Laparoscopic cholecystectomy(LC) has been widely accepted as an alternative to laparotomy an has many advantages, including short hospital stay and very limited surgical invasion. However, this procedure may impair hepatic function in elderly patients because high pressure is maintained in the peritoneal cavity for an extended period. We observed th effect of pneumoperitoneum on the middle hepatic venous blood flow (MHVBF)in elderly patients undergoing LC. LC patients were anesthesized with inhaled and epidural anesthesia, after which MHVBF was continuously measured by transesophageal echocardiography. MHVBF decreased significantly during a period of high intraperitoneal pressure, and recovery of MHVBF after deflation was significantly lower in elderly patients(65-75 yr), but not in younger patients(24-62 yr). In contrast, MHVBF remained almost constant in elderly patients furing open cholecystectomy,and thus was significantly different from that in patients who underwent LC with pneumoperitoneum. Laparaoscopic cholecystectomy may impair hepatic function in elderly patients because high pressure is maintained in the peritoneal cavity fo an extended period.


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Electric dream takes off in Singapore
Low and slow: the first flight. Source: Volocopter GmbH
The once-futuristic concept of electrically powered urban air travel came incrementally closer this week with the trial flight of a Volocopter urban air vehicle in Singapore.
The flight above Marina Bay, in central Singapore, lasted about two minutes and covered a distance of about 1.5 km at an average speed of 45km/h (24 kt) and a cruising height of 130 ft. The flight was was controlled by an on-board by a pilot, although future flights are expected to eventually be fully autonomous. Volcopter said the flight, 'kicks-off Volocopter's efforts to bring commercial air taxi services to Singapore.'
Volocopter also unveiled its prototype VoloPort, a flying taxi port at Marina Bay. The Voloport has a landing pad and a passenger terminal.
Chief executive of Volocopter Florian Reuter said,' Never before have people been this close to experiencing what Urban Air Mobility in the city of tomorrow will feel like.'
Assistant director of Singapore's Economic Development Board, Tan Kong Hwee said, 'We are happy to support Volocopter in their development plans and hope that this is a first step towards the creation of more exciting business and job opportunities in Singapore.'
Concerns about the future growth and safety of urban air vehicles include questions over noise, safe flight paths and exposure to severe weather. Volocopter recently unveiled its proposed Volocity future aircraft, which it says is half as loud at 75 metres distance as a conventional helicopter is at 500 m.
Volocopters's investors include German industrial and automotive company Daimler, Chinese car maker Geely, and Intel Capital, the investment division of the computer chip maker.
Charging up – flying an electric aircraft
Rolls-Royce flies in electric style
Electric freighters on order
Walter Oct 24, 2019 At 7:31 pm
Pie in the sky stuff!
Rocky Oct 26, 2019 At 8:49 pm
I suppose u could call it a people carryimg drone. an air taxi for the brave, not the faint hearted SAFE FLYING
A glimpse of the future – as long as we don't go down the path of the legislation that gave us ultralights and homebuilts!

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I live an unusual lifestyle. I am called a "fulltimer"—a term for people who live and travel fulltime in an RV (recreational vehicle)—mine is a motorhome. We have done this for fourteen years.
Our decision wasn't to actually "fulltime." We wanted to get away from the work and costs of a house and yard, plus travel extensively. We were newly retired, owned a motorhome, so this was possible.
Our home sold. We temporarily moved into our motorhome and instantly traded 3,000+ square feet for 400 square feet of expandable living space that could be driven about anywhere in North America. So we could travel with our entire household going with us to virtually anywhere—then stay there indefinitely—but, we didn't fully realize the freedom we now had.
The biggest surprise for others is we did not plan this—not at all—plus, we never had a single conversation about this lifestyle before we did it! We sort of "fell" into it by accident through a series of incidents.
Our much-discussed "plan" was to sell our lovely home and move into something smaller. After all, we joked we had bathrooms and bedrooms no one even walked into except to clean! After sixteen years there, we had stuff tucked away in every nook and cranny. We really didn't "use" a big house.
We agreed to focus on a condo and not have the time-consuming, recurring maintenance, yard work, "fix-up," and other "house" stuff that keeps you busy maintaining a property. We simply wanted to get rid of the minutia, schedule, structure, and cost that constantly ties you down with home ownership. This was not a financial decision but a lifestyle-change decision.
Our thinking was we could travel a month here, a month there, maybe Alaska one summer. What a great idea! The new condo would be "home base," a place we could come back to when not traveling. What a great plan!
We got a good offer on our house but—surprise—the buyers wanted possession in three weeks—non-negotiable. Okay, we could temporarily move into our motorhome and have a place to live while we looked for a condo. We packed, stored, sold, or gave away most everything, and turned over the house on time. It was a whirlwind packing, sale, and move and we were exhausted—"wiped out" from the intensive effort. Now, we were sitting in our new home (motorhome), in a campground, close to our previous house.
Our realtor started calling with this nice condo or that nice condo ready for us to see. That's what we told her we wanted. But at that moment, we were just too tired to look. So, please, leave us alone.
To help recoup, we decided to reward ourselves with a relaxing trip before we started looking for that condo. After all, our grand plan included lots more travel—so let's travel somewhere! With little planning (we were already "packed"), off we went on our first motorhome trip. We headed to Nashville for a week to eat, play, hear some music, tour, relax, and be a tourist. We agreed those condos would likely be there when we got back.
Our joke today is, fourteen years later, we are still on that first trip! It worked for us. We still haven't looked at a condo! We haven't looked back. We love this lifestyle!
Sandy and I love to travel. That, combined with a desire to see/visit the gazillion places in our great nation and our wonderful northern neighbor (Canada) make us the perfect couple for this lifestyle. We are not "on the run" from anything, not trying to get away from anybody, not antisocial, and didn't have to do this for financial reasons. We just want to see North America and what it has to offer. Plus visit lots of friends and family now spread all over.
From another perspective, when we lived in our house, neither of us had the type of lifestyle where we belonged to numerous clubs, we didn't have to attend any regular meetings, and we didn't meet our "group" for lunch, cards, whatever on some regular basis. While we did visit and get together with friends and companions from our respective workplaces, we were not locked in to some regular schedule with any of them.
So, why do we live like this? We love the opportunity to visit new places, meet new people, visit old friends, and family. We love the unencumbered, uncluttered freedom, to enjoy being able to keep more of our income, to not be forced to change our lifestyle due to economic fluctuations, and maybe the most important reason… to never have to mow another yard nor shovel snow again. I absolutely guarantee there are more fun things to do.
Fulltimers nearly all fall into one of two categories. One group may actually travel (constantly meander) full time and may only stay a few days or a couple of weeks in a given location.
The other group may go to a specific destination and park their RV in one location for a more lengthy period of time—up to several months—for example, all winter. You have likely heard the term "snowbird." This refers to the RVer who will go south for the winter, stay a few months, but then go back to their home (usually) somewhere in the north when the weather warms up. Snowbirds often live in their RV several months of the year. They simply use their RV in the place of an apartment or condo-style of living but not necessarily traveling.
Sandy and I fall into the first category—i.e., we meander. Staying in one place more than a week is a long time for us with one exception. During the holidays, we go to Texas and are usually there from roughly Thanksgiving through Christmas. We are visiting family (one daughter, three grandkids, six great-grandkids) and taking care of those annual medical and dental things that everyone needs. We rarely pass though there at other times of the year.
So, we meander the rest of the year. Driving long distances is not our goal. We may spend a few days in one area and drive 30 miles and spend a few more days. We may spend a few days in one area and drive 150 miles to do it again. It all depends what we see, find, hear about, and what we want to do. It should be noted that finding a good local restaurant is reason enough to stop for the night!


