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Archive for November 2nd, 2019
Is Vietnam a goldmine for Korean companies
With the market of Korea's largest trading partner China becoming more saturated, Korean companies have found a more sustainable alternative: investing in Vietnam. [...]
Taiwan's economy grows by 2.91pct in third quarter
02-Nov-2019 Intellasia | Taiwan News | 8:10 AM
Taiwan's economic growth was revised upwards to 2.91 percent from the 2.67 percent predicted for the third quarter of 2019, performing better than the three other Asian [...]
Foreigners in Taiwan have new protections
Ministry of Justice officials on Wednesday said new measures are in place to assist foreign citizens if they are victims of a crime committed in Taiwan, following the case of [...]
Asian shares mixed on new US-China trade jitters
Asian shares were mixed on Friday after investors were spooked by a report that cast doubt on the prospects of a long-term U.S-China trade deal. Hong Kong's Hang Seng [...]
Asian markets mostly but trade concerns cast shadow
Most Asian markets rose on Friday as traders overcame early jitters about the China-US trade talks that were fuelled by a report saying Beijing officials had raised doubts [...]
HK court rejects TVB's urgent bid to ban anyone from assaulting staff and damaging property, after broadcaster targeted at protests
A Hong Kong court has turned down an urgent application from the city's biggest television broadcaster to prohibit anyone from assaulting its crew or damaging its [...]
Beijing says it will change how HK's leader is 'appointed and removed'
A senior Chinese official has highlighted plans to "improve" the system by which Hong Kong's leader is appointed or removed, after almost five months of [...]
Tear gas as HK protesters don Halloween masks
Hong Kong democracy activists donned Halloween masks lampooning the city's pro-Beijing leaders on Thursday, defying an emergency law that bans face coverings and [...]
'I stopped dancing, I'm fighting now': HK protesters take up self-defence classes
Before protests erupted across her Hong Kong hometown five months ago, 31-year-old Pino was a dancer, taking various types of evening classes for years, from jazz to hip-hop [...]
ESR Cayman's shares advance in HK trading debut, helping market claw back some of its mojo lost in trade war, street protests
ESR Cayman, the operator of logistics warehouses and industrial real estate, was lucky the second time around in the capital market, as its shares advanced in their Hong Kong [...]
Halloween protests in HK: police fire tear gas in Mong Kok, Central and Sheung Wan as people denounce alleged force brutality and march against mask ban
Halloween festivities in Hong Kong took on a darker than usual hue on Thursday night as police fired tear gas to disperse protesters in Mong Kok and Central who had gathered [...]
Commentary: Has the use of violence in HK's protests backfired?
It is strong public consensus and widespread pressure, rather than violence, which have cajoled the Hong Kong government to respond to some of the movement's demands, [...]
'Bulletproof' China-backed site attacks HK democracy activists
Using Russia-based servers and promoted by powerful groups linked to China's ruling Communist Party, a sophisticated anonymous website is targeting Hong Kong [...]
Opened or closed? Debate over public access to HK waterfront site under People's Liberation Army
A waterfront civic group in Hong Kong is pressing the government on whether it has changed its stance on public access to a military pier after comments made by the planning [...]
HK just entered a recession. Experts say economy will 'remain weak' amid protests, trade war
02-Nov-2019 Intellasia | CNBC | 6:02 AM
Hong Kong's economy will likely "remain weak" for the rest of this year, economists and trade experts told CNBC on Friday. "They're getting hit [...]


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Millennials having surprising impact on collector car hobby
ClassicCars.com July 30, 2020 Comment Now!
Back off, Boomers. Ease up, Xers. It's time to quit criticizing the Millennials and their supposed disinterest in the collector car hobby.
Not only are Millennials "the fastest-growing demographic of car collectors," according to Hagerty, but as John Wiley, senior data analyst for Hagerty Valuation Services, points out, "the oldest ones are around 40 years of age. They're adults now. They have driver's licenses and jobs."
In other words, Millennials have come of age and they are buying and selling collector vehicles.
That really shouldn't come as a surprise, it's the natural evolution as new generations enter the hobby. However, what might indeed come as a surprise is what Millennials are collecting.
"Five years ago, not very many were interested in collector cars," Wiley says of the generation ranging in age from the mid-20s to their very late 30s, "but now they have spending money."
So, what are they buying?
"People have a hard time believing this, but what we see with our policy core data, they really like cars and trucks from the late '60s and early '70s," Wiley said in an interview with the ClassicCars.com Journal. "This is where 70% of their quotes (requests for insurance) fall, which is what a lot of Gen-Xers and Baby Boomers like, too — pony cars, muscle cars, vintage trucks and SUVs."
Wiley adds that there's an assumption that what Millennials want are vintage imports or brand-new sporty cars, "and there certainly are pockets of interest," he says, "but that's still a pretty small number."
Yes, he says, Millennials are more interested than other age-related demographic groups in Japanese Domestic Market cars but, he adds, it's primarily because they are the more exotic versions of the cars Millennials could afford back when they were in high school or had just graduated, or they were the cars they were driving while playing video games.
But when it comes to collecting, it turns out Millennials are going collector-car marketplace mainstream.
"There is a lot of interest in pony cars and muscle cars," he said, adding that Millennials do seem to have more appreciation for such cars from the late '70s than do earlier generations.
He also notes that the Millennials' experience has been that when they were younger, "there weren't as many nice ones around. After the gas crisis, they were used up and disappeared. But by the 1990s they had been restored or were starting to be restored and they came back into people's awareness."
Thus, if you were in high school, say in 2001, among the cars with appeal were a new BMW M3, perhaps a C5 Corvette, and vintage Mustangs and Camaros.
Hagerty says the SN-95 generation of the Ford Mustang, such as this 1997 SVT Cobra, are most popular cars of the 1990s with collectors
While Baby Boomers still comprise 55% of collectible car owners, according to Hagerty statistics, those figures indicate the number of Millennials in the hobby has increased 76% in the past 5 years.
The 1965-66 Ford Mustang ranks as the most popular collector car in terms of numbers, Hagerty statistics indicate. Looking at those stats, here are the most popular cars with collectors by decade of manufacture:
1950s — Tri-5 Chevrolets
1960s — Ford Mustang
1970s — C3 Chevrolet Corvette
1990s — Ford Mustang (SN-95 generation)
2010s — Dodge Challenger
Wiley also said that while the new and used car markets have been hurt by the coronavirus pandemic, collector car values have not suffered negative impact.
"Volume (of sales) fell in total dollars transacted," he said, "but (vehicle) values haven't changed much."
He noted that while live collector car auctions are just starting to return, and are posting strong results, in part to pent-up demand, online auctions have shown significant sales through the pandemic period, including those conducted by such established auction houses as RM Sotheby's and Barrett-Jackson.
He notes as well as that with online bidding, consignors don't have to ship their vehicles to an auction venue, and auction companies don't have to pay for huge tents or other facilities to conduct the sales.
"It has to be a lot less expensive to sell cars online," he said.
On the other hand, he added, some live auctions have become "events" in their own right, with revenue-generating attractions beyond the buying and selling of cars.
And, he adds, while much is made of auctions, live or online, only 5 percent of collector car sales are done at auction. "Ninety-five percent sold are sold privately."
This article, written by Larry Edsall, was originally published on ClassicCars.com, an editorial partner of Motor Authority.
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2008 PRS 245 SC, with Sound City 50W half stack c1976.
The PRS has just been fitted with a pair of Tremonti pick ups. The guitar sounds and plays superbly.
The Sound City amp is a rare MkIV 50W model, with reverb. It is very loud, with lots of clean headroom. This amp arrived in very good shape, needing only a new set of valves and replacement capacitors to restore it to full health. The 4×12 cab is loaded with Sound City branded drivers, and sounds great.


Compulsive behaviours are often thoughts of as addictions - as in the case of gambling. But they can also include a range of other types of behaviour that may not be as obviously detrimental to the individual.
Compulsion or compulsive behaviour is usually defined as a behaviour that is repeated over and over or when specific triggers are present, in a persistent pattern that in itself does not provide a reward.
To help to clarify, let's think of a common type of behaviour that anyone may be doing. When you leave your home in the morning you may check to make sure you locked the door by turning the key and giving the handle a little twist and shake. This would be considered normal. However, if you then stepped away from the door and had to check the lock again, and again, and perhaps for a set number of times, that normal behaviour has just turned into a compulsion.
To take it further, should you try to walk away without checking the door and completing the behaviour pattern your anxiety levels would rise, you would become obsessed about the door, and you would not be able to move forward with your day without fulfilling that check. At this point, the compulsive behaviour may also be called a behavioural addiction since it has clearly negatively impacted on the quality of your life.
Gambling, hoarding, counting, shopping, texting, talking and eating can become compulsive behaviours that quickly escalate to the level of a behavioural addiction.
Often when an individual with a compulsion is treated only for the symptoms, the compulsive behaviour simply moves from the current focus to another. A gambler may become a compulsive shopper or a compulsive shopper may become a hoarder.
Often the causes of compulsive behaviour are very complicated and complex, and can even originate very early in childhood. Gambling is a prime example of this, where gambling and winning may be linked with feeling appreciated, loved, admired or accepted.
Gamblers often report that winning filled a void, relieved stress, allowed them to simply forget about the pressures of their life in a socially acceptable way. However, the losses quickly mount up, and sustaining the "high" from a win become more of a financial and emotional burden.
Treatment for gambling and other compulsive behaviours has to resolve the deep, underlying thoughts and beliefs that drive the compulsion. This includes learning about those thoughts, many which we have carefully hidden from ourselves for years.
Bringing those ideas, beliefs and messages from the dark into the light provides the insight for creating effective, productive and positive coping strategies.


