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Q: Null QString initiazliation: curly braces or QString()? The similar question can be found here.
I want to pass a null QString to void foo(const QString &). The standard answer from many resources, examples and Qt docs is:
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However, can I consider the following initialization as a better replacement in C++11 and later?
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It's basically a shorter notation, however probably there are some pitfalls or caveats?

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Customary (BV1): The Customary is designed to help plan for the Bishop's Visitation.
Confirmand Letter Ideas (BV2): Suggestions for topics in a letter to the Bishop from Confirmands prior to the Visitation.
Checklist (BV3): A checklist of items necessary for a successful Visitation by the Bishop.
Planning Form (BV4): To be filled out and returned to the Office of the Bishop 30 days prior to Visitation.
Confirmation Record Form (BV5): A report of baptisms, confirmations, and receptions that took place during a Visitation.


Childhood obesity is on the rise, but do parents notice? They don't seem to be concerned, and many are in denial. According to a recent study at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, half of all parents think their overweight or obese children are in the normal weight range. So, why do parents have a skewed vision of reality? Do all parents see their own children with rose-coloured glasses? Could it be because they are obese themselves?
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln study reviewed 69 other studies and found that a whopping 57% of parents think that their overweight or obese children are in the normal weight range. Surprisingly, these studies weren't just from the US – these are parental perceptions worldwide. Interestingly enough, some parents have the opposite problem. 14% of parents don't realize that their children actually have a normal, healthy weight, and think they are too thin! Parents obviously do not necessarily see their own children clearly.
I browsed some of the individual studies out there. A 2007 study from Brescia University College in Canada found that Canadian parents often didn't realize their children were overweight or obese. 63% of parents thought their overweight children were in the normal weight range. This study also found that overweight mothers were more likely to think that their overweight children were normal weight. Parents who are obese themselves don't see their children's weight clearly.
Much has been discussed about how to combat childhood obesity. It has been suggested that junk food should be banned from schools. Legislation to limit the sugar content in processed foods sold to the public has also been suggested. The Canadian study I mentioned above suggested that family doctors need to do more to help parents be aware about obesity and its ramifications for their own children.
Is your child overweight? Do YOU see your child with rose-coloured glasses? What do you do in your home to prevent childhood obesity? Please share in the comments, below!
Great info. we need more awareness on this topic.
Wow, this was a hard one for me to read! I have been "clinically" obese for about 10 years (I am about 60 pounds overweight) and I am seeing my daughter taking on some of my habits. She is 15 and is about 20 pounds over the average for her age/height. I am a bit worried but not in denial.
I'm not, but I know a few that are. It's so sad – it's just plain abuse to let your child get overweight – I know that's harsh of me, but that's what I see. LET'S ALL CUT OUT JUNK FOOD STARTING TODAY!
Those numbers are shocking, but I also understand why parents can be in denial. It is difficult to admit when something might not be right with your child. In my home, we try to eat a balanced diet and have fun with exercise, whether it is with sports, riding bikes, or even just talking a daily family walk.


A new health care centre has opened in Century City with aims to provide patients with a full health care experience under one roof. Intercare describes themselves as a provider of integrated health care services in South Africa and has launched its fourth day-hospital and 16th medical centre since the company was founded in 2000.
With over 50,000 people living and working in the Century City community, the medical centre will be able to cater for patients within the area and patients who would prefer to use the facility.
The Intercare Day Hospital Century City has three operating theatres, a procedure room, and 24 beds, whilst the Medical Centre has a Centre for Lifestyle Management, a Dis-Chem pharmacy, General Practitioners, and a whole host of health disciplines. These include pathology for blood tests, radiology for x-rays, as well as biokineticists, dieticians, and physiotherapists.
"As GPs (General practitioners) three things have always come up with the patients, one is accessibility, two is convenience and three is affordability," says Dr Jennifer Hanley, a GP at the new Intercare centre.
"In terms of accessibility it is open 7 days a week, the patients no longer have to make use of the after-hours facilities at a hospital that come at a huge cost to them and for convenience everything is available under one roof," Dr Hanley continued.
This project cost R70 million and the day hospital houses specialists in hand surgery, orthopaedic surgery, plastic surgery, ENT, general surgery, gastroenterology, urology, ophthalmology, gynaecology, maxillofacial surgery and dentistry.
The whole premise behind the hospital is to have patients walk in, be seen to immediately and if a specialist is required then they will be able to see the specialist within the same building. Furthermore if surgery is required then you will be able to have it on the same day and leave within a few hours instead of having to spend money on an extended hospital stay.


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Legislative Decree No. 78 of 1986 to amend the first article of the Law No. 18 for the year 1969 concerning the determination of state property outside the general organization line.
Legislative Decree No. 8 for the year 1980 about modifying some provisions of the law number 5 for the year 1975 in the matter of Allegations with property bonds or squatters on the country property .
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TORONTO, Ont. – For the past twenty years, the Pagan community in Toronto has gathered together on the third Monday of each calendar month to relax, socialize and network at the Toronto Pagan Pub Moot (TPPM). To celebrate the landmark 20th anniversary as the longest running pub moot in Canada, organizers Karen and Evan Dales pulled out all the stops to host a memorable event for the Feb. 15. moot. Toronto is a large city, with a population of more than six million people in the metro area.


Horrific images of children gasping for breath and bodies sprawled out on floors and in stairwells — victims of a suspected chemical attack in Syria last Saturday — are a stark reminder of the continuing displacement crisis around the world, believes Laila Soudi, project lead for the Stanford Refugee Research Project.
"The stories I hear are just heartbreaking," said the Jordanian-born Soudi, who spoke over the weekend with her connections in the rebel-held suburb of Douma, the site of the suspected attacks. In Syria alone, 11 million people have been displaced by the now eight-year civil war. "People are telling me, 'We're ready to die. We're so tired and so hopeless. It's not getting any better.'"
Soudi, who worked last year as both as an activist and mental health researcher at Stanford with Syrian refugees in Lebanon and Jordan, returned to campus in the fall to help build the fledgling refugee project — an effort to determine what resources the university has available to help empower refugees in the ongoing refugee crisis, particularly in the Mideast.
"We're seeing the forced migration of 65 million people worldwide," said Katherine Burke, deputy director of the Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health, where the project is based. "It's at the highest levels since World War II. This project is an attempt to determine how Stanford resources can best impact vulnerable refugee populations."
Since September, student research ambassadors have been conducting research on how to help. A fact-finding team traveled to Lebanon and Jordan and reported back on the critical needs of refugees there. The team has also compiled information on the various resources for refugees already available at Stanford and are determining how collaborations might be built across campus. They're collecting information on potential engagement opportunities for students, and on May 17, they'll host a campus event featuring refugees telling their own stories to help broaden awareness of the crisis.
Media reports on the alleged current chemical warfare atrocities in Syria should only further impress upon the world, and the Stanford community, the need for action to prevent more suffering, Soudi said. She spoke of the endless firsthand stories she's heard from Syrians who escaped the trauma of civil war only to live displaced lives year after year without a home, without schools, without clean water, basic medical care, or employment.
"I would ask people why they had symptoms of depression or anxiety," Soudi told me. "They would tell me, 'I don't have a job. It's illegal for me to work. My kid can't read, and he's 11 years old.'"
Reports from opposition activists and aid workers of yet another chemical attack by the Syrian government, this one killing more than 40 people, has left her at a loss as to what can be done, Soudi said.
"It's just a level of inhumanity that I honestly never thought was possible," she told me. "This displacement crisis is far from over. Syrians need support more than ever before, and there will be a continuing role for Stanford."


In order to counteract the effects of the financial crisis beginning in the fall of 2008, and safeguard welfare services local government received temporary government grants in 2010 (17 billion SEK). In addition to the contributions, a permanent increase in the level of 5 billion was made fr.om 2011 and another temporary increase in 2011 with 3 billion.
Budgets: The financial crisis in 2008 had major implications for the global economy as well as for the Swedish economy. The local gov-ernment sector was affected mostly by decreasing tax revenue due to the fall in employment and rise in unemployment in 2009. The Swedish central government provided a total of 20 billion SEK in temporary grants to the local government sector (municipalities and county councils) in 2010 ? 2011. Of this total, 17 billion SEK was designated to be spent in 2010 and 3 billion SEK to be spent in 2011 (The National Institute for Economic Research (NIER) 2012).


The Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) is a bank for social change; it makes loans and provides consulting services to nonprofits to support their growth and financial health. This grant will support NFF in its work to help build out the nascent field of pay-for-success financing. Specifically, NFF would continue to (1) advise nonprofits and funders to improve their readiness to participate in pay-for-success projects; (2) work with a subset of different clients (including funders) to enter pay-for-success partnership negotiations; and (3) promote knowledge dissemination through NFF's Learning Hub website.


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Finding the Right Words: Alzheimer's, Literature, Science
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Join Cindy Weinstein and Bruce Miller for a live webinar hosted by the Alzheimer's Association on Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 1 p.m. PDT | 3 p.m. CT | 9 p.m. GMT+1.
Cindy Weinstein and Bruce Miller will be discussing and reading from their book, Finding the Right Words: A Story of Literature, Grief, and the Brain. They will share their experience of writing a memoir of Jerry Weinstein, Cindy's beloved father who died from early onset Alzheimer's. Their combined expertise– Cindy's in literature and Bruce's in neurology – creates a lyrical, informative, and deeply interdisciplinary account of dementia. A year of studying neurology at the Global Brain Health Institute, combined with a 2020 Pilot Award for Global Brain Health Leaders, enabled the completion of this book, which is designed to help patients, families, and doctors understand the challenges that come with this diagnosis.
Cindy Weinstein, PhD, Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health; Professor of English, California Institute of Technology
Bruce Miller, MD, Director, UCSF Memory and Aging Center; Co-Director, GBHI
Find out more and pre-order the book at weinsteinandmiller.com (The John Hopkins University Press, forthcoming September 2021).
For any queries, please email Cindy Weinstein at cindy.weinstein@gbhi.org.
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People with panic disorder suffer severe attacks of anxiety which can make them feel as though they are having a heart attack or are going crazy. Symptoms include heart palpitations, chest pain or discomfort, sweating, trembling, dizziness, difficulty breathing and feelings of losing control.
Panic disorder involves at least one of these attacks followed by a month or more of persistent concern about either a) having another attack, b) worry that the attack means he or she is going crazy or has severe health problems, or c) a significant change in behaviour as a result of the attack (e.g. avoiding places where an attack might occur).
The American Psychiatric Association (2000) defines a panic attack as fear or discomfort that arises abruptly and peaks in 10 minutes or less, and can occasionally last for hours. They are usually unpredictable, and this can lead a sufferer to avoid certain places or situations where a panic attack may occur and from where escape would be difficult or embarrassing.
What is fear to you?
Contained within the chromosomes of the female and the male species are all the essential ingredients, genetic intelligence and blue printed mapping which, when combined into one at the moment of fertilization produces a new being of the parent species.
I believe that in that moment of fertilization the component and energetic spark of life itself is transferred into the new being.
It is this spark of life which germinates and ignites the genetic intelligence which then begins to pulse and can be readily observed and recorded microscopically and later seen pulsing through ultra sounding technology.
Working with the debilitating mental, emotional and physical after math of Depression is becoming a daily occurrence in our Bondi Junction Counselling practice.
Here below are some articles which we on post from Beyondblue the nationally recognised organisation dealing with Depression.
One of the major deterrents to attending Counselling for the Australian community is the erroneous self held belief that we should be able to look after our self, unfortunately our social conditioning and childhood exposure to many and varied forms of dysfunctional social attitudes and behaviour leaves us with the mental impression and unfortunate state of habitual unconscious behaviour which our psyche reverts to when ever some emotional trigger of discomfort activates a contracting response fear driven, breath withholding response from old learned unconsciously stimulated behaviour.
Andrew Johns the amazing football player in a down moment.
His career was plagued by high personal expectations which most probably placed too great a demand on his total being and the slumps, wounds and disappoiintments were at times too distressing for him to manage, so he "partied" through them to arrive at an even great abyss to be met.
Research just out suggests that those of us who spend long hours working at a desk are more likely to develop deep vain thrombosis (DVT).
It was previously thought that DVT mainly struck passengers on long haul plane flights - not anymore. We look at the ways you can avoid this new office danger.
Sitting at a desk for hours working at a computer may earn you brownie points with your boss, but doctors are now warning that it could also damage your health. While most of us are aware of the risks of sore eyes or a stiff neck, it now appears that lack of movement could make millions of workers vulnerable to a new health risk - 'e-thrombosis'.
E-thrombosis is a type of deep vein thrombosis (DVT), and is the same condition known to affect airline passengers which has killed several apparently healthy passengers. Thrombosis, or blood clots, form when people are sitting for long periods in one place, especially where the legs may be cramped or circulation restricted.
DVT has previously been linked with long haul air travel and with the elderly, but research just out of New Zealand suggests that office workers are also at risk.
A study at the Medical Research Institute in Wellington, New Zealand, examined the cases of 62 people with DVT and discovered that 34 per cent had spent long periods sitting at their desks at work.
Relaxation techniques are valuable stress reducers. At a physical level they lower blood pressure, slow heart rate and breathing, and bring brain waves into Alpha mode, which is the ideal level of activity for creative problem solving, extracting things from your memory, and programming the subconscious with positive concepts (especially useful when goal setting).
Create a buffer zone between you and your trigger point. The more regularly you do any of these stress busters, the quicker the results.
Aim to create a routine, almost a ritual, to go with your main relaxation process.
Just beginning the familiar elements will trigger a drop in stress levels. You may use candles, a prayer, a familiar place, a particular posture or breathing routine.
Develop something you can use as a quick trigger wherever you are.
Begin your day with positive thoughts. (See affirmations below). If you are challenged for time, say (or better still sing) them in the shower, with as much emotion as you can.
Whenever you review what is coming up, phrase your thoughts positively, and expect the best possible outcome, even if you don't currently know what that is.


If you are walking the Larapinta Trail then this is a side trip worth doing that will add 1/2 to one day to your trip. Alternatively if you are a day visitor, then Ormiston Pound is accessed via Ormiston Gorge which is 135 km by car west of Alice Springs.
The road is sealed and in good condition all the way from Alice Springs. Turn off Namatjira Drive at the Ormiston Gorge turnoff. Ormiston Gorge is approximately 8 km from the main road.
One of the best day walks in the West MacDonnell National Park. This is a good add-on option for those doing the Larapinta Trail and is accessible by car for those just wanting a day or overnight trip from Alice Springs. The Pound Walk is accessed via Ormiston Gorge which is a 90 minute drive from Alice Springs.
The walk itself is typical of the terrain on the Larapinta Trail but without the large rocks and ups and downs. The walk will take most walkers approximately 3-4 hours depending on how much exploring you feel like doing and is usually undertaken as a circuit. If you don't feel like getting wet you can turn around when you reach the permanent waterhole. Unless there has been heavy rains you can usually manage to cross this waterhole but you will get wet up to about your thighs. And it is very, very cold!
The best way to decribe the 'Pound' is as a huge amphitheatre surrounded by the hills and ridges. This walk only takes in the western end of the Pound but if you feel like wandering you certainly can do so and not have to worry about getting lost. If you do go off trail there is plenty of Spinafex so make sure you have the appropriate protection. The majority of this walk is through open terrain over a rocky surface so wear a decent hat as well as sturdy footwear.
The walk is best done in an anti clockwise direction starting by walking along the Ormiston Gorge Access road and following the signs up onto a ridge which gives you panoramic views of the Pound.
While this walk can be done at any time of the year, the summer heat can be oppressive but does make the waterhole crossing that much more enjoyable as the water is best described as freezing. Once you cross over the waterhole you can continue along the creek bed back to Ormiston Gorge or take the alternate route via the Ghost Gum walk (I would strongly recommend this) which provides for excellent views back through the gorge you have just walked and down towards the Ormiston Gorge complex.