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High winds wreak havoc
Man injured, barns flattened in sudden storm
Madam Dewi Surianti said the strong winds blew her mother off her seat as she tried to hold onto a picnic umbrella.ST PHOTO: ZAIHAN MOHAMED YUSOF, ARIFFIN JAMAR
Police set up a cordon near Murai Farmway after the storm.ST PHOTO: ZAIHAN MOHAMED YUSOF, ARIFFIN JAMAR
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Wild weather in Lim Chu Kang also brought down tree branches
Zaihan Mohamed Yusof
Senior Correspondent
zaihan@sph.com.sg
For 10 harrowing minutes yesterday afternoon, flower seller Dewi Surianti, her mother and a 10-year-old girl took cover under a table as heavy branches fell around them.
They held onto its legs so it would not get blown away.
It had been drizzling just minutes earlier at Pusara Abadi Muslim cemetery, off Lim Chu Kang Road, and they had no inkling of what was to come.
Then all of a sudden, the wind picked up and the rain came pelting down, said Madam Surianti, 41.
"My mother was holding onto the picnic umbrella to steady it," she said in Malay. "But it (the wind) was so strong that she flew off her seat while holding onto the umbrella.
"We were so scared we all tried to squeeze under the small table. I started praying."
At Chew's Group, four chicken barns were flattened by the winds, which were so strong that they ripped off zinc panels and carried some of them as far as the Muslim cemetery, 200m away. ST PHOTO: ZAIHAN MOHAMED YUSOF
A drenched Madam Surianti was picking up her flowers and belongings from the ground when The Straits Times spoke to her at the side of the road leading to the cemetery.
Just 200m away at Murai Farmway, it looked as if a tornado had ploughed through the area.
At least two farms are believed to have been affected by the sudden storm.
At Chew's Group, four chicken barns were flattened by the winds.
Police said they were alerted to a case of an injured person at Koon Lee Nursery in Murai Farmway at about 3.50pm.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force said it responded to a call for an ambulance at 4pm.
A 38-year-old man was taken to Ng Teng Fong General Hospital. ST understands that the plant nursery worker had suffered injuries to his leg and abrasions on his body.
The force of the winds was so great that it caused some zinc panels to cut into tree branches.
Fallen trees affect bus services in Bukit Batok, Choa Chu Kang
Other panels landed at the Muslim cemetery some 200m away, said graveyard worker Yusof Simen, 44.
"We immediately stopped work and ran for shelter. I can't imagine the injury if the zinc panels had hit a person," he said in Malay.
Nearby, the road leading to the Chinese cemetery was blocked by uprooted trees and fallen branches.
Cars were seen reversing out of the narrow road.
Fish farmer Simon Wu, who had stopped to talk to reporters in Murai Farmway, said he did not know the extent of the damage to his farm. When contacted last night, Mr Wu, 55, declined to say more.
Similarly, the owner of Chew's Group would not comment.
Lim Chu Kang Road was not the only area affected by the thunderstorm. There were incidents of fallen trees in Bukit Batok and Choa Chu Kang.
ST PHOTO: ARIFFIN JAMAR
Heavy winds flatten chicken coops in Lim Chu Kang
Hundreds of chickens belonging to Chew's Group in Lim Chu Kang were left without shelter after at least four large coops were battered and flattened by strong winds after yesterday's heavy downpour in various locations across the island. Over at the nearby Koon Lee Nursery, a 38-year-old worker was taken to hospital after suffering injuries on his leg and abrasions on his body.
A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on March 31, 2018, with the headline 'Man injured, barns flattened in sudden storm'. Print Edition | Subscribe
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New Hope Rosenwald School
Restoration Plan
Welcome to the official website of the New Hope Foundation, Inc., we are a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to the restoration and preservation of the historic New Hope Rosenwald School located in the small rural town of Fredonia, AL. Our undaunted commitment to this project will undoubtedly save the precious past to shape the future for future generations.
In the cooperative spirit of Booker T. Washington and Julius Rosenwald who began this journey during the early 20th century it will take a collective effort from the community and abroad to save this historic school. Just as it takes a village to raise a child, it will take a village to restore and preserve this hidden treasure nestled in the heart of Fredonia.
Please feel free to browse our website for additional information as we ask that you join us on the journey to save this historic school. .
George Barrow
President, New Hope Foundation, Inc.
Saving the Past to Shape the Future
Most of the historic Rosenwald schools have fallen into disrepair due to neglect or a lack of recognition for their historic significance. The New Hope Foundation is dedicated to the restoration and preservation of the New Hope School to assure that its precious legacy is recognized and passed along to future generations.
It takes a village to raise a child
This old African proverb became true to heart during the early 1900's when the African American citizens in the small rural town of Fredonia, Alabama joined forces with Booker T. Washington and Julius Rosenwald to construct the New Hope School which became the cornerstone for educating so many Black children in this community. This came at a time when these children were being deprived of a quality education due to inadequate facilities and teaching material.
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New Hope Foundation, Inc. is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization and all donations are tax deductible


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Good Grief, Charlie Brown
Contributors to the upcoming book "The Peanuts Papers" discuss the classic American comic strip. With Jennifer Finney Boylan, Bruce Handy, Chuck Klosterman, Elissa Schappell, and Chris Ware. Moderated by Emma Allen.
Photograph from Everett / Alamy
Jennifer Finney Boylan is the inaugural Anna Quindlen Writer-in-Residence at Barnard College. She is also a contributing opinion writer for the Times, where her column appears on alternate Wednesdays. She is the author of fifteen books, most recently the novel "Long Black Veil." Her memoir "She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders," published in 2003, was the first best-selling work by a transgender American.
Bruce Handy is the author of "Wild Things: The Joy of Reading Children's Literature as an Adult." A journalist, essayist, critic, and cartoonist manqué, he has spent most of his career writing and editing for magazines, including Spy, Time, Vanity Fair, and Esquire, where he is currently the features director. He has also contributed humor pieces to The New Yorker and wrote for one season of "Saturday Night Live." His first book for children, "The Happiness of a Dog with a Ball in Its Mouth," will be published in 2020.
Chuck Klosterman is a writer and journalist who has written for Spin, the Times Magazine, GQ, Esquire, the Guardian, Billboard, and the Washington Post. He is the author of eleven books, including "But What If We're Wrong?" and "Killing Yourself to Live."
Elissa Schappell is the author of two books of fiction, "Use Me," which was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award, and "Blueprints for Building Better Girls." With Jenny Offill, she co-edited the anthologies "The Friend Who Got Away" and "Money Changes Everything." She is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair, a former senior editor of The Paris Review, and a founding editor and editor-at-large of Tin House. She teaches creative writing in the M.F.A. programs at Columbia University and Queens University in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Chris Ware, a writer and artist, is a frequent contributor of graphic fiction and cover art to The New Yorker. Ware is the author of "Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth," which won the Guardian's First Book Award in 2001, and "Building Stories," which appeared on several lists of the best fiction of 2012. His newest graphic novel, "Rusty Brown," was just published. His work has been exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, the M.C.A., and the Whitney Museum of American Art, among other venues
Emma Allen is The New Yorker's cartoon editor, and also edits humor on newyorker.com.
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HPV boost
The plan to offer the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine to girls 11 to 12 years old was hailed as the correct decision at a town hall meeting yesterday.
George Griffith, executive director of the Barbados Family Planning Association, spoke of the benefits of the vaccine during the well-attended meeting at The St Michael School.
Speaking from the floor, he buttressed contributions made earlier by health professionals from the head table who sought to outline why it should be introduced. HPV is transmitted sexually and the vaccine protects against several types of cancers, including cervical cancer.
The vaccine is given in three doses over a six-month period.
"It is important to have this discussion. There are inquiring faces in the audience and that is important . . . but the long-term decisions must be in the best interest of our children," Griffith said.
"We have to behave in a way that we support the modern technology and its advances. We must give our children a chance. Let them be protected against the HPV virus," he said to applause.


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import org.apache.camel.component.olingo4.Olingo4Configuration;
import org.apache.camel.util.component.ApiMethodPropertiesHelper;

/**
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public final class Olingo4PropertiesHelper extends ApiMethodPropertiesHelper<Olingo4Configuration> {

    private static Olingo4PropertiesHelper helper;

    private Olingo4PropertiesHelper() {
        super(Olingo4Configuration.class, Olingo4Constants.PROPERTY_PREFIX);
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    public static synchronized Olingo4PropertiesHelper getHelper() {
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            helper = new Olingo4PropertiesHelper();
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        return helper;
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}

