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NBA Teams Enjoy 1 More Day Off Before All-Star Break Ends
All right. The NBA returns to work on Thursday after this past weekend's All-Star game - the traditional mid-season break for Pro Basketball. NPR sports correspondent Tom Goldman hardly ever takes a break. And he's back with us. Hi, Tom.
TOM GOLDMAN, BYLINE: (Laughter) How are you?
INSKEEP: I'm doing fine. Good morning. Good morning. Not such a good start to the season - or first two-thirds of the season almost - for the Los Angeles Lakers. They're 19-39. What do they do now?
GOLDMAN: Yuck. Well, you know, when in doubt, get Magic back. They got Magic back, Magic Johnson, probably the most popular and famous Laker of all. But unfortunately, they're going to use him in a suit and tie and not in a jersey and shorts.
INSKEEP: Too bad for them.
GOLDMAN: Yeah. He was named as the team's new head of basketball operations. He's replacing Jim Buss, who said three years ago he would resign in three years if the struggling Lakers didn't turn things around. Well, they didn't. And his sister Jeanie, the team president, didn't wait for him to walk away. She fired him.
GOLDMAN: Yeah.
INSKEEP: (Laughter) That is hardcore.
GOLDMAN: Thanks, sis. Although he's still part-owner. There's hope that Magic can help lead the Lakers back to greatness from the front office the way he led them to five titles in the 1980s on the court. Now, I should say he's never really run a team. And he and Jeanie Buss warned this isn't going to be easy or quick, but at least there's a little hope in Laker land.
INSKEEP: So they're not really hoping to salvage this season, but maybe in a future season they hope his - Magic can bring back magic?
GOLDMAN: Very good, yeah, absolutely.
INSKEEP: OK. All right. So tell me, Tom, we're in this break, we're about to get out of the break, isn't this the last moment for teams to shuffle their lineups to get in some new talent and go for the playoffs?
GOLDMAN: Yeah. The trading deadline is coming up. And the biggest trade to date is a coveted center - DeMarcus Cousins - was traded to New Orleans and giving the Pelicans - the New Orlean (ph) Pelicans, New Orleans Pelicans - incredible potential. Both DeMarcus Cousins and Anthony Davis, who he's joining in New Orleans, they're called generational talents. Kind of like you, Steve, a generational talent. Once every generation, you come along.
INSKEEP: (Laughter).
GOLDMAN: But in the basketball world, these are guys that are big and skilled and versatile and they don't come around often. And now they are playing together. Right now, New Orleans is outside the top eight teams in the Western Conference. The top eight from each conference go to the playoffs.
But if they can gel, if these two guys can work together, this team could be very interesting. And they could give the Warriors a little trouble. Because for all the Golden State Warriors do well, matching up against two active big men might be a weakness. Golden State doesn't have the big guys to match. So it'll be fun to watch.
INSKEEP: Well, when you talk about generational talents, Tom Goldman, once every generation it seems we have an Isaiah Thomas in the NBA. And literally another Isaiah Thomas in the NBA, short of six feet but making a big impact. Could he actually have an effect on the playoffs here?
GOLDMAN: I think he certainly could. He certainly had an effect on the regular season so far. He's an amazing phenomenon. He's listed at 5'9". But I've heard that's generous. He's the second leading scorer in the league. He's a deadly three point shooter. He drives to the hoop with a vengeance, which, Steve, is how you have to drive to the hoop when you're 5'9" and seven-footers are waiting at the hoop for you.
INSKEEP: Yeah. But he's doing well for the Boston Celtics here. And he's - what the namesake of the original Isaiah Thomas, I guess we should say.
GOLDMAN: Exactly, the original from Detroit. The current one is from Boston. And he is must-see NBA action.
INSKEEP: OK. Tom, thanks very much.
GOLDMAN: You're welcome.
INSKEEP: That's NPR sports correspondent Tom Goldman.
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It was during 1957-60 when I was in England with my husband, the thought of starting a school in India was originated in my mind. Then I was undergoing Montessorie Training in London under the able guidance of Mr. Morie Montessorie, the son of Madame Montessorie the founder of the world famous Montessorie system of Education.
His teaching was so interesting and exciting that I was enthused and felt the urge to impart my knowledge to the little ones in India who lacked proper guidance and encouragement in those days.
When I returned to India in 1960 it was difficult to locate a proper place to run a school and I was a bit disappointed and feeling guilty for not putting my Montessori Knowledge acquired in England to proper use.
We understood that while South Madras can claim of many well known good schools, North Madras was an educationally neglected and backward area and we should give our attention to this area and thus we started the Model School in Tondiarpet as a Nursery School.Over the years due to parents request the school grew up step by step to Primary School, Middle School, High School and Higher Secondary School.
When I look back on the last 40 years, it is with a lot of pride and satisfaction. What started out as a dream, became a reality. When Ponnamma joined the Montessori Course at U.K. , she had this burning desire to come home and teach. We had no idea how this was going to be possible.
It lay there as an unfulfilled dream as we went back to India in 1959 and resided at Kilpauk. Once in a while the idea cropped up in the midst of something and due to sheer ignorance of how to go about it, was shelved.
When I look back on the last 40 years, it is with a lot of pride and satisfaction. What started out as a dream, became a reality. When Ponnamma joined the Montessori Course at U.K. , she had this burning desire to come home and teach. We had no idea how this was going to be possible. It lay there as an unfulfilled dream as we went back to India in 1959 and resided at Kilpauk. Once in a while the idea cropped up in the midst of something and due to sheer ignorance of how to go about it, was shelved. It was soon apparent that the desire to impart what she learnt could not be curbed and in 1963 we looked for some space in Tondiarpet which was relatively close to MRF where I worked and was an area lacking in basic educative facilities.
Model School came into existence one Monday morning in the verandah of Thandavaraya Mudali Street with a modest strength of 4 students. Today we look back with pride and gratitude to the Almighty for his blessings these last 40 years.I have always believed in " Except the Lord buildeth the house one toils in vain." It is very clear to me that the Lord indeed has been with us these last 40 years.
To God Almighty who in 1965 blessed this small nursery school in the verandah of an old building in Thandavarayan Street, Tondiarpet , Madras 21 which was called MODEL SCHOOL. We will be failing in our duty if we don't remember a few names who have helped us in the development of our school.
Firstly, Late Mr. Gnanasundaram who has rented us his house in 1965 to start the school. Subsequently his son Mr. Dhushyanathan has sold the house to the school.
Secondly late, Mr. Ramachandra Iyer, who most willingly let a major part of his property with a house to meet the expanding demand for Admission.
Subsequently, his daughter Mrs. Moha Kuppuswamy and Mr. Kuppuswamy has helped us to buy the property where the New School Block building is constructed. Their son M. Sri Ram has allowed us to have a part of his property for the use of the school.
Last but not the least, Mr. Krishnamurthy who is a well wisher, neighbour and friend of all of us played a very helpful role in getting the property to the school. Without the helping hand of all of them, we would not have been able to construct a such a magnificent building.. Their name will be remembered years to come al long as the school exists her. Our thanks are due to all of all of them along with many thousands who have contributed immensely for the development of Model School in this area.
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The outstanding stone lighthouses that exist in Attica
Jewel-Monuments overlooking the endless blue sea
in ATTICA
You may have never noticed them. But you should observe them. Let your mind run in other earlier times. The stone lighthouses in Attica stand for years in their place having an otherworldly charm that can fascinate you.
Lighthouses in Greece have been reference points for many years. Not only for the seafarers but also for the visitor. The one who will stand before them and admire their beauty up close. They dominate the edge of the land and the view from them is riveting. Attica could not but have its own, which are now monuments of cultural heritage and architecture.
The lighthouse at Vrysaki place in Lavrio
There stands the southernmost lighthouse of Attica and has been operating since 1892. The impressive lighthouse has a stone tower that reaches 7 meters in height. Up to 1983, it used oil as a source of energy and then it was electrified. The tower is externally square and internally circular and is adjacent to the ground lighthouse.
The Lighthouse of Spetses
It is one of the first stone lighthouses that operated in Greece after the liberation. This particular lighthouse has something special. It is built in a residential area, in the Old Port of Spetses. It first operated in 1837.
Dana Lighthouse
At the entrance of Poros bay, one of the most beautiful stone-built square lighthouses of the country is standing. It was built in 1870, while today's renovated lighthouse has been designated a "Preservable Modern Historical Monument". To get there you will walk on a beautiful route that starts from the picturesque Gerolimenas.
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The lighthouse of Salamina
The stone lighthouse of Salamina dominates the area where Kogchi beach is located, south of the island. The lighthouse was built in 1901 and its focal height reaches 34 meters in height. It has even been designated a "Preservable Modern Historical Monument".
The Lighthouse of Aegina
The view offered by this point is unique. This lighthouse is located in Livadi area, one of the most beautiful areas of the island. Next to the lighthouse, you will see the small church of the Holy Apostles. The stone tower of the lighthouse was built in 1881 and is 9 meters high.
The Zourvas Lighthouse in Hydra
The Zourvas Lighthouse in Hydra has an impressive tower that reaches 10 meters in height. It was originally built in 1883 and was destroyed by the Germans during World War II. However, it was rebuilt in 1946 and until 1986 it was operating on oil.
The Lighthouse "Fonias" (Killer) in Cape Sounion
This lighthouse in Cape Sounion, in Attica, was built in 1889 but was completely destroyed by the Germans during the Second World War. It was 9 meters high and had a focal height of 15 meters. Today you will see there, unfortunately, only ruins of the old stone tower, which is accessible from Lavrion. A short distance from the ruins of the old lighthouse you can see a newer metal lamp.
Visiting a Lighthouse may not be something common, but it is a unique experience. Lighthouses such as those in Vrysaki, Lavrio and Moudari in Kythira remain open to the public from morning to evening. Don't miss your chance to see them up close.
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Как это можно реализовать?
Смог найти только получение значений, которые принимает метод.