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The Last Three Uighurs Are Freed from Guantánamo; 76 Cleared Prisoners Remain
As was reported on New Year's Eve by Carol Rosenberg in the Miami Herald, one of Guantánamo's burning injustices has finally been addressed with the release — to Slovakia — of the last three Uighur prisoners, five years and two months after a US judge ordered their release.
The Uighurs are Muslims from China's oppressed Xinjiang province, in the north west of the country, and, prior to the 9/11 attacks and the US-led invasion of Afghanistan in October 2001, 22 of them, who subsequently ended up at Guantánamo, had been living in a small, rundown settlement in the Tora Bora mountains in eastern Afghanistan — either because they had been unable to reach countries they hoped to reach in search of a new life (primarily Turkey, as the Uighurs are a Turkic ethnic group) or because they nursed far-fetched hopes of training militarily to rise up against their oppressors.
After the US-led invasion, their settlement was bombed by US planes, and the survivors fled, eventually making it across the border to Pakistan, where they were greeted warmly by villagers who then promptly handed therm over — or sold them — to US forces.
Although it should have been clear that the men were seized by mistake, as they had only one enemy, the Chinese Communist government (a point they made repeatedly), they were initially used as pawns in diplomatic games with the Chinese government, whereby they were designated as terrorists in return for a promise by China not to oppose the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Read the rest of this entry »
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EXCLUSIVE: Guantánamo Scandal: The 40 Prisoners Still Held But Cleared for Release At Least Five Years Ago
This investigative report is published simultaneously here, and on the website of the "Close Guantánamo" campaign, which I established in January with US attorney Tom Wilner. Please join us — just an email address is required to be counted amongst those opposed to the ongoing existence of Guantánamo, and to receive updates of our activities by email.
One of the greatest injustices at Guantánamo is that, of the 169 prisoners still held, over half — 87 in total — were cleared for release by President Obama's interagency Guantánamo Review Task Force. The Task Force involved around 60 career officials from various government departments and the intelligence agencies, who spent the first year of the Obama Presidency reviewing the cases of all the remaining prisoners in Guantánamo, to decide whether they should be tried, released, or, in some cases, held indefinitely without charge or trial. The Task Force's final report is here (PDF).
Exactly who these 87 men are is a closely held secret on the part of the administration, which is unfortunate for those of us working towards the closure of Guantánamo, as it prevents us from campaigning as effectively as we would like for the majority of these men, given that we are not entirely sure of their status. Attorneys for the prisoners have been told about their clients' status, but that information — as with so much involving Guantánamo — is classified.
However, through recent research — into the classified military files about the Guantánamo prisoners, compiled by the Joint Task Force at the prison, which were released last year by WikiLeaks, as well as documents made available by the Bush administration, along with some additional information from the years of the Obama administration — I have been able to establish the identities of 40 men — 23 Yemenis, and 17 from other countries — who, between 2004 and 2009, were cleared for release by the Joint Task Force at Guantánamo, by military review boards under the Bush administration, or by President Obama's Task Force, and to identify the official documents in which these decisions were noted. Read the rest of this entry »
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What is the difference between a turbocharger and a supercharger on a cars engine?
Let's start with the similarities. Both turbochargers and superchargers are called forced induction systems. They compress the air flowing into the engine- (see How Car Engines Work for a description of airflow in a normal engine). The advantage of compressing the air is that it lets the engine stuff more air into a cylinder. More air means that more fuel can be stuffed in, too, so you get more power from each explosion in each cylinder. A turbo/supercharged engine produces more power overall than the same engine without the charging.
The typical boost provided by either a turbocharger or a supercharger is 6 to 8 pounds per square inch (psi). Since normal atmospheric pressure is 14.7 psi at sea level, you can see that you are getting about 50-percent more air into the engine. Therefore, you would expect to get 50-percent more power. It's not perfectly efficient, though, so you might get a 30-percent to 40-percent improvement instead.
The key difference between a turbocharger and a supercharger is its power supply. Something has to supply the power to run the air compressor. In a supercharger, there is a belt that connects directly to the engine. It gets its power the same way that the water pump or alternator does. A turbocharger, on the other hand, gets its power from the exhaust stream. The exhaust runs through a turbine, which in turn spins the compressor (see How Gas Turbine Engines Work for details).
There are tradeoffs in both systems. In theory, a turbocharger is more efficient because it is using the "wasted" energy in the exhaust stream for its power source. On the other hand, a turbocharger causes some amount of back pressure in the exhaust system and tends to provide less boost until the engine is running at higher RPMs. Superchargers are easier to install but tend to be more expensive.


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Odysseas Dionatos
Research Associate, University of Vienna
Kick-off for recently funded project PROTEUS
To understand the formation of stars and planets it is crucial to first determine the characteristic timescales that describe each stage of protostellar growth. Classification of major phases and durations of protostellar evolution first began more than 20 years ago, based on spectral energy distributions (SEDs) whose main component is dust emission from circumstellar accretion disks and envelopes. Whilst successful in determining global properties, dust-based proxies alone cannot detail protostellar growth, as they are prone to large uncertainties. Timescales derived from protostellar population-statistics therefore remain dubious. It comes therefore as no surprise when recent, high fidelity, data indicate that our yardstick has been too long: planets seem to form much earlier than assumed and most likely synchronously to protostars. In the FFG funded project PROTEUS we argue that it is imperative to readjust the standard classification scheme and its characteristic timescales to reflect the much more complex processes that regulate the formation of stars. These processes include (i) the mechanical feedback through mass, energy and momentum transport, both inwards, via mass-accretion, but also outwards, via the action of jets and outflows and (ii) the influence of radiation originating from shocks along the mass-flow channels and the activity of the protostar. The PROTEUS project aims to unify a significantly improved SED classification scheme with one derived from reverse- engineering the feedback processes that mainly reflect in the excitation of gas, in an effort to derive independent criteria that will describe the coevolution of all major structural components involved in star-formation. PROTEUS will primarily exploit unpublished data from ESA's Herschel space observatory, complemented with data from other space- and ground-based facilities, to provide a more robust classification scheme that will place stringent limits on protostellar evolution and inferred timescales.
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Neil Patrick Harris, who recently wrapped his legendary role as Barney Stinson on CBS' hit "How I Met Your Mother," stripped down posing naked on Rolling Stone's cover for its latest issue, with just a bow tie and a top hat covering his privates.
Harris talked about coming out as gay in his recent interview for the magazine's May issue. He spoke about his sexual orientation, saying that revealing the truth about himself has always propelled his career rather than destroyed it.
"Once all the cards were on the table, I got more opportunities than ever," Harris reportedly said. "Some actors don't get hired because you can't look into their soul and see what they're like, because they're kept guarded."
The actor, who is currently playing a transsexual German glam rocker in Broadway's "Hedwig and the Angry Inch," spoke about his image as an actor, saying: "I have always been highly aware of how I was presenting myself. Which, now that I'm playing overtly feminine and loving it, is kind of a stupid concern."
Harris' fiancé, David Burtka, reportedly spoke about Harris' character as a transsexual, saying: "I didn't think he could pull off the femininity of [the role]." "This is such a stretch for him. In his day-to-day, he's not a very feminine guy," Burtka added.
Harris also said in the interview: "I don't think doing it in an exploitative way makes sense." He added: "I just feel like that whole world is very personal. I think it's not a good idea. ... Here's a good analogy -- if you're going to jump into the pool and you're not sure how to swim, it's probably not so effective to just push someone into the pool. ... It's probably not the best way."
Harris and Burtka were most recently seen attending the 2014 Met Gala.
Emmys Drew More Viewers Than In Previous Years But Was It A Hit?


A whole lot of the brand new devices coming out available on the market are for people who find themselves more environmentally acutely aware or wish to be. For instance, there is a new item called the Freeloader which is a photo voltaic charger you that you should utilize to charge your whole electronic devices whenever you're out on the go. It's a transportable eco-friendly system.
Have a advertising strategy that is based mostly heavily upon defending future earnings stream from common updates and upgrades of existing products they've offered (it can be surprisingly expensive for a retailer to tackle a wholly new product line with the training that is involved and so on).
These cards can be found from several providers of wireless cellphone service together with Cingular and Verizon, and look quite a bit like the same type of card that you could plug into an older laptop laptop so as to use it to get onto the Internet using a WiFi scorching spot.