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Hugo Chavez Saves the American Bald Eagle
Tags: Hugo Chavez, Petty Island, Citgo, bald eagle
As if U.S.-Venezuelan relations could become no more bizarre, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has now donated an island to the state of New Jersey. No, what you are reading is not an article for The Onion or a conceptual skit for Comedy Central. The 392 acre property called Petty Island lies along the Delaware River. For decades it belonged to Citgo, the U.S. subsidiary of Venezuela's state oil company PdVSA. Tucked between heavily industrial sections of Camden County and the city of Philadelphia, Petty Island is home to a plethora of shorebirds including a nesting pair of bald eagles.
Yes, that's right: Chávez is now helping to save the national symbol of the United States from environmental degradation. Strange as it may seem, this latest move is merely the latest in a series of surreal twists and turns between the Obama and Chávez administrations. Confounded by the new resident of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Chávez has treated Obama schizophrenically. At one point the Venezuelan President called Obama "a poor ignoramus." Laying it on pretty thick, he added that Obama had "the same stench" — the smell of sulfur that Chávez said he smelled on the floor of the United Nations in 2006 after "devil" President Bush addressed diplomats — as his predecessor.
Before he traveled to the Summit of the Americas held in Port of Spain, Trinidad Chávez explained that he was preparing his verbal "artillery." "What will Mr. Obama come with? I don't know. We're going to see." Chávez, a big baseball aficionado, added "We'll see what the pitcher throws." Later reversing his hostile posture, Chávez greeted Obama warmly at the summit. As Chávez provided Obama with a copy of Eduardo Galeano's Open Veins of Latin America, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Michele Bachelet of Chile looked on in disbelief.
An astute politician, Chávez has recognized that the U.S. has now "re-branded" itself and that fiery confrontation with Washington will not work as effectively as it did during the Bush years. For Chávez, donating an island to the state of New Jersey is no "petty" or trivial matter. Indeed, Petty Island is yet the latest chapter in Chávez's ongoing public relations efforts in the United States. Key to Chávez's outreach has been oil company Citgo, headquartered in Houston, Texas. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the company set up disaster relief centers in Louisiana and Texas and provided humanitarian to thousands of victims. Volunteers based at Citgo refineries in Lake Charles, Louisiana and Corpus Christi, Texas, provided medical care, food and water to approximately 5,000 people. In Houston meanwhile, Citgo volunteers provided similar assistance to a whopping 40,000 victims. As a result of hurricanes Katrina and Rita, refineries closed all over the Gulf of Mexico and this in turn led to lower oil production and higher oil prices. Visiting Bronx, New York in 2005, Chávez offered to sell discounted heating oil to poor families in the area. Following through on his pledge, the Venezuelan President had Citgo send 20 million gallons of oil to 181,000 families in eight states, including thousands in New York. Today, Citgo donates 100 million gallons of oil to 224,000 poor families within 23 states.
Four years after his announcement of the Citgo program in the Bronx, Chávez continues to pursue his oil diplomacy in the United States. Choosing to make a splash, the Venezuelan leader announced the Petty Island deal during the Summit of the Americas in Trinidad. Today, Citgo does not conduct any commercial operations on the island, merely environmental restoration projects. About half of Petty Island still has old tankers, a refinery, storage facilities and vehicles dating from Citgo's old days.
Elizabeth Kinsey, a Quaker, acquired the island from Lenni-Lenape Indians in the late 17th century and later transferred the property to William Penn. Petty Island has had a long and colorful history; indeed it's been home to a slave depot and possibly even pirates. The island takes its name from John Petty who owned it around the time of the American Revolution. During the 19th century schooners were built here and a summer resort flourished before industrial operations took root in the early 1900s.
As I point out in my recent book Revolution! South America and the Rise of the New Left (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2008), the environment has not always been Chávez's strong suit. Indeed, the Venezuelan oil producing area of Lake Maracaibo has become an ecological disaster in recent years, overrun by patches of noxious duckweed. By donating Petty Island to New Jersey, Chávez may hope to burnish his environmental credentials.
Compared to other U.S. oil companies which refuse to accept responsibility for contamination, Citgo has stood out as a result of its handling of the Petty Island affair. In 2004, the oil company offered to carry out an environmental cleanup of the island and transform the place into a wildlife refuge. In making his offer, Chávez was actually adopting a more environmentally friendly posture than then New Jersey Governor James McGreevey, who actually blocked Citgo's offer.
According to the New York Times the Governor, supported by Democrats in South Jersey, wanted to give "the island to developers for a hotel, a conference center, a golf course and 300 homes." Prospective home buyers would be drawn to Petty Island, which is said to offer impressive views of both Philadelphia and Camden. Reportedly a Raleigh, North Carolina-based development company called Cherokee Investment Partners would have overseen the development but the proposal was shelved once the real estate market softened.
Had McGreevey succeeded with his development agenda this would have constituted an environmental tragedy: Petty Island is in the path of a major flyway for migrating birds and passing songbirds find cover within the island's woods and wetlands. What's more, the island is surrounded by 140 acres of ecologically important riparian lands. In addition to the pair of American bald eagles — the only ones of their kind in Camden County — the island also provides habitat for both the great blue heron and endangered black-crowned night-heron.
In 2005, during his first gubernatorial campaign in New Jersey, Jon Corzine jettisoned the environmentally unfriendly policies of his predecessor and pledged to preserve Petty Island. Just this week during Earth Day Corzine accepted Chávez's donation, remarking "Petty's Island has become an important home to bald eagles, kestrels, and a wide variety of waterfowl. We are opening a new chapter in the island's long history by restoring it and giving it back to nature and the people of New Jersey."
Under an agreement Citgo must remove structures associated with former oil development and complete cleanup of industrial contamination before the island is transferred to the state of New Jersey. Eventually, it is hoped that the island might become suitable for recreational activities such as hiking, fishing, birding, kayaking, and canoeing. As part of its commitment, Citgo will provide $2 million to New Jersey to maintain Petty Island as a nature preserve and $1 million to set up a cultural and educational center. The transfer cannot take place until 2020 at the earliest, three years after a current lease for the island expires.
The Petty Island affair has not been immune from political controversy. At the last minute, Corzine cancelled a ceremony designed to commemorate the environmental deal. One Corzine official said the governor feared that Chávez was planning to issue a video statement complimenting the New Jersey governor which would have proven politically problematic for Democrat Corzine who is facing reelection this year. The official added that the concern was that Republicans might use the Chávez statement to depict Corzine as a "socialist." "Even the event for getting an island for free turned petty," lamented Jeff Tittel of the Sierra Club, who declared he had received an invitation to the Petty Island ceremony only to learn at the last minute from Corzine staffers that the event had been scrapped.
Judging from the debate at apporea.org, a pro-Chávez Web site, people are similarly conflicted on the issue in Venezuela. While some posters commended Chávez for seeking to extend an olive branch to the United States, others wrote that the Venezuelan leader was wasting his time trying to appease ignorant gringos who displayed scant regard for Latin America.
Whatever his motivations, Chávez deserves credit for the Citgo deal on Petty Island. Though it's a largely symbolic move, the affair could help to mend tattered relations between the United States and Venezuela. The question however is why the burden should solely be on Chávez to reach out to the United States? After all, Venezuela never allied with political forces determined to unseat the U.S. government while the Bush administration certainly offered support to the Venezuelan opposition which briefly unseated Chávez from power in April, 2002.
So far, Obama has offered platitudes about the need for the United States to respect its Latin American neighbors without offering much in concrete terms. What about calling for a shedding of light on the U.S. role during the April, 2002 coup in Venezuela? The U.S. President has long extolled the virtues of political transparency and the American public surely wants to rekindle its democracy right now. Obama should reciprocate to Chávez's overtures by cleaning house, in the process demonstrating that there is still accountability in Washington for foreign policy ventures run amok.


