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package com.gxut.zhihuibeijingDemo.fragment;

import java.util.ArrayList;

import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.AdapterView;
import android.widget.AdapterView.OnItemClickListener;
import android.widget.BaseAdapter;
import android.widget.LinearLayout;
import android.widget.ListAdapter;
import android.widget.ListView;
import android.widget.TextView;

import com.gxut.zhihuibeijingDemo.MainActivity;
import com.gxut.zhihuibeijingDemo.R;
import com.gxut.zhihuibeijingDemo.base.child.NewsPager;
import com.gxut.zhihuibeijingDemo.domin.NewsData;
import com.gxut.zhihuibeijingDemo.domin.NewsData.NewsMenuData;
import com.lidroid.xutils.ViewUtils;
import com.lidroid.xutils.view.annotation.ResInject;
import com.lidroid.xutils.view.annotation.ViewInject;

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 * @Description TODO
 * @author lizhao
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public class LeftMenuFragment extends BaseFragment {

	@ViewInject(R.id.lv_left_menu)
	private ListView lv_left;

	// ÊÊÅäÆ÷
	private MyListAdapter adapter;

	private ArrayList<NewsMenuData> menuList;
	public NewsData newsData;
	private MainActivity mainUI;

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	public int mPosition = 0;

	private MyListAdapter myListAdapter;

	@Override
	public View initViews() {
		View view = View.inflate(mActivity, R.layout.fragment_left_menu, null);
		ViewUtils.inject(this, view);
		return view;
	}

	@Override
	public void initData() {

		lv_left.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener() {

			public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> arg0, View arg1, int arg2,
					long arg3) {
				mPosition = arg2;
				myListAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
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				setDetailPager(arg2);
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				toggleSlidingMenu();
			}
		});

	}

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	protected void toggleSlidingMenu() {
		mainUI = (MainActivity) mActivity;//»ñµÃMainActivity
		mainUI.getSlidingMenu().toggle();
	}

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	protected void setDetailPager(int arg2) {
		mainUI = (MainActivity) mActivity;//»ñµÃMainActivity
		ActivityFragment activityFragment = mainUI.getActivityFragment();//»ñµÃActivityF
		NewsPager newsPager = activityFragment.getNewsPager();//»ñµÃNewsPager
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	}

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	public void setNewsData(NewsData fromJson) {
		menuList = fromJson.data;
		myListAdapter = new MyListAdapter();
		lv_left.setAdapter(myListAdapter);
	}

	/**
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	 * @author lizhao
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	 */
	class MyListAdapter extends BaseAdapter {

		@Override
		public int getCount() {
			return menuList.size();
		}

		@Override
		public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
			View view = View.inflate(mActivity, R.layout.left_lv_item, null);
			TextView lv_left_menu_tv = (TextView) view
					.findViewById(R.id.lv_left_menu_tv);
			lv_left_menu_tv.setText(menuList.get(position).title);

			if(mPosition == position){
				lv_left_menu_tv.setEnabled(false);
			}else{
				lv_left_menu_tv.setEnabled(true);
			}

			return view;
		}

		@Override
		public Object getItem(int position) {
			return null;
		}

		@Override
		public long getItemId(int position) {
			return 0;
		}

	}

	public int getMPostion(){
		return mPosition;
	}

}


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The President of the Council for Development and Reconstruction, Eng. Nabil El-Jisr, signed at CDR, the executive agreement of the Chinese government grant to determine the executive framework for the establishment of the National Institute of Music. The agreement was signed on behalf of the Chinese government, by the economic adviser to the embassy in Beirut.


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Prime Minister Stephen Harper wants a hockey team in Quebec City
By Caroline Plante
Prime Minister Stephen Harper talks hockey in Quebec City on Thursday, June 25, 2015.
Caroline Plante/Global News
QUEBEC CITY – Hopeful enthusiasm has gripped Quebec City.
Moments after NHL commissioner Gary Bettman announced plans to expand the league, Quebecor, the company managing the city's brand new amphitheatre, released this statement:
Quebecor says it will apply for NHL expansion franchise to bring back Nordiques
Die-hard Nordiques fan drops Habs puck…in Quebec City arena
"Quebecor plans to participate in the process announced by the NHL and submit its candidacy in order to bring the Nordiques back to Quebec City.
"Quebecor has consistently stated that its objective is to establish an NHL franchise in Quebec City and it intends to make every effort to achieve that goal."
Bettman was careful not to make any promises, but seemed to point to Las Vegas as a possibility for a new franchise.
The city of Seattle is also considered to be in the running.
It didn't take long for Prime Minister Stephen Harper to jump into the debate.
"There is no better place for an expansion team in the national hockey league than this city – Quebec – which is a great hockey centre," Harper told reporters on Thursday.
When asked if Markham, Ont. could take part in the dream too, Harper responded: "Ontario already has two teams. We need two teams in Quebec."
A few steps away, Quebec City mayor Régis Labeaume was beaming.
"We're happy we built the amphitheatre. This morning, I was just thinking what would we be feeling if we hadn't built it? We would have felt very cheap," he said.
"Now we have the building, we know we have a chance and we'll see. We'll let Quebecor people work on that."
Quebecor will be the manager of the soon-to-be-opened Videotron Centre for the next 25 years.
The state-of-the-art facility in Quebec City, which seats 18,259 for hockey, is set to officially open in September 2015.
It was designed to meet NHL standards.
The NHL estimated the cost of a new franchise at around $500 million (US).
The new team – or teams – would begin playing in 2017-2018.
© 2015 Shaw Media

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Opponents: Metro Classic Preview
Graphic by: Ryan Deppen
Wichita, KS. - No. 1 Sunrise Christian Academy will be tested this week with three huge games in New Jersey for the Metro Classic. The Metro Classic has taken place every year since 2013 and is a platform to showcase some of the premier players and talents all across the country.
Game #1 Sunrise's first game will be a NIBC matchup against Bishop Walsh. The game is on Thursday, February 3rd at 3 p.m. EST and streaming on ESPNU. The last meeting between these two teams was on February 15th, 2020. Sunrise dominated and won 78-37.
Bishop Walsh is struggling in NIBC play with only one win out of seven games played thus far. They are currently 6th in the standings with only a win against Wasatch Academy. After this game against Sunrise, Bishop Walsh will have two more NIBC games against Legacy Early College and Wasatch.
Dan Prete has been the head coach of Bishop Walsh since 2018. Their roster includes; William Patterson, Mikey Allen, Tj Robinson, Daniel Dormu, Tailon Manson, Travis Roberts, Maor Nekrashevich, Jason Rivera, Villius Siania, Isaac Temiloia, and Mike Williams. Roberts is leading the NIBC in three-point field goal percentage at 52%.
Sunrise must handle their business on the road against teams they are projected to win against. Sunrise has their eyes set on a first-place finish in the NIBC.
Sunrise will play Westtown on Friday, February 4th at 7 p.m. EST on ESPN+. This will be the first-ever meeting between these teams. This is the first and only game for Westtown at the Metro Classic.
Westtown is 18-6 this season with some huge wins and close losses. Westtown has taken care of the matchups they were projected to win but have fallen short against the top-tier teams across the nation. How will they fare against the No. 1 team in the nation?
Seth Berger is in his 11th season as the head coach of Westtown. Berger is a natural winner with multiple championships in the Friends Schools League, state championships, and numerous holiday tournament wins. He is ready to take the next big step and chase after national titles.
Westtown is led by the No. 1 player in ESPN's top 100 for the class of 2022, Dereck Lively. The Duke commit is arguably the best player in the class and the nation. Lively's teammates include; Quin Berger, Ian Brandt, Jameel Brown, Wade Chiddick, Noah Cloud, Kevin Kang, Julius Kimani, Matthew Mayock, Jahmare Memphis, Benjamin Rill, Seyphon Triplett, and Diego Uribe.
Sunrise has their hands full with Lively's size and athleticism. He can single-handedly dominate and take over a game. Sunrise has to force someone else on Westtown to beat them.
Sunrise's last game of the Metro Classic will be against No. 3 IMG Academy on Saturday, February 5th at 5 p.m. EST. on ESPN+. Sunrise won the first meeting this season 68-62 in the first-ever NIBC matchup. Now both teams will meet for the last game of the inaugural NIBC season and play for the NIBC title.
IMG is 21-2 on the season and has lost only one game since the first matchup between these two back in December. IMG lost to Oak Hill Academy this past December and has won 11 straight games since.
IMG will play No. 6 La Lumiere on day one of the Metro Classic and play The Patrick School on day two before the NIBC finale. This will be the biggest game of the season for both teams and must-see basketball.
IMG's Jarace Walker is sixth in scoring in the NIBC with 16.5 PPG on a league-high 66% shooting from the field. He also leads the league in blocked shots with 2.3 per game. Walker's co-star Keyontae George struggled in the first meeting with only 8 points on 3-11 shooting. IMG needs George or the supporting cast to step up if they want to come away with a victory this Saturday.
Each game becomes more meaningful as the season winds down. Sunrise has a challenging next few weeks as they begin to shape into postseason form. It all starts this week with the Metro Classic.


Akshay Kumar and Mouni Roy surprised their Bengali fans with 'Bolte Parini', Bengali version of much loved song 'Naino Ne Baandhi' from their film 'Gold'.
Akshay Kumar and Mouni Roy are on their heels to promote their next release Gold on August 15, and they have used another weapon from their arsenal.
On Monday, Akshay landed in Kolkata to promote his film Gold and shared a picture with Mouni Roy while captioning it, "Nomoshkar Kolkata! In your city today on this beautiful morning with @imouniroy . Kemon acho? A special treat coming up for our Bengali fans, stay tuned :) #GoldPromotions".
Bolte Parini is sung and composed by Arko while Chandrani Ganguli has penned the lyrics.
Gold revolves the "golden era" of Indian hockey and shows the journey of Tapan Das, a young assistant manager in 1936, who dreams of playing for an independent nation. Directed by Reema Kagti the film will hit the screens on 15 Aug, 2018.
Gold will clash with John Abraham's Satyameva Jayate at the box office which is releasing on the same day.


