For me, the Tulsa Tough is a chance to enjoy time with part of my family as we press through one of the most physically demanding days of our year. It's also about being in and among the cycling community. This is Tulsa!
Very soon, Tulsa will be inundated with bicycles as the 11th annual Saint Francis Tulsa Tough opens on Friday June10. Tulsa Tough is a three-day cycling festival that offers rides for just about every fitness level. Even if you're not a cyclist, it's amazing to watch the criterion rides on Friday night in the Blue Dome District or Saturday in the Brady Arts District. It's thrilling to be among the crowd cheering the skill and speed of these professional cyclists.
There are also rides for recreational cyclists to join; ranging in distances of 36, 64 and 102 miles. There is even a 5.8 mile Townie ride on Sunday afternoon for families. This will be my fourth year to ride the Gran Fondo – which is a distance of a little over 100 miles. It may sound crazy, but I look forward to this event every summer. It's become a tradition for my husband and me. Our oldest son began riding this event in 2011, and he inspired me to attempt the distance.
Bikes and cycling have been part of our family from the very beginning. Steve and I rode many miles together in the months we were dating and through our early marriage. Each of our kids can recall being pulled behind Steve's bike in the trailer before they were on their own two wheels. Now that they're all teens and older, we've returned to riding as a couple. These are sweet times together, reminiscent of our early years.
Being on a bike brings me a sense of happiness – joy – freedom. I am generally a cautious person, but on the bike I find a higher level of courage and tolerance for speed. Admittedly, on a bike, speed is relative. Slowly climbing a hill at 8-10 mph and then flying down the other side at 25-30 mph is something I welcome. On the long, flat roads of Oklahoma, cycling can feel like a nature walk on two wheels; listening to the rhythmic rustling of tall grass, the calls of birds, the occasional sighting of wildlife, even the chance to stop and forage mulberries along the trail. There are also a few less-than-pleasant realities of cycling on the open road: blasts of hot air from passing vehicles, drivers who honk and yell as they come alongside you and the presence of fresh road kill. As a cyclist, you just take it all. Welcome to life in the bike lane!
Cycling also tests me as an athlete – pushing me to summon strength, develop endurance and dig deep for determination. The Gran Fondo ride is no Sunday afternoon picnic. It's incredibly challenging and deeply rewarding. The event begins downtown with hundreds of cyclists leaving en masse. There is the familiar whir of chains gliding over cogs, the cheers of spectators and the adrenaline rush of a tribe coming together again. But after only a few miles on the course, the riders spread out behind the peloton into clusters of bikes and several will ride alone for much of the 100 mile distance.
For me, the Tulsa Tough is a chance to enjoy time with part of my family as we press through one of the most physically demanding days of our year. It's also about being in and among the cycling community. This is Tulsa! This event brings together cyclists from all over the nation, and support from all over town.
I am looking forward to testing my training again next weekend. I'm not a fast rider, and that's okay. This is not about winning or setting records. It's about fitness and family. I am grateful for both.


text: News LOCAL AUTHORITIES FAILING TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT NALOXONE THE AMOUNTS OF NALOXONE BEING PROVIDED BY LOCAL COUNCILS AND PRISONS are 'extremely limited', warns a new report from Release. While all but three of the 152 local authorities who responded to Freedom of Information requests now supply the overdose-reversing medication – up from 90 per cent a year ago (DDN, February 2018, page 4) – the amount being dispensed is still 'drastically insufficient', says Release. Just 16 take-home kits were provided for every 100 people using opiates in 2017-18, equating to 16 per cent coverage, with many areas also failing to provide kits to 'key populations most likely to experience or witness' an overdose. Almost 60 per cent failed to provide kits to clients accessing opioid-related treatment or services at community pharmacies, a quarter did not provide them to people in contact with outreach services for homeless populations, and more than 10 per cent failed to supply them to families and friends of people who use opioids. While Darlington was the only local authority in England that did not report either having a take-home programme or plans to introduce one, low levels of coverage elsewhere were 'particularly shameful' given record rates of opioid-related deaths and the fact that naloxone is 'cheap to acquire and has no potential for misuse', says Release. Many prisons were also failing to provide naloxone despite the acknowledged high risk of overdose in the first two weeks after people are released, the report says. Just over half of the 109 prisons that reported on take- home naloxone had a programme in place, and only one in five young offenders institutions. Failing to provide kits DIVERSIONS DOWN ILLEGAL DIVERSIONS OF DIAZEPAM FELL BY MORE THAN 70 PER CENT BETWEEN 2016 AND 2017, according to MHRA figures, with trading of zolpidem and top-strength temazepam also both down by nearly 20 per cent. 'We will continue to track down and prosecute those recklessly endangering public safety by illegally selling prescription medicines,' said MHRA head of enforcement Alastair Jeffrey. 'Those involved have no concern about your 4 | drinkanddrugsnews | March 2019 to people upon release meant that prisons were not fulfilling their duty of care, the charity states. Release is calling for each authority to provide at least one kit to every person in the community using opiates, as well as making kits available to anyone else who requests them. People not in contact with treatment should be able to easily access naloxone through distribution points like community pharmacies, GP SHORT ODDS NEW STANDARDS TO PROTECT CHILDREN from 'irresponsible' gambling advertising have been published by the Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP). The guidelines prohibit online gambling adverts being targeted at people 'likely to be under 18', along with the use of celebrities, sportspeople or others who are – or appear to be – under 25 as well as 'unacceptable' content that includes licensed characters from films or TV, such as certain types of animated characters. 'Playing at the margins of regulatory compliance is a gamble at the best of times, but for gambling advertisers it's particularly ill-advised, especially when the welfare of children is at stake,' said CAP director Shahriar Coupal. Protecting children and young people – gambling guidance at www.asa.org.uk ADMISSIONS UP surgeries, ambulance services and peer networks, it adds, while every adult prison should also offer kits and training to everyone prior to release on an 'opt-out' basis. 'There is a crisis of drug-related deaths in this country and many local authorities are failing to protect people from fatally overdosing on opioids,' said policy researcher at Release, Zoe Carre. 'The amount of take-home naloxone given out nationally has been abysmally low. This life-saving medication is not reaching those who most need it. People who use drugs are an extremely stigmatised group in society, facing significant health risks, which are exacerbated by the government's ideological abstinence-focused approach to drug use. If any other group of people were needlessly facing barriers to accessing a cheap and effective life-saving medication, there would be widespread public outrage.' Finding a needle in a haystack: take-home naloxone in England 2017/18 at www.release.org.uk 'Those involved have no concern about your health and are making money from vulnerable people.' AlAsTAir Jeffrey health and are making money from vulnerable people.' THERE WERE 338,000 HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS in 2017-18 where the 'main cause' was a result of drinking alcohol, according to NHS Digital, a 15 per cent increase on a decade ago. People over 45 accounted for almost 70 per cent of the admissions. The figures are based on a meas ure where alcohol-related diseases, conditions or injuries were the primary reason for admission – using the broader measure of 'a range of other conditions that could be caused by alcohol', admission numbers rise to 1.2m. Statistics on alcohol, England 2019 at digital.nhs.uk MAYORAL MOTION A MOTION CALLING ON LONDON MAYOR SADIQ KHAN TO 'TAKE THE LEAD' on raising awareness of hepatitis C has been unanimously passed in the London Assembly. The motion was tabled by assembly member Susan Hall, who told the recent Seven years to elimination conference that it was 'a travesty' that hep C had not been part of the mayor's report into health inequalities (DDN, February, page 13). 'Tackling hepatitis C is a common-sense issue which can deliver immense improvements to quality of life for some of the most marginalised people in society, as well as huge cost savings,' said LJWG policy lead Dee Cunniffe. 'London could be the first city in the world to eliminate this deadly virus if efforts are ramped up.' WHO DRINKS? WHO HAS ISSUED A NEW SERIES OF FACTSHEETS on alcohol consumption and policy for 30 European countries. In 2016, more than 40 per cent of EU traffic deaths and over 20 per cent of injury deaths were the result of alcohol. Alcohol consumption, harm and policy response fact sheets at www.who.int. www.drinkanddrugsnews.com

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Everybody has at least one thing that scares or frightens them, I have a lot! But how often do you face your fears? How often do you say "You know what I'm not going to let my fears stand in the way of something I want to do" Facing your fears can be really difficult but being able to stand at the end of it and feel accomplished and proud is one of the best feelings.
One of my fears is presentations to others, I'm fine talking to others but as soon as I'm the only one standing up and talking it terrifies me, I have to do presentations quite regularly at college and frankly the whole experience is extremely daunting. I am getting better with it and found by facing my fear head on I feel so much more confident and feel like I am in control rather than my fears controlling me.
They are also offering the chance for you to win £500 of ASOS vouchers or a grand prize at the end of the whole campaign which will give the winner the chance to Live Fearlessly. All the details on how to take part can be found on their Facebook page so make sure you check it out!
What have you always wanted to try but find yourself putting off? Let me know in the comments below!
My fear is a fear of failure.
Its great that you are facing your fears!


