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Heavy rains and flooding through the winter and spring have left fields across the Midwest too wet to plant. (Credit: Matauw/Shutterstock)
Every spring, farmers across the
Midwest take to the fields to plant their crops. Here, corn and soybeans will reign
supreme over tens of millions of acres, as soon as conditions are right to
plant. Not too wet, not too dry – just right.
But the U.S. had an exceptionally wet winter this year. And it kept raining in the spring. April turned to May, and it kept raining. May turned to June, and, well, you get the picture. The past 12 months in the U.S. have been the wettest on record.
Now, rivers are overflowing, and multiple states are dealing with record-breaking floods. But even away from waterways, soils are so saturated that there's standing water in many Midwestern farm fields. If things don't dry out soon, some farmers may miss their planting window entirely and will have to wait until next year to plant a crop.
Emerson Nafziger is a professor emeritus of crop sciences at
the University of Illinois. He says this year's rain — and the forced delay in
planting — is out of the ordinary. "I've been here almost 40 years," he says, "I
don't know if we've ever reached the end of May with less than half of our corn
planted."
It's too soon to say whether this year's crop and flood
damages can be attributed to climate change. But one thing's for certain:
predictions for a warmer future have these areas slated for more of these
extreme rainfall events.
Rain, Rain, Go Away
Usually, by the time June rolls around, 96 percent of our nation's corn crop is already planted. This time last year, most states where corn is grown had planted their crop for the year, or were nearly there. Last week, though, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported that only 67 percent of cornfields were planted — and some states, like Ohio and Indiana, were less than a third of the way there.
This week has seen farmers fare a little better, and crops are 83 percent planted. But they're still way behind, with big implications for this year's crop.
A map showing the 2019 rankings for regional precipitation. Higher numbers indicate more rain and 124 is the highest possible rank, meaning that this year saw the most rain since records began 124 years ago. (Credit: NOAA)
There are a number of reasons why soils this wet put
planting efforts on hold. When the ground is this saturated with water, farmers
can't drive their heavy machinery out into their fields. They'd literally get
stuck in the mud.
Even if they could stay unstuck, they wouldn't want to drive on the wet ground, because wet soils compact easier than dry soils. This compaction squeezes the air out — imagine trying to plant a seed in a block of clay.
What's more, some of these fields are so saturated that they have standing water in them. That's no good either, because seeds can't live underwater.
Farmers would normally wait for things to dry out a bit before planting. But they can't wait forever. Yields will start to suffer if they plant too late, and they must weigh planting late against not planting at all and filing an insurance claim to cover the losses.
"There's really a sort of desperation to get this crop
planted," says Nafziger. "A farmer said yesterday he's never planted into such
poor conditions."
Wacky Weather
These poor conditions are a result of some serious rainfall. From June 2018 to May 2019, the U.S. got more precipitation than it has in any year since 1895. Concentrated in the central U.S. and eastward, this extra rain has led to soggy fields and major river flooding — the worst of it around the Missouri, Arkansas and Mississippi Rivers.
A map showing recent river levels. Orange, red and purple denote where flooding has occurred. (Credit: Esri, HERE, Garmin, FAO, NOAA, USGS, EPA)
Is this record-breaking weather a sign of climate change? Not necessarily. More intense rainstorms are indeed one of the outcomes expected from a warmer planet. And climate models predict that much of the U.S. will get wetter under climate change.
But Laura Read, hydrologist with the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, says there's more to it than that. The real villains in the flooding story are things like continued developments along waterways, urbanization and other changes we've made to the land surface that make it less suited to deal with high rains.
For instance, research published in Nature last year found that human engineering of the Mississippi River's bed, combined with its levee systems, concentrate flood waters in a way that actually exacerbates flood events. In other words, our anti-flood infrastructure makes floods worse.
"We talk about how economic damages are going up every single year because of flooding. But part of that is more people are living in areas that are more vulnerable," says Read. "We're not building to the standards that we should be."
A soggy start to the corn season could mean less corn later this year. Consumers won't see much of an increase when it comes to corn at the supermarket, but meat and dairy farms are likely to feel the pinch as feed prices rise. It takes a lot more corn to make a hamburger than it does to make a box of corn flakes, so prices will rise accordingly.
The Uncertain Future
Though farmers might not have control over flood-prone
infrastructure near their homes, there might be ways they could hedge against
situations like ultra-wet springs in the future.
"The main thing about climate change is we can't make very
precise specific predictions about what exact types of changes in the weather
to expect," explains Adam Davis, professor and head of the University of
Illinois Crop Sciences department.
"Instead, we should just expect increasing unpredictability and
volatility of weather," he says. "A key thing to think about going forward is
how to manage agricultural systems for resilience."
Some of this new resilience will come from improvements to the plants themselves, as breeders produce varieties that can withstand fluctuating conditions. But more important might be changes at the level of crop systems, Davis says. That means examining which crops are planted, and specifically, how many different crops there are.
It's like diversifying your portfolio. Corn and soybeans are
great at growing in the Midwest, except when spring is too wet for planting. A
crop like a winter wheat – which gets planted in the fall, and harvested the
following summer – will be grown up enough by May that extra rains won't cause
it any trouble.
Davis and his colleagues are studying the feasibility of bringing a major winter wheat industry to regions normally planted with corn and soy. If it works, he says, farmers with all three crops planted would be less likely to get into trouble from unpredictable weather in any given year.
Regardless of whether this year's rains and floods can be
attributed to climate change, the challenges that have come with them have
certainly gotten people's attention.
"It's just been very wet across the whole country," says Read. "I just wonder, will this be — I don't want to call it new normal, but — the way things move? Will we look back and see this as the start of some period of time where we have more of these events coming through? I don't know."
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Catholic Social Services team up to battle disadvantage
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More than 20 Catholic social service providers from across Australia have joined with researchers from the Australian National University to commission new research into entrenched disadvantage.
Tuesday 10 September marked the commencement of research activity for the Identifying Locational Drivers of Entrenched Disadvantage project.
"This project is a significant coming together across the national Catholic social services network," said Catholic Social Services Australia CEO Ursula Stephens, who launched the project earlier on Tuesday.
The aim of the research is to identify what drives and entrenches disadvantage in every suburb of Australia. Among its innovations is factoring in population change and projecting trends over the next 10 years.
"A key feature of this research is that it was co-designed by academics and those working at the coalface, meaning it can be applied in practice," Dr Stephens said.
"This process has involved members in every state and territory, with their expertise spanning the full range of services and taking in metropolitan, regional and remote providers.
"Ultimately, these research findings will help our members better target services to address the local drivers of entrenched disadvantage. They will also be used to complement existing research, while we hope they will inform government decision-making around place-based policy."
Australian Catholic Bishops Conference president Archbishop Mark Coleridge delivered a video message supporting the project, which was played at the launch.
"Each day, the Church works with people living on or below the poverty line. We provide accommodation, meals and support when they have nowhere else to turn," Archbishop Coleridge says in the video.
"Today, we welcome another contribution by our community to tackling the poverty challenge. I commend the 20 CSSA members who have chosen to become financial partners and take part in this research."
Fr Mick Lowcock, head of North West Queensland Indigenous Catholic Social Services, one of the project partners, said it is impossible to overstate the importance of the Church's ongoing service to those in need.
"No matter how many people are in touch with those experiencing poverty on a daily basis, trying to alleviate poverty should be at the forefront of all our endeavours," he said.
"While we are among the smaller of CSSA's members, we are excited to join with others in the network because nothing will make a bigger impact on our nation than enabling every Australian to have the best life we can offer them."
Michael Austin, director of CatholicCARE Wollongong and a CSSA board member, said the research initiative harnesses the collective reach of Catholic social service providers in communities throughout Australia.
"It provides an exciting opportunity for CSSA members to contribute to a project that deepens our awareness of the drivers of entrenched disadvantage in Australia, and one that will inform the development of public policy in this critical area for Australia," he said.
In coming weeks, the project will embark on an extensive consultation process with expert researchers, sector peak bodies and advocates for groups that experience disadvantage.
The first public report of research outcomes is due before the end of this year.
Find out more about the project and the partner organisations on the CSSA website.
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* Fritz Geyer (Maler) (Friedrich Michael Johann Geyer; 1873–1949), deutscher Maler
 Fritz Geyer (Historiker) (1879–1938), deutscher Althistoriker
 Fritz Geyer (Verwaltungsjurist) (Friedrich Geyer; 1888–1966), deutscher Jurist und Regierungsbeamter
 Fritz Geyer (Wasserspringer) (* 1925), deutscher Wasserspringer

