The best way to explain MDE to someone without any model-driven experience is to involve in an MDE development. The second best, for which blog is a suitable medium, is to show examples. Today I would like to share an example of a simple MDE application and give a glimpse into work items and a process behind its development.
The application in question is an MDE implementation of a sequencing system described in . The purpose of this MDE exercise was to quickly build something concrete that would help Luminis learn a new vertical domain.
Curriculum content sequencing (CCS) is an important pedagogical service. The purpose of this service is management of learning routes to help students achieve curriculum goals. An emerging trend in education is adaptive learning that is tailored to backgrounds and preferences of individual students. This is in contrast to the traditional way of content sequencing that usually prescribed a single learning route for groups of individuals. Advances in e-learning provide an excellent platform for adaptive content sequencing.
Capture sequencing content provides Sequencing Expert with tools to design content sequencing knowledge necessary to reach a curriculum goal.
Register learning units enables Materials Provider to connect leaning materials to nodes of content sequencing.
Suggest a learning route provides Student with a learning route tailored to the student's curriculum competences, background and preferences. The service also suggests necessary learning units and their substitutions from other providers.
Domain ontology is conceptualization of domain knowledge. Figure 2 shows an information model that captures ontology for the CCS domain. The model is created using the Object Role Modelling (ORM) methodology. Some readers may be also familiar with ORM's close relatives from The Netherlands: NIAM and FCO-IM.
The model loosely conforms to ORM, namely main principles are followed, used notation is based on more popular UML and ER languages, and not all ORM tools are being employed (an example of an ORM tool in Figure 2 is relationship 'succession' that is objectified as an entity).
The model itself is not complete. Moreover, it cannot be claimed correct, as the model was not verified with subject matter experts. However, the model is sufficiently accurate for the purpose of the demo (see above).
The system illustrated in Figure 1 is partitioned in 2 parts: a domain specific modeling environment (DSME) for Sequencing Expert and a web-based CMS for Student and Materials Provider. Both parts can import/export curriculum content sequencing designs from each other. Each part provides the actors with rich environment and enables reuse of generic services that are relevant to the application, e.g. user management, document flow, security, content search. Any application-specific functionality that changes frequently during the application's life-cycle was engineered with models, otherwise programmed. Such points of frequent change are known as variation points.
Figure 3 shows the system parts, variation points (shown as boxes) and activities (diamonds) related to changes in the variation points. These are laid over the OMG's four modeling layers (labeled M0-M3). Variations at level M1 are part of the normal application operation. Here Sequencing Expert and Materials Publisher define sequencing designs and learning units (LU) respectively. Variations at level M2 occur when domain definitions (see Figure 2) change, e.g. as developer's understanding of the CCS domain evolves. These are changes to the system itself and are carried out by developers during development or consequent system updates. Grayed out shapes at M0 and M3 are system and technology related variation points that do not change once chosen.
Changes at level M2 are expensive and (given the experimental nature of the demo) frequent. Therefore these are best reduced or avoided. The direction of development activities implies that there is a single source of M2 changes, from which all the others can be derived. MDE is applied to isolate this source of change within a model (see Metamodel in the figure) and automate related development activities by means of transformations.
AToM3 ─ a language workbench. AToM3 uses Entity-Relationship (ER) and Graph Grammar (GG) as Metalanguage and Transformation definition language respectively. AToM3 is used as language workbench in (model-driven) development and as domain-specific modeling environment (DMSE) for Sequencing Expert.
Zope ─ a web application server that is typically used as intranet and extranet server, document publishing system, portal server and platform for collaboration. In this application, Zope provides a web-based CMS for Student and Material Provider.
ZCase ─ a model-driven software factory for code generation of Zope document types.
Python for development other than model-driven.
Metamodels for sequencing designs and learning units (see Figure 2).
A transformation bridging the gap between AToM3 metamodels and ZCase, thus forming a complete transformation chain Model→Code.
The last two items were trivial to implement. Item 2, while simple, requires introduction of new material (namely ER, Class diagrams, Zope, ZCase, Python) for explanation. For these reasons items 2,3 and 4 will not be covered in the article.
With the selected technology we can now define a DSL for capturing sequencing designs in AToM3.
Figure 4 shows a CCS metamodel written in ER. Note, that the screenshot shows only the abstract syntax, but the other aspects (see metamodelling quality) are defined as well. The quality of the metamodel is at level 5.
Figure 5 is a screenshot of the CCS modeling environment at work: Left vertical toolbar contains buttons for every modeling concept defined in the CCS metamodel. Top horizontal toolbar contains generic modeling tools, Edit and Connect in particular. In AToM3 modeling is performed by means of a visual editor: one selects a modeling concept, places it on the canvas and modifies its properties with the Edit tool. Further on, such created instances of modeling concepts can be coupled using the Connect tool. An example of such a visual model is a sequencing design for the first grade mathematics course, shown on the canvas of DSME.
Given the CCS metamodel, transformation chain ER→Zope generates implementation of the corresponding document types for Zope. Figure 6 shows these document types as seen in CMS (see options in the drop down list). You may recognize the entities and relationships from the metamodel shown in Figure 4.
These types allow curriculum experts to build sequencing designs in a web browser. A more convenient way is to transfer sequencing designs from the DSME part. This is achieved by executing an export transformation on a sequencing design in AToM3. The result of this transformation is a fully searchable CCS document stored as graph structure in Zope. For example, given the AToM3 model in Figure 5, export would create a Zope document of type Sequencing multigraph as shown in the figure below.
Figure 7 shows the web-interface that represents a CCS document as graph structure, i.e. a set of edges and nodes. (A viewer which can display graph-like structures in HTML web pages would be more appropriate, but is not necessary for this demo.) Note that the structure and properties of the AToM3 model from Figure 5 are transferred without loss of information.
The document shown in Figure 7 can be changed online and downloaded (via export tab seen in the screenshot) as an AToM3 model. Consequently, the downloaded file can be loaded in AToM3 for editing, thus closing the import/export round-trip.
Learning Unit is a simple and atomic Zope document type, whose AToM3 metamodel is shown in Figure 8. LU Zope type is generated and its instances are created, searched, read, and modified similar to those of the CCS document types. A simple web interface is sufficient for Material Provider.
Sequencing designs are searched to match query parameters.
No account is taken of student's curriculum competences, background and preferences (and there is no student profile).
The above screenshots illustrate the current functionality: The first is the web interface that allows students to define search parameters and displays search results. The next is the web view of the sequencing design previously shown in Figure 5. Selecting any node of the design, will display information about the sequencing node and suggest learning units and their substitutions from alternative materials providers (see the last screenshot).
The complete development of the application took about 2 man-week. The real power, however is how fast the application can be updated as the knowledge of the application domain evolves: a matter of an hour given even drastic changes in metamodels. This efficiency is possible due to application of the SSoT principle, proper abstractions and automation: Effectively, two separate PSM developments were replaced by a single PIM development, from which code is generated for two platforms (AToM3 and Zope).
In development of this application, off-the-shelf MDE frameworks were reused (namely AToM3 and ZCase) and traditional development process was interwoven with development of missing model-driven assets (metamodels, ER→ZCase transformation). The latter is a software development process too, and as a matter of fact, followed OMG's CIM/PIM/PSM process architecture.
Naturally, development of model-driven assets has its particularities as well. For one, there is a much stronger isomorphism between objects in the world of application users and domain concepts in model-driven artifacts. Therefore, role of analysis models, such as shown in Figure 2 is more important than in the more requirements-oriented traditional development.
This demo provides extremely simplified service for learning route recommendation. Recommendation algorithm depends on the information structures and is sensitive to changes in those structures as well. The service is in fact a model interpretation, where model is a CCS design and a Student profile. A possible MDE approach to building an application-specific interpreter is described here (but be sure to read the approach's limitations as well).
Developed metamodels reach level 5 of metamodeling quality. This topmost level means that all aspects of the language have been modeled, including its semantics. In this demo, semantics of ER was defined by using the translational approach, that is by translating ER concepts to Zope and AToM3 concepts that have precise semantics. Figure 3 shows these translations as Model→Code and Generate DSME activities. This illustrates that a language can have multiple semantics.
The demo also showed that modular transformations can be reused to form new transformation chains. Case in point is how ZCase was integrated in ER to Zope transformation by means of a relatively simple bridge. This is a counterexample to a claim that MDE solutions are inflexible.
Do you have experience with MDE applications within your organization? Can you share these experiences as well?
 Yu-Liang Chi. 2009. Ontology-based curriculum content sequencing system with semantic rules. Expert Syst. Appl. 36, 4 (May 2009), 7838-7847.


