I had thought of making this somewhat earlier, but then I got distracted with cleaning (laundry! floors! kitchen! bedroom surfaces (except I didn't get to the floor)!) and didn't have it.
I heated some almond milk on the stove till steaming, then added 2 tsp of this tea. Let it sit about for 3 minutes, added 3 drops stevia, and strained it into my mug.
Pretty nice! I get a lot of bay from this tea, which isn't surprising. Under the bay, maybe cardamom is next. And perhaps pepper, if it truly is an ingredient. Not much cinnamon or clove at all right now, which I don't mind.
I think next time I'd steep the tea strong in water, then add hot milk. Just to get a more rounded flavour.
Still, I do like this chai. It's quite different from my favourite (chandernagor!), and nice to have every once in a while.


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Today's Watch List includes: Customers Bancorp, Evercore Partners, United Commercial Bank, Vascular Solutions and Applied Industrial Technologies.
Since the Trend Spotter signaled a buy in 11/11 the stock gained 11.78%.
In spite of what the future may unfold, Healthcare is expected to benefit under the new administration. Healthcare sector stocks have also rallied significantly since the election results.
Disappointed by its unimpressive first quarter results, Boston Scientific has reduced its full year 2015 revenue guidance.


This representation of the great sovereign of ancient Egypt features the king as a child with a bare torso. He holds his finger to his mouth in imitation of the young god Horus.
On the reverse, the god Ptah is shown in a shallow naos - an opening at eye level. He is called the 'Governor of Cosmic Balance', and 'Sovereign of the Two Lands'. This god from Memphis was venerated by one of Ramesses' viziers whose name and head have disappeared, but it is possible to identify the dress as the typical rigid robe of his office.


