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Men, singles less likely to have colon cancer test
By Amy Norton, Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men, unmarried adults and those with low incomes are less likely to accept an offer of free colon cancer screening, a new study suggests.
Swedish researchers found that when they offered free sigmoidoscopy screening to nearly 2,000 adults ages 59 to 61, men were 27 percent more likely than women to decline. Meanwhile, those who were single or divorced were 69 percent and 49 percent, respectively, more likely to decline screening compared with married people.
A similar discrepancy emerged when the researchers looked at study participants by income. The one third of participants with the lowest incomes were 68 percent more likely to decline sigmoidoscopy screening than the one third with the highest incomes.
The researchers, led by Dr. Johannes Blom of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, report the findings in the International Journal of Cancer.
Sigmoidoscopy is one of the options for routine colon cancer screening, which experts recommend for most adults beginning at age 50; some higher-risk individuals may need to start screening earlier.
Sigmoidoscopy is similar to colonoscopy in that a thin, flexible scope is inserted into the colon to look for suspicious growths; in sigmoidoscopy, though, only the lower portion of the colon is inspected, whereas colonoscopy looks at the entire length of the colon.
Both exams can help detect colon cancer early, or prevent it by allowing the doctor to find and remove polyps -- growths that could become cancerous. Yet studies in different countries consistently show that colon cancer screening rates are lower than they should be.
Understanding which people are least likely to seek screening should help in targeting education, according to Blom's team.
The study did not look at why men, singles and low-income adults were less likely to accept a free sigmoidoscopy. The researchers speculate on some potential reasons, however.
Although the test itself was free, they note, lower-income adults may have faced other obstacles -- like trouble taking the day off of work.
But it's also likely, Blom told Reuters Health, that lower-income people are less aware of the rates of illness and death associated with colorectal cancer and the possible benefits of colorectal cancer screening."
As for men's greater resistance to screening, other research has shown that men tend to have less health knowledge than women, and are less likely to take preventive measures like screening tests.
Similarly, studies suggest that married people are more proactive about their health than single adults are, possibly because they have a spouse to nudge them.
In this study, the researchers used letters to invite people to have free sigmoidoscopy screening. But Blom said this might not be enough to reach people who are resistant to colon screening; it's possible, he noted, that education campaigns over television, radio or the Internet might be more effective.
"This is speculative, but an opportunity for future research," he said.
SOURCE: International Journal of Cancer, April 1, 2008.


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Afghan forces kill Taliban mastermind of army base attack
Kabul: Officials said on Monday that Afghan forces killed the planner of the Taliban suicide car bomb attack that killed at least 30 security personnel.
Hamza Waziristani was killed in an air strike overnight in the eastern province of Ghazni where the bomber struck an Afghan military base on Sunday.
"The mastermind behind yesterday's terrorist attack on the (Ghazni) base was killed along with seven other terrorists," the defence ministry said in a statement.
The attack was one of the deadliest in months targeting government forces in Afghanistan, where violence has surged since the start of peace talks between President Ashraf Ghani's administration and the Taliban in Qatar.
No group claimed assault.
The Taliban often refrain from commenting on alleged deadly attacks.
Since the signing of an agreement with Washington in February, the insurgents have launched attacks on Afghan forces almost daily, mainly in rural areas. The agreement laid the foundation for the withdrawal of troops by May 2021.
Health officials in Ghazni said 30 people were killed in Sunday's attack, but the Ministry of Defense said 10 people were killed. The Ministry of Defense stated that the number of casualties in the attack on its troops was low.
Violence has also surged in Kabul in recent weeks, with more than 50 people killed in two assaults on educational centres and a rocket attack.
The three Kabul attacks were claimed by the Islamic State group, but Afghan officials blamed the Taliban — who denied any involvement.
مولانا فضل الرحمن جلسہ گاہ پہنچ گئے، مریم او ر آصفہ کے قافلے سٹیڈیم کی طرف گامزن
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Country boy living in the desert...what was i thinking?
Hi I'm Chris. I can not describe myself just to be honest here but I can say I am me! I am very honest and most of the time have no filter between my mouth and brain. I have nothing to hide so if your interested in knowing more and what make this goofy guy tick let me know.


August 24, 2015 | LizT.
I was so sure that the tears I'd cried over leaving New York were because deep down I wanted to go back. I wanted my life back. I wanted what was familiar and what had become "normal" for years.
But there I was, back in the bright lights and I felt like I was gonna jump out of my skin. I am not an anxious person and I'm not a worrier. But everything about being back made me feel anxious and made me worry. I was late to meet my friends. I was bustling along the streets. I was stuck on the train that seemed like it would never move.
Everything seemed to be a pressure point. Everything seemed to set me off. So, here was my chance. To make the choice to stay on the path God called me to walk on or to turn back around and run to something comfortable. It's funny to call New York comfortable. It's the least comforting city I've ever lived in. Surrounded by 8 million people and constantly alone. But when you acclimate to something it does feel comforting to be a part of it. So New York was the comfort and Florida was the challenge?? What an unexpected outcome!
I was truly shocked by this panic attack. I've never even had a panic attack before, so I can't be sure that's what I was experiencing. But my heart was racing and I couldn't breath… so I started to pray.
To be honest with you, I've been mad at God. Why did he call me to leave my beloved city? Why did he bring me down to Florida where my purpose is still being figured out? Where my friends and family already have their lives figured out down here?
I decided at some point that I was too angry to listen. I decided that I was going to make my own way!
If you've ever gone your own way, you'd know it's not the right move! I know it's not the right move and one restless night God hit me hard with the news that I was supposed to be listening! And this feeling that I felt in New York was just confirmation that I'd made the right choice in listening to God. That moving was His plan, not mine. And that my new challenge was to listen for the next light he shines in front of me instead of buying batteries for my flashlight and finding my own path.
It's not a revelation. It's not new information! It's just a daily reminder that I need to constantly turn my eyes up to Him. And a daily reminder that I am right where I need to be. Even if it's hard! Especially if it's hard! And trust me…it's been hard.


yesterday was a big one for us. several weeks ago, CJ suggested we enjoy a little staycation. his mom is up north for the summer and she was itching to spend time with Stella, which was perfect for us to have a kid-free weekend. it hit me yesterday while we were in the midst of our big day that the whole thing was a mother's day gift. CJ booked a room at our favorite hotel and we hopped around to a bunch of places that we never have the chance to experience.
yesterday seemed like the perfect opportunity for my first visit to No. 14 Boutique, and it did not disappoint. the ladies are exceedingly friendly and chatted with my husband while he waited for me to try things on. they even gave us lunch recommendations (Smoke is amazing btw).
my husband is such a good wing man when i shop. he never makes me feel like i'm boring him and he actively participates in choosing things for me to try on and evaluating whether or not they work. this cropped sweatshirt was the first thing i tried on. and i loved it but i thought he might hate it (or question where in the world i would wear such a thing) so i didn't even show him. i just told him it was a non-negotiable and it was coming home with me. turns out he loves it. "it's fun," is his favorite phrase to describe my clothes that he likes.
is this sweatshirt practical? kind of no. but it's fun and i would totally wear it to brunch with these AYR jeans or my high-waisted skinnies. so why not?


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Home/Business/Shedeur Sanders Becomes First HBCU Soccer Player to Win Jerry Rice Award
Shedeur Sanders Becomes First HBCU Soccer Player to Win Jerry Rice Award
huynh995December 16, 2021
Following in his footsteps NFL Hall of Fame father, a young soccer player who made history in the first year of his college career.
Jackson State University quarterback Shedeur Sanders, the son of Deion Sanders, won 2021 Jerry Rice Award Performance Statistics, awarded to the National Newest Player of the Year in the Division I College Football Championship (FCS). Young Sanders is the first HBCU player to win the award.
Shedeur won midfield starting in the summer. With Deion as head coach, the match helped Jackson State University win its first Southwest Athletic Conference championship since 2007. On Saturday this week, the Tigers, currently 11-1 , will play South Carolina State in the Celebration Bowl in Atlanta.
Deion Sanders also won the Eddie Robinson Award for Division 1 FCS coach of the year.
On January 7, the pair will be honorees at the FCS National Awards Banquet in Frisco, TX, along with the winners of the Walter Payton Award (FCS Offensive Player of the Year), the Awards Buck Buchanan (FCS Defensive Player of the Year), and Doris Robinson Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
"I'm proud of him the way he played," Deion Sanders told The Undefeated about his son's playing ability. "The way he looks at the pitch, the way he motivates his teammates, the way he approaches practice every day, the way he stands on their ass when they're not doing what they need to do. I'm just proud of his maturity and the person he is on and off the pitch."
During the season, Shedeur completed 248 of 361 passes (68.7 per cent) to 2,971 yards and 28 touchdowns in five interceptions. He has a superb passer efficiency rating of 160.5 (fifth in FCS) and is in a hurry for three more. He walked over 3,000 yards and hit his 29th touchdown pass in the SWAC championship game.
https://www.blackenterprise.com/shedeur-sanders-becomes-first-hbcu-player-to-win-the-jerry-rice-award/ Shedeur Sanders Becomes First HBCU Soccer Player to Win Jerry Rice Award
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    module LayoutHelper

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        if content
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        end
      end

    end
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end

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SLNSW-Item 05: Looking west along King Street from Eliz...-1l42Rqq1
Item 05: Looking west along King Street from Elizabeth Street, includes David Jones, St James' Theatre (Naughty Marietta) and St James' Church / photograph by Theo Purcell
Full title: Item 05: Looking west along King Street from Elizabeth Street, includes David Jones, St James' Theatre (Naughty Marietta) and St James' Church / photograph by Theo Purcell
Date: approximately 1935.
Call Numbers: ON 274/5
Record Identifier: 1l42Rqq1
Contents: 1 negative - 12.0 x 16.5 cm (half-plate fomat) - glass, black and white
Notes: Title devised by cataloguer.
Permalink: https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1l42Rqq1
ON 274/5
1l42Rqq1
https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1l42Rqq1
approximately 1935
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Access to this pictures collection via appointment only. Please submit your request through Ask a Librarian
David Jones Limited (Sydney, N.S.W.) St. James' Theatre (Elizabeth Street, Sydney, N.S.W.) St James' Church (Sydney, N.S.W.) King Street (Sydney, N.S.W.)