A: Пусть у нас есть метод int getDimensionID(Object o1, Object o2).
Тогда для получения типа его возвращаемого значения нам потребуется написать две строчки:
Method method = DimensionManager.class.getDeclaredMethod("getDimensionID", Object.class, Object.class);
System.out.println(method.getReturnType());

Для вызова метода с помощью рефлексии вам потребуется следующая строчка:
method.invoke(
/* имя объекта класса, содержащего метод, или null, если метод статический */,
/* аргументы метода */);

Если ваш класс - enum, то вы не можете создать его экземпляр, но вы можете получить доступ к одной из его констант. Если не получается напрямую, можно через рефлексию тремя способами (пусть одна из его констант называется INSTANCE):
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DimensionManager.class.getDeclaredField("INSTANCE").get(null);
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// 3 способ
Enum.valueOf(DimensionManager.class, "INSTANCE");

Дальше просто пишете:
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health care. 9:20 eastern. the five is next. hello everyone. i'm greg gutfeld. once dated raggedy andy. it's 5:00 in new york city i'm told. so the standoff is over. who won? who lost? who cares? the media will say the president of course. when a president's victory is a nation's loss that kind of sucks. when the good news is we're more in debt i'll take the bad. i wish the standoff never ended because now obama can get back to work. the can that keeps getting kicked down the road is us.
our american cans just got punted all over the place. i'd show you the bruises but this is a family show. we have $17 trillion in debt and a president who mocked us for caring. with the media firmly up his own can obama referred to the debt debate as injustice itself. if he wants our money he has to go through them. he cultivated fear unleashing tune tif actions during the shutdown. ten port potties available, one or two for business making his rhetoric for crap. it's really shut up and hand over your wallet. my suggestion, next time there is no next thyme. make this permanent and refuse to hand over our wallets. remove your eyelids first. so last night obama was asked if this will happen again.
let's roll that. >> is this going to happen all over again in a few months? >> no. >> that was my favorite speech he's ever made. here's the thing andrea. can we save all of our talking points for next february? this is going to happen again. >> put them in a drawer on microsoft outlook 13 weeks from now. you can use that again. the president last night stood in front of the american people and said we can't govern crisis to crisis. now the cloud of uncertainty is removed. how? i don't see what anyone got from this. if he has his wish we'll govern crisis to crisis. that's exactly how he is perceived he wins. it is embarrassing for the country. if you're another country, how do you take us seriously when you watch what just went on last couple of weeks and knowing it's going to happen again in 13 weeks? >> yeah. bob you're grinning.
>> i've been trying to be held back on this. there's one question of who got whooped, the republicans got their whooped. there's no question about that. >> first of all -- who ran for vice president? paul ryan. they're starting to work. i have a sneaky suspicion. democrats are not dumb enough to use the debt ceiling as leverage. the question of whether they get an agreement on the budget this time call me crazy i think this time they're going to get it. >> eric, do the democrats know now they can win at a game of chicken? >> they won because the republicans made it about obama care. it was already done. they didn't have the votes. they made it about that and probably shouldn't have done
that. i agree with bob, there's still cards in their hand they can play. you can have a debt ceiling and going to have to continually fund the government until you get a budget both sides agree on. president barack obama is responsible for $17 trillion worth of debt. that's george washington up until george bush. insane when he wasn't president. now he's breathing a sigh of relief he has the new debt ceiling. he's the one that jacked up the deficit four times from the bush level up to $1.4 trillion. bob will say part is bush. maybe. he kept it four years. it's still way above voice levels. i don't know how the man can say i've cut the limit. we have fiscal problems, fiscal may ham on the horizon. you better fix it. we haven't fixed anything. we've bought a few more moss. >> dana, if there were a game
show for republican, would pit be called no deal or no deal? >> that would win awards. emmy award winning. >> answer the question. >> here's the game show they averted the shutdown. it was not even bud light. it tasted terrible and gave you a horrible political hang over. this is going to hang over them for a little while now. you know what this really helped is the permanent political class in washington d.c. and the lobbyist. you bet because the unions did not get what ept thissed out of this past deal, they'll work hard to get nit january or february when they decide to get this done. same is true on the republican side. everybody in washington is thinking, hot damn this is great. i'll get more contracts now and continue to tell clients i'm going to be able to fight for them and the tax break etc. i don't have faith in the has kal paul ryan talks. i don't have faith in the president's activity in this.
the last time there was a super committee they kooim to an agreement and he chunked it out the window. none of these things matter. >> i don't remember that. >> you should keep your notes. >> can we keep in mind the vast majority of the american people wanted this over? >> i don't think people were paying attention. there's a misguided notion d.c. is the center of the universe. they had to make the shutdown seemlike it was apock liptic. >> that's why they pulled the stunts at the world war ii memorial. the fact president barack obama said if republicans would have succeeded in laying the playing field letting and making sure that the political class has the same rules and regulations as everyone else, president barack obama said i'm going to veto those subsidies for congress. that barely made the papers, greg. i don't think people were
following this closely. there is a consolation prize to no deal or no deal for republicans. now every single day they have to get on the same page with obama care. they need to go to one of their retreats they like to go to and get on the same page by house and senate and figure out what the strategy is. it can't be messages all over the place chls delarks defund, medical device tax which is a stupid taxz. what do republicans want? >> do you dislike obama so much you can't for one day for once say the guy won? >> i don't think he won, bob. >> how could you say that? >> i don't. >> you're so smart in so many ways. >> in the court of public opinion in the country, washington lost. >> what do you constitute winning? a couple of polls? >> not a couple, a lot. the republicans took a terrible beating.
>> there's no doubt republicans have to refocus and come up with a concerted this is what we stand for. i suggest it's not about immigration. it's not about contraceptives, women's rights. it's about the economy. the economy is stupid. james carlos famous line that got clinton elected. stay on that message. that's what it is. this debt thing bob you make fun of. this $17 trillion in debt on our way to 25 trillion is something we can't afford to ignore. you're exposure debt goes from $300 billion to $600 billion overnight. that would be a problem. and it could. >> this is a financial question. if the shutdown took out $24 billion out of the economy, why don't we quadruple the size of the government. we should all be working for government.
>> i don't know. that was s&p that said that. i'm not sure where fitch says if you don't reopen the government quickly we're going to downgrade debt because we won't have the ability to pay. i'm not sure who's getting to these people. there seems to be motivation for the agencies to be having opinions politically which they don't or shouldn't have at all. >> they make money off of this. >> the business establishments -- >> polls are wrong. >> all business community which comes down on the republicans hard and the tea party harder, they're all in obama's back pocket. >> obama has more back pockets than the gap. >> i give all besides the business community. how and where did they come down on republicans exactly? give me an example. this is the most unfriendly business environment of probably
the last four decades. as far as regulation, taxization, corporate taxization, hiring, now obama care. this is the worst environment to hire people. >> the chamber of commerce wanted it. >> i don't defer to chamber of commerce to all businesses of america. >> i want to play one side of obama talking to congress about who you should listen to before we go to break. >> all of us need to stop focussing on the lobbyist, bloggers and talk heads on radio and the professional activists that profit from conflict and focus on what the majority of americans sent us here to. >> is he talking all talking heads and bloggers or on one side? >> he was trying to channel a message directly to you. if you look into his eye, he was thinking that greg gutfeld. >> yep. nobody listens to me. what was he getting at? what do you think? >> i think he was doing what he
does best, lecture. he's lecturing. he's also telling the american people don't listen to the chattering class on the right. the tea party, talk radio. listen to me above all else. that's what they want. it's just unfortunate republicans couldn't get anything out of this. i don't think the president won but i do think republicans lost. we lost the most. coming up president barack obama 's former chief of staff wants to thank the tea party for helping the president cover up the obama care disaster. >> every time he gets in trouble, they come to his rescue. >> is he right? check out our facebook page at facebook/the five. and our foxnews.com/the five.
well with the shutdown and debt drama behind us for the time being, the biggest questions remaining in washington are what can be
learned and what happens next? obama's former chief of staff bill daily thinks the tea party has helped the president throughout this. >> why did you say you think the president is lucky to have the tea party? >> every time he gets in trouble they come to his rescue. yet these people pick obama care to have the fight over. >> there have been so many glitches in the roll out of obama care including internal estimates of how many would be signed up in the first couple of months. there's not been a focus on that because it's been about the debt ceiling. >> right. >> tea party senators cruz and lee said their tragedy would have worked with republican backing. >> if republicans had united and supported house republicans and the american people we could have had a different outcome.
senate republican divided and attacked house republicans, attacked the effort to defund obama care. that led to the lousy deal we had tonight. >> this is the end of the beginning, a fight that's going to continue. >> so eric, a lot of people have disagreed with ted cruz's tact tick defunding strategy because it was never realistic. is there truth about what she was saying? they did didn't they, republicans? >> i'm not sure. i think what happened ted cruz and mike lee to a certain extent did what they felt they had to do, fight the fight, whether they believed they were winning or not. they had to find out who was on their side. who are the conservatives going to back defunding obama care in the face of unlikely odds to see who was there. going forward 2014 i think the tea party will become stronger because of this.