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As a culmination of our Year of Impact Investing, the UO MBA Net Impact Chapter seeks to bring broader awareness to the UO community of the power of impact investing to better the world in which we live. Impact investing, fringe until recently, now has more than $228 billion in assets. By gathering together leaders in the field of impact investing, we seek to inspire learning, relationship-building, and action for guests. Net Impact is a national organization composed of student and professional chapters who use their expertise and passion to make a difference in the world.


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Nasal vaccines could limit future variant threats: Dr Akiko Iwasaki, professor of immunobiology at Yale University
Dr Akiko Iwasaki says long Covid is a serious issue, affecting close to 10-30% of the people infected
Professor of immunobiology at Yale University, Dr Akiko Iwasaki, speaks at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit. (ht photo)
Updated on Dec 01, 2021 12:27 AM IST
ByHT Correspondent, New Delhi:
Nasal vaccines could be the breakthrough the world needs for lasting protection against Covid-19, potentially limiting the risk from new variants of Sars-CoV-2 because of the way they act, one of the world's top immunologists said during the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit on Tuesday.
Dr Akiko Iwasaki, professor of immunobiology at Yale University, was speaking during the session on Covid-19 on the first day of the summit, and offered several insights on where the focus needs to be to contain the key threats from Covid-19.
"How do we ever stop having to vaccinate every so often? That is a question that my lab and others in the field have been tackling. One of the ways is through mucosal vaccines," she said, in a conversation with health communications specialist Sanchita Sharma.
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"Mucosal vaccines provide local protection, which is much more resilient against different mutations that occur within the virus. This is because mucosal immunity produces antibodies known as IgA, which coats the mucous lining," she said, before explaining it with an analogy: "It is like having guards outside your home, versus guards placed inside the door."
At present, all approved vaccines are developed intramuscularly, which Iwasaki said prompts systemic immunity.
Iwasaki outlined three important steps that should be taken to head off the threat from future variants:
First, there needs to be better genomic surveillance. "Global genome surveillance effort is important because we don't know where the new variants will come from," she said.
Second, the focus must turn to regions with low vaccination coverage. "And as the world becomes more and more vaccinated, new variants are likely to emerge from regions that are under-vaccinated, because we still need transmission of the virus to develop mutants," she added.
Third, people with compromised immunity need therapies. "The other kind of things we need to worry about is to protect the immunocompromised. They often have long-term infections, which can aid in the accumulation of these mutations. We need to implement monoclonal antibodies and antivirals to protect these individuals," she said.
Iwasaki said her team at Yale and others in the scientific community are trying to uncover further clues about how the virus works, which could in turn be used for future therapies.
Among these is the discovery of an RNA molecule that Iwasaki's team reported in early November.
The molecule, known as SLR14, jump-starts the immune system and is simple to manufacture. It works by triggering the production of interferons, a group of proteins key to the body's initial response to infection.
How the immune system reacts has been a particular area of study for the Iwasaki lab, which answers why some people have severe disease while others could have no or just mild symptoms, as well as the wide variety of long Covid symptoms that have been seen.
Iwasaki said long Covid is a serious issue, affecting close to 10-30% of the people infected. "There is still not a universal definition. It is possible even for asymptomatic infection to lead to long Covid symptoms."
The immunologist explained there are "two paths to get to long Covid-19": One is in the case of people who develop severe symptoms and require hospitalisation. "These are mostly male and older patient. Around 50-70% of this population, which has severe disease and hospitalisation, may have long Covid," she said.
The second way these develop is in a group of patients that is predominantly women of middle age. "There are over 200 symptoms of long Covid – brain fog, shortness of breath, neuro symptoms, hair loss, skin rash. We are currently trying to understand the sex differences in long Covid and underlying mechanisms," she said.

