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Is Khan Ready for the Elites?
At just 24, Amir Khan has already fashioned an impressive career. He won the silver medal for Britain in 2004. As a professional, he captured titles in two divisions. Earlier this year, he defeated Zab Judah to become a unified belt holder at junior welterweight. The only thing that Khan has yet to accomplish is a victory over an elite opponent. However, as he ascends the pound-for-pound rankings, Khan won't have to wait much longer for that opportunity.
To this point, Khan's war with Marcos Maidana in December 2010 has been the most pivotal fight in his career. After knocking down Maidana early in the opening round, Khan cruised through the first half of the fight. In round 10, the tides turned when Maidana was able to land a pulverizing right hand early in the frame that severely wobbled Khan. Throughout the rest of the round, Maidana threw the kitchen sink at Khan, landing numerous right-hand bombs, left uppercuts and left hooks – all power shots. It seemed as if Khan was ready to crumble, but somehow he survived Maidana's onslaught. Maidana further dominated the last two rounds of the fight, but Khan was awarded the decision victory, which was a just verdict.
Two schools of thought have emerged in interpreting Khan's performance against Maidana. On one hand, he erased the specter of the Briedis Prescott debacle, where he was knocked out in the first round. Against Maidana, Khan was able to take vicious power shots from the best puncher at junior welterweight. Certainly, he proved that his chin and conditioning would not be liabilities as his career continued.
However, Khan also showed that he could still be vulnerable against punchers. Maidana was a crude brawler. His defense was shoddy and he didn't even throw a jab. A boxer with the pedigree and aptitude of Khan's should have been able to stay out of harm's way against a fighter with slow hand speed and no lateral movement, yet there Khan was, hanging on in a life-and-death battle.
Khan's next significant fight was against Judah, a junior welterweight belt holder who had previously been the lineal welterweight champion. (Khan's bout against Paul McCloskey was a marking-time title defense.) Because of Judah's knockout power, more than a few boxing experts picked Khan to lose. However, in perhaps his best performance as a pro, Khan dismantled Judah, both physically and psychologically. He dominated Judah in the first four rounds, featuring sharp jabs, crisp combinations and a renewed focus on body punching. In the fifth, Khan knocked Judah down on a borderline-low body shot. Judah didn't beat the count, claiming it was a low blow. Judah and his camp went through the motions of protesting the decision, but there was no real controversy with the referee's decision.
Next month, Khan faces mandatory challenger Lamont Peterson, a solid fighter with decent power and technical skills. Peterson is a worthy opponent; however, Khan does everything that Peterson does, but better. Already, Peterson has lost to Tim Bradley and was awarded a disputed draw against Victor Ortiz (he should have lost). Fittingly, Khan has been installed as a prohibitive favorite in the bout.
Khan is now big game hunting, calling out Floyd Mayweather. He's in an enviable position for major fights. He draws boxing fans from three continents (North America, Europe and Asia) and has aligned himself with Golden Boy, who has the ability to get him the biggest fights in the sport.
Assuming he gets by Peterson, Khan will most likely face two of the following five fighters in 2012: Bradley, Maidana, Ortiz, Mayweather and Andre Berto. All five of these matchups would be significant events in boxing and Khan would only be a resounding favorite against Maidana, who almost knocked him out last year.
Khan has assembled a winning team as he tries to reach the top of the sport. With the combination of trainer Freddie Roach and conditioning guru Alex Ariza, he will be expertly prepared to take on these elite-level fighters. But the most pressing question remains: how will he fare?
Roach has done a magnificent job in augmenting Khan's boxing skills with some of the finer points of ring generalship and strategy. He has worked with Khan to lead more with his jab and control distance better. Under Roach, Khan has become a well-rounded offensive fighter, cultivating his power by sitting down on his shots. He also has better utilized his array of weapons, including his excellent left hook.
Roach has also been able to correct a few flaws of Khan's. Khan used to stay in punching range too often without throwing shots (Maidana's success illustrates this). In his last two fights, Khan has stayed busier in the pocket and has done a better job of getting out of range after punching. This has made him a much more difficult target to find and hit than he was in previous fights. He also has learned to tie-up better in close quarters, which minimizes his opponents' offensive opportunities. In addition, Roach has emphasized Khan's need to win the fight in the center of the ring. In the past, Khan would retreat to the ropes later in fights, which were disconcerting displays of passivity. Under Ariza's guidance, Khan's conditioning has advanced and he hasn't relied on the ropes to get him through 12 rounds.
With all of Khan's progress, he still has room for improvement. He can overcommit with his straight right hand and left hook, leading to countering opportunities for a quick puncher like Bradley or Mayweather. In addition, he often reverts back to headhunting, forgetting about body shots. Also, he hasn't yet demonstrated the ability to throw punches under duress. In the Maidana fight, Khan's offense stopped once he was hurt. Fighters like Berto and Ortiz leave themselves open when they are attacking. Khan, even if he gets tagged, must continue to throw punches.
There are also a couple of unknowns. How will Khan react to a master craftsman like Mayweather, who can pick apart an opponent's flaws? Will Khan continue to stay aggressive or will he retreat into a defensive shell, like so many others who have fought Mayweather? How comfortable will he be against the aggression and constant pressure of Ortiz or Bradley? Khan also cuts fairly easily which could be hindering factors in those fights. Finally, will his chin hold up to Ortiz or Berto (not to mention another encounter with Maidana)? As he moves up to welterweight, the fighters in the division feature a lot more power than do the Malignaggis and McCloskeys of the world.
Khan has placed himself in an excellent position to face many of the elite boxers in the sport. He has made significant improvements under Roach and Ariza that will give him the best chance at slaying the dragons at welterweight. Although there are still legitimate questions about his prospects against the elite, he has earned the right to face them with his solid body of work at lightweight and junior welterweight.
2011 has been an important year for Khan's growth, where he has consolidated his varied offensive skills and further developed his ring identity of quick starts, high work rates, fluid combinations and control of the center of the ring. This year has provided him with the necessary ammunition to battle boxing's best.
Despite Khan's successes, he still has room for growth. If he continues to apply Roach's teachings and further harness his physical and technical abilities, he could become one of the top-five fighters in the sport by the end of 2012. However, there are no guarantees that Khan will reach that lofty perch. By this time next year, Khan's ultimate ceiling will be much clearer.
Posted by Adam Abramowitz at November 05, 2011
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The Week in iOS Accessories: Like Lightning!
When Apple's Lightning connector debuted, there was a dearth of available accessories. That's clearly no longer the case.
The $90 Topeak RideCase Powerpack attaches to your bicycle and triples the battery life of your iPhone, making it perfect for long rides using the GPS feature. The Powerpack attaches to the stem of your bike and weighs just six ounces—so you won't even notice it on uphill climbs.
This company has three new Lightning-capable docking systems for recent iOS devices: The $100 iDL45 Dual Charging Stereo FM Clock Radio (pictured), the smaller $80 iPL10Dual Charging Stereo FM Clock Radio, and the $150 iDL100 Triple Charging Stereo FM Clock Radio with Two Lightning Docks. The iDL100 isn't available yet; the other two can be purchased online now.
The $25 Nomad Cable Lighting is a very portable Lightning-to-USB cable that fits right on your keyring, which means it's always within reach—assuming your car hasn't been stolen.
The $70 Pocket Plug looks, at first glance, like it might be another battery case for the iPhone 5. Not quite—there's no battery inside, but there is a fold-out set of AC prongs that make it easy to plug your phone directly into a wall outlet for fresh power.
A pair of portable speakers are included in the latest offerings from this electronics company. First, the $250 ND5640 Speaker Dock, which includes both AirPlay and Bluetooth connectiviting for wireless audio; with its dual-dock capabilities, you can also charge two devices at once while using it. A second forthcoming product, the $180 NP3530 Portable Speaker isn't on LG's website yet, but it also promises Bluetooth (but not AirPlay) wireless capability.
The USB Tri-Pack Charging Kit with Lightning Connector includes three components: the USB Travel Charging Hub with collapsible prongs, for plugging in and recharging from a wall outlet; the USB Mobile Max Charging Hub for doing the same thing in your vehicle; and the six-foot USB Charging-Data Sync Cable, for use with either of the first two items.
This week brings two new products from this accessory provider: The $9 Shutter Release Grip with External Battery (pictured), which lets you grip your iPhone more like a handheld camera—buttons on the accessory let you snap photos—or mount your iPhone to a tripod. The $19 Cordless/Remote Shutter Release Button lets you remotely trigger iPhone snapshots.
The $130 Sound Step Lightning is a speaker dock compatible, as the name indicates, with Lightning-connector-equipped iOS devices. The speaker itself is small enough for your desktop or bookshelf and claims to offer high-fidelity sound.
If you enjoyed this week's roundup of iOS accessories, check out last week's edition, Hot Toddy.