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What do you get when you combine a dog from the wrong side of the tracks with a pampered pooch? Disney's Lady and the Tramp is truly one of the most beloved animated films of all time! New and old fans of the movie will love the full-color Little Golden Book retelling of this delightful doggie tale.
Lady is a sweet cocker spaniel with a loving home. Tramp is a mutt who lives on the street. When these two dogs get together, the fun begins! This retelling of the 1955 movie classic will delight readers young and old.


Academic advising staff are available in the Bioengineering Student Affairs Office to provide advice and answers to questions about the undergraduate programs in Bioengineering. In addition, answers to "Frequently Asked Questions" ( FAQs) are provided in various sections.
Upon admission to the major, students are required to meet with an undergraduate advisor in the Bioengineering Student Affairs Office to plan a program of study. The program plan may be revised in subsequent years; however, revisions involving curricular requirements require approval of an undergraduate advisor and the faculty Undergraduate Studies Committee. As the department may make course and/or curricular changes periodically, it is important that students consult with an undergraduate advisor on an annual basis.


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using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.ServiceModel;
using System.Web;
using DataAccess;
using GeneralTransportService.CCSMockServiceReference;
using GeneralTransportService.MaterialMgtServiceReference1;
using log4net;
using Spring.Context;
using Spring.Context.Support;

namespace GeneralTransportService
{
    //[CallbackBehaviorAttribute(ConcurrencyMode = ConcurrencyMode.Reentrant)]
    public class CallbackHandler : CCSMockServiceReference.ICCSMockServiceCallback
    {
        private static ILog logger = LogManager.GetLogger(typeof(GeneralTransportService));
        //public IGeneralTransportService GtService { get; set; }

        public GeneralTransportService GeneralTransportServiceProp { get; set; }

        public void MoveFinished(string boxId, string locationId)
        {
            //logger.Debug("TransportFinished! boxId, locationId " + transported);

            // Getting Service Objects from Spring
            IApplicationContext ctx = ContextRegistry.GetContext();
            IMaterialMgtService materialMgt = (IMaterialMgtService)ctx.GetObject("materialMgtServiceObjectWSBinding");

            // set location
            bool locationSet = materialMgt.SetLocation(boxId, locationId);

            // getting transport entry to find the endDestinationId
            string endDestinationId;
            List<Transportentry> trEntries = materialMgt.GetTransportentries().ToList();
            Transportentry entry = trEntries.Find(
            delegate(Transportentry t)
            {
                return t.box_id == boxId;
            }
            );
            endDestinationId = entry.bin_id;

            if (!(endDestinationId.Equals(locationId)))
            {
                // box is not at the endDestination => CallCCSTransport again!
                GeneralTransportServiceProp.CallCCSTransport(boxId, endDestinationId);
            }
            else
            {
                // callback to TransportPlanning that transport was finished
                //callback.TransportFinished(boxId, endDestinationId); TODO
                logger.Debug("Box was transported to " + endDestinationId);
                //IGeneralTransportServiceCallback gTcallback = OperationContext.Current.GetCallbackChannel<IGeneralTransportServiceCallback>();
                //gTcallback.TransportFinished(boxId, endDestinationId);

                GeneralTransportServiceProp.GTcallback.TransportFinished(boxId, endDestinationId);
                //IGeneralTransportService ct = (IGeneralTransportService) OperationContext.Current.Channel;
                logger.Debug("fertig");
            }

            //logger.Debug("TransportFinished! boxId =" + boxId + " new binId=" + endDestId);
        }
    }
}

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Join the Newcastle Grammar School Alumni page on our Facebook to keep in touch with Alumni members. We would appreciate any contact whether it be about an accomplishment or achievement, career, family, travel, marriage/engagements, births of children or past memories to share. Feel free to send pictures as well. We welcome any memorabilia of your School days, such as old uniform items, text books, merit certificates, trophies etc. for our archives.
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Jerome Dupire
Professor - Researcher
Company: Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers
Jerome is assistant professor at the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, teaching at the Ecole Nationale des Jeux et Media Interactifs Numériques and researcher at the CEDRIC lab, within the Human-Computer Interaction team. One of his main field of research is digital accessibility for disabled people and especially accessibility applied to video games. He is the co-founder and chairman of the working group TC14.9 on Game Accessibility at the International Federation for Information Processing.
Jerome is the president of Capgame, a non-profit association he co-founded in 2013, which is promoting game accessibility for disabled gamers. Capgame is leading different actions, from communication towards the general public and broadcasting available technical solutions (hardware and software) for disabled gamers, to consulting for game studios and training for professionals.
https://cedric.cnam.fr/index.php/labo/membre/dupirej
http://blog.cnam.fr/grand-angle/jeux-video/tousgamers-jeux-video-et-accessibilite-963010.kjsp?RH=1479718129770
http://www.capgame.fr/
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Q: Adding an icon to JOptionPane pushes added panel out of view I am adding an icon to a JOptionPane which also has a JPanel added. When the default cup of coffee icon is there, the JPanel is fully visible. Replacing that with my own icon pushes the JPanel over to the right so far some fields are not visible. I have tried scaling the icon but whether I scale it by 1/2, 1/3, 1/5, or 1/7, though the image itself changes in size, the amount of room the JOptionPane allocates for it remains uneffected pushing my poor JPanel out into the cold. Before I give up and write a custom dialog, I am curious:  Am I overlooking some setting to have my JPanel begin where the width of my icon ends?
public void displayDialog(){
    Image img = icon.getImage();
    BufferedImage bi = new BufferedImage(img.getWidth(null), img.getHeight(null), BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
    Graphics g = bi.createGraphics();
    g.drawImage(img, 0, 0, img.getWidth(null)/7, img.getHeight(null)/7, null);
    ImageIcon newIcon = new ImageIcon(bi);

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BTW: Don't recall asking a question here before and don't know when I will again so, while I'm here....I use this site quite often. You all have been a great help to me and I am very grateful.

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Het Platform voor Eenheid en Solidariteit voor Alliantie en Vooruitgang (ESAV) is een Surinaamse organisatie met het doel de groepsbelangen van inheemse Surinamers in binnen- en buitenland te behartigen.

Het platform werd op 21 januari 2015 geproclameerd in het centrum van de Progressieve Werknemers Organisatie (PWO) in Paramaribo met Audrey Christiaan als voorzitter. Een van de coördinatoren is Armand Zunder, de voorzitter van de Nationale Reparatie Commissie Suriname (NRCS). Andere leden van het oprichtingsbestuur waren Alwin Ligorie en Sandy Liaw A Ngie, die eveneens NRCS-lid zijn. Christiaan legde het voorzitterschap in maart 2019 neer omwille van haar politieke aspiraties bij de Partij voor Recht en Ontwikkeling (PRO). De voorzittershamer werd overgenomen door Gulliamo Zaalman.

Tijdens de proclamatie maakte het een programma van vijftien punten bekend, met als eerste het streven voor de erkenning in de Grondwet van Suriname van inheemse volkeren als eerste bewoners van Suriname. Daarnaast wil het dat historische gebeurtenissen worden onderzocht vanuit het perspectief van inheemse volkeren. Verder streeft het naar een betere toegang voor inheemsen voor secundair en hoger onderwijs. De lijfspreuk Met onderwijs komt het verstand van Eugene Arichero, de eerste inheemse Surinaamse parlementariër (sinds 1973), dient hiervoor als inspiratie.