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Figure 1. Example of PeakTrace Basecalling on a ABI 3730 trace. The original ABI KB basecall is shown on top.
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The dLUTE family of reagent permits nanolitre scale molecular biological reactions to be performed using microlitre scale liquid handling equipment. The first dLUTE product to be released, dLUTE SEQ™, allows DNA sequencing reactions to be performed in volumes as small as 0.1µl using as little as 0.04µl (40nl) of the very expensive BigDye mix chemistry. This usage rate is equivalent to a 1 in 320 dilution sequencing reaction.
Figure 3. dLUTE SEQ before and after thermocycling. Left tube: The initial dLUTE state. In this state the aqueous phase (pink color) is dispersed throughout the inert phase. Right tube: The reaction dLUTE state. In this state the aqueous sequencing reaction phase (red) has separated from the inert phase (clear) which protects the reaction from evaporation.
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CounterTrace II™ is an update of the CounterTrace DNA sequencing reagent & software system designed for use with the ABI KB base caller for traces collected on the ABI 3730 and ABI 3730xl sequencers. The CounterTrace II DNA sequencing software utilizes a labeled nucleic acid fragment ladder to enable improved signal processing of each sequence trace's raw data. The CounterTrace standard is composed of DNA fragments of known size covering the base region from 520 to 1220 that are labeled with a proprietary fluorophore. This dye enables the standard peak locations to be detected and sized in the presence of the four color dideoxy sequencing peaks. The CounterTrace II DNA sequencing software uses the location of the CounterTrace standard peaks in the processing of the DNA trace data. The resulting improved automated DNA sequencing traces can be base and quality called using Applied Biosystems KB base caller. The CounterTrace II DNA sequencing system offers increases in alignable KB Q20+ read lengths of up to 30% for individual sequence traces, with an average of 15 – 20% in high throughput sequencing centers. The CounterTrace II DNA sequencing software can also be used successfully in smaller core facilities and even by individual investigators. For more details and pricing information please visit the CounterTrace II DNA sequencing software & reagent page or download the CounterTrace II DNA sequencing software overview pdf.
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The UniSeq™ genome DNA sequencing technology allows the user to rapidly sequence any cloned DNA region by the primer walking method without the need for custom oligonucleotide synthesis. The Uniseq technology is based on the UniPrime™ technology developed by Nucleics. UniPrime utilizes a unique design and combination of short oligonucleotides to produce individual, template-specific, sequencing primers. These primers are used directly in the sanger sequencing reaction without the need for additional enzymatic steps. The associated software (UniFinish™) can rapidly parse genome assembly files (e.g. PHRAP ace files) and identify the DNA templates and oligonucleotide primer pairs required to close contig gaps and poor quality regions by the primer walking method. This software allows easy integration into existing whole genome sequencing shotgun operations. The UniSeq technology is robust and provides significant time and cost savings over current genome sequencing protocols. For further information on the UniSeq™ system please visit the UniSeq page download the UniSeq genome sequencing overview or visit the UniSeq DNA sequencing FAQ page.
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The logo for the international 'Naval exercise' Sea Breeze 2011. What's the dove doing on it ? you might ask – and one wonders what the word Respect is doing on the graphic ? We didn't think Americans could do irony . . . .
A recent article throws a new light on the upheaval in Syria. It also suggests that the massive naval exercise that has just taken place off the coast of Ukraine has been another move in the Cold War strategy that the USA has never ceased to pursue against the Russian Federation.
For the first time, the USA has deployed ships carrying elements of its anti-ballistic missile defence system in the Black Sea , and is actively engaged in pulling in as many of Russia's neighbours as possible into an obviously hostile alliance.
The USA is economically bankrupt, and reliant on imported fossil fuels. Its only claim to be the world's premier superpower is its massive armed forces, which are spread out across the world ensuring that its access to other nations resources are secure.
The Russian Federation has vast gas and oilfields; and areas that were once inaccessible containing these and other resources are – with climate change – becoming increasingly possible, and profitable, to exploit.
The article – from the publication Global Research – is called NATO Incorporates Libyan Experience For Global War Template [by Rick Rozoff], and first of all summarises how NATO, the world's only active military alliance has been fighting ceaseless war, leading to the completely disproportionate 'Defence' budget in the USA.
Then he goes on to describe the 'provocative' naval exercises taking place near the Russian Black Sea Port; and how this is part of a jigsaw whereby the US military 'empire' is attempting, despite – or maybe because of – the looming bankruptcy of its economy to pursue a strategy of encirclement around Russia.
The Pentagon and NATO are currently concluding the Sea Breeze 2011 naval exercise in the Black Sea off the coast of Ukraine, near the headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet based in Sebastopol. Participants include the U.S., Britain, Azerbaijan, Algeria, Belgium, Denmark, Georgia, Germany, Macedonia, Moldova, Sweden, Turkey and host nation Ukraine. All but Algeria and Moldova are Troop Contributing Nations for NATO's Afghan war. The once-annual maneuvers resumed again last year after the Ukrainian parliament banned them in 2009. This year's exercise was arranged on the initiative of chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Michael Mullen. Last year's Sea Breeze drills, the largest in the Black Sea, included 20 naval vessels, 13 aircraft and more than 1,600 military personnel from the U.S., Azerbaijan, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Moldova, Sweden, Turkey and Ukraine.
This year the guided missile cruiser USS Monterey joined the exercise. The warship is the first deployed to the Mediterranean, and now the Black Sea for the Pentagon's Phased Adaptive Approach interceptor missile program, one which in upcoming years will include at least 40 Standard Missile-3 interceptors in Poland and Romania and on Aegis class destroyers and cruisers in the Mediterranean, Black and Baltic Seas. Upgraded versions of the missile, the Block IB, Block IIA and Block IIB, are seen by Russian political analysts and military commanders as threats to Russia's long-range missiles and as such to the nation's strategic potential.
The article then goes on to describe how this is part of a game plan in which the fall of the Assad regime in Syria, and its replacement by one more 'friendly' to the Western Axis would be a perfect way of excluding the Russian Fleet from vast areas of the globe . . .
"Without doubt, the US is stepping up pressure on Russia's Black Sea fleet. The US's provocation is taking place against the backdrop of the turmoil in Syria. Russia is stubbornly blocking US attempts to drum up a case for Libya-style intervention in Syria. Moscow understands that a major reason for the US to push for regime change in Syria is to get the Russian naval base in that country wound up.


On Wednesday, March 2nd, HS A&B Honor Roll Students from 1st semester were treated to a breakfast to celebrate their achievements. Superintendent Bullard congratulated students and told them how proud they should be to earn such good grades. Congratulations, students! Keep up the good work!