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David Mainse (August 13, 1936 – September 25, 2017) was a Canadian televangelist, broadcast executive and producer, and an evangelical Christian leader. He was the founder of Crossroads Christian Communications and host of the long-running Christian talk show 100 Huntley Street.

Early life
Mainse was born on August 13, 1936 in Campbell's Bay, Quebec. He was raised in a rural area near Ottawa, Ontario, then continued his education at Sudbury Secondary in Sudbury. Mainse was highly influenced by his father, Roy Lake Mainse (1896–1972), who worked as a missionary in Egypt, and then as a Holiness Movement Church pastor in Ontario and Quebec.

Mainse determined to go into ministry while still a teenager. He studied theology at Eastern Pentecostal Bible College (now Master's College and Seminary) in Peterborough, Ontario and was ordained. He pastored Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada churches in Brighton, Deep River and Hamilton. He met and married Norma-Jean Rutledge in 1958.

Television career
He began his communications ministry in 1962 with a 15-minute program following the late night news on affiliate CHOV in Pembroke, Ontario, while he pastored in Deep River. He later began a television program called Crossroads. The program gradually expanded to stations across Canada, but with minimal penetration into the American heartland.

In 1975, Mainse left the pastorate to focus full-time on television and evangelism projects. He began the ministry known as Crossroads Christian Communications in the early seventies with Circle Square, a children's telecast that has been carried in over 50 countries and continues to be shown in some.  Mainse later made the fictional ranch a reality as the summer camp, Circle Square Ranch. At its peak there were 11 Circle Square Ranches across Canada.

In 1976, Mainse began a project to telecast daily. He took the initiative and obtained a $100,000 a year, 20-year lease on a building at 100 Huntley Street in downtown Toronto that was suitable for conversion into a television studio. The lead program of this new production company took the studio's address as its name.  On June 15, 1977, the interview/talk show 100 Huntley Street (based on The 700 Club in the United States) was launched. This TV program featured more than 14,000 guests such as Billy Graham and Charlton Heston, and in 2015 was reported as one of three Canadian TV programs attracting over one million viewers each week. Crossroads produced a short-lived program for teenagers, Inside Track, in 1978.

In 1979, outside the Toronto mayor's office, Mainse protested the gay publication The Body Politic, saying that "parents and all decent people are particularly disgusted by the perversity, which publishes and disseminates anti-child, anti-parent dehumanizing materials." During the rally, Mainse was filmed protesting alongside Ken Campbell.

In 1998, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission granted Crossroads a licence to operate a 24-hour commercial TV station on cable, based in Burlington, Ontario and covering North America on satellite. CITS-TV has been broadcasting since September 1998. The station has been branded as YesTV since 2014.

Mainse served for several years at the request of mutual funds billionaire John Templeton as a judge in the awarding of the Templeton Prize. He received numerous awards for excellence in television production from the US-based National Religious Broadcasters, and several honorary doctorates, the most recent being from Tyndale University College and Seminary in Toronto in 2003.

Mainse stepped down as president of Crossroads and host of 100 Huntley Street in the summer of 2003. He passed the torch to his youngest son, Ron Mainse of Burlington, Ontario. He remained on the CTS board. Crossroads' current CEO is Kevin Shepherd and 100 Huntley Street is hosted by Greg Musselman, Cheryl Weber, Mark Masri and Lara Watson.

Though retired, he continued to be featured on 100 Huntley Street through various segments acting as a spokesman for Crossroads on various issues of social concern. Mainse has published a book, SALT.

In 2009, Mainse returned to host 100 Huntley Street while his sons Ron and Reynold stepped down from the ministry while under investigation concerning an alleged Ponzi scheme.

In January 2010, he launched new television programs, Really Good Medicine and A Living Witness to Amazing Grace. That year he undertook a tour of 150 Canadian cities, "Thank You Canada", celebrating his 50th year of television ministry.

In June 2012, the same month as Crossroads' 50th anniversary, Mainse was presented the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal at a gala event at Roy Thomson Hall. In May 2015 he received a Lifetime Global Impact award from Empowered21, for making "a significant impact on the world through the power of the Holy Spirit".

Also in 2012, he launched the 100 Words Daily Devotional Blog that in 2016 expanded into a two-minute segment throughout the day on YesTV.

Mainse died on September 25, 2017 from complications from MDS leukemia.

References

External links
Biography from 100 Huntley Street
DavidMainse.com
Biography from crossroads.ca