Zie ook
 Vereniging Inheemse Dorpshoofden Suriname
 Organisatie van Inheemsen in Suriname

Inheemse belangenorganisatie in Suriname

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    let context;

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      context = createContext();
    });

    afterAll(function () {
      context.destroyForSpecs();
    });

    it("has expected default values", function () {
      const sampler = new Sampler();
      expect(sampler.wrapS).toEqual(TextureWrap.CLAMP_TO_EDGE);
      expect(sampler.wrapT).toEqual(TextureWrap.CLAMP_TO_EDGE);
      expect(sampler.minificationFilter).toEqual(
        TextureMinificationFilter.LINEAR
      );
      expect(sampler.magnificationFilter).toEqual(
        TextureMinificationFilter.LINEAR
      );
      expect(sampler.maximumAnisotropy).toEqual(1.0);
    });

    it("throws when creating a sampler with invalid wrapS", function () {
      expect(function () {
        return new Sampler({
          wrapS: "invalid wrap",
        });
      }).toThrowDeveloperError();
    });

    it("throws when creating a sampler with invalid wrapT", function () {
      expect(function () {
        return new Sampler({
          wrapT: "invalid wrap",
        });
      }).toThrowDeveloperError();
    });

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        return new Sampler({
          magnificationFilter: "invalid filter",
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    it("throws when creating a sampler with invalid maximumAnisotropy", function () {
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A caregiver is someone who provides assistance to someone who is ill or disabled. This could be a nurse or a friend, but many caregivers are family members. Caregiving is a reality we must prepare for in order to give our loved ones the best care in their time of need. Many people needing this care are afflicted with mental illness including Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia. Managing these conditions can be a challenging, full-time job.
Concerning mental illness, it's important to develop a plan to save you time and to give your loved one the most proper and efficient care possible.
Make a list of strict, daily activities for every day of the week—this will be easier on you, save you time, and prevent your loved one from becoming agitated.
For those who suffer from Alzheimer's or Dementia—continually explore and experiment to refine a solid routine.
Plan activities to improve the person's mood—make positive conversation, take a walk, and play a fun game to stimulate the mind.
Most of all, your loved one should stay socially active—work with an outpatient clinic to help your loved one socialize with other people experiencing similar conditions.
When it's time to give back the care that was once given to you, developing a plan like this can ease the stress of this enormous responsibility. Remember, this person you love needs your help, and it is up to you or a caretaker you choose to provide it. It's time to give back the care that was once given to you.


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Today I am talking about how to network as a introvert. This has and is a struggle for me and for many other wedding professionals. Building your network, increasing your referrals, making connections with other wedding professionals. All things we know are important to a growing our wedding businesses. For some people, these are easy activities for others they are HORRIBLE! I will admit, I am an introvert and I HATE networking. I feel sick to my stomach, nervous and generally icky about networking events. I realized early in my business that it was a necessary task if I wanted to grow my business, so I had to figure out how to network as an introvert. Below is my video of how I created networking that worked on my on terms.


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Umar Kremlev: "Qualification for the European Championships is underway in Ulan-Ude"
The winners of the Russian Women Boxing Championships, held these days in Ulan-Ude, will be the main candidates for participation in the European Championships, which will be held May 10-19 in Poland. Secretary General of the Boxing Federation of Russia Umar Kremlev spoke about it in an interview with the ROC Information Service.
– The tournament is very important, first of all, for qualification for the national team to participate in the upcoming European Championships, said Umar Kremlev. – 10 winners of the national championship will become main candidates for a trip to Poland. However, in the process of preparation they will still have to prove their status in sparring with the second numbers of the national team, that will also be defined during the competitions in the capital of Buryatia. I want to say that the interest for the women's Boxing in the country has increased in recent years. More than 320 athletes applied for participation in the 2018 Russian Championships. Among them there are famous persons, for example, bronze medalist of the Rio Olympic Games Anastasia Belyakova and participant those Games Yaroslava Yakushina, who has transformed into a lighter weight category, up to 69 kg. However, there are a lot of young, ambitious athletes who renounce authorities and are ready to take on the first role.
In this context, last year's men's championships in Grozny turned out to be indicative. In the weight category up to 60 kg 19-year-old Albert Bayrashev created a furore. In the first fight he defeated the vice-world champion and the 2016 Olympic Games bronze medalist Vladimir Nikitin, then several more strong opponents and became the winner and the best boxer! I must say that the men's team in this Olympic cycle has been revised by 70 percent. Similar processes are taking place in the women's team.
Explaining why Buryatia was chosen as venue of the national championships, the Secretary General of the Boxing Federation of Russia said the following:
-Ulan-Ude and Orenburg fought for the right to host the tournament. There was an honest and transparent competition in which Buryatia offered the best conditions. This applies both to the prize fund, which is 5 million rubles, and other organizational issues.
Umar Kremlev also said when changes in the list of Olympic weight categories will be officially confirmed. Recall that at the Rio de Janeiro Games three sets of medals were contested in women's Boxing, while in 2020 in Tokyo, the number will increase to five.
– New Olympic weight categories will be approved in July by the AIBA Executive Committee, said the Secretary General of the BFR. – Two more categories will be added to those existing three (51, 60 and 75 kg). Which? Let's not run ahead of the story. There are different options.


Q. Have you personally gone out on volunteer construction projects?
A. I have. As part of our 25th anniversary celebration, our team came up with 1,300 projects. We set a goal of giving back to our communities 250,000 hours of volunteerism. And we met and exceeded that. We did these across North America, from Vancouver to Monterrey, from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C. One of the ones I attended in the pouring rain in Atlanta was at the Emma Hutchinson School. We had more than 450 volunteers.
Q. What did you do at the school?
A. We constructed an "education walk" out back. Children can now identify something at each station that represents each continent. We were trying to provide educational exposure for this school, which has tremendous diversity. We planted flowers. We did landscaping projects. We built reading nooks.
Q. Wouldn't your critics say this is all about public relations?
A. We do sometimes get a lift, but that's not why we do it. This is all about the American dream. I could see our associates, our suppliers, our communities, our employees and nonprofit organizations all coming together under the banner of civic responsibility. This is not about making a political statement. It's about showing corporate responsibility.
Q. Do enough chief executives go out personally and do this kind of thing?
A. Individually, we have tremendous examples of other corporations doing what we're doing. But collectively, they're not stitched together, or integrated enough. Doing specific projects in communities should be part of everyone's DNA.
Q. Who are the best examples?
A. Sam Palmisano at I.B.M., Bob Ulrich at Target, Mike Eskew of U.P.S. and Andrea Jung at Avon are clearly examples where individual corporations have done a tremendous amount of good.
Q. What is Mr. Palmisano doing?
A. He's reinvesting in education. He's got the I.B.M. "Kid Smart" program and the I.B.M. mentor program, and he's got a program called "Teaming for Technology." Each corporation should play to its strength. The specific tactics should be tied to the specific skills of the corporation. For us, it's doing physical things. It's about building things.
Q. What companies or industries aren't doing enough?
A. I don't want to start going through industries and companies that aren't doing things right. But I think recent events throughout corporate America would illustrate that you definitely pay a price when you don't pay your civic dues. Having some good will in the bank based on real efforts in your communities might at least earn you some benefit of the doubt when you otherwise might not get it.
Q. Is a part of this volunteer effort an attempt to get more productivity out of workers?
A. There's no question in my mind that employees and associates feel a tremendous amount of pride in giving back and also working for a corporation that sponsors and supports this kind of initiative.
Q. And you believe by bringing in your suppliers on these projects that you deepen your relationships with them?
A. Yes. We brought in TTI, Black & Decker and Masco to build playgrounds, for example. And we also brought together all our logistics and transportation providers to get materials to the right places. To build an elementary school in Decatur, Ga., for children with special needs, we had J.B. Hunt, U.P.S. and FedEx helping us. There could never be a better time for this. Corporate America is getting broad-brushed as a result of the few when, in fact, a majority of us are running our businesses with high standards and ethics.
Q. Do you believe in this as pure volunteerism, or is it a way to get long-term benefits, say, higher sales from good publicity?
A. Improved sales should be only a secondary benefit of volunteering. I strongly believe that any corporation that's giving back exclusively to garner publicity or to boost the bottom line won't be able to sustain it.
Q. Some chief executives say embracing outside causes confuses people about a company's mission: to sell products or services.
A. I think they're inseparably linked. Not only does a corporation have to provide financial value, it also has to build itself on values. Profitable companies can give back more to a broad range of constituents, starting with their customers, their associates, their communities, their shareholders. There is an expanding range of constituencies that companies have to think about.
Q. Many chief executives serve on boards of theaters or ballets. Is that sufficient?
A. I think chairmen and C.E.O.'s have to do what they feel they have the skills and the values to support. I would never be critical of corporations or chairmen for supporting the arts. It's just as important in the cultural development of children as anything.
Q. But is it enough to attend a charity ball?
A. The people attending that ball might be that company's average customer. But I do think there is some benefit to getting outside your comfort zone as a C.E.O. and diversifying your thinking.


