motif features heavily in their designs.
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Mang says she enjoys weaving. The most difficult step is arranging the threads to create the pattern designed by Bangone. She knows the patterns she weaves by heart; she doesn't need to have them written down. It will take Mang around three months to weave a more simple scarf using the chok supplementary weft technique. She is the winner of a Luang Prabang weaving competition for one of her own naga designs.
Bangone and her weaver's studio mostly weave for export, though happily there is a healthy local demand for these textiles too: local women wear the sarongs for special occasions like weddings and visits to the temple.
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European Parliament and the Council approve contingency measures to limit the impact of no-deal Brexit on Erasmus+
On 13 March 2019, the European Parliament, in its plenary session in Strasbourg, adopted at first reading the resolution laying down provisions for the continuation of ongoing learning mobility activities under the Erasmus+ programme in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
The same text was also adopted by the Council of the EU, in its General Affairs configuration, on 19 March 2019. The Council specified that "these measures are temporary in nature, limited in scope and adopted unilaterally by the EU" and that they are not meant to reproduce the full benefits of EU membership.
The legislative measures aim to safeguard that:
ongoing learning mobility activities under the current Erasmus+ programme that started before 30 March 2019 will be fully funded until their conclusion, for up to 12 months;
students, trainees and staff from EU-27 and the UK currently involved in mobility activities under the Erasmus+ will not lose their academic credits and will not be required to repeat their academic semester or year.
According to figures, at the end of March 2019, there will be approximately 14 000 Erasmus+ participants from the EU-27 in the UK and around 7 000 UK Erasmus+ participants in the EU-27. The regulation will enter into force only in the event of a no-deal Brexit and it shall be published before the expected date of the withdrawal.
At the same time, no safeguards are yet in place for the approx. 17 000 UK students that should start their Erasmus+ exchange in other EU member states as of this September. In parallel, according to most recent media coverage it seems that some member states are already advising their students that were supposed to study under this scheme in the UK to choose other study destinations. According to statements by Universities UK International (UUKi), while the sector had been waiting for the Department for Education (DfE) to create an alternative UK scheme to the Erasmus+ programme, it seems that no such scheme is under development at present. In the meantime, individual UK institutions are designing their own solutions to safeguard existing partnerships and student exchanges.
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hahahaha! That deserves a free round trip ticket from the airline!
You have such a good memory!
Awesome. Usually SWA attendants do not take themselves too seriously which seems to help everyone relax a little. On the 4th of July I had to travel. On the first leg, it was one of the attendants' birthday. So, they passed a card around secretly for everyone to sign and then of course she received lots of verbal birthday greetings as well. On the second leg, one of the attendants started singing "Your a Grand Old Flag" and by the end pretty much everyone had joined in and it ended with a round of applause.
I would have been stumped by the Monty Python reference. I think it is great that you were able to throw it back at him!
How fun. I've got the singing crews before too. That's so much fun. SW does a great job of showcasing their internal talent.
Traveling is an interesting adventure. I took a huge trip a few years back. The east coast, the south, all in one trip. Lots of airports and lots of fun. I never had a problem. The people are fascinating. An entire book could easily be written.