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2017 deaths
Canadian clergy
Canadian Pentecostals
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How to mitigate buffer overflow vulnerabilities
August 27, 2020 by Srinivas
This article provides an overview of various techniques that can be used to mitigate buffer overflow vulnerabilities. In addition to the mitigations offered by the compilers and operating systems, we will also discuss preventive measures that can be used while writing programs in languages susceptible to buffer overflow vulnerabilities.
Techniques to prevent or mitigate buffer overflow vulnerabilities
Following are various common ways we can use to prevent or mitigate buffer overflow vulnerabilities. Let's discuss each of them in detail.
Writing secure code.
Making use of compiler warnings
Stack canaries.
Data execution prevention
Address space layout randomization
Writing secure code
Writing secure code is the best way to prevent buffer overflow vulnerabilities. When programs are written in languages that are susceptible to buffer overflow vulnerabilities, developers must be aware of risky functions and avoid using them wherever possible. For example, avoid using functions such as gets and use fgets instead, which allows the developer to specify how much buffer is expected.
While this is the best way to prevent buffer overflows, it may be hard to change legacy applications and applications that work only on legacy operating systems. Because of these challenges, we may have to rely on other protections offered by compilers and operating systems.
Compiler warnings
When developing new software with vulnerable functions, compilers often provide warnings and recommend use of secure alternatives of the functions used. Developers can quickly make these changes during their development phase.
The following excerpt shows the compiler warning about use of the gets function.
$ gcc -fno-stack-protector vulnerable.c -o vulnerable -z execstack -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=0
vulnerable.c: In function 'vuln_func':
vulnerable.c:15:1: warning: implicit declaration of function 'gets'; did you mean 'fgets'? [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
15 | gets(buffer);
| ^~~~
| fgets
/usr/bin/ld: /tmp/ccWNPiro.o: in function `vuln_func':
vulnerable.c:(.text+0x4f): warning: the `gets' function is dangerous and should not be used.
Stack canaries
When stack-based buffer overflows became popular, compilers introduced new options to protect important data on the stack such as return addresses. These canaries are random values generated on every run of the program; they are placed on the stack and usually verified just before returning to the caller functions.
If there is stack overflow and the canary is overwritten with user-supplied input, the execution of the program stops and an error will be thrown. The following excerpt shows how stack overflows are spotted by stack canaries.
$ ./vulnerable test
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
*** stack smashing detected ***: terminated
Aborted (core dumped)
While these stack canaries protect applications from buffer overflows, these can be brute-forced on 32-bit systems. They can also be leaked using other memory read vulnerabilities such as format string vulnerabilities. Thus, stack canaries should only be treated as a defense-in-depth option but not be treated as a bulletproof technique to protect applications from buffer overflow attacks.
When exploiting buffer overflows, attackers often place malicious code in places like stack and heap and achieve unauthorized execution in the context of the target application. Because of this, a new buffer overflow mitigation technique called data execution prevention is introduced. In Linux, this is known as NX (No Execute).
DEP can be enabled at both hardware level and software level. When NX is enabled, the stack becomes non-executable and any malicious code placed on the stack as part of an attack will be deemed to be non-executable.
The following excerpt shows that stack became non-executable (rw-) on a binary due to the NX bit enabled.
0x00007ffff7ffd000 0x00007ffff7ffe000 0x000000000002d000 rw- /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ld-2.31.so
0x00007ffff7ffe000 0x00007ffff7fff000 0x0000000000000000 rw-
0x00007ffffffde000 0x00007ffffffff000 0x0000000000000000 rw- [stack]
0xffffffffff600000 0xffffffffff601000 0x0000000000000000 –x [vsyscall]
Just like stack canaries, the NX bit does not provide complete protection against buffer overflow vulnerabilities and there are bypasses available. A determined attacker can make use of the buffer overflow vulnerability to turn the stack to an executable one by using a concept called return-oriented programming. Attackers often utilize executable instructions from other areas of memory using return-oriented programming.
Address space layout randomization (ASLR) makes it harder for an attacker by randomizing the base addresses of the libraries and other memory areas such as stack. This makes it harder for an attacker to build ROP chains, as ROP chains heavily rely on addresses of instructions from these libraries being loaded into the program.
To check if ASLR is enabled on a Linux machine (specifically on Ubuntu), the following command can be used.
$ sudo cat /proc/sys/kernel/randomize_va_space
As you can see, the value of the file shown in the preceding excerpt is set to 2, which means ASLR is fully enabled. The effect of this value looks as follows:
$ ldd ./vulnerable
linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007ffff050b000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x00007ff28818b000)
/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007ff288390000)
linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007fffda077000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x00007f895852d000)
/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007f8958732000)
linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007ffd88177000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x00007f58a4dd2000)
/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007f58a4fd7000)
The preceding excerpt shows the usage of the ldd command to check what libraries are being loaded by the binary in runtime along with their base addresses. We ran the command three times and the addresses associated with libc.so.6 library are different every time the binary is loaded. This is due to ASLR, and this makes it harder for an attacker to guess these addresses.
While exploit mitigation techniques such as ASLR, NX and Canaries are commonly used, it is always recommended to write secure code to prevent buffer overflow attacks. As we have discussed with examples, exploit mitigations should be treated as defense-in-depth techniques to mitigate buffer overflow attacks.
All of these exploit mitigation techniques should be enabled wherever possible, to make it harder for an attacker to successfully exploit these vulnerabilities.
Buffer Overflow, OWASP
Stack-Based Buffer Overflow Attacks: Explained and Examples, Rapid7
What Is a Buffer Overflow, Acunetix
Srinivas is an Information Security professional with 4 years of industry experience in Web, Mobile and Infrastructure Penetration Testing. He is currently a security researcher at Infosec Institute Inc. He holds Offensive Security Certified Professional(OSCP) Certification. He blogs atwww.androidpentesting.com. Email: srini0x00@gmail.com
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The Phoenix Film Festival is the premier festival from the Phoenix Film Foundation and the largest film festival within the city of Phoenix, now in its 19th year.
Last year's big expansion amounted to 97 features and 77 short films. This year's comparable, with 91 features and 80 shorts, though oddly one film counts towards both of those numbers. That doesn't count the 17 short films screening in the Arizona Student Film Festival.
And, of course, all that's excluding the International Horror & Sci-Fi Film Festival, which I still think of as a separate event even if it technically hasn't been since 2010. I maintain a separate index page for this year's IHSFFF.
The event runs from 4th to 14th April in 2017, including two weekends, which makes for a long but enjoyable event. The Phoenix Film Festival competition films screen early over the opening weekend with the usual award ceremony. The week that follows includes encore screenings, more showcase features and warms up to the IHSFFF taking over on the second weekend, which is also the time for Arizona shorts.
As is now usual, the weekday scheduling includes daytime slots, allowing many to see more films than was previously possible. An event pass has never been better value.
There are some minor changes to programming. The competition features expand from ten films to twelve. There's a Cultural Diplomacy block, which includes five features. The Showcase features include a number of classics, not just recent ones but titles going back to Duck Soup and The Invisible Man in the precode era. There are only two sets of Documentary Shorts this year, simply delineated A and B.
Here are all the films scheduled to screen this year, with titles linking to my reviews and the IMDb pages added for reference. Features are listed in alphabetical order per set. Shorts are listed in the order they're screening per set. Films screened as part of the International Horror & Sci-Fi Film Festival are covered on a separate page.


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"It's A Disaster" Review: A Simple End-of-the-World Comedy
Why are we obsessed with the world ending? It's as if we all want the world to end, to the extent that we'll search and search for the next doomsday prophecy to be terrified of. From Y2K to 2012, the stream of supposed dates for the end-of-days seem to, well, never end. This means the movies too will never end, we've seen these a lot in the past with garbage like "Disaster Movie" and "2012," but this year things are looking up for this genre. There are at least three end of the world comedies coming out this year: the star-studded "This is the End;" the follow-up from the "Hot Fuzz" and "Shaun of the Dead" team "The World's End;" and the smallest of the three, Todd Berger's "It's A Disaster." The first two are big-budget releases, but the smallest has got the bigger films beat with release date.
Tracy (Julia Stiles) takes her new boyfriend Glenn (David Cross) on their third date to a couples lunch with a number of her friends. There's already a lot of tension between the various couples, but everything escalates in the middle of the lunch when a set of dirty bombs go off near the suburban neighborhood. The film essentially all takes place inside the one house, and at times feel a bit confined, as if it was adapted from a play (although it wasn't). The characters, too, can get a bit annoying when you spend too long with them, but usually the film survives thanks to some really great dialogue and a fun black comedy tone.
It's a very simple, short movie, that isn't anything you really need to see. No one is particularly outstanding in the cast, and it's not a laugh-out-loud comedy, but it's a completely serviceable and smart movie nonetheless. There's not much that can be said about "It's A Disaster," but if the idea appeals to you then chances are it's worth checking out on DVD or Netflix one day.
It's A Disaster
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Zájezd  est une commune du district de Kladno, dans la région de Bohême-Centrale, en Tchéquie. Sa population s'élevait à  habitants en 2020.

Géographie
Zájezd se trouve à  au nord-est du centre de Buštěhrad, à  au nord-est de Kladno et à  au nord-ouest du centre de Prague.

La commune est limitée par Dřetovice au nord, par Libochovičky à l'est, par Číčovice et Makotřasy au sud, et par Buštěhrad et Stehelčeves à l'ouest.

Histoire
La première mention écrite de la localité date de 1316.

Administration
La commune se compose de deux quartiers :
 Zájezd
 Bůhzdař

Notes et références

Commune dans le district de Kladno


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Sylvan resident seeking support
Recent incidents in Sylvan Lake have caused town resident Chris Ehret to take action to make the lake safer for swimmers.
Jenna Swan
In July, Ehret was directly involved in the rescue operation of a man who disappeared underwater after getting out of the inflatable raft in which he was floating.
That experience motivated Ehret to seek ways in which the lake may be made safer to prevent future similar incidents from occurring.
"It takes something like this for people to start opening their eyes, and (realizing) we obviously need some change," he said. "Parents have their kids playing in the water. You only have to turn your back for two seconds before they can go underwater."
Ehret is seeking community support in his efforts to push for a lifeguard program to be implemented, and for lifesaving equipment to be available on the beach.
He's even willing to start collecting unwanted and gently-used life jackets with the view of distributing them to lake users.
Starting the conversation with community members, RCMP and local elected officials is the first step in making the beach safer, he feels.
"Let's see if we can bring up the idea, approach some people, and see what we can come up with," he said.
Ehret was walking along the beach with his two young children on July 20 when he noticed firefighters entering the water.
After learning that a man had disappeared underwater beyond the swimming rope, he asked a nearby couple to watch his children as he joined the search effort.
After diving down "about maybe 10 or 12 times," Ehret and a firefighter located the man, and eventually lifted him to the surface into an RCMP boat. CPR was carried out on the man all the way back to the shore, before he was transported to an awaiting ambulance.
The man died the next day.
Now, Ehret is hoping to discuss with community members ways to ensure incidents like this one don't happen again.
"It's just a matter of saying we've got ourselves a problem," he said. "We've got ourselves an issue that we can find a simple solution to. Let's put our heads together."
Those interested in joining Ehret in his pursuit of improving lake safety are asked to contact him at 403-550-9729.
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Kemin launches BetaVia, expands immune health products line
Oct 3, 2017 Oct 8, 2017
USA – Kemin Industries, the global nutritional provider and manufacturer, has launched new algae-sourced beta-glucan ingredients, which provide immune health benefits for functional foods and beverages.
The launch of the BetaVia Complete and BetaVia Pure ingredients has seen Kemin expand into the global immune health market as the new products contain algae-sourced, GMO-free beta-glucan ingredients for immune support.
"At Kemin, we're committed to providing high quality dietary ingredients that serve the needs of our customers and benefit human health," said Anita Norian, President of Kemin Human Nutrition and Health.
"We recognized an opportunity to serve our customers in the global immune health market, so we're very excited to offer algae-sourced beta-glucans.
We've launched an innovative BetaVia research program to bring cutting-edge science and claims to customers."
BetaVia Complete is a nutrient-dense dried whole algae fermentate that provides nutritional support for a healthy immune system and general well-being.
It consists of more than 50% algae beta-glucans and more than 20% protein with essential vitamins, minerals and amino acids.
BetaVia Pure is an algae-sourced beta-glucan for immune support.
It consists of more than 95% algae beta-glucans, which is the highest purity of beta-glucans currently available on the market.
The new line of beta-glucans is sourced from a proprietary strain of Euglena gracilis (algae), distinct from the yeast- and mushroom-sourced immune health ingredients currently on the market.
Kemin in vitro and animal studies show BetaVia ingredients can prime key immune cells, thereby strengthening the body's immune defences.
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This organization offers a lifestyle that is "joyous, satisfying, and rewarding." The emphasis is on the joy found in worshiping and serving God. This organization meets weekly for study, discussion, and fellowship.
This organization promotes a sense of unity and pride in among all International Students on campus. It increases awareness of the organization and its role on this campus and throughout the community. The organization works to establish social, cultural, and linguistic adaptation among all students on this campus.
This organization wishes to produce respectable recognizable individuals with soccer talents at Delaware State University. To enhance the pride and winning spirit in sports on campus and express that to other individuals in the surrounding community. Also, network with other local soccer programs, which will allow them to promote Delaware State University.
This organization fosters pride in Delaware State University through service, support, and positive promotions of its ideals. Student who have completed 30 credits hours at Delaware State University, passed an interview with the executive officers of the association, and furnished two acceptable recommendations from members of the faculty and staff of DSU.


