We love this toy for so many reasons. It works on stacking and counting, but we also use it to hide things in. You can create several, or one big ball out of these. We put farm animals in several individual balls and work on speech therapy with that. Endless ways to have fun!
This is great for and OT/PT combo. I "catch" a puzzle piece with the fishing pole, and Logan has to stand up to take it off the rod. Very simple, great therapy aid.
This is a great calming toy, as well as a cause and effect toy. The bright colors and slow moving bubbles are very mesmerizing! You can also use it as a timer.
This has been Logan's favorite for forever! Each paw has a button in it to activate a song, game, or programmable feature. It has been so cool to see Logan seek out the paw she wants, and to see her little thumb search for and activate the button :). It comes in a boy version too, Scout.
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Logan's all time favorite book. Great for literacy, learning colors and anticipating what comes next.
What I love most about this book is that it encourages finger isolation to pop the dot. It also makes a fun sound when it is popped. Jack had these, and all 3 kids love them. Also comes in Farm, Safari and other themes. The pages are thick too, which makes for easy turning.


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ONWARDS AND UPWARDS
How Steve Jobs inspired Vishal Sikka to leave the chaos at Infosys
Made for better things?
Image: Reuters/Abhishek Chinnappa
Infosys, a 36-year-old Indian IT giant, just lost its first non-founder CEO.
Vishal Sikka, the company's former CEO & managing director, who resigned today (Aug. 18), cited "the constant drumbeat of the same issues over and over again, while ignoring and undermining the good work that has been done," as a reason behind his decision to quit.
Since Sikka's appointment in 2014, clashes between the old and new schools of thought at the company have made for a tumultuous journey. In February this year, the firm's founding members raised issue with the outrageous salaries and severance packages at the company—something co-founder NR Narayana Murthy mentioned again in April. The founders had also vocalised their concerns over the revenue growth target set by Sikka, given the global uncertainties of Brexit and Donald Trump's election as US president.
Adding to the criticism, calls to bring back Murthy as "chairman emeritus" had picked up traction, too. "…the distractions, the very public noise around us, have created an untenable atmosphere," Sikka said in a blog post after his resignation. For the Stanford alumnus, the decision to quit stemmed from a piece of advice Apple co-founder Steve Jobs gave out at his alma mater over a decade ago:
"Your time is limited, don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma, which is living the result of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other opinions drown your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition, they somehow already know what you truly want to become."
During his three-year run at Infosys, Sikka steered the company toward success: He made strides, pushing both profits and revenues up. Under his guidance, the company shifted from dated software work toward automation, blockchain, and other new-age technologies.
Culturally, too, he was a hit with employees. Sikka rolled out 5,000 promotions. He has time and again asked employees to raise questions and challenge the norms. He set up the "Murmuration" initiative, crowd-sourcing over 2,650 ideas from employees to make everyone feel heard. Easing up on typical corporate hang-ups, Sikka ditched the ties and suits, and allowed employees to access social networking websites such as Facebook or Twitter in office.
Although he has no regrets about his time at Infosys, Sikka feels it is time to move on.
"I now need to move forward, and return to an environment of respect, trust, and empowerment, where I can take on new lofty challenges, as can each of you," Sikka wrote. "As Steve Jobs said, I must follow my heart and my intuition, build my buildings, give my givings, and do something else."

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Everybody knows green tea is healthier than black tea. Right? Well, not so fast! Though green tea has received much acclaim because of its superstar antioxidant content, black tea, it turns out, does more to lower blood sugar. Black tea contains a polysaccharide that works very much the way pharmaceutical diabetes drugs work, according to a new study out of Tianjin University in China.
It's been known for some time that tea offers benefits to diabetics, but previous research hasn't compared the various kinds of tea to see which works best. This study compared the effects of green tea, black tea, and oolong. Although all three types of tea come from the same type of plant -- camellia sinensis -- they get processed differently, and it is the processing that creates differences in flavor and composition. Black tea undergoes the most processing and is fully fermented; green tea, which is unfermented, undergoes the least, and oolong tea fits right into the middle.
The natural assumption is that less processing is better, and in fact, green tea does preserve its antioxidant content better, plus has less caffeine. It's the catechins in green tea that confer all those health benefits, and in processing, those catechins convert into other compounds. Still, according to Dr. John Weisburger of the Institute for Cancer Prevention, "Whether it's green or black, tea has about eight to 10 times the [antioxidants] found in fruits and vegetables."
Plus, a closer look at what happens to the catechins in the process of making black tea reveals that they simply convert into other antioxidants -- theaflavins and thearubigens, which, although probably not as powerful as catechins, do confer health benefits that just now are starting to be investigated. Studies have shown that in addition to lowering blood sugar, black tea has antiviral properties, anticancer properties, and it improves cardiovascular function to a remarkable degree.
But the research on the blood-sugar lowering properties of tea focused not on the catechin content, but on the polysaccharide content in the tea. It seems that processing tea reduces the molecular weight of the polysaccharides, and according to head researcher Haixia Chen, those lighter-weight polysaccharides actually work better to block an enzyme called alpha-glucosidase, which converts starch into glucose. This is exactly what the mainstay diabetes drugs Precose and Glyset do. Plus, black-tea polysaccharides showed the best ability to scavenge disease-causing free radicals. In other words, the polysaccharides in black tea have far more powerful antioxidant properties than the polysaccharides in other teas. The game is still on.
Black tea already has been used in diabetes treatment in China and Japan because of its ability to reduce blood sugar, but this research takes it one step further by demonstrating that black tea actually stops the blood sugar spike triggered by eating. Dr. Chen says, "Many efforts have been made to search for effective glucose inhibitors from natural materials. There is a potential for exploitation of black tea polysaccharide in managing diabetes."
It also might be a good time to start drinking it, because in spite of what the researchers say, previous studies have shown that merely drinking tea does work. A study a few months ago, for instance, found that drinking three cups of black tea daily cut stroke risk by 21 percent. Another study last year found that both green tea and black tea reduced blood sugar as well as the incidence of diabetic cataracts in rats. The researchers concluded that average-weight adults could get the same effect by drinking 4.5 cups of tea daily.
One note before you start taking tea breaks every few hours: drink your tea without milk of any sort, including soy milk, as some studies indicate that milk blocks the action of the beneficial compounds in tea (1, 2, 3). Although the studies are conflicting, it's probably best to err on the side of caution. And by the way, if you don't enjoy tea, studies show that drinking six cups of coffee daily cuts diabetes risk by 50 percent for men and 30 percent for women. Of course, imbibing six or more cups of coffee daily simultaneously ups the risk of bouncing off the walls, annoying your spouse, and setting off hypertension, kidney stones, osteoporosis, and so on. You'll probably stay safer and more civilized drinking 4.5 cups of tea.
Or, you can just look for a black tea extract in your neighborhood health food store.
Has anyone identified which of the variety of black teas have the highest polysaccharide content. This would be an interesting and very enjoyable way to help manage diabetes.


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Impossible Mission 2025: The Special Edition est un jeu vidéo de plates-formes développé et édité par MicroProse sur Amiga et Amiga CD32 en 1994.

Il s'agit du troisième opus de la série Impossible Mission.

Le jeu

L'histoire

Le joueur incarne un agent secret chargé de stopper le professeur Elvin Atombender qui souhaite détruire le monde. Il doit ainsi pénétrer sa forteresse en se glissant entre les pièges et robots qui y sont disséminés, et l'arrêter.

Principe

Impossible Mission 2025 est un jeu de plates-formes standard, le joueur se déplace au sein de la base du professeur à la recherche des informations qui lui permettront d'obtenir l'accès à la salle où se cache Atombender.