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Can a Single Course Jeopardize an Academic Department?
By J. Clara Chan
The chairman of the history department at the U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill says higher-level administrators raised concerns about a class taught by a prominent faculty critic. The class was then canceled.
It's been nearly six years since investigations began into what became one of the largest academic scandals in modern higher education, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. But as university officials prepare to appear before an NCAA infractions committee this August, another academic controversy has emerged — this time, involving the cancellation of a history course on college athletics that has seemed to pit a department against top administrators.
Titled "Big-Time College Sports and the Rights of Athletes, 1956 to the Present," the course covered, in part, the UNC athletics scandal, in which thousands of students took advantage of sham classes that never met, and some people in the athletics department funneled athletes into the classes to keep them eligible to compete.
Courtesy of Jay Smith
Jay Smith, a history professor at the U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, says the cancellation of his course, which includes material on the university's recent fake-classes scandal, is a violation of academic freedom.
Jay Smith, a history professor who created and taught the course, has been a prominent critic of how UNC administrators have handled the athletics scandal. In 2015 he wrote a book about the saga, Cheated, with the whistle-blower Mary Willingham, who had leaked key documents to The News & Observer, a local newspaper. (The newspaper has also offered the most extensive reporting on Mr. Smith's canceled course.)
Mr. Smith said he does not know — and has still not been told — why his course, which he has taught twice before, was not scheduled for the fall semester.
"One of the most shocking aspects of this entire experience for me is how unprecedented it has been," said Mr. Smith, who has taught at Chapel Hill since 1990. "Our courses are often topical, and they often contain material that some would construe as controversial, but we have never heard real pressure from anyone in the administration to alter a course, to keep it off the books, to delete it — nothing like that."
'Serious Infringement'
Mr. Smith was informed in November by the department chairman, Fitz Brundage, that the course would not be scheduled. Shortly afterward, 45 members of the history department signed a statement calling the cancellation a "serious infringement of freedom of inquiry."
Mr. Brundage confirmed to The Chronicle that higher-level administrators had approached him with concerns about the course, and that it was the first time in his four-year tenure as chairman that that had happened over a single course. When Mr. Brundage was asked to clarify the reasoning behind the cancellation, he said he had made the decision for "programmatic and strategic reasons."
The dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Kevin M. Guskiewicz, confirmed to The Chronicle that he and the senior associate dean, Jonathan Hartlyn, were the administrators who had approached Mr. Brundage with concerns about the course. Mr. Guskiewicz said the only reason he had raised concerns about the course's being taught in the fall semester of 2016 was that it had replaced an honors history course that Mr. Smith had originally been scheduled to teach that semester.
But Mr. Smith said that because only four students had signed up for the honors history course by May 2016, he thought it would be a more "strategic" move to cancel that course and offer the college-athletics course instead.
Mr. Guskiewicz, an expert on the effects of concussions on athletes and a guest speaker in previous iterations of Mr. Smith's college-athletics course, stressed that he had no reason or desire to "censor" the course, especially not one that had been previously taught and approved through the proper academic channels.
Mr. Guskiewicz told The News & Observer that he had not been pressured by anyone, nor had he pressured anyone, about Mr. Smith's course. A UNC spokeswoman, Joanne Peters Denny, said in an email that "Carolina offers hundreds of courses on a wide variety of subjects. We always stand by the rights of our faculty to express their views in the spirit of academic freedom."
Mr. Smith's course is hardly the first to stir controversy. At the University of Wisconsin at Madison, a class called "The Problem of Whiteness" this spring drew criticism from a state assemblyman, David Murphy. Mr. Murphy, who called the course "garbage," threatened the loss of state funding if the university stood by it.
Still, the university defended its right to offer the course, and the course's professor, Damon Sajnani, told The Chronicle in an email that UW was "100% supportive" of him.
A course on gay marriage at Seton Hall University faced a backlash from John J. Myers, archbishop emeritus of the archdiocese of Newark, N.J., who said it promoted a train of thought contrary to the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church. Father Myers, a member of Seton Hall's Board of Regents, pressured the university, unsuccessfully, to not offer the class.
Never Felt Pushback
Mr. Smith's case is unusual in that his course dealt directly with a tarnished aspect of the university's recent past. While it's not immediately clear whether the content of the class explained why it was not scheduled for this fall, Mr. Smith said the decision was still unjustifiable.
You would think that administrators here would want to take every precaution to make it seem as though they're supporting the academic mission of the institution.
"You would think that administrators here would want to take every precaution to make it seem as though they're supporting the academic mission of the institution," he said. "But on the contrary, they've made this almost outlandish move to get a course on the history of big-time college sports off the books because they are evidently sensitive to discussion about these issues."
The class caused tensions even before he was informed that it would not be offered this fall.
In April 2016, Mr. Smith asked UNC's athletic director, Bubba Cunningham, whether students in the class would be able to tour the Loudermilk Center for Excellence, a facility for athletes. According to emails obtained by The News & Observer, Mr. Cunningham suggested that he, not Mr. Smith, would be "better suited" to teach the course, citing his 20-year experience in intercollegiate athletics and his M.B.A.
Several department chairs at public research universities told The Chronicle that they had never felt pushback from higher-level administrators over a course offered by their department, and they certainly had not been asked not to schedule it.
Hans-Joerg Tiede, associate secretary for the American Association of University Professors' department of academic freedom, tenure, and governance, said it would be "at odds with principles of academic freedom" if a course were canceled because the subject it covered was controversial.
Imperiled Resources
But professors also acknowledged that departmental resources and funding for faculty searches, hires, and academic travel could be imperiled if a department chose to proceed with a controversial class — a risk that could be particularly harmful to humanities departments, which are increasingly underenrolled.
"In an era of scarce resources, you want to have access to resources, and if you can't make the claim that you need resources because of increasing student enrollment, then on what basis can you do it?" said Mr. Brundage, chair of Mr. Smith's department. "You can do it by being a good campus citizen."
In this kind of environment, I think you can well understand how departmental administrators would be anxious about doing nothing to jeopardize access to resources.
"In this kind of environment," he said, "I think you can well understand how departmental administrators would be anxious about doing nothing to jeopardize access to resources."
But Brian Ogilvie, the history chair at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, said it was "fairly implausible" at his institution for administrators to threaten resources in that way, given that UMass has a "strong and vocal" faculty union.
"They would be quite up in arms at any perceived attempt to retaliate if the administration didn't like some course or other activity the department did," Mr. Ogilvie said.
Mr. Brundage confirmed that UNC was scheduled to offer Mr. Smith's course in the fall of 2018, should he still wish to teach it. When asked why he thought Mr. Smith's course had prompted administrators to raise concerns with him for the first time, Mr. Brundage said he had "no idea whatsoever."
"And that's very sincere," he said. "I don't have a clue."
Correction (6/9/2017, 10:07 a.m.): A previous version of this article incorrectly identified the semester about which Mr. Guskiewicz raised concerns regarding Mr. Smith's course. He said it was the fall 2016 course, not an iteration to be taught in 2017.
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Camera technology is like the human eye in that it can only see objects or scenes by taking in and processing the light that is present. Just as we struggle to see clearly when the light in a room are turned off, many video cameras must cope with low light environments. Having a covert camera on a targeted crime scene area does not always provide the kind of insight we want unless the camera is deployed in the most effective way possible. Most video cameras are not designed to shoot video in low light. IP cameras in particular have developed a reputation for poor performance in low light. The unfortunate thing for law enforcement is that low light conditions exist with nearly all covert video surveillance deployments. It is imperative that the officers using the equipment understand how the cameras work. With most low light video surveillance you end up with conditions that increase "digital noise", "grain", and low contrasted images, which often make the video ineffective or not usable. When it comes to law enforcement video surveillance low light becomes a major monster that can be beat, but not without some knowledge and understand of the capabilities and limitations.
It is common for law enforcement officers to believe that an infrared light source/camera or a thermal camera will resolve many of the problems that they face when it comes to low light covert video surveillance situations. This could not be further from the truth. Infrared light is a misleading term, and is often used incorrectly. It is not infrared light that is used by cameras, it is actually a near-field infrared light, which means that it is on the border of the visible light spectrum. For some people, near-field infrared light is not visible, however, the vast majority are able to see the near-field infrared light. There are ways of incorporating this type of light into a covert video surveillance system. However, the likelihood of identifying an outdoor covert video surveillance camera is greatly increased if you have a visible red light coming from it, especially if you have the amount of light on it that would be required for it to be effective from any substantial distance.
Thermal cameras can be very effective with law enforcement investigations. However, they are limited to identifying warm bodies and heat sources. It is not an effective way to gather other intelligence on a criminal target such as license plates, facial features, and objects used. The cost of a reliable thermal camera are 5 to 20 times more expensive, which generally take them outside of most law enforcement budgets, especially when they are so limited on much of the Intel that is needed on drug, theft, graffiti, and child protection investigations.
In some situations officers must realize that there may not be a perfect solution to the low light, instead of trying to correct the low light; they must find other means to conduct the investigation effectively. Covert video surveillance must be designed to address some of the issues that low light can cause. Outlined below are some of the things that can be done to greatly improve the results from the camera, or increase the likelihood of a successful investigation when you are dealing with an area that has very little light available.
1. Plan for the best video placement possible. When reviewing a location for covert video surveillance deployment agents should consider doing the recon at night, especially if their investigation focuses primarily on the night movements. Take into account not just the target location, but the relationship of the lighting that is associated with the camera. It is important to have deployment options available that will allow for the camera to get as close as possible, so as to increase the amount of light that reaches the camera. In really low light situations it will greatly increase the possibility of success if the camera system can be relatively close to the target location. This is why the concealment must be well thought out, with easy, quick deployment options.
2. Increase the light if possible. With an undercover operation this is not always the easiest task to accomplish, and after a full review of the options this may be the last one you choose, but it is worth a close examination to increase the video quality. Obviously a light that is attached to covert camera is going to draw attention, no matter the wave frequency. However, a brief review of the lighting situation could provide drastic results. It may only require a quick phone call to a contact in the light department to get a broken street light replaced, or a new, brighter, bulb put in. Friendly neighbors may be willing to install another yard light. In some cases a reflective surface could be moved and angled to provide a dark area with increased visibility. Street departments sometimes conduct work at night, or have to increase lighting at night while addressing an issue associated with the road or utilities. Building these relationships opens up a lot of options that may not be otherwise available.
3. Incorporate other technology in order to acquire the needed information. Covert video surveillance systems can be used to perform tasks other than simply recording and relaying images. External alarms can be used in some investigations that will alert case agents of external triggers. Unfortunately, versatile covert video surveillances systems have a difficult time using some camera features, such as motion detection. This is because the low light conditions can generate "noise" on the image, which in turn triggers is perceived by the camera as motion, and then it trips an alarm. In most outdoor video surveillance deployments, motion detection from the cameras cannot be used because the case agents become so inundated with false alarms caused by the "noise" that they suffer the cry-wolf-syndrome. One way to overcome the onslaught of false alarms is through the use of an external alarm, which can be set to only alarm the case agent in the event that the suspects were there. For example, look at the typical metal theft case. A business may be getting robbed on a regular basis for the metal contained within their storage yard. With the right surveillance equipment, a case agent could set a physical trip wire alarm to the camera equipment. When the physical alarm is tripped, the surveillance equipment would be capable of using this external alarm to send out a text message to Dispatch and the case agent, which would elicit a response from patrol to the area, so that they can catch a criminal in the act.
4. Manually adjust the camera control settings of the video camera. We live in a world that is filled with technology that is capable of automatically doing just about anything that you want it to. This ideology is an easy trap to get stuck in. Today's cameras do some amazing things, but some situations will require that you manually adjust and monitor the camera settings manually. Uncontrolled environments, such as those that we deal with in covert law enforcement operations, require that we continually monitor and adjust the settings if we need supreme video quality in low light situations. Because the light is changing throughout the night we cannot simply adjust the camera to ideal lighting and let it go all night. Unfortunately we may have to take the extra time and energy to check in on the camera and adjust for the changing conditions.
5. Reduce the frame rate that the camera uses. This is also known as using a "digital slow shutter (dss)". Most of the time we think of having the highest frame rate possible when it comes to law enforcement investigations and the collection of evidence. However when a camera frame rate is reduced from 30 frames per second to 15 frames per second this means that each of the images are exposed for longer, and more light is allowed into the camera for better viewing and image quality without increasing the grain. In a low light situation it can make since to reduce the frame rate. In some cases it may be worth a reduction of the frame rate to less than 5 frames per second. It works very well in improving low light performance but has some side effects including image noise and potential to blur moving object.
6. Increase the gain of the camera. This should be a last resort, as the big down side to this is that the increase of gain will also increase the "noise" in the video, and can distort the image quality. "noise" is the little flakes that dance around in the screen, and bring back memories of the black and white "snow storms" that TVs' use to have prior to the digital revolution.