The last question for this month is from chaila who wants to know, What do you think draws you to book blogging and reviewing?
If we're talking basics, I like books and I like talking about them but I don't have many chances to do that offline. I have offline friends who are into the same TV as me, but not many who regularly read the stuff I like. Searching for community was definitely why I started my blog. And, being "the reader" in my main group of friends, I find talking about books fraught – got to be careful how much I expand on my opinion sometimes or I end up making people feel crappy about their reading choices. So, it's nice to have an online space where I can go and chat about books with people who've read them or want to read them, and where there isn't quite so much baggage for me to dodge around. The one lesson I would urge on teens is to be nice to your friends about their media choices; otherwise, later in life you're going to feel like a total heel.
Also, now that I'm out of university, life doesn't much call on me to construct complex written thoughts. I actually spend a lot of time writing for work and sometimes I have to make joined up e-mail arguments, or write a very clear report but Marketing generally calls for simple structures. While trying to write short Marketing missives is its own enjoyable, riddlesome challenge (kind of like writing fifty word reviews as if your whole life depends on it) it's not my favourite kind of challenge. Plus, trying to create punchy, attractive simplicity in a loud, busy office environment is not all that much fun. I personally prefer the challenges of long form writing (ha, who'd have guessed?) and the space it gives me to explore. Although I don't miss working for marks, or three day stints of sitting in my pyjamas writing on a set essay topic, I do kind of miss having to make time in my day to sit and play with words, arrange concepts and work my way through all the spirals of long form arguments. Blogging and reviewing gives me a reason to exercise those long form muscles again.
Long form reviewing pushes me to shape my thoughts into a coherent narrative, which is kind of like playing through a complex puzzle. Where does this bit fit? Do I need to get out the hammer? I love crafting writing that I'm proud of; bending words a bit like metal until it has a satisfying shape and ring to it (never look back though – looking back is horrifying). I think sometimes people forget that critical non-fiction has similar narrative bones to fiction.
I often use writing to make sense of things. It doesn't always work, but it's interesting to try. I hash out my thoughts and see what's on the page at the end of it – sometimes I draw stuff out by writing that just wasn't as fully developed in my head and I start to see how much more interesting a work is than I first thought. I've said this before, but for me reviewing is kind of like taking the back off a clockwork watch and looking at how all the cogs fit together. I just think it's fascinating to see (or to try and see) how things work. If everything clicks together in a book or a piece of media then great – examining how those pieces slot in to produce a particular effect is like watching magic. And even if the bits don't quite all work in harmony I still gain a greater understanding of art from looking closely at what media is made up of.
I mean, I've absolutely had those moments when looking in more depth at something I love has shattered the surface illusion of its perfection, and felt a little bit sad, but… it was an illusion. Isn't the reality so much more interesting and toothy? Close analysis breeds love for the oddest of subjects – ask any scientist.
On a personal level, reviewing also gives me a place to sort through all my thoughts and take a good hard look at them. I still think it is fascinating what you can learn about yourself from the simple act of reviewing a book. It's not always comfortable, but reviewing requires you to think about your own prejudices and backgrounds, much like studying History sharpens your eye for other people's biases writ large (ex-History student here).
Emails, screechy and otherwise, always welcome!


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PHOTO PACKAGE: Dozens Shot Dead In Burma Amid Crackdown On Anti-Coup Protester
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Anti-coup protests continued despite the intensifying violent crackdowns on demonstrators by security forces. A number of people were shot dead during protests in Burma's largest city on Sunday, as security forces continued their violent crackdown against dissent following last month's military coup.
1 People hold candles as they take part in an anti-coup night protest at Hledan junction in Yangon, Myanmar, March 14, 2021.
2 Anti-coup protesters hold signs that read, "We don't accept military coup," during a march in Mandalay, Myanmar, Sunday, March 14, 2021.
3 Police stand near makeshift barricades set up by protesters during a crackdown on demonstrations against the military coup in Hlaing Tharyar township in Yangon on March 14, 2021.
4 Demonstrators take cover behind metal shields during a protest against the military coup in Hlaingthaya (Hlaing Tharyar) Township, outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar, 14 March 2021.


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VIS regulation
SUMMARY OF:
Regulation (EC) No 767/2008 concerning the visa information system and the exchange of data between Member States on short-stay visas (VIS regulation)
WHAT IS THE AIM OF THE REGULATION?
It sets up the visa information system (VIS) and lays down the procedures and conditions for the exchange of visa data with regard to short-stay visa applications between European Union (EU) Member States which have signed the Schengen Agreement and Convention.
Note to reader: this regulation has been amended several times. This summary reflects the content of the regulation, as amended, where these amendments have actually entered into force.
The purpose of the VIS, originally set up under Decision 2004/512/EC, is to improve the implementation of the common visa policy, consular cooperation and consultations between the central visa authorities by:
facilitating the visa application procedure;
preventing 'visa shopping';
facilitating the fight against fraud;
facilitating checks at external border crossing points and in the national territories;
assisting in identifying persons who do not meet the requirements for entering, staying or residing in the national territories;
facilitating the application of Regulation (EU) No 604/2013, which determines the Member State responsible for examining a non EU-country national's asylum application (see summary);
contributing to the prevention of threats to Member States' internal security.
In specific cases, the national authorities and Europol may request access to data entered into the VIS for the purpose of preventing, detecting and investigating terrorist and criminal offences.
The following categories of data are recorded in the VIS:
alphanumeric data on the applicant and on the visas requested, issued, refused, annulled, revoked or extended;
photographs;
fingerprint data;
links to previous visa applications and to the application files of persons travelling together.
Categories of data recorded in the common identity repository
The following data are recorded in the common identity repository (CIR):
family name, given names, date of birth, sex;
surname at birth (former surname(s)), place and country of birth, current nationality and nationality at birth;
travel document information, including:
type and number,
issuing country,
issuing authority,
date of expiry of validity.
Access to the VIS
Only duly authorised staff of the visa authorities may enter, amend or delete VIS data;
Only duly authorised staff of the visa authorities and authorities who carry out checks at the external border crossing points, immigration checks and asylum may consult VIS data.
Authorities with access to VIS must ensure that:
its use is limited to that which is necessary, appropriate and proportionate for carrying out their tasks;
in using VIS, visa applicants and holders are not discriminated against and that their human dignity and integrity are respected.
Data entry by the visa authorities
The visa authority creates the application file, where an application is admissible according to the Visa Code, laid down in amending Regulation (EC) No 810/2009 (see summary). It enters the data specified in Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 767/2008 into the VIS.
The visa authority adds other data where a decision has been taken to issue a visa, for example:
the issuing authority;
the type of visa;
the number of the visa sticker;
the territory in which the visa holder is entitled to travel;
the start and end dates of the visa's validity;
the number of entries authorised by the visa in the territory.
The grounds must be specified where a decision has been taken to:
refuse, annul or revoke a visa; or
extend its period of validity.
Use of the VIS
The VIS is used:
by competent visa authorities examining applications and the decisions relating to those applications;
between central visa authorities for consultation and requests for documents;
by competent visa authorities for the purposes of reporting and statistics (without identifying individual applicants).
Access to VIS data by other authorities
Amending Regulation (EU) 2017/2226 introducing the EU Entry/Exit System (EES) (see summary) resulted in more efficient and rapid border checks by means of a secure communication channel between the central system of the EES and the central VIS. Direct consultation between the EES and the VIS is only possible where both Regulation (EC) No 767/2008 and Regulation (EU) 2017/2226 so provide.
Visa authorities using the VIS may consult the EES from the VIS:
when examining and deciding on visa applications;
in order to retrieve and export the visa-related data directly from the VIS into the EES in the event that a visa is annulled, revoked or extended.
Border authorities using the EES may consult the VIS from the EES in order to:
retrieve the visa-related data directly from the VIS and import them into the EES;
verify the authenticity and validity of the visa;
check whether visa-exempt non-EU nationals for whom an individual file is not recorded in the EES were previously registered in the VIS;
verify, where the identity of a visa holder is verified using fingerprints, the identity of a visa holder with fingerprints against the VIS.
Authorities competent for carrying out checks within the territory of the Member States may search data with the sole purpose of verifying the identity of the visa holder and/or the authenticity of the visa and/or whether the conditions for entry to, stay or residence are fulfilled.
National authorities responsible for asylum may have access to data for the sole purposes of:
determining the Member State responsible for examining an asylum application; and
examining an application for asylum.
Operation of the VIS
Since June 2018, the European Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems (eu-LISA) has been responsible for the operational management of the Central VIS and the national interfaces which connect to Member States' national systems.
Operational management of the VIS consists of all the tasks necessary to keep the VIS functioning 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. These include the maintenance work and technical developments necessary to ensure that the system functions at a satisfactory level of operational quality.
Each EU Member State is responsible for:
developing, organising, managing, operating and maintaining its national system;
ensuring the security of data before and during transmission to its national interface and, to this end, adopting a security plan;
managing access by duly authorised staff of its competent national authorities to the VIS;
bearing the costs incurred by its national system.
Data in the VIS cannot be communicated to non-EU countries or international organisations unless it is vital for attesting a non-EU national's identity in individual cases.
Data security, liability and protection
The Member State which has entered the data in the VIS must ensure its security before and during transmission to the national interface. Each country must ensure the security of data received from the VIS and adopt a security plan in relation to its national system.
Any person who, or country which, has suffered damage as a result of an unlawful processing operation or any act incompatible with Regulation (EC) No 767/2008 is entitled to receive compensation from the country responsible for the damage suffered.
Each country and the eu-LISA must keep records of all data processing operations within the VIS, as well as records of the staff duly authorised to enter or retrieve the data.
Each Member State must require a national supervisory authority, established in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (see summary), to monitor the lawfulness of the processing of personal data by that country. The European Data Protection Supervisor monitors the activities of eu-LISA.
As a Schengen instrument, this regulation applies to Member States with the exception of Ireland. Denmark has decided to implement the regulation, as have Iceland, Norway and Switzerland.
Recent amendments to Regulation (EC) No 767/2008
With a view to addressing security challenges as well as changing migration patterns, efforts are under way to make the EU's various information systems interoperable. Regulation (EC) No 767/2008 has therefore been amended several times to take this work into account — although these changes will not apply until a date yet to be decided, which will not be before 2023. These amendments are the following.
Regulation (EU) 2019/817 concerning interoperability between EU information systems in the field of justice, freedom and security (see summary).
Regulation (EU) 2021/1134 amending Regulation (EC) No 767/2008, as well as two closely related texts, the Visa Code (Regulation (EC) No 810/2009 — see summary) and the Schengen Borders Code (Regulation (EU) 2016/399 — see summary). Among other things, it strengthens the background checks undertaken before a decision is taken on granting a visa.
Regulation (EU) 2021/1152 amending Regulation (EC) No 767/2008 in relation to the VIS's interoperability with the European Travel Information and Authorisation System set up under Regulation (EU) 2018/1240 (see summary).
FROM WHEN DOES THE REGULATION APPLY?
Application of Regulation (EC) No 767/2008 was to be determined by the European Commission in accordance with its Article 48(3). The VIS came into operation on 11 October 2011.
The regulation's Articles 26, 27, 32, 45, 48(1), (2) and (4) and Article 49 have applied since 2 September 2008.
Visa information system (VIS) (European Commission)
IT systems in the area of freedom, security and justice (Council of the European Union).
Regulation (EC) No 767/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 concerning the Visa Information System (VIS) and the exchange of data between Member States on short-stay visas (VIS Regulation) (OJ L 218, 13.8.2008, pp. 60–81).
Successive amendments to Regulation (EC) No 767/2008 have been incorporated in the original text. This consolidated version is of documentary value only.
Regulation (EU) 2018/1726 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 November 2018 on the European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (eu-LISA), and amending Regulation (EC) No 1987/2006 and Council Decision 2007/533/JHA and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1077/2011 (OJ L 295, 21.11.2018, pp. 99–137).
See consolidated version.
Regulation (EU) 2018/1240 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 September 2018 establishing a European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS) and amending Regulations (EU) No 1077/2011, (EU) No 515/2014, (EU) 2016/399, (EU) 2016/1624 and (EU) 2017/2226 (OJ L 236, 19.9.2018, pp. 1–71).
Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, pp. 1–88).
Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on a Union Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code) (OJ L 77, 23.3.2016, pp. 1–52).
Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an application for international protection lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national or a stateless person (OJ L 180, 29.6.2013, pp. 31–59).
Regulation (EC) No 810/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 establishing a Community Code on Visas (Visa Code) (OJ L 243, 15.9.2009, pp. 1–58).
Council Decision 2004/512/EC of 8 June 2004 establishing the Visa Information System (VIS) (OJ L 213, 15.6.2004, pp. 5–7).