À la différence des deux précédents opus, l'action se déroule dans une seule et unique salle, et le joueur a le choix entre trois personnages :
 Tasha : une gymnaste
 Felix Fly : un agent secret
 RAM 2 : un androïde

La série
 1984 - Impossible Mission
 1988 - Impossible Mission II
 1994 - Impossible Mission 2025: The Special Edition

Lien externe

Jeu de plates-formes
Jeu vidéo sorti en 1994
Jeu Amiga
Jeu Amiga CD32
Jeu vidéo développé aux États-Unis
Jeu MicroProse
Jeu vidéo sur l'espionnage

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« Who has your data and how can the government get it?
Common Data Project looking for a partner organization to open up access to sensitive data. »
A big update for the Common Data Project
June 29th, 2010 by The Common Data Project
There's been a lot going on at the Common Data Project, and it can be hard to keep track. Here's a quick recap.
The Common Data Project's mission is to encourage and enable the disclosure of personal data for public use and research.
We live in a world where data is obviously valuable — companies make millions from data, nonprofits seek new ways to be more accountable, advocates push governments to make their data open. But even as more data becomes accessible, even more valuable data remains locked up and unavailable to researchers, nonprofit organizations, businesses, and the general public.
We are working on creating a datatrust, a nonprofit data bank, that would incorporate new technologies for open data and new standards for collecting and sharing personal data.
We've refined what that means, what the datatrust is and what the datatrust is not.
We've been working in partnership with Shan Gao Ma (SGM), a consultancy started by CDP founder, Alex Selkirk, that specializes in large-scale data collection systems, to develop a prototype of the datatrust. The datatrust is a new technology platform that allows the release of sensitive data in "raw form" to the public with a measurable and therefore enforceable privacy guarantee.
In addition to this real privacy guarantee, the datatrust eliminates the need to "scrub" data before it's released. Right now, any organization that wants to release sensitive data has to spend a lot of time scrubbing and de-identifying data, using techniques that are frankly inexact and possibly ineffective. The datatrust, in other words, could make real-time data possible.
Furthermore, the data that is released can be accessed in flexible, creative ways. Right now, sensitive data is aggregated and released as statistics. A public health official may have access to data that shows how many people are "obese" in a county, but she can't "ask" how many people are "obese" within a 10-mile radius of a McDonald's.
We have a demo of PINQ
An illustration of how you can safely query a sensitive data set through differential privacy: a relatively new, quantitative approach to protecting privacy.
We've also developed an accompanying privacy risk calculator.
To help us visualize the consequences of tweaking different levers in differential privacy.
For CDP, improved privacy technology is only one part of the datatrust concept.
We've also been working on a number of organizational and policy issues:
A Quantifiable Privacy Guarantee: We are working through how differential privacy can actually yield a "measurable privacy guarantee" that is meaningful to the layman. (Thus far, it has been only a theoretical possibility. A specific "quantity" for the so-called "measurable privacy guarantee" has yet to be agreed upon by the research community.)
Building Community and Self-Governance: We're wrapping up a blog series looking at online information-sharing communities and self-governance structures and how lessons learned from the past few years of experimentation in user-generated and user-monitored content can apply to a data-sharing community built around a datatrust.
We've also started outlining the governance questions we have to answer as we move forward, including who builds the technology, who governs the datatrust, and how we will monitor and prevent the datatrust from veering from its mission. We know that this is an organization that must be transparent if it is to be trusted, and we are working on creating the kind of infrastructure that will make transparency inevitable.
Licensing Personal Information: We proposed a "Creative Commons" style license for sharing personal data and we're following the work of others developing licenses for data. In particular, what does it mean to "give up" personal information to a third-party?
Privacy Policies: We published a guide to reading online privacy policies for the curious layman: An analysis of their pitfalls and ambiguities which was re-published up by the IAPP and picked up by the popular technology blog, Read Write Web.
We've also started researching the issues we need to address to develop our own privacy policy. In particular, we've been working on figuring out how we will deal with government requests for information. We did some research into existing privacy law, both constitutional and statutory, but in many ways, we've found more questions than answers. We're interested in watching the progress of the Digital Due Process coalition as they work on reforming the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, but we anticipate that the datatrust will have to deal with issues that are more complex than an individual's expectation of privacy in emails more than 180 days old.
Education: We regularly publish in-depth essays and news commentary on our blog: myplaceinthecrowd.org covering topics such as: the risk of re-identification with current methods of anonymization and the value of open datasets that are available for creative reuse.
We have a lot to work on, but we're excited to move forward!
Tags: Datatrust, differential privacy, Governance, mission, PINQ, Privacy, Shan Gao Ma
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Wen Wee Ma, M.B.B.S.
Oncology (Medical)
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Biographical summary
Wen Wee Ma, M.B.B.S., is a medical oncologist specializing in the treatment of gastrointestinal cancers. His clinical focus includes:
Biliary tract and liver cancers
Stomach and esophageal cancer
Dr. Ma also has a special interest in evaluating new anti-cancer therapies in early clinical development. He treats advanced solid cancers patients in the Early Cancer Therapeutics/Phase I clinic that offers clinical trials of novel anti-cancer drugs. His research has contributed to the establishment of new treatment standards for metastatic pancreatic cancer, and has been involved in the development of national guideline for pancreatic cancer management.
Early Cancer Therapeutics/Phase I clinical trials
Gastro-esophageal cancer
Mayo Clinic locations
Fellow - Clinical and Research Fellowship, Medical Oncology & HematologyJohns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Certificate - The Science of Clinical InvestigationJohns Hopkins University School of Medicine and School of Public Health
Internship/Residency - Internal MedicineJohns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Residency - Internal MedicineNational University Hospital of Singapore
InternshipMinistry of Health - Singapore
MBBSUniversity of Sydney
Activities and honors
Outstanding Clinical Research Award for Junior FacultyState University of New York at Buffalo
Clinical Translational Research Center FellowState University of New York at Buffalo
Investigator AwardCancer and Leukemia Group B Foundation
Oncology Scholar-in-Training AwardAACR-Bristol-Myer-Squibb
A*STAR Biomedical Research Council Travel AwardA*STAR, Singapore
Young Investigator AwardAmerican Society for Clinical Oncology
MemberAmerican Association for Cancer Research
MemberAmerican College of Physicians
MemberAmerican Society of Clinical Oncology
See my publications
PST-20305561
الأطباء والفريق الطبي
Ma, Wen Wee M.B.B.S.


WeWork is probably the globally most well-known brand that is associated with coworking. That is despite the fact that only a small part of the areas comply with the coworking space concept and most desks are located in private offices. With the roughly seven billion dollars they have so far collected in venture capital, WeWork has the potential to start a fierce competition with other coworking spaces. That is why in the latest Global Coworking Survey, we have asked how coworking spaces view the effects of the activities of WeWork on their own businesses.
Half of all coworking spaces worldwide think that their economic perspectives are unaffected by WeWork. A fifth reported positive influences and a tenth reported negative influences. Around 20% of all coworking spaces hasn't formed an opinion on this topic yet.
The PDF results of this article can be downloaded here.
The result isn't really surprising, as WeWork only has a small global market share, like any other competitor, and is only represented in around 60 cities with their 250 locations. The relatively high share of positive opinions can probably be explained through the attention in the media that introduces the 'coworking' term to a wider audience.
Reduced to the cities that WeWork is already active in, the coworking spaces there view their situation differently. Even though positive opinions are actually slightly on the rise, negative reports are more frequent here. Every third coworking space views WeWork as a threat to its economic perspectives.
However, this opinion depends on the concrete vicinity to the WeWork locations. Overall, the vast majority of the coworking spaces that report positive influences through WeWork are those that aren't located in the direct vicinity to WeWork locations, but also not too far away.
Among the coworking spaces based in direct vicinity, within 1 km of the WeWork locations, negative opinions (40%) clearly outnumber the positive ones (26%). It's impossible to derive an exact distance, as this depends on a number of factors, especially on the traffic link of the individual coworking spaces.
On first glance, the general profitability of other coworking spaces isn't affected by WeWork. Other coworking spaces in their vicinity even post above-average profits. Presumably, WeWork is opening locations in the most promising places. On the one hand, coworking spaces that are only mildly profitable often see their perspectives affected negatively by having WeWork in their vicinity. Already profitable coworking spaces on the other hand mostly report positive influences, even if another quarter of them sees their profits dwindle.
Older coworking spaces and those that have other locations themselves often feel more threatened by WeWork. Still, due to the fact that they are often already profitable, a larger number of them thinks WeWork will improve their perspectives.
The activities of WeWork are viewed especially critically by operators that think that there are already too many coworking spaces around, or where a sufficient market saturation is already established.
Two developments can be derived from those numbers. First, the closer the coworking spaces are to the WeWork locations, the worse they view their activities on their own business. Second, the more profitable a coworking space is, the more positively they view the influence of WeWork – although at least older coworking spaces often feel more threatened. In cities where WeWork is active, these developments overlap. With growing distance, the influences decline strongly. A minority of coworking spaces even views the presence of distant WeWork locations as significantly more positive than negative.