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The 7 best Chromebooks of 2017: the top Chromebooks ranked
After six years on the market, Chromebooks – in their many shapes and sizes – have been a raging success, particularly in the education and enterprise sectors. To its various audiences, the top Chromebooks are appealing for their affordability and snazzy designs.
We've also rounded up the best laptops across every genre
Having no option but to run Chrome as your web browser may seem like a monopolistic sham on paper, but with the Google Allo chat app now available on the web and website muting on the way, after switching to the best Chromebook you won't want to go back.
Ranging from around $199 (about £154, AU$266) to $499 (around £388, AU$668), they're not all glamorous, but none of the best Chromebooks are outrageously priced either. So, with the days of the Chromebook Pixel behind us, here's the cream of the crop today:
Asus Chromebook Flip
Samsung Chromebook Pro
Dell Chromebook 11
Acer Chromebook 15
Acer Chromebook R11
HP Chromebook 14
Before the Asus Chromebook Flip came around, pickings were slim when it came to affordable Chromebooks sporting full-on Intel Core processors and full HD 1080p displays. Touchscreens, backlit keyboards and USB-C ports were also anomalies. But, of course, the Asus Chromebook Flip brought all of these facets to life. Compared to what's offered by the competition, the Asus Chromebook Flip's value is unparalleled, and that's without getting into its pristine tablet mode, which blows other hybrids completely out of the water.
Read the full review: Asus Chromebook Flip
When Google revealed that Android apps would make their way to Chromebooks, it was only a matter of time before Samsung mastered its convergence of the two OSs. Toting a 12.3-inch QHD touchscreen and a 360-degree hinge, the Samsung Chromebook Pro is widely acclaimed for its built-in stylus – the first of its kind to be featured in a Chromebook. Not only does it beat out a vast majority of laptops in its own category, but it's better than most Android slates as well, our qualms with the speakers and keyboard aside.
Read the full review: Samsung Chromebook Pro
This product is only available in the US as of this writing. UK and Australian readers: check out a fine alternative in the Asus Chromebook Flip.
If the Samsung Chromebook Pro is all about versatility, the Dell Chromebook 11 is about value. Reinforced by a 180-degree hinge, sturdy design and a sealed keyboard and trackpad in addition to a punchy typing experience, this Chromebook is a perfectly portable package. Not only adequately suited for school and work, the Dell Chromebook 11 even packs a set of loud stereo speakers for listening to music or watching videos. Don't worry about dinging it, either, as this device remains the most rugged Chromebook on our list.
Read the full review: Dell Chromebook 11
Unlike most in its class, this Chromebook is blessed with a 15.6-inch Full HD screen made better only by its optional Intel Core i5 processor. You probably won't need all that power on a Chromebook (luckily, there's a newer, even cheaper model that's been available since October), but it sure is nice to have the option. When it comes to larger Chromebooks, there isn't much selection, but Acer has come out with a unique exception to this limited trend. Even if it's packing a few extra pounds, the Acer Chromebook 15 is ace.
Read the full review: Acer Chromebook 15
This product is only available in the US as of this writing. UK and Australian readers: check out a fine alternative in the HP Chromebook 14.
The Acer Chromebook R11 won't be winning any fashion shows any time soon, but it's won our hearts over if only for keeping it classy. Among the first Chromebooks to support Android apps by way of the Google Play Store, the Chromebook R11 even pioneered a whole world of additional functionality for Chrome OS. Exhibiting an all-day battery life, top-notch performance and a 360-degree hinge with a touchscreen, the Acer Chromebook R11 is worth writing home about – and it won't break the bank either, thereby making its flaws that much easier to swallow.
Read the full review: Acer Chromebook R11
The HP Chromebook 14 is practically the posterchild for Chromebooks. Its rock-bottom starting price and zippy interpretation of Chrome OS only begin to exemplify its appeal. While Acer's Chromebook 15 serves up similar components, HPs' 14-incher is a bit more compact and better looking to boot. Embellished with a bright blue finish and a screen devised to surprise, this machine boasts the best value out of every Chromebook you could buy. Albeit average in both battery life and performance, the HP Chromebook 14 remains a sublime value nonetheless.
Read the full review: HP Chromebook 14
The HP Chromebook 13 goes above and beyond what any of us would expect from a Chromebook. You're guaranteed at least a 1440p screen, two USB-C ports and, if you're willing to shell out just a bit more cash, you can also snatch yourself an Intel Core-M processor rather than a Pentium. All of this is complemented by incredible style and a metallic design that exudes Pixel influence. Given that Google discontinued its own Chromebook earlier in the year, the HP Chromebook 13 is one of the few remaining alternatives.
Juan Martinez and Gabe Carey have also contributed to this article.
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Get A Job In Fashion 'The Devil Wears Prada' Way
It's been more than a dozen years since The Devil Wears Prada came out, a film about a college graduate, Andy who moved to New York and suddenly lands a job in fashion as a personal assistant "a million girls would kill for.' Andy Sachs, a role played by Anne Hathaway, is a totally sensible and smart aspiring journalist but out of sheer survival, she starts her career as an intern for a terrifying hard-to-please boss, Miranda Priestly aka ICE-QUEEN (Meryl Streep) the editor-in-chief of notorious fashion magazine, Runway.
As the movie unfolds, we see Andy's slight interest and knowledge of fashion didn't necessarily fit in with the 'runway' girls as her more than judgemental, yet stylish, co-workers delightfully dish out their opinions but soon enough it doesn't take her long to gain confidence and slowly transform into a polished professional by dressing the part. Ultimately Andy gains Priestly's respect and at the end of the film, we see her co-worker Emily mouthing the words "thank you." - like what! Emily never says ~thank you~?
While the messages learnt from The Devil Wears Prada teaches us valuable career lessons in fashion and the witty expose of working in fashion and the fashion industry, we can't help but find ourselves taking on every opportunity to recite quotes from the movie "florals for spring, groundbreaking" because of it's harsh-but-true reality and take on important life lessons that relates back to us in some way. Maybe we've applied for a job higher than our qualifications like Andy who took a risk in a whole new industry, or we've become like Emily, the resident workaholic.
There are other factors in the movie where we have to adapt to environments, working with your co-workers, whether it's possible to survive the rat race with our selves still in tact, or your boss just plainly inspires terror and awe. It's all about growth, learning new skills and being your true self. If you've watched the movie and through the plot lines and mental breakdowns it has made you decide to work in fashion, let's continue.