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Q: Can't run in GUI mode in newly installed 14.04 I had been using Ubuntu 13.04 and I chose the upgrade option from the Ubuntu live CD and chose to keep the installed file as it is. The installation successfully completed with an error message saying some older packages may have to be reinstalled. I restarted the computer, but now I can't login to the computer in GUI mode. It gives an error message that it can't find graphics drivers. When I click on the only available button OK, I get the following dialogue box:

and then when I click the first option I get this one :

which never restarts anything.
Clicking the second option gives the following:

and clicking OK gives the same dialogue box recursively.
Third option shows a error log file and fourth option lets me smoothly use the Ubuntu 14.04 in GUI mode and my files are safe in my drive.
So how do I get rid of this problem? I assume graphics drivers come with Ubuntu 14.04 itself.

A: I have the same problem every-time when i try installing ATI graphic card drivers on my hp laptop.
I think your problem is your graphic card drivers supported in 13.04 version are not working in the 14.04 version. so you need to uninstall the graphic drivers.
To uninstall the graphic drivers, boot into recovery mode run as root and try uninstalling your graphic drivers if you installed fglrx then you can try this command
sudo apt-get purge fglrx
and reboot
I hope that works

A: Boot into recovery and remove your xorg.conf file, then reboot.
sudo rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf

A: log into a teminal:
Hold CTRL and ALT and tap F1
login
issue the command
sudo X -configure

source: How to reset the Xorg / xserver? - top answer at this current time.
Tested on Ubuntu 14.04 by yours truly. I can verify that the command is recognized and accepted. YMMV (I get display already active which in my case is true)

A: Press Ctrl + Alt + F1 and login.
If you've installed fglrx using apt-get/Software and updates:
sudo su
apt-get purge fglrx*
reboot

If you've installed fglrx from AMD's website:
sudo su
cd /usr/share/ati
bash amd-uninstall.sh
reboot

After rebooting, press Ctrl + Alt + F1, login again, and then install open-source drivers:
sudo su
apt-add-repository ppa:oibaf/graphics-drivers # Optional, gives little performance boost
apt-get update
apt-get install --reinstall xserver-xorg-video-intel xserver-xorg-video-ati xserver-xorg-video-radeon libgl1-mesa-dri libgl1-mesa-glx mesa-vdpau-drivers
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"WWE Presents Madison Square Garden Classics" on Wednesday, Aug. 20
WWE Presents Madison Square Garden Classics airs once again this Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET with two more hard-hitting episodes. Join "Mean" Gene Okerlund as he brings us back to two legendary events that emanated from The World's Most Famous Arena.
The first episode of Classics will relive three matches that took place at the Garden on Dec. 30, 1988. Watch as the WWE Tag Team Championship hangs in the balance in a No Disqualification Match between the titleholders, Demoliton, and The Powers of Pain. Also witness Greg Valentine go one-on-one with Ronnie Garvin, and WWE Champion Randy Savage defend his title against Bad News Brown.
Right after the first hour ends, "Mean" Gene welcomes us back for another great episode at 9 p.m. ET, this time looking at three matches from Sept. 26, 1977. Enjoy a classic match between Bob Backlund and Larry Sharp, a WWE Championship defense by "Superstar" Billy Graham against "American Dream" Dusty Rhodes, and a one-on-one bout between "High Chief" Peter Maivia and George "The Animal" Steele.
Remember to join "Mean" Gene this Wednesday and every Wednesday throughout the summer on the MSG Network and enjoy some of the greatest matches to ever take place inside the squared circle as WWE Presents Madison Square Garden Classics. Want to win a chance to meet your favorite WWE Superstars and be part of a classic event at The World's Most Famous Arena? Watch every Wednesday for the secret code and enter here for a chance to win.
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Variety and quality characterize Sandy's work, which includes twenty-five books, among them the award-winning Too Many Frogs! and its companion books What a Party! and Here Comes Gosling; more than three dozen plays; and over two hundred articles, stories, and poems published in magazines. Her best-known play, A Woman Called Truth, has been produced by more than three hundred school, community, and professional groups in the United States and Canada. Among her playwriting honors are an NEA fellowship grant and the American Alliance for Theatre and Education's Charlotte Chorpenning Award for a distinguished body of work in theater for young audiences. She's also the editor of five collections of fiction, including With All My Heart, With All My Mind: Thirteen Stories About Growing Up Jewish, winner of the 1999 National Jewish Book Award in children's literature, and her latest, Writing It Right: How Successful Children's Authors Revise and Sell Their Stories. A frequent guest speaker at conferences and schools, Sandy has served as writer-in-residence at Drury University in Springfield, Missouri, and has traveled from Alaska to Florida visiting schools and teaching writing workshops for people of all ages. Sandy and her husband, Harvey, now live in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
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Extremely rude staff - they put hidden fees for the rental and even when requesting cancellation within an hour, they end up charging admin fees.
There are a few places to eat here, too, including The Ram and Blue C Sushi.
Hilaire Thompson will be speaking to seniors about fall prevention, the leading cause of injury-related death for those over age 55.
North Bellevue Community Center in Bellevue, reviews by real people.
Welcome to RedmondRidgeROA.com, the community website for the Redmond Ridge ROA.North Bellevue Community Center, 4063 148th Ave. NE. Coats will be distributed to Bellevue families on Tuesday, Nov. 20, 5-7 p.m. at Crossroads Community Center. Jazzercise exercise programs are 60-minute fitness classes incorporating cardio, strength, and stretch moves for a total body workout.
The center shares a parking lot with the Northgate Library, which is located just to the north.Operations. Mission. This organization has not provided GuideStar with a mission statement.Get reviews and contact details for each business including videos, opening hours and more.
The community center also draws participants from the First Hill neighborhood to the north, which includes Harborview Hospital, and downtown Seattle, located west and down the hill from the center.Items can only be claimed by the person named or immediate family.
By popular demand and feedback, we have now booked North Bellevue Community Center for our Jain Swadhays for once a month, right along side with Magic Touch and Arhat Touch Jain Pathshala Classes.We encourage all the parents to attend as their kids are learning in pathshala.
Find 3 listings related to Jazzercise North Bellevue Community Center in Bellevue on YP.com. See reviews, photos, directions, phone numbers and more for Jazzercise North Bellevue Community Center locations in Bellevue, WA. Find community centers in North Juanita, Kirkland, WA on Yellowbook.The City of Bellevue is situated between Lake Sammamish and Lake Washington with the Cascades mountain range to the east and the Olympic mountains to the west offering breath-taking panoramic vistas. About: North Bellevue Community Center offers the senior citizens of the the region a social space to meet and party.
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Located in Cedar Park, it features tennis, volleyball, meeting rooms, a huge fireplace, and an outdoor amphitheater.
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It focuses on health and well being of the senior members by offering fitness sessions.
Built in 2006, the community center building features a lobby, a full-size gym, large multipurpose room (with commercial-grade kitchen), and smaller rooms including classrooms, an arts and craft room, a weight room, a teen room and a game room.There are several parks and lakefront activities with minutes of the hall.