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Inherited wealth is an injustice. Let's end it
Inheritance, which rewards the wealthy for doing nothing, is once again becoming a key route to riches – just as it was in the Victorian era
theguardian.com, Wednesday 26 March 2014 15.08 GMT
'The transfer of wealth between generations allows access to privileges that are otherwise beyond reach.' Photograph: Cultura Creative (RF) / Alamy/Alamy
Inherited wealth is the great taboo of British politics. Nobody likes to talk about it, but it determines a huge number of outcomes: from participation in public life, to access to education, to the ability to save or purchase property. When David Cameron recently promised to raise the threshold for inheritance tax to £1m and praised "people who have worked hard and saved", he is singing from the hymn sheet of inherited inequality: it is, after all, easier to save if you inherit substantial sums to squirrel away, or if you can lock money in property that is virtually guaranteed to offer huge returns. Hard work has very little to do with it.
In 2010-11, the most recent period for which we have figures, 15,584 estates of 259,989 notified for probate paid inheritance tax. That is approximately 3% of all deaths that year. Already, inheritance tax is paid by a tiny fraction of all estates. The asset composition of these estates remains stable over time, with property composing about 50% of taxable estates; a disproportionate number of these are located in London and the south-east, reflecting the rocketing house prices in that corner of the country. The "nil-rate threshold" – the value under which inherited wealth is untouched by tax – currently stands at £325,000, frozen since April 2009. But that's only half the story. Since 2007, it has been possible for spouses to transfer their unused nil-rate band allowance to their surviving partner. This has lifted many estates in the £300-500,000 band out of inheritance tax altogether: at this point we are beginning to talk about substantial, indeed life-altering, sums of money.
Beyond these key figures lies a hinterland of tax-minimisation strategies through which assets can be exempted from tax, including various types of trust and business property relief. Despite nominal efforts to curb this kind of minimisation, there remains a booming market in financial advice tailored to avoidance. The knock-on effects of this minimisation are huge: it permits further concentration of wealth in the hands of those who already possess it, rewarding those cunning enough to avoid taxation, and cushioning their children with an influx of unearned wealth. There are obvious uses to which this can be put: paying off student loans early, thus avoiding interest, investing in buy-to-let property, or high-return financial products. It permits the children of the middle classes to sustain themselves through unpaid internships or unfunded study into secure middle-class careers, while locking these off from those without such resources. Given the chancellor's recent changes to pensions, the flow of cash into property as a secure income stream for the already wealthy is only likely to increase. Again, despite the rhetoric, this has little to do with hard work, but the preservation of wealth gaps between classes.
Why do we permit this? The transfer of wealth between generations is an injustice: it is a reward for no work, and a form of access to privileges that are otherwise beyond reach. Professor Thomas Piketty, in his new book Capital in the Twenty-First Century, makes the argument that, after a social-democratic blip in the middle of the last century, inheritance is once again becoming the key route to wealth. Piketty argues that if wealth is concentrated and the return on capital is higher than the economy's growth rate, inherited wealth will grow more rapidly than that stemming from work. This returns us to the terrain of Balzac and Austen, where the road to financial security is to target those who already possess wealth and, where possible, marry them. The data Piketty analyses – a huge and comprehensive set – suggests that the proportion of people receiving a sum in inheritance larger than the lifetime earnings of the bottom 50% is set to return to 19th-century levels in the next couple of decades. Pleasant news for our neo-Victorian government; less pleasant for the rest of us, and a disaster for anyone who cares about inequality.
It is difficult to justify inherited wealth from anything other than a class-partisan position. It is the point where the already threadbare veil of "meritocracy" falls off to reveal a fiscal system designed to reward already concentrated pots of wealth. Far from a Keynesian "euthanasia of the rentier", we are seeing the triumph of a rentier economy: in such conditions, rather than further accumulation by the sons and daughters of the wealthy, we should instead demand an end to inherited wealth entirely.
Labels: discrimination, handicap, hard work, inheritance, injustice, market failure, privilege, wealth
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Intertain, well-known for its Walkabout brand of bars, has purchased the sub-lease on Coventry's Old County Hall, known as 'The Establishment'.
The unit will join the company's portfolio of 32 bars in major towns and cities across the UK, the majority of which trade under the renowned Walkabout brand. The site will continue to trade as The Establishment.
Prior to becoming The Establishment, the building was used as Coventry's old court house and jail which opened in 1783. After lying empty for more than 20 years, it reopened as a bar and restaurant in 2013. Many of the original features have been retained within the grade II listed building; the dock can be viewed by diners and the cells have been transformed into a dining area.
The venue has played host to several ghost hunters over the years, and is rumoured to be haunted by Mary Ball, the victim of the last public hanging at the jail in 1849 which is said to have attracted over 20,000 spectators.
The acquisition follows Christie & Co's sales of two further units to the company late last year in Solihull and Lichfield.


In this article the author's discuss a social media campaign involving multiple institutions called #ColorOurCollections. The idea was that institutions used their content to create colouring books and sheets and post them on social media, inviting their audiences to colour them in and post them. The campaign was run predominantly on Twitter but also had interaction on Instagram, Facebook and WordPress. What surprised me most about this article was how the individuals at the New York Academy of Medicine Library, who launched this idea, managed to get over 200 cultural institutions involved. The article has great strategies and advice for anyone in the GLAM sector looking to start a social media campaign. One thing they point out is that it would have been easier to set up a way to keep track of the hashtag BEFORE the campaign started. To me, the most valuable thing about this article is that it gives a great example of creative community engagement. By engaging their audience in a new way, this library both advocated for their collections and added value to their collections.


This opens up a new dialog- Import Albums from Google+ Photos. There are two options namely- Import all albums; and Import selected albums. The latter enables selecting individual file names. Select the preferred option depending on whether you want to download all of your photos or only certain photos.... This opens up a new dialog- Import Albums from Google+ Photos. There are two options namely- Import all albums; and Import selected albums. The latter enables selecting individual file names. Select the preferred option depending on whether you want to download all of your photos or only certain photos.


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Q: Proof that the Galois Field of order 8 is a field. We know that the Galois Field of order 8 is isomorphic with $$\left( Z_2[x]^{< 3}, +_{d(x)}, \times_{d(x)}\right) $$ (Field of polynomials with coefficients in $Z_2$ and of grade smaller than 3, and $+_{d(x)}$ and $\times_{d(x)}$ being the sum and multiplication $mod(d(x))$ )
Is it thus sufficient to prove that $\left( Z_2[x]^{< 3}, +_{d(x)}, \times_{d(x)}\right) $ is a field? Is there a better way?
Subquestion: Which polynomial d(x) should I consider? Since there are two possible here: $x^3+x^2+1$ and $x^3+x+1$.

A: Your notation is a little confusing but I guess I can answer part of your question at least.
Every finite field of same order is isomorphic to each other so it is indeed sufficient to construct a field of order 8 to know exactly how the field operates.
Since $\mathbb{Z}_2=\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}:=\mathbb{F}_2$ is a field it is sufficient to obtain an irreducible polynomial of degree 3 to construct a field of order 8. Either of the polynomial you mentioned are irreducible so
$$\mathbb{F}_2[x]/d(x)$$ where $d(x)$ can be chosen to be any of the two polynomial you mentioned, is a field of order 8. They will be isomorphic but the isomorphism won't necessarily be easy to construct.

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use core::ptr::Unique;
use spin::Mutex;

macro_rules! kprintln {
    ($fmt:expr) => (kprint!(concat!($fmt, "\n")));
    ($fmt:expr, $($arg:tt)*) => (kprint!(concat!($fmt, "\n"), $($arg)*));
}

macro_rules! kprint {
    ($($arg:tt)*) => ({
        use core::fmt::Write;
        let mut writer = $crate::vgab::WRITER.lock();
        writer.write_fmt(format_args!($($arg)*)).unwrap();
    });
}

const BUFFER_HEIGHT: usize = 25;
const BUFFER_WIDTH: usize = 80;

/// The printable colors
#[allow(dead_code)]
#[repr(u8)]
pub enum Color {
    Black      = 0,
    Blue       = 1,
    Green      = 2,
    Cyan       = 3,
    Red        = 4,
    Magenta    = 5,
    Brown      = 6,
    LightGray  = 7,
    DarkGray   = 8,
    LightBlue  = 9,
    LightGreen = 10,
    LightCyan  = 11,
    LightRed   = 12,
    Pink       = 13,
    Yellow     = 14,
    White      = 15,
}

/// ColorCodes are used to represent the foreground and background colors
#[derive(Clone,Copy)]
struct ColorCode(u8);

impl ColorCode {
    const fn new(fg: Color, bg: Color) -> ColorCode {
        ColorCode((bg as u8)  << 4 | (fg as u8))
    }
}

/// Kchar is a kernel character that can be written by vgab
#[repr(C)]
#[derive(Clone,Copy)]
struct Kchar {
    ///ascii is the ascii character of the Kchar
    ascii: u8,

    ///color_code is the foreground and background color of the character
    color_code: ColorCode,
}

/// Buffer holds all the kernel characters to be written
struct Buffer {
    /// chars is the information (characters) of the buffer
    chars: [[Kchar; BUFFER_WIDTH]; BUFFER_HEIGHT],
}

pub struct Writer {
    /// The column position to write to
    colpos: usize,

    /// The ColorCode to write
    color_code: ColorCode,

    /// The buffer to write from
    buffer: Unique<Buffer>,
}

impl Writer {

    /// Writes a byte to the vga buffer
    pub fn byte(&mut self, byte: u8) {
        match byte {
            b'\n' => self.endl(),
            byte => {
                if self.colpos >= BUFFER_WIDTH {
                    self.endl();
                }

                let row = BUFFER_HEIGHT - 1;
                let col = self.colpos;

                self.buffer().chars[row][col] = Kchar {
                    ascii: byte,
                    color_code: self.color_code,
                };
                self.colpos += 1;
            }
        }
    }