Arabio has a technology transfer agreement in place with Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics.
Arabio says it aims to export its products to the Gulf region as well as to Yemen, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, Sudan, Egypt, Libya, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, and Mauritania. The firm has additional rights to export to some African and other Islamic countries.


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'Seinfeld' Is Moving to Netflix
The site will be the global home of the show for streaming.
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'Friends' and 'Seinfeld' Revivals Not Happening, Says NBC Boss
If Will & Grace didn't kick in the TV revival door, Roseanne certainly blew it off the hinges. There's still a few major TV revivals to ponder, but NBC brass now say Seinfeld or Friends will never happen.
A 'Seinfeld' Revival Is Finally 'Possible,' Says Jerry
It's official – er, officially possible. Seinfeld has long been seen as the holy grail of potential TV revivals, and its star and co-creator finally concedes that Jerry, Elaine, George and Kramer may join the ranks of iconic TV shows brought back for an encore.
The Story Behind 'Seinfeld's Original Photobomb
You know the photo – George Costanza photobombs his boss at the beach. The Boombox Incident from 'Seinfeld's 'The Slicer' turns 20 today, and we're looking back on how it was made.
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Commercials and Curb Your Enthusiasm are about as close to a Seinfeld revival as we'll ever get, but in an age where new Twin Peaks graces Showtime, anything seems possible. In fact, giving Seinfeld the same eerie teaser as Twin Peaks' return might just make the best case, in a new par…
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Seinfeld was no stranger to discarded episodes, but at least a few ideas were probably better off on the scrap heap. Writer-producers David Mandel and Jeff Schaffer reveal a few Seinfeld concepts that never made it past the writers room, including skeletons, a trip to Mexico, and a pretty literal tw…


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Study: Internet gaming's 'not as addictive as gambling but more research is needed'
Published	 Monday 7 November 2016	 Published	Mon 7 Nov 2016
It is the first research that has tried to measure the scale of gaming addiction in the general population using symptoms of 'internet gaming disorder' as defined by the American Psychiatric Association.
A new Oxford University study suggests that playing internet games is not as addictive as gambling. It is the first research that has tried to measure the scale of gaming addiction in the general population using symptoms of 'internet gaming disorder' as defined by the American Psychiatric Association (APA). Researchers from the University's Oxford Internet Institute asked nationally representative samples of men and women in four countries how they felt after gaming using the APA checklist of health symptoms. The study, published in the American Journal of Psychiatry, investigates concerns voiced recently by the APA about a lack of good quality research into the effects of playing internet games.
Researchers from the University of Oxford surveyed 19,000 men and women from the UK, the United States, Canada and Germany. Over half of the sample said they had played internet games recently. Of these, between 2% and 3% reported they had experienced five or more of the symptoms on the list, with between 1% and 0.5% saying they also had feelings of 'significant distress' in being unable to curb their play. These rates are less than half those reported recently for gambling by the British Gambling Prevalence Survey. In that survey, 2.6% of those aged 18-24 and 1% of adults in the general population said they had experienced symptoms linked by the researchers with a gambling disorder.
Two years ago, the American Psychiatric Association outlined the potential problem as 'internet gaming disorder' and proposed nine standard symptoms that might characterise possible diagnoses. The APA gave each symptom equal weight, and specified there had be an over-riding 'feeling of significant distress'. The Oxford study discusses this as a 'key feature', noting that while many gamers may feel preoccupied and distracted from other responsibilities in a similar way to a sports fan whose team has reached the finals, they are not likely to have a pathological condition unless there are feelings of significant distress.
All the study participants, recruited through YouGov and Google Surveys, completed symptom and health checklists. To be identified as a possible gaming addict, they had to report five of the nine symptoms from the APA list and also feel significant distress. Symptoms included preoccupation with internet gaming, anxiety and other withdrawal symptoms (if the game was taken away), increasing amounts of time spent gaming, loss of control, reduced interests, social withdrawal, and losing opportunities as a result of gaming. Unique to this study was an emphasis on open materials, open data, and a pre-registered data analysis plan.
Study lead author Dr Andrew Przybylski, from the Oxford Internet Institute, comments: 'To our knowledge, these are the first findings from a large-scale project to produce robust evidence on the potential new problem of "internet gaming disorder". Internet games are currently one of the most popular leisure activities, but we can't leap to conclusions and assume that if 160 million Americans play them, one million of them might be addicted. Contrary to what was predicted, the study did not find a clear link between potential addiction and negative effects on health, however, more research grounded in open and robust scientific practices is needed to learn if games are truly as addictive as many fear. If clear evidence does emerge, this would have huge clinical significance as treatments for addicted gamers would vie with a range of serious psychiatric disorders in the current climate of limited health service resources.
'There were some striking findings, for instance, we found specific indicators like increasing playtime to increase excitement were reported three times more frequently than other indicators, such as risking social relationships. Importantly, the great majority of gamers - nearly three in four - reported no symptoms at all that we would link with addictive gaming behaviour.'
Article: Internet Gaming Disorder: Investigating the Clinical Relevance of a New Phenomenon, Andrew K. Przybylski, Ph.D., Netta Weinstein, Ph.D., Kou Murayama, Ph.D., The American Journal of Psychiatry, doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2016.16020224, published online 4 November 2016.
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'Presidential Alert': Trump text slides to October 3
by: CNN Wires
Posted: Sep 18, 2018 / 06:43 AM CDT / Updated: Sep 18, 2018 / 06:43 AM CDT
Cell phone users may receive a text from President Donald Trump next Thursday as the Federal Emergency Management Agency conducts its first presidential-level Wireless Emergency Alert test.
You'll soon be getting a message on your phone from the President of the United States — whether you are a supporter or not.
It's not a political message, but an emergency test message sent from President Donald Trump as part of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's system to warn the public in cases of national emergencies.
A majority of cell phone users will receive an alert on Wednesday, October 3, with the header "Presidential Alert" and the message, "THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System. No action is needed." The alert was initially scheduled to occur Thursday, September 20, but FEMA spokesman Mark Peterson tells CNN the test has been postponed, and October 3 was the alternate date for the test.
WEA was technically launched in April of 2012, but this will be the first time FEMA has tested the system on the presidential level in hopes to work out the kinks, the agency said in a press release this week.
The presidential alert is one of three kinds of alerts in the FEMA's WEA system, which also notifies the public about extreme weather or missing children, also known as AMBER alerts.
You can expect to see the alert pop up on your phone at 2:18 p.m. ET so long as you have your phone turned on, are within range of a cell tower, and if your wireless provider is part of the WEA system.
The WEA test will be broadcast over the course of about 30 minutes and sound the same as an AMBER Alert. Users can't opt out of the presidential alert test, according to FEMA.
More than 100 carriers, including the largest carriers (Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile), will participate in the emergency alert test, FEMA said.
FEMA will also run a test of its Emergency Alert System (EAS) for radio and television broadcasters the same day, beginning two minutes after the WEA test.
In its news release, FEMA said it could postpone the national test to October 3 if the agency is dealing with a major weather event, but it has not yet made that determination. FEMA is currently handling the response to Hurricane Florence which hit the Carolinas on Friday, causing heavy winds and rainfall in the region.
FEMA officials told CNN on Saturday morning that they are still planning to conduct the test this week.
The agency is required by law to conduct a nationwide test of its public alert systems no less than once every three years.
FEMA is also tasked with ensuring that the President can alert the public under all conditions in cases of national emergencies, including natural disasters and terrorist threats.
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Q: Why does my curl request on a redirection return 500 after the 301 redirect? I have a redirect set up at the load balancer level. When using CURL, I'm getting a 500 error.  When I request the URL in the browser, everything is successful, and I get a 200.
This is the request that I'm expecting a redirect from http --> https.
curl -iL --request POST 'http://example.com/endpoint' --data-raw '{"mydata": "data"}'