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 Friedrich Geyer (1853–1937), deutscher Politiker (SPD, USPD, KPD)

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The firm has achieved an extensive and ever-expanding track record of effective representation in intellectual property litigation on a national basis, particularly in cases involving ground-breaking applications of the law. Our recent copyright cases in the music industry have been precedent setting.
Mr. Gradstein has been named by The Hollywood Reporter as one of its Top 100 Power Lawyers, by Billboard Magazine as one of Music's Most Powerful Attorneys and by The Daily Journal as one of California's Top Entertainment Lawyers and a Leading Intellectual Property Attorney.
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j.martinez-barbera@ucl.ac.uk
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/child-health/research/developmental-biology-and-cancer-programme/developmental-biology-birth-defects/pituitary
Professor of Developmental Biology and Cancer
Developmental Biology & Cancer Dept
UCL GOS Institute of Child Health
Faculty of Pop Health Sciences
UCL Principal Supervisor,UCL Subsidiary Supervisor
Prof. Juan Pedro Martinez-Barbera trained as a veterinary surgeon (University of Cordoba, Spain) and obtained his PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Cadiz (Spain) in 1995. His postdoctoral career started at Lund University (Sweden) in 1996, where he focused on embryology. A year later, he moved to the National Institute for Medical Research (London, UK) to continue his interest on brain and pituitary development through the generation and analyses of several mouse models. In 2000, he moved to King's College London as a senior postdoctoral researcher, where he consolidated his expertise on brain development and ES cell targeting technology. Finally, in 2003, he initiated his independent career at the Institute of Child Health (ICH; University College London, UK). He is the Head of the Developmental Biology and Cancer Research & Teaching Programme at Great Ormond Street ICH since 2017.
Basic Life Sciences
Reproduction & Development
Stem Cells & Regenerative Medicine
My research program aims to understand the role of cellular senescence in paediatric brain and pituitary tumours and reveal novel therapies against these neoplasias. Paediatric cancers are embryonic defects and as such, we believe that they need to be studied within the context of a developing embryo. My lab combines developmental, molecular and cellular approaches to study high- and low-grade gliomas in children as well as craniopharyngioma, the most common childhood pituitary tumour. We have developed mouse models of paediatric tumours and performed detailed 'omics ' studies in human and mouse tumours. These approaches have provided important insights into normal brain and pituitary development in the last years (e.g. Haston et al., Development 2017; Carreno et al., Development 2017). In addition, we have contributed significantly to the understanding of the aetiology and pathogenesis of human congenital hypopituitarism and paediatric craniopharyngioma (Gaston et al., PNAS 2011; Andoniadou et al., Acta Neuropathol. 2012; Andoniadou et al., Cell Stem Cell 2013). We have revealed that cellular senescence through its secretome drives cell transformation and tumour initiation in the context of craniopharyngioma and that the senescent cells are sensitive to senolytics (Gonzalez-Meljem et al., Nat. Commun. 2017; Guerrero et al., Nat. Metabolism 2019). We have performed transcriptomic analysis in human samples to identify targetable pathways, and propelled these findings into a clinical trial (Apps et al., Acta Neuropathol. 2018).
More recently, we have expanded our research to other paediatric brain tumours. For instance, using an in vitro model, we have shown that pilocytic astrocytoma, the most frequent brain tumour in children, is sensitive to senolytics (i.e. compounds that selectively kill senescent cells) (Buhl et al., Clinical Cancer Research 2019). Likewise, we are studying models of high-grade glioma to reveal novel vulnerabilities and assess the potential use of senolytics in combination with standard therapies.
Teaching Summary
I teach on several courses and modules at the ICH, Cancer Institute and Biosciences. These lectures cover developmental biology, birth defects and paediatric cancer.
01-OCT-2009 Reader in Developmental Neurobiology Institute of Child Health University College London, United Kingdom
01-MAY-2008 – 30-APR-2013 Wellcome Trust University Award Fellow Neural Development Unit UCL Institute of Child Health, United Kingdom
01-FEB-2003 – 30-JAN-2007 Wellcome Trust Career Development Research Fellow Neural Development Unit UCL INstitute of Child Health, United Kingdom
1995 Doctor of Philosophy University of Cadiz,Spain
1989 Bachelor of Science University of Cordoba, Spain
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The MMORPG world in a nutshell.
Lack of Innovation in MMORPG Design
In the world of massively multiplayer games, one thing is becoming clear: There are too many of them. Worse yet, the genre is stagnating instead of innovating as developers routinely copy successful formulas from other games. Considering how EverQuest is one the most popular and successful massively multiplayer online role playing games, it is going to be the most widely imitated. We can already see the impact this has had in the games we play today.
It's far easier and less risky to just copy someone else's successful idea than to think up your own. In an industry where games aren't considered viable unless they have thousands of players, large game companies aren't going to bother with things like "creativity" or "innovation". As a result, we're stuck with hundreds of new EverQuest clones (some by very reputable companies) instead of a truly unique gaming experience. Apparently, smaller companies don't have this problem. Creative games like "Second Life" and "A Tale in the Desert" are truly unique. However, they are targeted to a much smaller market than the mainstream games and unfortunately go largely unnoticed by the gaming population.
The Ghost of Christmas Future:
Similar things have happened to the game industry in the past and the results weren't pretty. In the late seventies and early eighties everyone was hooked on Atari fever. The Atari 2600 sold more games than any home console ever (and that record still stands.) This was great for Atari, but bad for industry because as soon as Atari's success started leaking into large corporations more interested in a quick buck than a quality game, things started to take a turn for the worse. Those large corporations didn't know anything about creativity or fun and instead relied upon the successes of other game designs to create their own (absolutely horrible) iteration. All of a sudden, you couldn't buy a good game for Atari because there weren't any. Every game was either a knock off of Pac-Man, Space Invaders, or... Pac-Man. The plague that was started by a stark lack of creativity reached its apex in 1983 when mothers, fathers, sons and daughters all stopped buying games – for any console. The result was a massive and stunning video game market crash which took Intellivision, Coleco, and countless others to their premature graves. Atari survived, but a only as shadow of its former self. This can happen to massively multiplayer games too. How many more years will people continue to play EverQuest? Sure, game companies might name it something else. They might change the visuals, sounds, and quests… but you will still be playing EverQuest.
Before the massively multiplayer market becomes one giant EverQuest amoeba, some things need to change. For one, developers need to stop cannibalizing each others' ideas and think up their own completely original solution. Another aspect that would speed up the recovery would be a completely new and original game (if there any out there) that was also widely commercially successful. Of course, this would just start a new cycle of knock offs, but at least for a time it would be as interesting and engaging as the early massively multiplayer days were -- When a game was truly an original work of art. EverQuest, Asheron's Call or Ultima Online anyone?
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Did Archie make a swift getaway?
On Riverdale Season 3 Episode 7, the teenager on the run made his way to a farm outside Riverdale and encountered Laurie Lake.
Meanwhile, Alice was forced to go to extreme measures to make sure Betty was safe from the Gargoyle King, but was there an ulterior motive from one of the sisters?
Also, Veronica made a risky business decision that could cost her everything, prompting her mother to help her out.