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Burt: Bermuda has 'no intention' of tailoring laws to fit UK cannabis conventions
The legislation does not conform to the UK international obligations under the Single Convention on Narcotics Drugs of 1961
The Royal Gazette (Bermuda)
Bermuda's Government had "no intention" of tailoring its laws licensing cannabis production to fit with the UK's conventions allowing the drug for medicinal use only. David Burt, the Premier, reiterated that legislation for legal cannabis in Bermuda is set to go before the legislature in the current session of Parliament. The statement came after the Premier's return from the Joint Ministerial Council in London between the UK Government and elected heads of the Overseas Territories' A question mark hung over the cannabis legislation, passed by the House of Assembly but turned back by the Senate in the last parliamentary session, as to whether it would receive Royal Assent.
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7 essential Components of a Successful Music Career Even If You're in College
All Posts, R&B NewsBy Anand August 30, 2022
Since you are reading this article, you are likely thinking of pursuing your music career. However, you don't where to start. If music is your hobby and you want to make a career out of it, you are at the right place. In this article, we are going to cover every major piece and the
Teenear releases new single "Ain't Mine"
Talented newcomer and sultry R&B goddess, Teenear has just released her new single "Ain't Mine" on YouTube and all the usual streaming platforms. This uptempo song is about female empowerment with a sensual undertone. To market the single, the artist made four artfully produced music videos filmed by @trshmag. These all open in a type
Iraqi Shiite Cleric Tells Followers to Leave Baghdad's Green Zone
All Posts, World NewsBy Anand August 30, 2022
Muqtada al-Sadr called on his supporters to stand down after two days of deadly clashes between protesters and security forces in Iraq's capital.
U.N. Nuclear Inspectors Are in Ukraine to Visit the Zaporizhzhia Plant
As artillery strikes continued near the complex, the inspectors could reach the nuclear plant as soon as Wednesday.
Paxlovid Cuts Covid Deaths Among Older People, Israeli Study Finds
Among patients under 65, however, the drug made little difference in hospitalization or death rates.
Russian Shelling Hits Residential Areas in Kharkiv
Multiple people were killed or wounded after a strike near the center of Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine.
A Poorer Generation
Americans under 40 have had to cope with a worse economy than earlier generations. How should it affect the debate over Biden's debt-relief plan?
James Baldwin Legacy Awards Celebrates Contributions Of Black Men Within The LGBTQ+/SGL Community
Gospel NewsBy Anand August 30, 2022
The National Black Justice Coalition Honors Black Elders With James Baldwin Legacy Awards. (Black PR Wire) – On Sunday, August 21, 2022, National Senior Citizens Day, at 3 p.m. ET, the […] The post James Baldwin Legacy Awards Celebrates Contributions Of Black Men Within The LGBTQ+/SGL Community appeared first on AFRO American Newspapers .
Statue honors once-enslaved woman who won freedom in court
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By Mark Pratt, The Associated Press The story of the enslaved woman who went to court to win her freedom more than 80 years before the Emancipation Proclamation has been […] The post Statue honors once-enslaved woman who won freedom in court appeared first on AFRO American Newspapers .
UK museum agrees to return looted Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
By Danica Kirka, The Associated Press A London museum agreed Aug. 7 to return a collection of Benin Bronzes looted in the late 19th century from what is now Nigeria […] The post UK museum agrees to return looted Benin Bronzes to Nigeria appeared first on AFRO American Newspapers .


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Q: Disable Button but keep the color of the background i have the following button style which works fine:
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with more styles defined at the button itself i change the buttons background (green for active)
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now if i disable the button, the button gets gray, because of the template. is there a way of making the current background more 'gray' but keeping the base color. so if the button was green, the color remains basically green?

A: Instead of setting background gray, you can set opacity to give it a disabled look (this will retain your background) something like this:
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The Song of the Sword, and Other Verses
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Mitch McConnell Announced Trump's First Lower Court Nominee Before The White House Did
Amid hearings on President Trump's nominee for the US Supreme Court, the White House announced Trump's first lower court nominee — Judge Amul Thapar, a Kentucky jurist who was on Trump's Supreme Court short list during the campaign.
Ed Reinke / AP
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell beat the White House to announcing President Trump's second judicial nomination.
In the midst of the confirmation hearing this week for Trump's Supreme Court nominee, McConnell's office got word from the White House that Trump had selected his first lower court nominee — a judge long supported by McConnell.
Several Kentucky reporters said they received a version of a White House news release from McConnell's office on Monday evening — along with the senator's comments — announcing Judge Amul Thapar as Trump's nominee for a vacancy on the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
But the White House didn't put out a press release on Monday. With no fanfare, the White House announced Thapar's nomination late in the morning on Tuesday. The news release included a brief biography and no statement from Trump. There were some small wording changes between the version that McConnell received and sent out and the release that the White House put out on Tuesday.
BuzzFeed News reported earlier this month that Thapar, who was on Trump's Supreme Court short list, was a frontrunner for the Sixth Circuit seat.
Thapar — a judge on the US District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky since 2008— has long had support from McConnell, who introduced Thapar at confirmation hearings when he was nominated to the Kentucky district court and, before that, when he was nominated to serve as a US attorney in Kentucky.
McConnell, in a statement, called Thapar "my friend," and said that he looked forward to his confirmation.
While the first nomination of a lower court judge came about under somewhat unusual circumstances, the announcement about Thapar gets Trump's second judicial pick on the board. There are 122 other vacancies on the district, circuit, and other federal courts — excluding the seats that Gorsuch and Thapar would fill if confirmed.
Although the White House's priority as soon as Trump took office was the Supreme Court vacancy left by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia in February 2016, Trump administration officials have begun preparing for lower nominees, seeking some input and receiving recommendations from senators.
Presidents have handled the rollout of their first lower court nominees in different ways. President George W. Bush announced the nomination of his first 11 lower court nominees at a White House ceremony in May 2001. President Obama in March 2009 put out a press release about his first pick, Seventh Circuit Judge David Hamilton, that included a statement from the president and noted the bipartisan support Hamilton had from his home state senators.
Obama was criticized by liberals for not acting fast enough to fill vacancies in his first term when he had a Democratic majority in the Senate, setting the stage for Republicans to successfully block his nominees once they took control. Republicans are hoping Trump learns from that history.
Thapar is one of the 21 people who Trump said during the presidential campaign last year he would consider for the Supreme Court. Thapar made history when he was confirmed to the district court in Kentucky, becoming the first South Asian American judge on a federal district or appeals court.
Lawyers in Kentucky say that Thapar is well-respected and tough to pigeonhole ideologically, although one did describe him as a strict constructionist — a conservative approach to judicial decisionmaking that focuses on the text of a particular law at issue.
Thapar's office declined to comment on Tuesday about the nomination.