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Republican Recall fuels Gov. Whitmer fundraising efforts
Matthew Donnellon 2021-07-31
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Last year, during the height of the pandemic, some people thought the best use of their time was to try and recall the governor.
They were mad about the lockdowns.
They were mad about mask mandates.
So they exercised their right to petition and started collecting signatures.
Such was their right.
And now they are starting to realize that they royally messed up.
Now Republican strategists are trying to get them to stop.
Fred Wszolek, a Republican political consultant wrote on Twitter, "Every grassroots conservative in MI should turn up the heat on the various Recall Whitmer activists to pack it in now. They're not going to succeed, and they're strengthening her by the day. They knew this could happen. It is. Enough."
He's right.
The people trying to recall the governor have bolstered her reelection efforts far more than they realized.
Because of the recall effort, a Michigan law allows Governor Whitmer to exceed the maximum individual campaign finance donation. Typically, one would be limited to $7,150 per person, but a ruling from 1984. In the letter, written from then Secretary of State Richard Austin to L. Brooks Patterson, the prosecuting attorney at the time (and later Oakland County Executive).
The ruling is rather interesting, Since a recall vote does not fill a pub1 ic office, it must be concluded that the candidate committee of an officeholder subject to a recall vote is not a 'candidate committee of a candidate for state elective office.' Therefore, section 52 does not apply to contributions received by an officeholder who is being recalled, provided the contributions are designated for a recall election."
Essentially, a recall vote is different from a vote to be elected, so it does not fall under the same laws that an election would. Also, the letter states that it would be unfair for the office holder because they would be fundraising against entities that are not beholden to campaign finance laws, thus putting the office holder in a serious disadvantage.
Gov. Whitmer is already a strong fundraiser, but this loophole has allowed her to blow the competition out of the water.
Bridge Michigan has a breakdown of just how well she's doing, "On Monday, Whitmer's re-election campaign reported having fundraised $8.6 million from Jan. 1 to July 20. Whitmer's campaign now has $10.7 million in hand. No other gubernatorial candidate has raised this amount in an off-year, nor during an election year — and Whitmer's tally is three times the amount her predecessor, Republican Gov. Rick Snyder, raised in 2014 for re-election."
The recall attempt has allowed Whitmer to land huge donations. So far, attorney Mark Bernstein, and Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker are the two biggest donors with contributions of $257,150 and $250,000 respectively.
As or the time of this reporting, there are have been over a dozen recall attempts but none have have been approved,
Whitmer made no bones about using the law to her advantage, ""We need reform when it comes to political contributions but as long as the rules are what they are, I'm going to make sure that I always abide by the rules," Whitmer said. "I'm going to run hard, just like I do everything when I set my mind to something."
It's a nice change of pace, too often Democrats seem to be content to play with one hand tied behind their backs.
Time will tell if the recall attempts pick up any steam, but it would be the height of irony of the people who wanted Whitmer gone most end up getting her reelected.
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Michigan mask mandates do not violate your rights, Court says
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The Vice President, Alhaji Aliu Mahama, has reiterated the government's commitment to a free, fair and transparent general election in December.
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The colourful ceremony which was attended by a number of dignitaries such as the Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing, Alhaji Saddique Boniface Abubakar, the Deputy Eastern Regional Minister, Mr
Ofosu Asamoah, and the District Chief Executive for Kwaebibirem, Mr Yaw Yiadom Boakye, and the Member of Parliament for the area, Mr Kingston Kissi, was to take stock of the previous year's activities and see how best to develop the town.
According to the Vice President, it had been the desire of the government that the elections would be devoid of intimidation so that the results would reflect the wish of the people.
"As the party in power the New Patriotic Party wishes to re-state its preparedness to do everything possible to ensure that the 2008 elections will be conducted freely, fairly and in the most transparent manner.
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Alhaji Aliu Mahama who said the government's decision to create new districts was to bring good governance to the doorsteps of the people for the rapid socio-economic development of the communities, commended the people of Akwatia and Kusi for jointly constructing the road linking the two towns.


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Exclusive Listen: The Dust Busters with John Cohen on Smithsonian Folkways
Hearth Music Posted On August 9, 2012
Here at No Depression we hear all the time about music being passed on from generation to generation, but there's something really exciting about actually watching this happen. This is part of the wonderful story behind Smithsonian Folkways' album, Old Man Below, from The Dust Busters with John Cohen. It's a story that started 50 years ago when a young man from Queens traveled South to Hazard, Kentucky and met a local construction worker whose other-worldly singing would go on to form the archetype of Southern old-time music. When John Cohen met Roscoe Holcomb in that little Kentucky town, he was fresh off the first album from his band the New Lost City Ramblers, which he'd formed with friends Mike Seeger and Tom Paley. The Ramblers were informed by the old 78s uncovered by iconoclastic genius Harry Smith in his Anthology of American Folk Music. And unlike the Kingston Trio, the Ramblers refused to sanitize this music, playing with a reverence that gradually turned into simple joy as the group learned how to integrate this regional music into their lives on the national stage. Gradually, this unexplainable love for the eerie depths of American folk music created new communities across the US and the world and spread across generations. But the key moment in all of this was that meeting with Roscoe Holcomb, and the subsequent trips, as Cohen moved from imitating the sounds he heard on old 78s to learning directly from someone of another generation, another time, soaking up memories and stories and jokes and songs in Holcomb's home.
Flash forward to 2008, and the story repeats itself. Three young men from Brooklyn meet John Cohen, a fellow New Yorker so changed by his lifetime of dedication to Southern old-time music that he has become the kind of elder master musician he used to trek through the Appalachian mountains to find. Like John, the Dust Busters first came about from a mutual love of the old 78 recordings of American folk music. They're avid 78 collectors, and singer/guitar/banjo player Eli Smith runs a radio show in Brooklyn in order to play his latest finds. Fiddler/singer Craig Judelman grew up in Seattle, but grew up closely tied to klezmer and old-time music communities. Banjo player/guitarist/singer Walker Shepard is the enigma of the group, singing with a voice impossibly old, at times indistinguishable from Cohen's voice, and so closely informed by the Southern inflections of the old 78s that you start to feel you're listening to an old recording. But while the Dust Busters came out of a love for 78s, they were nurtured in real communities of old-time music makers, hanging out with Peter Stampfel and Alice Gerrard, and learning fiddle tunes at old-time campouts and jam circles. Like Cohen, they adapted their lives to the music, and this is why their music sounds so compelling. Like their friend and compatriot, Frank Fairfield (who guests on this album on an unsual version of Arkansas Traveller), they tap into the visceral rawness of the music. On their new album Old Man Below (this is their third album and second with John Cohen), the Dust Busters sound remarkably like the early New Lost City Ramblers, tumbling over each other in their excitement to get the song out, and filling their albums with up to 20 different songs, all sourced from rare finds or meetings.
If the music on the new album sounds rough and tumble, or somewhat off-kilter, it's because you're listening to a process. You're listening to young men looking for elders, looking for community, and ultimately looking for their own roots. You're listening to a generation passing its music on to another generation, and you're listening to the generations that came before and will come after.
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Disclaimer: Via Hearth Music, we've worked as publicists for both Smithsonian Folkways and the Dust Busters. We believe in Folkways and their mission, and we've been fans of The Dust Busters for a while. We are NOT currently working with either group and we write this just to showcase music we enjoy.