1. CAN YOU FIND EXCLUSIVE STORIES? No really…can you find the story that makes politicians and PIO's lose sleep?? Better yet, can you do this even with news of the day? Do you have fast attack investigative skills? You better! Everyone can get PIO info and sound. You have to be able to separate from your competition to get paid. How do you do that?? Know the process and procedures of paperwork- school districts, police and sheriff- what documents exist and when do they become available? Time is quickly wasted, opportunity and credibility forever lost by not knowing procedures. Can you get a great tip confirmed? Most reporters cannot. You are only as valuable as the contact list in your phone.
2. WORK SMARTER, NOT HARDER-Do your research, demand from management a specific beat- geographic or content based. GA stands for going anywhere-owning nothing! Develop sources that work for you. Build relationships before asking for stories. Go left when other go right. Stand out by standing apart. If someone pitches you a story- make them do the document digging, and initial research- then they can come back and pitch you a partially vetted legitimate story. You just have to confirm documents and details- not spend hours chasing empty leads.
3. Shoot in sequences, write in sequences, edit in sequences- this saves hours! The best MMJ's are the most creative while being the most efficient!
4. Your professional Facebook likes/Twitter followers/LinkedIn profile will make or break a hiring decision. These are your personal brand. They directly reflect your audience appeal, your marketing savvy, and your ability to tease a story! Do you understand news and how to promote yourself as well as your coverage? Social media answers all these questions.
5. Have a career plan- It is a simple question with horrific consequences- What is your TV career goal?? Most TV folks stumble on this simple question. Your answer will be used against you in a hiring decision. This is a weeding out technique and is a loyalty test for current employees being considered for promotion.
6. Out work your teammates- first in, last out, first to call-in to cover breaking news, first to ask to travel, this effort gets you choice assignments, management trust, and promoted to the anchor desk.
7. Hot mess- if you are one and want to anchor or jump to a big market you will go nowhere. You must apply appearance feedback at every level and every turn. Everyone that looks at your tape or consults you should be heard and further feedback solicited. One consultant or ND could be a bit eccentric, 2-5 people saying you appear less than polished is problematic.
8. Your cover letter is killing you! It is costing you a look at your tape- which is the whole goal! Don't try to tell me you know someone I used to work with 3 stations ago or we are from the same town! What are you going to do to make my newsroom better today? Why do I have to hire you versus the 50 people that look and sound like you??? This is the written interview that gets you the tape review and phone interview- Be consistent in your message, your strengths, and what makes you a difference maker. How do you fit in with my news style and newsroom needs?
9. Never send a glossy 8X10 head shot- instant rejection- are you a model/ actor/ or journalist?? Send me a resume tape with exclusive banners on every story- that's a beautiful picture!!
10. Is your cellphone number, Facebook and Twitter handles on your business card? Personal cellphone? You are fully available to your audience and sources or not. No problem, I call your competition with my exclusive story.
There are a hundred things a journalist has to excel at to be successful in the modern newsroom. These are ten of the most critical to master to avoid a career setback. Our next blog will answer" Why your resume tape is killing your job search".
He's now a life coach to reporters and anchors nationwide!
It's no secret that writing for TV news nowadays is as much about marketing as writing clearly and concisely. You are expected to sell the news philosophy for your station as much as time out your newscast correctly. In fact many stations require you mention your station brand at least 5 times a newscast. Many producers just write in the pitch line as you introduce live reporters to get it over with. Joe Smith works for you. Joe Smith is on your side live in…. Joe Smith is your eyewitness tonight. There are other ways to brand, that are less throwaway. You can even do it in a way that enhances your coverage and benefit for the viewer.
The first thing you need to do throughout the newscast is to pick stories that make sense with your brand. If your station is one that works for you (the viewer ) for example, you don't do a lot of superficial quick vo's with little to no reference to how this story impacts people. In other words, this is not a station that should implement a 10 second vo, 20 second vosot philosophy. This is a station that will consistently add a line to each story with either why this story is significant to people or how it impacts. When you think news philosophy you must think context. The all you need philosophy means quick headlines. Catch the viewer up. That is a very different context.
So when you consider context, you are going to naturally add lines or phrases that explain how the story fits with your promise to the viewer (i.e. – your news philosophy). The how and/or why lines are one way. You will likely find yourself adding other phrases like, we are doing this story tonight because, or we are continuing to work for you by asking.. we want you to have all you need to know on this bill… somewhere in the story. It is a natural way to tell the viewer why the story is important that can be done very conversationally.
Then you add animations with your brand line to reinforce the philosophy. Remember many people think visually, so these animations are effective. Do not be afraid to use them. They also create movement which improves perception of pacing.
The last thing to remember is if you just use the same catch phrase over and over, it is not effective. The viewer will quickly tune it out. The repetition of your philosophy and branding has to be consistent without being repetitive. So even if you are required to mention the station brand 5 times a newscast, you can do so with out saying works for you every single time. Vary that brand line with phrases like helping you, how this effects you, what this means for you to get the point across without boring the viewer with the same phrase that seems throwaway. Your news philosophy has to benefit the viewer. You need to spell out that benefit or you will not build loyalty. Think empty promises. People are conditioned to suspect that is what they are being handed. Selling your brand means showing clearly that you have the viewer in mind and will consistently provide that they need. Do it, tell them you are doing it, then show them how you are doing it. Thinking this way as you select stories and write will help you naturally brand the news throughout the newscast without it seeming as forced. And you can market without feeling like an ad writer instead of a journalist.
We are the observers. We bear witness to society's worst outcomes: dead bodies, mangled cars, weeping family members.
The scale may be smaller than the horrific scenes of war American service members witness overseas. Yet journalists covering local tragedies are at risk of developing PTSD, too. I would submit photojournalists are particularly at-risk because they get sent out on everything. And as the years go by, all that trauma witnessing can literally affect our brain's sense of well-being.
Which reminds me, this is a brain issue. Not a "toughness" issue. Not a "you've lost your objectivity" issue. You have no need to feel guilty.
Unfortunately, news executives do a poor job of proactively warning journalists they send out into the field about the emotional dangers of the job. In a study of photojournalists who witness trauma, only 11% had been told of the emotional toll the job can take, while only one in four photographers had been offered counseling.
I can't imagine not needing some time off after covering the 9-year-old Chicago boy investigators believe was lured into an alley and shot to death by a gang. But if you're expected to keep following a story day after day and don't feel right about asking for time off, debriefing is the most basic thing you can do for yourself.
Debriefing is simply talking with another journalist or manager about what it was like to cover this senseless murder — or similar stories. And it's a must. You can do it in the darkness of the live truck on the way back to the station, inside the news director's office with the door closed, or over a beer at your favorite bar.
If you're too shy, debrief in your journal. I would advise against debriefing on Facebook, however, because people who don't know our world are going to make some pretty stupid comments under your post that'll make you feel worse.
You may be easily startled. You might dream about the traumatic event. And with all the negative emotions and anxious feelings seeming to never fully leave your body, you may become so angry you explode at co-workers.
That last one is what usually gets my attention, especially if the journalist lashes-out over something trivial. What is he really angry about? I ask myself. How many years has he been shooting/reporting? What types of stories?
The person might have PTSD. It goes so much deeper than the blues, too. Rather than feeling down for a couple of days, the symptoms of PTSD last a month or more.
Then it's time to ask your family doctor if she'd recommend a therapist trained to help PTSD sufferers. You might also search your station's website or archives to see which mental health experts your staff has put on-the-air for PTSD segments. See who the local newspaper has interviewed, too.
The Anxiety and Depression Society of America also has this handy therapist search tool.
It's time to really take care of yourself. If you don't like the first therapist you go to, try another one. But make sure you get the help you deserve. Your sense of who you are and your relationships are depending on it.
Can't See It? Then Tweet It!
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By now you've probably heard about the big story this week. It was an embarrassing gaffe during a live shot about the Michigan and Michigan State football game. It was a game decided on the final play. The on-scene reporter went TV and said the wrong team won. The anchor then had to correct the mistake when the reporter tossed back to the studio.
Now if you have worked in TV news and covered a live event, especially a sports event even once, you know that it can be very hard to get the right information on the air in the final minutes of a newscast. Frankly, I am shocked this kind of gaffe doesn't happen more often. The biggest reason why is the reporter has to leave the event in order to go live. That's generally because of where you have to park the live truck and coverage rights, since the live event itself is televised.
So how can the reporter know what is happening when he/she doesn't have eyes on the event?
There are several ways to prevent this, the biggest being putting someone in the stadium, who has news sense and can let the reporter know. But based on the description of how it went down quoted above, they may have attempted this solution. Guessing whoever was on the phone, or whatever site was used, will not be part of the equation next time.
This gaffe does open up discussion for an even bigger issue, and that is the need to be first, even at great risk of being wrong. This particular flub is making all sorts of rounds because it seems like such an obvious mistake. How could the reporter not know? How could you miss something when you are at the event? Look at his live shot background. He had huge stadium walls separating him. A big part of the blame here, lies with the decision on how to execute bringing the latest about the game to the newscast audience.
There is an age old argument that the people who really give a rip about the game or sporting event you are at, are actually watching it. So the push to be first is irrelevant because the audience that cares is not watching you, they are watching the game. But there is a strong counterpoint that this is a huge event everyone will be talking about in the DMA and you simply cannot ignore it. So here's where I am going to get bold and ask, why not go non traditional? Why not keep the reporter in the stands, so your eyewitness actually knows what happened? Can you show a live pic, in the place where crews are allowed to be (even if that's outside the stadium) and mention that your reporter is there, and live tweeting about the event? Can you show tweets fullscreen from your crew in the stands to show that you are all over the coverage? Here's why this is a win-win scenario: The people watching the game, may still engage with your sports reporter on the scene through social media. The reporter can focus on the experience of the game for those who could not go for TV and tweet about the event with no worries about missing a key play. So the reporter can turn a piece on how much the fans are loving the event, or something controversial that happened earlier that airs in the newscast, then tweet about the here and now in the final minutes of the game. Put the tweets up, put up a live pic and keep your information accurate. It hits more audience because he can even be interacting with people who are still at the game.
The problem TV stations face is how to disseminate information in this digital age. Most stations still want all the biggest information to be on TV first. That means we have to take a crew live at the event. This is sometimes a mistake. You are limiting your possibilities and increasing the risk of an embarrassing mistake like this one at the Michigan/Michigan State game. In the case of live sports events, live shots need to be more about the atmosphere, and eyewitness accounts of what is happening. Relevant facts are already being posted online. I am not saying ignore the facts, but don't force someone into the situation this reporter was in. The odds were stacked against him. He was OUTSIDE the event with no way to personally witness what was happening. How can he realistically report on what was happening? If you go the social media emphasis route, he could be in the stadium bringing information in a relevant way through Facebook, Twitter and the station website. He could post to these outlets without having to leave the stadium. In order to serve the live newscast audience, remember, the viewers are likely casual fans, they are not watching the game. Do a pkg on the experience and then use graphics of the tweets to update the facts. The biggest payoff is that you serve multiple audiences and are emphasizing what each cares about in the way you are covering the event. TV news is not just about showing up and covering an event anymore. Now the focus has to be on how to do it, and include social media in a relevant way. The reporter being on scene showcases that the station understands this is a big event for the community. Showing what it's been like at the game in a package, serves the casual sports-viewing audience. Tweeting and posting Facebook updates on the game itself, in real time helps your reporter directly engage with the audience in real time, thus making a connection. Showcasing that he is doing so throughout the newscast generates curiosity and a chance to engage with the reporter if you cannot be there yourself. This is effective even if the person is watching the event live on another channel. It is another way to be a relevant eyewitness and get more of the audience actively involved with your reporter who's at the event.
Again, you have to look at the regulations for covering these sporting events. Some events prohibit live tweeting. Most of the time mentioning a Tweet works and is still compelling. Especially because the photographer with the live picture would then understand why some fans were walking out looking devastated. The whole scene, inside the stadium and out would have had relevant perspective. As TV stations cover a variety of live events, the bottom line is that they need to discuss how they will engage with the viewers actively. Simply showing up and reporting what you hope is first and right, is not enough anymore. Your viewers use social media to track events, they expect you to as well.