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Drive the True Grit Trail
Jill Rohrbach
Traveling the True Grit Trail in Arkansas
The scenic True Grit Trail
Fort Smith National Historic Site
"True Grit" aficionados can now drive the True Grit Trail in Arkansas, traveling along AR 22 between Dardanelle and Fort Smith.
The Trail pays tribute to the bestselling 1968 novel "True Grit" by Arkansas author Charles Portis and the route symbolizes the path Mattie Ross, a fictional character in the book, might have taken.
The story involves Rooster Cogburn being hired by Ross, a 14-year-old girl from Dardanelle, to track down her father's killer and return him to Fort Smith to be hanged by Judge Isaac Parker. Cogburn is the famous fictional Deputy U.S. Marshal made popular by John Wayne in the movie of the same name 50 years ago. He won his only Oscar for the role. Other cast members included Arkansas's own Glen Campbell, Robert Duvall and Dennis Hopper. In 2010, a new film adaptation directed by Oscar-winning filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen was released nationwide, starring Jeff Bridges as Cogburn, plus cast members Matt Damon and Josh Brolin.
"True Grit" is set in Dardanelle, Fort Smith and Eastern Oklahoma. The area, portrayed as late 1870s Fort Smith and Indian Territory, is featured prominently throughout the films even though actual filming was in Colorado and New Mexico.
Since the 1940s, Wild West stories of Fort Smith have been showcased in books and movies such as "True Grit," "Rooster Cogburn" and "Hang' em High." But, the real stories are even better than Hollywood and have been one of the primary drivers of tourism to Fort Smith, Dardanelle and the region.
The True Grit Trail will do the same. Following the trail is easy. The Arkansas Department of Transportation erected signage along AR 22 between Dardanelle and Fort Smith designating the route.
"When many visitors to The Natural State think of Western Arkansas, they recall the story behind the literary classic (and subsequent movies) 'True Grit' -- so it is most appropriate that we now offer the True Grit Trail so that they can experience the actual journey of the fictional Mattie Ross," said Claude Legris, retired executive director of the Fort Smith Convention & Visitors Bureau. "The wonderful adventures conceived by Charles Portis are primarily set in Fort Smith and Indian Territory, and while fictional, are closely based on the facts surrounding the settling of the west and we are happy to know that tourists can now get a better idea about life on the frontier."
The 75 miles of AR 22 making up the Trail can be driven by car in a couple of hours. To make the most of it though, stop and enjoy the rural scenery and good eats offered along the way.
AR 22 - True Grit Trail
Subiaco Abbey as seen from the True Grit Trail
The Trail starts in Dardanelle with Mount Nebo rising up in the distance. A state park atop the mountain offers camping, biking and hiking. As you travel AR 22, the rural countryside unfolds and there are plenty of creeks and recreational areas with fishing accesses, such as Jones Creek, Delaware Creek, and Shoal Bay Recreation Area to explore.
Take a pit stop at Paris at True Grit Grounds, where you can get a cup of Rooster's Roast and a Trail's Triple Meat hoagie sandwich.
Don't miss the town of Subiaco, home to pastures full of Angus sires, the beautiful Subiaco Abbey and Country Monks Brewing. Try the Abbey Amber or True Grit Ale.
At the county line, you can stop for some Southern fare at the Catfish Barn and visit a Christmas tree farm a little further down the road. The town of Charleston has a big wide main street reminiscent of those found in Old West towns. Today, Charleston is home to small shops and services and well-preserved brick buildings. Don't miss a stop for ice cream at the Dairy Diner.
A bridge passes over Big Creek, which isn't so big. Then you pass the expected and unexpected - a Feed & Farm Supply, All American Paintball, and a giant Budweiser can. The giant can is found in Lavaca on private property southwest of town, on the southeast corner of highways 22 and 96. As the story goes, Earl Harris, Sr., was a local farmer and beer distributor who loved Budweiser so much, he painted one of his silos to look like a giant can circa 1975-1976. According to the label, this roadside attraction holds 8,734,902 fluid ounces of brew, enough to fill about eight swimming pools.
Charleston Dairy Diner
Silo art
From here, the route leads past Fort Chaffee Joint Maneuver Training Center and on to Fort Smith.
The rich Old West history of the region and America is preserved on the grounds of the Fort Smith National Historic Site. Located in downtown Fort Smith, the site embraces the remains of two frontier forts and the Federal Court for the Western District of Arkansas. The National Historic Site commemorates a significant phase of America's Westward expansion, and today stands as a reminder of 80 turbulent years in the history of Federal Indian policy. It also features Judge Isaac Parker's courtrooms, re-creation of the 1886 gallows, the "Hell on the Border" jail and more. Exhibit topics include the army at Fort Smith (1817-1871), Trail of Tears, and the federal court including deputy marshals and outlaws.
You can also walk to where the first fort was built on Belle Point at the confluence of the Arkansas and Poteau rivers and imagine Ross riding her horse along the bank.
Soon, the U.S. Marshals Museum will open on its site along the Arkansas River, adding to the true stories of true grit. Speaking of true stories, Fort Smith is rich in history and genealogy research opportunities at locations such as the Fort Smith Public Library, the Family History Center and the Fort Smith Museum of History. The True Grit Trail can be the route to your roots.
House Bill 1628, signed by Gov. Asa Hutchinson, renamed AR 22 between Dardanelle and Fort Smith in honor of the 1968 novel and later films of the same name. It carried in the House by Rep. Mary Bentley, R-Perryville, and in the Senate by Sen. Gary Stubblefield, R-Branch, was approved March 6 in the House by a 94-0 vote and on March 12 in the Senate with a 35-0 vote.
Appearing at the ceremonial signing of the bill with Gov. Hutchinson was John T. Wayne of Paragould, the grandson of the late John Wayne.
Exhibits in the Fort Smith National Historic Site
Jail exhibit inside the Fort Smith National Historic Site
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Yuanda Cable Co., Ltd.---a high-tech company specializing in the research, product and sale of power cables, branch cables and computer cables. The cable manufacturing process includes three processes of mixing, extruding and vulcanizing. During the extrusion process, overheating easily leads to scorching, when the temperature is too low, it's hard to gel. In the vulcanization process, bubbles are easily generated when the temperature is too low or too high. The temperature and pressure requirements of every process are different, so the control of cooking temperature and pressure must be precise and adjustable. In 2011, Yuanda Cable had customized a 4-ton DZL coal-fired steam boiler at Zozen. This series carried out comprehensive safety monitoring of the boiler's water level and steam pressure, and it used boiler safety control technology that complied with EU coal-fired boiler standards to ensure boiler operates safer and more reliable. The automatic and interlocking control technology is used to achieve stepless speed regulation of grate.
After more than one year of using, Zozen boiler not only has large steam capacity, high thermal efficiency and it adds coal and slag automatically, but also is suitable for a wide range of coal, saves fuel and economic.


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The United States Senate election of 1922 in New York was held on November 7, 1922. Incumbent Republican Senator William Calder ran for re-election to a second term, but was defeated by Democrat Royal Copeland.

Republican nomination
Despite early opposition from the Anti-Saloon League and other discontents within the state party, some of whom attempted to draft Theodore Roosevelt Jr. or William Hayward as an alternative candidate, no candidate materialized and Calder was seen as assured of renomination by August.

Calder was renominated at the Republican convention on September 29 along with the entire Republican ticket. His renomination was carried unopposed.

Democratic nomination
It was suggested during the campaign that Tammany Hall boss Charles F. Murphy might block Al Smith's third consecutive nomination for Governor, leaving him to accept the nomination for Senate as a compromise. However, Smith carried the gubernatorial nomination unanimously, and the Senate nomination was given unanimously to Dr. Royal S. Copeland, the President of the New York City Board of Health who had gained attention for his handling of the Spanish flu pandemic.

General election

Candidates
 William M. Calder, incumbent Senator (Republican)
 Royal S. Copeland, President of the New York City Board of Health and former Mayor of Ann Arbor, Michigan (Democratic)
 Coleridge A. Hart, candidate for Judge of the Court of Appeals in 1908 and 1914 (Prohibition)
 Algernon Lee, member of the New York City Board of Aldermen (Socialist and Farmer-Labor)
 Henry Kuhn, perennial candidate (Socialist Labor)