The Palestinian American author and human rights activist talks to Graeme Green about trauma, nonviolent resistance and false narratives in the Israeli occupation of Palestine.
Your latest novel, The Blue Between Sky And Water, looks at Israel and Palestine as a generational issue. What has been handed down from generation to generation?
With every society, one's heritage, wounds and collective trauma are handed down. It's part of the identity.
How are things changing for each generation?
When a collective trauma has ended, when it's acknowledged and atoned for, as in the case, for example, of the Jewish Holocaust, then it does change from one generation to another. In the case of African Americans, their holocaust was generations ago, but they still have a different kind of collective trauma. It's the same for Palestinians: our initial expulsion, the ethnic cleansing and massacres were a different kind of experience for grandparents and parents. For us today, it varies not just by generation but where we ended up. For those who still live under Israeli occupation, the persistent daily violence is different from life for those Palestinians who live in refugee camps and are stateless and impoverished, or people like myself who ended up in the diaspora but disconnected from our family and heritage. There are a lot of individual narratives that feed into a larger narrative of being violated and ethnically cleansed.
Women's stories and voices are the focus of the novel. Do you feel women's voices have been sidelined in the Israel-Palestine issue?
Women are sidelined everywhere. Women fight profound daily battles against the violence of the occupation, against the patriarchy. It tends to occur without fanfare; it's just a part of life. I'm very interested in the ways they navigate their lives under these extraordinary conditions.
Do you think there's a difference between men's and women's attitudes to the conflict?
It's not just a gender issue, but about being led by a particular privileged class of men, which is a theme in every country, including Palestine, and that's problematic. You end up having a very narrow representation of narrative, of strategy, of outlook.
You're the founder of Playgrounds for Palestine (PfP), a non-profit organization that sets up children's parks in Palestine, as well as Libya and Syria. What effect does conflict have on children?
They're traumatized in serious ways. In Gaza, 98.6 per cent of kids exhibit some symptom of post-traumatic stress disorder. That's a staggering statistic. PfP is a band aid on a gushing wound. We don't have illusions about what we do. But for the kids we're able to help, we know it means a lot to them and that's what keeps us going.
You're also involved with the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel. Why do you think a boycott is the answer?
For me, anything that involves popular mobilization is hopeful. The boycott campaign is a tool and an avenue for everyone to take a stand in some way. It's a nonviolent method of resisting an injustice that has gone on for too long and where there seems no end in sight.
Could more be done on the Palestinian side to push the peace process forward?
I know people talk about this in terms of two sides, but I don't talk about it in that way. When people speak like that, it suggests that these are just two equal parties who disagree on something. It's a false narrative. You have a highly armed nuclear power that uses its might against a principally unarmed, principally defenceless civilian population that has no military, no navy, no army, no air force and no real weapons to speak of; yet the focus is often on homemade Palestinian rockets that most often land in open fields. Israeli snipers routinely kill people in Gaza.
Israel makes 1.6 million people live under crippling economic, psychological and military siege but none of these things are spoken of as aggression: it's only aggression when it's a Palestinian response. By definition, everything an occupied people does is a response to the occupation, but it's never framed that way in the media. That's why I don't engage in this discourse that tries to create a parity between an occupier and an occupied people.
The Blue Between Sky and Water by Susan Abulhawa is published by Bloomsbury.