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'Morning Joe': Trump Fans Stranded in Cold, Hospitalized After Omaha Rally Are 'Perfect Metaphor' for His Presidency
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MSNBC's "Morning Joe" hosts were appalled as they spent Wednesday morning explaining to viewers what happened when numerous supporters of President Donald Trump were left out in the cold — and a few were hospitalized — after his Tuesday rally in Omaha.
They agreed with the Atlantic's Anne Applebaum, who tweeted, "Trump leaving his supporters stranded in the cold is the perfect metaphor for 2016-2020."
"Hundreds of supporters were left behind in nearly freezing temperatures for hours," began Mika Brzezinski, who railed against the "superspreader" nature of the rallies even without the cold temperatures, before co-host Joe Scarborough interjected, "It sounds like the Rapture."
Brzezinski went on, "They were bussed in and then left there!"
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Scarborough whispered, "Oh, God."
Brzezinski explained that while Trump left on Air Force One, attendees began lining up for buses back to far-away parking lots, but the buses were held up by airport traffic.
"These supporters — many of them were elderly," she said. "Reports place the outdoor temperature at 32 degrees, according to the Washington Post."
It took three and a half hours after Trump's departure for everyone to be removed from the site, which Brzezinski quipped was "great planning, superspreader planning." She then added that NBC News obtained 911 calls that reveal at least seven were taken to the hospital.
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Prior to coming to UIC, Dr. Groden served as Professor and Vice Chair for Academic Affairs in the Department of Cancer Biology & Genetics at The Ohio State University (OSU) College of Medicine. She joined The Ohio State University faculty in 2005 and served in various administrative roles in the College of Medicine, such as Associate Dean for Basic Science Research from 2007 to 2011, Associate Dean for Graduate Education from 2011 to 2013; and finally as Vice Dean for Research from 2013 to 2017. Most recently, she served as the Co-Director of the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program, Director of the Pelotonia Fellowship Program and the Education Program Leader for the OSU CTSA-supported Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences. Prior to her tenure at OSU, she served on the Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry, and Microbiology faculty of the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine from 1993 to 2005 and, during her last two years there as the College of Medicine Vice Dean for Research. She was previously appointed as an Assistant Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (1997-2004).
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About	Updates	"Soviet" in Terms of Everyday Life
"Soviet" in Terms of Everyday Life
The study of Soviet society has already strayed far from the wonder of the "totalitarian state machine" and is in fact dismantling this "machine" for spare parts, trying to understand its construction and operation. Who was the mainstay of power – the activist or the conformer? How did the speeches of leaders and party statutes transform themselves into real-life practices of regular people? Did the informal practices of Soviet society destroyed it, or vice versa, strengthen it by allowing people to "let off steam?"
A selection of new books, published by "NLO" have been added to the Library at the Center. They show how the "Soviet" was created in terms of everyday life and in particular (micro) groups. Alyexander Rozhkov, in his book "In the Contemporary Circle: The World of a Young Man in 1920s Soviet Russia" studies youth in the space of family, school, the Komsomol cell, the working collective, and the Army unit. Natalia Lyebina writes about designing normativity in the interaction of public supply and the behavior of people in the study "Soviet Every Day Life: Norms and Anomalies. From military communism in the "Big Way" and on the changes in the gender order of Soviet society in the book "A Man and Woman: Body, Fashion, and Culture. USSR- Thaw ".
Another two collective works draw attention to conformity and resistance in professional environments, respectively, teachers ("Island utopia. Educational and Social Design of the Post-War School (1940-1980s)" ) and architects, artists and researchers ("The Aesthetics of "The Thaw:" What's new in Architecture, Art, Culture," ROSSPEN, 2013), uniting official and unofficial practices in utopia.
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This option is designed for students with intermediate French language skills who wish to study French language and culture. Students in this option will enroll at the Institut International d'Etudes Françaises (IIEF) of the Université de Strasbourg alongside other international students from around the world.
These classes are designed especially for students of many nationalities who are not yet able to study side by side with French students. International institute students enroll in 6 credits of intensive language study and additional 1-credit courses in areas such as French literature, history, political institutions, and culture.
Schedule permitting, students may combine IIEF course work with courses or internships offered through the Syracuse Center.
The Strasbourg program begins with a Signature Seminar. This 3-credit course serves as an introduction to some of the most pressing issues facing Europe today. You will see firsthand how history, geography, and politics are woven together to create multi-layered European identities. The fall seminar, which begins in Berlin, takes the group to Wroclaw, Poland, and Vienna, Austria. The spring seminar begins in Paris and travels to Amsterdam and Cologne, Germany.
During your semester in Strasbourg, you will live with French hosts, either within the city of Strasbourg or in the immediate outskirts on a bus or tram line. Living with a host family allows you to use the French you've learned in class and develop insights into French culture and daily life. Hosts vary from families to single professionals. Continental breakfasts are provided by the host family every day, and evening meals are provided weekdays. For the midday meal, students will usually eat at cafés or student restaurants.
The housing coordinator in Strasbourg makes the placements based on extensive experience with each host, many of whom have welcomed students into their homes for a decade or more. Host families are much-loved by alumni, and often become second families to students after they leave.
The cost of the Syracuse Strasbourg program includes Syracuse tuition and a program fee. Financial aid is available. For a complete breakdown of costs, we have prepared a budget sheet (Strasbourg Planning Budget 2018-19.pdf) for students and their families. The academic calendars at foreign universities may differ from the Syracuse Center academic calendar and may require additional housing days based on the student's registration. This billing may occur after the program has begun.
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By Douglas Soltys Canadian Startup News April 27, 2020
Board communicated shutdown decision to OneEleven executive director
OneEleven's Toronto location.
In an announcement published to its website last Wednesday, Toronto tech incubator OneEleven announced that it would be permanently ceasing operations due to the impact of COVID-19.
The announcement, which noted the decision came via the OneEleven board, was signed by board chair and former OneEleven CEO, Dean Hopkins, and executive director, Siri Agrell.
"The difficult decision to cease operations was communicated to me by the Board."
– Siri Agrell, outgoing executive director
In an emailed statement today in response to questions submitted by BetaKit, however, Agrell confirmed that she does not sit on the OneEleven board, and was not privy to the shutdown decision prior to it being made.
"I do not sit on the Board of OneEleven Inc. As of today, I am no longer an employee of OneEleven Inc.," Agrell told BetaKit in a statement.
The announcement posted to OneEleven's website last week noted that "a number of scenarios and models were presented and carefully assessed" by the OneEleven board to sustain operations. "The goal was to minimize impacts on our member companies, our vendors and partners and, of course, to our wonderful and hardworking team," the statement reads.
In response to a question regarding the scenarios and models discussed by the OneEleven board, Agrell provided this statement: "I am not privy to the discussions that the Board had or the factors considered in making the decision. The difficult decision to cease operations was communicated to me by the Board."
Feature image courtesy Twitter. Left: Dean Hopkins. Right: Siri Agrell.
In addition to being the board chair and former CEO of OneEleven, Hopkins is also the chief operations officer of Oxford Properties. Oxford is the real estate arm of Canadian pension fund OMERS, one of OneEleven's founding partners along with Ryerson University and Ontario Centres of Excellence (OneEleven's Toronto location was housed in an Oxford-owned building). Hopkins has not responded to requests for comment from BetaKit regarding OneEleven's shut down.
BetaKit has yet to confirm if any OneEleven employee sat on its board.
A statement provided to BetaKit last week by Oxford claimed that it was OneEleven that determined its business was no longer viable, with closing being the only option available, "notwithstanding our offer to provide additional support and subsidies."
Agrell's emailed statements to BetaKit mirror an email sent by the outgoing executive director to OneEleven startup tenants today. Obtained by BetaKit, the email notes:
In response to some of the questions you've asked: as a basic governance principle, any fundamental decision such as the one to cease operations could only be done at the Board level.
In response to questions related to any offered subsidies and supports: I am not a board member of OneEleven Inc. so I am not privy to the discussions that the Board had or the factors considered in making the decision.
My last weeks at OneEleven were spent advocating for government actions that could help ensure your continued success, working with my talented team as they remotely supported the community and checking in with all of you.
In an emailed response to BetaKit, Agrell declined to confirm OneEleven's current board members. BetaKit has yet to confirm if any OneEleven employee sat on its board.
A story by The Logic in June of last year on the departure of three key OneEleven executives listed four OneEleven board seats: Hopkins, at the time still OneEleven's CEO; Allison Wolfe, Oxford chief financial officer; Mark Shulgan, OMERS Growth Equity managing director, and one unnamed Growth Equity seat.
Publicly available records obtained by BetaKit list the following directors and officers of OneEleven Inc.:
Dean Hopkins (Director)
Allison Wolfe (Director)
Warda Shaheen, OMERS Private Equity director (Director)
Nancy Prenevost, Oxford head of legal operations (Officer)
Alysha Valenti, Oxford lawyer (Officer)
Nicholas Joseph Staubitz, Oxford VP legal (Officer)
Siri Agrell (Officer)
Shulgan in absent from any current version of OneEleven Inc. corporate filing documents obtained by BetaKit. Notably, corporate directorships do not typically directly correspond to board seats. BetaKit has reached out to OneEleven, OMERS, and Oxford to confirm if any of the above-listed directors and officers hold board seats, and if any board seats were held by a OneEleven employee.
The sudden and dramatic shutdown of a tech incubator backed by one of Canada's largest pension funds and its real estate arm in the middle of a global pandemic has drawn public ire from Toronto's local tech community.
Chris Rickett, the City of Toronto's newly returned Director of COVID-19 mitigation for businesses, has been one notable figure to make a public statement on OneEleven's shutdown. Also the City's liaison for local incubators, Rickett confirmed to BetaKit that neither OMERS nor Oxford reached out to discuss potential funding for OneEleven as part of Toronto's incubator grant program prior to the shutdown. Claudia Krywiak, president and CEO of OCE, also confirmed that no requests for aid were made to her provincial organization.
Hard to believe @OMERSVentures and @OxfordPropGroup gave up that quickly on @oneeleven_111. Not sure what that says for their commitment to the startup ecosystem. Pretty sad they thew in the towel so quickly. https://t.co/CWXGBuTi4u pic.twitter.com/SbtA2S0oFP
— Chris Rickett (@rickett_chris) April 23, 2020
Multiple sources have also told BetaKit that Toronto Mayor John Tory was angered by news of OneEleven's shutdown. When reached for comment by BetaKit, Mayor Tory offered a more measured response.
"OneEleven was a huge force in our city's technology sector and produced some of Toronto's best new companies, innovations and employers," Mayor Tory said in a statement. "I've always been hugely impressed by what they do and the fact that Oxford was placed in a situation to close this hub speaks to the urgent need for the federal government, investors and corporate clients to step up and further support Toronto's tech sector, which is a huge driver of Canada's reputation and competitiveness."
OneEleven was founded as a non-profit in 2013 by the Ontario Centre of Excellence, Ryerson University, and OMERS Ventures. It was incorporated as a for-profit entity in July 2018 by Oxford and OMERS.
"We have nothing more to add and our statement speaks for itself."
– Oxford Properties spokesperson
2018 began a tumultuous two-year period for the fledging for-profit organization. In April of that year, founding CEO Bilal Khan abruptly departed the organization, to be quickly replaced as CEO by Hopkins. Hopkins had already been acting as an advisor to OneEleven prior to Khan's departure, and was a key figure in constructing an international expansion plan for the incubator, with plans to open as many as 10 additional locations around the world.
"I said to John [Ruffolo – CEO of OMERS Ventures and director of OneEleven Inc. at the time] and the board, 'Why don't we take this show on the road?'" Hopkins told the Globe and Mail.
The expansion was not successful, with OneEleven's Ottawa and London locations shutting down within a year of opening in 2019, and Boston, Vancouver, and New York failing to materialize.
Shortly before Hopkins departed as CEO in July of 2019, OneEleven lost almost half of its executive team, with CTO George Eichholzer, Pearl Chiu, chief people officer, and Sandy Perlman, chief marketing officer departing from their respective roles. Agrell, then managing director of OneEleven, took over as executive director, while Hopkins became OneEleven's board chair.
Hopkins has not responded to multiple requests for comment related to OneEleven's shutdown. OMERS has directed all requests for comment to Oxford Properties. An Oxford spokesperson told BetaKit at time of publication, "we have nothing more to add and our statement speaks for itself."
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Why Reparations are Fool's Gold by Jeffery McNeil
Posted on March 3, 2019 March 3, 2019 by Chad P. Quigley, Founder
I've never supported reparations for slavery. While I believe African Americans were historically discriminated against, some have forgiven, while others need to be aggrieved and victimized. There's no denying wrongs were committed against African Americans. However, I find it bizarre the people who advocate for reparations are African Americans that are doing better economically than most whites. Explain why Al Sharpton or Louis Farrakhan deserve a reparations check or claim victimhood? While Slavery was America's original sin, reparations imply that African Americans are an endangered species and survival depends on noble, white liberals. As an African American, I find it highly insulting that some whites think we are that inferior.
What happened to my ancestors before me was tragic, but I never understood the mindset of those that want to keep trying to entangle themselves in the backwards thinking of the left. Had African Americans followed the lead of Jackie Robinson, maybe race relations would be different in America. Blacks were historically discriminated against in professional sports and entertainment, but instead of complaining about the injustice, they formed their own leagues that rivaled white-run professional sports. When Jackie Robinson became the first black ballplayer he didn't ask for special treatment. He demanded that his performance rather than his race speak for him.
When Jackie first came to Brooklyn, white people didn't want him playing on their team. Fans booed and heckled him, and opposing coaches such as Philadelphia Phillies manager Ben Chapman, threw black cats on the field to intimidate him. Pretty soon the fans learned Jackie was playing a brand of baseball never seen before. He was stealing home plate, making acrobatic plays, and winning ballgames. Soon the same people that said they would never be his teammate began to see a person of color help to take on their biggest rival, the New York Yankees, when the Dodgers won the pennant in 1955
Throughout history there have been a segment of black elites who have been handpicked by the white establishment to be spokesmen for the black race. I don't know where this came from and who appointed people such as Kamala Harris and Corey Booker to be my spokesmen. I don't want their reparations check. Keep it. Some of us aren't house slaves looking for approval from the benevolent slave master.
It's sad seeing so many African American defeated and broken, thinking reparations mean winning. While the black aristocracy will be compensated, the masses will be made promises and left to live in the hell created by social engineers, all in the name of the greater good.
The problem isn't racism. Racism didn't stop blacks from being Tuskegee Airmen or becoming doctors, lawyers, business owners, and professionals. When African American ran into unscrupulous white owners that robbed and exploited them, Barry Gordy came up with Motown, a black run company. When did we adopt the mindset that African Americans can't do anything for themselves and need help from the government?
Reparations are not help. Reparations only confirm the worst stereotypes about African Americans.
Follow @Big_crusher1000 on Twitter. Jeffery is an award winning writer, who's been published in the Washington Examiner and Street Sense Media.
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Q: how do I create an array populated by class instances in swift? Hi all I am trying to create an array which is populated with some instances of my class BlogPost
I've started off with this :-
{
var blog : [BlogPost] = []