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Catholic priest who 'died twice' gives thanks for coronavirus recovery
A patient in quarantine lying in a hospital bed. Credit: shutter_o via Shutterstock.
By Luke Coppen
Coventry, England, Jan 30, 2021 / 04:00 am
In March 2020, Fr. Michael Stack was looking forward to retiring after years of exhausting priestly ministry. He had served for almost a quarter-century as a chaplain in four major hospitals in the archdiocese of Birmingham, England.
He was currently assigned to a parish in Coventry, in central England. In search of respite, he went to visit his sister in Dereham, in the county of Norfolk. But his stay proved to be anything but relaxing.
He arrived at his sister's with a persistent cough. The next thing he knew, he was in a hospital bed.
"The nursing staff told me that when I arrived at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King's Lynn, I had apparently died in the ambulance and been resuscitated by the two paramedics," he told CNA in an interview.
"Apparently I got into critical care there and decided to give up again. I died in critical care, so they resuscitated me."
Stack, a cheerful and self-deprecating 70-year-old, was speaking days before the U.K. passed 100,000 coronavirus deaths, the highest figure in Europe.
The English Cardinal Vincent Nichols described the bleak milestone as "a day of great sadness all over the land."
"So many people, families, communities, remembering those who have died in these terrible months of the pandemic. Each one is mourned. Each one is to be prayed for," he said.
Stack told CNA that he could easily have been among those 100,000 people.
"I think that statistically, I should have just been a number. I would have been one of those that would have had a funeral and that would be it," he said.
Looking back at the day he almost left this world, he said that he had no recollection of being taken to hospital, let alone of "dying" twice.
He didn't know either that he had contracted COVID-19. For a while, he didn't even know where he was.
"If you go into critical care, there's no clock anywhere. They don't do clocks because you're not supposed to know what time it is and the lights are on all the time. If you're unconscious and you're in a controlled medical state, you don't ask questions," he said.
"I kept saying the Lord's Prayer. And I kept thinking about my parents. And I kept seeing lots of green lights and blue lights. I didn't see the Beatific Vision or Peter standing at a gate saying: 'What the hell do you want? It's not your time. Go back. Clear off.' There was nothing like that."
Five days after he was admitted to critical care, doctors gave Stack a trial drug. The day after, medics were standing at his bedside when they noticed that he raised his left eyelid as they were discussing him.
As he lay stricken in bed, he didn't know that a pandemic had overrun the country and the population was now confined to home.
"At first I didn't realize the seriousness of what was going on, mainly because there were no televisions. There was no press. Being so ill, one didn't want to read anything. I had no stamina. My energy levels were almost nil," he said.
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"And the next thing was, you've got these people dressed in white spacesuits, saying: 'We're the COVID team.' I said: 'What the hell's that? Is it the Olympics or something?'"
It took some time for hospital staff to establish that Stack was a Catholic priest. But once they did, a Catholic chaplain visited and gave him the Eucharist and the Sacrament of the Sick. He also received consoling visits from a Baptist chaplain.
A turning point came thanks to an unexpected act of kindness.
"I was slumped in a chair in critical care," he said, noting with a chuckle that the phrase rhymed. "I was kind of like a zombie. One of the doctors came up to me. She sat in front of me and said: 'Is there anything I can do for you?'"
"I couldn't speak because I had a tracheostomy in my neck with the oxygen going in. So I just shrugged my shoulders. She said: 'Would you like a shave, Michael?' I nodded my head. So she spent about an hour giving me a shave. I had a beard and my hair was terrible."
"Then she opened the curtain, took the bowl of water away, and met her other colleagues. She said: 'I get an extra 10 bonus points: I just shaved a Catholic priest.'"
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Stack was on a ventilator for 21 days and in critical care for 36 days. When he was moved to a new ward at the end of April, he began the arduous process of starting to walk again.
"Three jolly physio people turned up dressed in their masks and hoods. They said: 'Hello, Michael, we're going to get you to walk.' I said: 'How?'"
"With the first push and shove, they got me to put my feet on the ground. They lifted me forward and moved me two steps. That was the beginning of the process of learning to walk again."
Stack was, of course, used to hospitals, but as a chaplain rather than a patient. He estimates that he has ministered to around 5,000 people who have died on wards. As well as serving at some of the U.K.'s busiest hospitals, he was also national chaplain to the Association of Catholic Nurses in England and Wales.
A few years ago, he published a book about the Church's healing ministry. "Lord, When Did We See You Sick?" tells 12 stories of grace amid illness drawn from Stack's ministry. In a foreword, Cardinal Nichols described it as "a moving testimony to the healing power of our prayerful companionship with the sick and dying."
Stack noted that the title is from a passage in St. Matthew's Gospel where Jesus says that we will be judged according to how we treated "these least brothers of mine."
"That's probably how we'll get into eternal life: you'll get the calculator out and see how many times you actually helped somebody," he mused. "Or you'll say: 'I didn't see any of that. I didn't see anybody sick.' Because we're too busy, too busy working or enjoying ourselves here."
Stack plans to add another six chapters to the book. And yes, one of them will be about his own unexpected recovery.
After eventually testing negative for the coronavirus, he was allowed to leave the hospital. He returned to his sister's house, where he continued his rehabilitation program. He progressed from a walking frame to two sticks, then to one stick, and finally was able to walk on his own.
By August 2020, he was well enough to accept an invitation to return to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. He was able to thank the medical staff who saved his life and visit the critical care unit where he went to the brink of death and back again.
"My sister said, 'Oh, you're a bit of a Lazarus, aren't you?' I said, 'No, well, he was dead for four days,'" he recalled.
"It's thanks to the prayers that so many people have offered for me."
At the end of that month, Stack went back to Christ the King parish in Coventry, where he had been assisting before his illness. His health was still delicate, but he wanted to thank parishioners for their unceasing prayers.
In a short address, captured on video, he said: "Thank you for your prayers, all of you, which have made a tremendous change to my state of life. I was close to being called twice and, for some reason, the Lord has decided it's not time yet."
He told CNA: "I found that very emotional and very, very exhausting because I wasn't really up to it. I don't think I was really fit enough to do that. But I thought I've got to get up and do something and thank people."
Standing at the pulpit and with a growing weariness in his voice, he thanked all those who had sent him cards. He said he was especially touched by a portrait a young Mass-goer drew of him looking sprightly under a smiling sun.
"Thank you very much indeed for your message, for your prayer, and for the prayers of everybody. I'm full of gratitude. Thank you," he said.
And with that, he stepped away to resounding applause to continue his recovery.
Photograph of Fr. Michael Stack used with the kind permission of Con McHugh.
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Luke Coppen is CNA's former Europe editor.