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What does Blogging Mean to YOU???
My lovely friend Lolli did this great post about how as bloggers we tend to think about what a great story all our experiences would make.
She got me thinking. I know because I blog I see things in terms of "How funny was that?".... oh I better grab my camera so I can blog about it later. I think blogging has made me appreciate my life more. I cherish the little moments, I photograph the things that I would normally rant and rave about. I record my kids running around the kitchen flying on brooms and jumping on the furniture. I vent things to my blogging friends instead of yelling at my husband and kids.
Then I thought; could it be true, is blogging here to make me a better mom and wife? I think it IS true.
What do you think?? Does blogging make you a better person??


Flytomap is a valid and interesting alternative, Benetti Yachts Top Ten since 2008 Featured in : On the Deck Minnesota - The whole coverage resident in the app. It works WITHOUT mobile coverage! • Worldwide Marine,Lakes and Outdoor Maps available, thanks to viewer.flytomap.com • Worldwide Satellite images overlay on charts • Worldwide Terrain features overlay on charts, thanks to Open Street Map, Open Cycle Map, Bing,Earth,Topo Chart and GMap • Local Weather forecast Now with NOAA,USGS,DRG,Topo raster charts seamless with continuous updates from the official Government server Now with ActiveCaptain - Worldwide boaters and fishermen community, with * 200.000 + Captains Use to Explore: √ Latitudes and Longitudes to go to your favorite places √ Search your Favorite points directly √ Zoom, Rotate and Pan fast just by a finger touch √ Quick Object information just tapping, thanks to vector technology √ GPS Heading Vector Towards the direction movement √ Distance Measurement Tool to easily calculate the distance from one location to another √ Route planning, Waypoints - Insert the target/destination and see in real time your speed, distance and bearing √ Magnified Lens for all info √ Unlimited Tracks, Markers, Fishing Spots, Geo-tagged photos, records and share via email, visible on Google, Flytomap Viewer, KMZ format - Store your track without the need of cellular data or mobile signal √ Select Depth Contours √ a la carte menu √ MOB - Man Over Board √ Quick WP - allows you to instantly record your position and show distance and bearing √ iOS background mode - Flytomap works in background as well, you can swap with another app and receive/make calls send sms while track recording. √ Optimized battery usage √ ActiveCaptain •	View and contribute to the best boaters community available in the world •	Continuous update of all info (including reviews from the deck) about : •	Marinas •	Anchorages •	Hazards •	Local Knowledge √ Local Marine Weather forecast at a quick tap provide you: •	Day max and min temperature - Current temperature •	Significant wave height, Swell height, Swell period, Swell direction •	Tide data •	Sea temperature •	Wind Speed and direction •	Weather description •	Precipitation & Humidity •	Visibility •	Pressure •	Cloud cover in percentage •	Wind chill/Feels like Temperature •	Water Temperature •	Dew Point Temperature •	Heat Index Temperature √ And so much more to come - It's the only app you will ever need! Our charts are installed on: GARMIN NAVICO LOWRANCE B&G NORTHSTAR EAGLE SIMRAD Follow us: ▶Twitter @flytomap ▶Web Site flytomap.com ▶Web App viewer.flytomap.com ▶Facebook facebook.com/flytomap Flytomap is committed to constant improvement, this App is developed with the help of professional boaters to get the best experience on the sea, we listen to our users and systematically add the most requested features. Thank you for the feedback! "Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life."
This app crashes on both phones. 6s plus. Don't waste your money on it. Getting new one. So frustrating and man overboard I would die.
One of the largest recreational lakes in Minnesota is missing??? Purchase the software for Lake Minnetonka, and that comes up as a bunch of blue space. When I read the advertisement I was under the impression that all lakes would be covered. Total waste of money for me.
Definitely not worth the money compared to what is available. Slow drawing and is actually missing major bodies of water. Disappointing.
In three months I visited as many lakes as I can. I used this app a ton and there were no major issues. One thing I would like to suggest you if you can provide any list of fishes available in these lakes might work well. Can this function of adding fish information is added in the coming updates will be better.
Simple read out lake contours and informative point of interests created for users. Best app for finding depths to fish & boat. It's one of the few apps that I am keeping on my ipad.
Overall I think that this gps app for the ipad works just as well as a handheld gps. Just make sure not to keep your ipad in your bag and not to lock your screen. I also found out the hard way that you need to adjust you power settings before using it.


Actual sizes of 1.61ct Sapphire Baguette (7.54×4.85mm, Blue) and 3.1ct Sapphire Emerald (9.11×6.26mm, Blue) as they would appear on a ring and finger. Adjust the ring and finger size to get an idea of how these gemstones would look on your finger.
3.1ct Sapphire Emerald (9.11×6.26mm) has approx. 45% more face-up area than 1.61ct Sapphire Baguette (7.54×4.85mm).


Advaith, an Indian company providing research data collection solutions, announced to open its UK office on May 16th. At the helm will be Jonathan Sheldrake, who joins Advaith as sales director for Europe.
He will be responsible for all the sales activities in Europe and will provide strategic expertise for global sales initiatives.
Sheldrake has experience in healthcare, IT and automotive sectors having worked for specialist consultancies such as IDC and BIBA Medical.
eCommerce is the new American Dream, but be careful! A new eCommerce website design can cost more than just money. Too many people fall for bad advice or get taken by scam artists, losing a lot of money and wasting far too much time. Netcorp won't let that happen with your eCommerce website adventure.
The Internet is how many Americans get their news and weather, or interact with friends and loved ones—and Hispanics are no different.
While using a home computer is the most common method of accessing the Internet among Hispanics, it seems that the cell phone is rapidly gaining popularity.
Energy security is the leading environmental issue for Britons, over and above climate change, according to a new international Ipsos poll of working age adults.
Half of Britons (50%) feel that future energy supplies and sources is one of the most important environmental issues facing the nation. Other leading issues are waste management (48%); overpopulation (41%) and global warming / climate change (25%).
For many financial institutions, pre-recession initiatives such as green marketing have taken a back seat as they have been dealing with the aftermath of the economic crisis.
But, it may be time to pull out those tools again in order to help rebuild their image.
Marketest's experience helping start-ups, entrepreneurs and young businesses conducting online quantitative market research to answer vital questions about their target market, product or service launch combined with the growth of UK entrepreneurial spirit has led us to launch our very own enterprise competition.
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The royal wedding of the United Kingdom's Prince William to Kate Middleton is fast becoming a major international event. As modern technology enables people worldwide to follow the young couple and impendin g wedding festivities closer than ever before, this is truly an "e- Royal Wedding!"
Cigarette sales of Japan Tobacco, Japanese market leader, have suffered a substantial reduction as a result of damage to two production facilities, a filter plant and distribution facilities in the north east.
Some reports suggest that as much of a third of production has been hit and may not return to full capacity before the end of May.
While it was once the must-have 'super food,' essential for any healthy diet, according to a new report from Mintel and data from SPINS, the soy food and beverage market declined 16% from 2008 to 2010.
While some of this fall is due to the recession and consumers cutting back on premium-priced soy items, competition from other heart healthy foods and good-tasting, soy-free milk alternatives are also challenging the industry and hampering soy sales.