for item in blog{
}

am I on the right track here? just want to create 10 of these instances using a for loop
any help appreciated.
thanks

A: 10 posts in a blog
var blog = (1...10).map { _ in BlogPost() }

A: Here is the another way to do that:
var blog : [BlogPost] = []
for i in 1...10 {

    blog.append(i)
}

A: for item in blog{
}

won't do anything since your array is empty. Simply, iterate n(n being the number of posts you'd like to create) times, each time creating a new object and adding it to the array;
let n : Int = 10
for(var i=0; i<n; i++){
    arr.append(BlogPost())
}

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Ducey to pull Nike plant incentives over Colin Kaepernick, Betsy Ross flag shoe controversy
PHOENIX - The City of Goodyear was celebrating after the West Valley city put the finishing touches on a deal with Nike, but now those plans might be in jeopardy due to outrage over another Nike story making headlines.
Arizona Governor Doug Ducey tweeted early Tuesday morning his disappointment with Nike after the sports apparel company decided to pull a new USA-themed sneaker.
The new Air Max 1` Quick Strike Fourth of July, which featured a Betsy Ross flag, was supposed to go on sale Monday, but Nike nixed the design after former NFL quarterback turned activist, Colin Kaepernick, told the company that he and others felt the shoes were an offensive symbol because of its connection to an "era of slavery."
The same day Goodyear approved a multi-million dollar manufacturing plant in the city. Nike is expected to produce its mid-sole cushioning portion of its athletic shoes that are seen on the well-known Nike Air shoes at the facility resulting in more than 500 jobs with an average salary of more than $48,000 a year.
In his tweets, Ducey said he was disappointed in Nike's "terrible" decision, and he was embarrassed for the company.
He also said that the country's system of free enterprise allows Nike to prosper and flourish, but Nike has bowed to the "current onslaught of political correctness and historical revisionism."
Ducey stated he has ordered the Arizona Commerce Authority to withdrawal all financial incentive dollars under their discretion that the state was providing for the company to locate here.
The Arizona Commerce Authority responded to Fox 10's request for comment with this statement from Susan E. Marie, the Executive Vice President, Strategy:
"At the Governor's direction, we are withdrawing an up to $1 million grant from the Arizona Commerce Authority Fund. Unlike other programs in statute that are eligible to any and all companies, including Nike--this is purely discretionary."
Statement from Nike:
"We regularly make business decisions to withdraw initiatives, products and services. NIKE made the decision to halt distribution of the Air Max 1 Quick Strike Fourth of July based on concerns that it could unintentionally offend and detract from the nation's patriotic holiday.
Nike is a company proud of its American heritage and our continuing engagement supporting thousands of American athletes including the US Olympic team and US Soccer teams. We already employ 35,000 people in the U.S. and remain committed to creating jobs in the U.S., including a significant investment in an additional manufacturing center which will create 500 new jobs."
Statement from Goodyear Mayor Georgia Lord:
"The city of Goodyear has found itself in the middle of a difficult situation. Today, much has unfolded. I can appreciate the emotion and discussion that I've heard on this important topic.
Last night, the Goodyear City Council unanimously approved a job creation agreement with Nike. This deal is expected to bring more than 500 jobs and a significant investment to the city.
We will honor the commitment we made in our agreement.
It has been a focus of the Goodyear City Council to build a strong economy for years to come and we will continue to work hard to bring the kind of high quality jobs that our residents deserve."
(Photo of Colin Kaepernick by Prince Williams/Wireimage)


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EAPs consist of a network of trained counselors that can take counseling calls and also refer for further counseling/consultation as needed, based on topic. They can help employees improve or resolve personal difficulties, whether big or small, personal or work-related.
The above list is not all inclusive. There are several other concerns that can be addressed by EAPs. Let's face it: none of us are immune to any of these things, nor are our family members. These issues can cause much stress, distraction and worry, impeding emotional wellness and effectiveness on the job.
By implementing an EAP, a company can provide a CONFIDENTIAL way for its employees to achieve a sense of emotional wellness. Confidentiality is one of the most important features of an EAP. No company official, not even HR, knows which employees use the benefit or for what reason. The company only receives a report of whether the program is being used…for example how many calls or referrals occur in a month or quarter, but not for what reasons. A well-built EAP offers 24-hour, 7 day a week access for employees and immediate family members, and the cost of such a program is minimal. It is definitely an employee benefit that employers should consider.