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Q: Can't access angular(8) instances in JqueryUI I am using jquery UI resizable
I already added:
import * as $ from 'jquery';
import 'jquery-ui-dist/jquery-ui';

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I can't access the functions width and height inside the jQuery but I can access outside.
Can anyone help me with this issue? :)

A: I got it resolved by adding "var selfRef = this;" outside the function
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While most of you wait until October to see some of my horror-inspired designs, I remind you that horror is where my love for art and design began.
With a string of vivid dreams and nightmares lately, it's no surprise I took a break from my tradition of spring floral sets to work on a horror piece.
My personal life has my career feeling like bloodletting lately. My love for art has not left me, however, the strain of having to design on a schedule has been a nightmare. Art has been a cathartic release, even if the scheduling causes me pain.
Financial stresses make operation a lot more difficult as well. As always, we will see what the cards hold.
With all that's been going on lately, my dreams have been more vivid than ever. So I revoked the power of an old tradition between my grandfather & I & started noting a dream journal of sorts again. In a recent dream journey, a woman told me "Beyond the forest path, there lies another world." So that was the inspiration behind this title & that is exactly the direction I followed.
Each week of our life lately has seemed like a series of tests. It's been happening to everyone in my family.
In my designs, I've been working on different palette scales for backgrounds, for later projects.
Synchronicity is a strange & beautiful thing.
This March has been a crazy one so far. & Although we'd like to blame it on some Daylight Savings or retrograde or Spring Equinox, really it is just life's happenings testing us.


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Mkhize warns of new restrictions to curb COVID-19 spread
Published by Kirsten Jacobs on December 24, 2020
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has warned South Africans of renewed restrictions amid the second wave of COVID-19 infections.
In a statement on Wednesday [December 23], Mkhize announced said the current restrictions will be reviewed following the large jump in daily cases the country is currently experiencing.
"Today we report, with concern, that 14 046 COVID-19 cases have been identified since the last report at a positivity rate of 26%. Therefore, the cumulative total of COVID-19 cases today is 954 258," said Mkhize.
"This indicates that the virus continues to spread exponentially- indeed the rate of spread is much faster than the first wave and we will surpass the peak of the first wave in the coming days.
"We must warn South Africans that we will need to review the current restrictions and consider further measures to ensure that we curb this alarming rate of spread."
New restrictions will likely be focused on KwaZulu Natal, the Western Cape and Gauteng.
All provinces, with the exception of the Eastern Cape, continue to report a daily increases in cases. KwaZulu Natal, Western Cape and Gauteng Province are registering the largest increases which make up 81% of the new cases for December 23 (30%, 28% and 23% respectively).
"Therefore, it will be important for us to evaluate the situation in these provinces, identify hotspots in these areas (and in other provinces where they may be identified) and make recommendations based on these findings and the outcomes of what has been implemented in the hotspots that have been identified so far," said Mkhize.
"We can never stress enough the need for citizens to take every precaution necessary as we celebrate the festive season and look for reprieve from a tough year. Unfortunately, COVID-19 is unrelenting and we therefore cannot afford to be complacent at this stage."
To date, the country has recorded 25 657 deaths and 811 372 recoveries. Mkhize cautions, however, that the continued rise of active cases now stand at 117 229.
Picture: Twitter / Zweli Mkhize
Article written by Kirsten Jacobs


While spending autumn in Venice, a young American artist, Jenny Kidd, hopes to create a portfolio of paintings to launch her career and establish her independence from her tyrannical father. At the Guggenheim Collection, she encounters Randi, a colorful British woman, who impetuously invites her to a masked ball at the Palazzo Barbon. There, she meets the seductive Caterina Barbon and her brother, Sebastiano, who entice Jenny into a world of glittering façades that cloak sexual perversion, art forgery, and murder. As Jenny struggles between her attraction to Caterina and her growing awareness that she is trapped within the beautiful walls of the palazzo, she discovers an inner strength and spirit worthy of her infamous pirate ancestor.


Parashat Kedoshim, while discussing various Mitzvot, gives the command "Lo Tochelu Al HaDam," literally "Do not eat on the blood." (VaYikra 19:26) This Pasuk is difficult to understand, so many commentators explain it, all differently.
The Gemara (Sanhedrin 63a) mentions several interpretations for the meaning of this phrase. One is that the prohibition of Eiver Min HaChai, eating from a living animal, still applies while the body is moving, even after Shechita has occurred. Another interpretation is that one is not allowed to eat a Korban (sacrifice) before its blood is sprinkled on the Mizbeiach (altar). Still a third is that the Seudat Havraah, the meal of mourning, and Shivah are not observed for someone killed by Beit Din (rabbinic court). A fourth understanding is that the judges of a Beit Din must fast on the day they sentence someone to death. Finally, the Pasuk may constitute a warning to a Ben Sorer UMoreh, a rebellious son. The last explanation is extended by the Sefer HaChinuch (Mitzvah 248) to include the prohibition eating gluttonously. Elsewhere, the Gemara (Berachot 10b) explains this Pasuk entirely differently as teaching not to eat before davening Shacharit.
This Pasuk may be ambiguous, but it is a Mitzvah and we must be careful to observe it in its entirety. Although some of the interpretations don't apply now, they will apply in the future. It is important to know what these interpretations are, so when the Beit HaMikdash is built, BeMeheira BeYameinu, we can once again follow these interpretations.