Value: As a rough estimate of this coins value you can assume this coin in average condition will be valued at somewhere around $3, while one in certified mint state (MS+) condition could bring as much as $150 at auction. This price does not reference any standard coin grading scale. So when we say average, we mean in a similar condition to other coins issued in 1888, and mint state meaning it is certified MS+ by one of the top coin grading companies. [?].
Additional Info: Look for the 8 over 7 error this year. The last 8 in the coin was stamped over a 7 from previous year. The 8 over 7 error is worth around $1000 in great condition. This coin was designed by James Barton Longacre, Head Engraver at mint.
**When we say that 37,489,000, of these coins were produced or minted in 1888 this number doesn't always match the actual circulation count for this coin. The numbers come from the United States mint, and they don't reflect coins that have been melted, destroyed, or those that have never been released. Please keep that in mind.


How can I replace our Standard (PF9) Jump Key with something different?
User wants to: Set up own jump keys and replace PF9 with something else How can I replace our Standard (PF9) Jump Key with something else ?
There are multiple places the PF key assignments can be changed.
- If the change is needed at the GLOBAL / System level use SMRT option 6 User Default Parameters.
- If the change is needed at the PROFILE level, under Profile Maintenance, at TPX user options.
- If change is needed at the USER level, under User-Self maintenance, at TPX user options.
Change on any of the above is permanent. User will have to logoff and back on again to activate change.
There is also the 'E' command that allows changing the PF key assignment on the fly, however, it is not permanent. You can temporarily modify values associated with your userid from this panel or clear them by using the "Erase EOF" key.
Changes last for the duration of your TPX session and take effect immediately.