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Aiming to host NCAA first & second rounds
The Cardinal took a big step last weekend towards its goal of hosting the first & second rounds of the NCAA tournament.
Its upset of OSU bettered its RPI (as reported by the NCAA) from 10 to 8. Although factors other than the RPI go into the NCAA final seeding, the Cardinal is at least closer to being awarded a coveted #4 seed.
The NCAA selection committee posted its third and final Top 10 Rankings today. The 10 teams are identical to those identified in the first two rankings on Feb. 1 and Feb. 15, but, for the first time, Stanford received consideration.
In Charlie Creme's estimation, Stanford now stands at #13 and will be the #4 seed in the Lexington region. He evalutes the four Pac-12 teams in his bracket:
6. Oregon State:
The Beavers suddenly had trouble scoring in their regular-season trip to northern California, but despite a loss to Stanford, they clinched a share of the Pac-12 title (with Arizona State). Winning the tournament championship, or at least a trip to the final, could be necessary to hold onto a No. 2 seed.
8. Arizona State:
The Sun Devils avoided what could have been a disastrous L.A. trip by holding off USC on Friday, but their offense is also struggling. Sunday's loss at UCLA prevented them from winning the Pac-12 title outright. Now a failure to get to the Pac-12 final will likely cost Arizona State a No. 2 seed.
9. UCLA:
The Bruins might have cemented their top-10 status with Sunday's win over Arizona State. They have won six of their last seven games. Getting to the No. 2 seed line will require a Pac-12 tournament title, however, or some big upsets suffered by the teams in front of the Bruins.
13. Stanford:
The Cardinal might be playing the best basketball in the Pac-12 right now. They just swept the Oregon schools without leading scorer Lili Thompson. A Pac-12 tournament semifinal matchup with Oregon State could await. The result could mean the difference between a No. 3 and No. 4 seed for the Cardinal. On Friday, Stanford beat the Beavers by 22.
Pac-12 honors for Bird, Lili, Karlie, Kaylee and M...
Bird is flying high
Cardinal cruises past the Ducks on Senior Day
Beyond 1,000
Cardinal busts Beaver zone for 1000th win
Big weekend wraps up regular season
Cardinal runs away from the Utes 72-54
Cardinal beats the Buffs
Cardinal looking for consistency
Cardinal cedes a squeaker to Sun Devils
Everybody plays in easy win over Arizona
Anticipating the Arizonas
Bird is among nation's top student athletes
Balanced offense beats the Bears
Lili looking for consistency
You've come a long way
Battle of the Bay, part one: Stanford 53, Cal 46
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How I Spent My Vacation, Part 2: Drowning in Berlin
Archive Travel
by Trash City	 August 15, 2002
Previously: Sex, Drugs and Clogs 'n' Grolsch
We arrive in Berlin after the first night train of the trip, at some ungodly hour. You'd think they'd make some allowance for honeymooners, but no, all the timetables are designed to suit the business travellers. So, we pull in several hours before the tourist office (and its hotel reservation bureau) is open. The first thing we do is get our night train to Munich booked, since we have no desire to end up in Moscow, simply because there is no room anywhere else.
Are lucky not to end up there anyway, as the ticket clerk speaks no English, so we have to rely on a combination of my German, and her infinite patience – Dutch Railway personnel, please take note. We are first in the queue and get a room in the Hotel Remter, just off the Kurfurstendamm, up the street from both a strip-club and a transvestite revue. Bet that causes confusion to inebriated customers. We turn up at our abode, two hours before the room is ready (it's still early!) but Dunkin Donuts occupies the time, and we look at the map and plot. It's such a large city, we opt for an early bus-tour, so we can scope out the land and then go back tomorrow to interesting places.
I'm curious to see what Berlin is like, since the last time I was here was just before the wall came down (at the time, the Eastern Bloc border was cracking elsewhere, but not in Berlin). At that stage, you had to change DM25 into their currency when you went across into the East, but there was so little to buy, I ended up getting the best seat in the house for a performance of My Fair Lady. In German. Thanks largely to souvenir hunters, there's now very little of the actual wall still standing, and what there is, is carefully fenced off as a monument. Elsewhere, there's just a double line of cobble-stones which mark its path. As we travel round, it's as if the division had never existed – life has just gone right back where it left off, with an incredible amount of construction.
The Bear Wench Project
We notice a lot of psychedelically coloured bears lurking around the city. Before you discard this apparently bizarre hallucination, should point out we're talking cast from some kind of plaster. There were about four different poses, but no two were alike; turned out to be an art project, and one we fell in love with. Just done a quick count, and approximately 10% of all our honeymoon photos are of Berlin bears. 🙂 One statue was sent to New York in May, and was placed on Wall Street – this may not have been wise, given the bear has long been a symbol of market pessimism. And lo, the market did duly plummet, and accounting scandals did flourish!
That night, we head off to a Goth club, with the delightful name of Golgotha – not without trepidation, since we have no real idea of how to get around after the subway closes! The area it's in is very quiet, but the address is on a main road, which soothes our paranoia somewhat. We walk past an incredibly spooky park, which looks like something out of Brotherhood of the Wolf, and laugh – wouldn't it be funny if the club was in there!
We pass the park and check the house numbers. Guess what? It is in there. We go back and stand at the path (all badly-lit and tree-roots) peering in, nervously. Is that howling I can hear? I tell Chris I won't make her go in there if it bothers her, thereby artfully concealing the fact that I'm scared shitless. We see two figures looming up out of the mist towards us, and prepare to defend ourselves. It's an elderly couple. We figure if they can cope, so can we…
Ist das Lola?
Lola's bank
Run Chris Run
Of course, nothing happens. The club is friendly, doesn't charge admission and has good beer, though the music largely sucks. We are too happy to be with living people to mind, but are careful to leave in time to catch the last subway, and with other humans. This last plan goes down in flames when they go in the opposite direction, leaving us to make our way out alone through the park. RUUUUUUUUUNNNNNNN!!!!
The next day, we head to the Post Office, and send back to Phoenix a box of stuff no longer needed. With hindsight, we should have delayed this until after the immediately following trip to World of Music; the space freed up is rapidly consumed by CDs and DVDs. Happy times… Thereafter, we turn to the main business for the day – retracing Lola's steps from Run Lola Run.
We had done some quick research on arrival here, Chris having found a website which lists locations used in the movie. Had we known we were going to be here, we'd have made the effort to watch it beforehand, but Berlin was not on the original plan. This lead to much "Er…is that the building?" questioning of each other; we take pictures anyway, just to be sure. [Subsequent inquiry back in London revealed we were usually pretty close to the mark!]
While running around odd corners of Berlin (and discovering that Lola would have to be an Olympic champion, or possess a teleport device, to cover all her route in 20 minutes), we stumbled across a couple of cool places. First up was Fassbender and Rausch, allegedly the world's largest chocolate shop, which uses it to create, much like Mini-Europe, large-scale creations of famous buildings. I presume they're varnished rather than actually edible (one hot day, and boom, the Reichstag is reduced to a puddle) but you can only admire the concept.
In the Babelplatz, opposite Lola's bank was a window in the ground, onto an underground library, without any books on the shelves. This was a chilling monument to the Nazi book-burnings in the 1930's, reminding me of Heinrich Heine's prophetic quote from a century before: "Where one burns books, one will soon burn people."
On a lighter note, we found the mother lode of bears: 125 in a circle on the site of the future U.S. Embassy, with each representing one country and decorated by an artist from there. Kind of a Uni-teddy Nations… [Go on, groan – I'll wait here for you] Also stumbled into a street festival, with food, entertainment and, of course, beer; one of the personal highlights was hearing them play Kraftwerk over the PA. Chris amused herself with some bubbles, and going by the trail of small children she acquired, it seems that you don't need any musical ability to be a Pied Piper.
We left Berlin that evening with a feeling that we'd only scratched the surface of the city. Chris – particularly impressed with the public toilets – said it was somewhere she'd be happy to live, and I'm inclined to agree. It's a place with enormous potential, busy without being overcrowded, and the train to Munich reinforced our overall happiness and satisfaction with Germany. Never have I ever seen a sleeping car possessing its own bathroom, including a shower. Sheer luxury, with even a ladder that comes out of the wall so that the top bunker doesn't have to engage in Lara Croft-ian maneouveres to reach the bed. With such attention to our comfort, it seems a shame to go to bed, but Munich beckons…
Next: The Hills are Alive…
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How I Spent My Vacation, Part 4: On a Swiss roll
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Mark Owen, Wet Leg, The Kooks, Freya Ridings and more announced for Isle of Wight Festival
Isle of Wight Festival 2022: New acts announced including The Kooks
By Lori Little @LoriLittleIWCP Head of Content
The Kooks, The Charlatans, Wet Leg and Heather Small are among the festival acts announced.
THE Isle of Wight Festival has announced a new raft of acts, including The Kooks closing the Big Top on the Sunday night.
Isle of Wight band Wet Leg, GRIFF, Freya Ridings, The Snuts, Mae Muller, Mimi Webb, Joel Corry, The Amazons, The Charlatans, The Compozers, Del Amitri, Everyone You Know, The Fratellis, Heather Small, Mark Owen and Toyah also join the line-up.
The newly announced artists will join headliners Lewis Capaldi, Lionel Richie, Kasabian, Pete Tong & the Heritage Orchestra presents Ibiza Classics conducted by Jules Buckley and Muse.
Scroll down for video of The Kooks
Also performing across the weekend are Nile Rodgers & CHIC, Blossoms, Rudimental, Tom Grennan, Sigrid, Craig David Presents TS5, The Vaccines, Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott, Shaggy, Happy Mondays, Mavis Staples, UB40 ft Ali Campbell, The Proclaimers and The Coral.
The Kooks, celebrating the 15th anniversary of their debut album Inside/Out next year, will close the Big Top on Sunday, June 19.
After a stand-out set on the Big Top stage at the 2021 Festival, Isle of Wight's very own Wet Leg will make a triumphant return at next year's event.
Newcomers to the Island in 2022 include chart topping DJ Joel Corry, Scottish band of the moment, The Snuts and hotly tipped artists Mimi Webb, GRIFF and Mae Muller.
Fan favourites and indie music icons The Fratellis and The Charlatans will also perform in Seaclose Park, with singalongs guaranteed for festivalgoers.
Double platinum singer songwriter Freya Ridings will bring her beautiful live show, performing hits like Castles and Lost Without You.
Singer songwriter Mark Owen who, over his 30+ year career has won eight BRIT Awards and sold over 45 million records as part of Take That, also joins the bill.
The Amazons, who have been praised by MTV, the Daily Telegraph and more, will also perform next year.
Scottish icons Del Amitri will perform hits such as Roll To Me and Nothing Ever Happens as well as material from their latest album Fatal Mistakes, released earlier this year.
Heather Small, one of the defining voices of the century and the voice of M People, will perform over the festival weekend.
North-London quartet The Compozers, who also join the bill today, are known for their electrifying live shows and their ability to blend different genres.
Over the course of her 40 year career, award winning musician Toyah has recorded over 20 albums, had eight Top 40 singles and written two books, and in 2022 she'll add playing the Festival to her list of achievements.
Also joining the bill are Everyone You Know, two brothers - best mates and simpatico songwriters - who produce beats reminiscent of The Prodigy and Massive Attack.
Announced today (in alphabetical order) are:
The Compozers
Del Amitri
Everyone You Know
The Fratellis
Freya Ridings
Heather Small
Mark Owen
Mimi Webb
The Snuts
Tickets for cinch presents The Isle of Wight Festival 2022 are on sale at www.isleofwightfestival.com/tickets