Response:
HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently
Location: https://example.com:443/endpoint

HTTP/2 500
server: Google Frontend

curl -v -L --request POST 'http://example.com/endpoint' --data-raw '{"mydata": "data"}'

Response:
* TCP_NODELAY set
* Connected to www.example.com port 80 (#0)
> POST /endpoint HTTP/1.1
> Host: www.example.com
> User-Agent: curl/7.64.1
> Accept: */*
> Content-Type: application/json
> cache: no-cache
> Content-Length: 93
>
* upload completely sent off: 93 out of 93 bytes
< HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently
< Cache-Control: private
< Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8
< Referrer-Policy: no-referrer
< Location: https://www.example.com:443/endpoint
< Content-Length: 269
< Date: Mon, 30 May 2022 21:09:53 GMT
< Connection: close
<
* Closing connection 0
* Issue another request to this URL: 'https://www.example.com:443/endpoint'
* Switch from POST to GET
*   Trying X.X.X.X...
* TCP_NODELAY set
* Connected to www.example.com (X.X.X.X) port 443 (#1)
* ALPN, offering h2
* ALPN, offering http/1.1
* successfully set certificate verify locations:
CApath: none
* TLSv1.2 (OUT), TLS handshake, Client hello (1):
* TLSv1.2 (IN), TLS handshake, Server hello (2):
* TLSv1.2 (IN), TLS handshake, Certificate (11):
* TLSv1.2 (IN), TLS handshake, Server key exchange (12):
* TLSv1.2 (IN), TLS handshake, Server finished (14):
* TLSv1.2 (OUT), TLS handshake, Client key exchange (16):
* TLSv1.2 (OUT), TLS change cipher, Change cipher spec (1):
* TLSv1.2 (OUT), TLS handshake, Finished (20):
* TLSv1.2 (IN), TLS change cipher, Change cipher spec (1):
* TLSv1.2 (IN), TLS handshake, Finished (20):
* ALPN, server accepted to use h2
* Server certificate:
*  subject: CN=example.com
*  start date: May  8 17:51:30 2022 GMT
*  expire date: Aug  6 17:51:29 2022 GMT
*  subjectAltName: host "www.example.com" matched cert's "www.example.com"
*  issuer: C=US; O=Google Trust Services LLC; CN=GTS CA 1D4
*  SSL certificate verify ok.
* Using HTTP2, server supports multi-use
* Connection state changed (HTTP/2 confirmed)
* Copying HTTP/2 data in stream buffer to connection buffer after upgrade: len=0
> POST /endpoint HTTP/2
> Host: www.example.com
> User-Agent: curl/7.64.1
> Accept: */*
> Content-Type: application/json
> cache: no-cache
>
* Connection state changed (MAX_CONCURRENT_STREAMS == 100)!
< HTTP/2 500
< content-type: application/json
< date: Mon, 30 May 2022 21:09:53 GMT
< server: Google Frontend
< content-length: 110
< via: 1.1 google
<
* Connection #1 to host www.example.com left intact

However, a request to the end URL
curl -iL --request POST 'https://example.com/endpoint' --data-raw '{"mydata": "data"}'

returns:
HTTP/2 200
server: Google Frontend

I've checked in the logs, and the 500 is actually returned from the application layer.
I'm not sure why the first curl request fails, but the second is successful.
Any help on this would be greatly appreciated!

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Megan Rapinoe Dedicates Women Of The Year Acceptance Speech To Colin Kaepernick
Kimberley Richards
HuffPost November 14, 2019
Megan Rapinoe praised former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick's activism while accepting a Glamour Women of the Year award at a ceremony on Monday evening.
The soccer star and activist, one of Glamour's 2019 Women of the Year, began her speech by thanking the person "I don't feel like I would be here without," she said.
Before naming the football player, Rapinoe described him as "someone whose courage and bravery was so bright and so bold, a person filled with conviction, unafraid of the consequences because he knew it really wasn't about playing it safe, it was about doing what was necessary and backing down to exactly nobody."
She continued, "So while I'm enjoying all of this unprecedented, and frankly, a little bit uncomfortable attention and personal success in large part due to my activism off the field, Colin Kaepernick is still effectively banned."
Rapinoe, who helped the U.S. women's national team win a second consecutive World Cup in July, was referencing Kaepernick's influential protests in which he kneeled during the national anthem at NFL games to protest all forms of social injustice.
The NFL has been widely accused of blackballing the football player for his activism. He has remained unsigned by any team since becoming a free agent after the 2016 season.
Kaepernick announced on Twitter on Tuesday that he has been invited to work out for teams on Saturday in Atlanta. The announcement coincides with renewed calls for his return to the league, especially amid a series of recent quarterback injuries.
Rapinoe, like Kaepernick, has used her platform as an elite athlete to protest injustice.
Megan Rapinoe celebrates a goal during the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup final between the U.S. and the Netherlands. (Photo: Richard Heathcote via Getty Images)
In 2016, the star forward became the first high-profile white or female athlete to stand in solidarity with Kaepernick by kneeling during the national anthem prior to a soccer game.
Rapinoe, who came out as gay in 2012, has been outspoken about social justice issues, including equal pay – particularly as members of the U.S. women's soccer team continue their fight for pay equal to that of their male counterparts.
She has also referred to herself as a "walking protest" of the Trump administration and memorably told Eight by Eight magazine that she wasn't "going to the fucking White House" in June, prior to helping to win the World Cup.
Later in her speech on Monday night, Rapinoe said: "It would be a slap in the face to Colin and to so many other faces not to acknowledge, and for me personally to work relentlessly, to dismantle that system that benefits some over the determent of others and frankly is, quite literally, tearing us apart in this country."
Rapinoe added that she knows in her "hearts of hearts" that she "can do more," before later honoring other activists, movements and survivors of racist violence, including Tarana Burke, the Me Too movement, Black Lives Matter, Gloria Steinem, Harvey Milk, Trayvon Martin and Sandra Bland.
"I'm not gonna act like my whiteness has nothing to do with me standing before you now," she added, before later noting, "This is such a pivotal moment for us. There is so much momentum, but we have to move forward and we have to be better."
Glamour's other 2019 Women of the Year are director Ava DuVernay, actor Charlize Theron, activist Greta Thunberg, actor Yara Shahidi, writer Margaret Atwood, designer Tory Burch and the women of RAICES, an organization that provides free and low-cost legal services to underserved immigrant families and refugees.
Watch Rapinoe's entire acceptance speech here.
Megan Rapinoe Says Women's Soccer 'Won't Accept Anything Less Than Equal Pay'
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Ava DuVernay Named One Of Glamour's 2019 Women Of The Year
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Properties / Luxury Homes
The First Gold-Brick Downtown Residential Block in Manhattan
Built in collaboration between an interior designer and a real estate agent, this luxury residential apartment made of gold-brick is the first-of-its-kind in Downtown Manhattan. Find out also how many bricks were used to construct this building.
Feb 25, 2018 | By Andrea Sim
The First Gold-Brick Residential Building in Manhattan
Constructed in collaboration between interior designer Adam Rolston and real estate agent Ben Shaoul, this luxury building located in Downtown Manhattan features a new facade concept of its kind.
Some sixty-thousand bricks were used to construct this 94-unit condominium building. These gold bricks are infused with 24K-gold dust and they will slowly oxidise, becoming darker over time.
"We felt that a traditional glass structure didn't mesh with the surroundings," says Rolston, and so, to make the apartment building stand out further in the crowd of buildings, a façade made of gold bricks will certainly give the exterior a "muscular character, reminiscent of the workshops and manufacturing structures that once dominated the area," comments the interior designer.
Once the building is ready, it will be a real hit for the residents, offering future homeowners an extraordinary lifestyle in the heart of Manhattan, and the residential building will attract the attention of Instagram users!
The apartment will range from studios to four-bedroom, and the price will start at $965,000 and can go up to $6,500,000.
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var path = require('path');
var gulp = require('gulp');
var concat = require('gulp-concat');
var less = require('gulp-less');
var cleanCss = require('gulp-clean-css');
var prefixer = require('gulp-autoprefixer');
var sourcemaps = require('gulp-sourcemaps');