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Added on 09/13/2016 Rich Howells Electric City Music Conference , guide , music festival , Scranton , Steamtown Music Awards , Tunefly
The complete updated guide to the 2016 Electric City Music Conference
Now in its third year, the Electric City Music Conference is bigger than ever with over 150 artists performing across 12 venues, the popular Steamtown Music Awards with new categories added in 2016, and free panel discussions for musicians and music fans alike. It's the complete package for anyone who wants to support the Northeastern Pennsylvania music scene, but with so much going on from Thursday, Sept. 15 through Saturday, Sept. 17, it may be a bit overwhelming. That's why we've organized all the information you need to know in this handy guide, including dates, times, locations, and prices – all you have to worry about is cramming as many of these talented acts into your schedule as possible.
The Steamtown Music Awards at The V-Spot on Thursday are free to all nominees and $5 at the door for everyone else. All shows on Friday and Saturday are $5 at the door except for Friday's all-ages "Future of the Scene" Showcase at the AfA Gallery and Saturday's outdoor concert with heavy metal legends The Rods at Thirst T's Bar & Grill; these shows are $10, with proceeds benefiting the gallery and RSD/CRPS research and the Olyphant Fireman Relief Fund, respectively. The all-ages shows at Lyrics Music Venue are also $10.
For those who want to hit multiple venues throughout the weekend, one-day hopper passes are $15 and three-day hopper passes are $25; they can be purchased online via Eventbrite. These passes, which are honored at every show except for The Rods at Thirst T's (due to it being a charity event), can be picked up during the award ceremony at The V-Spot on Thursday from 7 p.m.-11 p.m. or on Friday and Saturday at Kildare's Irish Pub and the Irish Wolf Pub from 7 p.m.-midnight and on Saturday at the AfA Gallery from 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
Venues are arranged alphabetically below with links leading to the individual Facebook event pages for more info.
2016 Electric City Music Conference schedule
Steamtown Music Awards at The V-Spot (906 Providence Rd., Scranton) – 6 p.m.-midnight
Come early for the red carpet interviews hosted by NEPA Scene from 6 p.m.-7:15 p.m. and stay for the awards ceremony and networking with local musicians from every genre. DJ'ed by DJ Hersh, the SMAs will also feature live performances by Umbriel, Still Hand String Band, Dani-Elle, Mercy Gang, The Boneflowers, Skip Monday, Flatland Ruckus, A Fire with Friends, and a tribute to Lifetime Achievement Award winner George Wesley with Ken Norton, Katie Kelly, JP Williams, and Zhach Kelsch.
Free for nominees and $5 for everyone else.
Adezzo (515 Center St., Scranton) – $5
Jenn Johnson – 6 p.m.–6:45 p.m.
Chris Cashmere – 7 p.m.– 7:45 p.m.
Statues & Stories – 8 p.m.– 8:45 p.m.
AfA Gallery (514 Lackawanna Ave., Scranton) – "Future of the Scene" Showcase – all-ages – $10 (proceeds benefit the gallery)
Shock Value – 6 p.m.–6:45 p.m.
The Tellerz – 7:15 p.m.–7:45 p.m.
Ten Stories – 8 p.m.–8:45 p.m.
James Barrett – 9 p.m.–9:45 p.m.
Backyard Ale House (523 Linden St., Scranton) – $5
Black Tie Brass	– 8 p.m.– 8:45 p.m.
Mountain Sky Orchestra – 9 p.m.–9:45 p.m.
Family Animals – 10 p.m.–10:45 p.m.
Sara Hulse and Campfire Jones – 11 p.m.–11:45 p.m.
Quoth ('80s set) – Midnight–1:30 a.m.
The Bog (341 Adams Ave., Scranton) – $5
Three Imaginary Boys – 7 p.m.–7:45 p.m.
Matt Wheeler – 8 p.m.–8:45 p.m.
The Onyx Oak (Katie Kelly) – 9 p.m.–9:45 p.m.
Aaron Fink – 10 p.m.–10:45 p.m.
Elephants Dancing – 11 p.m.-11:45 p.m.
Louie J (Eric Swanson) – Midnight–1:45 a.m.
Irish Wolf Pub (503 Linden St., Scranton) – $5
Sad Sorry – 7 p.m.–7:45 p.m.
FreePaw – 8 p.m.–8:45 p.m.
Clever Clever – 9 p.m.–9:45 p.m.
Indigo Moon Brass Band – 10 p.m.–10:45 p.m.
Russello Project – 11 p.m.–11:45 p.m.
X-Terra – Midnight–12:45 a.m.
Penpal and MC K-One – 1 a.m.– 1:45 a.m.
The Keys (244 Penn Ave., Scranton) – $5
The Greater Victory – 7 p.m.–7:45 p.m.
Heart Out – 8 p.m.–8:45 p.m.
Black Hole Heart – 9 p.m.–9:45 p.m.
Old Charades – 10 p.m.– 10:45 p.m.
A Season Underground – 11 p.m.– 11:45 p.m.
LittleStarRun – Midnight–12:45 a.m.
Kildare's Irish Pub (119 Jefferson Ave., Scranton) – $5
Taylor Tote – 7 p.m.–7:45 p.m.
Dance Hall Devils – 8 p.m.–8:45 p.m.
Asialena – 9 p.m.–9:45 p.m.
Skip Monday – 10 p.m.–10:45 p.m.
Kenton – 11 p.m.–1:45 a.m.
Lyrics Music Venue (76 S. Main St., Carbondale) – all-ages – $10
The Tisburys – 7 p.m.-7:45 p.m.
Karate Camp – 8 p.m.-8:45 p.m.
Defendant – 9 p.m.-9:45 p.m.
Ace & The Kings – 10 p.m.-10:45 p.m.
Until We Get Caught – 11 p.m.-11:45 p.m.
Men-Ji – Midnight-12:45 a.m.
New Penny Lounge (1827 N. Main Ave., Scranton) – $5
Suff3r?	– 7 p.m.–7:45 p.m.
Nate Williams – 8 p.m.–8:45 p.m.
CrimZn – 9 p.m.–9:45 p.m.
Trogang	– 10 p.m.– 10:45 p.m.
Used-Car Cowboy & The Jerks – 11 p.m.–12:15 a.m.
Thirst T's Bar & Grill (120 Lincoln St., Olyphant) – $5
The Barn Cats – 8 p.m.–8:45 p.m.
JP Williams Blues Band – 9 p.m.–9:45 p.m.
Just Blush – 10 p.m.–10:45 p.m.
Grayson Drive – 11 p.m.–11:45 p.m.
Crashing Aperture – Midnight–1:45 a.m.
The Vault Tap & Kitchen (301 N. Main Ave., Scranton) – $5
Outdoor stage:
University Drive – 7 p.m.– 7:45 p.m.
Esta Coda – 8 p.m.– 8:45 p.m.
LondonForce – 9 p.m.– 9:45 p.m.
Indoor stage:
Adam Bailey – 10 p.m.– 11 p.m.
Drew Loomis – 11 p.m.–midnight
Newpy Hundo – Midnight-1:45 a.m.
The V-Spot (906 Providence Rd., Scranton) – $5
Kick-Off Happy Hour with Patrick McGlynn – 6 p.m.-7 p.m.
Joe Cigan – 7 p.m.–7:45 p.m.
Toothless – 8 p.m.–8:45 p.m.
I Trush You to Kill Me – 9 p.m.–9:45 p.m.
One Red X – 10 p.m.–10:45 p.m.
Behind the Grey – 11 p.m.–midnight
Ervasa – 12:15 a.m.– 12:45 a.m.
Riley Loftus – 1 a.m.-1:45 a.m.
Panel discussions – AfA Gallery (514 Lackawanna Ave., Scranton) – free
Free breakfast with live music – 11 a.m.-11:45 a.m.
Enjoy a free breakfast before the panels begin with handpan music by Steve Werner and check out tables with information about NEPA Scene, Northeast Music Center, Scranton Fringe Festival, Reaper's Revenge Haunted Hayride, Tunefly, and Psycho Nurse.
State of the Scene, presented by NEPA Scene – 11:15 a.m.-noon
with Rich Howells, Joe Caviston, Brittany Boote, Greg Shaffer, and Cory Wolff
An open and honest discussion of the current state of the local music scene. Issues will be identified and solutions will be proposed.
Developing promoter and talent buyer relations – noon-1 p.m.
with Chris Castillo, Brittany Boote, Greg Shaffer, Vince Volz, and Jim Thorpe
Musicians are introduced to promoters and talent buyers of all levels who they can network with when trying to create a fan base in the Pennsylvania music market, showcasing a mix of venues, from house shows to bars to large festivals.
I got signed and… – 1 p.m.-2 p.m.
with James Thomas Huy, Mark Woodbridge, Bret Alexander, Frank Woodworth, and Andrew Riccatelli
A discussion of the benefits and the drawbacks to "getting signed" with the guys who have been there. Panelists will speak about their personal experiences in dealing with labels, how artists should go about catching the attention of a record label, and the dos and don'ts of signing a recording contract.
Utilizing media outlets to further your career – 2 p.m.-3 p.m.
with Tori Thomas, Rich Howells, Freddie Fabbri, Matt Mattei, and Jeff Pittinger
Representatives from print media, blogs, and radio talk about the relationship between music media and musicians and how performers should pitch media outlets, what outlets to target, and much more.
Taking the next step, being a professional – 3 p.m.-4 p.m.
with Erick Droegmoeller, Suzanne Paulinski, and Cory Wolff
A panel of music industry professionals will explain when you are ready to take your musical career to the next level, the steps you should take to do so, and how you can make a living as a professional musician.
Building your fan base with social media, presented by Tunefly – 4 p.m.-5 p.m.
Locally developed music app Tunefly 2.0 will be officially released at the Electric City Music Conference. Join the creators of Tunefly for a discussion on growing your fan base using the power of social media marketing, as well as an in-depth look at Tunefly.
Poeta (acoustic set) – 6 p.m.–6:45 p.m.
Jamie Kali Ra – 7 p.m.–7:45 p.m.
Riley Loftus – 8 p.m.–8:45 p.m.
Fiddy Shades – 9 p.m.–9:45 p.m.
Jessica Illuzzi and Village Idiots – 8 p.m.–9 p.m.
Zayre Mountain – 9 p.m.–10 p.m.
Jung Bergo – 10 p.m.–11 p.m.
Mizimu – 11 p.m.–midnight
Tired Army – 7 p.m.– 8 p.m.
Doghouse Charlie – 8:15 p.m.– 9:15 p.m.
Dustin Douglas & The Electric Gentlemen – 9:30 p.m.-10:30 p.m.
Spruce Springsteen – 10:45 p.m.–11:45 p.m.
Bummer's End – Midnight-1:45 a.m.
Death Grip – 7 p.m.–7:45 p.m.
Facing the Giants – 8 p.m.–8:45 p.m.
Slapjaw – 9 p.m.–9:45 p.m.
uMan Era – 10 p.m.–10:45 p.m.
The Queeftones – 11 p.m.–11:45 p.m.
ISOBE – Midnight–1:45 a.m.
Science Queen – 7 p.m.–7:45 p.m.
E57 – 8 p.m.–8:45 p.m.
Poeta – 9 p.m.–9:45 p.m.
Pity Party – 10 p.m.–10:45 p.m.
Sucker – 11 p.m.–11:45 p.m.
Plaid the Inhaler – Midnight–12:45 a.m.
Wild Planes – 1 a.m.–1:45 a.m.
EquallyOpposite – 8 p.m.–8:45 p.m.
North Winds – 9 p.m.–9:45 p.m.
Light Weight – 10 p.m.–10:45 p.m.
Jay Valer – 11 p.m.–midnight
James Thomas – Midnight–12:30 a.m.
DJ Josh Beatz – 12:30 a.m.–1:45 a.m.
10griffy – 6 p.m.–6:30 p.m.
Bottle Rocket – 6:45 p.m.–7:15 p.m.
Dreamers, Like Us – 7:30 p.m.–8 p.m.
Patterns (reunion show) – 8:15 p.m.–8:45 p.m.
Terror on the Screen (reunion show) – 9 p.m.–9:45 p.m.
One Last Time (reunion show) – 10 p.m.–10:45 p.m.
Static in the Attic – 11 p.m.–11:45 p.m.
Inventure – 7 p.m.–7:45 p.m.
TheOfficialOverDose – 8 p.m.–8:45 p.m.
Drew Breeze – 9 p.m.–9:45 p.m.
Apache Chief – 10 p.m.–10:45 p.m.
Mercy Gang – 11 p.m.–11:45 p.m.
Animal Planit – Midnight–12:45 p.m.
Thirst T's Bar & Grill (120 Lincoln St., Olyphant) – $10 (proceeds benefit RSD/CRPS research and the Olyphant Fireman Relief Fund)
Polly Anna – 6 p.m.–6:45 p.m.
The Molly Pitcher Path – 7 p.m.–7:45 p.m.
Skin-n-Bones – 8 p.m.-8:45 p.m.
The Rods – 9 p.m.–10 p.m.
Better Than Bad – 10 p.m.–11:30 p.m.
The Chatter – 11:45 p.m.–1:45 a.m.
GlowNovember – 7 p.m.–7:45 p.m.
Tony Halchak – 8 p.m.–8:45 p.m.
Black Tie Stereo – 9 p.m.–9:45 p.m.
Chris Hludzik – 10 p.m.–11 p.m.
Rob Palmitessa – 11 p.m.–midnight
DJ Cryptic featuring feverCEZER – Midnight–1:45 a.m.
Kick-Off Happy Hour with RJ Scouton – 6 p.m.-7 p.m.
Silhoutette Lies – 7 p.m.–7:45 p.m.
Deaf Rhino – 8 p.m.–8:45 p.m.
Psycho Nurse (CD release party) – 9 p.m.–9:45 p.m.
Grail – 10 p.m.–10:30 p.m.
Red Hymns – 10:45 p.m.–11:15 p.m.
Destination West – 11:30 p.m.–12:15 a.m.
Dead Giveaway – 12:30 a.m.–1:30 a.m.
by Rich Howells
Rich is an award-winning journalist, longtime blogger, adequate photographer, podcast co-host, and practicing poet. He is the founder and editor of NEPA Scene.
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Corridor squads make football, volleyball playoffs; first round this weekend
This Friday and Saturday marks the opening weekend of the Colorado High School Activities Association football and volleyball playoffs.
Five I-70 Corridor teams will take to the postseason gridiron or court this weekend.
The Strasburg Indians, 8-1 overall and undefeated in League 5, are the second seed in the 1A football bracket and will host the 15th-seeded Burlington Cougars at 7 p.m., Friday, Nov. 4. Burlington enters the playoff 2-7 overall and 0-5 in League 4, previously known as the North Central League. All six teams from League 4 qualified for the playoffs. The winner will play the winner of No. 7 Centauri and 10th-seeded Gunnison during the quarterfinal weekend Nov. 11-12.
The Bennett Tigers, who finished their season 7-2 and 4-1 in League 1, were the final team to make the 16-team 2A bracket but were seeded 15th because of CHSAA's desire to avoid first-round playoff matches between teams in the same league. The orange-and-black will travel to Eaton Saturday for a 1 p.m. kickoff against the No. 2-seeded Reds. If it wins, the orange-and-black would advance to the quarterfinals Nov. 11-12 against the winner of No. 7 Basalt or 10th-seeded Woodland Park.
The fifth-seeded Strasburg Lady Indians host 2A Region 5 on Saturday, Nov. 5. The red-and-black will play the first match at 10 a.m. against No. 32 Plateau Valley and the third and final match of the day against 20th-seeded Gilpin County at approximately 2 p.m. The winner of the round-robin advances to the Colorado State Volleyball Championships Nov. 10-12.
The Byers Lady Bulldogs are seeded 25th and travel to 11th-seeded Sanford for Region 11 on Saturday. Byers and the host school will battle in the first match of the day at 9 a.m. and Byers will follow-up with the next match against No. 14 Front Range Christian. The winner also advances to the following weekend's state tournament.
In 3A, the Bennett Lady Tigers are seeded 21st and will participate in 3A Region 4 hosted by Faith Christian in Arvada. The host school and 32nd-seeded Aspen will start the action at 2 p.m. with Bennett to play the following two contests — against Aspen first, followed by Faith Christian. The winner of the day advances to the state tournament.
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Otevan () is a village in the Metsadzor Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. The village is home to a 12th-century ruined Armenian church as well as the ruins of a fortress and is mostly populated by Yezidis.