    /// Returns a mutable reference to the buffer
    fn buffer(&mut self) -> &mut Buffer {
        unsafe{ self.buffer.get_mut() }
    }

    /// Inserts a new line into the buffer
    fn endl(&mut self) {
        for row in 0..(BUFFER_HEIGHT - 1) {
            let buffer = self.buffer();
            buffer.chars[row] = buffer.chars[row + 1]
        }
        self.clear_row(BUFFER_HEIGHT - 1);
        self.colpos = 0;

    }

    fn clear_row(&mut self, row: usize) {
        let blank = Kchar {
            ascii: b' ',
            color_code: self.color_code,
        };

        self.buffer().chars[row] = [blank; BUFFER_WIDTH];
    }

    pub fn clear_screen() {
        for _ in 0..BUFFER_HEIGHT {
            kprintln!("");
        }
    }
}

impl ::core::fmt::Write for Writer {
    fn write_str(&mut self, s: &str) -> ::core::fmt::Result {
        for byte in s.bytes() {
            self.byte(byte)
        }
        Ok(())
    }
}

pub static WRITER: Mutex<Writer> = Mutex::new(Writer {
    colpos: 0,
    color_code: ColorCode::new(Color::LightGreen, Color::Black),
    buffer: unsafe { Unique::new(0xb8000 as *mut _) },
});

pub fn clear_screen() {
    Writer::clear_screen();
}

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How is this trial different from traditional research studies?
Research studies usually require patients to travel to a clinical center, which can be several hours drive or even a flight away from home. this trial makes it possible for patients to participate in research without leaving their local area. Patients can continue to get regular care from their local doctors and don't have to disrupt their lives to participate.
What are the benefits to being in a trial?
There can be many. Learn more about why it is important to participate in research.
Who pays for this trial?
This trial is supported by the Vasculitis Clinical Research Consortium (VCRC) and funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Office of Rare Diseases Research - National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (ORDR/NCATS), National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS).
The TAPIR trial team will reimburse each eligible participant with a $50 gift card once the team receives your medical records. This gift card will help offset any charges you may incur for requesting your medical records.
Who would be in charge of my care while I am in this trial?
Your current doctor will remain in charge of your care. If you have any questions or concerns about your illness, you need to contact your doctor.
Can I quit the TAPIR trial?
Participation in research studies is completely voluntary. You may drop out of the trial at any time.
Deciding not to participate in a clinical trial does not affect your ability to receive care by any doctor.
You may be contacted by a member of our TAPIR trial team who will ask you some questions about your participation in this trial.
If you are selected for this follow up interview – someone will contact you approximately 1 week once you have completed the trial. This interview should take approximately 30 minutes and it will evaluate the effectiveness of this new trial approach.
How do I know if I am eligible for this trial?
Find out if you are eligible to join.
What if I am taking more than 20 mg of prednisone per day?
Remission is defined as having no signs or symptoms of active GPA.
Infections, other diseases, and medication side effects may mimic the symptoms of active GPA. Your local doctor can assist you in distinguishing the cause of different symptoms.
Can you enroll if you are not in remission?
No, in order to enroll in this trial, you would need to be in remission at the time of enrollment.
Can you enroll in this trial if you are taking prednisone for another condition?
No, if you have another health condition that requires you take prednisone orally (by mouth) on a daily basis, you cannot enroll in this trial.
Can I still participate if my doctor says no?
No. In order to participate in the TAPIR trial, your doctor will need to agree that the assigned prednisone dose (either 5 mg or 0 mg per day) is appropriate for you.
I think I have GPA, but I haven't been officially diagnosed. Can I still join?
No. In order to participate, your doctor will need to agree that your diagnosis of GPA meets the established diagnosis of granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA).
No dietary changes are necessary for the TAPIR trial. Any questions you may have about your diet you should discuss with your doctor.
What do I do if I get a cold/flu?
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Before taking NSAIDs or any over the counter drugs you should check with your doctor first.
Discuss any vaccinations you may get with your doctor. They will advise you on what vaccinations, if any, are appropriate for you.
Demographic information such as location and disease diagnosis is used by the TAPIR trial team. This information assists us in communicating with people with rare diseases.
open more study sites around the world – making research available to more people.
All information submitted to us is stored in a secure computerized database at the University of South Florida.
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The Calhoun County office of the Mid-Ohio Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross would to thank the community for their attendance during the seminar on Emergency Preparedness. This one hour seminar gave the Red Cross the opportunity to share valuable information on emergency preparedness with the community. After the seminar each family was presented with a free copy of A Family Guide to First Aid and Emergency Preparedness and a Family First Aid kit. A special thanks to the Sisters of St. Joseph Charitable Fund that made this seminar possible.
The next seminar will be located at the Upper West Fork Park in Chloe. Time and date have not been set at this time due to the weather. Anyone interested is encouraged to call the local office at 304-588-0717 or visit the office at County Courthouse, Monday and Friday from 10-2 or Upper West Fork Fire Dept. on Wednesday from 10-2.
The Calhoun County office is also excited to be starting a Jr. Red Cross Club in the Middle School on Monday, March 1. Interested parents and students can contact Nancy Sams, a counselor at Calhoun Middle school. Students who participate in the Junior Red Cross Club will be able to participate in a camp that will occur this summer. There, children will be able to learn lifesaving, social and leadership skills.
The Red Cross is actively seeking volunteers. If interested please call Bobbi Allen or Kim Scott at your local office 304-588-0717.
The Red Cross is excited to announce their annual fundraiser - The Red White and Blue Cruise on Saturday, March 13 from 7 p.m. to midnight. In Dry-Dock (at the Parkersburg Art Center) cash bar and casual dress. Entertainment by Chris Polen & Joe Lambiotte with JD Benson at the piano bar. There will be casino games and bingo, silent auction, corn hole and a putting contest, spa, food and beverages. Get your tickets now at your local Red Cross office $25 in advance $30 at the door.


Giving birth to her first child in July 2013 inspired Lucy Stroup to become a doula. Her labor and delivery experience was challenging, but also amazingly rewarding, and the support she got from her doula made her want to become one.
Lucy chose a doula for her birth because becoming a first-time mom was such an unknown, and because she had some fear about giving birth in a hospital. What she found was that having another person there as her advocate helped make the whole birth experience so much more peaceful and relaxing.
Lucy wants to offer mothers and fathers the same kind of peace and guidance, and help calm any fears or anxieties to help them get through this new exciting experience. Her own labor and delivery turned this into a passion, and something she really wants to keep passing along to other moms.
In early 2014, Lucy had the opportunity to train with Debra Pascali-Bonaro, one of the original founding members of DONA International.