var frontSrcDir = path.join(__dirname, 'app');
var frontStylesDir = path.join(frontSrcDir, 'styles');
var frontImagesDir = path.join(frontSrcDir, 'images');
var frontDataDir = path.join(frontSrcDir, 'data');

var nodeModulesDir = path.join(__dirname, 'node_modules');

var publicDir = path.join(__dirname, 'public');
var publicStylesDir = path.join(publicDir, 'styles');
var publicImagesDir = path.join(publicDir, 'images');
var publicFontsDir = path.join(publicDir, 'fonts');
var publicDataDir = path.join(publicDir, 'data');

gulp.task('default', [
  'app.styles',
  'app.images',
  'app.fonts',
  'app.data'
]);

gulp.task('app.styles', function() {
  var files = [
    path.join(frontStylesDir, '/styles.less')
  ];
  return gulp.src(files)
    .pipe(sourcemaps.init())
    .pipe(less())
    .pipe(prefixer({browsers: ['last 4 versions']}))
    .pipe(cleanCss({compatibility: 'ie8'}))
    .pipe(concat('app.css'))
    .pipe(sourcemaps.write())
    .pipe(gulp.dest(publicStylesDir));
});

gulp.task('app.images', function() {
  return gulp.src(path.join(nodeModulesDir, 'font-awesome/fonts/*'))
    .pipe(gulp.dest(publicFontsDir));
});

gulp.task('app.fonts', function() {
  return gulp.src(path.join(frontImagesDir, '/**/*'))
    .pipe(gulp.dest(publicImagesDir));
});

gulp.task('app.data', function() {
  return gulp.src(path.join(frontDataDir, '/**/*'))
    .pipe(gulp.dest(publicDataDir));
});

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Clinton NKorea must face international consequences for sinking of SKorean warship
May 21: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrives at Haneda international airport in Tokyo. (AP2010)
TOKYO – TOKYO (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says North Korea must face international consequences for the sinking of a South Korean warship.
Speaking in the Japanese capital, Clinton said Friday that the U.S., Japan, South Korea and China are consulting on an appropriate reaction to an international investigation that blamed North Korea for the incident. She says the report proves a North Korean sub fired a torpedo that sank the ship and that it could no longer be "business as usual" in dealing with the matter.
North Korea denies it was responsible for the March sinking and has threatened to retaliate against any attempt to punish it with "all-out war."


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August 2011 Airline Pet Travel Report
The August, 2011 Airline Pet Travel Report contains pet incidents for the month of June, 2011.
Continental reports the death of a two year-old French Mastiff named Duke. Duke arrived in Houston, Texas from New Orleans, Louisiana and was in obvious distress and was quickly transported from the aircraft to the kennel area for assistance but died prior to being able to reach an emergency veterinary clinic. A necropsy was performed and reported "The pneumonitis being equivalent to pneumonia .. an inflammation of the lung tissue; and the hypertrophic cardiomyopathy the preexisting cardiac disease often found in the Giant breeds of dogs".
Continental also reports the death of a five year-old cat named Koohi. Koohi escaped from its kennel while being loaded at Honolulu, Hawaii and found dead three days later, likely of dehydration or heat exhaustion. Continental reports that the Honolulu vendor company was put on warning and they're accepting agent was disciplined regarding the proper placement of our mandatory zip ties.
Delta reports the injury of a five year-old Golden Retriever named Hubbell. Hubbell arrived in Salt Lake City, Utah from San Jose, California with a bloody paw. The owner determined Hubbell was fine and stated he was a hyper dog, who was a first time flyer.
Delta reports the death of an 8 month-old chinchilla. A chinchilla traveled from St. Louis, Missouri to Atalanta, Georgia, and then on to New York, New York. The following day, agents at JFK visually inspected the animal and provided food and water. Delta Agents stated the animal was in good condition and showed no signs of distress or illness. Upon arrival into Moscow, Russia the next day, the animal was pronounced deceased by the local Veterinary Authorities. The chinchilla was returned to New York, and a necropsy was performed, stating "to the best of our knowledge cause of death was due to a septic gastroenteritis or acute heart failure from stress".
Delta also reports the death of an 11 year-old cat named Phoebe. Phoebe was traveling from Pittsburg, Pennsylvania to Atalanta, Georgia. Upon arrival in Atalanta, one of the two cats traveling was unresponsive, lying down it its kennel. A necropsy was performed and the doctor's comments regarding the cause of death stated "the microscopic findings are characteristic of chronic heart failure secondary to myocardial fibrosis of an undetermined etiology".
Pet Travel Incidents by Airline during June, 2011.
Continental 0 0 2
See all incidents included in the August, 2011 report.
Source: August 2011 Air Travel Consumer Report.


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Brian Scott, Daniel Suarez and Bubba Wallace could join unique club if they win Saturday's Xfinity race at 'Dega
By Jerry BonkowskiApr 30, 2015, 4:04 PM EDT
When Ryan Reed won the Xfinity Series 2015 season-opening Alert Today Florida 300 at Daytona International Speedway, he became part of a rather unique class of drivers.
Reed, who drives for Roush Fenway Racing, became only the seventh driver in Xfinity Series history to earn his first series victory on a superspeedway.
In other words, at either Daytona or Talladega Superspeedway, which hosts Saturday's Winn Dixie 300.
Five drivers have earned their first Xfinity win at Daytona: Reed (2015), James Buescher (2012), Tony Stewart (2005 – his Sprint Cup wins are not included in this category), Chad Little (1995) and Dale Earnhardt (1982).
Only two drivers have earned their first Xfinity wins at Talladega, however: David Ragan (2009) and Greg Sacks (1996).
Could we see a first-time winner in Saturday's race? Among those with the potential to do so are series veteran Brian Scott, who has made 183 Xfinity starts without ever taking a checkered flag.
Scott, who is in his third season of driving for Richard Childress Racing, is in his sixth full-time season in the Xfinity Series. He'll be making his sixth career start at 'Dega on Saturday, a place where he has just one career top 10 finish and an average finish of 23.4.
"Superspeedway racing is Superspeedway racing," Scott said in a release. "I just can't seem to be in the right place at the right time or get good finishes lately at superspeedways. Hopefully we can go and get the monkey off our back at Talladega and just get a top-10 finish. That's all I really care about."
Others to watch for Saturday are a pair of series rookies, Darrell Wallace Jr. and Daniel Suarez.
It would be one of the biggest accomplishments of Wallace's career if he were to break through with a win in Saturday's race.
Not only is he second in the Sunoco Rookie of the Year points, he's currently fourth in the standings thus far this season with a pair of top-10 finishes.
What's more, Talladega is essentially a home track for Wallace, a native of Mobile, Ala.
Wallace finished 31st in his restrictor plate debut in the spring 2014 race at Talladega, but bounced back to finish seventh there last fall.
In last year's summer Xfinity race at Daytona, Wallace finished seventh, and was 12th in this year's season opener at Daytona (including leading 18 laps).
"I feel good about our superspeedway program," Wallace said. "We showed a lot of speed in the season opener at Daytona. I'm excited to get back to Talladega with the same attitude, just a different look. It's really cool to have SpongeBob SquarePants on our Ford Mustang."
And then there's Suarez, who is at the top of the Rookie of the Year standings, who will be making his first start at Talladega in an Xfinity car. In this year's season-opening race at Daytona, he was involved in a crash the relegated him to a 39th place finish.
But the Monterrey, Mexico native has definitely picked up his game of late, with Xfinity career-best finishes of second at Bristol two weeks ago and sixth at Richmond last Friday.
"Well, definitely on those big race tracks, we have a lot to learn," Suarez said. "We have to do our homework – watch some videos, ask some questions to my teammates and try to be better. We made a lot of mistakes in our first race of 2015 and I'm just looking forward to that race to try to do better and finish the race. That's the most important thing – survive on those superspeedways."
Suarez finished 15th in his Camping World Truck Series debut at Talladega last season.