there was a voice that they were speaking that although they didn't win was still wanting to be heard. i find it very interesting on the right. ran paul, rubio and chris christy played this well in the right place at the right time right frame of mind. they laid back and let this fight be fought by cruz and lee now. they may be the runs that come around in 2014 and 2016 and say we're on your side, speak you're voice. let's do a more realistic way. >> if there's one silver lining, dana, one at all, can republicans thank ted cruz for putting them on the record as being against obama care? now going forward every time there's a negative headline which i'd love to see if the media will actually report them, they can say i told you so. >> i guess if you're in the group of 16 or 18 senators that voted no, maybe you're in that position. all the others are not. most important is you have the
senate red state democrats up for re-election that are going to have a tough re-election. mary landru from louisiana pulls way ahead of her republican opponent in louisiana in the last two weeks. i don't know how lasting this is. to nora o'donnell's point in august we were all talking about the weight of irs scandal, fast and furious and syria complete now today president barack obama gets to take a victory lap. i don't call that winning. from the beginning you were never going to have five senate democrats and the president defund their own bill. i would say maybe if you're a purist you think this is great. there are different world views happening. democrats with their view are 100% united. republicans and tea party conservatives are probably 95%
united, not enough. >> do you think eric has a point this did rally the base and show them on some level there are people willing to fight in this? or no, do you think the republican party is more fractured than ever? >> the problem with cruz trying to check out to see who's with him and against him, what if you think it's a bad strategy? all of a sudden you're not as conservative as i am. you're out of the club. that's the opposite of reagan. reagan got people into the club. we can disagree. people with brains were for the strategy. people with brains were against the strategy. you don't become stupid because you disagree or become a rhino bau because you disagree. i'm critical of these anchors.
they mocked other scandals. every candidate should go out there handcuffed with a victim of obama care. obama care is a fire lose of bad government you could spray all over immigration reform and climate change. it's the greatest argument for small government. obama care can rally everybody that believes that government is bad. >> bob, you have been looking at the polls over the last couple of days and following how the tea party has been fairing in this battle. you were a member of the far left, protested a lot. there's a poll here. you've actually said debt is something we need to tackle. that's what the tea party is about. why do they have such a bad wrap? >> they're marginalized, not people that understand legislative process does require on occasion trying to find consensus. they are people that have absolutely no experience. i don't doubt they believe what they believe. they're a marginalized part of
american society. they are not as eric says going to be a big force in 2014. obama care could be no question about that. the tea party itself -- >> here's what bob did -- >> dead, dead, dead. anybody who wants to get it. republicans are running from it like scolded dogs. >> you're forgetting what the tea party was formed for, to fight obama care. >> that was a long time ago. republicans are against obama care. >> you said in 2014 obama care could be a problem. if the tea party is a reason for obama care -- >> i don't think it's the reason. >> obama care is the reason for the tea party. they'll come back and see we told you. this law sucks. it's your fault. now elect more of us and change the law. >> if it's as bad as you say they can pick it up. for your sake, it's a non existent entity in american politics. >> bob, i hope you keep saying that. the more you say that, the more
the tea party will gain. i don't think the tea party is weakened at all. >> you don't think they're weakened? >> they don't think they're weakened. >> you saw the president of the united states fighting for power while this group was fighting for a principal. they don't care what you think. they don't give a damn what you think. the obama care is still exposed. it's not about winning or losing. it's about shrinking government. they don't care that you think they suck. >> you have to admit they won in 2010. midterm elections in the second term president which typically lu loses seats. on a state and local level, the tea party kicked ass last time around and probably responsible -- >> they lost three senate seats single handily.
>> you could have taken the senate back. you lost it. >> think about this. the more people that get act la mated with obama care if they can even log on, the more they're going to identify their frustration with this bill and law i should say, with what the tea party is saying. the tea party is not going to stop fighting. i know you want them to stop fighting. i know you're going to try to call them, one of your democratic buddies trying to call anyone that poeopposes the president racist. here we go. >> there's a body on congressional people that want to paralyze the system. what's underneath it unfortunately is there's probably racism involved which is aufrl. >> -- is awful. >> is that the elephant in the room? >> it's not an elephant but some type of animal.
some people get so threatened by change they get angry and terrorized and vicious. >> vicious and terrorized. what's wrong with not liking change? >> you know what's funny red ford made a movie was a flop. it whitewashed terrorists that killed a guard. why did he cover that up? he's pay aging relevant racist. >> what's happening with the tea party -- i believe they believe in what they believe in. as a political force, it reminds me of what happened to the govern iets back in the 70s, democratic party in the main stream took it back over. look at any pole, republicans on the trail. they're staying away from the
tea party. they don't want anything to do with them. >> it's hard to participate in something you don't like. that's the challenge of the conservative. when liberals say where's your obama care alternative? we don't believe in that because we're small government. that's the problem. it's like you going to the gym, tea party are always antagonistic to government. that's why you don't like them. you like government. >> bob, if you take the tea party and add in the libertarian party, you put those together and there's overlap no doubt. if you have that grow from the gop up from that, that's a force to be wreck onned with. >> i think you'd be surprised if you took the tea party label off and brought in a group of people. maybe they should try it on a live show and talk about what the tea party stands for, r
reducing the debt. i think when they reveal who they identify with more, the president or the tea party, people would be surprised. >> they have been for themselves for years. it's not the tea party. republicans opposed obama care and didn't vote a single vote for it. they have been against the budget spending. you give that credit to the tea party? give me a break. >> some atheist are upset with oprah. what did the queen of talk say that got them irritated? we'll show you that coming up. stay with us. >> technology
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obama promised to be the most transparent president in history? you don't. here's a quick refreshment. >> i have a track record of transparency. >> i'll make our government open and transparent. >> we'll do it in a transparent way. >> i want transparency and accountability. >> come on, really? here's how financial times correspondent reports it. the washington bureau chief said quote the obama administration is far worse than the bush administration in trying to afford accountability reporting government agencies. don't forget trying to report on fast and furious, she said she was screamed and cussed at by a white house advisor. transparentally mr. president, you're joking.
>> this could be the most opaque. >> if you're in the white house and looking at this report the former washington post editor put out which got lost, you're thinking high five. we're doing a good job protecting our boss. that's one way to look at it. i always felt it was best to have the relationship. i knew they had a job to do everyday, reporters. they knew i had a job to do. try to defend the president 50% of the time. you have the responsibility to defend the access of the press to the president and other agencies. i understand their frustration. the administration probably things they're doing a bang up job. >> greg, remember president barack obama was the first social media president. social media shined light on a lot that use to stay unscene in the corner. >> it's more like the media is sad he doesn't hang out with them. they wanted to be friends.
he was the cool guy. they're the fan club to one direction. for those of you that don't have kids like me, one direction is a bunch of teen bopper boys. the toughest question they get is will you marry me? that's the with obama. he hasn't come back and said i love you too. they were going to walk off on the sun set on the beach barefoot and it didn't happen. >> one of the most important things going on now. they could actually tell us how many people enrolled in obama care. why haven't they? >> why? why tell anybody? i consider this a great badge of courage. i don't know of an administration that's wanted to have laundry transparent out there for the press. if they don't get it, tough luck. the idea here is in politics we do our best to cover up bad
news. we don't want bad news to get out. >> did you see the montage. he ran on transparency. >> every president does. >> no not at the level president barack obama did. he promised unprecedented amount of transparency and didn't get it. i don't blame him. i think his advisors are doing a great john bullying, getting their way. the media only speaks up and calls him on this when they're not allowed to watch him golf. that prompted the media outrage because they didn't get to watch him play golf with tiger woods. he is actively fighting freedom of information act, request in court at obama's direction. he is fighting this every way. executive privilege on fast and furious. won't let us see the obama care records. then he spies on everybody else including the media. >> greg particularly keeps saying media is in his back pocket. you're saying the media isn't
getting access. you can't have it both ways. >> the media are not asking the tough questions. >> oh they're not? >> they're not. >> my daughter wanted me to ask you, how cool is it to be president? are you in a toxic relationship with someone? would you even know it if you were? dana has a list of signs to help determine if it could be time to let that person go. greg, watch out.
are any of you out there married or in a relationship and something isn't quite right? the relationship could be toxic. how could you tell?
i came across interesting advice from dr. gregory of the institute. greg, this statement was designed for me and greg. here are five signs you are in a toxic relationship. one it seems like you can't do anything right. two it is about them and not you. three, you find yourself unable to enjoy good moments with this person. you're uncomfortable being yourself around this person and five, you're unable to grow and change. does that ring a bell for you? >> you both aren't going to grow anymore. >> i'm shrinking as we speak. a relationship is toxic when somebody uses the word toxic. what happened to bad or lousy? magazine and experts use that word toxic. the a thing i hate about this is -- >> toxic is more descriptive than bad. >> this article was written by