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Comic Maria Bamford, coming to Bethlehem: 'I'm in a really good place'
By Ed Condran
| Special to The Morning Call |
Comedian Maria Bamford performs Friday at Musikfest Cafe in Bethlehem. (NATALIE BRASINGTON / CONTRIBUTED PHOTO)
Dark material has comedic appeal. "The deeper and more revealing you get, the better," said the late comic Richard Jeni in an interview a decade ago. "People would rather hear the more disturbing than the typical from a stand-up. It's typically original and often fascinating."
If that's so about dark material, Maria Bamford is your comic. The star of the Netflix series "Lady Dynamite" has used her platform to crack wise about her issues with bipolar disorder and suicidal thoughts.
Bamford, 46, revealed that she first thought about taking her life as a pre-teen t while coming of age in Minneapolis. "Suicide entered my mind many times as a child when I was 10 and through adulthood," Bamford says in a phone call from her Los Angeles home. "So I have talked about some mental health issues but I'm not the first comic to do that onstage."
Such old-school comics as the late Jonathan Winters and Richard Lewis have mined great material from their mental troubles. The latter's biography, "The Other Great Depression," is both hilarious and revealing.
"As a comic you go with what you have," Bamford says. "I love what Samantha Bee and John Oliver do with their investigative reporting comedy. It's hilarious and useful. I'm not very good at that kind of humor."
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Bamford doesn't need to worry about that type of comedy. She has plenty of personal material to deliver. "You write what you know is what they say, right?" Bamford says. "That's what I do. I have some experience to draw from and I think a lot of it's funny."
"Lady Dynamite," which will be back for a second season in the fall, is loosely based on Bamford's experiences. The show follows Bamford trying to re-establish herself in Hollywood after being institutionalized.
"It's fun expressing myself with the show," Bamford says. "I love it but I have a team of writers, who do a great job developing my voice. They're an unbelievable group of union writers. Live better, work union. What I do with the show and stand-up is the greatest since I have a dream job."
Bamford grew up watching "Saturday Night Live." "I loved Eddie Murphy and those who were part of that show during the '80s. I loved Steve Martin, too. I grew up with a family that loves to laugh."
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Bamford's mother is bipolar. "I grew up watching her so I can relate," Bamford says. "I've had my down moments."
However, Bamford's life changed four years ago when she received proper medication. "I've been on a mood stabilizer since then," Bamford says. "All the awful thoughts are gone. My life is a lot better. I'm so grateful to have a better state of mind. People who don't have the issues that I've dealt with are so fortunate. They have no idea how difficult it is to live when you think about dying. But I'm past all of that now. I'm in a really good place."
Bamford's husband Scott Marvel Cassidy, who grew up on the Main Line near Philadelphia and studied at the University of the Arts, raises her spirits. "Scott is so funny. Not only is he a gifted painter, he cracks me up and gets my sense of humor."
The comedic couple crafted a creative seduction bit Bamford has delivered. "It's about making things more complicated than it is," Bamford says. "We talk about all these things we would do in the bedroom but the funny thing is that we always do the same thing. Forget about the scenarios we think of. Talking about that cracks up my husband and I."
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It'll be a family affair when Bamford performs Friday at the Musikfest Cafe. Her parents are planning to visit the Lehigh & Keystone Valley Model Railroad Museum. "My parents really want to see that train museum," Bamford says. "They're really into it."
Will Bamford and her husband stop by the museum? "I'm sure it's a great museum but I doubt it," Bamford says. "I'll be focusing on the show. I'll have a lot on my mind. But what's been on my mind has been good."
Mental well being isn't a negative when it comes to Bamford's comedy. "Being well is great," Bamford says. "My comedy is still going over well. My responsibility is to first be good to myself and make sure all is fine with me and then I focus on comedy and then everything else."
Bamford is excited about the state of comedy. "It's come a long way," Bamford says. "There are so many great young comedians. It's a renaissance for comedy."
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In 2013 Bamford had a recurring role in the acclaimed television series "Arrested Development." "What an amazing television show," Bamford says. "I was so happy to be part of that. I see that there will be an 'Arrested Development' movie. I'm sure that it's going to be excellent."
The quirky entertainer will not be part of that production but she has been in such films as "Stuart Little 2," "Heckler" and "Barnyard."
"I've been in some really fun productions," Bamford says. "I've been really fortunate when it comes to the work in film I've done. You can see why so many people want to work in comedy. It's work, serious work but it's fun."
Bamford has advice for those hoping to enter the world of comedy.
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"Most people really don't know how to break into comedy but my advice is to just be around comedy," Bamford says. "I worked at Nickelodeon [as a receptionist] and all of a sudden I was doing voice work. If you're around comedy, in a club or wherever, you have a better chance of getting somewhere there as opposed to being at home. Get out and express yourself."
Director Judd Apatow ("Freaks and Geeks," "Funny People," "This is 40") has said that Bamford is the funniest woman in the world. "You can't get much higher praise than that," Bamford says. "I'm honored. It's great to be recognized and it's also great to do something that you absolutely love to do every day. I think that's part of the key to being happy. That and for me having a mood stabilizer."
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Automatic Adjustment of Certain Dollar Amounts in the Bankruptcy Code and Official Forms
Wed, 03/27/2019 - 9:44am
On April 1, 2019, various adjustments to the dollar amounts in the Bankruptcy Code, official forms, and in 28 U.S.C. 1409 will take effect. A list of the affected sections and the new dollar amounts is available here. In addition to these sections, the following official forms have been updated to reflect the new dollar amounts:
Official Form 106C, Schedule C: The Property You Claim as Exempt;
Official Form 107, Statement of Financial Affairs for Individuals Filing for Bankruptcy;
Official Form 122A-2, Chapter 7 Means Test Calculation;
Official Form 122C-2, Chapter 13 Calculation of Your Disposable Income;
Official Form 201, Voluntary Petition for Non-Individuals Filing for Bankruptcy;
Official Form 207, Statement of Financial Affairs for Non-Individuals Filing for Bankruptcy; and
Official Form 410, Proof of Claim.
The new amounts and forms should be used for all cases filed on or after April 1, 2019.


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7/23/1904: Billy Murray hits #1 with "Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis"
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Billy Murray "Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis"
Writer(s): Arthur B. Sterling, Kerry Mills (see lyrics here)
First charted: 7/23/1904
Peak: 19 US, #12 GA (Click for codes to singles charts.)
Sales (in millions): -- US, -- UK, -- world (includes US and UK)
Radio Airplay (in millions): -- Video Airplay (in millions): --
Review: In 1904, the world shone a light on St. Louis. In celebration of the centential of the Louisiana Purchase, the U.S. "Gateway to the West" became the stage for two major parties – the World's Fair and the third modern Olympic Games. Composer Kerry Mills ("At a Georgia Camp Meeting," "Red Wing") and lyricist Andrew Sterling ("Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie," "When My Baby Smiles at Me") capitalized on the city's popularity by penning what what would become the exposition's theme song. TR-295
According to Mills and Sterling, the idea for the song came when they ordered a drink called a Louis and had it served to them by a bartender named Louis. They crafted a story of Flossie, a housewife who bolts for the World's Fair in St. Louis, leaving a note behind for her husband, Louis. RCG He discovers, "The dresses that hung in the hall/ Were gone, she had taken them all/ She took all his rings/ And the rest of his things." In her note, Flossie says, "We will dance the Hoochie-Koochie/ I Will be your Tootsie-Wootsie/ If you will meet me in St. Louis, Louis/ Meet me at the Fair."


This is an original MUTOSCOPE arcade card from the 1940's. Master pin-up artist Earl Moran did the art titled "DO YOU STILL PREFER BLONDES?". The image is lithographed on heavy card stock and measures 5 1/4″ by 3 1/4″. This card is in Very Fine condition. Quality cheesecake from when the pin-up was in its' heyday.
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Gregory Rockson, a Westminster College graduate and the co-founder and CEO of mPharma, spoke Wednesday during the Hancock Symposium. His company focuses on distributing vital pharmaceuticals to residents of four nations in Africa at affordable prices.
Westminster College graduate Gregory Rockson thinks anyone can be creative.
Useful innovation, however, requires effort.
"You wake up in the morning with a great idea but to actually bring those ideas to life, we need discipline," he said.
Discipline and hard work applied to creativity led to the creation of mPharma, of which Rockson is co-founder and CEO. He returned to Westminster from his home country, Ghana, to speak Wednesday about his mission and how he's achieved success.
After graduating, Rockson turned his eyes toward home in search of a need to fill. The high price of pharmaceuticals stood out. In Ghana and many other African nations, most pharmacies are small mom-and-pop operations with small customer bases. This means they can't afford to buy in bulk and end up spending more for drugs — which arrive through a convoluted, many-step supply chain.
Additionally, some are scammed with impure or counterfeit versions of drugs.
"I saw this as a challenge to build a solution to what I see as one of the greatest injustices to people in the African continent," Rockson said. "I see affordable health care as an fundamental human right."
With the help of investors that value long-term growth and positive social change, Rockson co-founded mPharma in 2013. Initially, Rockson considered starting his own chain of pharmacies. Then, he realized there was a way to work with existing pharmacies and accomplish his goals.
The company partners up with pharmacies and hospitals and collects data on the medications being prescribed. Then, it aggregates the demand and purchases the drugs in bulk. The company stocks the pharmacies' shelves at no cost to the pharmacy's owners, restocking as necessary with the help of sophisticated software. When a customer purchases drugs at the pharmacy, it gets to keep a commission and the rest goes to repay mPharma.
The first pharmacy partner was making $10,000 per month before contracting with mPharma. The first check mPharma got was for $30.
Five months later, the pharmacy's revenue grew to $40,000.
Today, mPharma is partnered with 150 pharmacies in Ghana, Nigeria, Zambia and Zimbabwe. It serves 30,000 patients per month. And it has room to grow.
"The question has always been, 'What more can we do?'" Rockson said. "I don't think I'll ever be comfortable with my success."
Because 90 percent of customers in sub-Saharan Africa are uninsured and pay for drugs out-of-pocket, many can't afford to purchase a full month of a prescription at once. Rockson and mPharma developed an app called Mutti, which allows mPharma customers to pay what they can up-front and repay the rest in interest-free installments.
While mPharma is a for-profit company, Rockson has a strong focus on keeping its practices ethical. Its chief goal is making life-saving drugs as affordable as possible.
"Personally, I didn't create mPharma for financial gains," he said. "There's only so much money a person needs to be comfortable."
That ethos informed mPharma's 2016 launch in Nigeria. At the time, Nigeria was in an economic downturn and inflation was out of control. The company purchased the drugs at a lower exchange rate, before the inflation kicked in, and stood to make an enormous profit if it sold the drugs at the current rate.
"I sat back and said, 'No, we will keep the price the same as when we brought it in,'" Rockson said. "We had enough funds to do that for three months."
That act wasn't good for short-term profit. But in the long term, it built trust and a loyal customer base in Nigeria. Two years later, mPharma's largest presence is in that country.
While mPharma is Rockson's biggest effort so far, it's hardly his first success. Before he even graduated college, Rockson interned for the New York State Assembly, where he wrote a resolution recognizing the Rwandan Genocide which the assembly adopted.
While studying abroad in Copenhagen through Rotary, he founded the city's first chapter of Big Brothers Big Sisters for refugee children. He also founded the Six Days of Peace Project, which brought together artists and representatives from several Middle Eastern countries in hopes of fostering peace.
"It might appear that I knew everything I wanted to do," he said. "In fact, most of the best things that have happened to me have happened through unexpected moments."
Rather than plotting a comprehensive course to a perfect future, Rockson has grabbed opportunities that have come his way.
"I was always open to being there and figuring out what would happen after the fact," he said. "It's OK to take a long time to figure out what you want to do, as long as you have a desire for a fulfilled life."