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A rock band returning to Britain in their tour bus after performing in France found an illegal immigrant hidden in a guitar case.
The members of Wille and the Bandits, a blues rock three piece, were filling up their vehicle just outside of Calais on Sunday when they discovered two migrants in the back.
One of the pair had secreted himself inside a case for one of the band's instruments.
Wille and the Bandits, based in Cornwall, has been named as one of Britain's brightest young bands and were voted into the top 10 "must see" acts at Glastonbury 2014 by BBC Radio One.
After members announced they were to go on a BBC local radio station to tell the story of their encounter, one friend Jan Davies posted: "Fame, but for all the wrong reasons!"
CEDAR HILL, Texas (Aug. 24, 2015)– Trick shot videos can be found everywhere you look online — but this may be one of the best.
Marisa Arriaga of Cedar Hill, Texas, posted a video that shows her juggling her softball bat, knocking the ball off the tee with her foot, kicking it in the air seconds before hitting the ball.
The Vine video posted on Sunday has been viewed 7 million times.
This 920-pound gator set an Alabama hunting record!
How do football fans in Alabama spend the last couple weeks of the offseason while everyone is worrying about two-deeps and QB battles?
That's a 920-pound gator caught recently in Lake Eufaula and is a new record for the lake at 13 feet and six inches (records are determined by length not weight).
Scott Evans and Jeff and Justin Gregg hauled in the massive alligator on the first night of gator hunting season in Alabama and needed the help of three other men to secure it.
"We are still sore (four days later)," Evans told al.com." It was hard enough to get the head and shoulders in the boat."
It's believed to be the second heaviest alligator ever hunted in Alabama behind a 1,011.5-pound gator caught last year that set a world record at 15 feet and nine inches (that gator cheated, though, with approximately 115 pounds of that coming from a deer in the gator's stomach).
As all of you are probably wondering: What the hell do you do after catching a 920-pound alligator?
Throw a huge Labor Day cookout with 250 pounds of meat. "It won't go to waste," Evans said.
Wilson, 37, died following injuries sustained at Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Penn., IndyCar announced Monday. Wilson started 173 races in the Champ Car and the IndyCar Series from 2004-2015.
LONG POND, PA. - IndyCar driver Justin Wilson was in a coma and in critical condition after sustaining a head injury when he was hit by a large piece of debris that broke off a car Sunday in the crash-filled race at Pocono Raceway.
IndyCar released the information on Wilson's condition Sunday night and said he was undergoing further evaluation at Lehigh Valley Health Network Cedar Crest Hospital in Allentown.
The debris broke off Sage Karam's car when Karam spun into the wall. Wilson's car veered left and directly into an interior wall. Wilson was swarmed by the safety crew and airlifted by helicopter.
"It's just a tough one right now," said Michael Andretti, car owner for Wilson and race winner Ryan Hunter-Reay. "Our thoughts and prayers are with Justin right now. We're going to see. Hopefully, he's OK."
IndyCar had a subdued victory lane and Hunter-Reay was not sprayed with the traditional confetti.
The American said his thoughts were only with Wilson, an extremely popular driver in the paddock who speaks on behalf of his peers regarding safety and competition.
"All I know is that he was unconscious, he was not responding and he was airlifted," Hunter-Reay said. "That's all very bad. I'm very worried right now."
The accident was a grim reminder of the dangers of open-wheel racing. Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon died in 2011 after his car became ensnared in a fiery 15-car pileup, flew over another vehicle and landed in a catch at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Wheldon's head hit a post in the fence, and he died instantly.
He was the last fatality in a form of racing that saw drivers Scott Brayton (1996), Tony Renna (2003) and Paul Dana (2006), among others, die after wrecks.
Wilson's wife, Julia, was en route to Pennsylvania from their home in Colorado, while his younger brother, Stefan, also an IndyCar driver, was travelling from Indianapolis.
The race resumed after the Karam and Wilson accident with seven laps remaining and Hunter-Reay picked his way through the field. He passed Juan Pablo Montoya, Takuma Sato and then used a bold inside pass of leader Gabby Chaves to take the lead with five to go.
Chaves then appeared to have an engine failure that brought out the caution with three to go. The race ended under yellow.
Hunter-Reay tried to get an update on Wilson before the race resumed, and again before he climbed from his race-winning Honda.
"I thought Justin was OK the whole time, and I thought he was in the ambulance with Sage heading off to get a routine check," Hunter-Reay said.
Josef Newgarden was second and IndyCar points leader Montoya finished third.
Graham Rahal, who was second in the standings at the start of the race, was involved in an early crash. Montoya's cushion went from nine points to 35 with next Sunday's finale in Sonoma set to decide the title.
The finale is worth double points, and six drivers will head to California in contention for the title.
Hunter-Reay is mathematically eliminated, but picked up his second win of the season in what's been a disappointing year for Andretti and Honda.
Hunter-Reay was one of many who was discussing safety measures --and not his win -- for the open-cockpit series.
"Maybe in the future we can work toward something that resembles a canopy," Hunter-Reay said. "Something that can give us a little bit of protection and still keep the tradition of the sport. Just to be innocent bystander like that and get hit in the head with a nose cone is a scary thought."
The 37-year-old Wilson, a native of Sheffield, England, entered this season without a full-time ride.
He latched on with Andretti and was in the sixth of seven scheduled races with the team. The deal was put together right before the season-opening race in March and initially started as just a two-race agreement at Indianapolis.
Sponsorship was found for another five races as the season progressed, and Wilson finished a season-best second earlier this month at Mid-Ohio.
He said after the race that he raced clean and did not take any risks that would have jeopardized eventual race-winner Rahal because Rahal was part of the championship race and Wilson was not.
"I've had the conversation with Julia - this is what we do, and you try to make the best plans if that ever happens," Wilson told The Associated Press upon his return in 2012. "You've got to know the risks and work out if those risks are acceptable. To me, it's acceptable. But I'm not going to stop trying to improve it.
"All the drivers, this IndyCar, we're always trying to make it safer, but at the end of the day, it's a race car. We're racing hard, we're racing IndyCars and it's fast. When it goes wrong, it can get messy.
Additional updates to Wilson's condition will be released when available.
Two years from now, on Aug. 21, 2017, North Americans will get an opportunity to observe nature's greatest sky show.
A few stars come out. Birds and animals become confused and quickly head home to sleep. Night insects begin to chirp. All around the horizon, there is a strange yellow-orange glow resembling a weird sunset. And meanwhile, up in the sky where the sun should be, there appears instead a jet-black disk surrounded by a softly glowing halo.
Contrary to popular belief, total solar eclipses are not particularly rare. Astronomers predict 68 to take place during the present century — one about every 17.6 months. On such occasions, the moon casts its dark, slender cone of shadow (called the umbra) upon the Earth's surface.
A North Jersey pool party got a little wild because the guest turned out to be a family of bears.
The Basso family who owns the pool in Rockaway Township, Morris County, filmed a mama bear and five of her cubs cooling off in their backyard earlier this week.
"I thought they would get a drink or just drink out of it for a minute and then move on, but they pretty much started climbing," said Tim Basso.
"My first thought was really, where is the dog and where are the kids?"
With everyone accounted for, the Bassos watched safely inside while Tim's wife started recording the video.
The cubs splashed around and checked out the playset.
"They came in, they experienced the pool, they got it, they seemed to enjoy themselves. They did a little bit of damage on the pool toys and floats and whatnot, but all in all I don't think it was a terrible experience," Tim said.
The family called 911, but there was little police could do.
The bears left on their own after an hour.
Developers in London are building what they claim is the world's first "sky pool" — a 25-meter-long swimming pool suspended 10 stories in the air between two blocks of luxury flats. The transparent pool at Embassy Gardens will be three meters deep with a water depth of 1.2 meters, and will be constructed with the help of aquarium designers using 20-cm-thick glass. The pool will allow residents to swim between the development's roof-top bar, spa, and orangery (a walkway will be available as well), with prices for apartments and penthouses in the complex starting at £602,000 ($942,572).
"My vision for the sky pool stemmed from a desire to push the boundaries in the capability of construction and engineering. I wanted to do something that had never been done before," said Sean Mulryan, chairman and CEO of the Ballymore Group, the project's developers. "The experience of the pool will be truly unique, it will feel like floating through the air in central London."
Although the sky pool is certainly architecturally striking, the project can also be seen as symbolic of London's housing problems, with developers in the city often promising to build affordable homes in central areas only to focus on luxury apartments instead. Embassy Gardens itself is part of the larger Nine Elms development in southwest London, which is intended to regenerate the inner-city district of Battersea. Instead, say critics, homes in the $23 billion development are being marketed primarily to wealthy buyers in Asia and the Middle East, with locals simply priced out of the market.
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Two men in Poland claim they have found a legendary Nazi train that according to local lore was loaded with gold, gems and valuable art and vanished into a system of secret tunnels as the Germans fled advancing Soviet forces at the end of World War II.
The train is said to have gone missing in May 1945. Legend says it was armed and loaded with treasure and disappeared after entering a complex of tunnels under the Owl Mountains, a secret project known as "Riese" — or Giant — which the Nazis never finished. At the time the area belonged to Germany but now lies in Poland.
A hypersonic SpaceLiner capable of reaching 20 times the speed of sound and transporting passengers from London to Sydney in 90 minutes could be with us by 2030.
The two-stage, fully reusable system – consists of a passenger orbiter and a booster stage with an environmentally friendly rocket propulsion system fuelled by liquid hydrogen and oxygen.
The engines will accelerate the SpaceLiner to more than 20 times the speed of sound in less than 10 minutes.
Following separation the spacecraft will glide hypersonically at Mach 20-plus, at altitudes above 80 km, toward its destination.
German aerospace bosses first proposed the plan in 2007 before shelving it - but now say it could happen within decades if they can raise $33 billion.
It would mean a journey between Europe and the U.S. would be reduced to just over 60 minutes - at a price.
Martin Sippel, leader of the SpaceLiner project at DLR's Space Launcher Systems Analysis group in Bremen, Germany, told Aviation Week at the American Institute of Aerodynamics and Astronautics Space Planes and Hypersonics Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, the scheme could now move ahead.
'We want to come up with a development road map,' he said.
To make it more viable, DLR has also outlined a 100-seat version capable of 1-hr. intercontinental and transpacific missions.
It is expected tickets would cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.
'We have several hundred million passengers traveling intercontinental distances each year and we think space should have a tiny portion of that,' says Sippel.
The music died because Buddy Holly merely wanted what every touring musician wants: to do laundry.
Shoved into unheated buses on a "Winter Dance Party" tour in 1959, Holly — tired of rattling through the Midwest with dirty clothes — chartered a plane on Feb. 3 to fly from Clear Lake, Iowa, to Fargo, N.D., where he hoped he could make an appointment with a washing machine.
Joining him on the plane were Ritchie Valens and, after future country star Waylon Jennings gave up his seat, J.P. Richardson, a.k.a. "the Big Bopper." Taking off in bad weather with a pilot not certified to do so, the plane crashed, killing everyone aboard. The toll was incalculable: The singers of "Peggy Sue" and "Come On Let's Go" and "Donna" and "La Bamba" were dead. Holly was just 22; incredibly, Valens was just 17. Rock and roll would never be the same.
Thirteen years later, Don McLean wrote a song about this tragedy: "American Pie," an 8½-minute epic with an iconic lyric about "the day the music died." Now, the original 16-page working manuscript of the lyrics has been sold at auction for $1.2 million.
That photograph was always a little bit blurry. At more than 800 words, the meaning of "American Pie" proved elusive even for a generation used to parsing inscrutable Bob Dylan and Beatles lyrics. McLean has said the song was inspired by the 1959 plane crash, but has been cagey about other details.
But what state was that? It seemed like the song's cast of characters — which include a jester, a king, a queen, good ol' boys drinking whiskey and rye as well as "Miss American Pie" herself — were meant to represent real people. The song includes references to Karl Marx; Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (or, more likely, John Lennon); the Fab Four; the Byrds; James Dean; Charles Manson; the Rolling Stones; the "widowed bride," Jackie Kennedy; and the Vietnam War.
What does it all mean? Just what a song about the day the music died seems like it might be about: the end of the American Dream.
As ideals of the 1960s turned into the cynicism of the 1970s, this feeling was widespread enough to send the song to No. 1 in 1972.
Forty-four years after "American Pie's" release, McLean, 69, wasn't much more positive about the state of the world than he was a generation ago.
Nor was there romance in McLean's decision to sell the manuscript. He did it for the dough.
Ahead of the Christie's auction, McLean did offer some advice to all the budding Don McLeans out here.
"I would say to young songwriters who are starting out to immerse yourself in beautiful music and beautiful lyrics and think about every word you say in a song," he said.
A man who dressed as Batman to visit sick children in hospitals was killed on a highway in Maryland Sunday night.
According to The Washington Post, Lenny B. Robinson, 51, had pulled his custom-made Lamborghini "Batmobile" off to the side of the road after the car had broken down when he was coming home from a car show in West Virginia. When Robinson got out of the car to see what was wrong, another car hit the batmobile, which then struck and killed Robinson.
Robinson became a viral sensation after the dashboard video of an encounter he had with the police went viral. The cop had pulled over Robinson's Batmobile because its plates were invalid. They displayed only the Bat symbol.
After leading a successful career in the cleaning business, Robinson saved up enough to purchase his one incredibly realistic Batmobile and Batman costume. He then devoted himself to visiting children with cancer in hospitals all across Maryland and Washington D.C., bringing smiles to the faces of the kids who got to meet their favorite superhero.
Robinson worked closely with Hope for Henry, a D.C. organization that helps sick children, the Washington Post reported. Founded by Laurie Strongin and Allen Goldberg after their son Henry died from a rare disease, the group threw super hero parties in hospitals. Batman was always the star.
Tim Tebow got a warm Philly welcome.
Tebow threw for 69 yards and ran for a touchdown in his first game in two years, Kenjon Barner returned a punt 92 yards for a touchdown and ran for a score and the Philadelphia Eagles beat the Indianapolis Colts 36-10 Sunday.
Tebow got a standing ovation when he entered midway through the third quarter and the crowd roared so loud when his name was introduced he had to quiet them down because he was taking the snap in a shotgun.
"It's very humbling, a blessing. I appreciated it," Tebow said.
Tebow completed his first four passes and fans chanted "Tebow! Tebow!" during his first series.
rushing on four carries. He completed 6 of 12 passes and was sacked twice.
"I liked how Timmy threw it," Eagles coach Chip Kelly said.
Tebow hadn't played since the 2013 preseason with New England until the Eagles (1-0) signed him to compete with Matt Barkley for the No. 3 spot behind Sam Bradford and Mark Sanchez. Barkley was 12 of 20 for 192 yards and one interception.
"Did some things decent and some things we have to work on," Tebow said. "I have to be more consistent."
Quarterback Andrew Luck was 5 of 6 for 43 yards for the Colts (0-1).
Playing their first game since losing to the Patriots in the AFC championship game that began the Deflategate saga, the Colts didn't seem as if they prepared much for Philadelphia's up-tempo offense and they were missing several defensive starters. But making sure players get reps is more important than scheming for a unique offense they're not going to see in the regular season.
Several Colts starters didn't play, including WR T.Y. Hilton, RB Frank Gore and CB Vontae Davis. The Eagles were missing LBs DeMeco Ryans, Kiko Alonso and Mychal Kendricks along with Bradford and All-Pro running back DeMarco Murray.
Colts: WR Phillip Dorsett had four catches for 51 yards, but lost a fumble. RB Josh Robinson ran for 44 yards and one TD.
Eagles: WR Nelson Agholor had three catches for 57 yards, including a 39-yard TD. He leaped to make the catch, spun around a defender and sprinted into the end zone. CB Eric Rowe forced a fumble.
Colts: Matt Hasselbeck was 8 of 17 for 72 yards. Bryan Bennett was 4 of 16 for 35 yards and two interceptions.
Eagles: Sanchez was 2 for 7 for 52 yards. He underthrew a wide-open Trey Burton on Philadelphia's first play from scrimmage and later overthrew Jordan Matthews on what would've been a TD.
Colts RG Todd Herremans and LB Trent Cole returned to Philadelphia for the first time since they were released after playing 10 seasons for the Eagles. Both received a standing ovation when shown on the video screen. One fan carried a sign that read: "Welcome back to Philly, Frank Gore." Gore had agreed to sign with the Eagles in free agency only to change his mind a day later and go to Indianapolis.
Colts: WR Andre Johnson had one catch for 9 yards in the seven-time Pro Bowl pick's first game since leaving Houston.
Eagles: WR Miles Austin had two catches for 41 yards. RB Ryan Mathews had 18 yards rushing on two carries.
Colts rookie CB D'Joun Smith sustained a concussion in the first half.
Eagles LB Marcus Smith, a first-round pick who barely played last year, made his presence felt in the first quarter. In one series, he helped stuff a run, got his hand in the QB's face and forced an incompletion with solid coverage on a tight end.
Eagles Pro Bowl K Cody Parkey missed one extra point and one field goal. "Let's not hit the panic button," Kelly said.
Sanchez looked like Michael Vick, eluding a sack and scrambling for 10 yards on third-and-5 to keep Philadelphia's first TD drive going.
Morgan Freeman with Edena Hines at the Golden Globes in 2005.
The granddaughter of acclaimed actor Morgan Freeman was stabbed to death on a Manhattan sidewalk early Sunday during what law enforcement sources and witnesses described as an "exorcism" at the hands of her ranting boyfriend.
"Get out, devils! I cast you out, devils! In the name of Jesus Christ, I cast you out!" the killer yelled as he plunged a hunting knife into 33-year-old E'Dena Hines' chest, according to George Hudacko, who witnessed the 3 a.m. attack from his apartment window in Washington Heights.
Hines, an actress who had appeared on Broadway and on red carpets at Freeman's side, was stabbed 16 times, officials said.
Hines — whose grandmother Jeanette Adair Bradshaw was Freeman's first wife — was attacked on West 162nd Street near St. Nicholas Avenue, a few buildings from where she lived, cops and sources said.
Her live-in boyfriend, Lamar Davenport, 30, was in the throes of a drug-induced psychosis when he came after her, police sources said.
"Jesus Christ is born!" he shouted maniacally over her body.
A friend who'd had dinner with Davenport and Hines just hours earlier described her as "ecstatic," the Daily Beast reported.
"I've never seen E'Dena as happy as she was last night," said the friend, Ray Rosario.
By 3 a.m., Davenport was so crazed that he continued his attack even as Hines lay lifeless on the sidewalk, one police source said.
When cops wrestled him off her, he "was still making a stabbing motion with his arm, but he had nothing in his fist — the knife was jutting out of her chest," the police source said.
Davenport — an actor and rapper wannabe whose nickname is "Lyric" — abuses cocaine, pot and booze, and has two young children, according to law enforcement sources. Hines was not their mother.
He has six prior arrests, including for marijuana and petit larceny, the sources added.
Davenport was taken to New York-Presbyterian Hospital for a psychological evaluation, sources said.
Freeman, 78, issued a statement soon after the attack.
Hines was Freeman's granddaughter because her mother had been adopted by the star.
He was so close to Hines that in 2012, he had to quash reports that they were lovers.
Hines was a graduate of NYU's Graduate Acting Program and played Beneatha in "A Raisin in the Sun" on Broadway in 2012.
"She was an amazing, incredible, loving human being," the film's director, Daniel Tenenbaum, told The Post.
Pro Football Hall of Famer and veteran sports journalist Frank Gifford has died in Connecticut, his family announced on Sunday. He was 84.
It is with the deepest sadness that we announce the sudden passing of our beloved husband, father and friend, Frank Gifford. Frank died suddenly this beautiful Sunday morning of natural causes at his Connecticut home. We rejoice in the extraordinary life he was privileged to live, and we feel grateful and blessed to have been loved by such an amazing human being. We ask that our privacy be respected at this difficult time and we thank you for your prayers.
Born in Santa Monica in 1930, Gifford attended the University of Southern California on a football scholarship and went pro after being selected 11th overall in the first round of the 1952 draft.
Gifford played with the New York Giants his entire NFL career, from 1952 to 1964, with several visits to the Pro-Bowl. In 1956 he was league MVP and led the team to a championship (before it was called "The Super Bowl").
The Giants used Gifford at running back, defensive back, wide receiver and on special teams. He went to the Pro Bowl at three different positions. His 5,434 yards receiving were a Giants record for 39 years, until Amani Toomer surpassed him in 2003. His jersey number, 16, was retired by the team in 2000.
"Frank Gifford was an icon of the game, both as a Hall of Fame player for the Giants and Hall of Fame broadcaster for CBS and ABC," NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said. "Frank's talent and charisma on the field and on the air were important elements in the growth and popularity of the modern NFL."
After his playing career ended, he became a sports commentator, first for CBS and then as a co-host of Monday Night Football from 1971 to 1985.
When he wasn't on the field, Gifford tried to put his movie-star good looks to use in Hollywood, appearing in about a dozen films, most notably the 1959 submarine movie "Up Periscope."
He married Kathie Lee Epstein, current TODAY show host, on October 18, 1986.
On Twitter Sunday afternoon, Kathie Lee posted: "Deeply grateful to all 4 ur outpouring of grace. We r steadfast in our faith & finding comfort in knowing where Frank is. Phillippians 4:13."
That verse states, "I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me."
UPDATE: Suspect dead! Multiple shots fired, tear gas used. Two back packs found.
ANTIOCH, Tenn. — Police are responding to a call of an active shooter at a Tennessee movie theater, according to WSMV.
The incident was reported at about 1:15 p.m. at the Carmike 8 Cinemas in Antioch, southeast of Nashville.
Dispatch confirmed to WSMV three EMS units were sent to the scene.
Witnesses at a nearby business said they saw one person covered in blood.