How To Get Started In Fashion
It's your dream to pursue a career working in fashion and even though how to get started in fashion is one of the most difficult challenges at the beginning. For some reason, it holds this veil of mystery on many discussions through "getting your foot in the door" dream is a completely different approach as job prospects are not specifically designed from studying one identified course. We know that the best way to aim for this is to have a killer CV for your future boss, company, or job you truly love.
If you have identified your dream to work in fashion which is a completely competitive world that is extremely exciting and fast-paced, don't be afraid to take initiative. Get started in fashion on a high level, from many recruiters who look for candidates who are very aware in the world, who educate themselves and are proactive to bring creativity to the table. Make your own connections, write that email on LinkedIn or social media, reach out and tell them you admire their work. Put yourself out there and ask for a quick coffee break to get some valuable advice. You'd be surprised how many people are happy to help, the fashion industry is a tight knit community!
Fashion Your Attitude To Success
In the movie we see Andy whining about her lack of interest but as a university graduate with an impressive resume, there are high expectations to perform well. We've all been in a situation where we can significantly struggle with a nightmare boss - but it can teach us some life lessons that can determine success. Even though managers have the jobs of getting things done, there is some realization that Andy has to try much harder to approach her work with a different attitude.
When she begins to change her attitude towards work, Andy starts to embrace the world of fashion and proactively learns about fashion trends, and creates friendly allies in the office. When Nigel, the art director comes in as a mentor figure we see the importance of workplace culture, eventually developing how attitude can determine success, where you can still maintain grace and integrity. We're not saying to change yourself, but changing your attitude could lead you to success. A positive attitude is an important factor in all aspects to life, in the office, uplifting others you work with and in terms of networking in social events making you look more approachable and easy to talk to.
Power Dress For The Job You Want
"Now Chanel, you're in desperate need for Chanel." one of the most iconic scenes in the Devil Wears Prada done by no other than Nigel and his transformative Makeover. Like a kid in a candy store, Andy is curated in designer heaven picking from Jimmy Choo's to Dolce and Gabbana. It's important to be presentable at work or dress for the job you want and in the professional world. As we see in the movie, first impressions do matter. "Dress for the job you want" has really become an excerpt from our fashion bibles. While the guides to wear different types of business attire varies to the type of work, should we still believe that the way we dress is for the job you want? The answer is yes.
What you wear influences how your co-workers and your manager treats you, but it's a lot more than fashion. It gives you confidence. There is certainly some strategic value in "looking for the part" because it simply communicates that they have become the persona of that ideal candidate for the company. If showing up to work means resembling a reflection of the company, play the part by not dressing too carelessly (or you can literally taste the disapproval from Miranda Priestly's pursed lips.) The message of power-dressing in this movie, really reflects our society interpretations to perceive others as more respectable.
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Motherhood certainly hasn't stopped model and professional straight-shooter Chrissy Teigen from telling it like it is on Twitter. Since giving birth to her first child last week, Teigen has started sharing bits and pieces of her life as a new parent, posting photos of her daughter, making jokes about her husband and, as is her way, dropping truth bombs about issues we don't talk about enough.
In one masterful tweet on Wednesday, the new mother brought up a little-known reality many women face after giving birth: postpartum bleeding and incontinence.
Surprised? Apparently, so was Teigen.
Pregnancy causes all sorts of bodily changes, and they don't end with childbirth. For up to a month-and-a-half postpartum, new mothers typically experience heavy vaginal bleeding and discharge, known as lochia. They might also experience pelvic floor weakness and related bladder issues, which aren't exactly the most alluring conversation topics — but they're real experiences for many women after childbirth.
In fact, one U.K. survey of 1,900 new mothers found that nearly half experienced postpartum incontinence in some form. That's in part because the abdominal weight women gain during pregnancy can weaken the pelvic floor and abdominal muscles, giving them less control over their bladders. The issue isn't discussed as frequently as postpartum bleeding, which (if Teigen's tweet is any indication) isn't talked about much either. According to Tania Boler, founder and CEO of Chiaro, we should be talking more about both experiences, particularly the one that's more preventable.
"During pregnancy, there is three times the normal pressure on your pelvic floor muscles, and combined with the increase in the relaxin hormone, your pelvic floor will naturally become stretched," Tania Boler, the creator of the Elvie, a device to help women tone their pelvic floor muscles, said in an email interview with Mic. "Many women think that if they have a Caesarian that their pelvic floor muscles will be spared, but this really isn't the case. ... It's shocking how little education pregnant women are given about how to look after their pelvic floor."
Teigen certainly isn't alone in needing a postpartum diaper or pad. But she's also not the only celebrity mom to be blindsided by the fact that she might have the heaviest period of her life or inadvertently pee herself for a bit after having a baby. In fact, according to a 2015 blog post, Teigen's buddy Kim Kardashian West didn't expect to need diapers after giving birth either. "No one told me that! #SoSexy," she wrote.
There might not be a great way to avoid lochia besides not having a baby, but fortunately, postpartum incontinence can be rectified with Kegels and bladder training, according to the American College of Physicians. But many new mo ms aren't taught what to expect from childbirth, thus making them unprepared to deal with these issues.
"Women aren't given simple information about what they need to do [after giving birth]," Boler said. "In the U.S., new moms are often so focused on their babies that they don't think about themselves."
Too often, new mothers don't have space to talk about the host of physical and emotional struggles they might face after having a baby, from obstetric trauma to postpartum depression, lack of sexual desire to trouble breastfeeding. The fact that even privileged women like Teigen have no idea what to expect post-childbirth speaks volumes about the state of maternal health and education in the United States. Thank heavens she's on Twitter to show us the way.
Apr. 26, 2016, 1:41 p.m.: This story has been updated.