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The School Psychology Program at Howard University is designed to fit within the conceptual framework and mission of the School of Education, which centers on the psychological practitioner as a: "facilitator of change, a reflective professional and a scholarly researcher." Further, the program is fully approved by the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) and aligned with the standards of training and practice set forth by the American Psychological Association (APA).
The School Psychology program is designed to prepare competent graduate candidates in the study and practice of professional psychology with specific emphasis on cultural competence. The program espouses a scientist-practitioner model of training along with a behavioral-ecological approach for service delivery. In this regard, the program views research and practice as interconnected, reciprocal processes; advocating that psychologists must attend to multiple human systems, considering not only the child's biology and personal traits, but also, and perhaps more importantly, the child's ecology and culture (i.e., home, school, community, and historical contexts). These systems interact in dynamic ways, and are capable (in isolation or in combination) of shaping the educational and psychological outcomes experienced by the child. Thus, students are taught to conceptualize human behavior from both micro (e.g., immediate antecedents and consequences) and macro (e.g., familial and community systems, traditions, beliefs, values, customs, etc.) levels. We believe that this theoretical foundation well equips Howard school psychology students to address the ever widening array of challenges experienced by an increasingly diverse population of children, youth and families. The program strongly prepares its students for practice by (a) ensuring that they have the skills to provide services to ALL children, (b) demanding data-based problem-solving and accountability in their practice, and (c) sharpening their understanding of diverse human behavior, developed under diverse conditions.
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The doctoral program in School Psychology aspires to recruit mature, culturally diverse individuals who have a high motivation to learn and make major contributions to the needs of diverse school-aged children and their families. The HUSP Doctoral program curriculum is designed for students entering at the post-Bachelor's level of study. For graduate students who enter the program with existing graduate-level (Masters) work from Howard or another university, the Program Director, in consultation with core HUSP faculty, will make recommendations by the end of the first semester as to which courses taken elsewhere should be credited toward the HUSP doctorate. An applicant who wishes to apply to the program is required to complete a formal Howard University Application online at the Graduate School website (https://gs.howard.edu).
Admission criteria and materials include: 1. Bachelor's Degree from an accredited institution 2. GRE scores- minimum 1000 (old scale) or 300 (new scale) combined Verbal/Quantitative & Analytical 3. Graduate transcripts with minimum GPA of 3.0 (B average) 4. 3 letters of recommendation, with at least two (2) from academic professors 5. Completed Graduate School Application 6. Autobiographical Statement & Statement of Interest/Professional goals 7. For International applicants, TOEFL scores. a. ALL transcripts must be evaluated by World Education Services (www.wes.org) or AACRAO (www.aacrao.org) and be forwarded to Graduate Recruitment and Admissions.
**NOTE: Even though admissions criteria require candidates to have a combined GRE score of 1000/300, we consider other indicators of success in the reviewing process. Given the concern of some scholars/researchers and our own experiences regarding the predictive utility of the GRE for certain minority groups, it is essential for us to consider other data such as academic records, letters of recommendation, professional history, personal statements, and personal interviews.
The Doctoral program in School Psychology at Howard University aspires to prepare culturally and technologically competent school psychologists who are (a) skilled in the interface between theory, research, and practice; and (b) competent in the application of empirically-derived techniques to improve the cognitive, academic, social-emotional, and behavioral functioning of all children. The doctoral curriculum plan strongly emphasizes issues of diversity and multicultural education. Students also are provided with the building blocks for effective psychological service delivery. The curriculum reflects instruction and experiential training in areas considered basic to the general study of professional psychology (e.g., research theory and quantitative methods; psychological measurement; biological, social, and cognitive-affective bases of behavior; and individual differences), as well as those germane to the specific practice of school psychology (e.g., school-based consultation; psycho-educational assessment and remediation; behavior analysis and intervention; data-based decision making; brief therapy techniques; human learning; outreach programs [both reactive and proactive] for the school, home and community; professional issues [roles and functions] and ethics; wellness promotion; and crisis intervention).
Candidates in the School Psychology Doctoral Program must complete five years of specialized training (118 credit hours), including field-based experiences (including 9 1200-1500 hours Practicum and a yearlong [1800 hours], pre-doctoral internship). The minimum course of study for the doctorate degree in School Psychology is outlined in the Related Documents linked above (Doctoral Curriculum and in Section 2 of the Doctoral Handbook). In short, we believe that the doctoral program course and content represents a modern School Psychology training program that reflects innovations and developments that have emerged over recent years in the field of school psychology.
Admission to Candidacy
Admission to the Graduate School does not automatically make a student an official candidate for the doctoral degree. A student must formally apply to candidacy and is admitted to candidacy only when he/she has completed the below requirements.
Before a student can be admitted to candidacy he/she must have:
1. Completed an Admission to Candidacy form available from the GSAS, which must include a list of graduate courses completed, being taken, and yet to be pursued in the program.
2. Passed the Comprehensive Examination.
3. Satisfactorily demonstrated expository writing proficiency to the Office of Educational Affairs.
4. Received approval of a dissertation topic via a process determined by the graduate faculty in the department. Students in the Doctoral Counseling Psychology Program must have their dissertation proposal approved by a 4 member committee of faculty. A copy of the approved dissertation proposal must accompany the Admission to Candidacy form.
5. Received the recommendation of his/her major department on the candidacy form.
6. Completed the Responsible Conduct of Research Training administered by the Graduate School.
7. Secured the approval of the Institutional Review Board (IRB) as required for the dissertation research project.
8. Secured the approval for candidacy from the GSAS.
Admission to candidacy must be achieved at least one semester prior to that in which the student expects to receive his/her degree. Candidacy for the Ph.D. degree shall be valid for no more than five (5) years. If candidacy status expires (after 5 years) students must seek renewal of candidacy by applying to the GSAS through the department. The Program shall determine the conditions under which the student may be reinstated, subject to the approval of the GSAS.
The student is responsible for fulfilling these requirements on time. Students should consult the Director of Graduate Studies if in doubt as to any of the requirements for candidacy. Students should carefully note the specific requirements of their departments relative to admission to candidacy and regard them as additional to the requirements of the program and the Graduate School.
Residence Requirements
A minimum of six (6) credit hours per semester constitutes full-time residency. A student must be in residence in the Graduate School for at least four (4) semesters in order to be recommended for a degree. Credits transferred from other accredited graduate institutions may not be used to meet the residency requirement.
Caution to Prospective Students
The Board of Trustees of Howard University on September 24, 1983, adopted the following policy statement regarding applications for admission: "Applicants seeking admission to Howard University are required to submit accurate and complete credentials and accurate and complete information requested by the University. Applicants who fail to do so shall be denied admission. Enrolled students who as applicants failed to submit accurate and complete credentials or accurate and complete information on their application for admission shall be subject to dismissal when the same is made known, regardless of classification."
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This blog made me super happy. The best part was when the youth signed the Sh'ma. My being Deaf, it has a meaningful gesture. I wish that I could have been there.
Rabbi Drill, your love and friendship will always be special for me. Toda Raba.