somebody that got dumped. they mock your personality, everything is about them. this guy got dumped by somebody. relationships are easy until they get hard. that's the story of life when you live with somebody forever. it's easy to bounce from casual relationship to casual relationship. you never get dirty, never get involved. being married is the bravest hardest thing you can do. trust me. >> you have a lot to say. >> i was in the magazine industry. i saw this article reconstituted every month. >> people like this stuff. people are in relationships. bob, you have been lucky in love. have you ever been in a toxic relationship like this? >> my form her wife had to put up with a lot of this from me. i was never meant to be in a relationship. some people aren't. >> no kidding. at least you're honest about it.
>> now you're going to say with your current situations that you don't have any of this. i'm sure you think your opposite does everything right. >> it's all about me and not peter. >> it's never about them, it's about you. come on. you have to own up to some of this. >> what do you think is the worst of these? what would you pick? >> being uncomfortable being yourself. that's a really bad one when people can't be themselves around somebody else because they're afraid they're going to be critiqued or hiding who they are. >> sometimes you're too comfortable. certain types of bodily functions. >> i believe this is giving people an out to say i have numbers one, two, three, it's over because it's hard and i'm out of here. i think that's true. >> i actually think eric this could help people that they don't understand what's wrong in their life.
they read something like this and say oh my gosh, i'm in a toxic relationship. and they fix it. >> do they fix it? >> every woman's hack article in every cosmo or glamour. oh this is me. i'm going to do something about it. oh muffins. >> don't be a debbie downer. that's so accurate. if you are just happy. >> if your significant other is mean to somebody else or debbie downer towards somebody else, i don't like that. >> don't date somebody that's mean to a waiter. >> they'll be mean to you eventually. >> i'm being serious here. this thing about not being able to grow and change is true about any relationship. that's probably hard trying to get somebody trapped and not let them expand to their fullest. my wife had enough sense to dump me before i expanded to my
fullest. that would have been disaster. i think there's a lot of people that do hold people back in marriages. >> also it can work the other way. if you're in a good relationship it could help you grow and do more. >> everyone has their own crap. it's who's crap you're willing to put up with. >> you know what, we could have ended the segment with that there. that's the relationship advice with the five. >> just have fun. >> are you advocating swinging? >> whoa whoa. we'll talk about that on the break. we're going to talk about this with bob next. i don't want you to get mad at me. some atheists in america are upset with oprah winfrey and demanding an apology about something she said to record setting swimmer diana nyad. you'll find out what ticked them
atheists in america have a new target, oprah winfrey. what are they upset about with the talk show queen? over an interview she just did with record setting swimmer diana nyad that swam from cuba
to florida without a shark cage. that's smart. nyad told oprah she doesn't believe in god but believes in awe and wonder. here's what respond. >> you're not a god person you're a person in deeply awe. >> i'm an atheist. >> you're in the awe. >> don't know why anybody would find a contradiction in that. so me my definition of god is humanity and love of humanity -- >> i don't call you as an atheist. if you believe in the awe and wonder and mystery -- >> okay. >> that that is what god is. that is what god is. >> the atheists are extremely tolerant people have asked that oprah apologize. >> oh, yeah. >> what do you think, eric? do you think she should apologize or will she apologize. >> no. i'm thoroughly confused what she's talking about.
if you have awe in nature that means you believe in god? i don't really understand how that -- i believe in god and i respect in everyone's right not to believe in god. i don't think we should have an opinion whether nyad has a believe in god or not. >> i'm an unabashed oprah fan. they were having a discussion. oprah expressed her opinion she wouldn't call her an atheist and she believes in humanity and awe. why should she apologize for her opinion. atheists are so overly sensitive. everything is an insult to them. >> you have to be careful here. there are plenty of extremely sensitive religious people as well. there are religious people who will kill you if you insult their religion. you can't blame all atheists as being hyper sensitive. some people who you work with don't care one way or another what you believe in.
obviously there was an offhand captain and it was a discussion. one thing they pit atheism versus lack of faith. there are other options out there. there could be a god but he just moved on. >> or a different kind of god. >> what do you think? >> i guess you can be in awe of something even though she doesn't understand it. i guess if you believe that we came here because of some massive explosion out of nowhere and there is no god, which i'm assuming what she's saying, she can be in awe we exploded or evolved from monkeys. in awe of that theory. i don't believe it. oprah can say whatever she wants. she's sitting down with the queen of talk. she has to deal with oprah. she's allowed to participate. that's why people love oprah. she's opinionated. sometimes you love her sometimes you don't. i don't know why atheists think about. >> when she talks about awe and
wonder that is for people of faith they do see awe and wonder in nature as something having to have been given to us by god. atheists don't. that's their business. everybody ought to -- >> she was saying you can appreciate awe without having it connected to a higher being. >> nyad was. >> oprah accept that. >> one more thing is up next.
>> this day in history in 1931 gangster al capone is sent 11 years for tax evasion.
he was one of the great criminals of all times in the 20s and '30s and died of syph. illis. >> you can wear a hat. >> all right. as you know friday, last friday al baldwin's show debuted on msnbc. he has a segment on exercise in which he leads the audience in actual exercises. we have a tape. he's using the tether ball. working his shoulders. >> it helps your core. >> it does help your core. >> great exercise. >> we should have an exercise segment. >> andrea? >> okay. so my favorite snack, gummy bears. the creator died this week at 90
years old. his name is hans regal. he worked up until the day he died because he said it made him happy and that's the slogan of the haribo gummy bear the most delicious gummy bears in the world. it makes people happy. >> give me a couple. >> fox nation, new article, the liberal media we talked about. check it out foxnation.com. dana i hear you have an excellent one more thing. >> we were running out of time. no, we're not. because joshua and sean the producers i work with could not come up with a good one more thing for me. however i'm throwing them under the bus because they dropped the ball but they are great about one thing. social media and our website. sean made sure our website fox
news/thefive.com. it puts obama care to shame and it did not cost taxpayers $300 million in a no bid contract. >> i can't get on the damn thing. how do you get on it. >> obama care? >> our fox. >> you can find out everything that's going to happen in the segment if you miss greg's monologue you can catch it there. there's a tip you gave on one more thing to parents. one more tinge, nothing into an amazing one minute of television that no one will ever forget. >> without mentioning once your dog. >> i'm sorry. i
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Howard Jacobson on the Hay Festival
The British novelist waxes lyrical about his part in one of the UK's biggest literary events
I've been going to the Hay since the mid-1980s, when it was just a handful of writers in a pub. And maybe some curious readers ambled by, sat at a nearby table, and we all had a beer and the sun shone. There was a nice amateur innocence about it. People often invoke Woodstock when they talk about it, but I think of it more as a tournament, in the medieval sense. A tourney with white pavilions and high-flying pennants but a tourney in which I won't be pushed off my horse by someone with a bigger lance than mine. I go riding on words.
Hay is very competitive for speakers. You're anxious to know how big your tent is, and whether it will be full, and whether you will have more people in it than the tent next door; and whether the laughter from your tent will drown out the laughter from their tent. That's all part of the excitement.
I like meeting readers, because you can be locked away a lot as a writer, and you've got no idea where your words wing to, how they reach people. And sometimes you fear they haven't reached them at all, so it's great having the opportunity to read to them. Often they'll come up and go, 'oh I didn't know it would sound like that. That's really helped explain things.'
Among my most memorable Hay moments are the two occasions on which I won the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse prize – that cutely titled prize for comic writing – and was given a pig to christen. But what stays in my mind most happened in the 1990s: I was walking through the middle of town when somebody came round shouting through a megaphone, 'Does anybody know Great Expectations?' Well, it happens to be my favourite novel, so I shouted back, 'Yes, I know it. Why?' And she told me there was a big event on and Great Expectations was a set text, and Claire Tomalin [the well-known Dickens biographer] had been taken ill. If I knew the book, would I come along to talk about it there and then? So I was whisked away to address 1,500 people. It was like one of those stories of men and women who dream of being opera singers, and are sitting in the audience and then the lead takes ill, and someone says, 'Can anybody sing Tosca?' Whereupon a woman rises and says, 'I can!'. I love that idea of the audience becoming the act – it quintessentialises the feeling of Hay for me.
For first-timers, I'd say book for what you want to see in advance, but leave yourself time to just wander about. The site has everything you'd need, but I also like walking around the town at night and seeing others doing the same – carrying books, talking, imagining being Tosca.
HOWARD JACOBSON, to date, is the only writer to have won the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse prize twice. He will be speaking at Hay on Wye Literary Festival on Saturday 3 June at 2.30pm and 10pm. The festival runs 25 May to 4 June; hayfestival.com
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Call for 2017 DeGroot Prize Nominations
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The DeGroot Prize is awarded to the author or authors of published books in Statistical Science. Award winning books will be textbooks or monographs concerned with fundamental issues of statistical inference, decision theory and/or statistical applications, and will be chosen based on their novelty, thoroughness, timeliness, and importance of their intellectual scope. All books published no earlier than five years prior to the year of the competition may be considered. There are no restrictions on the publisher or country of publication. For details on the DeGroot Prize, including names of past winners and eligibility details, please visit the DeGroot Prize page. The prize includes a check for US$1500 and the winner(s) will be announced at the ISBA 2018 World Meeting in Edinburgh, UK, Sun June 24, 2018 – Fri June 29, 2018.