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Move over Gritty: C2E2 gets FIVE mascots and a comic by Ryan Browne
Todd Allen
C2E2 is doing something different for their 10th anniversary show in March 2019. They're getting mascots. And a comic. Chicagoan artist Ryan Browne has created Chicago S.T.A.R.S – Science Tech and Rescue Squad and one page will be posted every two weeks to the C2E2 website starting on November 2nd… coincidentally that's the day tickets go on sale. Browne will be both writing and drawing the comic. As you may recall, Browne draws God Hates Astronauts and Curse Words. Those are fairly over the top comics and this sure doesn't look like it's going to be particularly stoic or shy. Wait 'til you get to the Tinley character sheet. Then again, are you acquainted with Chicago's last couple mayors? It's not a particularly shy city.
Official PR follows and then the rest of the mascots:
C2E2, the Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo, has been Chicago's home of pop culture for 10 years. The only comic convention in the heart of downtown Chicago, they're known by their avid fans for bringing pop culture fun and fandom-infused experiences to McCormick Place each spring. They bring well known celebrities, exhibitors, comic artists, and authors, along with their fans, to celebrate their geeky hobbies and get to know each other in one cosplay-infused weekend every single year.
To honor the 10th Edition of C2E2 happening March 22-24, 2019, C2E2 has teamed up with local artist Ryan Browne (Curse Words, God Hates Astronauts) to create unique superhero mascots that represent their brand as well as the various aspects of Chicago. Browne and the C2E2 team have worked side by side and are finally ready to release their 5 brand new mascots into the world.
"There's Tinley the mecha-Frenchie, Ernie the anthropomorphic bear, Frank the magical floating hot dog, Lincoln, and M.C. – a team of superheroes known collectively as the Chicago S.T.A.R.S – Science Tech and Rescue Squad." says C2E2 Event Manager Mike Negin.
"Tinley the robo-french bulldog [is my favorite] –no question." says Browne. "I really like the idea of a super intelligent dog making a robo-dog costume in her likeness instead of some huge hulking mech. Plus it's really fun to draw so that helps."
When asked where fans can see this new team of superheroes come to life, Negin says, "Fan can see these characters come to life in a bi-weekly comic written and drawn by Ryan Browne. The first page is set to be released first on November 2 when tickets to C2E2 go on sale, and then there will be a new page every 2 weeks after that up until the show. This is one comic you won't want to miss… there will be intrigue, suspense, epic superpowers, a dastardly villain, and of course – adventures and exploits at C2E2. In addition to this comic, you'll find these characters on collectible merch at ReedPOP Supply Co – the Official Store of C2E2. We'll also be hosting a fun scavenger hunt during C2E2, so don't miss that!"
When asked how these characters speak to Chicago, Negin said We had a lot of fun working on these characters and finding fun little ways to make them all born and bred, rich with lore from Chicago. We specifically wanted to work with Ryan Browne because he's a local Chicago artist, and we're all big fans of his art style and work. In addition, each character has a little bit of Chicago flair built into their backstory. Ernie is a bear as a tribute to Chicago's sports teams, and his origin story has him as an original resident of the Lincoln Park Zoo. Tinley is of course in reference to Tinley Park. And Frank, well… you can't do Chicago without Chicago-style hot dogs – not to mention he's a big fan of Revolution Brewing's Galaxy-Hero, a local Chicago beer and the Official Beer of C2E2. Lincoln's name is a tribute to Lincoln Park in Chicago. M.C. stands for Michelle Carol, which is actually a reference to Michelle Obama and Carol Moseley Braun, 2 women from Chicago we wanted to pay homage to.
"I worked the great team at C2E2 to find the perfect balance of influences for our crew," said Browne, when asked where he drew his Chicago-based influences for the design of this super squad. "Not too superhero–adventurers with a sense of style and fun. Floating magical hotdogs are fun, right? As far as costuming, we wanted to incorporate the iconic Chicago flag colors and stars into the costuming for the whole team. It gave them a unified look while have quite a diverse cast of humans, animals, robots, and uh, magical hotdogs."
When asked what comic this might remind superfans of, Browne replied, "I think my first instinct was Tom Strong with a touch of Fantastic Four. Adventures where the fun always outweighs the danger."
"Each one of these characters, in their storyline, attended C2E2 2010, and that's how they ended up getting their powers," says Negin of the Chicago S.T.A.R.S. origin story. "There was some kind of cataclysmic event… more details on that are forthcoming… and poof, these 5 band together with their new powers and become the Chicago S.T.A.R.S. They each have their own favorite part of C2E2 too, which you can read about on their trading cards."
These mascots will be gracing the pages of a bi-weekly comic series, being released on the C2E2 website, newsletter, and social media channels, starting on November 2, so stay tuned to find out what adventures await these new characters
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There's an excerpt from Big Ray in the June issue of Vice that also just went live.
Plus, Vice named the cover of Big Ray "Best Cover of the Month."
And there's a sweet mini-review of Big Ray from the wonderful Megan Boyle, which says, in part: "prepare to be utterly punished."
I have a new story called "I Am a Providence" in Moonshot #4. It's from that experimental bender I've been on for a while. Plus, there's great work by Victoria Redel, Terese Svoboda, Chloe Caldwell, and a ton of others.


There are a few things you should consider before setting out to buy a cat or a kitten. Have a look.
Bringing a cat into your home is a big decision. That needed to be stated right away, because so many people do not think this decision through carefully, which is why there are so many homeless cats out there.
Though cats are cute, fluffy, and overall one of the best companion animals out there, you need to take a number of factors into consideration before adopting or buying one. Here are pointers that would help you out.
Despite what many people think, cats do require that their owners have time for them everyday. From feeding to playtime, many cats will feel very lonely if their owner is gone most of the day, especially if there are no other cats in the house.
On top of the money you spend on the cat itself, the food, the kitty litter, the litter box, and all the other accessories, you must take into consideration the possibility of veterinarian bills. Your cat should get a yearly check up with your local vet.
YES. Please, look to your local animal shelter for a cat or kitten first before buying one from a breeder or an 'accidental litter'. There are thousands of abandoned or homeless cats out there that would make excellent pets for you and your family.
The biggest plus to adopting is that most shelter cats are spayed or neutered before they're adopted, so you don't have to worry about the expense of having that done yourself.
Do I get a kitten or an adult cat?
Kittens are cute, but keep in mind that they will only stay kittens for a short while. There are more adult cats than kittens looking for homes in animal shelters. Look at the adult cats first before considering a kitten.
If you find a kitten you fall in love with though, don't let that stop you. Just be prepared for the usual 'kitten behavior' though―younger cats are not as well-behaved as older cats usually are.
Do I declaw the cat?
Many people don't realize that when a cat is declawed the entire first joints of the toes are removed. Imagine if your fingertips were cut off, how uncomfortable you'd be! Some cats develop psychological problems after undergoing this procedure. It's not legal in many countries, like England, because it's considered cruel.
If you have a concern about furniture scratching or having small children around the cat, adopt a cat that's already been declawed by a previous owner. These cats need loving homes just as much as any cat, and they've already undergone the procedure, so there's no going back.
Again, this is up to you. Ask your veterinarian which variety of cat food they recommend. Purina Cat Chow is the animal shelter recommendeds.
Check out the petfinder website for cats available for adoption in your area, if you think that a cat is the right pet for you.