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BenefitsEVENTSNEW YORK CITY
NYC Benefit Round Up: October 2015
October 12, 2015 by Kathryn Heine Benefits, EVENTS, NEW YORK CITY, NYC Events
Summer Hamptons benefits have started to slip into memory. If you're looking for benefit supporting the arts, then New York City is a good place to look. We've put together a list of a few events benefiting the arts held in New York City in October. All support artists or organizations fostering the arts.
October 14 (Wednesday)
"The Nouveau Classical Project's Lucky 7 Benefit Gala" takes place on Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at Landmark On the Park in New York City. The VIP cocktail hour starts at 7 p.m., with dinner, awards and performances beginning at 8 p.m.
Join the NCP in kicking off its seventh season and honoring Creative Director Simon Collins and pianist Kathleen Supové with the NCP Visionary Awards. The evening will feature NCP playing music by living composers, fine food and drink, and silent auction. Proceeds from this benefit will help the NCP produce projects, support artists, and continue their mission to promote new music to new and unexpected audiences.
To purchase tickets, visit www.nouveauclassical.org/2015-gala-tickets.
Landmark On the Park is located at 160 Central Park West, New York, NY 10023. www.nouveauclassical.org.
Pianist Kathleen Supove and Creative Director Simon Collins. Courtesy of The Nouveau Classical Project.
October 15 (Thursday)
"The New York Academy of Art's Take Home a Nude Art Auction and Party" takes place on Thursday, October 15, 2015 at Sotheby's in New York City. The event will honor Tom Wolfe a New York Academy of Art founding supporter and novelist and the Academy supporter and art critic Jerry Saltz.
Cocktails and the auction begin at 6 p.m., with dinner starting at 9 p.m. "Take Home a Nude" will feature a silent and live auction with work by more than 150 emerging and established artists. The year's theme is "Celebrating Instagram." Enjoy a selfie station at the benefit and later in the evening the artist Ryan McGinness will unveil an artwork composed from his own daily Instagram posts.
Tickets range from $250 to $1000. For more information, visit www.nyaa.edu/nyaa/events/than.html
Sotheby's is located at 1334 York Ave, New York, NY 10021. www.nyaa.edu/nyaa/home.html.
"The Park Avenue Armory Gilded Gala" takes place on Thursday, October 15, 2015 at Park Avenue Armory in New York City. The gala is honoring Angela E. Thompson, Charles A.Y. Thompson and Amanda J.T. Riegel. The Artist Honoree is Marina Abramović. Cocktails start at 6:30 p.m. with dinner and the program beginning at 7:30 p.m. The gala is black tie with a touch of gold.
This year's gala reflects a contemporary take on the notion of "gilded," with an extravaganza designed by the set designer Stefan Beckman. The evening also includes entertainment that ranges from bel canto to the Billboard Hot 100 directed by the opera/pop concert director Kevin Newbury and featuring opera diva Sondra Radvanovsky and electro-pop duo The Young Professionals.
Gala tickets start at $1,500. Please contact Marcia Ebaugh at mebaugh@armorypark.org or 212-616-3961 for additional information.
Park Avenue Armory is located at 643 Park Ave, New York, NY 10065. www.armoryonpark.org.
October 19 (Monday)
"The MASS MoCA Benefit" takes place on Monday, October 19, 2015 at 583 Park Avenue in New York City. Enjoy cocktails, dinner, live auction, and a performance by the Brooklyn based nine-piece group Red Baraat. The annual fall benefit will be co-chaired by artist Jenny Holzer and experimental music pioneer Laurie Anderson. Both will take residence at the museum when it debuts its Phase III expansion in 2017.
Proceeds from the evening will support MASS MoCA's exhibitions, performances, and educational programs. For more information or to RSVP, contact Rebecca Wehry at 413.664.4481 x8157 or rwehry@massmoca.org.
The event venue is located at 583 Park Ave, New York, NY 10065. www.massmoca.org/index.php.
Lucius. Photo: Peter Larson. Courtesy of MASS MoCA.
"The 2015 Dieu Donné Annual Benefit and Auction" will take place on Wednesday, October 21, 2015 at Alexander Gray Associates in New York City. The benefit will honor Melvin Edwards and Janice Oresman and will celebrate 25 years of artist residencies. Nicolas D. Lowry of Swann Auction Galleries will host the evening. Participating artists include Gina Beavers, Ian Cooper, Walter Robinson, Kate Shepherd, Chuck Webster, and B. Wurtz.
A VIP reception and Preview takes place at 5:30 p.m., the Reception and Silent Auction starts at 6:30 p.m. and an Artist's Pictionary Tournament begins at 7:30 p.m.
A silent auction of artworks created on Dieu Donné paper by 100 contributing artists will be on view at Dieu Donné at 315 West 36th Street, New York through October 15. They will be available for bidding in the gallery and online through October 21. The "Featured Silent Auction –Bidding" includes works by 20 artists such as Glenn Ligon, Simryn Gill, Leslie Wayne, Ursula von Rydingsvard, and more. You can bid at Artspace here.
Alexander Gray Associates is located at 510 W 26th St, New York, NY 10001. www.dieudonne.org.
"The Sculptors Guild #ThisIsNotABox Gala" takes place on Thursday, October 22, 2015 from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Side Show Gallery in Brooklyn. Enjoy food, drinks, live music and art! Tickets are $50.00.
To bid on the Silent Auction, visit www.sculptorsguild.org/thisisnotabox.html. Winners will be announced and notified at the Gala.
The Side Show Gallery is located at 319 Bedford, Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11211. www.sculptorsguild.org/home.html.
"Quiver" by Elaine Lorenz. Ceramic, Raku Fired, Paint, Cigar Box.
"The American Friends of the Ludwig Foundation of Cuba (AFLFC) A Havana Night Benefit Gala" takes place on Thursday, October 29, 2015 at the Copacabana Nightclub in New York City. The annual fundraising event will celebrate AFLFC's 15th anniversary building cultural bridges through exchange programs in the arts between the U.S and Cuba. Honorees are Harry Belafonte, social activist, singer, songwriter and actor; James Durkin, Senior Vice President of Tishman Construction Corp.; Danny Glover, humanitarian, actor, and producer; Michael Krinsky, Senior Partner at the law firm of Rabinowitz Boudin Standard Krinsky & Lieberman, P.C.
AFLFC will present, in an exclusive concert, Dominican singer José Alberto "El Canario" and Cuban musicians Fernándo Dewars and Alden González from Septeto Santiaguero de Cuba. The evening will feature cocktails, a buffet dinner, an award presentation and a live and silent auction including original works by internationally recognized Cuban and American artists such as Kcho, Yoan and Iván Capote, Carlos Quintana, Wifredo Lam, Paul Jenkins, Giancarlo Impiglia among others.
Funds raised from the Gala will support AFLFC's educational exchanges and professional development programs and the 17th Havana Film Festival New York (April 7-17, 2016). To purchase tickets, visit AFLFC.org/Gala, or contact rsvp@AFLFC.org / 212.687.2146.
The Copacabana Nightclub is located at 268 W 47th St, New York, NY 10036. www.aflfc.org.
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Accomplishments: Recommendations
Kendra's work and expertise have been granted recommendations over the years. Some of the recommendations are listed below.
Written Letters
Chris Rose Magician – Magic Fundraiser project
PDF Recommendation Letter
Leslie Brothers – Game Jams at McDonough Art Museum
PDF Recommendation Letter 2017
Jarryd Huntley – Fellow Game Industry Leader in Ohio
Geoff Mellon former Professor for Game Art and Design
Recommendation Letter 1 PDF
John McNally – Mayor of Youngstown, OH
Recommendation Letter PDF
Pat Kerrigan – Director of Oak Hill Collaborative, 501(c)(3) non-profit
"I have had the good fortune to work with Kendra at the Oak Hill Collaborative. She is very pleasant to work with, but more importantly, she is intelligent, hard-working, and professional. She has considerable digital skills and is dedicated to sharing those skills with others. I trust her implicitly and rely on her to carry out the non-profit work we do here. We couldn't do it without her."
Alexander Nischwitz – YGD Organizer and fellow Game Developer
"Kendra is one of the most dependable people I've ever had the pleasure to work with!
"Kendra and I met when I moved back to Youngstown from the Columbus area. We worked together closely until she was making her move to the D.C. area, and during that time she taught me everything I know about community organization. Kendra is a fantastic networker, an unlimited well of practical wisdom, and has way more energy than most people I know. One time, she pushed through several days of the severe flu working on her solo Global Game Jam entry. Another time she learned complex eye-tracking technology and integrated it with a Unity Project in about a week.
"Kendra is the star that lights up our social events, and any team would be beyond lucky to have her!"
Sheila Henline – Librarian of Austintown Fitch High School – organized Teen Tech Week together
"Kendra is organized and very knowledgeable. I highly recommend her."
Shaquille Stoutamire – Fellow Game Developer and Student Mentor at YSU
"Kendra is a fantastic organizer who prioritizes helping our local community embrace game development and creativity. Her efforts with the Youngstown Game Developers have given students in the Youngstown-Warren area opportunities they would not have gotten without her selfless donation of time and energy in the pursuit of passing along her passion."
Adam Magaña – Software Engineer for Drund App, fellow local Technology Leader
"I've had the pleasure of working with Kendra professionally and getting to know her personally. In work and life Kendra maintains a level of enthusiasm that rivals the best of us. She is not only disciplined with her career but she actively engages in the community and seeks to help mentor others.
"Kendra was one of my main points of contact when she was the Lead Multimedia Technician at Austintown Schools. She was someone I could trust to give good feedback, ask relevant questions, and quickly understand concepts when I was there to train and support the school district. I could also trust her to act as a proxy for helping others with concepts and feature sets while I was away. She was easily one of my most valuable contacts during that time.
"I often run into Kendra at local tech meetups. It is because of her and the Youngstown Game Developers group (a group she started) that I got to know other developers from my area. Kendra puts in the time and effort to help build a more close-knit community and bring people together."
Dan D'Eramo – Advertising Director at the Vindicator Newspaper
"Kendra brought her knowledge of digital to The Vindicator and was very supportive of the needs of our Advertising Department. Her support came in the form of teaching, training, and implementation of digital opportunities, especially those related to revenue."
Olivia Huffstetler – Fellow Tech Professional
"Kendra has a deep understanding of the game design and implementation from the many projects she has innovated and produced which were fueled by her own strong will, dedication, and determination to support and expand the gaming industry. You won't find anyone else like her and you'd be hard-pressed to find one as driven to continue to prosper."
Brian McCombs – YGD Member, Software Engineer for Dick's Sporting Goods
"I met Kendra through the Youngstown Game Developers group, which was a meetup group that she organized. She was always friendly and energetic, and put a lot of effort into it, especially when organizing our game jam! I loved getting to know her and talking with her about game development at our meetups."
Jeff Rimko – YGD Organizer, Software Engineer for Autosoft
"Kendra possesses many exceptional skills. As a leader and organizer, she is focused and driven. As an artist, she is creative and talented. Her enthusiasm shines through in everything she does."
Chad Birt – Multimedia Coworker at Univision Television
"Kendra is a talented designer, animator, and graphic artist. As the lead graphics expert for the 5 PM and 10 PM newscasts, Kendra was tasked with building a wide array of content including maps, mug shots, full-screen graphics, and more. Her attention to detail and eye for aesthetically pleasing presentations helped our shows stand out."
William Jones – Co-founder of YGD, Senior Software Developer
"Kendra is a great communicator and organizer. She is great about keeping everyone in the loop. Furthermore, she is a talented and thoughtful designer and artist who is passionate about her work. Kendra is awesome to work with and I would highly recommend her in any creative endeavor."
Dave Laird – Web Developer at The Vindicator Newspaper
"Kendra is the definition of a hard worker, constantly looking to make things better. Working side-by-side with her is a treat because she never has a shortage of ideas or insight – she studies design trends and best practices like most people breathe air.
"Outside of her day job, she has proven that the gaming industry isn't just a "boys club" anymore. She's made a name for herself in the Indie Game Dev world with her own game studio and by proving to be a valuable source for devs all over the globe. Her blog knows no boundaries. Locally, she's on her way to putting Youngstown on the map as a hot spot for developers by leading the Youngstown Game Developers group. I don't know how the woman sleeps.
"If you have Kendra on your side "quitting" is not in your vocabulary and failure is not an option."
Paul Gavin – Austintown Fitch High School
"Kendra is a school teacher at Fitch High School. She is a fun kind person that will make the day fun for everyone. If you have a chance to work with this kind of person, it's a pleasure."
William Dzenowski – Austintown Fitch High School
"Works great with everyone around her and is an asset to any organization that she is a part of. Kendra shows great devotion and is extremely dedicated to whatever it is that she puts her mind to. I highly recommend hiring her for any upcoming projects that require someone of her expertise."
Cort Franklin – Manager at Mobile Post Production
"Kendra is extremely focused, detail-oriented, and brings positive energy. She was an integral part of our mobile QA team at Mobile Post Production, and has my highest recommendation."
Geoff Mellon – College Professor
"I was Kendra's professor at the Art Institute of Phoenix. Kendra was a talented and dedicated artist. She was always able to pick up new tools and figure out workflows better than most. The digital format really helped Kendra's style break out of the classical style restrictions often found with traditional art mediums. She is a loyal and dedicated worker and I would hire her for any position, she would be a great asset to any project or company."