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5 Books Every High School Student Must Read
Did you know that India has the largest population of readers in the world? The ratio of hours per week per person is 10:42—which is a brilliant number to state in comparison with other nations across the globe.
Even though this figures states that the book culture is strong in our country, there are other surveys that proved otherwise. According to the 2010 National Youth Readership Survey, only 74 per cent of the Indian youth are literate, out of which around 25 per cent tend to be regular readers.
Yes, the numbers are shocking but there's always scope to spread awareness about how important it is to read regularly. And that counts both fiction and non-fiction. Books form an integral part of a student's life as they offer a plateful of information, ideas and answers.
Since listing fiction is subjective, let us take a look at 6 non-fiction books that every high school-going student must read:
1. On the Origin of the Species
Author: Charles Darwin
Publisher: John Murray | Pages: 502
Published in 1859, "On the Origin of the Species" is a classic tale of evolution that offered the common man an alternate history of human life. Darwin stated that man evolved from ape-like ancestors through the process of natural selection—instead of randomly appearing on Earth in their current state.
This book changed the way people understand their place in the world forever. And although, other naturalists had been talking, debating and discussing about the so-called 'idea' of evolution for decades, Darwin was the first one to tell a rather interesting story about the origins of a human being that grabbed plenty of eyeballs.
2. Physica (Physics)
Author: Aristotle (circa 330 BC)
With this book, Aristotle opened the door to the empirical sciences (science based on evidence) for the first time. According to him, the Earth was placed at the center of the universe, which in turn, was a complete, systematic set of nested spheres. He also concluded that the way things move on Earth is different on the heavens—which was a wrong presumption, by the way!
Despite a few wrong conclusion and observations, this book on the nature of change, time and motion presented a structured way of the world. This book, written almost two millennia ago, provided a foundation to conduct modern scientific research.
3. Dr. Ambedkar's Life and Mission
Author: Dhananjay Keer
Publisher: Popular Prakashan | Pages: 532
Dr. BR Ambedkar is widely regarded as the leader of Dalits in India. He was a modern thinker, a social reformer, a true patriot and the chief architect of Indian Constitution. In short, he was an extraordinary human being who achieved a lot despite personal perils.
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"Dr Ambedkar's Life and Mission" is a brilliantly written biography that talks about the life of this jurist, politician and social reformer at length. Did you know he inspired the Modern Buddhist Movement along with campaigning against the social discrimination of Dalits? Yes, he did.
Known for being a well-read person, Dr. Ambedkar's arguments were based on pure, sound logic. We are sure that after you reading this piece of literature, you will be in awe of his intellect.
4. The Child And the State in India
Author: Myron Weiner
Publisher: Princeton University Press | Pages: 232
India is home to one of the largest number of non-school going children in the whole world. The author suggests that it's not only the folly of policies within the system but also the culture itself. The book provides a major comparative analysis about why and when other states have intervened to protect children against parents and employers from turning into a labour force. It's a tough read but it offers a completely new perspective on child labour prevalent in our country. You should definitely give it a read.
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Hope we've given you some inspiring literary goals. Happy Reading!
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Q: advanced list comparison in C# I started comparing lists for my little project. So far I can compare if the same items exists, or one value of this item fits the same value of another lists item.
Atm Im comparing the names from two lists. I changed some code I found for my purpose.
public class TestResources
{
     public string Name;
     public int Amount;