A 2001 study showed that 44 of the U.S. corporations in the top 200 list failed to pay the full 35 percent standard corporate tax rate from 1996 to 1998. In 1998, seven companies - General Motors, Texaco, Chevron, Pepsi, Enron, Worldcom and McKesson - actually received rebates for taxes paid. Despite their market share and continuing growth, the top 200 companies employ only a fraction of the world's workers. In 1999, they employed 0.78 percent of the world's work force, compared with their 27 percent share of world economic activity. And while corporate profits grew 362.4 percent between 1983 and 1999, the number of people employed by these same companies only increased by 14.4 percent.


ARSENAL midfielder Santi Cazorla believes Eden Hazard has what it takes to be as good as Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Hazard, 23, has lit up the Premier League this season with some scintillating performances, and has bagged six goals in all competitions for the Blues.
Speaking to FourFourTwo, Cazorla hailed the Belgian international and claimed that if he remains consistent he has the potential to emulate both Ronaldo and Messi.
The Arsenal star said: "I'd start with [Eden] Hazard.
"He's a spectacular player. He's different to the norm and I think if he wants to, he could get very close to the level of Neymar, Cristiano and Messi.
'If he stays consistent and is ambitious he has the technical qualities to be one of the best players in the game."


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Useful commands for dealing with AWS and opsworks across multiple IAM accounts.