Long time friend and progressive house savant Cid Inc shares his views on the global Progressive House scene.
1. Hi Henri, thanks for taking the time to talk to us today, you've just returned home from another tour of Argentina. How were the gigs?
Cid Inc: Thanks, always a pleasure !
For me (or if you ask any other DJ who ever played there I guess) Argentina is something very special, the crowd has such a huge passion for the music which is hard to find any where else in the world.
2. It's a country well known for its love of progressive music, with you frequenting it as much as you do would you say it's still growing from where it was a few years ago?
Cid Inc: Yes the scene is still growing there. It's amazing that even smaller cities, or even towns there are catching up now and doing some really good events. On this tour I played in cities like San Luis, Resistencia and Posadas with populations between 150-300k , but the events were packed and crowds were simply amazing.
3. You have a new EP out this week, your first original project of the year in fact, the excellent 'Shifter' EP on your Replug imprint. I would say it's your most stylistically diverse collection of music to date. Still very much progressive minded of course but with a broader design release wide I would say. Was there a calculated thought behind doing this or just a natural order of things?
Cid Inc: I've been working on a lot of music the past year. It was time to release an EP on Replug again and we chose four tracks with different kinds of moods to them. The songs capture different state of minds that I've put into the tracks while producing them. The name "Shifter" for the EP reflects this quite well I think.
4. Do you ever draw on life experiences or specific moments, maybe in a club or the feeling of a certain country for inspiration when writing new music and what inspirations if any did you take from on your 'Shifter' EP?
Cid Inc: Inspiration is drawn from every where, moments in life, daily moods and feelings, travelling etc. Shifter kind of includes moments of my life from the past year, tracks that turned out the way they did just because of something influencing my mind at just that certain moment when a track was created.
5. Outside of this new release it has been a relatively quiet year production wise with just a lone remix of Roger Martinez. What if anything can you reveal about the rest of the year?
Cid Inc: I have an EP coming out on Sudbeat in July & a few remixes in the pipeline. There's still a whole lot of unreleased stuff laying around so I'll just need to get my head around them and see what I'll do, many of them not getting released though I'm sure.
6. Progressive music seems to be in a good place right now. Where do you see the sound going in the next year or so?
Cid Inc: Yes, It seems like the progressive scene is growing again, which is great to see. I'm sure Beatport getting rid of all the commercial EDM stuff from the genre helped this also, now I guess people have a better understanding again what Progressive House actually is. I'm not good predicting the future but it seems like things are getting more melodic and atmospheric now.
7. Your label Replug was relatively quiet from 2013-2015 but the last two years it seems like you've refocused on it quite a bit. It's certainly been a good run, what was it that got the fire burning again?
Cid Inc: I started working with Dan Baseley (Orsen) around one and a half year ago and he has been a tremendous help pushing the label forward. To be honest before that I was quite lazy in managing it due to touring and mastering work, so it was difficult to find time to fully manage it by myself.
8. The label definitely has its own sound, what advice do have for someone hoping to get on the label?
Cid Inc: We're not looking for just that one sound, we choose music that we love. We also try to get back to all producers who send us demos which are in the right direction for the label, and those who we think have good potential but are not just there yet we encourage them to send tracks in the future. Advice would be to just send tracks to us and if it's something we really like we'll sign it.
9. The label recently released a project from Luka Sambe. His five track concept collection 'Shepherds In The Stars'. It was a step outside the norm as generally the label focuses on strictly club material. Do you want to do more releases like this in the future and how important is it to give an artist the space to do something like this on given project?
Cid Inc: Luka is a very talented producer and we were very happy that he ended up doing a release with a great story behind every track. We like to have something different on the label from time to time so there will definitely be more releases like that.
10. What is next on Replug? Anything you can tell us about?
Cid Inc: We have an EP coming from Argentinian Interaxxis, Marcelo Vasami, Matter from Australia and Dan is also working on stuff for the label under his Orsen moniker. We're also compiling a small VA that should see the daylight during the fall.
11. Mastering was a big part of your day years ago but you're definitely on the road quite a bit more now, sometimes away for weeks at a time. How hard is it to juggle the life of a touring DJ with that of a mastering engineer?
Cid Inc: I still do a whole lot of mastering when not touring. Of course heavy traveling takes a toll on that, especially if it's longer tours, work tends to pile up and I got my hands full always when back home.
12. How is life back home in Finland? How often do you get to play there? and have you ever entertained thoughts of moving somewhere in Europe? Or is this home for the foreseeable future?
Cid Inc: I don't play much at all here in Finland, maybe twice a year. There's really no progressive scene here.
13. Do your best productions always come together the quickest? And tell us a bit about your process?
Cid Inc: It depends a bit, usually it's that the faster I work the better the results, flow is very important for my creativity. After a longer tour and absence from the studio it takes a while to get back to it again.
The process varies quite a lot, sometimes I just play with sound and end up with a finished track and other times I have an idea in my head, but once I've worked on it for some time it usually sounds completely different from the original idea. Most of the time i just start with a kick and bassline, sometimes a melody and it all evolves from there.
14. Looking back over your career as Cid Inc what do you feel the breakthrough point was? An important release or something early on which really brought attention to you as an artist.
Cid Inc: I'm not sure if there's been any breakthrough point that I can pin point, it's been a slowly growing process and being ambitious and dedicated to the music success has followed, more or less.
15. What 5 tracks are you currently loving at the moment?
16. Thanks very much for taking the time chat Henri and congrats on your new EP! Is there anything else you would like to add?
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I received Mattel WWE Flexforce Fist Poundin Undertaker Action Figure for me to review. My son loves watching WWE on television with my husband. When I received Undertaker action figure, my son was so excited. I showed him the arms move back and forth to throw punches. He couldn't get enough of it; playing with it on the sofa, floor and even on me. The action figure looks so much like the real Undertaker. The toy doesn't require any assembly but just a little imagine, fun and play. I would like to buy other WWE Flexforce action figures, WWE Money in the Bank Ring and accessories to complete my son set. He would be so happy to have them all on Christmas. The toy is worth the price and recommended to children the appropriate age.
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Copmaq presario 2500 maybe 7+ years old. How do I get this thing to run faster. When we boot it up it takes 5 - 10 minutes before you can use anything, any sooner than that it will freeze up. The anti virus recently expired and anything I tried to put onto it totally screwed it up. After Mcafee I couldnt get anything to run. I took that off and am using a free avg for now. But seriously everything is so slow on this thing what can I do to get it running faster? Yeah I know throw it away and get a new one. Not that easy its my GF's and she loves it. We use my computer primarily but when im busy on mine or just every now and then she likes to use hers.


Katz, S.R., Newman, R.A., Lansky, E.P., 2007. Punica granatum: Heuristic treatment for diabetes mellitus. Journal of Medicinal Food 10, 213-7.
The current diabetes epidemic is a global concern with readily available effective therapies or preventative measures in demand. One natural product with such potential is the pomegranate (Punica granatum), with hypoglycemic activity noted from its flowers, seeds, and juice in canons of the traditional folk medicines of India. The mechanisms for such effects are largely unknown, though recent research suggests pomegranate flowers and juice may prevent diabetic sequelae via peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma binding and nitric oxide production. Pomegranate compounds associated with antidiabetic effects include oleanolic, ursolic, and gallic acids. Pomegranate fractions and their active compounds hold potential and are worthy of further investigations as safe and effective medical treatments for diabetes mellitus and its pathological consequences.