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Q: DispatchQueue main isn't called I have an async task o perform the calculation and the animation, as the animation begins, the queue suspends, when the animation finishes, the queue is resumed. But for some reason the DispatchQueue.main.sync is never called.
self.someQueue = DispatchQueue(label: "Animation", qos: .background, attributes: DispatchQueue.Attributes.concurrent)
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        mainAsyncQueue.sync{
            self.dynamicViewModel.currentPercentile = Float(index)/Float(volumeObjects.count)
            self.currentObjectIndex = index
            print(index)

            DispatchQueue.main.sync {
                UIView.animate(withDuration: 1, animations: {
                    self.updateViewModelDynamicViewModel()
                }, completion: { (finished) in
                    self.someQueue.resume()
                })
            }
            self.someQueue.suspend()
        }
    }

This is just small calculation, I'll use that to solve tasks more complex than that

A: I assume this code is in the main thread.
If so, you have sync'd to a background thread and from there tried to sync back to DispatchQueue.main.  But that queue is waiting for the background one to return before it can do anything.

A: Thanks to Lou Franco's answer I did some changes:
DispatchQueue.global().async {
            self.someQueue = DispatchQueue(label: "Animation", qos: .background, attributes: DispatchQueue.Attributes.concurrent)
            for index in stride(from: volumeObjects.count, to: -1, by: -1) {
                self.someQueue.sync{
                    self.dynamicViewModel.currentPercentile = Float(index)/Float(volumeObjects.count)
                    self.currentObjectIndex = index
                    print(index)

                    DispatchQueue.main.sync {
                        UIView.animate(withDuration: 0.1, animations: {
                            self.updateViewModelDynamicViewModel()
                        }, completion: { (finished) in
                            if finished {
                                self.someQueue.resume()
                            }
                        })
                    }
                    self.someQueue.suspend()
                }
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Q: How to make a bot delete messages after a certain time period I'm trying to make my bot delete the 4 messages after 15 seconds, but I don't know how to make it do that.
const commando = require('discord.js-commando');

class HitOrMissCommand extends commando.Command
{
    constructor(client)
    {
        super(client,{
            name: 'hitormiss',
            group: 'simple',
            memberName: 'hitormiss',
            description: 'i bet he doesnt kiss yah!'
        });
    }

    async run(message, args)
    {
       message.reply("I guess they never miss, huh?")
       message.reply("you got a boyfriend i bet he doesnt kiss yah!, MWAH!")
       message.reply("He gon find another girl and he wont miss yah")
       message.reply("He gon skirt and hit the dab like wiz khalifa")
    }
}

module.exports = HitOrMissCommand;

A: if (message.content.startsWith(`!test`)) {
    await message.channel.send('Hello').then(r => r.delete({ timeout: 5000 }))
    console.log("test");
}

A: Might want to check out this question here.
As answered in that post the best way to do that is by deleting the message after x amount of seconds.
    message.reply('Hit or miss.')
  .then(msg => {
    msg.delete(10000)
  })
  .catch(); /*Used for error handling*/

Proper credit should go to user LW001 who answered the question on the post I referred to.

A: Since this question is similar, you could use the same technique - adding a deletion timout. After you reply, .then() delete the message with your 15 second timer (15000 milliseconds):
message.reply("I guess they never miss, huh?").then(message => message.delete(15000)).catch(err => throw err);

Or if you can't use arrow syntax:
message.reply("I guess they never miss, huh?").then(function(message) {
    message.delete(15000);
}).catch(function(err) {
    throw err;
});

A: It could be done like this.
var replyM = message.reply("I guess they never miss, huh?")

setTimeout(function(){
  replyM.delete
}, 1000);


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Healthcare is a big issue among urban Indians. Earlier, an Indian used to spend hardly on his or her healthcare. However, now there is an awareness about health related issues and problems. Not just men but women are equally concerned about their health and issues related to it.
In past decade, there have been a number of healthcare companies that have emerged in the country. Today, if you want to go under a surgery then these hospitals are well equipped to perform any kind of surgery.
Hence, people are avoiding going abroad and saving money. A surgery in US could cost you $50,000 to $100,000 however in India you could get it done only in $10,000 to $15,000.
You save a lot of money. This article has been written to shed some light on some of the best hospitals functioning in the country.
All of them have state of the art facility to perform any kind of surgery.
Ranking System: We ranked these companies and hospitals on the basis of their total assets. Then we also see the service given by them and number of employees working in the company.
Some of these hospitals are very famous and some you might don't know. Therefore here is the list of top 10 healthcare companies in India.
Wockhardt Ltd is an Indian company founded by Habil Khorakiwala in the year 1960. It is a global company with huge presence in developing countries like Brazil, Russia, Mexico etc.
The company has manufacturing plants in developed countries like US, UK, France and Ireland. Wockhardt has state of art treatment facilities and hospitals.
Employees: Number of employees could be 8000 or more.
Headquarter: The head office of the company is in Mumbai, India and hospitals operating through the country.
The second healthcare company in our list is Apollo Hospitals. The company or chain of hospitals was founded by Dr Pratap Reddy in Chennai in the year 1983. Apollo has over 2000 beds in the hospitals all over the country.
Company is growing rapidly and one could see new hospitals opening all across the country.
Products: The company is basically into Hospital Chains and they are also developing their own drugs.
Headquarter: Apollo is headquartered in Chennai, India and has a huge hospital in New Delhi.
The third best healthcare company in our top 10 list is Fortis Healthcare. The company was founded by Dr Parvinder Singh in the year 2001. The company has a chain of super speciality hospitals in cities like Amritsar, Kolkata, Navi Mumbai, Hyderabad, Mohali, Jaipur, Chennai, Kota, Bengaluru, Gurgaon. Company is also present in Singapore.
The fourth company in our top 10 list is Piramal Enterprises Ltd. The company was founded by Ajay Piramal in 1988. Some of its business units are Piramal Healthcare, Piramal Life Sciences, Piramal Capital & Decision Resources Group.
It is a very rapidly growing company and has many units.
Employees: Total number of employees are 5000 – 7000 across the country.
Cipla Limited is basically a pharmaceutical company that manufactures drugs of different varieties. The company was founded by Khwaja Abdul Hamied in 1935 in India.
Cipla makes drugs to treat cardiovascular disease, arthritis, diabetes, weight control, depression and many other health conditions.
It is also world's largest manufacturer of antiretroviral drugs that fight HIV and AIDS.
Products: Company make Pharmaceuticals and Diagnostics drugs.
Employees: Company has over 16,000+ employees.
The sixth healthcare company in the top 10 list is Sun Pharma. Sun Pharma was founded by Dilip Shanghvi in the year 1983. Company manufactures drugs in 23 different locations like US, Canada, Brazil, Mexico and Israel.
The company offers formulations in various therapeutic areas, such as cardiology, psychiatry, neurology, gastroenterology and diabetology.
Industry: The core business of the company is Pharmaceuticals and making drugs.
Revenue: Total assets of the company are around $1.2 billion and growing rapidly.
The seventh healthcare company in India is Siemens Healthcare. Although it is a German company but has huge presence in India. The company was founded by Werner von Siemens in year 1847 in Berlin.
Company manufactures different kind of healthcare systems. Many hospitals in the country uses medical equipment build by Siemens.
Products: Siemens Healthcare Systems as health industry is concerned.
The eighth Indian healthcare company is Serum Institute of India. The company is founded and owned by Cyrus S. Poonawalla. He is also MD and chairman of the company.
The company is fifth biggest vaccine maker. Half of the world's children populations are immunized by vaccines made by the Serum Institute of India.
Industry: The company is in Bio-Technology and producing low cost vaccines.
Opto circuits limited (OCI) is a vertically integrated multinational medical technology group. The company was founded in the year 1992 in Bangalore.
The company is operational in 150 different countries. Vinod Ramani is the chairman and managing director of the Opto circuits.
Products: Medical Devices and Systems, some of products are Cardiac Science, Criticare, Eurocor, Mediaid, AMDL and Unetixs Vascular.
The last healthcare company in India is ICICI Lombard. Although ICICI Lombard is an insurance company but it is only for serving healthcare. It is largest private sector general insurance company in India.
The company issued over 7.6 million policies and settled over 4.4 million claims per year in year 2012.
Headquarter: Company is headquartered in Mumbai, India with offices all over India.
So this was the list of top 10 healthcare companies operating in India. If you are a student looking for a job in healthcare industry then these companies could offer you an opportunity.