It may be confusing when researching options for transporting chemicals, janitorial materials, and more. Pails are made of different materials from metals to different types of plastics, can be sealed in a multitude of ways, and can be FDA approved, or UN certified. This article is a short guide to find the right kind of packaging pail for you!
Plastic pails are lightweight and work for adhesives, construction materials, paints, and agricultural chemicals, and more.
Most plastic pails are made from recyclable FDA approved high-density polyethylene, meaning that they are great to use for consumable materials such as pet food. The material is more flexible than glass and metal. Both plastic and metal are recyclable, but plastic takes up less energy in the recycling process.
Metal pails are stronger and ideal for flammable and combustible products.
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Magnetoreception: Can the Human Brain Detect the Earth's Magnetic Field?
Magnetoreception: Can the Human Brain
Detect the Earth's Magnetic Field?
There has been much controversy over whether or not human beings are magnetically sensitive organisms. Scientists have already shown that animals have a geomagnetic sense, so why shouldn't humans? A team of geoscientists and neurobiologists set out to prove just that.
Creatures with a geomagnetic sense
The invisible force field that surrounds the Earth and is generated deep inside the planet's core is called the geomagnetic field. At the Earth's surface, this magnetic field is fairly weak, yet in the last 50 years, scientists have shown that hundreds of animals, including birds, sea turtles, insects, fish, reptiles, butterflies and many other migratory and homing animals, have very strong behavioral responses to the geomagnetic field. In fact, the ability animals have to detect and respond to the geomagnetic field makes up a part of their biological navigation system, along with their senses of sight, smell and hearing. This interaction with the Earth's magnetic field, thus, greatly influences animal behavior and is vital for their survival.
The experiments done on animals provided a basis for testing on human beings. "Magnetoreception, the perception of the geomagnetic field, is a sensory modality well-established across all major groups of vertebrates and some invertebrates. Many past attempts have been made to test for the presence of human magnetoreception using behavioral assays, but the results were inconclusive," say geoscientist Joseph Kirschvink and neuroscientist Shin Shimojo. Consequently, Kirschvink, Shimojo and their team at Caltech and the University of Tokyo recently conducted a study using electroencephalography techniques (EEG) to see whether or not the human brain would passively react to magnetic field changes. Their results were published in the journal eNeuro.
Evidence for human magneto-
reception: The experiment
The study consisted in recording the brain activity of 34 adult participants during magnetic field manipulations. The research team built an isolated, radiofrequency-shielded chamber where sets of coils were housed inside a modified Faraday cage. One at a time, participants were asked to sit upright in a wooden, nonmagnetic chair with their heads facing North and with their eyes closed. Researchers then shifted the magnetic field inside the chamber while the battery-powered EEG machine relayed brain activity to a remote control room 20 meters away.
Participants had no perception of these shifts throughout the entire experiment. They simply sat, passively, in the dark while their brains registered the shifts subconsciously. Each participant, however, registered different amounts of activity. Some brains showed almost no reaction at all while other brains perceived the unexpected change in the natural direction of the magnetic field and registered a considerable reduction in alpha brain waves after the shift.
EEG data, thus, revealed that the human brain collects and selectively processes directional input from magnetic field receptors. A reduction in alpha brain waves as a response to minimal shifts in the direction of the magnetic field is an indication of human magnetoreception. "In our experiment, alpha-ERD shows that the human brain can detect Earth-strength magnetic fields, demonstrating that we have a sensory system that processes the geomagnetic field all around us," Kirschvink and Shimojo said. It was, thus, concluded that the human brain can unconsciously respond to changes in the Earth's magnetic fields.
Implications of the experiment for the future
For now, the experiment has demonstrated that human beings have working magnetic sensors that send signals to the brain. Further research must be done to see what this implies for human behavioral capabilities. It is also unclear why some brains register stronger responses to shifts in the magnetic field than others and whether or not brains with weaker responses can be trained to react with stronger responses. Research must also be done to determine whether or not these differences in brain activity depend on positional cues or even individual genetic or developmental diversity. Future experiments will need a wider survey of individuals, even from distinct populations, for further investigation.
In many animals, a geomagnetic sense has been found and shown necessary for navigational behavior. It is possible that our past ancestors, given their nomadic hunter/gatherer lifestyle, may have also depended on a geomagnetic navigation system, but our modern environment may have interfered and encouraged its disuse. Humans may no longer need to rely on an internal navigational sense for survival as there are now many external cues such as landmarks, streets and technology that act as our guides. Even still, magnetoreceptive responses may have a great impact in situations where other cues are weak, such as in sea or air navigation, where spatial disorientation occurs quite frequently. The full implications of this innate sensory system remain to be discovered.
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Akpabio recants as Reps move to sue for defamation, perjury
Sunday Aborisade, Chukwudi Akasike and Leke Baiyewu
The House of Representatives has resolved to sue the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, for alleged perjury and defamation of the parliament.
Akpabio had on Monday, while appearing before the House Committee on the Niger Delta Development Commission at an investigative hearing on the alleged illegal spending and mismanagement by the NDDC, alleged that members of the National Assembly got 60 per cent of contracts from the commission.
The Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, with the leave of the House, on Tuesday, had asked the minister to provide details of the contracts between 24 hours and 48 hours.
At the opening of plenary on Thursday, Gbajabiamila announced that Akpabio failed to meet the ultimatum to prove his allegation.
The Speaker said he had consequently asked the Clerk to the House, Patrick Giwa, to meet the lawyers on the legal action to be taken against the minister.
Gbajabiamila said, "Last Tuesday, I issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs to substantiate his allegation that over 60 per cent of contracts awarded by the NDDC went to members of the National Assembly. I said then that the minister owed it to himself and the country to provide evidence to support these serious allegations.
"The minister has failed to respond to my request. Therefore, I must conclude that his statement was intended solely to gaslight the nation to avoid accountability for the evident maladministration and malfeasance in the NDDC.
"This morning, I asked the Clerk of the House to engage the services of legal counsel and instruct them to initiate a criminal complaint of perjury against the minister. At the same time, we will instruct the counsel to explore the possibility of a civil defamation suit against the minister."
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About one hour later, the Speaker announced that Akpabio had replied the House and recanted the claim.
In a letter read out by Gbajabiamila, the minister said, "I never referred to members of the 9th House of Representatives as beneficiaries of the NDDC contracts, as the NDDC is yet to fully implement any budget since the commencement of the 9th National Assembly."
Akpabio said the Executive Director, Projects, NDDC, Dr Cairo Ojougboh, forwarded to him 19 old contracts amounting to N9bn, which the Chairman of the House Committee on the NDDC, Mr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, insisted that the IMC must pay for.
The minister stated, "As a former Minority Leader of the 8th Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, I shall forever hold the ideals of the National Assembly and will not make the entire document public, which I got from the lead forensic auditor in confidence.
"As to the reference to 60 per cent of contracts, the investigative committee refused and neglected to give me (an) opportunity to explain that I was responding to a question by a member of the committee. Permit me to explain that any reference to 60 per cent during the investigative hearing was in answer to a question by a member of the committee as to whether or not a medical doctor could act as executive director, projects, which I answered in (the) affirmative and that the greatest project in the world today is COVID-19, which is medical in nature.
House probes Nunieh's house invasion
The House, also on Thursday, resolved to investigate the invasion and the siege laid to the home of the former acting Managing Director of the NDDC, Dr Joi Nunieh, by men of the Nigeria Police.
At the plenary, the Deputy Chief Whip, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha; and Deputy Minority Leader, Toby Okechukwu, jointly moved a motion titled: 'Need to Investigate the Remote Causes of Police Invasion of the Former Acting Managing Director of NDDC, Dr Joi Nunieh's Residence on Friday, 16 June, 2020'.
'Appoint amnesty programme coordinator'
In another development, the House has called for the appointment of a substantive coordinator for the Presidential Amnesty Programme.
The House, on Thursday, adopted a motion moved by Mr Preye Oseke, titled, 'Urgent Need to Appoint a Substantive Coordinator for the Presidential Amnesty Programme for the Niger Delta Region'.
Following the adoption, the House mandated its Committee on National Security and Intelligence to interface with relevant agencies of government in ensuring that a substantive coordinator for the PAP was "urgently appointed in order to douse the already growing tension in the region."
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Panel indicts IMC, recommends Ojuogboh's sacking
Meanwhile, the House Committee on the NDDC has indicted the commission's Interim Management Committee after its investigation of alleged extra-budgetary spending and mismanagement of funds.
The committee recommended members of the IMC for prosecution by anti-corruption agencies for alleged breach of financial regulations.
At the plenary on Thursday, the committee laid its report on the probe, but the House stepped down its consideration for a review.
The Chairman of the committee, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, who excused himself from the probe based on the demand of the IMC, laid the report.
Both the Senate and the House had on May 5, 2020, separately resolved to investigate the alleged spending of over N40bn by the Expanded Interim Management Committee of the NDDC between October 2019 and May 2020 without approval.
It was later discovered that the NDDC had spent N81.5bn by June 2020.
The committee recommended that "these gross violations should be reported to the anti-graft agencies for further investigation, prosecution and recovery."
"The total sum made to the acting Managing Director (Prof. Daniel Pondei), the executive directors and other directors of the NDDC to attend overseas graduation be refunded, and failure to do so immediately, the anti-graft agencies should commence investigation, prosecution and recovery," the committee recommended.
The panel also recommended that Ojuogboh should be sacked as director of projects, being a medical practitioner and not an engineer.
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It said, "Based on Sections 12(1) and 12(1)(a) of the NDDC Act 2000, Dr Cairo Godson Ojuogboh is unqualified and unfit to occupy the office of Executive Director, Projects, NDDC, and should be discharged forthwith from that position and all affected employees recalled."
It also said the monitoring and advisory bodies of the agency, which was recognised by the Act that established the NDDC, should be inaugurated immediately.
It noted that Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs had no capacity to supervise the forensic audit and therefore demanded that the Auditor-General for the Federation should take full charge of the exercise for transparency and efficiency.
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, said the report would be submitted to the President, who "is eagerly expecting it."
Meanwhile, A civil society organisation, the Centre for Leadership and Justice, has called for the dissolution of the Interim Management Committee of the Niger Delta Development Commission over allegations of mismanagement of funds meant for the development of the Niger Delta region.
The President of the group, Emmanuel Umohinyang, also expressed disappointment in the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, for failing to wield the big stick when it became obvious that the NDDC management was derailing from its objective.
Umohinyang explained in an interview with one of our correspondents that with the controversies surrounding the management of funds by the IMC, the committee did not deserve to continue to preside over the agency.
Umohinyang, who is the Convener, Re-elect Buhari, and currently an aide to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), warned that the NDDC might be scrapped if the people refused to fight for its survival.
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I hope someone can help me fix this issue!