I was reading your blog post on "When I Finally Realized that CRE Tech was Gaining Serious Momentum" and your sense that finally the industry was moving past the "early adopters" attending CREtech and other events, to the increasing notice being taken by the real estate industry of how technology is changing how their business is done. It caused me to step back and think about what I am waiting to see…my turning point moment for which there are glimmers that it is happening.
I have been an investment banker since 1979 and an early New York transplant to Silicon Valley during the heady years of the 1980s and 1990s. About four years ago, along with my partner, I started focusing on the intersection of the real estate industry and technology innovation. My first new business call was with an exciting company in the space that had already raised significant funds from angels and strategic partners, but not the traditional venture capital community. At that time there were about a dozen VC firms who had done two or more real estate tech deals in their portfolio. I made it a mission (as I have done in my almost 40 years of technology banking) to speak with the VCs who were focused on our mutual areas of interest. I was struck by the fact that at the time such a small portion of the companies who were in the real estate tech space actually had traditional venture capital support and the VCs who had made investments in the space largely didn't consider themselves real estate experts. It was much more that they found a company that had identified an underserved opportunity with a credible team to back…just like the criteria sought in any other investment opportunity they might look at. They didn't seek to identify companies serving real estate, but found an attractive investment opportunity that happened to be in real estate space.
It wasn't just the case that the VCs didn't see themselves as real estate experts, so many of the teams building products, services and companies to serve these opportunities didn't see themselves as real estate experts either. They saw the slow adoption of technology in the real estate industry as an opportunity to provide solutions, sometimes repurposed technology serving another industry subsegment. My partner and classmate who helped found the Stanford Professionals in Real Estate (SPIRE) alumni group observed in 2014 that SPIRE's membership was transforming from a "60-something", white-male organization, to a younger and more diverse group with the increasing membership of technology-focused entrepreneurs who had little traditional real estate experience. They saw the widening gap of technology solutions directed at real estate problems and were joining SPIRE for networking access to this important alumni group. These entrepreneurs in the broader Stanford community were the people who were recognizing the opportunity to fill a need that would grow, especially as millennials began to take over the positions of power and decision-making in the real estate industry.
One of the most important developments in my understanding of the companies and subsegments of the real estate tech industry, and turning points in it being taken seriously, has been the independent research that has developed. This required a recognition that FinTech as not the overarching category in which real estate tech was initially subsumed. The recognition by CB Insights and Traxcn that real estate was its own category into which there were many subcategories resulted in very helpful visual maps to see where companies fit in a competitive overview. I frequently go back to their visual and narrative descriptions as I research different companies and their market positions.
No matter how different the real estate industry might be from other industries, my experience as a technology banker has shown me that the challenges and path to success for technology companies has similar evolutionary paths. All technology companies (regardless of industry) require sources of capital. At the earliest stages friends and family and industry angels serve those needs. But at some point, the capacity of those sources gets tapped out. Larger institutional sources like venture capital become both an important path to funding but also a gatekeeper in discerning the difference between a good idea and a real business opportunity. VC firms are increasingly differentiated by the industry subsegments they focus on, and this is largely based on the industry expertise of its partners. So another turning point is a financial one where you see increasing financial sponsorship from existing and new venture firms with a clear focus on real estate tech.
[With my apologies to any number of people/firms who deserve to be included in the mentions below.] To think that the real estate tech community will thrive without the support of this important source of capital for early/emerging tech companies is to ignore the pattern of success that venture capital support has brought to innovation over the decades. Camber Creek's strategy of being very early in opportunities where their experience in real estate gives them a leg up on recognizing companies who are truly solving a demonstrable problem/opportunity. Brick & Mortar Ventures and Navitas Capital focus on the built and construction technology side of the market. The addition of Rich Boyle to the Canaan Partners team is a clear recognition that industry expertise in real estate will augment a traditional VC strategy. And perhaps most significantly in my view is the launch of Fifth Wall with its strategy of bringing in LPs who themselves could be strategic partners in any of the investment opportunities that are looked at as well as a "bird dog" source of opportunities.
My conclusion is that we have needed to see a number of groups who have their own self-interest in seeing real estate tech be recognized for the opportunity it is. The traditional sources of capital that has been a necessary part of the sustained growth of other technology segments, must be behind real estate tech as well. The ecosystem must provide the capital, allow for inevitable failures, recycle capital as the successful companies seek new sources of funding and M&A consolidations. I am seeing the financial pieces gradually falling into place.


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Q: UITableView Add FooterView Button Sometimes Tap Doesn't Perform Action I have a simple UITableView that I've added a UIButton to the Footer.
Similar to this:
self.btn =[UIButton buttonWithType:UIButtonTypeCustom];
self.btn.backgroundColor = darkPurple;
[self.btn setTitle:@"Submit" forState:UIControlStateNormal];
[self.btn addTarget:self action:@selector(btnTapped:) forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];
[self.btn setTitleColor:[UIColor whiteColor] forState:UIControlStateNormal];
self.btn.frame=CGRectMake(0, 0, self.tableView.frame.size.width, 100);
self.btn.showsTouchWhenHighlighted = true;
self.tableView.tableFooterView = self.btn;

Sometimes when I get scrolled to the bottom of the TableView if it isn't completely settled the Button won't perform the action. Sometimes it will flash (showsTouchWhenHighlighted) but I'll need to tap it again.
What am I missing here? I've tried solutions like this but it doesn't appear to work.
UIButton touch is delayed when in UIScrollView
I want to it process always, even if the scroll isn't settled and not delay.

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What am I missing here?

Nothing. That's just how touches work on iOS. You can see the same thing in Mobile Safari: if the page is still scrolling, tapping a link doesn't work. You have to wait until the page is completely stopped ("settled", as you rightly say).

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India, UAE ink Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to use Digital Technology
New Delhi, July 27: A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between India and the UAE to promote the use of digital technology for better governance, officials said. The MoU was signed by the senior officials of India's Investment Promotion and Facilitation Agency and the United Arab Emirates' Ministry for Artificial Intelligence (AI). "India and the UAE are working together to use technology to improve government and governance, and also how to use technology in a convergence and confluence manner to help government," Indian Commerce Minister Suresh Prabhu said at the event. Prabhu also flagged off the UAE government's GovHack series "hackathon" technologies startup competition here, which will be held in 8 major cities around the world. (IANS)
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh acquitted in decade-old graft case
India yet to write to us on fugitive Mehul Choksi: Antiguan Prime Minister Gaston Browne


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import com.badlogic.gdx.Graphics;
import com.badlogic.gdx.Graphics.DisplayMode;
import com.badlogic.gdx.backends.lwjgl.LwjglApplication;
import com.badlogic.gdx.backends.lwjgl.LwjglApplicationConfiguration;
import net.ulno.libni.controller.gdx.Main;

public class DesktopLauncher {
	public static void main (String[] arg) {
		LwjglApplicationConfiguration config = new LwjglApplicationConfiguration();
        config.title = "Libni Libgdx Controller";
        config.width = 1280;
        config.height = 900;
		new LwjglApplication(new Main(), config);
	}
}