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Episode Fourteen: Judy Horacek
Judy Horacek's pointy-nosed characters are taking up more space on the page and in the street. The cartoonist, writer and children's book creator joins to talk the complexities of making art for a living, and why realising what she wanted to say was the key to creating her iconic characters.
Judy's website, where you can see the wide range of Judy's work
Judy's work for Melbourne newspaper The Age
The Melbourne Comedy Festival announcement of Judy's official collaboration
The Moomin shop, where you can find all things Moomin
The Dangerous Journey jigsaw puzzle
Judy Horacek is an Australian cartoonist, artist, writer and children's book creator. Her cartoons have appeared in The Age, The Australian and the Canberra Times, and her pointy-nosed characters can be found on fridges and toilet doors all over the world. Nine collections of Judy's cartoons have been published, including Woman with Altitude, I am Woman Hear Me Draw, and her latest work, Random Life. Judy also creates children's picture books – both on her own and in collaboration with writer Mem Fox.


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SNS2020: Green, bright future for energy sector students
East Coast College chief executive and SNS2020 speaker Stuart Rimmer explains how the college is equipping the next generation of energy sector workers with the qualifications, skills and behaviours that will be vital for the green recovery and a net-zero future.
Sep 15, 2020 10:58 AM By: Charles Bliss
East Coast College chief executive Stuart Rimmer. Picture: Sophie Watson/ECC
The energy sector's ageing workforce poses a significant problem – and it is education and training that will be key to the futureproofing the sector, according to chief executive Stuart Rimmer. East Coast College offers the most expansive engineering education provision in the eastern region. And it is this offering that has confirmed its national reputation for high-quality, specialised training for the energy sector – whether that concerns bright young sparks looking for an apprenticeship or old hands seeking to retrain.
"We offer everything from entry level roles and foundational courses to technical training and bachelors' degrees," Mr Rimmer says. "Once students qualify, we also have commercial programmes that allow them to continue reskilling and retraining throughout their career."
The East Coast College Group has three campuses – Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft and Lowestoft Sixth Form College – enrolling approximately 2,500 16- to 18-year-olds every year, in addition to 2,000 adults and 900 apprentices. The sixth form cohort is made up of 700 students, while 400 students study at undergraduate level with East Coast College's partner institution, the University of Suffolk.
"Through our courses, students develop essential knowledge, skills and behaviours," Mr Rimmer explains. "Those three distinct elements are what employers are looking for. The core energy knowledge base and technical skills are important, but increasingly employers want soft skills such as teamwork and communication skills. Our balanced approach focuses on the development of soft skills as well as harder technical skills necessary to work in engineering."
Increasingly students are choosing courses and careers tied to growth in the economy, with engineering and energy courses surging in popularity. The college works with 800 employers annually across 12 sectors and has an annual turnover of approximately £13 million.
Mr Rimmer emphasises that the relationship between the college and local employers is essential for the sector. "We have a huge selection of employers – from small and medium sized enterprises to companies like ScottishPower Renewables and EDF Energy – that we work with to design the content of our programmes. By co-designing the curriculum with their help, we know that the training our students receive is fit for industry needs. This also means our students have access to site visits, which are essential instructional experiences adding a lot of educational value."
East Coast College students on a day trip to Seajacks UK. Picture: East Coast College
In 2018, East Coast College opened its Offshore Wind Skills Centre in Great Yarmouth focusing on training for the renewable sector. Curricula were conceived in partnership with Worley (previously the 3sun Group) and ScottishPower Renewables for those transitioning from unemployment or retraining to become wind turbine technicians. While in November 2019, the college opened its £11.7 million Energy Skills Centre based at the Lowestoft campus. The state-of-the-art facility offers advanced courses in rescue training, working at heights, high-voltage training and pneumatics hydraulics, among many others.
"People previously had to travel out of region or even overseas to access the same calibre of courses on offer at the Energy Skills Centre and Offshore Wind Skills Centre," Mr Rimmer says. "It really is a unique proposition – there is nowhere else in the UK that offers what we do."
As it has for every institution and business, Covid-19 has proved problematic for educational institutions. But Mr Rimmer highlights that it has not all been counterproductive. "Coronavirus has been highly disruptive, but it has also created opportunities. We have been forced to accelerate and amplify virtual learning in a way that we probably wouldn't have without coronavirus and we have digitised our curriculum which makes it far more accessible."
The college provided 1,000 free adult retaining places to help people get back into work as part of the local coronavirus recovery. But it is the green recovery that the college is turning its attention towards now. "The green recovery cannot happen without green curricula to support that, so sustainability and green jobs are going to be at the heart of our strategy moving forward."
Courses focusing clean energy such as hybrid engines and electric vehicles form part of this strategy, while automation, robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) are all starting to find their way into the curriculum. There is also significant investment in civil engineering and nuclear behaviours training, which Stuart hopes will help local workers access jobs, including among the 10,000 proposed vacancies at Sizewell C.
"I am passionate about developing high-skilled, high-paid local jobs for local people," he says. "For too long people in East Anglia have not always had access to top jobs. The skills and training offered by East Coast College open up career pathways for everyone, helping to create a local workforce who can enjoy long, successful careers in the energy sector.
"The Energy Coast on the East of England offers incredible opportunities both socially and economically," says Mr Rimmer. "Whether it's the gas fields, decommissioning work, the green recovery, renewable, onshore, offshore – the energy sector is absolutely going to keep growing. The future is bright and very exciting."
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BMW's third model of the new 8 Series family was just spotted on the famous Nurburgring track – the 8 Series Gran Coupe. In this video alone all the new 8 Series models are seen driving on and around the Nürburgring, including the 2019 BMW M8, M8 Convertible, M850i Coupe, M850i Convertible and the M850i Gran Coupe.
Just recently, some spy photos have shown the 8er Gran Coupe and it looks great. You can see at the front its large air curtains and the ducktail rear wing integrated into the decklid. While the 6 Series Gran Coupe was, and still is, a stunning car, this new 8 Series Gran Coupe seems like it could be even better looking. It's smoother, longer, meaner and more muscular looking. Its rear hips seems wider and its front end seems more aggressive.
The car in this video is clearly a BMW M850i Gran Coupe, with its blue brake calipers and twin rectangular exhausts giving it away. Which means there's still room for the BMW M8 Gran Coupe to come along and blow us away, much like the M6 Gran Coupe looked significantly better than the standard 6er GC.
In the mean time, the BMW M850i Gran Coupe will be the top model of the 8 Series family, powered by a 530 hp 4.4-liter twin-turbo V8, which, in the Coupe, is capable of delivering a 0-62mph sprint time of 3.7 seconds; that figure is likely to increase in the Gran Coupe.