How to Extend Dynamic System Volume with AOMEI Partition Assistant in Windows Server 2008?
There are two methods that users can use to extend dynamic system volume, one is the built-in Disk Management, and the other is magic server dynamic disk manager- Partition Assistant.
It is known that there are two types of hard disk: basic disk and dynamic disk. Basic disk was widespread used in the last few years, but now more and more users would like to use dynamic disk for its large capacity advantage. No matter how large the hard disk can be, it will be running out of space some time, especially for system volume. Then, a question comes to you, that is how to extend dynamic system volume in Windows Server 2008?
There are two methods that users can use to extend dynamic system volume, one is the built-in Disk Management, and the other is magic server dynamic disk manager- AOMEI Partition Assistant.
With Windows server 2008 native Disk Manager, you can extend server 2008 dynamic volumes to some extent. The first thing you need to know is that server 2008 built-in Disk Management tool cannot extend Mirrored /Striped/RAID5 Volumes. It can only extend simple and spanned volumes when there are some unallocated space contiguous behind them, if not, simple and spanned volumes also cannot be expanded.
If the internal tool cannot satisfy your requirements, third party partition software is necessary. AOMEI Partition Assistant is a professional, reliable and easy-to-use tool that can both work well with basic and dynamic disk.
With its absolutely user-friendly interface, it is very easy to increase C drive space in Windows 2008.
Step1: Launch AOMEI Partition Assistant and open dynamic disk manager.
Step2: Right click H and select "Resize/Move" option to generate unallocated space.
Step3: In the pop-up window, drag the right slider bar leftwards to shrink H.
Step4: Then move H: rightwards to set the unallocated space behind C drive.
Step5: Right-click C and select "Resize/Move" option.
Step6: In the pop-up window, drag the slider bar rightwards to extend C drive.
Step7: Click "Commit" on the toolbar to save all the changes.
From the detailed demonstrations above, you must know how to extend dynamic system volume. Then you need to free download this tool and try it immediately.