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When the Chrome error occurs, your browser window will show a page crash message saying "This webpage is not available" with a tagline DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_BAD_CONFIG.
Which means, there is a bad configuration issue with DNS in the browser. And, the DNS failed to convert the domain name into its relevant IP address.
Thus, the website you are trying to access will show the error message instead of its contents.
So, how do we fix it? Well, before we do of course fix your DNS problem, I would like to have a look at the possible reasons behind the DNS PROBE FINISHED BAD CONFIG in Chrome.
Well, before we do of course fix your DNS problem, I would like to have a look at the possible reasons behind the DNS PROBE FINISHED BAD CONFIG in Chrome.
As I have mentioned earlier, if DNS faces any interruption in converting a domain name into IP address, the error takes place. Now, what reasons can possibly lead to your DNS error? Let's check that out.
Your Chrome Browser might have failed to communicate with DNS server.
The DNS server could be down at that certain time.
The Firewall of your computer might have blocked DNS server to prevent malicious website access.
Your Computer might be virus corrupted.
And, your Internet connection could be unstable.
How to Fix DNS PROBE FINISHED BAD CONFIG Error in Chrome Browser?
Keeping in mind all the possible reasons of DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_BAD_CONFIG in Google Chrome, I have listed out the best solutions that worked precisely for me. I hope, these solutions will help you out as well.
First of all, you will need to check your Internet connection whether it is working properly or not. Check your Power Cycle connectivity if you are using any Router or Modem.
Once you are confirmed that your Internet connectivity is good, you may try out the following fixations.
Sometimes, outdated cache and cookies of your browser can cause DNS server act funny. So, clearing the old overwhelmed browser caches can be a good idea. Follow the below steps to get it done.
Click on Chrome browser "More" options located at the top right corner of the tab.
Navigate your mouse cursor to the "More tools" followed by clicking on "Clear browsing data" option.
Now, click to checkboxes of "Cached images and files" and "Cookies and other site and plugin data" option.
Note: Don't checkbox the other options such as "Browsing history," "Download history," "Passwords," etc. if you don't want to lose them.
Finally, click on the "Clear browsing data" option to execute the action.
Once your browser cookies are cleared, ou may try accessing the website you wish to. If the error still persists, try the next fixation to resolve the issue.
To check and fix if your Windows Firewall is interrupting the DNS server to carry out its usual job, follow the below procedure.
Now, click on the "System and Security" option.
Click on "Windows Firewall" option.
Next, locate and click on the "Turn Windows Firewall on or off" option.
Now, click and "Turn off Windows Firewall" for both Private and Public networks.
I hope this fixation will work. If don't, follow the next fixation.
The DNS server address on a network is created automatically by your server. In some cases, the existing server address fails to work properly, it is better to change the address. Follow the below instruction to do it so.
Right-click on the Network icon located at the right corner of your Computer Taskbar.
Click on the active "Internet" connection your currently connected with.
Now, a pop-up window will appear. Click on "Properties" button.
Enable the "Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)"option on the next window and hit the "Properties" button again.
Enable the "Use the following DNS server address:" option.
Now input the following DNS Server addresses.
Now, enable the "Validate settings upon exit" option and hit "OK" button to execute changes.
Hitting on that OK button will make sure the changes on your DNS server address. You may now check your error once again whether it is gone or still eating up your mind.
Unfortunately, the above fixations do not work, I have got more solutions for your right here. Peace.
Flushing and renewing DNS caches is one of the most effective solutions to any error in related to Chrome browser including DNS Probe Finished Bad Config. So, below here is how you will fix the DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_BAD_CONFIG error.
Run Command Prompt as your administration. Windows start > type "cmd" > hit Enter key.
Once the command prompt window is ON, you must input the below codes one by one and hit Enter key after each code you put in.
Finally, once all the codes executed, "Restart" your Windows computer.
So, that's all you need to do to fix DNS PROBE FINISHED BAD CONFIG in your Chrome browser.
The DNS (Domain Name System) is a protocol that helps your system understanding domain names in terms of IP addresses. It's a vital element to communicate with your computer when it comes to online activity.
So, any kind of glitches in DNS server can impact a lot to our online tasks.
I believe the solutions are easy to execute. I expect your feedback (Positive/Negative) as well.


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As a famous actor, James Garner brought much needed publicity to off-road racing in the early years of sports development when it needed the attention the most. James Garner was born James Scott Baumgarner in Norman, Oklahoma, April 7, 1928 to Weldon Warren Baumgarner and Mildred Meek; his father worked as a carpet layer. As a young man, Garner worked numerous jobs including a stint at a gas station. At the age of 16, he joined the Merchant Marine. He then joined the National Guard. The U.S. Military drafted him to serve in the Korean War, where he received the Purple Heart.
Garner attended University of Oklahoma. He became interested in acting and studied the art at Herbert Bergoff Studios, New York. Garner enjoyed a long and successful acting career with appearances on stage, television and in movies, winning the Emmy Award in 1977 and 1986. His career began with the stage production The Caine Mutiny Court Martial, in the early 1950s. Following, Warner Brothers offered him a contract. In 1956, he made his film debut in Toward the Unknown. He is perhaps most recognized for his title role in the television show Maverick which ran from 1957-62 and for his title role in The Rockford Files, NBC-TV, 1974-79. He acted in the movie The Great Escape in 1963 with fellow Off Road Motorsports Hall of Fame Inductees actor Steve McQueen and stuntman Bud Ekins. In 1966, he appeared in the automobile racing movie Grand Prix.
Beyond the screen in "real life" Garner also actively participated in auto racing both on-road and off-road. He drove the pace car at the Indianapolis 500 on three occasions in 1975, 1977 and 1985. He owned the American International Racing team, from 1967 through 1969; team members raced in both Daytona and Sebring. Garner participated in many off-road races as a driver. His presence often brought a touch of publicity to the sport, while still being treated as an "everyday-man" by his fellow racers. He attended the first Stardust 7-11 in Las Vegas. There, he co-drove with Scooter Patrick in a Porsche-powered Manx owned by John Crean. The men did not finish the race. His presence at the 1968 NORRA Mexican 1000 helped to generate publicity for the event and coverage on ABC's show the Wide World of Sports. In 1972, Garner raced the Banshee, a vehicle built for him by fellow Hall of Fame Inductee Vic Hickey. Garner won the Riverside Grand Prix in the vehicle, despite the fact that he crashed the car towards the end of the event. He also placed the car in the top five at a number of races. Hickey said of Garner "The thing about Garner was that, while he wasn't the world's most fearless driver, he had the best retention of any man who drove for me. On a pre-run, if he hit a bump, he come back five days later and would tell you where it was within ten feet."
Garner had a history of involvement with humanitarian and other causes he believed in. In 1963, he helped organize Martin Luther King's March in Washington for Civil Rights and visited the troops in Vietnam in 1967. He was a member of the National Support Committee of the Native American Rights Fund and the National Advisory Board of the United States High School Golf Association. He was involved with the Save the Coast movement to stop offshore drilling in California. One of his more recent endeavors was his involvement with the Save the Children organization.
Garner is an inductee in the Oklahoma Hall of Fame and the Cowboy Hall of Fame. James married Lois Clarke, who already had a daughter named Kimberly. James and Lois had Greta Gigi Scoot Garner together in 1958.


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Q: Мультиплексированный ввод/вывод в Windows Есть ли в Windows какой-нибудь аналог мультиплексированного ввода/вывода (epoll/kqueue) из мира Linux? Спрашиваю исходя из того, что выделять буфер на малоактивные сокеты при использовании IOCP не всегда эффективно

A: Select со всеми вытекающими, WSAPoll или Event Objects, начиная с Vista.
libev, к примеру, использует select.
WSAPoll задизайнен работать как poll и может использоваться как drop-in-place замена, как-то так:
#if defined (WIN32)
static inline int poll( struct pollfd *pfd, int nfds, int timeout) { return WSAPoll ( pfd, nfds, timeout ); }
#endif

Event Objects, судя по тем заметкам, что у меня есть, слабо скалируется, может отловить 64 события за раз. Но более подробно не копал.
Интересное чтиво для ознакомления:

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*https://habrahabr.ru/post/105918/

*https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2012/10/10/wsapoll-is-broken/

*https://www.ulduzsoft.com/2014/01/select-poll-epoll-practical-difference-for-system-architects/

*https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/openpgm-dev/9qA1u-aTIKs