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In Plesk, go to Tools & Settings > Services Management > Web Server (Apache). Click Restart the service icon.
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Have you ever wondered what a typical day for a wedding planner looks like? Barring any mishaps, this is pretty true for most of us in the industry.
Check "Emergency Kit" has everything needed for the wedding day.
Planning for all emergencies can be a challenge. As long as every significant person shows up able to stand on their own two feet, we can deal with broken heals, unstitched seams and unwilling participating child.
Collect and pack up all client's gifts and other wedding items and deliver to client's room OR load to the designated vehicle. (Always prearranged well in advance.) Make sure clients are happy with everything before leaving.
FEELING BLESSED for another great wedding and a happy day for my clients.
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Chris Chibnall promises Doctor Who Series 13 will air "as soon as" it's finished
Posted December 17, 2020 by Andrea Laford Filed under
Doctor Who showrunner Chris Chibnall gave an interview in which he teased his knowledge of the Series 13 air date.
He spoke of the filming progress, which began on November 2, 2020.
"We're filming as we speak," Chibnall told Entertainment Weekly. "We've got lots of new characters, new monsters, some old ones coming back. We're only a few weeks in. It's very different, but we obviously have to work in a very different way, under COVID protocols. So, it's not without its challenges, but every series of Doctor Who has had its challenges. At the moment, everybody's smiling."
He was asked if he has an idea of when Doctor Who Series 13 will premiere.
"Yeah, I've got an idea," he told EW with a laugh. "But Charlotte Moore (BBC Chief Content Officer) would send 'the boys' round if I told you any hints. As soon as [we] finish it, I promise we'll put it on telly straight away."
With eight episodes planned to be filmed under COVID-19 protocols in the same amount of time it usually takes to film eleven (nine months), it's possible post-production work could be completed on the first filmed block of Doctor Who Series 13 by mid to late autumn of 2021. No promises. We'll have to wait and see.
The next episode of Doctor Who to air will be the New Year's special, Revolution of the Daleks, January 1, 2021, 6:45 p.m. on BBC One and 8:00 p.m. on BBC America.
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Special Prosecutor Martin Amidu has disclosed that he was once overpaid during his time as deputy Attorney-General, but he offered to return the money to the state.
According to him, taking double salaries constitutes an abuse of office for personal gain, which is punishable by law.
His comments come after some former MPs of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) who served as ministers or deputy ministers were cited by the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) for allegedly taking double salaries.
The number of cited MPs was initially 25, however, 18 of them were let go pending further investigation by the Police.
Also, about eight of the suspected MPs have already been interrogated by the CID, as authorities seek to get to the bottom of the matter.
However, speaking in an interview with Accra-based Citi FM, Mr. Amidu said the allegations could be true because he once received double salary during his time as deputy Attorney-General, adding that he did the honorable thing by returning the excess amount.
According to him, the suspected Minority MPs should also have returned the amount when they realized that their salaries had been doubled.
He said there is no excuse for such an act, describing it as "an offence of abuse of office for private gain".
"Money was ever paid into my account…When my bank notified me I told them to return it because that is not what me and the Attorney General agreed. I could have kept it," the Special Prosecutor said.
He further stated that he would not compromise in prosecuting any MP that is caught up in this scandal, saying he would not have the conscience to prosecute the ordinary Ghanaian if he spares the culprits in this case.