## Installation

```
gem install omc
```

### Config

omc supports a configuration file to specify your account rather than providing
it with the `-a` flag. Formatted like so:

```toml
account = "zerg"
```

It can be located at `~/.omcrc`, `~/.config/omcrc`, or local to where you're running
your command `.omcrc`

### AWS Cred Vault

omc works off of [aws_cred_vault](http://www.github.com/cbrunsdon/aws_cred_vault) and requires an ~/.aws_cred_vault file to exist. This file should be populated with your different IAM accounts and users.

Below is an example of a valid ~/.aws_cred_vault

```toml
[accounts.protoss.fenix]
access_key = "fenix"
secret = "zealot!"

[accounts.protoss.tassadar]
access_key = "tassadar"
secret = "lightning!"

[accounts.terran.raynor]
access_key = "raynor"
secret = "abcd1234"
```

## Usage

```
omc help
```

Accepted ssh options:
```
-R 3000:localhost:3001 # Forwards port 3000 on the remote host to port 3001 on the localhost
-A                     # Forward agent
```

Please the the ssh help for more detail.

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Neil Young, Arca and Dirty Beaches Lead Our New Release Roundup
By Calum Slingerland
Start the month of November off on the right foot by filling your playlists with new tunes, courtesy of our New Release Roundup or reviews of some of the top releases this week. Give it a read to catch up on what's new and notable, as well as a few things you might have missed. Then be sure to check out our Recently Reviewed section for many more.
Neil Young leads the charge this week with an ambitious new recording project in Storytone. The collection of ten new songs is presented in two different ways: one recorded solo, and the other recorded with a full orchestra and choir. Read our review to find out how Young's juxtaposition of "vulnerability and grandeur" fared on his new release.
Known for his high-profile production work for the likes of Kanye West and FKA twigs, 24-year-old Venezuelan producer Arca continues to challenge listeners on his debut full-length, Xen. Seemingly uninterested in creating a cohesive record, he opts instead to focus on "each alien, puzzling, substantial sound and its (often) tense relationship to the next."
In what has been a busy couple of months for Warp Records with new records from Flying Lotus and Aphex Twin, the eponymous release from Clark should not go overlooked. Recorded over a period of four months in a barn outside a secluded English village, feelings of isolation have a sizeable influence on the sonics of the self-titled effort. On top of the "harrowing tones and zeniths of coarse techno," our reviewer says the record is an incredibly rewarding listen designed to be consumed with no distractions.
Known primarily for his work under the name Toro Y Moi, Chaz Bundick has released a solo record for his side-project Les Sins. Completely abandoning any semblance of chillwave, the debut doesn't fail in revealing "a freer, all-embracing and, quite frankly, supremely more fun Bundick."
Though Halifax producer Ryan Hemsworth has been busy touring 2013's Guilt Trips, he somehow still found time to record and release a sophomore record, Alone for the First Time. On the opposite coast, San Francisco quartet Deerhoof have returned to the "raw materials of their idiosyncratic sound" to create musical moments that our reviewer describes as "impossibly catchy" on La Isla Bonita. Finally, Alex Zhang Hungtai is bringing his work as Dirty Beaches to a close with reportedly final album Stateless.
Find some tracks from the albums reviewed above and lots more on our Rdio Genre Playlists:
Jazz, Improv & Avant-Garde