The Invisible Fence Company is on a mission to equip every fire/rescue truck in the US and Canada with pet oxygen masks through Project Breathe. According to industry web sites and sources, an estimated 40,000 to 150,000 pets die each year in fires. To date, Project Breathe has donated more than 3,000 kits to fire stations throughout the US and Canada. They've set up a donation program and are asking for your help, please donate if you can!
A similar project, the Wag'N O2 Fur Life Program, has provided over 1,550 pet oxygen mask kits to over 660 departments in North America since 2008. You can sponsor a department on this site as well. All over the US and Canada there are thousands of rescue vehicles that are still not equipped with kits. April is Pet First Aid Awareness Month, what better way to honor the safety of our pets than to donate pet oxygen mask kits?
What is the Pet Oxygen Mask Project?
Exceptional Pet Sitting in on a mission to equip as many fire/rescue trucks with Pet Oxygen Masks (POMs) as possible! This is a nation wide project aimed at equipping every truck in the US and I'd like to do my part here in Texas. All of the fire stations in DFW have them so I looked a little further out of the area for stations in need. I came across a fireman in Rhome, TX (about 50 mi NW of Dallas) and he told me they have one set of POMs but 5 trucks to equip. He was very grateful when I offered to help get the other 3 needed masks! (I already have one set to donate.) Now I'm asking for your help to accomplish this goal. I've set up a PayPal account for POM donations, anything will help me help the city of Rhome and will be greatly appreciated! The goal is $225 for three more sets of masks. If you happen to know of a business that might be interested in sponsoring this cause, please let me know.
October is Fire Safety Month and fire safety applies to our pets too. According to the National Volunteer Fire Council, an estimated 500,000 pets are affected by home fires each year. Additionally, "Pet oxygen masks are crucial at the scene of a fire to prevent the harmful effects of smoke inhalation. The access to oxygen can mean the difference of life and death for a pet," advises Dr. Ernie Ward of Seaside Animal Care in North Carolina.
The ABCs of CPR are Airway, Breathing, and Circulation. This is a quick overview of CPR to introduce the initial steps to take which must be done in order.
If you come upon a pet that is not breathing, after determining that the environment is safe, check the throat for obstructions and clear the Airway. Any obstructions in the mouth/throat should be removed manually or by performing the Heimlich Maneuver. Once the obstruction is removed and/or air can pass through the airway, check for Breathing. (Even if you cannot remove obstructions from the airway completely, you can give rescue breaths as long as some air can get to the lungs. It is more important to get air into the lungs than it is to completely clear the obstruction.) You can check for breathing by laying the pet on its left side then watch for the chest expand. Also, if you have a small mirror, you can check for condensation when placed next to the nose/mouth. If the pet is still not breathing after clearing the airway, a few quick rescue breaths are in order. The next step in CPR addresses Circulation. Check for a heartbeat by putting your hand on the left side of the pet's chest. You can also check for pulses at the femoral artery which is located in the groin area, at the crease where the lower abdomen meets the upper thigh. If the heart is not beating at all, begin chest compressions. Alternate between rescue breaths and chest compressions until you get to the vet. We will learn more about CPR and how to perform it later, this is a summary and is by no means complete instructions on pet CPR.
Once you determine if Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) is needed, you can help get oxygen to the lungs and blood flowing to the major organs until you get to the vet. Note: It is very important to make sure the pet is not breathing and does not have a pulse before starting CPR. It can be dangerous to perform CPR on a pet that is breathing normally and has a heartbeat.
As pet owners, we may be faced with any number of emergency situations and having basic pet first aid supplies on hand for our furry loved ones, just as we do for ourselves, can prepare us for incidents that may occur. Pets have accidents, get hurt or sick and having a pet first aid kit helps treat minor injuries or quickly administer first aid in an emergency on the way to the veterinary hospital or emergency clinic. A second kit in the car is also recommended for traveling and outings. Basic preparedness can help us keep our furry companions healthy and happy for a long time to come!
A few modifications to a human first aid kit works well. Band aids aren't needed for pets and Tylenol, Advil (which are toxic to pets) as well as aspirin should be removed. Never give your pet any medications without consulting you veterinarian first.
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Mendozas Establish Chair in Radiation Oncology at UTMB
Dr. Sandra Hatch, the first to hold the Mendoza Chair.
Jesse Mendoza's initial connection to The University of Texas Medical Branch began 72 years ago. As a 9-year-old boy, he developed polio and received treatment at the academic health center, recovering from the then-widespread childhood disease.
Mendoza's life in the island city moved forward. He became a barber at age 16 and bought his first piece of real estate a year later. In 1953 he courted Irma Labardini, and the two quickly became inseparable. Their marriage the following year began a lifetime of hard work, affection, commitment to saving and smart real estate investment. The Mendozas continued to prosper; 15 years ago, Jesse retired, giving his brother the keys to his barbershop.
The Mendozas' life together over the decades was tested in 1997 when Irma was diagnosed with cancer. So the Mendozas turned to UTMB-just as Jesse had so many years ago.
Irma received treatment and encouragement from "guardian angel" Dr. Sandra Hatch and became cancer-free for seven years. During that time, the Mendozas lived to enjoy their moments together, traveling every other month. They celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in Hawaii. But Irma's health began to deteriorate as her cancer returned, and she lost her battle with the disease last year.
In gratitude for the additional moments they had together, the Mendozas established an endowed faculty position in UTMB's Department of Radiation Oncology just prior to Irma's death. The Irma Labardini Mendoza and Jesse Jesus Mendoza Chair in Radiation Oncology is the second endowed chair and fifth endowed position created for the department. It supports innovative research, makes possible new technologies to enhance patient care, fosters UTMB community programs and encourages collaboration with other radiation oncology physicians around the world. Mendoza plans to increase the endowment to the one million dollar distinguished chair level.
Irma and Jesse Mendoza
Hatch, Irma's longtime doctor, is the first to hold the Mendoza Chair. "I am honored to have my name associated with Mr. and Mrs. Mendoza," she said. "We share the fundamental commitment to the concept of patient-focused care. The endowment will allow our work at UTMB to continue to bring hope, health and healing to the breast and gynecologic cancer patients that we serve."
Jesse Mendoza is proud that he and his late wife were able to create an endowed faculty position that can help countless other cancer patients. "Early in life, I learned how to make money, then how to save money," he said. "Finally, I had to train myself to give and to give from the heart. The rewards of giving are great. It seems like the more I give the more I receive."