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Kim Kardashian's Insurance Company Files $6M Lawsuit
50 Cent's post was removed… Damon Wayans is done… Will Smith starts a new challenge… LeBron has stepped up security… and Kim Kardashian's Insurance company files $6M lawsuit
Because "a third party" reported him for posting something that "infringes or otherwise violates their rights," Instagram removed 50 Cent's post. He didn't like that one bit. So he posted the wrist-slapping message Instagram sent him and captioned it, "Follow me on Twitter @50cent Im done with Instagram this s*** is wack." The post that got deleted was a slam against the mother of his son, ex-girlfriend Shaniqua Tompkins. It was a picture of 50 showing some papers to a dog and he captioned it, "See right here Shaniqua this is the life rights agreement you signed. See this paragraph says you can't do reality TV okk. LOL get the strap." His son Marquise Jackson commented on the post, "And y'all wonder why I don't respect him as a man or father? You had a good run but it's over big fella lol it's been a decade. You're 40+ you can grow up any day now." Marquise's mom, by the way, isn't concerned with this nonsense. Shaniqua is planning to go through with her reality show about urban women in business and says there's nothing 50 Cent can do about it.
Pops Is Petty: 50 Cent Fires Shots At Baby Mama Shaniqua And His Son Marquise Claps Back https://t.co/Tggl3ms33A (Photo Credit: SplashNews/WENN)
— Bossip (@Bossip) October 3, 2018
Damon Wayans says he's going to film the first 13 episodes of the third season of "Lethal Weapon," but that's it. He's quitting in December. Damon said he doesn't know what the people at Fox are planning, but that's what HE's planning. Damon said, "I'm a 58-year-old diabetic and I'm working 16-hour days. Plus, it breaks his heart to have to miss out on important things — like recitals and graduations and even family members' surgeries — because he has to work. He said it's not worth it. So he's going to leave the show and try to find his smile again. But Damon is under contract for six seasons, so he may not have a choice.
#LethalWeapon star Damon Wayans announced on Wednesday that he plans to leave the Fox reboot in December – after the third season's original 13-episode order wraps production https://t.co/3Cd3GBXeNY
— Hollywood Reporter (@THR) October 3, 2018
Will Smith was with his son Jaden at a Target in NYC to celebrate that Jaden's latest business venture — JUST Water — is now on Target shelves. While Will was there, he saw a dad carrying his little girl on his shoulders, and next thing you know, he got Jaden to climb on his shoulders and posted a picture on Instagram. He captioned it, "I saw this Father in Target with his Child on his shoulders. I got Jealous. Fathers out there… Y'all ready for the #PiggyBackChallenge?"
Will Smith launches the #PiggyBackChallenge and we are so in! https://t.co/XdUfZo7zj2 pic.twitter.com/teJFrOKb4p
— Channel24 (@Channel24) October 4, 2018
After news broke that a burglary ring had a hit list for other celebrity homes, including Matt Damon, Viola Davis and LeBron James, LeBron has stepped up security at his home big time. With a wife and three children at home, LeBron is willing to do whatever he has to do to make sure they're all safe. He's reportedly got at LEAST 10 armed security patrolling his property, and he's working with the NBA's security team for an extra level of protection.
LeBron James hardens LA home security to thwart celebrity burglars https://t.co/8p38X8jMRx
— Inside SoCal Sports (@InsideSoCalSpts) October 4, 2018
The insurance company that had to pay Kim Kardashian West after she was robbed in Paris is suing the bodyguard and his employer for failing to protect her. Bodyguard Pascal Duvier left Kim in her hotel room while he went with Kourtney to a nightclub. While he was gone, masked gunmen broke in and robbed her of around $10 million in jewelry. The insurance company says Pascal didn't make sure Kim was thoroughly protected before he left. There was a missing or broken lock…the intercom was malfunctioning…there was no closed circuit television in the building…Now the insurance company is suing for $6.1 million.
Kim Kardashian's bodyguard is being sued for $6M for not protecting her during Paris robbery https://t.co/c2wLJuaOFq @Raechal pic.twitter.com/csChdLdkyJ
— Yahoo Entertainment (@YahooEnt) October 4, 2018
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Baroness in PGH
Beyond the awards and the accolades Baroness has managed to reach a status that few bands in music ever will, they have transcended genres. Ask any Baroness fan what kind of music do they play, and you're likely to get a blank stare before some "hmmming" and "hawing" before the bail out answer "metal?"
Metal, is not an incorrect answer by any means with their albums finding their way on to countless best of list and reader polls including their second full length release the "Blue" album being named the 20th greatest metal album of all time by LA Weekly. Think about that for a second, the 20th greatest metal album of all time! that means there are only 19 greater metal albums in the history of the genre.
Baroness have found a way to meld their music into this ever moving hard to pin down sound, from the chunkiest of riffs to the spaciest of intros and break downs, part Pink Floyd with the technical prowess of Rush all the while being fueled with the energy and grit of late 80's hardcore. Doom, Prog, Sludge, Post Rock, Psychedelia, Baroness takes a little of each and sounds like none of the above, crafting heavy duty works of music that the whole crowd can still manage to sing along to.
As the opening notes of Kerosene trickled out of the amps John Baizley prowled around the stage with telecaster in hand, showing his teeth in a snarl of excitement not unlike a tiger waiting for his dinner while trapped in a cage. Baizley would continue between each and every song half smile, half snarl, feeding off the crowds energy as the crowd definitely fed off his. Pacing within the small space between guitarist Peter Adams and bass player Nick Jost the three including drummer Sebastian Thomson (formerly of Trans Am) launched into a set consisting mostly of material from "Green and Yellow" and the most recently released "Purple" album.
The set was wonderfully dished out with ebb and flow between the downright heavy and some of the more carefully crafted almost ambient instrumentations the band has become known for. The encore gave the crowd a fan favorite, "Isaac" from the "Red" album as well as "Take My Bones Away" a massive anthem from "Green and Yellow."
Baroness live is always one of the more impressive displays of music that can be witnessed. A storm of hair, sweat and endless riffage, the joy the band is experiencing while playing translates directly with the crowd in way that is far too rare these days. After the horrible bus crash the band suffered while touring through Europe in August of 2012, leaving the band broken physically and figuratively, it's clear that Baizley and Adams along with the help of their new mates Jost and Thomson no longer take nights like these for granted.


Blue Efreet Djinni: This is the Djinni that grants as many wishes as you need.
Werewolf: This entity will give you the ability to shape-shift into any form you choose to take, not merely a wolf.
Demon: This entity is not here to be used as a bad things, but rather to give you all the knowledge of Lucifer while he was still the morning star. He knows a lot, considering he used to be God's right-hand-man.
White Faerie: This entity will bring you the white light magic of the Fair Folk, which have existed for eons, before they were exploited by humans.
Knocker Dwarf: This type of dwarf will lead your life down a path of destined wealth, from all sources.
Elven Prince: The elves were the fiercest of all warriors, because they learned the secrets to immortality. He will share the secret of Immortality with you.
Nephilim: This entity is known to be half man, half angel thus he is the perfect intercessory tool when attempting to appease God and ask for his favor and white light blessing in your life.
Blue Faerie: Blue Faeries have long been associated with spiritual progression and healing. With this piece, you will gain the ability to white-wash your soul, releasing all impurities and all spiritual blocks that are prohibiting you from gaining powers.
Voodoo Immortal: These are the self-proclaimed contemporaries of Madame Marie Laveau. I was skeptical at first, but I can now tell you that these entities will bring you all of the powers of Voodoo that you wish to have .
Golem: This type of entity is one that is soulless and bears no purpose until you breath purpose into it, which pretty much means it will do whatever you want it to do! They are often used as revenge spirits, but you can use them for whatever you want.


Hi, I am a 10th grader in Georgia. I am doing a project on the Vietnam War. I want to give my project a more personal touch. I am putting together a book with stories from veterans about their experiences in Vietnam. I would like to use one of your stories for my book that I will pass around the class.
I am using your picture from the front page and the article that goes along with it about helicopter pilots. I am using the aircraft combat loss map and the statistics that go along with that. Phase I, II, III of the Battle of Kontum and the pictures you have on your web site. In other words practically the whole thing. It is very interesting. It is kind of confusing to me sometimes because the names of places are strange so my mom printed me a map so I could look and tell where the different place were. Some of the military terms I did not understand so I asked my father or grandfather who spends all his time watching old war movies. Tonight I am going to watch the BIG RED ONE and some other war movies to get a better feel of what exactly went on.
Hi, I turned my memories collage in this morning. The teacher gave me 120 on it. I wanted all of the veterans that helped me to know what grade I received. Everyone in the class is fighting over it wanting to read it. I told the teacher I wanted it back to keep for myself. Thank you again for your permission to use your web site.
Thank you very much. My mom said it would do my class some good to see what real war was like.
REFLECTIONS: I have received a number of e-mails from students doing research projects on the Vietnam War. Some of the students where in high school and I have had some who were doing graduate level research. I was very pleased to be able to help and to see that the web site was providing the kind of historical information I had hoped it would. I have been touched by some of the comments from the young students who were learning about a war they only knew from TV or the movies. Too many who teach the history of that war base their opinions on distorted information heavily biased by people who were not there or who have their own agenda.


Chrissy Teigen always nails a killer black and white outfit! White shirts and blazers are usually seen paired with denim or tailored pants, depending on the occasion. However, we're loving her spin on it with this shirt dress and over-the-knee boots. A little bit of sass (and some leg!) with her oversized top and jacket make for a perfect dinner date look or post-work hangout with gal pals. Hidden from view is her Balenciaga Calfskin crossbody, which retails for $1,325...so we'll settle for a good ol' Steve Madden bag and call it good!