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Pittsburg State offers free transportation options for students
Emily Ruble August 4, 2020	Campus Life Leave a comment 0 Views
Students at Pittsburg State University may want to explore the campus, facilities off-campus as well as the downtown area upon arriving to Pittsburg. Once classes start, students may have classes in different buildings on and around campus as well.
For students who don't have means of transportation or their own but need to go to various buildings around campus for class, Pitt State has bus transportation options available for them. Pittsburg State partners with SEK-CAP, a general public transportation service, to provide transportation services for students, faculty and staff across campus and in the Pittsburg area.
The transportation services available include the GUS Bus, SafeRide, the Pittsburg Area Community Transit (P.A.C.T) Bus and the GameDay Bus. All options are free for students.
"The rides are all free," said Steven Erwin, PSU vice president of Student Life. "The university does contribute some funds towards the overall operation of the P.A.C.T Bus to allow students to ride for free."
The GUS Bus provides transportation to University buildings. The GUS Bus has two routes, the North route and the South route. The North Route stops at the Student Recreation Center, the Kansas Technology Center main entrance and the Brown Parking Lot located behind the Axe Library.
The South Route's stops include the Student Recreation Center, the Kansas Technology Center main entrance, the Nation Hall main entrance and Lindburg Plaza.
Students can wait by the bus stop at any of these locations on the routes to ride the bus.
The GUS Bus operates Monday through Friday, beginning at 7:45 a.m. until 3:15 p.m. However, no buses will run from approximately 11:15 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. to accommodate lunch breaks for the drivers.
Abdulrahman Jarwan, junior in computer information systems, uses the GUS Bus frequently during the school year.
"It's just perfect," Jarwan said. "Our campus is not that big, so if I want to go to the main campus or the Rec Center or my house, the GUS Bus takes me all over."
Jarwan recommends the GUS Bus to students as it has "good timing."
"The GUS Bus timing is good, since there are two buses and they start and end for the day," Jarwan said. "So many people don't know about the GUS Bus, and they just use their bikes or walk, but the GUS Bus helps you go all over campus."
Students can use the Pittsburg State University app to locate the GUS Bus in real time.
For students who wish to see more of the Pittsburg community, the P.A.C.T Bus has stops at various community locations. The bus runs Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. until 6:30 p.m., with breaks for drivers at 9:30 a.m. to 9:35 a.m., 11:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 4:15 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
The stops on the P.A.C.T bus include locations such as Block 22, the Pittsburg Public Library, Ron's, Via Christi, the Judicial Center, Walmart, PSU/Mooreman's Southside, and more. For a full schedule and route of the P.A.C.T Bus, students can visit the PSU Bus Transportation webpage.
Another option for transportation is PSU SafeRide. The SafeRide operates for students who are out late and need transportation home safely. The SafeRide runs on a loop and is also available to students on-demand. Students can call (620) 719-0135 to schedule a ride. It operates Wednesday through Saturday from 8 p.m. through 2:30 a.m. The looped route starts on Park & Broadway and has 13 stops along the way to 5th & Broadway. A full list of stops of the route is available on the Bus Transportation PSU website.
According Erwin, SafeRide was created "…to combat drinking and driving and walking home alone, and those kinds of things."
Emily Ruble
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La gara dei tuffi dal trampolino 1 metro femminile dei campionati mondiali di nuoto 2017 è stata disputata il 14 e il 15 luglio presso la Duna Aréna di Budapest. La gara, alla quale hanno preso parte 42 atlete provenienti da 28 nazioni, si è svolta in due turni, in ognuno dei quali l'atleta ha eseguito una serie di cinque tuffi.

La competizione è stata vinta dalla tuffatrice australiana Maddison Keeney, mentre l'argento e il bronzo sono andati rispettivamente alla russa Nadežda Bažina e all'italiana Elena Bertocchi.

Programma

Risultati

Preliminari

Finale

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Collegamenti esterni

Tuffi ai campionati mondiali di nuoto 2017

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You are here: Home › Atlanta Hawks Gear Up for Philips Arena Home Opener
Atlanta Hawks Gear Up for Philips Arena Home Opener
By Zach Spedden on October 26, 2017 in Basketball, NBA
The NBA will see another notable home opener later this week, when the Atlanta Hawks play their first 2017-18 regular season game at Philips Arena.
Since the 2017-18 season got underway earlier this month, there have been several introductions when it comes to arena renovations. The Utah Jazz and Minnesota Timberwolves played home openers at their newly-upgraded venues—Vivint Smart Home Arena and Target Center, respectively—last week, and the Hawks are slated to return to Philips Arena for their home opener on October 27.
Starting during the most recent offseason, the Hawks began a two-phase renovation to Philips Arena. Once the overhaul is complete, the venue will offer several distinct features, including revamped food and beverage offerings, improved suites, club areas, social spaces, and other overhauled amenities. Some of the amenities—such as a barbershop and the Hawks Bar, the NBA's first floor-level bar—will be fairly unique among the league's facilities.
One change that will be evident to fans this season comes on the food side. Joe Schafer is now serving as the executive chef of Philips Arena, and is planning some unique food items, including crickets. More from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Sourcing local is happening in tandem with a move from frozen to fresh product. All chicken served at Philips Arena now hails from Springer Mountain Farms in North Georgia. Whereas before, chicken tenders arrived packaged and frozen, Schafer and his team are making them fresh, brining the meat in sweet tea, soaking it in buttermilk, then hand breading it. Currently, they go through 1,000 pounds of poultry a week.
While Schafer is working to create a base menu that can serve as the foundation for food offerings in various clubs, suites and catering operations, one unique addition is coming as a test run to concessions: crickets. One concession stand at the arena will sell roasted, dried crickets as a one-ounce snack pack or on a taco. The cricket food stand makes its debut this Friday, Oct. 27, at the Hawks home opener.
The crickets, which are de-legged, come from edible insect food company Aketta. Schafer and his team have developed seasonings for the crunchy critters that include pimento cheese, taco and salt and vinegar. Besides the snack packs, adventurous eaters can order cricket tacos, which feature the crickets seasoned with a blend of cumin, coriander and chili power and garnished with onion, cilantro and lime.
As for the other changes taking shape for 2017-18, fans can expect to see the Hawks Bar in place this season. In addition, the team is preparing to debut the new Courtside Club, which adjoins the Hawks Bar.
The Hawks played two preseason games at Georgia Tech's McCamish Pavilion before beginning the 2017-18 NBA season with a five-game road trip. Philips Arena, however, did see some action last week when it hosted a pair of Eagles concerts beginning on October 20. Still, The Hawks' matchup against the Denver Nuggets on Friday should mark a major milestone for the arena.
Renovations to Philips Arena—which originally opened in 1999 for both the Hawks and NHL's Atlanta Thrashers—are expected to conclude in time for the 2018-19 season. As part of the $192.5-million renovation agreement, the Hawks are to remain at the venue through at least 2046.
Renderings courtesy Atlanta Hawks.
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Zach Spedden is managing editor for the August Publications sports sites.
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Q: Integrating a product of to error functions and an exponential I have the following integral that I need to solve.
$\int_{-\infty}^\infty \exp(-\frac{x^2}{2})*\text{erf}(x-\delta)*\text{erf}(x-\gamma)dx$
I was hoping I could use this: Integral of product of exponential function and two complementary error functions (erfc)