See also

Genocide of Yazidis by ISIL
Yazidis in Armenia

References

Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census
Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 18, available online at the US embassy to Armenia's website

Populated places in Aragatsotn Province
Yazidi populated places in Armenia

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Q: how to generate Google Map Api Premier unique signature? I have a commercial application that is using google map (not static map) and GPS. I have Google map api premier client id and cryptographic key to use google map. But not able to generate google map api key (unique signature). I am using https://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/webservices/#GettingKeys
as reference to get key.
But not getting success.

A: try this link : how to get an api key
Here's an example of a Keytool command that generates an MD5 certificate fingerprint for the key alias_name in the keystore my-release-key.keystore:
$ keytool -list -alias alias_name -keystore my-release-key.keystore
Keytool will prompt you to enter passwords for the keystore and key. As output of the command, Keytool prints the fingerprint to the shell. For example:
Certificate fingerprint (MD5): 94:1E:43:49:87:73:BB:E6:A6:88:D7:20:F1:8E:B5:98
Once you have the fingerprint, you can go to the Maps API registration site: http://code.google.com/android/maps-api-signup.html

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Council passes homeless cuts budget
20th February 2014 20th February 2014 Red Traynor
A meeting of the Oxford County Council has passed a new budget agreement meaning that 38% of proposed funding cuts to the homeless services sector will go ahead. The decision means a £1.5m reduction in funding for Oxford's homeless services and comes after months of campaigning in protest from students, service workers and members of the public.
Lesley Dewhurst, head of an Oxford charity for the homeless told The Oxford Student: "This is very disappointing news, but it is not different from anything we expected. We were very pleased with the campaign and the public support that we found along the way."
"We know that the County Council is now talking with district councils and hope that at least a bit of money can be found in other budgets to help us maintain a decent level of services."
It is still unclear how the cuts will affect the homeless sector. Dewhurst explained that, "It is too early too early to tell what the future is for homelessness services, since we don't know how the commissioners intend to apportion these cuts."
"However, we do know one thing for certain – our services will need to shrink and adapt which will not mean good things for the homeless people we serve".
Opposition to the cuts has been widespread. At a well-attended protest to oppose the changes last month, Dewhurst warned that there would be "more deaths on the streets and the closure of one of Oxford's three night shelters", if the budget plans go ahead.
The cuts follow a Central government plan to reduce Oxford County Council's budget by £61m over the next four years.
In opposition to the cuts, Green councillor Sam Coates said: "I want to make the case for living in a society where people care about each other. A more humane society is something worth paying for."
In defence of the budget, Conservative councillor Ian Hudspeth, the chair of the meeting, said: "Voting against this budget will be voting against flood relief money, against increasing care visits to 30 minutes and against the vulnerable residents of Oxford".
The budget was passed by 30 votes to 27.
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Due to not having legal documents, Jose (14), his 3 sisters (19, 17, and 13), and his cousin (16) had to illegally cross the border to enter the United States. With his father hiring a Coyote (People who….), they decided to go over the fence to enter the US. On their first attempt, the Mexican Police caught all 5 children attempting to reach the fence.