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Whether you want to relax in the stylish open-plan living area, cook up a storm in the gourmet kitchen, or swim and surf at beautiful Nobbys Beach, this is the place for that family holiday.
Amara is located at 6 Wesley Ave and is only a 250m walk to Nobbys Beach and 3.7km to the CBD. This light and airy four bedroom, two bathroom home is sure to impress.
The house comfortably sleeps 8 with 4 bedrooms and two bathrooms and two living areas. At ground level there is a double garage with internal access, two bedrooms both with queen sized beds, ceiling fans and built in wardrobes, a 2nd bathroom, internal laundry and 2nd living area with TV and sofa bed.
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The property also offers an air conditioner, Webber BBQ andcomplimentary Wi-Fii and Foxtell.
Bedding: Queen in main, two singles in the second and queen in the third and fourth bedroom. Linen isincluded.


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Little Hadham bypass: Over 500 people and dogs give new A120 relief road a test run ahead of its official opening
By David James
david.james@iliffemedia.co.uk
More than 500 adults, children and dogs enjoyed the chance to walk, jog and cycle along the new A120 Little Hadham bypass before it opens to traffic.
The 2.4-mile (3.9km) road, which is due to officially open next Wednesday (December 22), will alleviate congestion caused by the village's traffic lights and provide more reliable journey times.
As part of the £30m joint scheme by highways authority Hertfordshire County Council (HCC) and the Environment Agency, new road embankments have been installed along the River Ash and Albury Tributary to act as flood defences.
Over 500 adults, children and dogs enjoyed the chance to walk, jog and cycle along the new section of the A120 (53673438)
On Saturday, there was a chance for locals to learn more about the scheme, with information on the construction process, Roman archaeological findings and how the wildlife and environment were protected.
A large puddingstone, weighing around 3.5 tonnes and looking like a Christmas pudding, which was discovered during the construction, now takes pride of place in Little Hadham.
Construction started in July 2019 and was expected to be finished in early 2021. Cllr Phil Bibby, HCC's executive member for highways and transport, said: "This multi-million-pound scheme, like many significant projects across the country, has been hit hard over the last 18 months.
"Covid-19, along with significant adverse weather, have provided big challenges for the team. During the construction period, there have been six 'one in 10-year' extreme weather events.
"While the opening is later than initially planned, the continued efforts and determination to get us to where we are today should be commended.''
The scheme also aims to improve air quality and ultimately benefit the county's economy, with quicker transport links to Stansted Airport among the long-term advantages.
Darsha Gill, the Environment Agency's area flood and coastal risk manager for Hertfordshire and North London, said: "The communities of Little Hadham and Hadham Ford are vulnerable to flooding from three watercourses. The proposal for the bypass provided the opportunity to incorporate flood alleviation measures, making a flood scheme for the village affordable.
"I'm delighted to say the measures will reduce the risk of river flooding to all 72 properties currently at risk in the village to less than a 1% (1 in 100) annual chance flood event.''
Hertfordshire LEP (Local Enterprise Partnership) invested £8.26m from the Local Growth Fund and helped secure a further £27.4m from the Department for Transport (DfT) as part of a wider funding package with the county council and Environment Agency.
Neil Rutledge, board member and deputy chair of the LEP, said: "From the very beginning, we knew the Little Hadham bypass was vital if we as a county were to future-proof this key section of Hertfordshire's road network to accommodate further growth.
"Having a business-led, local response to recover and rebuild the economy has been and remains critical. LEPs have not just directed funds but have also facilitated serious levels of private investment into local areas.
"As this scheme demonstrates, the LEP is a catalyst for growth, working with local partners to pursue common levelling-up goals and ensuring everyone in our communities can benefit from good growth."
Cyclists ready for the off on the new A120 Little Hadham bypass
Construction and civil engineering contractor GRAHAM was the bypass's principal contractor.
Leo Martin, managing director of its civil engineering division, said: "This project will make a hugely positive difference to people who live nearby and to those visiting or passing through the area. Once open, this scheme will bring a great many safety, environmental and general road user benefits to Hertfordshire.
"I'm very proud of how our team rose to the challenge, both before and during the Covid-19 pandemic.
"We were able to employ more than 20 people from the locality on site, resulting in 14 full-time jobs.
"I would like to thank all involved on this project, which has been an example of how contractors, designers and clients can work together in a highly collaborative manner to reach mutual goals.''
READ ALSO Contractors relocate Roman snails as part of £40m A120 project
READ ALSO New hedgerow protects bats from Little Hadham A120 bypass
READ ALSO Roman cemetery and coins and Iron Age homes unearthed by A120 archaeologists
READ ALSO 3.5-tonne Hertfordshire puddingstone unearthed during A120 bypass work given pride of place in Little Hadham
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US Federal Reserve Expects Further Interest Rate Increases - Powell
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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The Federal Reserve is expecting more interest rate hikes as US economy continues to grow and shows no signs of overheating, Chairman Jerome Powell said at the Jackson Lake Lodge in Wyoming on Friday.
"I see the current path of gradually raising interest rates as the FOMC's [Federal Open Market Committee] approach to taking seriously both of these risks," Powell said. "While inflation has recently moved up near 2 percent, we have seen no clear sign of acceleration above 2 percent, and there does not seem to be an elevated risk of overheating."
Powell emphasized that US household income is increasing and the job market is expanding and, therefore, additional increases in the target range for the federal funds rate will likely be suitable.
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US Economic Acceleration Faces Mounting Downside Risks
READ MORE: Trump Promises Market Crash in Case of His Impeachment
The Federal Reserve indicated earlier this month that interest rates would increase again in September despite President Donald Trump recently criticizing the trend.
In July, Trump said that Powell maybe not doing the right thing and he is not thrilled with the performance of the Federal Reserve chief. Moreover, the US president expressed concern that the current policy could hurt the US economy.
In June, the Federal Reserve announced that the United States' benchmark interest rate will increase by 25 basis points to a 1.75 to 2 percent range.
READ MORE: US Federal Reserve Struggling to Find Appropriate Response to Trade War
The Federal Reserve kept the interest rate unchanged in May having increased in March in the first major policy move undertaken by Powell.
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CARLSBAD — Holy Cross Episcopal Church brings beautiful music to its community again this year, with a three-part Sunday concert series beginning Oct. 18.
It may have been divine providence or just a tremendous stroke of luck, but Jenny Yun actually walked into Holy Cross Episcopal Church one afternoon a few years ago and asked if she might be able to practice on the church organ. Thus began the congregation's love for what may be one of the finest organists in San Diego. Yun's music lifts and fills every fiber of one's being. It was she that first suggested that a concert to share the full depth and breadth of the organ's beauty.
Again this year, Yun with two accompanists will perform at 3 p.m. Oct. 18 at the church, 6066 Corte Del Cedro.
at 3 p.m. Nov. 15.
In the first concert, Yun and the Trinity Trio will play Buxtehude's "C Major Prelude & Fugue", along with two Bach selections, "Jesu, Joy of Men's Desiring" and "Piece d'Orgue." She will also play "Salut d'Amour" by Elgar and "Dieu Parmi Nous" by Messiaen.
This year, Yun will be accompanied in playing selections from Piazzolla's "Winter & Spring" in Four Seasons by Ji-Youn Lee playing the violin, and Jinnie Kim playing the cello.
All three musicians received their initial musical instruction in South Korea, where Ji-Youn and Jinnie took leadership roles in the Park Yeon and Seoul Symphony Orchestras, respectively. Ji-Youn finished graduate studies in education in Germany. Jinnie continues to perform with the North Coast Symphony Orchestra and teaches cello and elementary level music. Yun took graduate training in organ performance & musical composition at Seoul National University and the University of Kansas.
For more information, call Holy Cross Episcopal Church at (760) 930-1270 or visit www.holy-cross-church.org.


Bastian Benjamin is a young producer form the eastern part of the Netherlands who exchanged his lego at a young age for making music on the piano. Not that much later he began DJ'ing and producing music. Bastian is combining his love for future beats with ambient soundscapes and cinematic compositions.
Free thinking artists like Lapalux and Shlohmo are an inspiration for him but also Massive Attack and Leftfield. Bastian released his first EP in 2018 which gave him a lot of positive attention and experiences.
He's currently studying electronic music production at the Rockacademie in Tilburg for developing his sound, uniqueness and live performance.