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Common Council may vote on internal investigation into Mayor's Office
By: Brian Dorman
SOUTH BEND, Ind. - ABC57 News has learned that the city's common council will likely hold an emergency session this week.
The session is to vote on getting a subpoena for all records and an internal investigation by Common Council into the Mayor's Office in regards to how the investigation was handled that lead to the sudden resignation of Police Chief Darryl Boykins.
ABC57's Brian Dorman talked with Common Council Member Henry Davis Jr. Saturday afternoon about the investigation.
"You don't want to feel like an outsider. I'm sure for my colleagues as well, they were kind of blind sided by media reports and phone calls received once this came out."
Davis criticized the mayor for not telling common council about the investigation that started in January.
Around 7 p.m. on Thursday, we received word from the mayor's office that South Bend Police Department's Chief Darryl Boykins was going to resign.
According to Mayor Buttigieg, this comes as a result of a federal investigation into the SBPD's "practices relating to the recording of phone calls".
"While my ability to speak on this matter is limited, it was clear that practices in the department were out of compliance with federal requirements," said the mayor.
Buttigieg went on to say, ""Now that the investigation has concluded, I am swiftly implementing a series of administrative changes in the department, which I expect to meet the requirements laid out by federal authorities. I respect Chief Boykins' decision to resign and am grateful for his years of dedicated service to our community."
"We need to get more clarity on the issue and I'm sure we will have a special meeting coming up this week to define exactly what happened so we have common information."
Davis said Common Council couldn't hold that emergency session Friday because 48 hours notice is needed before the session. He said that meeting will likely be held Wednesday or Thursday.
"I don't know all the details of the investigation but what I do know from all my readings and things I've heard from my colleagues and just from the general public I think what took place was rushed," said Davis.
Davis said he is also concerned about the message that this sends to those who live in the city of South Bend.
"South Bend is fragile right now and something like this could stop the process of unifying the city."
Davis was asked where he thought we go from here, "What's the next step? Clearly he is the man with the plan. He is the Mayor of the city so by him just being the captain of the ship we are looking for some sort of direction on this issue."
There are a lot of questions right now from Common Council members about why this happened and how it evolved, "Clearly Chief Boykins doesn't have his job anymore. I would just like to make sure that there is a full understanding of what took place and actually a third party investigation on what took place."
Common Council will possibly meet this week to look into the background of what lead up to Friday's decision.
"I think there needs to be a third party that investigates what happened and what took place so that everybody is clear and there is an objective look that is given into this particular issue," Davis said.
Davis also said that a third party investigation should have been implemented from the beginning, "I think that council can actually work on the part of where the mayor could have done a better job. I think that we can do that as a council. As far as the third party investigation on the subject matter at hand Chief Boykins and wire tapping or taping I think that needed to be handled by the court of law and his independent attorneys."
ABC 57's Brian Dorman asked Henry Davis Jr. "Do you think that this could cost him [Mayor Pete Buttigieg] his position as Mayor?"
Davis' response, "I think it's a definite black eye for a new, newly elected Mayor given the gravity of the situation and I really, truly think there needs to be a hardcore look at how we are going to move from the situation with it always referring back to it as he works to complete his first term...I can't say, you know, that I'm advocating for him to lose his position, however, given the gravity of the particular issue at hand I think everything needs to be looked at and priorities need to be set in place. I think that respect is definite and a very good word that we need to use in this order of business because I think we crossed a lot of different lines as a city in making sure, or not making sure that we were doing out due diligence."
Davis was asked 'What is your message to the average person at home tonight that is thinking My God what is happening to the place I call home and love?"
"We need prayer. That defiantly would be my first thing. I think that we need to reevaluate our position in this world, the country and state and we need to continue to press forward things happen. I don't know if these types of things happen everywhere but things happen and this is going to test our resolve and how strong we are going to be at the other end of it and I'm sure South Bend is going to survive and we are going to grow from this."


A researcher has alleged that OS X optimisation and security tool MacKeeper is fundamentally flawed and provides easy access to millions of user account details.
Researcher Chris Vickery has discovered that many of the databases MacKeeper uses to store its customer information are publicly accessible.
Over a two-week period, Vickery managed to access usernames, email addresses, postal addresses, password hashes, computer names and IP addresses belonging to approximately 13 million accounts from MacKeeper alone.
However, he did not manage to access payment details belonging to other users.
In total, he managed to collect private user information associated with almost 25 million accounts from MacKeeper, social network Vixlet, fitness app iFit, online gaming site Slingo, HIV dating app Hzone, video chat app OkHello and online public school network California Virtual Academies.
Vickery said that "no exploits or vulnerabilities were involved" and that the firms "published [user data] to the open web with no attempt at protection".
Instead, Vickery told security blogger Brian Krebs that he was able to discover MacKeeper's data records using search engine Shodan, which allows users to find internet-connected devices.
He has said he had "no malicious intentions", but had obtained the data "to prove that it is available" to the companies affected, ensuring that they fix their misconfigured databases.
Kromtech Alliance, the firm that owns MacKeeper, said that it had assessed the situation itself with Vickery's help and corrected the error.
"We are grateful to the security researcher Chris Vickery who identified this issue without disclosing any technical details for public use," said the firm in a statement.
"Analysis of our data storage system shows only one individual gained access, performed by the security researcher himself.


To celebrate 30 years in its Engineering department, AstraZeneca commissioned Parker Design to create a commemorative book design for one of their much admired retiring employees.
Having been involved in many engineering projects across AstraZeneca's UK sites for many years, Eric's legacy was more than extraordinary. To pay tribute to his long and distinguished career, Parker Design together with his colleagues secretly compiled a book featuring a photograph of every building project he'd been involved in over his illustrious career.
We spent two days working around the sites with a specialist architectural photographer before designing the stunning photography into a beautiful landscape, case-bound commemorative book. The book was presented to Eric at his leaving ceremony – he was absolutely delighted.
We produced two further copies of the hardbound commemorative book, one for the Engineering department to use as a demonstration aid to promote their services to the rest of AstraZeneca, and a third to enter the AstraZeneca archives as a permanent record.
"It's a real pleasure to work with Parker Design.


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Businesses will dodge Vista in 2008
The security vendor has said companies are reluctant to move to Vista as the security case doesn't justify the hardware upgrade, while analysts say most will move only when Microsoft ceases XP support.
By Tom Espiner | November 20, 2007 -- 03:09 GMT (19:09 PST) | Topic: Enterprise Software
Vista uptake is unlikely to increase dramatically during 2008, according to security vendor McAfee, who said that businesses are "leery" of upgrading from current Microsoft operating systems.
One reason businesses have not been keen to upgrade to Vista is the hardware that is needed to handle the resource-hungry operating system, David Marcus, security research manager for McAfee Avert Labs, told ZDNet Asia sister site ZDNet UK on Friday.
"In 2007 there has been less than 10 percent market penetration for Vista," said Marcus. "There hasn't been a huge adoption. Most people haven't upgraded because of the hardware upgrade needed."
There is not enough of a security case for upgrading to Vista, Marcus added. While the 64-bit version of Vista has more security features than Windows XP, XP running Service Pack 2 with security products was adequate for most businesses needs, he said.
"XP is still robust, and is sound with SP2. Most businesses are looking at it from the point of view of, 'Why change out for some nice graphics when XP does what we need?'," Marcus said. "People are leery of upgrading."
There was, however, a security bonus, Marcus said. Vista would be unlikely to become an interesting target for malware writers until it achieved 20 to 30 percent market share--a figure that is still some way off.
"Once Vista gets the numbers it'll become interesting to the bad guys, who'll find ways to circumvent it like anything," said Marcus.
Vista 64-bit security features, such as Kernel Patch Protection, which blocks attempts to modify the core operating system, would not be effective against certain types of malware, Marcus warned.
"If you look at Trojans and bots, the majority just sit on the machine and do what they do--they don't have to root the operating system," said Marcus. Social engineering attacks that attempt to dupe the user will also continue to be a problem on Vista, he warned.
Forrester research suggests that most businesses are keen to stay with XP until at least 2010. In a report, How Windows Vista will shake up the state of the enterprise operating system, Forrester analyst Benjamin Gray wrote that while Vista uptake is currently at two percent, XP is at 84 percent.
"There it is. Two percent! The era of Windows Vista within enterprises has officially started, with a whimper," wrote Gray. "Standardization on the Windows XP platform has continued unabated, going from 67 percent of PCs last year to 84 percent of PCs this year. And this happened across the board."
Gray said that the majority of businesses will move to Vista only when forced to, by Microsoft ceasing to support XP. The current road map for XP Professional states that extended support will end in April 2014.
"For [mainstream adopters], the justification [to move to Vista] is simply that they want to stay current with Microsoft's support lifecycle," wrote Gray. "Many will move to Windows Vista simply because they don't want to go down the path of supporting a system that doesn't receive security patches on a regular basis."
Just over half of enterprises have no current plans to deploy Windows Vista, according to the research.
Microsoft had not responded to a request for comment at the time of writing.
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