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Q: PostgreSQL connection error ONLY when attached to network I have a .NET application on a client that connects to a PostgreSQL database using Npgsql library. The issue the client is having is that when trying to establish the connection from the client to the database, an error is thrown in the database log and a timeout error is displayed by the application:
08006: could not receive data from client: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host.
This only happens if the computer is attached to a network. If no network is available, everything works fine.
Computer runs on Windows 7 32 bits
PostgreSQl version is 10.5 32 bits
Npgsql version 3.1.10
Connection is made using client certificates on port 5439
Any other test made in computers with the same characteristics (same Windows version, same RAM amount) do not throw any error and works with or without net connection.
Any suggestions?
Thank you very much.
Edit: Both Database and client are installed on the same computer and Windows Firewall is enabled and configured to allow 5439 traffic. Anyway, if Firewall is disabled the error is still there.
UPDATE:
I have noticed several CAPI2 errors on the Windows event viewer stating
A certificate chain processed, but terminated in a root certificate which is not trusted by the trust provider.
Certificates used to connect to the database are self signed, and created on intallation time with a validity period of 10 years. They are not validated against any external provider or anything.

A: Finally found the cuase of the error. Windows did not trust the certificates due a lack of SHA2 support. Installed SHA2 support on Windows (KB4474419 and KB4490628) and everything worked again as it should.

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Investment is the lifeblood of a startup, and it's imperative to know how to get the right investments, at the right time, in the right way.
Typically, the first investment a company receives is 20 to 30 percent of its value, but investments can take many forms. The two most common are seed money (debt a company takes on at evaluation of specific price points), or a venture capital commitment (debt converts to shares given parameters). Regardless of the chosen approach, companies must manage expectations and relationships for success.
With insights from Jon Ferrara, CEO of Microsoft partner Nimble, we've created 10 tips to help you navigate the turbulent waters of investments. In 2017, Jon raised USD9 million in Series A investment funds to scale Nimble, the simple CRM for Office 365. He also founded GoldMine CRM, Microsoft's top ISV partner in the 90s.
There's plenty of money out there, but pick carefully because you could end up working together for a long time.
Know your stage. There are two stages you should understand: the concept stage and the go-big stage. In the first, you're starting out with little more than an idea, so venture capitalists aren't likely to invest without serious revenue. In the second, you should be generating robust income and greater interest from VCs.
Build your brand. Think about positioning, messaging, graphics, and consistency. Don't worry about getting confined to a single approach. It can change as your company evolves.
Foster relationships. What creates trust? The human elements of reliability, relationships, and ethicality. Never lose these values in the marketplace rush. People build relationships around what Jon calls "the five Fs:" family, friends, food, fun, and fellowship. Keep these top of mind and leverage them.
Be an interest magnet. Don't beg. Focus on building a company where people reach out to you as a trusted advisor around your company's brand promise and areas of expertise.
Cultivate influencers. As Malcolm Gladwell noted in The Tipping Point, some people are better cultural influencers than others—be it locally (e.g., a niche blogger) or nationally (e.g.,Mark Cuban). Be sure to include analysts, bloggers, prominent investors, and thought leaders in your circle of interaction.
Put others' interests first. Dale Carnegie said it back in the 1950s: Know what people care about before talking about yourself. It's your startup, but you've got to sell it in terms of others' interests. After all, it's their money.
Leverage social networking. Without consciously networking and leveraging social media across channels, your messaging becomes off-base and ineffective. Jon notes that without social networking, he couldn't have built a relevant or authentic brand, network, or community. As important as social networking and media were a few years ago, they're even more important today.
Don't partner with investors—marry them. Picking the right investors is as critical as picking the right spouse. A worthwhile investment partner has to weather market shocks and startup pivots for the long haul.
Startups aren't charities. Investors give money to those who don't need it but who are ready to scale. Don't take money too early and spend too much of it. VCs expect you to deliver growth.
With these tips in mind, time to dip your toes in the investment waters and get your ideas and passions off the ground. Remember, this isn't a solo journey: Lean on friends, family, co-founders, team members, and mentors as you seek investment and write the next rewarding chapter in your startup venture.