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Tier 1 (Investor) – likely to be increased to £2 million imminently
In February of this year the Migration Advisory Committee's (MAC's) report on the Tier 1 (Investor) route investment thresholds and economic benefits recommended that significant changes be made to the route.
As the end of the year is fast approaching and now that the Immigration Act 2014 is being implemented it is expected that the recommended changes will be incorporated into the Immigration Rules imminently.
To remind you the MAC's recommendations are as follows:
Minimum investment threshold
• That the minimum £1 million threshold be increased to £2 million;
• That the current restrictions on permissible investment instruments be relaxed so as to permit wider investment activity; and
• That the provision that allows investment funds to be sourced by a way of a loan be removed.
The premium route – where higher investment funds lead to an accelerated route for settlement
• That the government relaxes residence requirements for those who make use of the premium route (so would only need to be resident in the UK for 90 days per annum);
• That there only be a limited number of premium route visas issued each year, of 100, with interested applicants invited to submit a single, sealed bid; and
• That the reserve price for the bid be set at £2.5 million, whereby £2 million will be invested into the UK, and a gift of £500,000 donated to the UK Government (to put the money into a specific good causes fund).
At present the Tier 1 (Investor) route still requires an investment of £1 million, however it is highly likely that the there will be a Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules and that the Tier 1 (Investor) route will be changed, and that the current requirement of £1 million be doubled to £2 million.
Therefore, if you are thinking of entering the UK under the Tier 1 (Investor) route it would be advisable to do it now under the current rules as presently you only need to invest £1 million in the UK for the five year period.


We also identify that trauma needs to be located within a larger sociopolitical context so that experiences of oppression and abuse are not disregarded. Moreover, individuals do many things (helpful and unhelpful) to resist the influence of trauma, to cope and to survive. We are interested in exploring all of these facets with you, if trauma has impacted your life.
You decide what you are willing to share, when, and with whom. Your emotional and physical boundaries will be respected and exploration will be at a level that you experience as tolerable.
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Firstly, a piece of good news- there are no set rules for what your teaching awards should look like. The main thing to think about is that your awards do what you want them to.
Thoughtful categories are a very important aspect of your awards. Think about what will make students vote- what are they passionate about? How can you present this as something to care about?
Good categories and criteria are necessary to engage your membership in the awards and make the judging easier. Think about the challenges and issues that you're currently facing at your university. What are your other education campaigns about? Your NSS, PTES and PRES results are a good starting point; what issues have these identified? Also, what information can you obtain from your course reps?
That's not to say, however, that you need separate categories at all. Some award schemes just have a single, all-purpose category. However, in all cases, clear criteria are crucial otherwise the shortlisting and judging process will be a real challenge.
Don't feel that you need a large number of awards in order for them to be worthwhile. Some schemes only consist of one or two categories, and are really positive and useful initiatives. It is better to get at least something in your union's programme of work that can be built on in coming years than nothing at all.
It's important that your awards grab the attention of your students- after all, you're going to need them to make the effort to nominate.
One of the most important things about your awards is that they reflect the identity of your university and of your students. This need not be a vastly expensive undertaking; you probably already have a great SU brand (or even one for your education campaigns) that could be the point of departure for this too.
What about Support (Professional Services) Staff?
Increasing numbers of students' unions across the UK are choosing to recognise professional services (non-teaching) staff alongside their other student-led teaching awards.
This is definitely something worth considering. In the modern HE environment, the line between professional services and purely academic staff is becoming increasingly blurred. Both have the ability to impact on the education environment, so excellence in both groups should be given equal importance. In the same way that teaching awards highlight good practice that can be shared with other academics in a constructive way, recognising excellence in professional services can have the same effect, and show staff standards that can be aspired to.
For more information on this, as well as a suggested professional services award that NUS have developed in partnership with the Association of University Administrators (AUA), find our briefing in the 'Resources' section on this website.


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Q: How to conduct row-wise operations between two pandas dataframes with nested string represented lists I'm looking for a pandas-friendly way of conducting row-wise operations between two nested string-represented lists in two dataframes. Here is my incomplete attempt:
import pandas as pd
import ast

df1 = pd.DataFrame({'id': [0, 1, 2],
                   'nested_ls': ["[20, 15, 5]", "[8, 7, 0]", "[124, 23, 43]"]})

df2 = pd.DataFrame({'id': [0, 1, 2],
                   'nested_ls': ["[10, 3, 2]", "[14, 7, 0]", "[100, 3, 20]"]})

df3 = pd.Dataframe()

# This is something along the lines of what needs to be accomplished but,
# it is evaluating the series versus the row-wise nested lists
df3['nested_ls_diff'] = ast.literal_eval(df1['nested_ls']) - ast.literal_eval(df2['nested_ls'])

# Throws - ValueError: malformed node or string: 0

The desired output would be a dataframe that looks like this:
df3 = pd.DataFrame({'id': [0, 1, 2],
                   'nested_ls_diff': ["[10, 12, 3]", "[-6, 0, 0]", "[24, 20, 23]"]})

A: Your code: ast.literal_eval(df1['nested_ls']) tries to evaluate the string representation of the whole series. It's not what you want to do. Instead, you want:
# this gives you a series of lists
df1['nested_ls'].apply(ast.literal_eval)

or better:
# this gives you a numpy array
pd.eval(df1['nested_ls'])

So this would work for you (though not ideal):
df3 = pd.DataFrame()

df3['nested_ls_diff'] = list(pd.eval(df1['nested_ls']) - pd.eval(df2['nested_ls']))

Note that each cell in df3['nested_ls_diff'] is a list, not a string.

Update we can just do a list comprehension here for the general case:
df3['nested_ls_diff'] = [[a-b for a,b in zip(*xy)]
                         for xy in zip(pd.eval(df1['nested_ls']),pd.eval(df2['nested_ls']))
                        ]

Due to the nature of data (object dtype), this would perform comparable to the other approach.


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James Anderson (* 13. Juli 1921 in Wetumpka, Alabama; † 14. September 1969 in Billings, Montana) war ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler.

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Geboren in Alabama, folgte James seiner älteren Schwester Mary Anderson (1918–2014) ins Schauspielgeschäft. Bereits 1941 hatte er unter der Regie von Howard Hawks sein Filmdebüt im Kriegsdrama Sergeant York mit Gary Cooper in der Hauptrolle. Bis 1942 folgten mehrere kleine Filmrollen, ehe Anderson seine beginnende Hollywood-Karriere unterbrach und im Zweiten Weltkrieg kämpfte. Ende der 1940er Jahre kehrte er nach Hollywood zurück, wo er zunächst allerdings wieder nur kleinere Rollen erhielt.

In den 1950er Jahren machte sich Anderson dann einen Namen als Schauspieler in B-Western, in denen er zumeist raue Revolvermänner oder finstere Banditen spielte. Auch viele Western-Serien wie Rauchende Colts, Am Fuß der blauen Berge, Tausend Meilen Staub sowie Bonanza besetzten ihn regelmäßig nach diesem Rollentypus als Schurken. Über Nebenrollen kam der Charakterdarsteller praktisch nie hinaus, außer in einigen B-Filmen wie Die letzten Fünf (1951), wo er einen von fünf Überlebenden einer Nuklearattacke spielte. Seinen wohl bekanntesten Auftritt hatte Anderson im Filmklassiker Wer die Nachtigall stört (1962) unter der Regie von Robert Mulligan, nach dem gleichnamigen Roman von Harper Lee. Darin verkörperte er den hinterwäldlerischen und rassistischen Bob Ewell, der einen offenkundig unschuldigen Afro-Amerikaner zur Anklage bringt.

James Anderson erlag 1969 im Alter von 48 Jahren einem Herzinfarkt, seine letzten beiden Filme wurden erst nach seinem Tod veröffentlicht. Insgesamt spielte der Schauspieler zwischen 1941 und 1970 in rund 145 Film- und Fernsehproduktionen. Er wurde auf dem Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park in North Hollywood bestattet.