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The largest transport infrastructure project in New Zealand's history, the City Rail Link project is doubling the capacity of Auckland's rail network.
What is the City Rail Link?
The City Rail Link (CRL) project is a huge project with an equally huge impact on the growth of the city of Auckland and its future prosperity. The CRL is a 3.45 km twin-tunnel underground rail link up to 42 m below the Auckland city centre. The goal of the project is to transform the downtown Waitematā Station (Britomart) into a two-way through-station that better connects the city's rail network.
The tunnels will connect Britomart with a re-developed Mt Eden station on the western line. Additionally, two new underground stations, Karanga a Hape and Aotea, will open central city access.
The project allows the rail network to have at least double rail capacity.
An ambitious $4.4 billion project, the CRL will double the number of people within 30 minutes of central Auckland which is the country's largest employment hub. When fully operational 54,000 passengers an hour will use CRL stations at peak hours. This is the rail equivalent of an additional 16 lanes of road or three Auckland Harbour Bridges.
The City Rail Link is the largest transport infrastructure project in Auckland's history.
A brief history of the CRL
Moves to create an underground rail system in Auckland go back almost a hundred years – beginning in the 1920's.
In 1923 the then Railways Minister, Gordon Coates, granted his support for a city-to-Morningside underground rail line. 'The Morningside Deviation', as it was then known, was to be an underground tunnel from the CBD to Morningside.
Envisaged was a rail link between the main trunk line station on Beach Road, underneath the central business district with a station near the Auckland Town Hall.
The cost of the project was estimated to be around £400,000. An equivalent today of approximately $45,934,199 New Zealand dollars.
Several years later, in 1930 the proposal was rejected, and the main terminal relocated to Beach Road. Nevertheless, references to a Morningside deviation continued to arise – in 1937 there was further discussion regarding the plan to reduce unemployment.
In the 1940s, the Ministry of Works released an expansive rail plan for Auckland, refining the Morningside proposal. The report discussed electrification, proposed an underground inner-city loop and an overground suburban western loop.
In the end, Wellington's rail was electrified not Auckland's.
In 1955-1956, Auckland City Council moved to embrace the advancement of motorways and ordered a Master Transportation Plan to decide the rail versus motorway issue.
The plan considered the Auckland Morningside deviation, which was to take a similar yet not wholly identical, route to the 1928/29 plan. An investigation of buildings along the proposed route was undertaken, looking at their condition, type of foundation and value.
The plan recommended a massive increase in motorway construction at the expense of rail. It was argued, at the time, that buses could use motorways making rail unnecessary.
Near the beginning of the new millennium, the Auckland Regional Authority once more revived the push for the electrification and expansion of a passenger rail network. The push was spearheaded and championed by the authority's chair and long-time public transport advocate, Mike Lee.
In 1993, 19 second-hand railcars were delivered from Perth as an interim measure.
Several years later, in 2009, KiwiRail and Auckland's Regional Transport Agency (ARTA) announced it would begin a detailed study into the possibility of an underground route that would link the Britomart rail terminal with the Mount Eden railway station.
The cost of a twin-track tunnel was estimated to be more than $1 billion.
Electrification was announced as a major plan by the Labour government in May 2007 and confirmed two years later by a National government in 2009.
Following the 10-year anniversary of the opening of the Britomart Transportation Centre, Auckland Council announced that it was in discussions to build a section of tunnel under the Downtown Shopping Centre during a redevelopment planned for 2016-2017.
On 1 August 2014, Auckland Transport announced a significant design change to the project, dropping the underground Newton Station in favour of a significant upgrade to Mount Eden station.
Ultimately, this change would save construction costs approximately $124 million, require fewer properties to be bought by Auckland Transport and, in the long term, save operational costs. In addition, the change would allow for Mount Eden station to be connected to the CRL, which previously bypassed it, and would separate the east–west junctions, meaning that rail lines would not cross one another.
In May 2015, electric trains began to run on all of Auckland's lines.
Since the electrification of the train line, Auckland's public transport has begun to enjoy somewhat of a renaissance that shows no signs of stopping just yet.
In recent years, the New Zealand government has understood the importance of transport equality. Subsequently, in 2016 the Prime Minister at the time John Key announced that central government funding for main works construction of the CRL had been confirmed and that the Auckland Council had been granted the green light to begin construction of main works in 2018.
A year later, Finance Minister Steven Joyce and Transport Minister Simon Bridges signed agreements with Auckland Mayor Phil Goff that established City Rail Link Limited (CRLL). Effective as of July that same year, the company assumed responsibility for delivering the CRL project.
Auckland's biggest infrastructure project begins construction
The City Rail Link tunnels have been constructed using both cut-and-cover and tunnel boring machine (TBM) methods depending on the location and requirements of construction. The ground through which the tunnels are built vary between firm rock and soft soil and, likewise differs in depth to natural ground level between 40 m and 0 m.
The project officially began its early works package in October of 2015 between Britomart and Wyndham Street.
Working since December 2015, the Connectus – a joint venture consisting of McConnell Dowell and Downer – installed 362 reinforced concrete piles around the future CRL twin tunnels.
CRL Chief Executive Dr Sean Sweeney noted that construction undertaken in the middle of a thriving city such as Auckland is never easy, but that the CRL took a big step toward establishing itself as a project that will change the way people can travel throughout the city.
Flashing forward, the CRL's Dame Whina Cooper TBM – named after the inspirational Māori rights activist Dame Whina Cooper – reached the milestone of 500 m bored in late 2021.
Dame Whina Cooper began tunnelling CRL's southbound tunnel in late May earlier that year. With works having been restricted by COVID-19, the TBM continued to operate at low capacity during the five-week lockdown to reduce the risk of becoming stuck. Nevertheless, Dame Whina managed to complete its first 860 m leg from the Mt Eden site to Karangahape in October 2021 despite the restrictions and difficulties.
On 10 November 2021, the Dame Whina Cooper TBM began the second leg of its four-stage journey below the Auckland streets.
The TBM's 785 m venture from Aotea Station concluded early in the new year and saw Dame Whina dismantled underground before being returned to Mt Eden in sections, reassembled and then ready to excavate the second rail tunnel in 2022.
Throughout 2022, works continued to ramp up on the CRL.
The TBM continued to power away beneath NZ's surface, excavating the second 3.45 km underground rail tunnel and removing dirt and rocks to the surface. However, the TBM was doing more than just excavation.
The machine had also been busy installing precast concrete panels to line the tunnel walls.
Upon reaching its destination in September, the TBM had travelled 840 m from the Link Alliance Maungawhau (Mt Eden) Station construction site, placed 519 segment rings and removed 74,000 tonnes of soil.
A landmark achievement, the City Rail Link project has proved New Zealand's infrastructure capacity to take on such a large and innovative project.
A future just unfolding – what comes next for the CRL?
Since the beginning of the CRL project, more than 2000 jobs have been created, the complexity and innovation of which has upskilled the workforce and will continue to benefit future generations long after the project is completed.
Now that the twin 3.45 km tunnels have been built, the next stage of the project is primed to commence: installing the tunnels with tracks and necessary rail systems required to convert them to rail use.
Building an underground rail network has never been attempted in New Zealand before and to have achieved what the CRL project team has in the face of a global pandemic, multiple lockdowns, restricted working conditions and a myriad of other challenges is a remarkable feat.
Though the project is far from completion, the final breakthrough of the TBM and the completion of digging the final tunnel is an achievement not to be taken lightly. The project has seen the Dame Whina Cooper TBM travel more than 3.5 km, place 1067 segment rings and remove 130,000 tonnes of soil during the boring of the twin tunnels. The project likewise saw more than 64,200 cubic m of concrete was used to build the CRL tunnels which is equivalent to 25 Olympic sized swimming pools.
"There is so much more to do on the CRL project, but the final breakthrough is an appropriate moment to pause and reflect on the extraordinary job our people have done in building these twin underground tunnels," Dr Sweeney says, reflecting on the reaching the major milestone.
"These tunnels are the cornerstone of the country's first rapid transit rail network and will enable a transformational change in our biggest city."
Upon completion of the project, Auckland's rail network will be granted at least double the rail capacity and will be primed to provide efficient public transportation across the city of Auckland. A landmark achievement, the project has proved New Zealand's infrastructure capacity to take on such a large and innovative project.
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NPL Semi Finals Confirmed
Sydney FC's PS4 NPL 2 NSW Men's Semi-Final details have been confirmed today, with a place in the 2016 Grand Final on the line.
The Sky Blues First Grade side will face Mt Druitt Town Rangers at Arlington Oval on Saturday 10 September (kick off 5pm).
The previous two match ups between the sides has seen goals galore, with Sydney FC triumphing 5-1 in the first encounter before narrowly losing 3-2 in the return fixture.
Sydney FC's U20's face the Central Coast Mariners prior to First Grade at Arlington Oval (kick off 2:30pm), while the U18's kick off the day against Northern Tigers FC (kick off 12pm).
Sydney FC U20's and First Grade Head Coach Rob Stanton said both the U20's and First Grade fixtures will be a stern test for his young squads.
"Mt Druitt have been big improvers in the second half of the season," he said.
"They've done really well and I'm not surprised that they won through to the semi-finals.
It won't be an easy game and being a one off game anything can happen. We'll have to be at our best to get the result and I'm looking forward to it.
"It's a good opportunity for the players to test themselves in a pressure situation and it will be good to see how we come out of it.
"Central Coast are a very good team [too]," he continued.
"They'll be difficult, we've played them twice and won twice but I watched them play on the weekend and it's not going to be an easy game."
Ticketing details for the Sky Blues' Semi-Finals remains the same as the regular season. Adults are priced at $10, concessions $5 and children U16 free. Sydney FC NPL Members also receive free entry.
PS4 NPL 2 NSW Men's Semi Finals:
Saturday 10 September – Arlington Oval.
U18's – Sydney FC v Northern Tigers FC. Kick off 12pm.
U20's – Sydney FC v Central Coast Mariners. Kick off 2:30pm.
First Grade – Sydney FC v Mt Druitt Town Rangers. Kick off 5pm.
Sydney FC's Memberships are on sale now! Click here to see the range of Membership options for the Hyundai A-League 2016/17 season.