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Bangladesh's 'Mega Projects' move full-speed ahead despite COVID-19 setback
The coronavirus pandemic, an unprecedented crisis that has upended the world in 2020, has slowed Bangladesh's journey on the 'highway of development', but not thrown the country off track.
The construction of major infrastructures under government's mega projects, such as the Padma Bridge, Dhaka Metro Rail and Karnaphuli tunnel, lost speed due to lockdown restrictions imposed to the prevent further spread of the virus. Many of the foreign workers and engineers also went back to their home.
But by the end of the year, most of the mega projects are progressing at full throttle. The main structure of the Padma Bridge, a dream project for tens of millions of Bangladeshis, became fully visible in December.
The government imposed the countrywide lockdown after Bangladesh reported its first coronavirus cases in March, stalling the work in the mega projects. Meeting the deadlines to complete the projects became uncertain.
Once the lockdown was lifted, work on the projects resumed in full swing from October.
Span No. 2F, the final of the 41 spans of the Padma Bridge, was installed on piers 12 and 13 at 12:02 pm on Thursday, making the main structure fully visible.
PADMA BRIDGE
The dream of the people of 21 southern districts to get connected to Dhaka directly by road nears completion as the installation of the final span on Dec 10 made the entire basic structure of the 6.15-kilometre Padma Bridge visible.
The bridge will be open to traffic once the concrete is cast, the roads are laid out and the slabs for the railway tracks are installed. It will be operational within a year, the government expects.
Around 4,500 workers were engaged in the project at the beginning of the year. The construction work continued on a limited scale when the number of workers dropped to 1,500 after the Chinese workers left at the beginning of March. The project work resumed in full swing towards the end of the year.
The main construction work progressed 91 percent by December and the entire project is expected to be completed by next year, said Project Director Shafiqul Islam.
"We couldn't however fully regain the speed after the project work got delayed. We need more time now," he said.
China Major Bridge Engineering Company is building the main structure at a cost of Tk 121 billion. Sino Hydro Corporation is being paid about Tk 87 billion for river training.
The government initially aimed to complete the Tk 101.62 billion project in 2015. But the launch was delayed as much as to 2014, with the budget elevated to Tk 301.93 billion.
After the installation of the final span, Cabinet Secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam said it will be possible to open the bridge to traffic by June 2022.
PADMA BRIDGE RAIL TRACK PROJECT
The government is implementing a project to install 173-kilometre broad gauge rail tracks from Dhaka to Jashore, which will be connected to the Padma Bridge with a budget of Tk 392.58 billion.
Like the Padma Bridge, the railway project is yet to catch up the earlier work speed, said its Director Golam Fakhruddin Ahmed Chowdhury.
It made a 31 percent progress as of December 2020. More than 60 percent work of the Mawa-Bhanga rail link has been completed. The authorities expect to complete the entire project by June next year.
The estimated budget for the rail link was Tk 349.98 billion in 2016 but the cost was raised by Tk 42.69 billion in 2018. The deadline too was extended from December 2022 to June 2024.
ROOPPUR NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
The Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant Project, the most expensive power plant in the country's history, had progressed 26 percent before the lockdown in March. The work gained progress of 4 more percentage points by the end of the year.
The Tk 1.13 trillion projects wasn't affected much by the pandemic as "we followed the health protocols and continued our work", said Project Director Md Shawkat Akbar Akbar.
The first reactor and pressure vessel of the first unit of the plant have also arrived in Bangladesh amid the pandemic, increasing the work speed by four times, Shawkat said. "We can meet the deadline," he added.
Atomstroyexport JSC, an engineering company of Russia's Rosatom, is scheduled to construct the main structure of the power plant in 68 months from the start of the project.
According to a government plan, the 1,200-megawatt first unit of the project will be able to supply power to the national grid by mid-2023. The second unit will be open in the following year. The plant with two units is being constructed on 1,062 acres of land.
DOHAZARI-RAMU-COX'S BAZAR-GHUMDHUM RAIL LINE
The government initiated the Dohazari-Ramu-Cox's Bazar-Ghumdhum rail link project in 2011 but it got delayed over fund crunch and trouble over land acquisition.
Finally, it signed a loan contract of Tk 180.34 billion with the Asian Development Bank.
Though the project has a deadline of December 2022, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has ordered to complete the part from Dohazari to Cox's Bazar earlier, as she plans to inaugurate the project in the year of the golden jubilee of the country's independence. But the project almost stalled at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic when the Chinese workers got stranded at home. The project made 45 percent progress as of November this year, said Project Director Md Mofizur Rahman.
"But we are prepared to complete it by 2022," he said adding that it will not require a cost hike even after the delay.
The authorities have fast-tracked the Dhaka Metro Rail project work by ensuring the health protocols amid the coronavirus pandemic, aiming to launch the rapid transit system in 2021, the year Bangladesh celebrates its golden jubilee.
"We have planned to work for 24 hours a day to meet the deadline next year. Especially, we plan to do most of the work during the night. Work will be done in the daytime too," said MAN Siddique, the managing director of Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited or DMTCL.
The 11.29 km part of metro rail, called MRT-6 connecting Uttara and Agargaon, was targeted to be completed in 2021, while the other 10 km part from Agargaon to Motijheel was scheduled to be completed in 2023.
The average progress of the overall project has reached 53.58 percent in November this year after making a 38.35 percent progress last year.
The project director does not foresee a "chance of an increase in project cost" due to the pandemic.
The Metro Rail-6 project has a budget of Tk 220 billion with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) providing 75 percent of it in the loan.
BANGABANDHU TUNNEL
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tunnel, the first-ever underwater road in the country, is being constructed to connect Anowara with Chattogram city following a 'one city-two town' model.
The three-kilometre tunnel will create a road connection between the Chattogram port area and Anowara Upazila on the other side of the Karnaphuli River.
The China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) is constructing the tunnel and completed 51 percent of the project in March 2020 when the pandemic peaked. It progressed further to 61 percent in December.
Excavation of one of the 2.5 km tubes underneath the river has already been done and the ring has been installed. For the second tube, excavation work started on Dec 12.
Underneath the riverbed, a 3.4 km tunnel is being constructed with connecting roads and overpasses at both ends.
The project was approved in 2015 but the work began towards the end of 2018 as the release of the funds got delayed. The project is aimed to be completed by December 2022.
They hope to meet the deadline, Project Director Harunur Rashid said.
The total estimated cost for the Bangabandhu Tunnel stands at Tk 98.8 billion. The project cost is not expected to escalate, the director said.
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Sorry we missed you, Mr Lansley. . .
. . . still, there's always next time!*
Dear Tom
Save Our NHS demonstrators turned out in force in pouring rain in Birmingham to let Health Secretary Andrew Lansley know what they think of his treatment of our health service - but he slipped past us.
Mr Lansley has had to evade protests right across England against his hugely unpopular Health and Social Care Act that gifts the NHS to powerful private healthcare corporations, and for refusing to publish the Risk Register that spells out the dangers this poses.
The beleagured Minister was in Birmingham to address the annual conference of NICE, the quality standards body for social care, where he was heckled. In the end though, it was the protest by scores of people outside the International Conference Centre that hit local headlines.
To be fair, elusive Mr Lansley was still reeling from the previous day's mauling at the hands of nurses at the RCN conference in Harrogate. And, anyway, we've promised him that we'll make a date in our diaries for NEXT time he's in the West Midlands.
So - thanks to everyone who braved the wind, rain and hail to keep the pressure on. It was peaceful, good-humoured and highly effective in getting the message across to hundreds of ICC visitors. And if you couldn't make it, please try to come along next time. We'll keep you posted.
The Save Our NHS West Midlands campaign team
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Dynamic TestSet Creation with VAPI-XP test - Welcome to motu4qc-en!
The goal is to Create Automatically a TestSet consists of "Failed" and "Not Completed" test of an quicktest testset after its complete execution.
Insert of an automatic VAPI-XP test, at the end of the TestSet, that check all test status. It will create an automatic TestSet under Unattached folder with all the tests that are "Failed" or "Not Completed".
The scenario, in this example, provides the creation of a VAPI-XP test that must be insert into the automatic TestSet (consists of QTP Tests) to be analyzed.
This test will run on the client machine where Quality Center is running and will analyze all the QTP Tests of the Test Set, the execution status and if there is at least a Failed or Not Completed status it will create a TestSet with only those Tests in these status linked each other in sequential manner.
1. During the creation of the test select VAPI-XP Type.
4. Select "COM/DCOM Server Test" and click "Next >>" button.
Select "Finish" button to end the creation wizard of the VAPI-XP test. Now the VAPI-XP test is created but it don't do anything for the moment.
general information such as Name and Script Type, Date and Time Creation.
CurrentRun: it's the current execution of this VAPI-XP Test.
In the Main is indicated where put OWN code, under TODO label.
Now let's see how to check Instance Executions of this TestSet except this Test.
Exec a for cycle to analyze all the TestInstance Status except this one (ListaTS.Count - 1).
If the Status is "Failed" Or "Not Completed" I check if the TestSet under Unattached have been already created, otherwise I'll create it.
Insert the Test into the TestSet.
Suppose to run all the Tests in the same Host, I'll retrieve this information from one of those instance and save it into a global variable.
Copy of the Notification mode of the TestSet from the original one.
Create the Dependecies between Tests of the new TestSet.
'boolean variable for the creation if the temporary TestSet.
'2. For Cycle for all the Test Instance except this one.
'5. Copy info about HostName of Failed Tests for Tests that have been inserted in the temporary testset.
exit for 'exit from the cycle because I set the info I needed.
QuerySEQ = "UPDATE CYCLE SET CY_DESCRIPTION = '" & v_CY_Desc & "' WHERE CY_CYCLE_ID = " & MyTempTestSet.ID & " ;"
Finally the creation of the VAPI-XP Test have been done. The last thing to do is to insert this VAPI-XP Test at the end of the TestSet.