A: change your TimeTableFragment import code
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Not That Kind es el álbum debut de la cantante compositora Anastacia, lanzado internacionalmente en el año 2000. El álbum fue principalmente producido por Sam Watters, Louis Biancaniello, y Ric Wake, con la participación de Evan Rogers, Carl Sturken y Ray Ruffin. Mientras que el álbum sólo alcanzó el número ciento sesenta y ocho en los EE. UU. ''Billboard 200, en Europa y Oceanía entró en el top cinco y los diez primeros en la mayoría de las listas de popularidad, vendiendo aproximadamente 7.000.000 de discos.

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Edición Japonés
 "Nothin' at All" – 4:29
 "I'm Outta Love" (Hex Hector Main Club Mix) – 8:00
 "I'm Outta Love" (Matty's Soulflower Mix) – 5:56
 "I'm Outta Love" (Ron Trent's Club Mix) – 8:35

Edición Australiana
 Interview Footage Plus Video Clip for "I'm Outta Love"

Edición Brasileña
 "I'm Outta Love" (Radio Mix - Hex Hector Mix) – 4:06

Edición estadounidense
 «Not That Kind» – 3:20
 «I'm Outta Love» – 4:02
 «Cowboys & Kisses» – 4:32
 «Why'd You Lie to Me» – 3:43
 «Who's Gonna Stop the Rain» – 5:00
 «I Ask of You» – 4:27
 «Don't Cha Wanna» – 4:01
 * Contains portions of Stevie Wonder's «I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)» (Stevie Wonder, Yvonne Wright)
 «Late Last Night» – 4:27
 «Made for Lovin' You» – 3:35
 «Black Roses» – 3:38
 «Yo Trippin'» – 3:35
 «One More Chance» – 4:39
 «Same Old Story» – 5:32

Premios y ventas

Certificaciones

Referencias

Álbumes de Estados Unidos de 2000
Álbumes de Anastacia
Álbumes debut de 2000
Álbumes de Epic Records