TAMPA, Fla., Oct. 24, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — College Hunks Hauling Junk & Moving has been named a top franchise opportunity for Veterans in 2018 by the Franchise Business Review. Each year, Franchise Business Review surveys thousands of franchise owners across North America and publishes a ranking of today's top franchise opportunities based exclusively on owner satisfaction.
College Hunks has been franchising for 10 years and is made up of over 10% veteran-owned franchises.
FBR researched hundreds of franchise companies to compile this ranking, and College Hunks was rated among the very best franchises by their own franchisees.
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Fatal Flaws of a Salesman
Death of a Salesman Essays
Arthur Miller's play "Death of a Salesman" examines the final two days in the life of an ordinary man named Willy Loman as he begins losing his sanity and finally commits suicide. Although the time period of the play spans only two days, because of Willy's failing memory and the distracted way in which Arthur Miller chooses to portray this interaction of memory and the present, the reader, or the viewer, has the opportunity to get to know Willy and his perceptions regarding his relationships pretty well. "Willy Loman is clearly not the usual tragic hero; he is lower middle class and none too clever. The world he inhabits is that of amoral, capitalistic big business rather than one with any clear moral value" (Abbotson, 2000, p. 25), which prevents him from making a meaningful connection with his family in his time of crisis. Critic Harold Bloom has written that Willy Loman "Has confused himself into the belief that without success he does not deserve to be loved… [that] Loman fails to see that familial love never can be deserved, or undeserved, but only is, or is not." This tragic flaw prevents Willy from finding the comfort in family that family is supposed to provide, it creates a schism between Willy and his beloved oldest son Biff by whom Willy measures his success as a father and it creates a situation in which Willy feels compelled to do the only thing he feels he has left for his family, which is to die.
A great deal of what his family knows about Willy is based upon the image he feels he must portray of himself, therefore preventing his family from knowing the true Willy Loman and isolating him in a world of his own creation. Bloom notes early danger signs revealed during a memory when we "detect the seed of later difficulties as Willy tries to impress his boys by exaggerating the importance and prestige of his job" (1996, p. 15). Through this exaggeration, the reader is made to understand that "Loman has a faulty vision of what makes a person successful, which makes him flawed, but regardless of the opposition and the ultimate cost to himself, he refuses to give up that vision, which makes him, in Miller's eyes, a tragic hero" (Abbotson, 2000, p. 25). As he is finally brought to the realization that his slipping memory means he cannot work anymore, Willy finds himself grasping for a foundation within his family that cannot now be developed because of the way he has kept his true self hidden behind appearances. "Because material success seems so necessary to Willy, he believes that his sons cannot love him if he is not successful. Love becomes an item to be bought rather than something to be freely given" (Brockett, 1969). Likewise, his relationship with his wife only serves to remind him of how much he owes her, "you're my foundation and my support" (18) even when he just finished belittling her ideas.
In the cut-throat business world through which he has worked his whole life, the only refuge Willy had from the instability of his work was in his family, but his misunderstanding of how this world works instead causes a rift between himself and his son, the symbolism of success at home for Willy. "Willy Loman … lives by corrupt values because that is all he knows; thus he kills the whole purpose which the family held for him, the love of Biff" (Newman, 1958). This complete lack of communication that prevents the two men from regaining the close relationship they once had is caused by Willy, although he doesn't recognize it, as can be seen in Act 2 when he refuses to listen to Biff's ideas. By leading the questions, Willy inadvertently leads his son down a path of conversation that was more appropriate for the father and son of yesteryear rather than the father and adult son of the present. This communication style upset Biff and frustrated his attempts to discuss what was really on his mind, which was also evident to Willy. Because of his inability to recognize and appreciate the change that has taken place in the relationship as his son grew up, Willy is now no longer able to connect with Biff, causing him to conclude that he has failed as a father.
Success in business is absolutely essential for Willy's survival for reasons other than money, so his failure sets up a situation providing only one winning way out. As has been shown, material success was necessary to 'purchase' the love of his sons and provide for the support of his wife, which to Willy were true hallmarks of success. Having achieved this state, Willy would then be able to prove his role as the patriarch of the family: "The Home is the only realm where Willy can be the father, the patriarchal authority, so he invests it with sanctity" (Stanton, p. 135) which provides him with the feeling of importance he cannot attain in the business world. As a further means of asserting his patriarchal status, Willy continually works to build himself up in his son's eyes, advising them in ways that would make them be like him. However, the realization that he has reached the end of his career without having achieved the proper support for his wife serves to severely threaten Willy's patriarchal position. The renewed rift between himself and Biff only remind him of the various ways in which he has failed as a father. "It is only when Willy understands that Biff loves him, even though both are failures, that he achieves a degree of insight. It is too late to change the course of events, but he goes to his death more nearly at peace than at any time in the play" (Brockett, 1969). Willy's suicide, then, demonstrates both the incredible love he had for his family as well as his belief in the American ideal system and what his role in that system should be.
Throughout the play, there was little option for Willy to do anything other than what he did within the context of his personality and understanding. His absolute belief in the American ideal in which a father lived by certain principles to provide his family with their basic needs was inextricably tied to his ideas of his status within the family unit itself. From this perspective, the only way to attain familial success was to first obtain business success. Upon realizing he had not achieved business success, Willy was forced to acknowledge he had not achieved familial success. His suicide in the belief that the family would receive the $20,000 life insurance benefit was the only way in which Willy could achieve the type of success he'd dreamed of within his capabilities. By clearing away the problem of business success through his provision of the insurance money, Willy was finally able to come to the understanding that his son had loved him all along, regardless of whether he had achieved the magic material number and die with a sense of peace. The final tragic error in his line of thinking was the caveat in all insurance policies in which the benefit is not paid if death is achieved through suicide.
Abbotson, Susan C. Student Companion to Arthur Miller. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2000.
Bloom, Harold. Bloom's Notes: Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman. Broomall, PA: Chelsea House Publications, 1996.
Brockett, Oscar G. "An Introduction to Death of a Salesman." The Theatre: An Introduction. 2nd Ed. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1969.
Miller, Arthur. Death of a Salesman. New York: Viking Press, 1949.
Newman, William J. "The Role of the Family in Miller's Plays." Book Reviews: The Plays of Arthur Miller. Twentieth Century, Vol. 164, N. 981, November 1958.
Stanton, Kay. "Women and the American Dream of Death of a Salesman." Feminist Readings of Modern American Drama. Jane Schlueter (Ed.). Rutherford, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1989.
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Burnley Leisure has accessed £10,000 of Awards For All funding to deliver an innovative project to engage young people in outdoor activities as a way of improving their mental health.
Burnley, in line with national trends, is currently seeing rising mental health issues, particularly in primary school children.
Based in Thompson Park, Burnley, Getin2 Active Parks is an exciting opportunity to provide an engaging programme of educational outdoor activities.
Burnley Leisure is creating a programme based around a network of educational trails throughout Thompson Park and the neighbouring Brun Valley Forest Park; combining the benefits of education with physical activity. The aim is to tackle issues for local primary school age children who are experiencing mental health issues by creating outdoor education packages for them to access on their doorstep.
Getin2 Active Parks will use the outdoors, incorporating mountain biking, kayaking, fishing and orienteering, as group activities in order to improve children's mental health.
Michelle Grimes, Burnley Leisure's events and funding officer, said: "We will be working closely with the local school sports partnership and newly-formed Burnley Health and Wellbeing partnership to target young people who would benefit most from this programme.


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Machine learning and artificial intelligence have multiple applications in various fields. Communications and marketing is no exception. Just like other industries, it can help improve how smoothly everything runs and offer additional insights that were difficult to obtain manually.
We asked members of the Forbes Communications Council for ideas on how machine learning and artificial intelligence can help marketing and communications. The answers all pointed to creating extra time for humans and doing current tasks more efficiently.
There are several platforms available that assist with writing content. They allow you to enter in a few keywords about the topic you are interested in writing about, and then it creates the basis of a writing piece. I don't foresee it ever being the sole provider for content generation, but can be a powerful launching pad for creating something that is your own. - Jessica Hennessey, Wakefly, Inc.