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using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class FlowmapAnimator : MonoBehaviour {

    public float flowSpeed;

	private Material currentMaterial;

	private float cycle, halfCycle;

	private float flowMapOffset0;
	private float flowMapOffset1;

	//private float flowTide = 0.0f;

	private bool hasTide;

	void Reset() {
		flowSpeed = .25f;
	}

	// Use this for initialization
	void Start () {
		//Destroy(this);
		currentMaterial = GetComponent<Renderer>().material;

		cycle = 6.0f;//flowSpeed * 3.0f * .1f;//.15f;
		//Debug.Log("flowSpeed: " + flowSpeed + " cycle: " + cycle);
		halfCycle = cycle * .5f;

		flowMapOffset0 = 0.0f;
		flowMapOffset1 = halfCycle;

		//flowSpeed *= -1.0f;

		currentMaterial.SetFloat("halfCycle", halfCycle);

		/*if ( currentMaterial.HasProperty("_normalStrength") ) {
			float normalStrength = currentMaterial.GetFloat("_normalStrength") * flowSpeed;
			Debug.Log("normalStrength: " + normalStrength);
			normalStrength = Mathf.Clamp(normalStrength, 0.01f, 50.0f);

			currentMaterial.SetFloat("_normalStrength", normalStrength);
		}

		if ( currentMaterial.HasProperty("flowTide") )
			hasTide = true;
		else
			hasTide = false;*/
	}

	//private float animationValue = 0.0f;
	//private float deltaAnimation = 0.0f;

	// Update is called once per frame
	void Update () {
		//flowMapOffset0 += Time.deltaTime;
		//flowMapOffset1 += Time.deltaTime;
		flowMapOffset0 += flowSpeed * Time.deltaTime;
        flowMapOffset1 += flowSpeed * Time.deltaTime;
        /*if ( flowMapOffset0 >= cycle )
            flowMapOffset0 = .0f;

        if ( flowMapOffset1 >= cycle )
            flowMapOffset1 = .0f;
		*/

		while (flowMapOffset0 >= cycle) {
			//Debug.Log("flowMapOffset0: " + flowMapOffset0 + " cycle: " + cycle);
			flowMapOffset0 -= cycle;
		}

		while (flowMapOffset1 >= cycle) {
			//Debug.Log("Bigger than 250");
			flowMapOffset1 -= cycle;
		}

		currentMaterial.SetFloat("flowMapOffset0", flowMapOffset0);
		currentMaterial.SetFloat("flowMapOffset1", flowMapOffset1);

		//const float tideAnimationSpeed = .5f;

		/*if (hasTide) {

			//Derivative, are we going upwards or downwards?
			if (deltaAnimation >= 0.0f) {
				animationValue += Time.deltaTime * 1.5f * tideAnimationSpeed;
				deltaAnimation = Mathf.Cos(animationValue) * Time.deltaTime * 1.5f * tideAnimationSpeed;
			} else {
				animationValue += Time.deltaTime * tideAnimationSpeed;
				deltaAnimation = Mathf.Cos(animationValue) * Time.deltaTime * tideAnimationSpeed;
			}

			flowTide += deltaAnimation;

			Debug.Log("flowTide: " + flowTide);

			//flowTide = (Mathf.Sin(Time.time / 2.0f) + 1.0f) * .5f;
			currentMaterial.SetFloat("flowTide", (flowTide + 1.0f) * .5f );
		}*/

		/*if (animationValue >= 1.0f)
			animationValue = 0.0f;*/

		//terrainMaterial.SetFloat("_AnimationValue", animationValue);
	}
}

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Canada may be one of the wealthiest countries in the world, but the diet of the average Canadian is not rich in the right nutrients, according to a report from The Conference Board of Canada. With life expectancy lower than previous generations, a dangerous precedent for unhealthy eating is being set. To reverse the damage done, recent research points to eating a diverse diet of whole foods. Foods and snacks from the Chelsea Market have helpful holistic benefits and contribute to better health. Apart from a balanced diet, it's important that the food that you eat in between meals should also benefit your overall health. Here's why snacking on protein-rich treats is good for you.
Consuming enough protein to meet between 10-30% of your daily calories can contribute to a healthy lifestyle. Many foods that contain protein are also high in fat, so it's important to choose low-fat options for your snacks. Consuming snacks specifically formulated to feed you protein with real nutritional value like the Simply Protein range is an excellent way to ensure you meet your complete dietary needs. Such snacks help you fill up on fiber and protein, instead of on fat and empty calories. Having a combo of fiber and protein in your snacks can help you feel full longer until your next meal and can even reduce cravings.
Protein is a core component of a well-balanced diet. It's made up of amino acids, and while the human body can naturally produce some of, it relies on foods rich in protein to provide the rest. Studies have shown that eating foods that are high in protein contribute to better overall health. Snacking on protein-based foods can also positively affect our cardiovascular health by lowering blood pressure and reducing cholesterol.
Protein is an essential element of bone health. Long-term studies have shown that children who eat enough protein maintain their bone mass better as they get older, and have a much lower risk of suffering from fractures. Protein bars specially formulated for kids are great for lunch boxes or to take with you on a day out. Not only do they taste delicious, they will give your kids nutritious fuel and energy without any additional junk. Moreover, the portable nature of protein bars means that you and your loved ones can get your daily protein needs while traveling or anytime you need it.
Keeping delicious protein-rich snacks with you is a great way to ensure you spread your protein intake throughout the day and get a good amount into your system before and after a workout. Eating a diverse diet, supplemented with protein products is an excellent way to maintain good health. Boost your body with organic wholesome foods, regular exercise, and sensible snacks and you will be well on your way to improving your health, and live a long and full life.
Phyllis owns ChelseaMarket.ca with her husband, Greg. They have been in the food industry for more than 30 years operating manufacturing, wholesale and retail businesses. She has a passion for fine foods and wines and is a fervent supporter of entrepreneurial ventures.