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Home News Sea of Solitude: EA's Newest Story Driven Venture
EA has just confirmed when their narrative-driven game, Sea of Solitude, will launch. The game will drop July 5th for the PS4, Xbox One, and PC. Which is good news, as until now it had a vague launch window of sometime in 2019.
The game will take us on a whirlwind of emotions with our young protagonist Kay. She will try to overcome, throughout the course of the game, her feelings of loneliness. The world we pass through is a reflection of her own mind, and it is a chaotic mess by the look of it. While battling her insecurities, we shall meet mythic monsters and help solve a variety of puzzles. All in the attempt to bring some 'light' into her rather dark world.
Jo-Mei's CEO, the German development team that is working with EA, had this to say about the upcoming title. "Sea of Solitude centers on the essence of loneliness and tugs on the heartstrings of its players by mirroring their own reality. It's by far the most artistic and personal project I've ever created, written during a very emotional time in my life…Designing characters based on emotions was a deeply personal achievement for our team and we're so excited for players to soon experience Kay's powerful story of self-discovery and healing."
The game, as you can see from the trailer above, makes me think of the popular narrative driven game Journey by thatgamecompany. The game made me feel a host of emotions by merely diving through its world, and to this day remains in my top ten recommend games to play. That said, I'm pretty eager to try this game out and experience what it has to offer. I can only hope that EA doesn't ruin it somehow as they are prone to in my opinion.
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Jose-Luis Orozco: Capturing Kids' Attention In Two Languages
By Mandalit del Barco
Published June 7, 2013 at 1:00 AM CDT
José-Luis Orozco is as much an educator as an entertainer: The singer and author is passionate about teaching children to be bilingual through music.
For the past 42 years, José-Luis Orozco has been entertaining children with songs he sings in English and Spanish. He's passionate about teaching children to be bilingual through music, and he's also written books for kids.
"Let's say hello to each other," he says to a crowd of preschoolers at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. "Buenos días," he sings.
"Buenos días," they repeat in unison.
"Good morning," he sings back.
Orozco manages the near-impossible: getting hundreds of small children to pay attention. He entertains them the old-fashioned way — alone, with his guitar, asking them to sing, dance and clap along, and pretend to make hot chocolate with their hands. The kids count and do the ABCs and name the months of the year. They dance the Macarena and imitate farm animals.
"These are important tools for children to help them with oral language development, literacy, body movement and coordination," Orozco says from his home in the Hollywood Hills.
He says he wants Latino children to love the music as much as he does. "Many abuelitas and many parents know the songs that they learned as kids," he says. "It's important to tell the parents, que les cantan a los ninos; keep on singing, keep those rhymes and those games, because we have a rich tradition, and it's important to pass it on."
Orozco was born 65 years ago in Mexico City, and grew up listening to children's musician Cri Cri on the radio. His mother and grandmother sang many of the same tunes he sings today. When he was 7, he joined the Mexico City Boys Choir. They traveled the globe singing religious and folk songs.
"We were the little Mexican ambassadors," Orozco says. "I got to see the world. We sang before five different presidents. And we sang at the palace of Monaco to Princess Grace Kelly."
Orozco's solo in 1959, at the National Theater in Santiago, Chile, won him three standing ovations. With his choir, he sang with famous Mexican musicians of the day, including Lola Beltrán and Pedro Vargas. And they appeared in movies, like the 1959 film El Sordo.
Eventually, he made his way to the San Francisco Bay Area with $50 in his pocket. Back then, in the 1970s, Berkeley's innovative bilingual education programs were blossoming, and Orozco was hired to teach music. He says he remembers the political fights over the public schools' federally funded programs.
"It's been controversial, but now not as much," he says. "I'm so happy to visit dual-language schools because there is an open heart. Kids appreciate this diversity, understanding of other cultures and respect."
Orozco left his job as a vice chancellor of the National Hispanic University to earn his degree at the University of California, Berkeley, and to start a publishing company for his recordings and books. His latest project, Caramba Kids, promotes fitness and good eating habits.
At an elementary school in Montebello, east of L.A., Orozco gets the children to dance along and sing phrases like, "Ooh la la, ooh la la, they all say ooh la la." He talks about Mexican history. And he asks the kids about their futures.
"Who wants to be president of the U.S.?" he asks them. "Yes, you can. S í, se puede."
Afterwards, 10-year-old Destiny Duarte and 9-year-old Natalie Cortez say Orozco was inspirational.
"My parents will tell me, 'Sing in Spanish, come on!' and I'll be too shy, but he made it really fun," Duarte says.
"I would be annoyed by the Spanish music my mom and dad would play every time there's a celebration," Cortez says. "But this made me not annoyed. So I loved it."
Not annoying: That's high praise from this crowd. Orozco's catchy repertoire left an impression on even the youngest in the audience. After his concert, my 19-month-old daughter, Amaya, sang "Ooh la la" all the way home.
Mandalit del Barco
As an arts correspondent based at NPR West, Mandalit del Barco reports and produces stories about film, television, music, visual arts, dance and other topics. Over the years, she has also covered everything from street gangs to Hollywood, police and prisons, marijuana, immigration, race relations, natural disasters, Latino arts and urban street culture (including hip hop dance, music, and art). Every year, she covers the Oscars and the Grammy awards for NPR, as well as the Sundance Film Festival and other events. Her news reports, feature stories and photos, filed from Los Angeles and abroad, can be heard on All Things Considered, Morning Edition, Weekend Edition, Alt.latino, and npr.org.
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Art of the Song is a one-hour, independently-produced radio show with music and interviews exploring inspiration and creativity through songwriting and other art forms. The program is heard on over 160 stations worldwide. Learn why songwriters and artists create, how they become inspired, and how you can tap into that creative source in every aspect of your life.
Songwriting legend Guy Clark doesn't merely compose songs; he projects images and characters with the kind of hands-on care and respect of a literary master. Clark works slowly and with strict attention to detail, and has produced an impressive collection of timeless gems, leaving very little waste behind. The emotional level of his work, as well as the admiration and esteem of his peers, consistently transcends sales figures and musical genres. Using everyday language to construct extraordinary songs for more than 35 years, Clark continues to be the type of songwriter whom young artists study and seasoned writers, as well discriminating listeners, revere.
Born in Monahans, Texas, on November 6, 1941, Clark grew up in a home where the gift of a pocketknife was a rite of passage and poetry was read aloud. At age 16 he moved to Rockport, on the Texas Gulf Coast. Instructed by his father's law partner, he learned to play on a $12 Mexican guitar and the first songs he learned were mostly in Spanish.
Moving to Houston, Clark began his career during the "folk scare" of the 1960s. Fascinated by Texas blues legends like Mance Lipscomb and Lightnin' Hopkins and steeped in the cultural sauce piquante of his border state, he played traditional folk tunes on the same Austin-Houston club circuit as Townes Van Zandt and Jerry Jeff Walker. "It was pretty 'Bob Dylan' in the beginning," Clark said. "Nobody was really writing." Eventually, Clark would draw on these roots to firebrand his own fiddle-friendly and bluesy folk music, see it embraced as country and emerge as a songwriting icon for connoisseurs of the art.
Moving to San Francisco in the late 1960s, as social unrest was erupting through racial and generational fissures, Clark worked briefly in a guitar shop, returned to Houston for a short time, and then moved to the Los Angeles area, where he found work building guitars in the Dopyera Brothers' Dobro factory and signed a publishing agreement with RCA's Sunbury Music before pulling up stakes and relocating to Nashville in 1971.
The following year, country-folk singer-songwriter Jerry Jeff Walker, then newly ensconced in Austin, released an eponymous album featuring the Clark composition "L.A. Freeway," which became an FM radio hit. In 1973, Walker released Viva! Terlingua, recorded live in a Texas dance hall and including Clark's ballad "Desperados Waiting for a Train." As much as any others, these two Clark songs may arguably be said to have set the tone for a musical revolution that was first known as progressive country. By 1975, many of the revolutionaries would be defined as the Outlaws. Like the Bakersfield sound of the 1960s, the new sounds were a reaction to the formulaic rigidity and paternalism of Nashville's record producers and label executives.
In this alternative musical world of the late 1960s, inspired by the storytelling poems of Robert Frost and Stephen Vincent Benet, Clark began to write what he knew "with a pencil and a big eraser." "L. A. Freeway," for example, blueprints his fish-out-of-water experience in Los Angeles. "Desperados Waiting for a Train" is based on his memory of an oilfield worker who was a resident of his grandmother's hotel. Like almost all his songs, then and now, these two early masterpieces are expressions of personal memory and experience, further characterized by words that have a melody all their own.
Clark's move to Music City, one of three cities where Sunbury had offices and where his pal Mickey Newbury would make him welcome, proved fortuitous. Clark and his wife, Susanna, would become the axis for a groundbreaking fraternity of singer-songwriters for whom Nashville felt like "Paris in the '20s." Among them were Newbury, Van Zandt, Rodney Crowell, Billy Joe Shaver, Steve Earle, Dave Loggins and David Allen Coe. Bonded by their egalitarianism, the troupe's favored sidewalk cafe was the Clark's dining room table, where they gathered frequently for "guitar pulls" and show-and-tell song swapping sessions, and where they celebrated their successes and facetiously threatened to kill whoever had presented the best new song. Susanna Clark, a talented painter, tossed her brushes aside for awhile, joined the invasion and began writing hit songs herself.
In 1975, after using his big eraser on his first try at cutting an album, Clark made his recording debut on RCA Records with Old No. l, ten critically applauded originals built to last, including "L. A. Freeway," "Desperados Waiting for a Train," "Texas, l947," "Instant Coffee Blues," "Rita Ballou," "She Ain't Goin' Nowhere," "Let Him Roll," "A Nickel for the Fiddler," "That Old Time Feeling" and "Like a Coat From the Cold." On the cover, the songwriter is pictured with his wife's painting of his chambray "work shirt," customary attire emblematic of his values. During the next 20 years, Clark would continue to record albums that worked like a stun gun on other artists in search of new songs. The weaponry included Texas Cookin' (1976), Guy Clark (1978), The South Coast of Texas (1981), Better Days (1983), Old Friends (1989), Boats to Build (1992), Dublin Blues (1995), Keepers – a Live Recording (1997), Cold Dog Soup (1999) and The Dark (2002). The recordings include numerous collaborations with old and new friends such as Crowell, Emmylou Harris, Vince Gill, Albert Lee and Rosanne Cash.
Nashville legend Johnny Cash, who then had been topping the charts for 20 years, was among the first Nashville recording artists to embrace Guy Clark's music. His interpretation of "Texas, 1947" was a 1975 chart hit, followed in 1977 by Clark's "The Last Gunfighter Ballad." In 1987, Cash would also cover Clark's "Let Him Roll." In 1982, famed songsmith Bobby Bare made it to the country Top Twenty with Clark's "New Cut Road." That same year, bluegrass icon Ricky Skaggs escalated his mainstream trajectory with Clark's "Heartbroke," a #1 song that permanently established Clark's reputation as an ingenious songwriter. Among the many others who have gilded their careers with Guy Clark songs are Vince Gill, who took "Oklahoma Borderline" to the Top Ten in 1985; the Highwaymen, who introduced "Desperados Waiting for a Train" to a new generation that same year; and John Conlee, whose interpretation of "The Carpenter" rode into the Top Ten in 1987. Steve Wariner reached the Top Five with the Clark cover "Baby I'm Yours" in 1988, and the same year Asleep at the Wheel charted with his "Blowin' Like a Bandit." Crowell was Clark's co-writer on "She's Crazy for Leavin'," which in 1989 became the third of five straight #1 hits for Crowell. More recently Brad Paisley covered Clark's "Out in the Parking Lot" on his Time Well Wasted CD, and parrotheads are listening to Jimmy Buffett's interpretation of Clark's "Boats to Build."
Masterful and charismatic in live performance, Clark has built a devout U.S. and international following through years of touring prestigious clubs and concert halls. In 1990, Guy Clark was the catalyst for a series of Marlboro Music festival performances introducing the "guitar pull" to wider audiences. In various combinations of four singer-songwriters including Lyle Lovett, John Hiatt, Joe Ely, John Prine and Mary Chapin Carpenter, Clark and his colleagues mesmerized SRO audiences with their humor, spontaneity, storytelling and songs. As a result, guitar pulls became a new tradition in clubs like New York's Bottom Line, and popular understanding of the depth and breadth of the music made in Music City has deepened. Clark, Ely, Hiatt and Lovett continue to perform as the Songwriter Tour, taking "guitar-pulls" to prestigious venues across the country.
Guy Clark remains a national treasure and folk icon, crafting masterful, poignant melodies and insightful lyrics. Tough, bare-boned and dryly sentimental, his beautiful songs reflect the man himself and display an old-fashioned masculinity that emphasizes honesty, integrity and carefully chosen words. His craggy, wistful story-songs, and plain-spoken delivery are also indicative of his persona. Inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Foundation's Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2004, Clark was honored with the Americana Music Association's Lifetime Achievement Award for Songwriting in 2005. The following year, the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum named Guy Clark as its prestigious 2006 Artist-In-Residence. Workbench Songs (2006), released to universal critical acclaim and the delight of his worshipful fans, was nominated for the 2007 Grammy award as Best Contemporary Folk/Americana Album.
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Stubbys House of Christmas
THE LIST 2018
The NICE List
FREE List
RUNNING VERTICAL - THE UNOFFICIAL HOLIDAY EP
Note: Like every other online service, terms change over time. When I came to Weebly, it was free and pages were unlimited. Well, now, there's a limit, apparently, and I'm over mine. So I can't add a new Free Page. But I can keep this one going, it seems, so that's what I'm gonna do. Honestly, I don't imagine I'll be adding anything new next year. Not sure why I'm doing it this year. But we'll see if we can't beat the house just one more time. The internal links still seem to work, but you might have to update your links, if you've linked to a track from outside the site (as 2016 has become 2017, see).
The Unofficial Holiday EP by Running Vertical
I can't speak for anyone else, but I very much dug the original Mannheim Steamroller album. It was fresh and different. But they, pretty soon, settled into a little pocket and too much of their later work sounded, to me, like everything else they'd done. I never got the feeling they were trying anything new. That's just me, of course, but its my honest feeling. They got to sounding too orchestral without the edge that first album had.
So Running Vertical's 3 song EP, "The Unofficial Holiday EP" took me back to that first Mannheim Steamroller record. It's pure Electronica that restores that edge.
Running Vertical is Amren Murray of Lincoln, Nebraska. "The Unofficial Holiday EP" is three tracks of solid seasonal sentiment that you can dance to. "Canon In D" may appeal to the Ambient Crowd. "Good King Wenceslas", a tribute to Mannheim Steamroller in its way, has a bit of that Kraftwerk "Autobahn" feel to it. And "The Halls" was my favorite. It's borderline EDM (a lot of which I can't stand), but the melody beneath the beat is gorgeous and it actually goes somewhere...like a horse drawn sleigh racing across snow covered hills. It would work nicely on the dance floor (mentally, I segued into JLo's "Waiting For Tonight"), but it's an enjoyable listen even if you aren't dancing.
I'm not sure why anyone would release a Christmas record in March, but its name-your-price, so you can stash it away for later, if you like. You'll find "The Unofficial Holiday EP" at Bandcamp.
The FREE List
Here we hope to direct you to some of the Christmas music on the web that can be yours absolutely free. We will not direct you to mp3 or sharity sites, here, but only to artist sites, label sites, and other authorized and unquestionably legal locations.
2010 FREE List
INDEX (3/9/16 - 11/23/16)
INDEX (12/10/16 - 12/17/16)
INDEX (7/1/18 - 11/9/18)
Please keep in mind that many, if not most, of the earlier links may no longer lead you anywhere. I just don't have the time or energy to go through them all to figure out which ones.
Alt Bluegrass
Alt Folk
Alt Hip Soul
Alt Jazz
Alt R&B
Ambient Folk
Atmospheric Rock
Bedroom Pop
Blue Beat
Blue-eyed Soul
Bluegrass Punk
Cabaret Jazz
California Sound
Chamber Pop
Chip Hop
Dork Rock
Dub Metal
Folk Swing
Future Funk
Horror Rock
IgboHip
Label Comp
Neato Keen
Neo Swing
Neo-Swing
Noise Pop
Outsider Music
Punk Country
Rocksteaddy
Sad Core
Second Line
Spooky Surf
Street Performer
Synth Folk
Trio Jazz
Uke Pop
Urban Contemporary Gospel