The city may experiment with a new approach to avoiding needless traffic stops.
Shakopee could become a guinea pig in a quest for cheaper new ways to keep traffic moving.
The state and federal governments are looking for volunteers willing to test out the next generation in roundabouts: a so-called "mini" version, much cheaper than the standard ones and with both benefits and potential drawbacks.
"We're pushing for new techniques to save money," said Scott County's public works chief, Lezlie Vermillion, "and our success or failure would be right out there in public. In fact, public acceptance would be one thing we'd be testing."
The mini-roundabout doesn't expand an intersection at all. It merely plants a circle in the middle and sends folks around it.
That means there isn't enough room for trucks or buses to wriggle their way around. So the circles are configured in such a way as to allow those big vehicles to just slam right across them, almost as if they weren't there.
One big question for Minnesota: How does that work in snowy weather? If you're going to raise the circle enough to keep cars but not trucks or buses off of it, can you also plow it?
"One thing we need to look at," Vermillion said, "is that maybe it works great in Phoenix, but with our snow is it more of a struggle here."
Still, the potential cost savings is huge -- enough to make some puzzled elected officials at both the county and city levels willing to at least push for a piece of the money that's out there to lure volunteers to step forward.
"We've discussed it very briefly," said Shakopee Mayor Brad Tabke. "It's a possibility if the grant comes through, but it has not been discussed in depth or approved."
At County Road 79 and Vierling Drive, a fairly busy intersection with a four-way stop, traffic at peak times can back up for three blocks.
To put in signals, and accelerate traffic that way, would easily cost $500,000 -- about half for the signals themselves, and more to widen the roads and create turn lanes.
The cost to convert to a mini-roundabout: less than $100,000.
The state has $200,000 and will choose two volunteers.
"We asked a lot of questions," said County Commissioner Jon Ulrich, "but the fact is roundabouts have been working really well up to now, despite the skepticism at first."
Ulrich's own city of Savage, said Vermillion, was "not totally keen on the idea when we first proposed them, but now they want us to evaluate roundabouts at every signalized intersection."
Along with cost, safety is a big lure. At the Vierling intersection, between 2008 and 2010, officials documented 12 crashes -- a rate of 0.9 per million vehicles entering. That's nearly twice the metro and statewide average for all-way stops.
Meanwhile, because it's mainly residential, there are relatively few large trucks. There are schools nearby, but someone went out and counted, and found only 11 buses in the morning and eight in the afternoon.
Ironically, one thing that could prevent Scott County from getting the grant, which is being given in a partnership between the state and federal governments, is that traffic volume at the Vierling intersection is approaching the upper limit that's part of the criteria.
An intersection needs to have fewer than 1,400 vehicles per hour to qualify, and this one is creeping toward that point, Vermillion said.
But in an era when saving $400,000 is nothing to sniff at, the new format may begin to spread, grant or no grant.
A 24-year-old Wisconsin man stepped forward Tuesday to claim a $768 million Powerball jackpot, the nation's third-largest, saying he "pretty much felt lucky" the day he bought his tickets.