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Giverny is a beautiful village in the region of Normandy in northern France. It is where the impressionist painter Claude Monet called home and worked from 1883 to 1926 when he died.
His former home and landscaped garden have been turned into a museum with beautiful water lilies. This museum documents the works and journey of impressionist art and the artist.
Giverny is about 70 kilometres northwest of Paris and is frequented by art lovers and those curious about impressionism.
The art is not the only attraction in this village, there is more than Giverny offers to its visitors that leave a lasting impression. From sightseeing, museum hopping, to shopping.
Here are the top 10 things to do in Giverny.
1. Musée des Impressionnismes
We start with the museum of impressionism. This museum serves to promote the international nature of the art. The works displayed in this museum showcase Giverny's past and the artists from Seine valley.
You will learn the history of impressionism and post-impressionism which are highlighted throughout the 20th-century movements.
Claude Monet's masterpieces of water lilies can be viewed in the museum.
The museum was inaugurated in 2009 when it replaced the American Art Museum that operated between 1992 and 2008.
The Giverny museum of impressionism is under the establishment of cultural cooperation that gives space to impressionist artists from all over the world.
Two temporary exhibitions are held between March and November as well as permanent exhibitions displaying the works of Claude Monet and other notable artists.
2. Tour the estate where Claude Monet lived and painted
To clearly and fully appreciate Claude Monet's work, the best place to go is his former home. You will not only see the well-manicured garden but also walk through his house that has been well maintained.
Looking at the paintings by Monet of his garden, there is no doubt that he was a talented artist. Some of his last works, the water lily cycle, is in this museum.
To have a better experience in this garden, you need to go in early before the crowds start to form.
A walk through the garden that is facing the house and studio, there is a beautiful Japanese bridge surrounded by weeping willows, water lilies, wisteria and azaleas.
The house is well preserved with the kitchen still having its original appliances as well as his studio and all the other rooms.
3. Pass by Vernon
Before getting to Giverny, there is a lovely pre-historic town that most visitors pass by. Vernon is situated along the banks of the River Seine and has beautiful old mills and fine art museums.
Visit the Museum of Vernon that displays the best pieced of impressionist arts done by Claude Monet that are lesser-known.
There are several beautiful landmarks, timber houses and gothic churches. The collegiate church posses a beautiful rose window and octagonal turrets. It is an excellent display of the finest medieval architecture in France.
This church featured in Claude Monet's famous pieces and can be found in the museums here. Enjoy a picnic by the serene banks of River Seine, before proceeding to Giverny.
4. Church of Sainte Radegonde de Giverny
By Philippe Alès – Wikimedia
Another church worth your time while in Giverny is St. Radegonde. This church was built between the 11th and 12th century as a dedication to Saint Radegonde. It is believed that he cured scabies.
They expanded the building in the 15th century and had it renovated in 2008 and 2010. The church was constructed with a mix of Romanesque and Gothic style.
This church houses the tomb of Claude Monet and his family that is on the Eastside. He religiously attended mass in this church together with his family.
A short distance from the church is a huge monument that is St. Radegonde's grave.
5. Vernon old mill -The Vieux Moulin
While still in Vernon, one landmark had to miss are the mills. One that stands out is Vieux Moulin which also featured in Claude Monet's paintings.
This former watermill has become synonymous with Vernon. It is found on the edge of river Seine, close to Chateau des Tourelles and is considered as a monument of cultural heritage.
The mill was built in the 16th century and acted as a bridge connecting those crossing the Seine to the island of Vernonnet back in the 17th century.
Between 1925 and 1930, Jean Nougues had a dance hall set on a barge adjacent to the mill. The city renovated the mill after it got destroyed during WWII.
6. Coteaux de la Seine
To enjoy some quiet time and be one with nature, head over to this nature reserve that sits above river Seine. From the reserve, you will see magnificent Cliffs and beautiful villages below.
It offers fantastic viewpoints over the meandering river Seine. It is a perfect spot for children to play, hike or bike rides.
The slopes of the granite cliffs form a beautiful landscape of cliffs. This nature reserve protects 268 hectares of remarkable environment, animal and plant species.
There are more than 500 plant species that have been listed, 59 of which are very rare in all of France.
13 of the species are protected at the regional level, this includes the Lily-flowered Phalanger, ciliated Melica and the Whitish Helianthemum.
The reserve has 6 species of reptiles, including the Green Lizard, the Smooth Coronella and the Peliade Viper and more than sixty species of birds.
7. Natural Mechanical Museum
You can never go wrong with visiting museums, the natural mechanical museum in Giverny has exhibitions that showcase some of the oldest vehicles and machinery in the world.
Some of the antiques in this museum were donated to build on the historical collection of machines used over time.
The museum has one of the oldest Diesel motors that was operational in 1908. It is one of the most impressive diesel engines in the museum.
This museum was started by the Guillemard de Giverny Family in 1955, they preserved their threshing contractor and other agricultural mechanics.
You will find a collection of hydraulic machines that have been brought from all over the world.
8. Hotel Baudy
Image sourced from Hotel Baudy Website
This hotel gave inspiration to many artists, including Cézanne and Rodin, who frequented it. The Hotel Baudy is now a restaurant with a garden hosting a countless variety of old roses.
The hotel is from the 19th century and was a family-run guest house. It is at the heart of Giverny with a view of the Museum of Impressionism.
It is also a short walking distance from Claude Monet's house and garden. They have a terrace where one can relax while enjoying a meal.
9. Experience the Air show
The air show gives you a pleasant experience to fly over the Giverny and spot the areas that inspired Impressionist painters.
As you float through the beautiful landscape, you will see the meandering River Seine, the picturesque villages, the misty valley of epte.
It is also a pleasant moment to enjoy the quiet that comes with being in the air. Remember to wear proper shoes because as the wind blows, you never know where you will land. Upon landing, you will be served with a glass of champagne.
10. Château de Bizy
By Giogo – Wikimedia
Last on the list of things to do in Giverny is taking a tour of Chateau de Bizy. It was owned by notable kings like King Louis Phillipe and Baron de Schickler.
The rooms in the palace have Régence woodwork and Gobelins tapestries that trace the previous occupants. Pieces like the furniture were owned by the first and second empires while the park, fountain and water features were installed in the 18th century.
This castle is made up of different buildings that were built during different times by its successive owner. Today, the Château is home to the daughter of the 5th Duke of Albufeira.
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Leonardo DiCaprio Wins His First Academy Award for 'The Revenant' at Oscars 2016: See His Reaction
By Sierra Marquina
FINALLY! Leonardo DiCaprio won his first Oscar at the 88th Academy Awards on Sunday, February 28. DiCaprio snagged the trophy for Actor in a Leading Role for his performance in The Revenant.
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The long-awaited win — he's been nominated six times total — was surely a surreal moment for the actor, who received a standing ovation while making his way toward the stage.
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"Thank you all so much. … The Revenant was a product of the tireless efforts of the cast and crew I got to work alongside," DiCaprio, 41, told the crowd, before thanking his costar Tom Hardy for his fierceness on screen and for his "friendship off screen."
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The environmentalist, who wore custom tuxedo studs and cuff links designed by Established, also addressed climate change during his speech. "Climate change is real. It is happening right now. It is the most urgent threat facing our entire species. We need to work together to stop procrastinating," DiCaprio continued. "Let us not take this planet for granted. I do not take tonight for granted."
In The Revenant, DiCaprio portrays 19th century American frontiersman Hugh Glass, who is left for dead by his comrades after being mauled by a bear.
Kate Winslet, who has been on hand to support the actor throughout the awards season, was spotted beaming with pride in the audience.
Fans have been rooting for DiCaprio to have his big moment ever since the Wolf of Wall Street actor lost the 2014 Oscar to Matthew McConaughey. McConaughey snagged best actor for his role in Dallas Buyers Club.
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