It's called the City of Brotherly Love for a reason.
The homeless Philadelphia parents who were living in a make-shift cardboard box with their two children will have a safe place to raise their kids after their 2-year-old toddler wandered off in the middle of the night.
Michael Jones and Angelique Roland were sleeping with the kids on Friday night in LOVE Park — across the street from City Hall — when 2-year-old Jeremiah went missing.
Because the parents were asleep, they were not immediately aware that Jeremiah was gone.
"He pushed the box open and, barefooted, walked on these rocks and went all around," Jones told CBS in Philadelphia.
Fortunately, the toddler was found safe just before midnight. But Jeremiah and his 4-year-old sister were placed in foster care, and their parents were still in limbo, without a home.
"If I had somewhere to go, I would be there," mom Roland told 6 Action News over the weekend. "I am not out here on the streets with my kids on purpose."
Chosen 300 Ministries, Inc., stepped in and vowed to raise $12,000 in 12 days to secure one year of housing for the family. The organization raised the money in 18 hours.
In addition, Marriott hotels announced it will give the family a free room for one week, Chosen 300 Ministries executive director Brian Jenkins told the Daily News on Monday. They are slated to move into the room on Tuesday, Jenkins said. The parents are staying with friends on Monday night.
"I am really ecstatic that the community responded the way it did," Jenkins told The News.
A hearing regarding the children's care will be held on Tuesday, according to Jenkins.
"They are not bad parents, they are good people," Jenkins told The News. "But they just don't have money, they are down on their luck."
Jenkins said that poverty is a huge problem in the city, with 60,000 children living with parents who earn less than $10,000 a year.
"It's not just homelessness, but people living on the shoestring of life," he said.
Anything above the $12,000 raised for Jeremiah's family by Chosen 300 Ministries will go to help other needy families, Jenkins said.


I did some further testing of the Sigma 18-250mm OS Macro lens and determined that I received a bad (defective) copy. Something about the softness in the wider angle shots wasn't well sitting with me so I decided to run a few extra tests to see if i was being picky or I was truly seeing an issue with softness in the lens. Read through the descriptions of each images and I'll explain what I found but my guess is that there's a misaligned lens element in one of the groups. Telephoto shots are wonderful, macro shots even better, but anything less than 135mm was mushy, ghosted and full of chromatic aberrations.
So you may recall that I ordered a Sigma 18-250mm OS Macro lens last week and after a few test shots determined either the lens was just plain terrible or I got a bad copy. A bunch of research lead me to believe the first copy had a misaligned lens element so I took a swing returned the first copy and ordered another.
The results from this batch confirm that the first copy was indeed defective. While the lens is a "walk-around super-zoom" and not going to produce the highest quality images you can clearly see that this copy is MUCH better than the first. Images resolve to acceptable sharpness, there's minimal distortion and none of that ghosting I saw in the original version. My initial assessment still stands; the macro functionality is actually impressive, focal lengths above 70mm are really pretty nice but under 35mm are still a little "weak". Not horrible, it's just that the deeper zooms are much better. Again all images are jpgs straight from the camera, resized to 800x600 in Photoshop and saved at web quality. No post processing other than to provide the 100% crops.
With that I can comfortably recommend this lens as a walk around snap shooter. It does the job nicely...as long as you get a good copy.
been thinking of getting this. I'll check out your pictures later.


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Michael Hung is an office worker millionaire, who is passionate about financial literacy. He has been investing since the mid-1990s. He successfully navigated both the Dot-com Bust and the Financial Meltdown with his investments continuing to grow despite economic turbulence. He immigrated to the U.S. when he was 16 and barely spoke any English. After completing his formal education, he started working at a Fortune 100 company before he was laid-off in 2009 during the Great Recession. After four years of unemployment and underemployment, he was back in the rat race. He became a millionaire in the summer of 2014 before he turned 40.
Rat Race Millionaire is his first book sharing his eventful journey to financial security and how he encountered and overcame many major setbacks.
The Rat Race Millionaire Pocket Handbook is a brief, easy-to-read book that captures the basic knowledge essential for anyone who wants to navigate today's complex financial landscape.
I have always been passionate about financial literacy and want to help others attain financial security. I learned a lot of financial lessons the hard way. I would like to share what I have learned with others, so that they can get there earlier. There are also a lot of people out there who are trying to take advantage of other's lack of knowledge and sell them questionable advice and products. I am hoping my book can help educate consumers so that they can differentiate between solid products and advice and questionable products and advice. I also want to encourage people. I hope that they can be encouraged that financial security and retirement are not beyond reach.
As a non-fiction writer, I create an overall outline consisting of the important information I want to discuss in my book. I work through it, Item by item. I then flesh it out with easily understood examples as much as possible. If there are other items that I think of that I need to clarify, I make note of it so that I don't interrupt my "flow" but remember to find the best place to put it in later.
I would suggest that they go for it! But I also would let them know that writing the book is only part of process. New authors need to expect that there is a lot of competition out there and it can be hard to break into the market. But they shouldn't get discouraged, they have something special to offer so keep trying!
I self-published because you get a larger cut of the proceeds. I also felt like I had something to sell, something very different from what is already out there, so I felt confident that I could provide something valuable and helpful to readers, so if I get the word out I can sell a decent amount of books.
I think it is both easier and harder to get your book out there. It is very easy to publish your own book, so you don't have to make it past the tastes of a "gate keeper". You don't have to fit into the "mold" they may be looking for. You don't have to worry about being weeded out if you don't have what they think will sell. However, it can be very hard on your own to get the work out there about your book.
What genres do you write?: Non-fiction, personal finance, inspirational, memoir.


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FISA Foundation is accepting Letters of Inquiry until February 1, 2022, for grants to be awarded in June 2022.
As a Foundation committed to equity, justice, safety, and inclusion for people with disabilities, with an intentional focus on addressing structural racism, FISA Foundation has issued an open call for Letters of Inquiry for the following priority areas:
Improving access to healthcare and dental care for people with disabilities. Proposals addressing the needs of people of color with disabilities and/or those who have complex disabilities are of particular interest.
Addressing bias among healthcare professionals.
Addressing or preventing abuse and violence against people with disabilities.
Supporting people with disabilities in pursuit of safety, healing, and justice after domestic or sexual violence.
Promoting equal rights, access, and full inclusion for people with disabilities, particularly Black people and other people of color with disabilities, in all aspects of life.
Initiatives led by people with disabilities and/or designed to empower people with disabilities to participate in effective advocacy and change-making.
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Q: Better Breakpoints for Multi-Client Development My development system uses different clients for development and testing which I assume is a common practice. Unfortunately this introduces a rather annoying convenience issue when it comes to debugging. While breakpoints placed on the development system will stick to their code and move as lines are inserted or deleted, this is rather obviously not the case for breakpoints placed on the same code in another client.
Since the system has no knowledge of exactly how rows were changed between two versions, breakpoints placed in the testing client will remain at a particular line in the program. Any change to the code will therefore break the breakpoints. To resolve this I have to: open another program or screen then return to the program to refresh the code (where's the refresh button SAP?), find where the breakpoints have been moved to and remove them one-by-one (where's the batch remove breakpoints button SAP?) and then set new breakpoints at usually the exact same location.
This problem is becoming so frequent in my work that I sometimes spend more time moving breakpoints than I spend on the actual development. In some cases I just gave up and started coding in user breakpoints since those will at least remain in place. However, these come with their own drawbacks as they can't be removed in the debugger, making them useless when you are forced to stop at every breakpoint in a thousand-record loop.
My actual question is now whether there's a better approach or best practice when it comes to debugging in this scenario. I'm relatively new to ABAP programming so I hope that more experienced developers have alternatives or tricks that they use to speed this process up. Is there some better way to go about debugging and breaking code in a secondary client?

A: You could try creating a checkpoint group in transaction SAAB, and code the break-points to the checkpoint group.
Syntax
BREAK-POINT ID zyour_new_checkpoint_group.

This has the advantage that you can activate it for a set time, or a set of users etc.  However, I'm not sure that if you get stuck in a 1000-line loop that you will be able to just deactivate it & skip over the break-point.
It may be worthwhile to check first if you can deactivate the checkpoint group on the fly while the program is running before using this in anger.

A: The practice of having a development client and test client makes sense for client dependent objects, e.g. customizing. It ensures a reasonably stable environment for development testing. But it makes no sense for programs and other development objects since they are client independent. However, it is still important that all your client dependent development objects (e.g. standard texts and SapScripts)  originate from the development client so it is best to create all your objects there. But once you have done that and are on to testing and debugging there is no technical reason to not just change your program in the test client.
It might take some effort to convince the people responsible for development procedures of this practice since there always is a chance that objects get created in the wrong client which could lead to a mess when you want to release them. But with the scenario you describe in your question you should be able to plead your case.