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New technique uses electrical conductivity to measure blood in dry blood samples
by University of Texas at Arlington
Researchers from The University of Texas at Arlington have demonstrated that electrical conductivity can be an effective means to precisely measure the amount of blood present in dry blood spot analysis, providing a new alternative to the current preferred approach of measuring sodium levels.
Dry blood spots are a pinprick of blood blotted on filter paper and allowed to air dry, which is then sent to a laboratory for analysis. Simple and inexpensive, dry blood spot analysis is routinely used to screen newborns for metabolic disorders and has also proven effective in diagnosing infant HIV infection, especially in developing countries where health budgets are limited.
"Our new method, which involves using an electrode probe to measure electrical conductivity, has proven accurate to within one percent," said Purnendu Dasgupta, Hamish Small Chair in Ion Analysis and James Garrett Professor in UTA's Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. "It also has the considerable advantage of using up none of the sample where the currently preferred approach uses around half the sample."
Dasgupta and his co-author Jordan Berg, professor of mechanical engineering at Texas Tech University and co-director of the Nano Tech Center, published their findings, "Evaluation of the amount of blood in dry blood spots: ring-disk electrode conductometry," in Analytical Chemistry. Akinde Kadjo, Brian Stamos, Phillip Shelor, all of UTA, and Benjamin Blount of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's Division of Laboratory Sciences, also participated in the study, with Kadjo doing most of the work.
Dasgupta and his co-researchers used 12 volunteers aged 20 to 66, taking pinpricks of blood and letting the dry blood spot samples dry. They then took a 3 millimeter punch out of each dry blood spot, dissolved the punch in methanol and water mixtures and used a dip-type small diameter ring-disk electrode to measure the conductance of the samples, determining the minimum immersion depth that proved accurate in measuring the amount of blood to within one percent.
"As analytical instrumentation has improved, dry blood spot analysis is becoming increasingly popular for clinical trials to monitor the effects of therapeutic drugs and for large-scale epidemiology and genetic studies, where it is vital to know the exact amount of blood in the sample," Dasgupta said. "Our new dip probe method offers clear advantages, but it does have the same problem as measuring sodium in that it does not function if the subject has abnormal electrolyte levels, which happens in some diseases."
The researchers plan to continue their line of research with new funding provided recently by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The initial research was supported partially by the National Science Foundation, ThermoFisher/Dionex, the CDC Foundation and the Hamish Small Chair endowment at UTA.
Frederick MacDonnell, chair of UTA's Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, said, "In line with UTA's focus on health and the human condition within the Strategic Plan 2020: Bold Solutions | Global Impact, Dr. Dasgupta and his colleagues have made an important contribution around the increasingly popular blood testing method of dry blood spot analysis.
"While more research needs to be done, they have demonstrated that measuring conductivity is a viable alternative to measuring sodium and has some specific advantages over the current approach."
Silk protein used to air-dry blood samples for remote testing
More information: Akinde F. Kadjo et al, Evaluation of Amount of Blood in Dry Blood Spots: Ring-Disk Electrode Conductometry, Analytical Chemistry (2016). DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.6b01280
Journal information: Analytical Chemistry
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Citation: New technique uses electrical conductivity to measure blood in dry blood samples (2016, July 19) retrieved 18 January 2020 from https://phys.org/news/2016-07-technique-electrical-blood-samples.html
New electrode for ion concentration analysis
Electrochemical determination of the concentration and peroxidase activity of erythrocytes
One drop will do: Researchers develop simple new test for vitamin B12 deficiency
Xiidra eyedrops approved to treat dry eye
NASA awards $1 million for development of platform to detect amino acids
Visualizing chemical reactions with infrared thermography
'Bilingual' molecule connects two basic codes for life
Scientists develop way to track salmonella infection in real time
25-minute test could simplify initial diagnosis of urinary tract infections, fight antibiotic resistance


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Mike McKenna Jr
Singer-songwriter Mike McKenna Jr. has emerged on the Canadian music scene with a raspy, soulful, intimate voice, his distinct indie folk/Americana tones, and songs laden with captivating storytelling. Originally from Cape Breton Island, he continues to bring us the nostalgia of his home through carefully chosen narrative, poetry, protest, and true stories about life and death in Nova Scotia's coastal, working-class communities. Known for his powerful lyricism and intricate musicianship, Mike's newest record At The Edge of the World (2020) continues to be met with incredible support both in Canada and internationally.
East Coast Music Awards: 2021 Rising Star Recording of the Year WINNER - At the Edge of the World
East Coast Music Awards: 2021 Contemporary Roots Recording of the Year Nominee - At the Edge of the World
East Coast Music Awards: 2021 Fan's Choice Video of the Year Nominee - At the Edge of the World
Music Nova Scotia Awards: 2021 Americana/Bluegrass Recording of the Year Nominee - At the Edge of the World
Canadian Folk Music Awards: 2021 Contemporary Album of the Year Nominee - At the Edge of the World
International Songwriting Competition (ISC): 2020 Semi-finalist - High Ground
Blues & Roots Radio: Album of the Year Nominee 2020 - At the Edge of the World
The Bluegrass Situation: 2020 'Absolute Best of this Year's Roots Music Releases' - At the Edge of the World
The Bluegrass Situation: Guest Columnist - Mike McKenna Jr.'s 'Canadian Dream' (2020)
Ditty TV: The Ditty Dozen - 12 of the Most Exciting Artists in Americana and Roots Music (2020)
Spotify Editorial Playlist Features: Contemporary Currents and Renegade Folk (2020)
Mahogany Playlist Features: Chilled Folk Vol. 3 and Acoustic Coffeehouse (2020)
International Songwriting Competition (ISC): 2019 Semi-finalist - At the Edge of the World
In just over a year since it's release, Mike's sophomore album has received a long list of awards and nominations; WINNER of the Rising Star Recording of the Year by the 2021 East Coast Music Awards (along with nominations for for Contemporary Roots Recording of the Year and Fan's Choice Video of the Year), nominee for Contemporary Album of the Year by the 2021 Canadian Folk Music Awards, nominee for Americana/Bluegrass Recording of the Year by the Music Nova Scotia Awards, and nominee for 2020 Album of the Year by Blues and Roots Radio. It was also listed on the Bluegrass Situation's 'Class of 2020 Playlist, Absolute Best of this Year's Roots Music Releases'.
Several songs from the record have received high-profile features and recognition, including Spotify Editorial playlists Renegade Folk and Contemporary Folk, Mahogany Sessions' Acoustic Coffeehouse and Chilled Folk Vol. 3, The Bluegrass Situation's 'Mixtape', Americana UK, Exclaim!, Canadian Beats, Roots Music Canada, The East and many more. Two songs from ATEOTW finished as semi-finalists in the world's largest songwriting contest, ISC (International Songwriting Competition); the opening song and title track At the Edge of the World in 2019 and the 7th song of the album, High Ground in 2020!
Produced by Berklee graduate, Victoria's Quinn Bachand (Rosier, Kittel & Co, Brishen), At the Edge of the World delivers a wider, fuller sound than Mike's previous records, lead by his incredibly raw, confident vocals and surrounded by a beautiful mix of electric and pedal-steel guitar, electric bass, vocal harmonies, strings, piano and drums. During post-production it would then pass through the talented hands of Canada's top analog specialists; mixing engineer Jon Anderson (Andy Shauf, Rosier, Foxwarren) and Grammy-nominated mastering engineer, Juno/Polaris winner Philip Shaw Bova (Father John Misty, Feist, Bahamas).
"This is clearly a significant record for McKenna and the community in which it is rooted. For the rest of us it is a peephole into a world we know little of and a thoughtful comfort from beginning to end."
- Americana UK
"From past events, McKenna has distilled a mythology; tiny components that became something more than the sum of its parts."
- The East
"Highly touted as someone to watch in the intersecting worlds of indie folk and Americana."
- Penguin Eggs
Mike has performed at renowned festivals and venues while touring North America such as RBC Ottawa Bluesfest, Montreal Folk Fest sur le Canal, Vancouver Island Music Fest, Philadelphia Folksong Society, Rockwood Music Hall, National Arts Centre, Club Passim, Lunenburg Folk Harbour Fest among others and has shared the stage with the likes of Hawksley Workman, William Prince, Michael Daves, Ashley MacIsaac, Old Man Luedecke, Good Lovelies and many more.
Join Mike's mailing list for the latest news, show announcements, videos and more!
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The Software Part ledger establishes trust between a manufacture and its suppliers by tracking suppliers, their software parts, the open source components used and their corresponding compliance artifacts (e.g., source code, legal notices, Open Source BOM, SPDX data, cryptography data). This is particular helpful for manufactures who build products by utilizing software from many different suppliers (and sub-suppliers). To achieve accountability a mechanism is need to maintain global state information about suppliers; their parts and compliance artifacts for all participate across the supply chain. To establish trust among all participants, these records need to be i) transparent, ii) immutable, while iii) removing the dependence on third party information brokers (middlemen). We obtain the required level of trust by utilizing the Hyperledger Sawtooth platform to construct a Software Parts Ledger.
A demo of the Software Parts Ledger will be given in Intel's booth at Linux Foundation's Open Source Summit Europe on October 23rd, 24thand 25th. Come on by to see it in action!