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You are here: Home / Apple / Apple, Qualcomm Head Into Most Recent Fight In Court, With Billions at Stake
Apple, Qualcomm Head Into Most Recent Fight In Court, With Billions at Stake
April 15, 2019 by Faiza Iftikhar Leave a Comment
The two are battling about permitting expenses, yet the results could affect how quick your next iPhone downloads data. With regards to Apple vs. Qualcomm, the Federal Trade commission trail on 29 Jan 2019 was only a dress practice. presently it's time for the real show.
The two technology giants meet on Monday in a San Diego courtroom to commence a five-week, $27 billion trial that'll decide if Qualcomm works a smartphone modem chip restraining infrastructure and charges a lot for licensing fees. Apple has blamed Qualcomm of anticompetitive practices that raised chip cost, limited competition and hurt customer decision.
Apple, which initially filed suit against Qualcomm in Jan 2017, contends that it basically pays Qualcomm twice, first by buying processors and afterward by paying royalty charges. The tech giant says it should pay charges based only on the expenses of the wireless chip inside its iPhones. Apple accomplices Foxconn and Pegatron, which collects its devices, agree and joined the claim. Qualcomm counters that it isn't a monopoly and says its technology is more than modems so it should be repaid based on the selling cost of the phone itself. you can see the detail in this link.
The parties can't come to an understanding, so it's dependent upon a court to choose. The jury trial will have contended under US District Court Judge Gonzalo P. Curiel of the Southern District of California in San Diego. The results could influence what wireless networks your phone takes advantage of.
The trial will start Monday with jury selection. On Tuesday, the two sides present opening arguments, and Apple calls its first observers. The rundown could even incorporate Apple CEO Tim Cook, who's probably going to appear during the first week. Other huge witnesses include Apple's operating chief, Jeff Williams; its head of advertising, Phil Schiller; Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf; and Qualcomm President Cristiano Amon. After the principal week, the court will be in session Mondays to Wednesdays, and closing contentions and jury deliberation are expected the week of May 13.
At stake in the case are many of billions of dollars. Apple's assembling partners want a refund of $9 billion for purportedly overpaying royalties since 2013. Under antitrust law, that sum could be tripled. Qualcomm wants harm of its own for breach of agreement, however, it hasn't detailed the amount. A significantly greater concern for Qualcomm: whether it should change its whole business model, collecting far lower royalties dependent on the cost of its chips, not the phones they're in.
For purchasers, this ongoing fight could result in iPhone network speed that can't match up to those of Android devices. Apple's present modem supplier, Intel, doesn't yet have a 5G chip ready. Qualcomm is the only option for handset makers who want to take advantage of the ultra-fast wireless network this year. We may not see a 5G iPhone until 2020 or even 2021. If Qualcomm and Apple can't resolve their issues, it's unlikely Apple will have Qualcomm modems in its iPhone again at any point in the near future.
Apple referred CNET to remarks it made when it recorded its underlying protest. "Qualcomm's illegal business rehearses are hurting Apple and the entire industry. They supply us with a single connectivity part, however, for a considerable length of time have been requesting a percentage of the total expenses of our products — effectively taxing Apple's development, " the comments read. "We accept profoundly in the estimation of intellectual property but we shouldn't need to pay them for technology leap forward they have nothing to do with."
Foxconn declined to comment. In short, the company and other contract manufacturers said their and Apple's "antitrust cases against Qualcomm are an attempt to put a stop to Qualcomm's uncalled and monopolistic practices."
Qualcomm repeated a statement made by CEO Mollenkopf during the company's profit report in January: "We are one of the main architects of the wireless environment, and our driving interest in R&D has positioned the company at the cutting edge of 2G, 3G, 4G and now 5G leadership," he said. "We have one of the largest Patent portfolios around the world, with more than 130,000 patents and pending patent applications worldwide. Furthermore, it is important that we secure us and ensure that we are appropriately adjusted for our inventions and investments."
1 Monopoly battle, take two
2 Some Twists
Monopoly battle, take two
The upcoming trial from multiple points of views will reflect the FTC's antitrust case against Qualcomm. Apple will contend that Qualcomm's "no license, no chips" policy forces handset creators to sign unfair licenses. It also harms Qualcomm's processor rivals, making it costly to stay aware with modem advancement, according to the claims against Qualcomm.
"This trial is about Qualcomm's illegal and self-announced 'unique' business model that stifles competition, loads innovation, and blackmails customers and licensees," Apple and its agreement manufacturers said in a trial brief document in late March. They noted they're concerned Qualcomm's strength will continue in 5G chipsets.
Qualcomm will contend that it's licensing rehearses are sensible and that it has satisfied its responsibilities when it comes to fair licensing terms for standard basic patents. The company will also remind the judge that it isn't presently being paid by Apple and its subcontractors. Furthermore, Qualcomm will contend it isn't stifling challenge and hasn't harm Apple or its manufacturers.
"In spite of the fact that this case includes a large number of cases and counterclaims, at its heart, it is about Apple and its agreement manufacturers' refusal to pay what they owe for their proceeded use of Qualcomm's IP," Qualcomm said in a March trial brief. "The Qualcomm IP licensed to the contract manufacturers forms the center cell technology without which the iPhone could not exist."
Qualcomm Declares The Mid-Range Snapdragon 665 and 8nm Snapdragon 730/G
Qualcomm creates a processor for competition with Intel in laptops
Familiar Objection About Apple Watch Surfaces Again in New Lawsuit
Some Twists
The trial will probably present a few surprises. Apple's agreement manufacturers are firmly involved. Some of them showed up at the earlier FTC trial via taped testimony, yet many executives will show up in court this time. Rather than being supporting players, they'll be real on-screen actors. It's the manufacturers, after all, who needs almost $27 billion from Qualcomm. Since Qualcomm has experienced this before, it'll have the capacity to tweak its protection to better appeal to a jury. It has to address how it functioned with Apple and its agreement manufacturers, not how it managed with the whole mobile industry, like in the FTC trial.
One thing that won't come up in the trial is proof from other antitrust investigations. Curiel ruled the FTC case and other regulatory inquiries Qualcomm has faced can't be examined. It's not clear what would happen if Koh releases her decision for January's FTC fight before the Apple-Qualcomm trial ends. Regardless of what happens, the trial will be intently viewed by the entire mobile industry. We will be on hand to bring you updates from the ongoing court fight.
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For years, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) was popular because of its properties that cause feelings of intoxication and euphoria. In recent times, another cannabis component is taking some of the spotlight: cannabidiol or CBD.
CBD has profound medical benefits and often counteracts the feelings of intoxication from THC's chemical interactions with the endocannabinoid receptors. It's an appealing alternative medicinal treatment for patients that don't want to feel intoxicated. Currently, CBD is used to treat conditions like pain, inflammation, seizures, anxiety, psychosis, and other ailments.
Research on humans and animals illustrates that CBD may be an effective treatment for other diseases and disorders like epilepsy, diabetes, PTSD, arthritis, or used as an antipsychotic. It's even known for its inhabitation of cancer and tumor growth.
There are two popular terms used to describe CBD products. One term is "CBD dominant" which refers to cannabis varieties that only contain small amounts of THC. "CBD rich," means that the cannabis chemovar has more CBD than THC or equal amounts of both compounds.
Previous science proved that the primary difference between THC and CBD is the way they chemically react with receptors in the body. CBD and THC are similar in molecular structure. CBD, however, doesn't interact directly with the CB1 or CB2 receptors like THC does.
Scientists continue to look for ways to research cannabis because the illegal status of the drug has made it difficult to get samples. So far, researchers have found that CBD works on more than 60 distinctive molecular pathways, for example, like the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptorgamma (PPAR gamma) that regulates gene expression.
William Devane and Allyn Howell discovered the CB1 receptor in 1988,and this work provided the theory that CBD doesn't directly stimulate receptors. As scientists performed more research on these chemical interactions,they found that it reacts with the CB1 receptor to achieve significant therapeutic benefits. When paired with THC, the two compounds work synergistically, creating the entourage effect.
We now understand that CBD anchors to the CB1-R receptor, thus manipulating how it reacts to THC's stimulation. As a result, the receptor's signaling is enhanced illustrating CBD's potential in treating health conditions like heart issues and metabolic issues resulting from endocannabinoid overactivity. It could alsotake care of illnesses linked to endocannabinoid deficits such as IBS and fibromyalgia.
A CNN documentary about CBD called Weed illuminated the compounds curative powers through the story of a girl named Charlotte who suffered from Dravet Syndrome, a deadly and rare epileptic disease. As she continued to deteriorate cognitively, her parents felt hopeless. There was nothing that anyone could do as she continued to have 300 seizures each week.
Charlotte's parents heard about CBD products helping other kids with seizures,and even though they didn't know a lot about the long-term effects of cannabis use, they chose to treat her with cannabis. The first week of her CBD treatment, Charlotte didn't have any seizures.
Soon the family heard about the Stanley Brothers who were breeding cannabis that was high in CBD that nobody wanted. That's how the infamous Charlotte's Web began, a product that helps families with children like Charlotte who previously had no hope.
How is CBD Extract Created?
Cannabis genetics are integral as it is essential to select the right plant for maximum medical efficacy. There are several types of CBD oils in the cannabis marketplace. Whole plant, or full spectrum CBD extracts contain more of the constituents found in the natural plant in the concentrate. These products can further contribute to the entourage effect since full spectrum CBD usually includes a variety of cannabinoids and terpenes.
CBD isolates are an extremely pure form of CBD because they don't contain other chemical constituents extracted from the plant. Isolate technology allows extractors to separate specific compounds, which can provide patients with the specific cannabinoid they may need.
CBD has some minor side effects like drowsiness, dry mouth, or mild nausea. Despite these effects, there is widespread belief and evidence that CBD is a valid medical treatment. However, a federal court stood firm against the schedule I listing in May of 2018, even saying that CBD made from hemp could only be sold in states where it was legal.
The World Health Organization published a report on CBD stating that it posed no harmful effect on human health. The available research illustrated that there was no association with abuse or risk of physical dependence from using CBD. As we learn more through scientific studies, we'll likely uncover more medical benefits of CBD treatment.
Part 3: How does the DiscOmic labeling system work?
Well done, i always looking for your new post.