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Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer Holm
*This book won the Newbery Honor, so naturally I wanted to check it out. Plus, it takes place in one of my favorite locations, Key West!
Goodreads says, "Inspired by family stories, two-time Newbery Honor winner and New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Holm beautifully blends family lore with America's past in this charming gem of a novel, rich in historical detail, humor, and the unique flavors of Key West. Life isn't like the movies, and eleven-year-old Turtle is no Shirley Temple. She's smart and tough and has seen enough of the world not to expect a Hollywood ending. After all, it's 1935, and jobs and money and sometimes even dreams are scarce. So when Turtle's mama gets a job housekeeping for a lady who doesn't like kids, Turtle says goodbye without a tear and heads off to Key West, Florida, to stay with relatives she's never met. Florida's like nothing Turtle has ever seen. It's hot and strange, full of wild green peeping out between houses, ragtag boy cousins, and secret treasure. Before she knows what's happened, Turtle finds herself coming out of the shell she has spent her life building, and as she does, her world opens up in the most unexpected ways."
We'll Always Have Summer by Jenny Han
*AHHHHHHHHHHH!!! Thank you to S&S Galley Grab and Leanna at Daisy Chain Book Reviews for helping me figure out how to use Galley Grab so I could get my hands on this book. (Haha!) This is my MOST anticipated book of 2011. Jenny Han is a genius.
Goodreads says, "It's been two years since Conrad told Belly to go with Jeremiah. She and Jeremiah have been inseparable ever since, even attending the same college-- only, their relationship hasn't exactly been the happily ever after Belly had hoped it would be. And when Jeremiah makes the worst mistake a boy can make, Belly is forced to question what she thought was true love. Does she really have a future with Jeremiah? Has she ever gotten over Conrad? It's time for Belly to decide, once and for all, who has her heart forever."
The Day Before by Lisa Schroeder
*Thanks to Leanna at Daisy Chain Book Reviews for highlighting this one as her WoW pick. I then saw it on Galley Grab and knew it would be a book I'd enjoy. Plus, I believe it's written in verse, which is something I really like.
Goodreads says, "Sometimes there's no turning back. Amber's life is spinning out of control. All she wants is to turn up the volume on her iPod until all of the demands of her family and friends fade away. So she sneaks off to the beach to spend a day by herself. Then Amber meets Cade. Their attraction is instant, and Amber can tell that he's also looking for an escape. Together they decide to share a perfect day: no pasts, no fears, no regrets. The more time that Amber spends with Cade, the more she's drawn to him. And the more she's troubled by his darkness. Because Cade's not just living in the now--he's living each moment like it's his last."
The Summer We Read Gatsby by Danielle Ganek
*I got this one from the library and am enjoying it. I only wish I were at the beach; it's the perfect beach read.
Goodreads says, "A delightful comedy of manners about two sisters who must set aside their differences when they inherit a house in the Hamptons Half-sisters Cassie and Peck could not be more different. Cassie is a newly divorced journalist with her feet firmly planted on the ground; Peck is a vintage-obsessed actress with her head in the clouds. In fact, the only thing they seem to have in common is their inheritance of Fool's House, a rundown cottage left to them by their beloved Aunt Lydia. But Cassie and Peck can't afford the house, and they can't agree on anything, much less what to do with the place. Plus, along with the house, they've inherited an artist-inresidence and self-proclaimed genius named Biggsy who seems to bring suspiciously bad luck wherever he goes. As these two likable sisters try to understand their aunt's puzzling instructions to "seek a thing of utmost value" from within the house, they're both distracted by romantic entanglements with men from their pasts. The Summer We Read Gatsby, set in the end-of-an-era summer of 2008, is filled with fabulous parties, eccentric characters, and insider society details that showcase Ganek's pitch-perfect sense of style and wit."
I won this over at Bookworming in the 21st Century - Thank you!
Blessed by Cynthia L. Smith
The next three books were won over at the Book Butterfly's Valentine's Day Contest! Thank you!!
Nothing Like You by Laura Strasnick
I Like Him, He Likes Her by Phyllis R. Naylor
Love, Love, Love: The Language of Love and Cupidity by Caroline Goode and Deborah Rebar
What did you get in your mailbox? Have you read any of these books? Let me know what you think. This meme is hosted by The Story Siren.
Lovely book week - quite diverse lol. Happy reading :D
Leanna Elle March 6, 2011 at 8:11 AM
Yay! I hope you enjoy those Galley Grab books. I really must read that Jenny Han series. It sounds like something I would love!
The summer we read Gatsby also sounds like a lot of fun!
jayme March 6, 2011 at 8:19 AM
I can't wait to read We'll Always Have Summer--love Jenny Han. What a great haul of books!
Great books this week. I just finished We'll Always Have Summer last night! It was sooooo good! I read all 3 books within 2 days and it is now one of my favorite series of all time. Jenny Han is my hero! :)
Nina March 6, 2011 at 9:51 AM
Great books! And great winnings! You lucky girl. ;) Enjoy!
Brittany March 6, 2011 at 11:57 AM
These all look so good! I'm green with envy ;)
Christina T March 7, 2011 at 11:17 PM
I really want to read The Day Before. Turtle in Paradise looks good too. It sounds like a sweet story and I love the cover!


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Enhanced ID: Human Rights in Democratic Republic of Congo - 45th Meeting, 40th Regular Session Human Rights Council
19 Mar 2019 - Enhanced interactive dialogue on:
- The oral update of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the situation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of Congo A/HRC/40/47 Item:10 - Technical assistance and capacity-building
Mr. Andrew Gilmour, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights (Introduction)
Ms. Leila Zerrougui, Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) (Introduction)
Mr. Bacre Waly Ndiaye, International Human Rights Experts on Kasai (Introduction)
H.E. Ms. Marie-Ange Mushobekwa, Minister for Human Rights of the Republic Democratic of Congo (Introduction)
Mr. Abraham Ndjamba Samba, Coordinator, Synergy of Citizen Observation Election Missions (SYMOCEL) (Introduction)
European Union, Mr. Carl Hallergard
Norway (on behalf of Nordic Countries), Mr. Hans Brattskar
Angola (on behalf of the African Group), Ms. Marilia Manuel
Spain, Mr. Carlos Dominguez Díaz
Sudan, Mr. Osman Hassan Mohamed Hassan
Mozambique, Mr. Jaime Chissano
Mr. Andrew Gilmour, Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights (Introduction) 00:02:14
Ms. Leila Zerrougui, Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in DRC (MONUSCO) (Introduction) 00:08:16
Mr. Bacre Waly Ndiaye, International Human Rights Experts on Kasai (Introduction) 00:18:46
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Spain, Mr. Carlos Dominguez Díaz 00:54:27
Sudan, Mr. Osman Hassan Mohamed Hassan 00:56:27
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COUNTING BLESSINGS: Harry Peacey took time off from his butcher's job to help his dad, Buckles Peacey, with shearing jobs at Laidlaw, Longreach. Pictures: Sally Cripps.
Luck and a positive attitude has played as much a role in Ann and Lachlan 'Buckles' Peacey pulling through one of the harshest droughts western Queensland has endured as any management techniques they've been able to implement.
Despite only having one fall of rain this year, 100mm back in March, the couple who own Laidlaw, 92km south of Longreach, insist they are are among the more fortunate producers in the region, thanks to a fall of 75mm the previous October that not many neighbours recorded.
On the strength of that they were able to join their nucleus ewe flock, some of them seven and eight years old, in December, and mark a remarkable 82 per cent of lambs.
In October they were busy shearing 3000 sheep, about half of what they'd normally run, that were cutting an 80-90mm staple of 19.5 micron wool.
HELPING OUT: Ann Peacey lends a hand on the board at shearing time, skirting a fleece with NGS classer, Nardy Thompson.
"You've got to have a few wins," was Buckles' dry summary of the outcome.
And while they have been few and far between in the 25 years since the wool floor price collapse, the Peaceys have stuck with Merino sheep breeding, largely because of their ability to survive in dry times.
"We've got a hatful of cattle," Buckles said. "We shifted them seven times in eight years at one stage, on agistment, and we got a bit sick of that.
True sheep producers get in a seasonal rhythm, whether it be a drought or good times, and that's the feeling you get as Buckles and Ann talk about their affinity for their sheep and how they've 'got them through'.
Adjustments had to be made – no ewes were joined in either 2014 or 2015, hence the age of some of the core breeders now – and the decision was made in 2015 to feed sheep for a year, after selling and selling again.
"We just about drove ourselves mad feeding them on and off," Ann said.
"That was our worst. We came through with 1800 young ewes that were left.
Ironically, a lack of water, underground water specifically, is one of the things that Buckles points to as having helped them cope with the extended drought.
"Because we're all surface water, we probably destock early," he said.
"We'd probably hang on a bit more (if we had bore water).
Artesian water is a prohibitive 2200 feet below, equal to a bill of half a million dollars to extract and pipe.
Experience from an earlier drought "many moons ago", of carting water from Longreach, 92km away, when their dams went dry, a cost equivalent to agistment rates, showed them the value of their dams.
It was a salient lesson, one which saw them sink available cash into desilting and enlarging the dams, which has stood them in good stead this time around.
"That was the good thing, otherwise we'd be shot in the foot again now," said Ann.
Elders representative, John Landers, helping yard shorn Laidlaw sheep for post-shearing treatments.
Chasing a little white ball has been another of Buckles' ways of surviving the endless routine that drought brings.
The Peaceys are counting their blessings in lots of other ways too: while they might joke that three weddings and four grandchildren in the last two years has seen money "fly out the window", those new beginnings have given them lots of pleasure.
Wild dogs haven't caused as much havoc at Laidlaw as in other parts of the central west – only seven dogs were trapped in the last four years – and wool bale averages at shearing time were between $2200 and $2500.
"Ann's father, Peter Graham, told me that his wool clip didn't pay for his shearing in 1969-70 – at least we can't say that," Buckles said.


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Q: How to click Facebook Like button using Webdriver I'm trying to click Facebook Like button using Webdriver. You can see an example Like button at this page.
After switching to iframe I've tried:
page.execute_script("document.querySelector('.pluginConnectButton > div:first-child button').click()")

This script works in Firebug and Chrome Developer Tools after switching to iframe.
But it doesn't work in FirefoxDriver and ChromeDriver (script passes but button isn't changed to clicked one)
How can I click this button using Webdriver?