     public TestResources(string name, int amount)
     {
          Name = name;
          Amount = amount;
     }
}

TestResources[] ListResInStock = { new TestResources("wood", 1000), new TestResources("stone", 1000), new TestResources("sand", 1000), new TestResources("water", 1000) };
TestResources[] ListResNeeded = { new TestResources("wood", 800), new TestResources("stone", 800), new TestResources("sand", 375) };

private bool ContainsResourceName(IEnumerable<TestResources> ListResNeeded, IEnumerable<TestResources> ListResInStock)
{
     bool result;

     var list1WithName = ListResNeeded.Select(s => s.Name).ToList();
     var list2WithName = ListResInStock.Select(s => s.Name).ToList();

     result = !list1WithName.Except(list2WithName).Any();

     return result;
}

the function is called with:
Console.WriteLine("ListResInStock contains ListResNeeded:   ===> " + ContainsResourceName(ListResNeeded, ListResInStock) + " <===");    // True
Console.WriteLine("ListResNeeded contains ListResInStock:   ===> " + ContainsResourceName(ListResInStock, ListResNeeded) + " <===");    // False

Now I want to change it, so that it only returns true, if the name of the ressNeeded is there and the amount of ressInStock is >= the Amount of RessNeeded (for all resources of course).
Also If you could explain this part var list1WithName = ListResNeeded.Select(s => s.Name).ToList(); In detail to me would be nice because im not 100% sure what it does.
I really appreciate your help :-)

A: It's simply
private bool ContainsResourceName(IEnumerable<TestResources> ListResNeeded, IEnumerable<TestResources> ListResInStock)
{
     return ListResNeeded.All(resNeeded =>
         ListResInStock.Any(resInStock =>
              resInStock.Name == resNeeded.Name &&
              resInStock.Amount >= resNeeded.Amount
         )
     );
}

To understand the meaning of .Select, .All, .First and many other functions of so called IEnumerable interface, you'd have to learn about lazy evaluation in C#, and there's too much to say.
ListResNeeded.Select(s => s.Name).ToList(); and other operations with enumerators are easier to read from the end. So from the end: you make a list (of what?) of elements produced by Select function (what does it produce?) it takes a resource s and returns s.Name of it (where are these resources coming from?) from the list ListResNeeded.
Again, you have to read more about IEnumerator in C#, and about lazy evaluation in general. It's an inportant concept in programming.
P.S. And some warnings about the code you tried to use. What you do there:
var list1WithName = ListResNeeded.Select(s => s.Name).ToList();
var list2WithName = ListResInStock.Select(s => s.Name).ToList();

is making full copy of both arguments that were passed into the function (imagine these arrays would be much much bigger, what's the point of copying them?).
And there you make a new (third) list after traversing both of the previous completely, while what you actually look for is just a boolean answer.
result = !list1WithName.Except(list2WithName).Any();

You don't have to traverse both lists completely before you know that the answer is false. You just need to find a first resource that is missing and then stop the search (it's much much lighter)


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Q: What is one use case that requires tree-filter instead of index-filter? From the docs --index-filter

...is similar to the tree filter but does not check out the tree, which makes it much faster.

So, usually I use --index-filter. That said, I assume that these aren't just redundant options. What is one use case  that --tree-filter could accomplish that --index-filter could not accomplish?

A: You can run arbitrary shell commands against a 'real' file tree, which is what you get with --tree-filter, whereas any command you run for an --index-filter has to be able to work with the Git index itself - ie be very much Git-aware.
So, for instance, you can run sed to substitute the contents of files with a --tree-filter (for instance removing a password from Git history - tho' the BFG is better at that), but without a regular filesystem file tree, you'd be reduced to some fairly impressive Git-fu and piping to make the same thing happen directly against the index (reading the contents of relevent blobs, modifying the index with new blobs as required).