Filmografie (Auswahl)
 1941: Sergeant York
 1941: Dive Bomber
 1942: Piraten im karibischen Meer (Reap the Wild Wind)
 1949: Der Spieler (The Great Sinner)
 1950: Rollschuh-Fieber (The Fireball)
 1951: Den Hals in der Schlinge (Along the Great Divide)
 1951: Die letzten Fünf (Five)
 1952: Hat jemand meine Braut gesehen? (Has Anybody Seen My Gal)
 1952: Wildes Blut (Ruby Gentry)
 1952: The Star
 1952: Schüsse in New Mexico (The Duel at Silver Creek)
 1953: Die Bestie der Wildnis (Arrowhead)
 1953: Donovans Hirn (Donovan's Brain)
 1953–1955: The Cisco Kid (Fernsehserie, fünf Folgen)
 1954: Schachmatt (Pushover)
 1954: Hölle 36 (Private Hell 36)
 1954: Terror in Block 11 (Riot in Cell Block 11)
 1954–1955: Polizeibericht (Fernsehserie, vier Folgen)
 1955: Rauhe Gesellen (The Violent Men)
 1955: Sieben Reiter der Rache (Seven Angry Men)
 1955–1968: Rauchende Colts (Gunsmoke, Fernsehserie, neun Folgen)
 1956: Corky und der Zirkus (Circus Boy; Fernsehserie, eine Folge)
 1957–1960: Abenteuer im wilden Westen (Zane Grey Theater, Fernsehserie, vier Folgen)
 1957–1960: Perry Mason (Fernsehserie, drei Folgen)
 1957: Lockende Versuchung (Friendly Persuasion)
 1957: Herrscher über weites Land (The Big Land)
 1958: I Married a Monster from Outer Space
 1958: The Thing That Couldn't Die
 1959–1963: Am Fuß der blauen Berge (Laramie, Fernsehserie, zehn Folgen)
 1959–1964: Tausend Meilen Staub (Rawhide, Fernsehserie, vier Folgen)
 1960–1963: Bonanza (Fernsehserie, drei Folgen)
 1962: Wer die Nachtigall stört (To Kill a Mockingbird)
 1962: Die Sprache der Gewalt (Pressure Point)
 1964/1966: Dr. Kildare (Fernsehserie, zwei Folgen)
 1965–1966: Geächtet (Branded, Fernsehserie, zwei Folgen)
 1966: Ein Mann wird gejagt (The Chase)
 1969: Woody, der Unglücksrabe (Take the Money and Run)
 1970: Abgerechnet wird zum Schluss (The Ballard of Cable Hogue)
 1970: Little Big Man

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1. ASEAN Summit 2016 concludes in Vientiane, Laos:
The 28th & 29th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit concluded at Vientiane, Laos.
The theme for the 2016 summit was Turning Vision into Reality for a Dynamic ASEAN Community.
Prime Minister of the Laos Thongloun Sisoulith was the Chairperson of the summit.
The Summit has been attended by the leaders of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei Darussalam, Viet Nam, Lao PDR, Myanmar and Cambodia).
The ASEAN Summit is a semiannual meeting held by the member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in relation to economic and cultural development of Southeast Asian countries.
2. President approves GST Bill:
President Pranab Mukherjee has signed the GST Constitution Amendment Bill thereby making it a law.
GST Bill has been ratified by the Parliament, as well as 16 states.
The GST bill met the requisite percentage of 50% for its ratification and government plans to roll out the new indirect tax regime from 1 April, 2017.
3. Govt. approves subsidized chopper service for JK, Himachal:
The Union Government has approved subsidized helicopter services in 10 sectors of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) and Himachal Pradesh(HP) to connect inaccessible destinations.
Officers of the State Government on tour, Income tax payers or tourists will not be eligible for subsidized fares.
The operator of the services will be selected by the open tender process by the State Government.
The operation of helicopter services in the State will continue till March, next year.
4. Sikkim cleanest state in India:
Sikkim has been adjudged the cleanest state while Jharkhand comes last in the list of 26 states.
Gujarat is ranked 14th in the survey conducted by National Sample Survey Office (NSSO).
Kerala, Mizoram, Himachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Haryana, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Meghalaya are among the top 10 states.
5. Syndicate Bank appoints Director:
Syndicate bank has nominated Jayant Purushottam Gokhale as the part-time non-official director under the chartered accountant category for a period of 3 years.
Gokhale appointment is subject to his resignation from the board of LIC Nomura Mutual Fund Asset Management Company, before joining the bank's board.
6. PepsiCo's Indra Nooyi only Indian-origin woman in Fortune list:
PepsiCo CEO and Chairman Indra Nooyi was ranked 2nd on the list of Fortune's 51 Most Powerful Women list.
The list is topped by Mary Barra, CEO and Chairman of General Motors.
7. Mehbooba launches "CM Scooty Scheme" for girls in J&K:
Today, Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has launched the 'CM Scooty Scheme' in the state to encourage girls to go to colleges for higher studies.
Under CM Scooty Scheme 300 girls of two colleges were distributed scooters.
Eligibility for a scooty was based on a minimum percentage of 65% and an annual family income of Rs. 4 lakh.
8. Govt launches registration module for Indian students studying abroad:
The Union Government has launched Students Registration Module on madad.gov.in for Indian students studying abroad.
This registration will be of immense help, in case of any emergency.
Currently, there is no data available on the Indian students studying abroad.
9. NASA launches first mission to collect samples from asteroid:
The US space agency NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) has launched its first mission to collect samples from an asteroid and return them to Earth in hopes of learning more about the origins of life.
The spacecraft OSIRIS-REx (unmanned) blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
The 800 million dollar mission will travel for two years on a journey to Bennu.
OSIRIS-REx's main goal is to gather dirt and debris from the surface of the asteroid and return it to Earth by 2023 for further study.
10. ICICI Bank introduces 'Software Robotics' to improve banks productivity:
ICICI Bank, has announced the deployment of 'Software Robotics' in over 200 business processes across various functions of the bank.
The software robots will reduce the response time to customers by up to 60%.
11. Anjum Chopra becomes first Indian woman to be honoured with MCC life membership:
Former Indian women's cricket team captain Anjum Chopra (39-year) has been awarded an honorary life membership of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).
Anjum has honoured along with former men's team stalwarts Zaheer Khan and Virender Sehwag.
She is the first Indian woman cricketer to get the prestigious life membership of MCC.
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New Blockchain Company Has Own Cryptocurrency Payment System
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A new blockchain company attests that it has its own cryptocurrency payment system, with the goal to restore and optimize patient-provider relationships.
by Rajiv Leventhal
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The company, Teledactyl, based in Wyoming, is being developed as an original blockchain platform for the healthcare industry that can store and share patient information—like a user's health record—digitally through secure encrypted transmission, according to officials. The platform will be launching next month.
According to officials, Teledactyl creates digitized personal health records (PHR) for its users, which they can share with healthcare providers. Any data that is added, changed or deleted by a health professional is automatically recorded in the user's blockchain in the form of a ledger, providing security and transparency. The blockchain system is also compatible with multiple applications, they noted.
What's more, the platform aims to exceed standards of accessibility by allowing patients to access their personal health records without having to contact their doctor's office. "While most health records are frustratingly inaccessible when moving to different providers or between health systems, blockchain technology enables a patient's health information to be stored permanently. That means easy access for patients and future providers who need a thorough medical history," officials said in a press release.
But above all, it's the unique secure cryptocurrency payment option that officials believe make this platform most unique. While similar blockchain systems often use "utility tokens," Teledactyl has its own cryptocurrency payment network.
As the company's leadership explain, this method provides a "P2P" payment system from patient to provider. It increases healthcare per dollar and reimburses providers instantaneously after services are offered. And, patients don't have to rely on third-party insurers or payors.
"The United States healthcare system is in dire need of an efficient method to preserve and protect personal health information, reduce healthcare costs, increase provider access and improve methods of payment—all while bettering patient outcomes. We want to eliminate the discrepancies in our healthcare system that disrupt patient and provider relationships. Everyone should have immediate access to their health records," said Seth Crapp, M.D., the company's co-founder and chief medical officer.
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Dubai Polo Gold Cup Series announces the 2019 Silver Cup Tournament Fixture at a Live Draw at the Habtoor Palace Hotel. UAE Polo (Patron: Her Highness Sheikha Maitha Bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum) and Ghantoot Polo (Patron: HH Sheikh Falah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan) among the participating teams.The Dubai Polo Gold Cup Series (Dubai Open), an 18-goal handicap competition celebrating its 10th year anniversary under the Patronage of HH Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler, Dubai, launched its 2019 season on January 21, 2019 where the organising committee conducted a live draw for the Silver Cup 2019 fixture at the Habtoor Ballroom, Habtoor Palace, LXR Hotels & Resorts.
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