A: While this worked for me it seems brittle. I had to use some javascript to get the id of the iframe since FB changes the id on each page load. Luckily they're not changing the class of the iframe.
id = page.evaluate_script("$('.fb_ltr').attr('id');")
within_frame(id) do
  page.first(:css, '.pluginButton').click
end

A: This to work for you.
if(driver.findElement(By.cssSelector("BODY")).getText().matches("^[\\s\\S]*Like[\\s\\S]*$")== true) {
driver.findElement(By.xpath("//form[@id='u_0_1']/div/div/div/button")).click();
}
else{
System.out.println("Unable to click Like button on page");
}

A: I'm using page-object gem. here is my way to click Like fb button:
 in_frame(:class =>"fb_ltr") do |frame|
    button(:fb_btn, :css => "#facebook div.pluginButton.pluginButtonSmall.pluginButtonInline.pluginConnectButtonDisconnected button" , :frame => frame)
  end

...
fb_btn_element.when_present.click

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Meet the women of the International Forum "10 women you need to listen to"
The International Forum "10 women you need to listen to", will take place shortly on June 3rd in São Paulo. During the event, extremely important and worldly recognized spokeswomen will attend as lecturers. They are women, who through their experiences, can motivate and inspire other women who wish to be outstanding through their initiatives involving entrepreneurship and leadership.
The Forum will provide the opportunity to share experiences, know-how, and seek creative solutions, offering new opportunities to women participants. The surroundings will offer the opportunity to strengthen networking arising from the meetings and the business roundtables.
The International Forum "10 women you need to listen to" is an event organized by the CPLP (Community of Portuguese Language Countries) Federation of the Businesswomen and Entrepreneurs (FME-CE CPLP) partnering with the Brazil Africa Institute.
The event will take place at Palácio Tangará (Rua Deputado Laércio Corte, Paraíso do Morumbi, São Paulo, SP). Registrations can be made on the website https://forumfmecplp.com.br/.
THE FORUM WOMEN
Maria Abdula
She is a Mozambican businesswoman and administrator who has had vast business experience in diverse business sectors. Maria Abdula is the president and founder of CPLP (Community of Portuguese Language Countries) Federation of the Businesswomen and Entrepreneurs (FME-CE CPLP).
Sara Masasi
She is a business leader in Tanzania, and very respected in the economic and political world, especially in Muslim culture. Sara has strong participation in the commercial and mining trade of the country.
Viveka Kaitila
She is the President and CEO of GE in Brazil and has had a solid career in leading the growth and expansion of the company in Latin America. She is one of the mentors of the program "Tomorrow's Executives" (2018), an example of great feminine inspiration and who has had a victorious professional course throughout the conquest of noteworthy positions in the company, which she has gone through.
Nina Silva
She is the founder of Black Money, a movement to foster the development of the ecosystems of Afro-entrepreneurs. Nina Silva was elected in 2019 by Forbes Magazine, as one of the 20 Most Powerful Women in Brazil and one of the 100 Afro-descendant, who are under 40 years old, who are most influential in the world.
Maria Helena Semedo
She is a Cape Verdean economist and politician and currently the Deputy Director of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Semedo was nominated the Fishing, Agricultural, and Rural Development Minister in 1993, and thus, she became one of the first women to be a government minister in Cape Verde. In 1995, she became the Minister of Maritime Affairs and, following that, the Minister of Tourism.
Maria Conceição Nobre Cabral
She is an International Consultant and the Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the International Cooperation and Communities. She was also the Former Minister Adviser of the Chief of State for Human Development of Guinea-Bissau. Maria da Conceição Nobre Cabral has had over 30 years of experience working as a diplomat at the United Nations, in the United States and Belgium.
Megan McDonald
She graduated as a lawyer. McDonald is the International Director of the South-African investment bank in the Standard Bank Group. She transformed a business unit in the red by focusing on international strategy for the bank serving the main African clients and guiding the business flow towards business deals for the region arising from multinational foreigners, raising over 20 billion USD in transactions in the capital market. She was elected in 2017 as one of the most influential women in the financial market by Financial Times.
Olivia Ferreira
She is the founder and CEO of Enlight and Co-Chair of the 30% Club Chapter Brazil, Olívia Ferreira has had experience in evaluating CEOs and senior level executives, as well as recruiting top executives and directors for global organizations. She also worked as an HR consultant in Suzano, where she led the talent acquisition sector.
Daniela Migani
Daniela Mignani began her professional trajectory while working at Banco Nacional, Infoglobo, and Grupo Multiplan – Renasce. In 2000, she joined GLOBOSAT where she specialized in the Pay-TV subscription market. She was the Marketing Manager at the former USA Channel (currently Universal) and Multishow. In 2010, she arrived at GNT, also as the Marketing Manager, and directly participated in the preparation and launching of the new channel programming, in March 2011. In August of that same year, she became the Director of GNT. In January 2014, she also took over the Leadership of Canal Mais Globosat.
Kiki Moretti
She is the CEO of the In Press Group, holding of global public relations agencies and specialized services. Kiki Moretti, a journalist, began to make business ventures in the communication market in 1988 when she started In Press. Nowadays, she is in charge of over 500 people, 75% of the leadership positions are held by women, in the offices of São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasília, and Belo Horizonte. Kiki also was chosen by Omnicom, an in international partner of the In Press Group, to lead the Brazilian chapter of Omniwomen, a program for encouraging greater female presence in leadership roles in the holding agencies.
Neima Ferreira
Neima Ferreira is a senior economist and currently responsible for investor relations at the Africa Investment Forum, a multidisciplinary and transactional platform led by the African Development Bank dedicated to accelerating investments in the African continent. In 2018, the platform mobilized 38.7 billion dollars to fund 49 projects on the African continent. Ferreira is the founder of the Napili Project, which aims to emancipate the girls and women of Guinea-Bissau through education and professional training of quality.
Jamila Borda
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3861 Dave Clark [ retired ] Gear failure. Forestay snapped off at the hard eye as stainless steel is inclined to do . It would never have happened with galvanised wire. He very carefully made it back to the pontoon under full sail without further damage, which is down to his good seamanship under unusual circumstances. He said it was impossible to tack as the mast was raked so far back filling the boat with boom and sail. Well done that man.
Good sailing day with wind a steady top end of force 3, plus a bit of sunshine thrown in for good measure. Mervyn led the fleet in the later stages of the race but Paul slowly reeled him in and passed just before the finish. I'm not sure who won the pursuit as two of us were involved in rescuing a dismasted Solo brought down by chain shot.
I can't do the results on the web site until I get home. Saturday sailing has started again, so for those looking for perhaps a gentler race we have two short-ish races Saturday afternoon. Generally these are slightly lower key than Sunday morning and are a great introduction to friendly racing. Last year we had a pretty good solo turnout on Saturdays. I will be looking to run some coaching / race training sessions once the season gets going. These will be on a few Saturday mornings where there is no clash with a local Solo open Meeting. I'm also looking at the possibility of a class association coaching/training day later in the season.
Those of you who follow the Class Association message board will know that there is a membership drive – the association does a lot for us being the guardian of our rules and class as well as keeping us in touch with excellent newsletters, dinghy exhibition etc. I think it is good value for the sub – at present we have only 8 members. If you haven't looked at the site it is http://www.solosailing.org there's a lot of good information there as well as an active message board where you can ask other solo sailors for their views on almost anything.


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Gateway Distriparks upgrades capacity at its ICD in Gurgaon
Gateway Distriparks Limited announces the completion of upgradation work of rail-side capacity at its flagship Inland Container Depot (ICD) located at the Garhi-Harsaru railway station in Gurgaon with commissioning of the 6th railway line at the terminal.
ICD Gurgaon is the largest hub of the company where Gateway Distriparks consolidates containers from its other locations in the North region, and is able to increase double stacking of containers for the longest distance while also using the operational segments of the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor to reduce transit time.
Prem Kishan Dass Gupta, Chairman & Managing Director, commented, "We already have the fastest transit time in the NCR market to the Mundra, Pipavav and Nhava Sheva ports and now by adding Line No. 6, the operational efficiencies and the turn-around time of our trains will further improve, which will help export & import customers with faster deliveries of their cargo."


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Q: Unnest list and gather items with purrr I have a list like:
list(list(goals = c(42L, 52L, 55L),
          season = "88",
          player = c("a", "b","c")),
     list(goals = c(41L,53L, 37L, 40L),
          season = "89",
          player = c("a","b", "c", "d")))

I want to convert this to a dataframe in long format like:
goals player season
42    a      88
52    b      88
.
.
41    a      89
53    b      89
.