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B DUTCH opens doors factory showroom for bathroom trends 2023
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Discover the latest developments in bathrooms
Cuijk, The Netherlands -The bathroom market is always evolving. Innovations follow each other in rapid succession. While summer has only just begun, next year's bathroom trends are already ready to be presented. Therefore, from July 15 to September 15, B Dutch proudly opens the doors of its factory showroom in Cuijk even further to show the bathroom trends for 2023 to the general public.
"Every day, not only consumers but also, for example, interior designers visit our factory showroom for inspiration," explains owner Luciën van de Ven. And for good reason. You will be short of eyes as you walk past the various collections. "We work with total concepts for bathrooms. You have therefore come to the right place not only for high-quality finished washbasins and bathroom furniture, but also, for example, for stainless steel faucets, tiles and lighting" Luciën adds.
This summer, B Dutch is adding to that. "We have worked hard in recent weeks to set up our showroom in such a way as to give a prominent place to next year's bathroom trends" says sales consultant Esther Laheij. "The end result turned out really beautiful. By choosing the right colors, materials and accessories, our factory showroom is already all set for 2023."
Exactly what the new year's bathroom trends are, the team at B Dutch is still keeping a secret for a while. "To discover the bathroom trends of 2023, it is best to visit our factory showroom" indicates Luciën. "The summer period lends itself perfectly to really taking some time to find inspiration for a new bathroom. And in our showroom you really experience how the latest bathroom trends can be cleverly applied" concludes Esther.
Ready to discover the bathroom trends of 2023? B Dutch's factory showroom is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. You are always welcome to come and find your own inspiration. Would you prefer to be advised by one of the sales consultants? Then make an appointment through B Dutch's website: www.bdutch.nl.
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Q: Retrieve value in firebase I want to display the elements of the database from the nodes. I can display them in the console but I have error on ngFor and I do not understand.
Thank you I am very beginner
please help me
adresse page.ts

  constructor(private router: Router) {}

  ngOnInit(){
    let useradresse = firebase.database().ref('adresse/'+ firebase.auth().currentUser.uid);
    useradresse.once('value').then((snapshot) => {
      snapshot.forEach((addressSnapshot) => {
        console.log (addressSnapshot.val()); // shows the address value
        this.adresse = addressSnapshot.val();
      })
    })

  }

adresse.page.ts
<ion-content>
    <ion-card *ngFor="let adress of adresse; let i = index" (click)="onViewAdresse(i)">
        <ion-card-content>
            <ion-row>
                <ion-col size="9" >

{{adress.prenom}} {{adress.nom}}

{{adress.commune}}

{{adress.numeroF}}

                </ion-col>
                <ion-col size="3">

Modifier

                </ion-col>
              </ion-row>
          </ion-card-content>
      </ion-card>

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A: Define property
    private addresse = [];
And then in your snapshot.forEach() method convert Val() to array like this...
snapshot.forEach(function(childSnapshot) {
    var item = childSnapshot.val();
    item.key = childSnapshot.key;

    this.addresse.push(item);
});

Basically, you get object from snapshot, you need to convert it to array in order to loop through *ngFor.


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New state-of-the-art centre for disabled children to be set up in Oman
Business Saturday 31/August/2019 14:09 PM
Muscat: A new state-of-the art centre is being designed for the Association of Early Intervention to help young children with disabilities.
The Association signed a contract with Khimji Ramdas Construction at a ceremony on Thursday, 29 August, for the centre which will be constructed on a sprawling 15,000 square metre plot of land that was donated by His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said.
This will help the association to continuously provide early intervention services to every child with developmental challenges and will enable them to reach their potential for independence and inclusion in society.
The building will be designed by Muamir Design and Engineering Consultancy pro-bono as a gift to the association. It will be the first centre of excellence in Oman that is capable of providing comprehensive rehabilitation and disability-related services and training for the entire country.
Director of Khimji Ramdas, Hritik Khimji, said, "We are delighted to support the Association of Early Intervention for Children with Disability to build their new centre of excellence. Our team of qualified engineers and construction experts are eager to make a meaningful contribution to the association's objective of building a world class resource providing rehabilitation to children with special needs.
He added: "Eshraqa, Khimji Ramdas' social development arm will continue to support the association in integrating differently abled children into mainstream society the Association currently serves children from Muscat, as well a number of families from other parts of Oman. They provide holistic rehabilitation services for children from infancy to age nine, after which they integrate them into schools and specialised centres."
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The Chairperson of the Association of Early Intervention, Rahama Al Musharafi stated, "The association worked on the principle upholding the right of children with disabilities to live with dignity and equality. We seek to provide programmes that will help them achieve the highest degree of independence, self-reliance and integration into society.
Furthermore she urged companies, individuals, and the community at large to support the cause with donations.


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Q: Photoshop отказывается открывать PSD-файл Ошибка при открытий файла сохранного в PSD. Фотошоп выдает сообщение:

could not: complete your request because the file is not compatible with this version of photoshop

Характеристики файла: 3000х2000 150 dpi 980mb.

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*Пробовал восстанавливать программами, но итог всех действий это однослойные картинки.

*Пробовал создать новый документ. Все работает до момента сохранения.

*Пробовал переустановить программу.

*Пробовал работать с доками, через другие программы, там все хорошо. Но у меня есть пару файлов, на которые я потратил уйму времени и сил.

Собственно, интересует, если не исправление повреждения psd, то хотя бы его открытие для извлечения слоев.

A: Этот ответ основан на сообщении участника @danglebko, которое модераторы сочли неприемлемым по ошибке.
Попробуйте исправить повреждение вашего PSD-изображения утилитой Photoshop Fix Toolbox, там должна быть пробная версия. У вас проблема связана с высоким пиксельным разрешением и большим объёмом файла.

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*Обновление характеристик компьютера должно помочь, но самым рациональным будет копирование дубляжей.

*Попытайтесь сохранить сохранить как .PSD на другом носителе - жёстком / внешнем.
Есть подозрение на дефекты жёсткого диска.


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Technologic Systems announces the release of a new addition to the 250MHz Series of Single Board Computers (SBC), the TS-7553, for the second quarter of 2010. The TS-7553 is, at the time of release, our lowest cost stand-alone single board computer with a low cost plastic enclosure option.
The TS-7553 is a single board computer based on a 250MHz ARM9 CPU from Cavium Networks with 64MB DDR-RAM. The TS-7553 offers features such as High-Speed USB host and device, 256MB XNAND drive, MicroSD card, WiFi 802.11g radio option, Bluetooth capabilities, Power over Ethernet (PoE) option, XBee option, and 5K LUT customizable on-board OpenCore FPGA.
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Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes SORNA Program
Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes
2012-AW-BX-0012
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SMART FY 12 Support for Adam Walsh Act Implementation Grant Program
The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (AWA) (Pub. L. 109-248, 42 U.S.C. § 16901, et seq) authorizes the Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (SMART) to administer sex offender management grants. These grants assist state, local and tribal jurisdictions in developing and/or enhancing sex offender registration and notification programs that support substantial implementation of Title I of the AWA, known as the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA). SORNA was enacted to protect the public from convicted sex offenders and offenders against children by establishing a comprehensive national system for the registration of those offenders.
The Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes are working towards implementation of SORNA by confronting the challenges they currently have. The challenge of limited staff time allocated to the SORNA project will be addressed by having three staff persons with a total of 200% time. The challenge of lack of accessible equipment for SORNA coordinators will be addressed by the purchase of computers and laptops to register sex offenders as well as operate the Tribe's online registry, necessary software licenses, a digital camera, and a digital finger and palm print device. In addition to supporting equipment purchases, the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes SORNA Project will maintain the registration of offenders along with the public sex offender website, plan and facilitate quarterly SORNA Advisory Board meetings, and conduct community outreach activities.
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Thiruvananthapuram, (IANS) Security was beefed up on the Kerala-Tamil Nadu border as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa continued to be critical on Monday after suffering a cardiac arrest on Sunday.
Security at various places in Kerala including at the famed Sabarimala temple was hiked.
Kerala Police beefed up forces in the bordering districts like Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Idukki and Palakkad.
The police also cordoned off certain areas in the famed Sabarimala temple located at a hilltop, using ropes to ensure that no untoward incidents occur.
A huge number of pilgrims from Tamil Nadu were coming to the temple for the two-month-long festival season that got underway in November.
The popular tourist destination of Thekkady in Idukki district that borders Kambam of Theni district in Tamil Nadu — the route most take from Tamil Nadu was also under close vigil.
Likewise at Munnar – another popular tourist and work destination of the Tamil people, was given extra security by the Kerala police.
Ever since reports surfaced on Sunday that Jayalalithaa's condition deteriorated, Kerala authorities were monitoring the situation as things could get out of hand due to emotional outburst.