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So I decided to read the fantasy/mythology book that was on just about every single best of 2018 list that I came across just to see what all of the fuss was about and for the first few chapters I was not convinced and then Circe finds out that she is a witch and I was hooked. I admit that I don't know Greek mythology very well. Sure I have the two-volume Greek Mythology set from the Folio Society that I think probably every English Lit major got suckered into ordering *For Free* because while we're book-smart we sure didn't learn our lesson from Columbia House. But I didn't ever get around to actually reading it, and maybe my cursory knowledge of mythology is also why I enjoyed the book as much as I did. It's just not my bag, so I probably won't be picking up Miller's earlier, and equally lauded, Song of Achilles.
Pre-race shake out in the chute through the construction zone under Granville Bridge. On race day this section descends to the 3 KM marker. Coming back it's the last incline, followed by a 600 metre sprint to the finish.
And speaking of achilles, on Wednesday I did a 10 km load test to see how it would hold up at something farther than the five or six I've been running the past few weeks. It was okay enough that my physiotherapist gave me the green light to run the First Half Half Marathon this morning on the promise that if it turned badly I would walk off. My race day plan was to test my achilles tolerance and test my current fitness level so I divided the race into thirds – 7 KM easy, 7 KM at goal marathon pace, and 7 KM at whatever was left in the tank.
This morning was cold, hovering around -6 plus a breeze that put the wind chill at -13. I lined up with the 1:45 pace group and we set out. Garmin got lost going under B.C. Place so at 3 KM in I was guessing pace, trying to stay at 5:00/KM. Achilles started acting up and I was concerned I'd have to quit, but it plateaued and then diminished a bit through 7 KM and I pushed the pace up to 4:30/KM. At 14 KM I caught the 1:40 pace pack and I felt great so I stayed at goal marathon pace through to the finish, crossing the line at 1:37:43. While that's over five minutes off my personal best, it's also over five minutes faster than my First Half 2018. I'm still elated with how today went, from expecting to gas out, and mentally preparing to have my first DNF, instead I ran my fourth fastest half marathon race and have a huge confidence boost in my current fitness with 12 weeks until the BMO Marathon. My achilles is still a bit of a concern. While it was just okay through the race and the walk home afterward, it's less happy with me right now. So we'll see how it feels in the morning. For now I'm too runner's high to worry.


The Sausage charm represents a tasty Italian tradition; it's a product of simple flavors that is ideally cooked on the grill surrounded by good company. It'll bring joy to any BBQ afficionado! Create your bracelet with the Sausage charm. Details: Charm with clasp, handmade in Italy. 925 Sterling Silver, hypoallergenic (nickel free). Scratch-resistant enamel. Every charm is handmade by passionate Italian craftsmen in Tuscany, 2 year guarantee.


INTRODUCTION: Poly(trimethylene carbonate) (PTMC) based resin loaded with nano-hydroxyapatite (nHA) were recently produced to create implants using stereolithography (SLA)[1, 2]. In this study, 3D macroporous scaffolds with self-arrangement of HA particles were fabricated and assessed for their osteopromotive effect in vitro and in vivo.
METHODS: PTMC-methacrylate resin mixed with nHA at 0, 20 and 40% w/w were prepared and used for films and scaffolds fabrication using SLA. Following fabrication, micro-architecture of scaffolds was characterized using backscattered-electron on scanning electron microscopy and microtomography.
In vitro, human bone marrow stromal cells (hMSCs) were seeded on films and cultivated for 4 weeks in osteogenic media and differentiation was assessed by quantification of alkaline phosphatase activity (ALP) and by mineral deposition using alizarin red staining (ARS).
In vivo experiment was conducted by creating 4 calvarial defects of 6 mm Ø on rabbits and the defects were either left empty (control group) or PTMC and PTMC/nHA at 20 and 40% w/w scaffolds were inserted in the cavities. Following 6 weeks of implantation, osseointegration was assessed by X-ray and by histology (Giemsa-Eosin staining).
RESULTS: In vitro hMSCs expressed high ALP and ARS when cultivated on PTMC 20 and PTMC 40. In vivo, the incorporation of 20 and 40% of nHA in PTMC significantly increased osseointegration of the implant compared to PTMC only. BSE-SEM and tomography investigations revealed that SLA process was responsible to an anisotropic 3D self-arrangement of nHA particles, resulting in a 10 to 30 µm thick layer enriched in nHA, corralling the PTMC matrices.
For the first time, we reported the fabrication of PTMC/nHA-based SLA scaffolds for bone repair. This composite biomaterial exhibited excellent biocompatibility and osteopromotive effect. As perspective of this work, the possibility to control the spatial repartition of particles in composite materials opens exciting venues of research.


Being avid lovers of aerial and acrobatic arts, Denjz and Eunice materialised their long-held dreams in June 2017 to open Aerial and Floor, an aerial fitness space at the heart of Chinatown.
The dynamic duo has a clear vision - make aerial and acrobatics arts achievable and relevant for any person, and groom passionate individuals keen on pursuing this art form professionally. They strongly believe that freedom of expression should be a way of life, and hope Aerial and Floor will be the inspirational haven where everyone is welcome to explore and experiment with their desired art form.
Drawing from their experiences after years of teaching acrobatic fitness, Eunice and Denjz have tailored a comprehensive syllabus for their classes to suit individuals from all walks of life. Each lesson is held for a unique 70-minute duration - they found this to be the practical length of time for students to fully grasp the curriculum during each class.
The couple aims to reach out to all generations, and inspire many others to make aerial and acrobatic arts an integral part of their lifestyle.