IBM said that Spuul, a Singapore-headquartered video streaming service for Indian films and TV shows, has deployed Aspera to quickly upload high-definition video content to its streaming portal.
By significantly reducing the time it takes to upload Bollywood films, TV shows and other licensed video, Spuul can expand its programming options and quickly deliver new content to its millions of worldwide subscribers, IBM said in a statement.
Spuul receives a wide variety of movies and TV shows from content and distribution partners across India and streams them to their customers' mobile devices, PCs, connected TVs and game consoles.
The ability to quickly and securely deliver fresh video content is critical in the hyper-competitive digital streaming market, where consumers expect new content on a daily, if not hourly, basis and want to view it on their device of choice.
Hindered by slow upload times for big data – particularly for feature films that can exceed four gigabytes for a single file – Spuul needed a much faster way to expand its online content libraries with its content partners, IBM said.
With Aspera on Demand, Spuul immediately tripled the daily volume of video content uploaded and processed from its distribution partners from eight TV shows to 25 and now receives more than 40GB of new HD (high definition) video content each day, IBM claimed.
The patented Aspera technology makes it faster and easier for content distributors to upload HD videos through the Spuul platform.
Aspera overcomes performance bottlenecks inherent in today's online networks to help clients like Spuul reduce the time it takes to securely transfer large files or data sets by up to 99.9%, regardless of distance, IBM claimed.
"Aspera was the only fast, secure and reliable way for Spuul and its content partners to deliver fresh programming content to meet our subscriber demands," said Michael Smith, Spuul chief product officer.
"With Aspera, we can quickly expand our online library of TV shows and feature films without delay or bottlenecks, which will help us continue to grow our subscriber base and offer fresh compelling content on an ongoing basis," he added.
Since its launch nearly two years ago, Spuul has been able to quickly expand its programming choices to nearly 1,000 Indian feature films and dozens of TV series in its current library.
As the company continues to expand its offerings, Aspera offers full scalability and a usage-based pricing model to meet new subscriber demand for Spuul's programming, IBM said.
"No matter where content is created, where it lives, or how it is ultimately consumed, Aspera can help businesses move that content where it needs to go faster and more reliably than any other solution," said Jay Migliaccio, director of Aspera.
"Our flexible approach is transforming businesses like Spuul and enabling them to operate successfully from anywhere in the world, connected by the power high-speed data transfer," he added.
IBM recently used Aspera's technology to launch the company's 'Made with IBM' campaign, enabling the global production team to quickly share thousands of extremely large media files to support more than 50 launch commercials.


Telling a story can be a powerful means of expressing a point of view, evoking emotions, or explaining a difficult situation. In a new publication from OADP, nine Oregonians have shared their painful stories and opened their hearts in Not in Our Name, a composite of stories shared by murder victim family members.
Individuals supporting death penalty repeal in Oregon.


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Q: C Input only decimals I'm trying to restrict the input to only numerics in a simple C application however I get a warning. I suspect it's to do with the following segment. Is version one the proper way of doing things? Thanks.
    for(i=0;i< strlen(string); i++)
{
    if( string[i]<"0" || string[i]>"9")
        valid= FALSE;
}

OR
    for(i=0;i< strlen(string); i++)
{
    if( string[i]<'0' || string[i]>'9')
        valid= FALSE;
}

rest of my code is
    void main()

{
    char number[4];
    printf("Please enter a decimal number: ");
    gets(number);
    if (numeric(number))
        printf("'%s' is a valid number\n", number);
    else
        printf("'%s' is an invalid number\n", number);
}

To clarify I have to do the check in the fashion given according to the exercise I'm doing. Thanks.

A: Version one is entirely wrong. It does pointer comparisons, because string literals decay to pointers and characters are promoted to int.
Version two is close, though you should really use isdigit from <ctype.h>.
Btw., are you aware that i < strlen(string) in a loop termination condition turns linear-time algorithms into quadratic-time ones?

A: Can't you just use if (scanf ("%d", &n)==1) or  call strtol ?


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La rue de la Victoire se trouve à Paris dans le .

Situation et accès
Ce site est desservi par les stations de métro Trinité - d'Estienne d'Orves, Notre-Dame-de-Lorette et Le Peletier.

Origine du nom
Elle prend le nom de « rue de la Victoire » le 8 nivôse an VI (), sur la longueur des deux rues, en l'honneur de la campagne d'Italie du général Bonaparte, qui y possédait un hôtel. Elle reprit le nom de « Chantereine » en 1816 lors de la Restauration puis retrouva son nom actuel en 1833.

Historique
Indiquée sur le plan de Jouvin de Rochefort de 1672, sous le nom de « ruellette aux Marais-des-Porcherons », par suite de son voisinage avec le château des Porcherons de la rue Saint-Lazare, elle fut en 1734, appelée « ruelle des Postes »  entre la rue de la Chaussée-d'Antin et la « rue des Trois-Frères » (actuelle rue Taitbout), puis devenue une rue, elle prend le nom de « rue Chanterelle » et « rue Chantereine », s'agissant du tronçon « rue des Trois-Frères » , à cause des grenouilles dites reinettes et de leur chant, qu'on y entendait dans les marécages environnants.

En nivôse an VI (1798), il fut décidé .

Après Waterloo, elle redevint « rue Chantereine », et ce n'est que depuis 1833, par ordre de Adolphe Thiers, qu'elle reprit son nom de « rue de la Victoire » .

Elle est prolongée jusqu'à la rue Joubert en 1847.

Le 23 mars 1918, durant la première Guerre mondiale, un obus lancé par la Grosse Bertha explose au  rue de la Victoire.

Bâtiments remarquables et lieux de mémoire

  : le haut fonctionnaire Ferdinand Isaac (1860-1915) y résida à la fin de sa vie.
  : grande synagogue de Paris, dont le site était occupé dans les années 1830 par le siège de la légation des États-Unis en France.
  : emplacement du théâtre Olympique, en activité de 1801 à 1806, remplacé par les Bains Chantereine.
  : emplacement de la salle Herz. Hector Berlioz y donna pour la première fois Le Carnaval romain (1844) et L'Enfance du Christ (1854).
  : emplacement de l'ancien hôtel Beauharnais (à ne pas confondre avec l'hôtel Beauharnais, rue de Lille) d'où Napoléon Bonaparte a organisé le coup d'État du 18 Brumaire. Il fut démoli en 1862, lors du percement de la rue de Châteaudun, son emplacement se situe sur la chaussée et le trottoir des  de la rue de Châteaudun, et son entrée par l'actuel  de la rue de la Victoire.
  : la Banque Hottinguer (ancienne banque personnelle de Napoléon).
  : Hayashi Tadamasa, arrivé à Paris en qualité d'interprète, finit par s'installer en France et crée en 1883 une entreprise d'importation d'objets d'art d'Extrême-Orient et d'estampes japonaises. Introduit dans le cercle des japonisants, il joue un rôle déterminant pour les collectionneurs en ouvrant en 1890 cette boutique qui devient un lieu incontournable pour les amateurs d'art japonais. Les années 1880 marquent l'apogée du japonisme.
  : emplacement de l'atelier du peintre Henri-Georges Morisset (1841-1899) et de son associé Édouard Viénot, où ils réalisaient des portraits peints d'après photographies.
 , un musée de plus de douze salles, fin , où Frédéric Moreau exposait le résultat de ses fouilles dans l'Aisne de plus de six mille sépultures couvrant La Tène au temps des Mérovingiens.
  (à l'angle de la rue Joubert) : hôtel de l'architecte français François-Joseph Bélanger. Après sa libération de la prison Saint-Lazare pendant la Révolution, il le réaménagea dans le style pompéien pour son épouse, la danseuse  Dervieux.
 Jusqu'à sa destruction en 1826, l'hôtel Thellusson possédait une entrée par cette rue. Il occupait l'essentiel de l'îlot qui se trouve au sud de la rue, entre la rue Saint-Georges et la rue Chauchat. C'est sur son emplacement que la rue Laffitte a été prolongée.

Notes et références

Annexes

Liens externes
 Carte interactive des voies de Paris

Bibliographie
 Charles Lefeuve, « Rue de la Victoire », Histoire de Paris rue par rue, maison par maison, 1875.
 « Rue de la Victoire », www.paris-pittoresque.com (notice en ligne).

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Did you hear about the body? Rumor has it ...
Joseph P. Smith
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MILLVILLE - A call to police about a man sleeping in a trash container outside a store Wednesday night hit the rumor mill and somehow transformed into uninformed talk about the discovery of one or more bodies on North 2nd Street, according to Sgt. Ross Hoffman.
Hoffman, a police department spokesman, said officers were dispatched at 8:40 p.m. to 2140 N. 2nd St. to investigate a report of a man inside a trash bin outside Supercuts Hair Salon. The 49-year-old man is known to police because he's been intoxicated in public in the past, he said.
"He said he was in search of aluminum cans to recycle," Hoffman said. "He must've been leaning over and dozed off, I guess."
The police department got calls from reporters who had heard the rumor version of what happened, Hoffman said.
Hoffman said the man was not charged, but Millville Rescue Squad took him to a hospital to be checked.
Joseph P. Smith; (856) 563-5252; jsmith@gannettnj.com


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How architecture can tackle the carbon crisis
Nille Juul-Sørensen Director,Berlin
World Architecture Day, celebrated on the first Monday of every October, was set up by the Union International des Architects (UIA) in 2005 to "remind the world of its collective responsibility for the future of the human habitat", coinciding with UN World Habitat Day.
To mark the day, and with COP26 on the horizon, Arup architects discuss the role that architecture plays in the decarbonisation and resilience of the built environment and cities.
Dennis Ho, East Asia Architecture & Urban Design Leader
"I believe that through the understanding of and working closely with nature, our buildings and cities will become more resilient and only through innovative and intelligent design that we will be able to meet our targets on decarbonization."
Nille Juul-Sørensen Director
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Lena Raizberg, Associate Director
"I believe that encouraging a creative reuse of existing buildings is one of the most essential things architects can do if they want to contribute to decarbonization and higher resilience of our built environments."
Filippo Cefis, Senior Architect
"It is our responsibility as architects to understand the impact of our work on the environment and how decarbonization and resilience must be at the top of our design brief."
Projects pushing the boundaries
1 Triton Square
Our architectural redevelopment of the recently completed 1 Triton Square demonstrates that refurbishment can be exciting, attractive and incredibly sustainable. It's an example of our marginal gains approach whereby every possible system, component and strategy is analysed and refined to improve performance and deliver the most sustainable outcome.
Key sustainability achievements:
The BREEAM 'Outstanding' commercial building has saved more carbon in design and construction than it will produce in operation during its 20-year lease.
40,000 tonnes carbon saving, enough to offset energy consumption in over 9,900 London homes (55% embodied carbon saving vs typical new build)
One of the largest examples of implemented circular economy practices in the industry to date - the removal, refurbishment and reinstallation of over 3,500 sqm of façade comprising over 25,000 separate part
Timber station study
When it comes to decarbonising our transport networks, we need to challenge traditional assumptions about the design of sustainable infrastructure. Our study with Copenhagen Metro shows that the increased use of timber in rail station design could cut embodied carbon by up to 50%, helping to create sustainable rail options and help decarbonise our transport networks.
The inclusion of timber reduced embedded carbon by as much as 50%, a saving of up to 150,000kg CO2e
Find out more about architecture
For over fifty years Arup has operated an architecture practice, believing that architecture and engineering are best achieved in close collaboration, two parts of a seamless creative process.
Material change: can timber play a role in sustainable rail infrastructure?
Could a natural, sustainable, recyclable material like timber reduce the carbon footprint of station design?
Kristian Winther
Associate, Architecture
An award-winning exemplar of reuse and regeneration, designed entirely by Arup using our Total Architecture approach to create one of the most sustainable commercial buildings in the UK.