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Lifetime and 5 years risk of breast cancer and attributable risk factor according to Gail model in Iranian women
Abolfazl Mohammadbeigi1, Narges Mohammadsalehi2, Razieh Valizadeh3, Zeinab Momtaheni3, Mohsen Mokhtari4, Hossein Ansari5
1 Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Health, Health Policy and Promotion Research Center, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran
2 Department of Research Vice-chancellor, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran
3 Student Research Committee, Qom University of Medical Sciences, Qom, Iran
4 Department Health Vice-Chancellor, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran
5 Health Promotion Research Center, Department of Epidemiology and biostatistics, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran
Hossein Ansari
Health Promotion Research Center, Department of Epidemiology and biostatistics, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan
Introduction: Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancers in women worldwide and in Iran. It is expected to account for 29% of all new cancers in women at 2015. This study aimed to assess the 5 years and lifetime risk of breast cancer according to Gail model, and to evaluate the effect of other additional risk factors on the Gail risk. Materials and Methods: A cross sectional study conducted on 296 women aged more than 34-year-old in Qom, Center of Iran. Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool calculated the Gail risk for each subject. Data were analyzed by paired t-test, independent t-test, and analysis of variance in bivariate approach to evaluate the effect of each factor on Gail risk. Multiple linear regression models with stepwise method were used to predict the effect of each variable on the Gail risk. Results: The mean age of the participants was 47.8 ± 8.8-year-old and 47% have Fars ethnicity. The 5 years and lifetime risk was 0.37 ± 0.18 and 4.48 ± 0.925%, respectively. It was lower than the average risk in same race and age women (P < 0.001). Being single, positive family history of breast cancer, positive history of biopsy, and radiotherapy as well as using nonhormonal contraceptives were related to higher lifetime risk (P < 0.05). Moreover, a significant direct correlation observed between lifetime risk and body mass index, age of first live birth, and menarche age. While an inversely correlation observed between lifetimes risk of breast cancer and total month of breast feeding duration and age. Conclusion: Based on our results, the 5 years and lifetime risk of breast cancer according to Gail model was lower than the same race and age. Moreover, by comparison with national epidemiologic indicators about morbidity and mortality of breast cancer, it seems that the Gail model overestimate the risk of breast cancer in Iranian women.
Mohammadbeigi A
Mohammadsalehi N
Valizadeh R
Momtaheni Z
Mokhtari M
Ansari H
Gail model


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This first verse of proverbs is there to let us know who wrote this book. It was Solomon, son of David, the king of Israel. There is a reason why God chose this man instead of anyone else to write this book. It is because of an encounter that he had with God at the start of his reign as the king of Israel.
In 1 Kings chatper 3 God appeared to Solomon in a dream. During that encounter God told Solomon, "Ask what you wish Me to give you." That is quite a question for a man to be asked. If there was ever a moment when truly the sky was the limit - this was it. What is even more interesting is the way that Solomon answered the question.
Rather than asking for power or money or any of the other things that most men would ask - Solomon asked for wisdom with which to rule the people of God. He confessed that he was just a child who was ascending the throne of a great people who could not be numbered or counted. He grasped his need for wisdom and for understanding to discern between good and evil.
This is why this book is filled with wisdom beyond any other written today. It is because God, when He heard Solomon's request, was delighted with it. God declared that He had given to Solomon a "wise and discerning heart . . ." so that the following would be true. "There has been no one like you before, nor shall one like you arise after you." This was the way God answered Solomon's prayer request to the Lord.
Proverbs is the wisdom of Solomon - but not just the wisdom of a man. The reason this is such an amazing book filled with wisdom that has never been surpassed, is because it is the wisdom of God. God is the One Who gave Solomon the discernment and wisdom so that he could write such a book. So, as you approach this book remember two things.
First, remember that the wisdom you are reading is the wisdom of God. This is not what Solomon thinks - or has learned. This is the wisdom of Almighty God that He placed within Solomon's heart. Second, be reminded of Solomon's heart - and also remember the promise from James chapter 1 - if anyone lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, Who gives generously at all who ask, without finding fault - and it will be given to him. Need wisdom - ask God! He is more than willing to pour wisdom out on those who admit their lack and who turn to Him for it.