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Investigative Report Documents Women's Experiences at the Virginia Military Institute
After allegations of racism and sexism at the Virginia Military Institute were reported in the press, the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia commissioned an independent investigation by the law firm Barnes and Thornburg. Their findings were just released in a new report.
The Virginia Military Institute was founded in 1839 in Lexington, Virginia. The first women cadets enrolled in 1997. Today, women make up only 14 percent of the student body.
The report begins by saying: "VMI has traditionally been run by white men, for white men. VMI's overall unwillingness to change — or even question its practices and traditions in a meaningful way — has sustained systems that disadvantage minority and female cadets and faculty, and has left VMI trailing behind its peer institutions. If VMI refuses to think critically about its past and present, and to confront how racial and ethnic minorities and women experience VMI, it will remain a school for white men."
The investigative team held a large number of interviews and focus groups on campus. They found that many respondents — including men — stated that VMI's gender-equity issues are worse than its racial-equity issues. Respondents reported incidents of gender inequity; a culture of not taking women seriously; double standards for women on matters of dress, social behavior, and sexual behavior; and disturbing sexist and misogynistic comments on social media.
Some men reported resentment toward women for perceived preferential treatment in physical training standards, discipline, and leadership opportunities. Female respondents had varying views about whether women are discriminated against at VMI. Many women expressed pride in VMI and the treatment of women by male cadets and a desire not to be given any preferential treatment simply because they are women.
The investigative team reported that sexual assault is prevalent at VMI yet it is inadequately addressed by the Institute. In the survey, 14 percent of female cadets reported being sexually assaulted at VMI, while 63 percent said that a fellow cadet had told them that he/she was a victim of sexual assault while a VMI cadet. Interviewees reported that, in some sexual assault cases, members of the VMI administration actively dissuaded victims from making reports. Cadets reported that VMI administrators have intimidated female cadets to reconsider assault reports, including by asking them to consider the impact on the male assailants' careers. Interview respondents also explained that they perceived or experienced that VMI leadership puts a high priority on suppressing information and avoiding difficult situations, and less of a priority on addressing underlying problems.
Although VMI conducts extensive sexual assault training on campus, female cadets report that male cadets treat it as a joke and an opportunity for misogynistic humor, without consequence. Cadets perceive that the VMI-provided training is often not respected or taken seriously.
Many female cadets reported a consistent fear of assault or harassment by their fellow male cadets. These fears are exacerbated by some procedures at VMI, including the inability to lock their doors. Many female cadets also feel that assault complaints are not or will not be taken seriously by the VMI administration or that a cadet will suffer retaliatory consequences for reporting them. A Virginia statute makes it illegal for a university to punish a student for a drug or alcohol offense that comes to light during a report of sexual assault. The statute applies to every institution in the Commonwealth, with one notable exception: VMI.
The full 152-page report, Marching Toward Inclusive Excellence: An Equity Audit and Investigation of the Virginia Military Institute, may be downloaded by clicking here.
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Squirrels are among the most widely known and recognized mammals. In many parts of the world they gladly join us for our lunches in city parks, amaze us with their acrobatics and entertain our children as cartoons on TV. Squirrels live in an extraordinarily diverse range of habitats. Some can fly, some can swim, some live in trees or underground, others love icy wastelands or burning hot deserts. But don't let their cuteness fool you! They may be small, but squirrels are one of the most successful species on the planet. And they have big families. This blue-chip documentary explores some of the most fascinating squirrel species and shows how they became so successful dealing with extreme environments and curious (human) neighbors. 'Going Nuts' unveils the enchanting world of one of the "most watched" mammals on the planet.