I can achieve this using plyr like:
plyr::ldply(mylist, data.frame, .id="season"
I'm thinking there is probably an updated way of doing this using purrr ordplyr?

A: We can do this by converting the list elements to tibble by looping through the list using map
library(tidyverse)
lst1 %>%
    map_df(as_tibble)
# A tibble: 7 x 3
#  goals player season
#  <dbl> <chr>   <dbl>
#1    42 a          88
#2    52 b          88
#3    55 c          88
#4    41 a          89
#5    53 b          89
#6    37 c          89
#7    48 d          89

A base R option would be to convert to a list of data.frames and then rbind
do.call(rbind, lapply(lst1, as.data.frame))

data
lst1 <- list(list(goals = c(42, 52, 55), player = c("a", "b", "c"), season = 88),
     list(goals = c(41, 53, 37, 48), player = c("a", "b", "c",
     "d"), season = 89))

A: Another way of doing it using do.call, rbind and Map from base R with as_tibble from dplyr:
do.call(rbind,Map(as_tibble,lst1))
# A tibble: 7 x 3
  goals season player
  <int> <chr>  <chr>
1    42 88     a
2    52 88     b
3    55 88     c
4    41 89     a
5    53 89     b
6    37 89     c
7    40 89     d


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This letter is to hereby declare October 4, 2003 as "Open Forum Day on Upside Down TV!". Hosted by Johnny Neurotic and Co-Host Bridget Powerz This invitation is open to each one of you to come to our studio or phone in and participate in open forum live from the set of Upside Down TV.
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Q: How to use get_operation_by_name() in tensorflow, from a graph built from a different function? I'd like to build a tensorflow graph in a separate function get_graph(), and to print out a simple ops a in the main function.  It turns out that I can print out the value of a if I return a from get_graph().  However, if I use get_operation_by_name() to retrieve a, it print out None.  I wonder what I did wrong here? Any suggestion to fix it?  Thank you!
import tensorflow as tf

def get_graph():
  graph = tf.Graph()
  with graph.as_default():
    a = tf.constant(5.0, name='a')
  return graph, a

if __name__ == '__main__':
  graph, a = get_graph()
  with tf.Session(graph=graph) as sess:
    print(sess.run(a))
    a = sess.graph.get_operation_by_name('a')
    print(sess.run(a))

it prints out
5.0
None

p.s. I'm using python 3.4 and tensorflow 1.2.

A: Naming conventions in tensorflow are subtle and a bit offsetting at first.
The thing is, when you write
a = tf.constant(5.0, name='a')

a is not the constant op, but its output. Names of op outputs derive from the op name by adding a number corresponding to its rank. Here, constant has only one output, so its name is
print(a.name)
# `a:0`

When you run sess.graph.get_operation_by_name('a') you do get the constant op. But what you actually wanted is to get 'a:0', the tensor that is the output of this operation, and whose evaluation returns an array.
a = sess.graph.get_tensor_by_name('a:0')
print(sess.run(a))
# 5


4. What is SST? It is a technology that helps to transmit information without using our vocal cords. Aims to observe our silent speech and transform it into text/audio output. The software can be installed in wrist tag/ display, mobile or PC.
5. "What happens if we don't communicate? Suddenly we lose our voice during an accident……"  Helps those who had lost their voice but wish to speak.  Output can be routed to communication networks.  People can speak over phone without disturbing others.  Also can speak in noisy environment. Why Needed........?
8. ELECTROMYOGRAPHY(EMG) A technique for evaluating and recording the electrical activity produced by skeletal muscles. It detects the electrical potential generated by muscle cells, when these cells are electrically or neurologically activated. Performed using instrument called an electromyograph, to produce a record called an electromyogram. signals can be analyzed to detect medical abnormalities.
9. How can We Speak….? When we generally speak aloud, air passes through larynx or vocal cord & the tongue.  Words are produced using articulator muscle in the mouth & jaw region.
16. Face Detection Perform Lighting Compensation on image. Extract skin region and remove all the noisy data. Check for face criterions. Skin colour blocks are identified. Height and width ratio (1.5 and 0.8) computed and Minimal face dimension constrained is implemented. Crop the current region.
17. Skin Segmentation One of the important steps in face feature extraction. Colour segmentation of human face depends on the colour space that is selected. Skin colours of different people are closely grouped in normalized RG colour plane ( by Yang and Waibel). Search for the pixels which are close enough to this spread .
19. Active Shape Models a)Original image d)Active shape of face Used to detect face in the captured video. Shape model is formed from a set of manually annotated shape of faces: •Align all shapes of the learning data to an arbitrary reference by geometric transformation. •Calculate average shape . Model positioned on the face. Iteratively deformed until it sticks to the face in respective bounding boxes Mouth region Localization.
23. Applications People can communicate in different languages by translating the output of SST.  Helps to Analyse and understand the people who have lost voice to speak or stuttering problem. Silent Sound Techniques is applied in Military for communicating secret/confidential matters to others. Helps people to make silent calls during meetings/ in mass crowded places. User can tell PIN no., credit card no., password and other personals without bothering some eavesdroppers. Software can be installed in wrist watch, wrist tag or display/Mobile/Pc and etc.
24. Conclusion The software is being trained based on the lip structure, complexion and features of the lip area. Provide easier mode of communication for people with speech disabilities by converting the identified lip movements directly to speech. Software can be integrated onto mobile oriented or hand-held devices. Lip read for Chinese language Mandarin is highly personalized. Systems are still preliminary need improvement.
25. REFERERENCES Pradeep B.S. And Zhang Jingang , "Silent Sound Technology for Mandarin". Sasikumar Gurumurthy and B.K.Tripathy , "Design and Implementation of Face Recognition System in Matlab Using the Features of Lips". Evangelos Skodras and Nikolaos Fakotakis , "An Unconstrained Method for Lip Detection in Color Images". Priya Jethani and Bharat Choudhari , "Silent Sound Technology: A Solution to Noisy Communication".


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Battlefields Tour 22nd-25th March 2013
Siegfried Sassoon 1886-1967
Siegfried Sassoon is one of the greatest poets of the First World War. His early work gives the reader a sense of war as a noble enterprise; his later war poetry attacks the entire nature of war and those who profit by it. After the war he also published a series of fictional autobiographies in which he recounts his life before (Memoirs of a Fox Hunting Man), during (Memoirs of an Infantry Officer), and after (Sherston's Progress) the Great War.
After being wounded in April 1917 Sassoon was sent back to England for recuperation. He had developed increasingly angry feelings concerning the conduct of the war. He now published in The Times his famous anti war statement, "A Soldier's Declaration," written on June 15, 1917. It was even read before the House of Commons. It detailed how he felt that the war was being deliberately and unnecessarily prolonged by the authorities.
Sassoon narrowly avoided punishment by courts martial via the swift assistance of Robert Graves, who convinced the military review board (with Sassoon's reluctant consent) that Sassoon was suffering from shell shock. Consequently Sassoon was sent to Craiglockhart military hotel to recover. It was while at Craiglockhart that Sassoon met and struck up a friendship with Wilfred Owen. Sassoon subsequently edited and arranged publication of Owen's work after the war.
After the war Sassoon stayed angry and cynical and, could not forget his dreadful memories. When on July 24, 1927, in Ypres, Flanders, the Belgian king Albert inaugurated the new Menin Gate, Sassoon was there.
In this large memorial 54.896 names are inscribed - names of allied soldiers who died nearby but whose remains could not be identified, or who are still missing. ( Yet the memorial proved too small: 34.984 names were left over; these were inscribed on a wall a few miles away at the Tyne Cot war cemetery. )
At the opening ceremony the Last Post was sounded - to signify a call for the missing. ( every evening since then the Last Post was and will be sounded at this gate ). Sassoon witnessed it all and became bitter.
The next day, in his hotelroom in Brussels, he wrote the first words of a heartbreaking poem that he never dared to publish. It became known only after his death. He had been alone in his anger.
On Passing the New Menin Gate
Who will remember, passing through this Gate,
the unheroic dead who fed the guns ?
Who shall absolve the foulness of their fate, -
Those doomed, conscripted, unvictorious ones ?
Crudely renewed, the Salient holds its own.
Paid are its dim defenders by this pomp;
Paid, with a pile of peace-complacent stone,
The armies who endured that sullen swamp.
Here was the world's worst wound.
And here with pride
'Their name liveth for ever', the Gateway claims.
Was ever an immolation so belied
as these intolerably nameless names ?
Well might the Dead who struggled in the slime
Rise and deride this sepulchre of crime.
Updated April 2013 by Mike Royden


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