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Below is a joint statement from Privacy International and Bytes for All. This Friday, 27 September, marks the conclusion of the 24th session of the UN Human Rights Council, a session which has, for the first time, seen issues of internet surveillance in the spotlight. Privacy International and Bytes for All welcome the attention given at the Human Rights Council to this issue. However, we are concerned about developments which took place that threaten privacy rights and freedom of expression,…


In Waterman v. IBM the Supreme Court of Canada considered the deductibility of monthly pension benefits from damages for wrongful dismissal.
The Plaintiff employee worked for over 40 years for IBM when he was dismissed without cause in 2009 at the age of 65. During his employment he participated in IBM's defined benefit pension plan, and at the time of his dismissal he was eligible for an immediate pension and was forced to start his monthly benefits.
The Plaintiff sued IBM for wrongful dismissal. At trial, the judge awarded the employee damages in lieu of reasonable notice of 20 months. As a result of receiving his monthly pension over the same 20 month period following his dismissal, IBM took the position that under the general rule of contract damages, the pension benefits should be deducted from the salary and benefits otherwise payable during this period. The trial judge rejected IBM's theory, and IBM's appeal to the BC Court of Appeal was likewise disallowed.
The Supreme Court framed the issue as whether a 'collateral benefit' or 'compensating advantage' received by an employee should reduce the damages otherwise payable by an employer. Otherwise stated, the Court asked whether this case falls within an exception to the compensation principle that a party should recover his or her economic loss but not more.
Emphasizing the underlying nature of a pension – a form of deferred compensation and property right – a seven-member majority of the Supreme Court of Canada held that such payments do not relieve an employer of its obligation to pay damages in lieu of notice for wrongful dismissal over the same period, and that this does not offend the 'compensation principle' aimed at placing the party in the economic position he or she would be in if the contract was performed. Simply put, pension benefits are not an indemnity for loss of income due to inability to work. Further, the Court noted the broader policy consideration that non-deduction of pension benefits in this case promotes equal treatment of employees on termination, and does not create an incentive for employers to dismiss older, pension eligible workers.
The Court also dealt with IBM's arguments that the prior Supreme Court of Canada decision in Sylvester v. British Columbia  S.C.J. No. 58 mandated the same result in this case. In Sylvester, the Court considered whether disability benefits should be deducted from damages for wrongful dismissal where the employee had not contributed to the benefit plan. After analyzing the nature of the benefit, the intentions of the parties, and some broader policy arguments, the Court held that the disability payments were intended to be a substitute for earned wages due to illness or injury, and were linked to other benefits and not freestanding entitlements. The majority reasons noted the different nature of pension benefits and disability benefits, highlighting that the disability payments in Sylvester were intended to be a substitute for salary, and the contract of employment impliedly prohibited the receipt of both wages and disability benefits.
Chief Justice McLachlin and Justice Rothstein dissented. In the dissenting Justices' view, the non-deduction of the pension benefits from the employee's damages for wrongful dismissal gave the employee a windfall, and no private insurance exception to the compensation principle arose.


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CORA's afterschool program, YOUTHCOR, has almost doubled services for the upcoming 2018-2019 school year to serve more children in the Northeast section of Philadelphia. The 21st Century Community Learning Center grant has increased CORA's capacity to enhance and expand program offerings and partner with other organizations, such as the Settlement Music School, Yoga Child, the Franklin Institute and Top Hat Dance Studio. Many children have improved their school attendance in order to be eligible to attend YouthCOR's afterschool clubs and participate in monthly family nights. Staff have collaborated with students and parents to organize activities focused on science, literacy and the arts, which are enjoyed by our YouthCOR families and the community.
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In many ways, Dillard's seems like the perfect stock. During the Great Recession, Dillard's stock briefly plunged below $3. Now it trades for more than $90, meaning that shareholders have received a better than 3,000% return in less than five years.
Dillard's 5-Year Price Chart, data by YCharts.
Dillard's gains have been driven by solid earnings growth, which most analysts expect to continue. However, I think that Dillard's is setting investors up for disappointment. The company's revenue momentum has dissipated, and the department store sector will remain as competitive as ever going forward. Accordingly, I expect Dillard's strong run to end this year.
The primary driver of Dillard's strong stock performance over the past five years has been an improvement in sales. Comparable-store sales rose 3% in 2010, rose by another 4% in 2011, and then rose by 4% again in 2012. This appears to indicate strong momentum, but a closer look at quarterly results reveals a deteriorating trend.
Dillard's posted comparable-store sales growth as high as 5% in third-quarter 2012. As I have argued previously, Dillard's probably benefited from last year's sales meltdown at J.C. Penney , one of the largest mall-based department stores. With shoppers abandoning J.C. Penney in droves last year, Dillard's, Macy's , and other similar retailers experienced a nice sales tailwind.
However, comparable-store sales growth slowed to just 3% in the fourth quarter last year. This caused a brief correction for Dillard's stock before it began marching higher again. Finally, Dillard's comparable-store sales grew by just 1% in first-quarter 2013. The company outperformed on gross margin, which rose from 38.8% to 39.9%, enabling Dillard's to beat the analyst consensus for profit. However, with gross margin approaching 40%, it will be difficult to drive further profit growth through margin expansion alone. Sales growth will be needed.
The slowdown in sales growth is particularly troubling because Dillard's did not face as much of a negative impact related to weather as other competitors, since most of its stores are located in the South. By contrast, Macy's faced a bigger weather-related impact but continued to post strong growth, with comparable-store sales up 3.8% last quarter. If Macy's continues to gain market share from Dillard's, it will be better able to leverage its fixed costs, making it harder for Dillard's to compete.
The big risk for Dillard's going forward is that the tailwind it received from J.C. Penney's struggles could reverse later this year. J.C. Penney experienced a big management shakeup last month, with CEO Ron Johnson being replaced by his predecessor, Mike Ullman. Ullman has made it clear that he aims to lure back previous J.C. Penney shoppers by bringing back coupons and frequent sales, while reintroducing popular private brands that were removed during the chain's recent makeover.
While I am far from optimistic about J.C. Penney's long-term prospects, I do think that Ullman's strategy will win back some of the market share that J.C. Penney lost last year. Other mid-range mall-based department stores like Macy's and Dillard's -- which were the primary beneficiaries last year -- will face stiff competition during the back-to-school and holiday seasons. Since Dillard's is already losing some share to Macy's, it could be hit hard by a J.C. Penney sales revival.
While Dillard's has generated strong earnings growth over the past several years, it has become increasingly reliant on margin improvement and share buybacks recently, rather than organic sales growth. Comparable-store sales growth dropped to just 1% last quarter, and Dillard's could face a worsening competitive environment as J.C. Penney moves aggressively to regain share. With the stock trading for nearly 13 times earnings, I think investors should steer clear of Dillard's for now.
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