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Feminism, Rape and Comedy - Can Rape Jokes Be Funny?
Is it appropriate for comics to have jokes about rape? How does that play into a culture of violence? Alicia Sowisdral, from PopGoesAlicia.com and Phaydra Babinchok, Director of SlutWalk, have a discussion with Luis about "Rape Culture" and its relation to comedy. This passionate discussion explores the many facets of feminism and whether comedy is perpetuating a culture of violence against women. Both Sowisdral and Babinchok are self-labeled feminists who bring their own experiences with...
Unwritten Rules Chicagoans Should Follow
"Never put ketchup on your Chicago-style hot dog." "Do not talk on your phone or listen to music full-blast while taking public transit. Everyone will hate you." "Pick a team. You can't root for the White Sox and the Cubs. You must choose." These are three things from Leah Pickett's "Chicago's Unwritten Rules" list. The blogger, freelancer, and WBEZ on-air correspondent joins Shantell in studio to debate these three rules, as well as other "unwritten rules" that every Chicagoan should follow.
Exceptions to the Rule - Unprotected by Labor Laws
"There is a huge body of workers in the United States who aren't protected by the labor laws you and I know about." Shannon Heffernan of WBEZ's Front and Center shared the first report of her "Exceptions to the Rule" series, which introduces us to people not protected by these laws and how they work without these labor law protections. The first report highlights disabled workers who are paid below minimum wage, including one worker who was barely paid a dollar an hour. Luis, Shantell, and...
Where are you FROM??
"What Are You?" That is a question often asked of anyone who looks or sounds different from the people around them. Reactions can range from ignored, to annoyed, to insulted for people being asked. Luis and guest-host Carly Oishi share thoughts on a video depicting these awkward "what are you?" encounters called "What Kind of Asian Are You?" photo via Carolina Coffe Roasting Color Wheel carolinacoffeeroasting.net/coffee_fun_facts
JL Kirkwood on relationships with baggage
It's relationship talk time on The Overdrive. Author and relationships expert JL Kirkwood joined Luis and Shantell to talk about the "baggage" we have to deal with in our relationships.
Man Bites Dog: Hot Dog Culture in America
Culinary historian and author of the book "Man Eats Dog: Hot Dog Culture in America" Bruce Kraig joined Shantell & Luis in studio. He, along with photographer and professor Patty Carroll, talk about their book which tells a history of not just the hot dog in Chicago, but in America.
Wise Woman of the Week: Marisol Vélez
"I did some really stupid stuff though and I have to redeem that bad karma and make it good karma. It's one of the reasons why I'm so focused on giving back in community.." Marisol Vélez isn't one to pretend that she's always walked on the right side of the tracks. Her life wasn't always full of great decisions, but she is a woman worth knowing. As this week's wise woman, the writer, mentor, teacher and lyricist lets us into her world of redemption. She talks about where she's been and where...
Digital Textbooks: An Invasion of Privacy?
Shantell & Luis have a conversation about a pilot program that is being executed at select universities in the nation. Coursesmart allows professors to keep track of the studying habits, (page views, time spent, notes taken, etc.) of students via their digital textbooks. Photo: classroom-aid.com
Professor Combines Shakespeare and Solitary Confinement
Supermax prison inmates and Shakespeare usually aren't two things that occupy the same sentence. But for Dr. Laura Bates, professor of English at Indiana State University, they go hand in hand. She goes into prisons and teaches Shakespeare to prisoners who are in solitary confinement. She found that introducing Shakespeare actually helps these prisoners understand their own character and why they may have committed crimes in the first place. Luis and Shantell talk with Bates about her...
Kermit Gosnell's House of Horrors
The grisly details from Kermit Gosnell's media-dubbed "house of horrors" abortion clinic have come to light recently, but despite reports of cruel, unsanitary and illegal practices, it hasn't been widely covered. So why hasn't the media been paying attention? Luis and Shantell discuss the case and what it means for media today. Image provided by M C Morgan. www.flickr.com/photos/mcmorgan/
Changes In Emergency Contraception Laws
A federal judge in New York has instructed the FDA to lift the age restriction on emergency contraception, to allow over the counter sale to minors below the age of 17. Luis and Shantell have a discussion about what this could mean, both realistically and morally. Many people will argue that allowing emergency contraception to minors effectively permits teen sex. Others however, argue that contraception should be provided as an effort to reduce teen pregnancy.
Feminist Housewives
New York Magazine recently wrote a story chronicling a new breed of stay-at-home moms. They call them "feminist housewives". But some aren't so sure that the two roles can really coincide without one affecting the other. Shantell and guest host Anthony Martinez discuss these two arguments and pose a few questions of their own. Image provided by WikiMedia. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apron_ties.jpg Song clip at the end - "Feminist Housewives," by Bitch & Animal
Why Black Dolls Are Important
Luis and Shantell discuss the importance of skin-tone in dolls. Girls typically choose their dolls based on their own appearance. While it is normal for kids to prefer familiarity, there can be a case made for the importance of introducing children to various physical features at an early age. Luis and Shantell are also joined by Theo over the phone. image by Salvidor LA: www.flickr.com/photos/salvadordeluniverso/
Coercive Sterilization
The Center for New Community is a racial justice, civil rights non-profit based in Chicago that works to counter racism and bigotry. A recent study by the CNC unveils some shocking discoveries about the links between coercive sterilization and the anti-immigrant movement. The Communications Associate of the Center for New Community, April, joins Shantell in the studio to talk about the study and its implications.
Why should women take their husbands' last names?
"I'm pretty proud of my last name, and I don't think I would take hers... At the same time, I don't mind if she keeps her name." Luis and Shantell discuss the gender norms that revolve around last names in marriages. In a new age and society where each person's family backgrounds and histories are valued more than ever, should it be acceptable to take on two last names, or perhaps a combination of both last names to create a new one? image by maryhodder: www.flickr.com/photos/maryhodder
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Sweet Brown has time for Vocalo
By now you've seen the hilarious account of how Oklahoma resident Sweet Brown escaped an apartment building fire. Since going viral last year, Sweet Brown has not just become an internet sensation, but has appeared on various television outlets and celebrity endorsements. Hear Shantell's hilarious conversation with Sweet Brown.


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Extending the power of Azure AI to Microsoft 365 users
by Spanish Point - Jun 22, 2020
Microsoft 365 is innovating to deliver experiences powered by artificial intelligence (AI) to billions of users every day. Whether through familiar products like Outlook and PowerPoint, or through new offerings such as Presenter Coach and Microsoft Editor across Word, Outlook, and the web, Microsoft 365 relies on Azure AI to offer new capabilities that make their users even more productive.
What is Azure AI?
Azure AI is a set of AI services built on Microsoft's breakthrough innovation from decades of world-class research in vision, speech, language processing, and custom machine learning. What is particularly exciting is that Azure AI provides customers with access to the same proven AI capabilities that power Microsoft 365, Xbox, HoloLens, and Bing. In fact, there are more than 20,000 active paying customers—and more than 85 percent of the Fortune 100 companies have used Azure AI in the last 12 months.
Azure AI helps organisations:
Develop machine learning models that can help with scenarios such as demand forecasting, recommendations, or fraud detection using Azure Machine Learning.
Incorporate vision, speech, and language understanding capabilities into AI applications and bots, with Azure Cognitive Services and Azure Bot Service.
Build knowledge-mining solutions to make better use of untapped information in their content and documents using Azure Search.
Microsoft 365 provides innovative product experiences with Azure AI
The announcement of Microsoft Editor is one example of innovation. Editor, your personal intelligent writing assistant is available across Word, Outlook.com, and browser extensions for Edge and Chrome. Editor is an AI-powered service available in more than 20 languages that has traditionally helped writers with spell check and grammar recommendations. Powered by AI models built with Azure Machine Learning, Editor can now recommend clear and concise phrasing, suggest more formal language, and provide citation recommendations.
Additionally, Microsoft PowerPoint utilizes Azure AI in multiple ways. PowerPoint Designer uses Azure Machine Learning to recommend design layouts to users based on the content on the slide. In the example image below, Designer made the design recommendation based on the context in the slide. It can also can intelligently crop objects and people in images and place them in optimal layout on a slide. Since its launch, PowerPoint Designer users have kept nearly two billion Designer slides in their presentation.
PowerPoint also uses Azure Cognitive Services such as the Speech service to power live captions and subtitles for presentations in real-time, making it easier for all audience members to follow along. Additionally, PowerPoint also uses Translator Text to provide live translations into over 60 languages to reach an even wider audience. These AI-powered capabilities in PowerPoint are providing new experiences for users, allowing them to connect with diverse audiences they were unable to reach before.
These same innovations can also be found in Microsoft Teams. As we look to stay connected with co-workers, Teams has some helpful capabilities intended to make it easier to collaborate and communicate while working remotely. For example, Teams offers the ability of live captioning meetings, which leverages the Speech API for speech transcription. But it doesn't stop there. As you saw with PowerPoint, Teams also uses Azure AI for live translations when you set up Live Events. This functionality is particularly useful for company town hall meetings or even for any virtual event with up to ten thousand attendees, allowing presenters to reach audiences worldwide.
These are just a few of the ways Microsoft 365 applications utilize Azure AI to deliver industry-leading experiences to billions of users. When you consider the fact that other Microsoft products such as Microsoft 365, Xbox, HoloLens 2, Dynamics 365, and Power Platform all rely on Azure AI, you begin to see the massive scale and the breadth of scenarios that only Azure can offer. Best of all, these same capabilities are available to anyone in Azure AI.
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I was next door hanging out with Sarah and I heard Yogi barking. And barking. And barking. And barking. Apparently he does this all the time when he gets left out the back by himself. It was really annoying. So I came back and let him in. He wasn't impressed when I told him he was a bad boy at the gate let him in and ignored him when he wanted to show me how happy he was when I was home.
But, he wasn't barking his head off when I went off again. I took him with me to get milk tonight too. He didn't bark to tell me where the car was when I was inside the supermarket. So that's something. He was very nice tonight though and let me get lots of photos.
Hehehe. I made Aunty Anne come home.
I'm so good at barking! I should win a gold medal.
I didn't get a medal OR treats though. Aww.


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Hlîncea (în ) este un sat în comuna Pșenîcinîkî din raionul Kaniv, regiunea Cerkasî, Ucraina.

Demografie

Conform recensământului din 2001, majoritatea populației localității Hlîncea era vorbitoare de ucraineană (%), existând în minoritate și vorbitori de rusă (%) și belarusă (%).

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Hlîncea, Pșenîcinîkî, Kaniv, Cerkasî
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Comparing the Attitudes of the General Population & UK Armed Forces to Mental Illness
Attitudes to Mental Illness in the U.K. Military: A Comparison With the General Population.
To compare attitudes to mental illness in the U.K. military and in the general population in England.
Using data from a cross-sectional survey of 821 U.K. military personnel and a separate cross-sectional survey of 1,729 members of the general population in England, levels of agreement with five statements about mental illness were compared in the military and the general population.
The majority of respondents from both populations showed positive attitudes toward mental illness. The general population showed slightly more positive attitudes toward integrating people with mental illness into the community (68.0% [65.7%–70.1%] agreed that "People with mental illness have the same rights to a job as everyone else," vs. 56.7% [51.5%–61.7%] of the military). However, the general population showed more negative attitudes about the causes of mental illness (62.4% [60.1%–64.6%] disagreed that "One of the main causes of mental illness is a lack of self-discipline and willpower," vs. 81.3% [77.0%–84.9%] of the military).
Overall, attitudes toward mental illness are comparable in the general population in England and the U.K. military. Differences included the military holding more positive attitudes about the causes of mental illness, but more negatives attitudes about job rights of those with mental illness. Strategies aiming to improve attitudes toward mental illness could focus particularly on personnel's concerns around mental illness impacting on their career.
Forbes, H.J., Boyd, C.F.S., Jones, N., Greenberg, N., Jones, E., Wessely, S., Iversen, A.C. & Fear, N.T. (2013) Attitudes to Mental Illness in the U.K. Military: A Comparison With the General Population. Military Medicine. 178(9), p.957-965.
Military Medical	Attitude, British Armed Forces, Civilian Populations, Mental Attitude, Mental Illness, Military Populations
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