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Grey St, St Kilda
This double storey Victorian house was restored and a contemporary addition at the rear was added which include 34 self-contained accommodation units. This new 3 storey brick building to the rear with a pitched roof (with flat roof top section) matches that of existing dwelling on the site. The rear addition is linked to the existing structure with a glazed connecting section that clearly marks the separation from a heritage structure to a modern day building.
Restoration of large double storey Edwardian house including the development of 19 fully contained bedsitter units to the rear. The additions were designed to preserve intact heritage character of the area with the premises is used by St Kilda Community Housing Ltd to house disadvantage persons.
Sporting pavilion
Field St, Clifton Hill
Single Storey sporting pavilion. The pavilion has been designed to complement the federation colours found in the neighbouring areas. While the proposal represents a contemporary form of development, the use of the brick work ensures that the pavilion is in keeping with the character of its surrounds.
Williamstown Road, Port Melbourne
Development of a new appliance bay at the rear of the Port Melbourne Fire Station. The development is respectful of the heritage character of the existing fire station however is a clearly distinguishable contemporary addition.
Community Housing
This project involved alterations to the existing heritage site in order to increase the available housing for low income residents. This project provides secure housing for the homeless and low income earners, enabling them to form a stable social network and provide them with opportunities to find employment. This project also highlights the wide range of projects and capabilities of that Urban Edge is prepared to take on.
Droop Street, Footscray
Development of a new appliance bay located towards the rear of the Footscray Fire Station.
Quan Minh Buddhist Temple
Burke Street, Braybrook
This development consisted of a new Buddhist Temple including nuns and monks residencies, car park, landscaping and Buddhist statue. Urbanedge assisted with the expansion of the temple site to include a primary school facility as an integrated element of the services provided to the local community.
Tenterfield Drive, Burnside Heights
Urban Edge worked with Scouts Victoria to develop this multipurpose scout hall that services the municipality of Melton. The hall is used by around 200 youths as well as external groups 7 days of the week and provides a functional and high quality space that enhances the local area.
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GameStop rides Red Dead sales to 3.4% growth in Q2
Mario Galaxy 2, UFC 2010, Starcraft II, and NCAA Football 11 round out top sellers; specialty retailer says it has "not seen any impact" from publishers' Online Pass schemes, increased competition in market.
By Brendan Sinclair on August 20, 2010 at 11:53AM PDT
The US game industry as a whole continues to limp along with shrinking sales, but it's a trend not reflected in GameStop's bottom line. The specialty retailer today released its financial figures for the quarter ended July 31, showing year-over-year jumps in sales and profits.
GameStop is brushing off EA's Online Pass like a halfhearted arm tackle.
GameStop revenues for the quarter totaled $1.8 billion, up 3.4 percent from the previous year's second-quarter haul of $1.74 billion. Although the company is most notable for its used gaming business, it saw a 5.3 percent spike in sales of new games. According to the company, the five best-sellers for the quarter were Red Dead Redemption, Super Mario Galaxy 2, UFC Undisputed 2010, Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty, and NCAA Football 11. GameStop's bottom line also improved, as the company posted net income of $40.3 million for the quarter, up 4.2 percent from the previous year's second-quarter take of $38.7 million.
In a postearnings conference call, GameStop executives played down concerns about recent trends like competing retailers getting into the used game business and publishers adopting "Online Pass" models for their games. GameStop CEO Paul Raines told analysts that the company has "seen no competitive impact" from new businesses in the used game space and has also not noticed any impact from onetime use codes packed into new releases.
As for how the company judges the effectiveness of the onetime use codes, Raines said, "We look at the title that had the first-use codes and we look at the trade volume and the used inventories on those and just haven't seen an impact yet." He said that only 25 percent of used game purchasers play those titles online, so locking out multiplayer features on used copies (as has been done with games like NCAA Football 11 and UFC Undisputed 2010) doesn't impact that audience.
GameStop expects things to continue growing. In the earnings call, chief financial officer Rob Lloyd said the company is increasing its forecast for new game sales worldwide from a range of 2 to 5 percent growth to 5 to 10 percent growth. Meanwhile, executive chairman Dan DeMatteo said the company believes the game lineup for the second half of 2010 is stronger than that of 2009, and the launches of Kinect and Move should return the gaming industry to growth.
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Rogério Ceni pleased by 'necessary' first win with Flamengo
Seamus Leonard Sunday, November 22, 2020, 22:18 UTC
Rogério Ceni insisted he would not spend much time celebrating his first win as Flamengo manager.
The former Fortaleza boss took charge of the Rubro-Negro following the dismissal of Domènec Torrent, but had suffered two Copa do Brasil defeats and been held by Atlético Goianiense in the league in his opening three games.
However, the 3-1 victory over Coritiba on Saturday helped Ceni break his duck, with the added bonus of sending his new side temporarily top of the Brasileirão table.
"I'm satisfied, happy, happy. Relieved? The coach does not celebrate more than five, ten minutes. But it was a necessary and helpful victory," Ceni said, per Gazeta Esportiva.
The win came using the 4-4-2 formation that had brought Jorge Jesus so much success during his time in charge of the Mengão.
But Ceni insisted that it is also his preferred approach, and that he will mould Flamengo in his own image.
"This system I use since March 2019. Fortaleza plays exactly as Flamengo plays, with different players, obviously," Ceni said.
"It is a very simple system, which I work and like. I don't climb because they used it, but because it is my system."
Wednesday, November 25, 2020, 0:30 UTC 0:30 UTC
Flamengo turn their attention to the Copa Libertadores now ahead of their trip to face Argentinian side Racing Club on Tuesday in a Round of 16 first leg tie.
Vissel Kobe officially announce the signing of Lincoln from Flamengo
Liverpool taking close look at Flamengo midfielder Daniel Cabral
Liverpool reportedly interested in Brazilian midfielder valued at £27 million
Anfield Watch
Gabigol delivers big on promise in Goiás victory
Pedro, Mkhitaryan limited in training ahead of Saturday's league fixture against Spezia
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Vladimir Vasilyevich Galouzine (    , Vladimir Galuzin, pronounced [vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr ɡɐˈluzʲɪn] )  est un ténor russe. Il a joué dans des opéras russes tels que La reine de pique, Boris Godunov et Khovanshchina et a joué les rôles principaux dans des opéras italiens comme Madama Butterfly, Otello, Tosca, Aida et Manon Lescaut.

Carrière
Vladimir Galouzine est né à Rubtsovsk, en Union soviétique, une ville près de Novossibirsk. En 1981, après avoir obtenu son diplôme du Conservatoire de Novossibirsk, il rejoint l'Opéra de Novossibirsk.

De 1990 à 2012, il a travaillé régulièrement avec le Théâtre Mariinsky sous la direction de Valery Gergiev. Son premier rôle de premier plan avec le Mariinsky a été le rôle titre dans Otello de Verdi en 1991. En 1993, il a fait ses débuts dans le rôle de Hermann dans La Dame de pique de Tchaikovsky un rôle qu'il a interprété à plusieurs reprises en russe et en français, et dont il est considéré comme l'un des meilleurs interprètes de sa génération. Il a également interprété le rôle titre dans Don Carlo de Verdi et dans Sadko de Rimsky-Korsakov, Radamès dans Aïda, Calaf dans Turandot, Des Grieux dans Manon Lescaut, Cavaradossi dans Tosca, Alexey dans the Gambler  de Prokofiev , Sergey in Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk de Chostakovitch, Khovansky dans la Khovanchtchina de Moussorgsky, Canio dans Pagliacci de Leoncavallo.

Il a joué dans la plupart des plus grands théâtres, salles de concert et festivals du monde, notamment le Metropolitan Opera, le San Francisco Opera, le Houston Grand Opera, le Los Angeles Opera et le Lyric Opera de Chicago aux États-Unis ; Royal Opera House de Londres, Covent Garden, au Royaume-Uni; Teatro alla Scala de Milan; La Fenice de Venise, le Teatro Verdi de Trieste, le Teatro Comunale di Bologna ainsi que le Teatro Comunale de Florence; l' Opéra d'État de Vienne en Autriche ; l' Opéra National (Bastille) et le Théâtre de Châtelet, tous deux à Paris, ainsi que le Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse et l'Opéra de Marseille en France ; Madrid « s Teatro Real et Barcelone Grand Teatre del s Liceu en Espagne; le théâtre Mariinsky à Saint-Pétersbourg et le théâtre Bolchoï à Moscou, en Russie ; L' opéra De Nederlandse d' Amsterdam aux Pays - Bas ; le Deutsche Oper Berlin, l' Opéra de Cologne et le Festspielhaus Baden-Baden en Allemagne ; le Nouveau Théâtre National de Tokyo, Japon ; l' Opéra israélien ; et le Teatro Colón de Buenos Aires, Argentine . En outre, il a joué au Festival de Salzbourg, aux festivals de Bregenz et d' Édimbourg et au Kennedy Center de Washington ; Le Royal Albert Hall de Londres ; les Chorégies d'Orange et les Arènes de Vérone .

Il a travaillé avec des chefs d'orchestre de renom tels que Valery Gergiev, Claudio Abbado, Riccardo Muti, Zubin Mehta, Seiji Ozawa, Michel Plasson, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Mstislav Rostropovich et Michail Jurowski entre autres.

En 2007, Vladimir Galouzine a été nommée Artiste du peuple de la Fédération de Russie . En 2008, il a reçu un doctorat honoris causa de l' Université nationale de musique de Bucarest . Le ténor se produit toujours sur scène principalement au Théâtre du Mariinsky où il interprète encore les rôles qui ont fait sa gloire, Calaf et Hermann notamment.

Vie privée
Vladimir a épousé la soprano Nataliya Tymchenko le 09 .

Liens externes

 Site officiel (inaccessible)
 Entretien avec Vladimir Galouzine,

Références

Chanteur russe d'opéra
Ténor russe
Artiste du peuple de la fédération de Russie
Naissance en juin 1956
Naissance dans le kraï de l'Altaï