Google, Yahoo, Facebook and several other large web companies today joined a growing chorus of strong opposition to proposed legislation that aims to curb online IP and copyright theft by foreign sites.
The opponents contend that the two proposed laws, the Stop Online Piracy Act and the PROTECT IP Act, would result in Internet censorship. Critics say both bills are overly broad, and mostly serve the interests of Hollywood and the music industry.
SOPA, currently winding its way through the US House of Representatives, has drawn the most ire because it is widely seen as the most draconian and caters more to the entertainment industry than its US Senate counterpart.
In a letter sent to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees, Google, Yahoo and others expressed concern over the legislation's "new uncertain liabilities" and "private rights of action".
While the companies agree that new enforcement tools are needed to combat rogue websites dedicated to copyright infringement and counterfeiting, they say proposed bills go too far.
"We are concerned that these measures pose a serious risk to our industry's continued track record of innovation and job creation, as well as to our nation's cybersecurity," the letter read. "We cannot support these bills as written and ask that you consider more targeted ways to combat foreign 'rogue' websites."
Both bills aim to combat what their supporters say are rogue websites based outside the US that focus on the illegal sale of copyrighted content and counterfeit goods such as prescription drugs.
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) currently allows copyright owners and IP owners to ask sites like YouTube, Facebook or eBay to take down content that are believed to violate copyright and IP protection laws.
DMCA does not hold ISPs directly responsible for the content on their networks. Both the Protect IP Act and SOPA would hold them directly responsible for hosting such content on their sites.
SOPA would let content owners get court orders requiring that ISPs and search engine companies like Google block access to entire websites that content owners deem are violating copyright and IP laws.
The SOPA legislation would also allow copyright holders and IP owners to ask payment processing companies such as MasterCard and PayPal, as well as advertising networks, to terminate their services to any site. ISPs that comply with the requests would receive full immunity under SOPA. Companies that don't comply with the requests could face legal action from copyright and IP holders.
Some opponents say that the SOPA law is worded in a way that would allow content owners to shut down websites that host even one page of illegal content. For instance, an auction website such as eBay would theoretically be in violation of SOPA if someone listed a counterfeit item for sale.
Opponents are concerned that the private right of action allowed under the bill undermines Safe Harbor provisions in DMCA. They also worry the innovation that created sites like YouTube would be stifled.
At a news conference tday, Computers and Communications Industry Association officials said SOPA poses a cybersecurity threat and that it would require ISPs to interfere with secure connections between a users and websites.
"[SOPA] may adversely affect every company doing business online, from Sears to Twitter. In effect it will impose and privatise a national censorship regime," the trade association said in a statement.
Growing opposition to SOPA is not surprising said Corryne McSherry, intellectual property director at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. "The groups that drafted this bill did so without input from the numerous communities it would affect, but they couldn't keep it under wraps forever," she said.
"As for complaints that the current system doesn't work, one has to wonder when big media is going to learn that the only successful response to the problem of online infringement is to offer a better alternative," she said.
Supporters of the bills, including the Motion Picture Association of America, the Recording Industry Association of America, Pfizer and dozens of trade groups, insist that the measures target only egregious offenders based outside the US. The supporters insist that the concerns of opponents are overstated and misdirected.