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Q: Where to place database in codename one Please where can I place my database in codename one? by default, is under .cn1 then database folder. In my own case I want to pack my database with my apps, I am now confused where to place it. I have information that I must access inside the database. I placed it on src directory but I can not access it. Guide me here. Thanks.

A: Place your db file under the src/ folder of your app and try this:
Database myDataBase = com.codename1.db.Database.openOrCreate(DB_NAME);

if(Storage.getInstance().readObject("initalized") == null){
    myDataBase.close();

    String path = com.codename1.db.Database.getDatabasePath(DB_NAME);
    OutputStream o = FileSystemStorage.getInstance().openOutputStream(path);
    InputStream i = Display.getInstance().getResourceAsStream(getClass(), "/" + DB_NAME);
    Util.copy(i, o);
    Util.cleanup(o);
    Util.cleanup(i);

    myDataBase = com.codename1.db.Database.openOrCreate(DB_NAME);
    Storage.getInstance().writeObject("initalized", "true");
}


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Q: Displaying alert from app delegate before displaying alert from viewDidload I am attempting to display the message contained within a push notification through the app delegate as outlined in the parse.com documentation.
The problem I am having is that in my viewdidload method for my first view controller, i am presenting an alert which the user MUST see before they use the app.
How can I call the method from my app delegate after the user sees the Alert from the viewdidload method?
EDIT:
So i have, as suggested in the comments, added a global Variable which i set to true once i have Displayed the alert from my ViewDidload method, but the Notification Alert from my appDelegate still does not appear.
here is my app delegate.m file:
    - (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
{
    // Override point for customization after application launch.
    [Parse setApplicationId:@"xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
                  clientKey:@"xxxxxxxxxxxx"];

    // Register for Push Notitications, if running iOS 8
    if ([application respondsToSelector:@selector(registerUserNotificationSettings:)]) {
        UIUserNotificationType userNotificationTypes = (UIUserNotificationTypeAlert |
                                                        UIUserNotificationTypeBadge |
                                                        UIUserNotificationTypeSound);
        UIUserNotificationSettings *settings = [UIUserNotificationSettings settingsForTypes:userNotificationTypes
                                                                                categories:nil];
        [application registerUserNotificationSettings:settings];
        [application registerForRemoteNotifications];
    } else {
        // Register for Push Notifications before iOS 8
        [application registerForRemoteNotificationTypes:(UIRemoteNotificationTypeBadge |
                                                         UIRemoteNotificationTypeAlert |
                                                         UIRemoteNotificationTypeSound)];
    }
    return YES;

    NSDictionary *notificationPayload = launchOptions[UIApplicationLaunchOptionsRemoteNotificationKey];

    if (Notification == true) {
        if (![pushText  isEqual: @""]) {
            pushText = [[notificationPayload objectForKey:@"aps"] objectForKey:@"alert"];
            UIAlertView *alert_news = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:NSLocalizedString(@"News", "")
                                                                 message:pushText
                                                                delegate:nil
                                                       cancelButtonTitle:@"Ok"
                                                       otherButtonTitles: nil];
            [alert_news show];

            }
    }

}

And here is my viewdidload method:
 RoadSafetyAppAppDelegate *AppDelegate;

- (void)viewDidLoad
{
        AppDelegate = (RoadSafetyAppAppDelegate *)[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate];
        [super viewDidLoad];

    // Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a nib.

    backgroundImage.alpha = 0.3;
    toRecipients = [[NSArray alloc]initWithObjects:@"records@shellharbour.nsw.gov.au", nil];
    static int appCounter;
    if ( appCounter < 1   ) {
        UIAlertView *alert = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:NSLocalizedString(@"Disclaimer", "")
                                                        message:NSLocalizedString(@"Using a mobile phone whilst driving is against the law. Ensure that you are not behind the wheel when using this app.", "")
                                                       delegate:nil
                                              cancelButtonTitle:@"I agree to not use a mobile phone while driving"
                                              otherButtonTitles: nil];
        [alert show];
        appCounter = appCounter+1;

       AppDelegate.NotificationAlert = @"1";
        AppDelegate.Notification = true;

    }

}

A: since you want to show the disclaimer ONE time and to be sure that the user saw it and TAPED on Agree Button before showing any notification. you can do that using a simple local notification.
in delegate (...didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:)
 -(BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions{

        //......you code here
        if ([[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] boolForKey:@"disclaimerShown"]==nil)

            [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] setBool:NO forKey:@"disclaimerShown"];
            [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] synchronize];
        }

         //......you code here

        if ([[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] boolForKey:@"disclaimerShown"]){ //YES

                    if (![pushText  isEqual: @""]) {
                    pushText = [[notificationPayload objectForKey:@"aps"] objectForKey:@"alert"];
                    UIAlertView *alert_news = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:NSLocalizedString(@"News", "")
                                                                         message:pushText
                                                                        delegate:nil
                                                               cancelButtonTitle:@"Ok"
                                                               otherButtonTitles: nil];
                    [alert_news show];

                    }

          }
}

-(void)application:(UIApplication *)application didReceiveLocalNotification:(UILocalNotification *)notification{

    NSString *value=[NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@",[notification.userInfo valueForKey:@"key"]];
    if ([value isEqualToString:@"disclaimerShown"]) {
                [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] setBool:YES forKey:@"disclaimerShown"];
                [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] synchronize];
     ///continue handle parse.com notification
    }

}

in you ViewController:
-(void)viewDidLoad{
            //...

           if ([[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] boolForKey:@"disclaimerShown"]==NO){

                       UIAlertView *alert = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:NSLocalizedString(@"Disclaimer", "")
                                                                    message:NSLocalizedString(@"Using a mobile phone whilst driving is against the law. Ensure that you are not behind the wheel when using this app.", "")
                                                                   delegate:nil
                                                          cancelButtonTitle:@"I agree to not use a mobile phone while driving"
                                                          otherButtonTitles: nil];
                    alert.tag = 1;
                    [alert show];
               }

            //...
}

pragma mark - UIAlertViewDelegate
- (void)alertView:(UIAlertView *)alertView clickedButtonAtIndex:(NSInteger)buttonIndex
{
    if (alertView.tag == 1) {//the disclaimer alert
        if (buttonIndex == 0) {
            UILocalNotification *alarm = [[UILocalNotification alloc] init];
            alarm.userInfo = @{@"key": @"disclaimerShown"};
            alarm.fireDate = [NSDate date];
            alarm.timeZone = [NSTimeZone defaultTimeZone];

            [[UIApplication sharedApplication] scheduleLocalNotification:alarm];
        }
    }

}

A: Instead of AppDelegate bool flag property use NSUserDefaults;
In AppDelegate update this line from:
if (Notification == true)

to
if ([[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] boolForKey:@"Notification"] == YES)

And in ViewController -> viewDidLoad method update line from:
AppDelegate.Notification = true;

to
[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] setBool:YES forKey:@"Notification"];
[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] synchronize];

Hope this helps.


I did a few projects as part of the 2017 Heartfelt Creations Design Team call (I unfortunately wasn't selected as a member of the DT). Here are some pics of the projects I did and a video. If you are interested in the SVG cut file mentioned in the video send an e-mail (click on the envelope on the right, under my picture).


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package org.apereo.cas.services;

import org.apereo.cas.services.replication.RegisteredServiceReplicationStrategy;
import org.apereo.cas.services.resource.AbstractResourceBasedServiceRegistry;
import org.apereo.cas.services.resource.RegisteredServiceResourceNamingStrategy;
import org.apereo.cas.services.util.RegisteredServiceJsonSerializer;
import org.apereo.cas.util.CollectionUtils;
import org.apereo.cas.util.io.WatcherService;

import lombok.Getter;
import org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext;
import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;

import java.util.Collection;

/**
 * Implementation of {@code ServiceRegistry} that reads services definition from JSON
 * configuration file at the Spring Application Context initialization time. JSON files are
 * expected to be found inside a directory location and this registry will recursively look through
 * the directory structure to find relevant JSON files. Files are expected to have the
 * {@value JsonServiceRegistry#FILE_EXTENSION} extension.
 *
 * @author Dmitriy Kopylenko
 * @author Marvin S. Addison
 * @author Misagh Moayyed
 * @since 4.1.0
 */
@Getter
public class JsonServiceRegistry extends AbstractResourceBasedServiceRegistry {

    /**
     * File extension of registered service JSON files.
     */
    private static final String FILE_EXTENSION = "json";

    public JsonServiceRegistry(final Resource configDirectory, final WatcherService serviceRegistryConfigWatcher,
                               final ConfigurableApplicationContext applicationContext,
                               final RegisteredServiceReplicationStrategy registeredServiceReplicationStrategy,
                               final RegisteredServiceResourceNamingStrategy resourceNamingStrategy,
                               final Collection<ServiceRegistryListener> serviceRegistryListeners) throws Exception {
        super(configDirectory,
            CollectionUtils.wrapList(new RegisteredServiceJsonSerializer()),
            applicationContext, registeredServiceReplicationStrategy, resourceNamingStrategy,
            serviceRegistryListeners, serviceRegistryConfigWatcher);
    }

    @Override
    protected String[] getExtensions() {
        return new String[]{FILE_EXTENSION};
    }

}


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