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Housing Policy Branch develops provincial housing policy, strategies and programs and provides policy advice on issues such as strata properties, Aboriginal off-reserve housing, housing markets, social housing, homelessness, housing for persons with special needs and the role of local government in housing.
Housing Matters BC provides a comprehensive strategy for reducing homelessness and ensuring every British Columbian has access to safe, affordable and appropriate housing today and into the future. While the strategy addresses the full housing continuum – from homelessness to home ownership – the main focus is on ensuring those most in need of help have improved access to housing and supports.
The Government of British Columbia works in partnership with Aboriginal groups, other provincial agencies and the federal government to support and improve off-reserve Aboriginal housing for First Nations and Aboriginal people in British Columbia.
BC Housing is the provincial crown agency that develops, manages, and administers a wide range of subsidized housing options. In partnership with private and non-profit partners, other levels of government, health authorities, and community groups the agency helps increase affordable housing options for British Columbians in need. Approximately 95,000 households benefit from government-subsidized housing.
The Homeowner Protection Office is responsible for licensing residential builders and building envelope renovators, administering owner builder authorizations, and carrying out research and education which benefits the residential construction industry and consumers. These responsibilities help bring about improvements in the quality of residential construction in B.C. and helps strengthen consumer protection for buyers of new homes.
In 2008, the BC government announced property tax relief for non-profit societies to help address housing challenges for our most vulnerable British Columbians. The Assessment Act was amended to create a supportive housing property class; properties designated into that class are valued at a nominal amount.


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namespace Microsoft.Azure.Management.FrontDoor.Models
{
    using Newtonsoft.Json;
    using System.Collections;
    using System.Collections.Generic;
    using System.Linq;

    /// <summary>
    /// Describes azure managed provider.
    /// </summary>
    public partial class AzureManagedRuleSet : ManagedRuleSet
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the AzureManagedRuleSet class.
        /// </summary>
        public AzureManagedRuleSet()
        {
            CustomInit();
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the AzureManagedRuleSet class.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="priority">Describes priority of the rule</param>
        /// <param name="version">defines version of the ruleset</param>
        /// <param name="ruleGroupOverrides">List of azure managed provider
        /// override configuration (optional)</param>
        public AzureManagedRuleSet(int? priority = default(int?), int? version = default(int?), IList<AzureManagedOverrideRuleGroup> ruleGroupOverrides = default(IList<AzureManagedOverrideRuleGroup>))
            : base(priority, version)
        {
            RuleGroupOverrides = ruleGroupOverrides;
            CustomInit();
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// An initialization method that performs custom operations like setting defaults
        /// </summary>
        partial void CustomInit();

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets or sets list of azure managed provider override configuration
        /// (optional)
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        public IList<AzureManagedOverrideRuleGroup> RuleGroupOverrides { get; set; }

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First of all, what a great obsession to have! I mean, if you're going to horde anything, it might as well be sweet vintage tees. Way better than those creepy dolls that look like Jackie O or Princess Di like my old neighbor had all over her house. Or, liiike, keeping all your fingernail clippings in jars in your basement.
There's actually a pretty simple technique to speed the aging process on your t-shirts that doesn't involve your bathtub OR a bucket. And I am in no way a "crafty" person, so I promise it's easy.
To start, turn the t-shirt inside out and give it a good rubdown with your sandpaper (maybe light some candles first? Put on a little mood music?). The sandpaper frays the fibers, making the shirt feel softer and more worn-in, without affecting the printed graphic on the front. So don't worry, that sweet Van Halen logo is safe.
If your goal is just to make the shirt feel thinner, this should do the trick. If you want the front to look like it's seen its fair share of action too, turn it right-side out and repeat the process.
If you've got an electric sander at home (and really, who doesn't?), you can use that to make the process go even faster. Just be careful to use a light touch, or you're bound to go right through your tee.
A more extreme suggestion I've heard, but never tried – bury the t-shirt in the yard (or in a potted plant) for a few days or weeks for some, uhh, organic distressing? But then you'll definitely need to wash it. Sorry not sorry.
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If you're ready to upgrade your wardrobe but dread the thought of shopping for new clothes…consider having Team SG shop for you! We're obviously biased, but clients tell us that the online shopping lists we personalize just for them are total game changers.


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'HERO'S DESK' OF PILOT-COSMONAUT AIDYN AIMBETOV APPEARED AT SCHOOL OF TALDYKORGAN
Within the framework of the "Gagarin lessons "Cosmos is us" the international project "Hero's desk" was launched. On April 15, at school-gymnasium No. 14 in Taldykorgan, "Hero's desk" was solemnly installed.
At school No. 14, the Hero, the People's Hero of Kazakhstan, a cosmonaut of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Major General of the Air Force of the Republic of Kazakhstan Aidyn Aimbetov is a graduate of this school.
A data about the honored man, his photo, biographical data and the heroic way of the pilot-cosmonaut is on the desk of the hero. There is also a QR code on the desk with a reference to the official portal with information about the hero.
The organizers prepared an exhibition-presentation with the biography of Aidyn Akanovich, at the exhibition the children studied the pages of the life of the hero, held an open lesson "Space is us".
It is worth noting that the right to sit at such a desk will be given to students who have success in their studies and take an active part in the life of the school.
German Oktoberfest of two centuries
An emergence of Kazakh nomadic traditions
Unique Cultural Heritage of Tajik People
Rich Heritage of Armenian Culture
Land of Peaceful Coexistence
Brief History of Labor Day
Elders Council is an Important Tool of People Power
Custodians of Turkish Traditions


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Liberals and Social Democrats unite in attempt to prevent procedure on referendum
Miercuri, 7 octombrie 2009, 20:19 English | Politics
Romanian MPs belonging to the National Liberal Party (PNL), the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the Hungarian Democrats (UDMR) managed on Wednesday to slow down procedures that would allow a referendum called by President Traian Basescu on changing the Constitution to take place. PNL and PSD also submitted a request to temporarily suspend House speaker Roberta Anastase, a member of the party supporting Basescu.
President Basescu announced last month he would push for a referendum to change the Constitution and form a single-chamber parliament in place of the current two-chamber one. The push was followed by political wrangling that saw the PSD break away from a government alliance with Basescu's main supporting party, the Democratic Liberals (PDL).
The Parliament leadership decided on Wednesday to send Basescu's request for a referendum to the joint judicial commissions for a point of view in this regard and set a deadline of 10 days for the commissions to come up with a result. The decision, supported by PSD, PNL and UDMR, slows down the procedure due to lead to an approval of the requested referendum.
Also today, PNL and PSD submitted a request to suspend Roberta Anastase, a PDL member, as House speaker, accusing her of "abusive behaviour" following a suspension of a session on Tuesday.
Democratic-Liberal PM Emil Boc said later on Wednesday that "today we have witnessed in the Parliament to the formation of a PSD-PNL coalition" aimed at preventing a pensions law from being introduced. The law, pushed by the government, would see parliamentarians' pensions reduced.


Conversion of a small town to Linux.
The first event will be on July 13th from 3 to 7 p.m. at the Felton Presbyterian Church -- more than likely a "event" and not an installfest or meeting -- and a second event on July 15 from 6 to 10 p.m. at the same location. At least two more meetings/installfests will take place in the following three weeks. The week of Lindependence, where people and businesses will go Microsoft-free for a week (and hopefully longer), will start on July 28.
Fedora joins four other distros -- Mandriva, Ubuntu, AntiX (Mepis) and Wolvix -- as the distros being presented at Lindependence 2008. Multiple invitations were sent to 50 distros, and the five current participating distros are the only ones to respond. AntiX and Wolvix, which are for more advanced users, will not be sending representatives to Lindependence 2008, but have offered their support for the project.
The project works as follows: Interested people in Felton are invited to come to the meetings/installfests to find out about GNU/Linux and FOSS programs, as well as to find out about the philosophy and paradigm under which Linux and FOSS operate. After filling out a questionnaire either on line or at the event(s), people can try out different distros at tables in the event, and then they are welcome to upload their choice onto a USB drive or take home a Live CD to try out.
Subsequent meetings/installfest will provide more technical assistance; i.e., helping people install Linux and/or FOSS programs, as well as dual booting or installations of Linux to run solely on their machines.
The project will seek volunteers in the community to participate in an experiment to go Microsoft-free (i.e., not using Windows or Microsoft programs) for a week, using their own machines on a variety of boot options (USB, dual-boot, Live CD, etc.).
Naturally, the Fedora team will urge those folks who participate to try Fedora, and will help those Feltoners who choose Fedora with any questions they have.
Budget of $500 allocated by FAMSCo. Karsten needs to let Max know if this is best spent via expense reports, or if $500 in cash just need to go to Karsten's hands.
Certainly anyone is welcome to participate, however I believe that between local ambassadors Karsten Wade and Larry Cafiero (who is organizing Lindependence 2008 in Felton), Fedora will be well represented.
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