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Biografia
Musicologa e critico musicale, insegna Etnomusicologia presso l'Università degli Studi di Napoli "Federico II". Ha scritto sulla storia sociale della musica, sul free jazz e sull'inizio dell'era discografica con riguardo alla produzione popolare e l'emigrazione italiana in Nord America. Si interessa dei modelli di produzione e di consumo e dei rapporti inter-generazionali attraverso la musica, dei circuiti di distribuzione transnazionali, e in particolare dello scenario underground legato alla cultura pop. È giornalista free lance (il manifesto, Alias, Rumore, Il Giornale della Musica) e in questa veste ha pubblicato reportage sulla musica riprodotta e sui nuovi scenari musicali del panorama indipendente americano e europeo. È stata membro della commissione dell'Archivio storico della canzone napoletana di Radio Rai. Attualmente fa parte del Centro Studi Canzone Napoletana dell'Università degli studi di Napoli Federico II e della Fondazione Roberto Murolo.

Opere
Norah Jones, Piano Girl, Roma, Arcana Editore, 2004. ISBN 88-7966-362-3.
Birds Of Passage: i musicisti napoletani a New York (1895-1940), Lucca, LIM, 2010. ISBN 978-88-7096-585-8.
Italian Birds of Passage, New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. ISBN 978-1-137-32241-8.
Mixed by Erry, la storia dei fratelli Frattasio, Napoli, ad est dell'equatore, 2023. ISBN 978-88-3138-330-1.

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Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Simona Frasca in Archivio storico della canzone napoletana radio.rai.it
Simona Frasca, Caruso e l'identità degli emigrati oggi7.info
Simona Frasca, Radici africane... sanpaolo.org
Simona Frasca in "Zazà" radio3.rai.it
Italian Birds of Passage. The Diaspora of Neapolitan Musicians in New York Palgrave Macmillan

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Coconut oil contains an abundance of proteins and fatty acids which nourish and deeply hydrate the skin. Coconut oil is super-cleansing as it removes dirt and the outer layer of dead skin which can clog pores.
When coconut oil soap is used for acne and other skin disorders, it eliminates the micro-organisms that cause the condition. It also helps to lessen the appearance of scars and stops new scars from forming. In cases where the ailments are accompanied by inflammation, the use of coconut oil soap can ease the discomfort of redness and swelling.
Kaolin Clay is gentle on the skin. It assists in removing dirt from pores without being abrasive or dehydrating.
This type of soap is called "Melt and Pour" and the artistry of melt and pour is called "Soap Casting". Melt and Pour is gaining in popularity because of its ease of use. There are no significant safety measures (other than basic common sense) needed for soap casting. Children can do it and is a great outlet for creative types.
Cut the amount of soap you need into small pieces. Place the soap in a microwavable container and melt the soap until it has melted. Do not let it boil. Add water soluble dye to colour the soap and fragrance the soap by adding your own desired amount of fragrance or essential oil. Stir the dye and fragrance in gently. Pour the soap into the soap mould and tap the mould on the counter to remove any air bubbles. Allow to set. Once set wrap the soap.
Or if you do not wish to use a microwave you can melt the soap in a stainless steel pot and melt the soap over a low heat. You can re melt the soap several times.
Depending on how big your soap mould is will determine how many soaps you will make from 1kg soap.
The soap must be kept wrapped in cellophane or cling-film as it may be prone to "sweating" but in addition to that let your packaging imagination run wild!


Astronomers have captured the first clear image of a planet caught in the act of being born. It is carving a path through the primordial disc of gas and dust around the very young star PDS 70.
An international team of astronomers using the Very Large Telescope in the Atacama Desert in Chile has captured a snapshot of a planet forming in the middle of the disc of gas and dust around its young star.
The system of dwarf star PDS 70, described in two papers published in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics, offers an unprecedented glimpse at these early stages of planetary formation.
PDS 70 lies around 114 parsecs (or about 372 light-years) away in the direction of the constellation Centaurus. Astronomers had taken notice of it back in the 1980s and 1990s because infrared emissions from the system seemed to indicate it was very young, around 3 million to 10 million years old, said Michael Meyer, an astronomer at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor who co-wrote both papers.
As a star is born, planets begin coalescing out of the disc of gas and dust that spins around their stellar host. Astronomers want to study the dusty discs around nascent stars to learn more about planetary formation, but it's extremely difficult because the light from the star itself outshines its dimmer surroundings.
For these papers, a German-led team of scientists managed to capture images of the disc and the planet around PDS 70 thanks to a coronagraph on the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope. A coronagraph uses a mask to block out the bright light from the star, the way you might use your hand to block out the sun when looking for something overhead. This allowed astronomers to study the disc and discover a planet in its midst.
Researchers had long known about large gaps in the disc that they speculated might be the product of a planet forming and moving through it, but they could not tell for sure until now.
The planet PDS 70b sits about 1.86 billion miles away from its host star, roughly as far as Uranus is from our sun. It appears to be a gas giant planet a few times more massive than Jupiter, the king of our solar system. But unlike Jupiter, whose temperature is a chilly minus-163 degrees Fahrenheit or so, this planet is far hotter than any planet in our solar system, Meyer said, with a temperature of around 1,340 to 2,420 degrees.
The discovery of this planet, coalescing out of and carving through its dusty cradle, offers a tantalizing target for astronomers and planetary scientists looking to study this early epoch in stellar formation, the scientists said.
Ultimately, he added, the scientists want to understand the physical processes that determine how massive planets will be and what orbits they will take.


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Crinia georgiana est une espèce d'amphibiens de la famille des Myobatrachidae.

Répartition
Cette espèce est endémique du Sud-Ouest de l'Australie-Occidentale. Elle se rencontre jusqu'à  d'altitude.

Description
Crinia georgiana mesure de 24 à  pour les mâles et de 30 à  pour les femelles. Son dos varie de l'orangé au brun très foncé avec des marbrures ou des bandes brunes de chaque côté. Son ventre est gris sale chez le mâle et blanc brillant chez la femelle. Les deux sexes présentent une tache blanche à la racine des membres.

Les têtards sont de couleur dorée avec une queue transparente.

Publication originale
 Tschudi, 1838 : Classification der Batrachier, mit Berucksichtigung der fossilen Thiere dieser Abtheilung der Reptilien,  (texte intégral).

Liens externes

Notes et références

Anoure (nom scientifique)
Myobatrachidae
Faune endémique d'Australie-Occidentale


You've seen the commercials and all the embarrassing ads. Social media in particular has a wonderful way of putting those "not so fresh" ads smack in the middle of your posts about how romantic your boyfriend is and the photo someone took of the two of you kissing. You know what's even worse than that? The list of ingredients on those products. They can be downright frightening. Ammonium laureth sulfate, cocamidopropyl betaine, ammonium chloride, disodium EDTA, methylisothiazolinone, sodium chloride, and FD&C Blue No. 1 are not the ingredients you want to be putting on your most sensitive skin in that most sensitive area. Did you know these ingredients can not only irritate skin but can also make it vulnerable to infection? Yeah. Scary thought. This stuff can also enter your bloodstream and cause a myriad of other problems. Because vaginal tissue is so absorptive, we need to be highly cautious about carcinogens, endocrine disruptors, and reproductive toxicants. These things can cause cancerous tumors, birth defects, and developmental disorders. Not good!
The convenience and low price of picking up a feminine wash at the local discount store or grocer is simply not worth the risks involved. How badly do we even need feminine wash products? We know advertising campaigns are designed to create a sense of urgency about problems that may or may not exist, and to then magically provide a cure for this new-found problem. The truth is we have been made to believe our bodies' natural odors are somehow foul. For normal everyday cleansing, we really don't need any special products – especially not products that are designed for internal use. That being said, however, there are times we want to make sure there's nothing offensive going on down there. Thankfully, there are some safe options.
If you feel the need to really feel clean, you can easily research DIY recipes online that use simple, natural ingredients. This is a great option if you want to experiment a little bit. If you're like many of us, though, who don't have time to prepare a proper meal much less research recipes for your lady parts, check out Emerita's Feminine Cleansing & Moisturizing Wash. Not only is Emerita a brand that's been trusted for over 35 years, but their feminine wash is designed specifically for women by women to actually support overall vaginal health. It cleans and freshens but it also moisturizes. Its key ingredients are aloe vera gel, chamomile, and ginseng – all natural and gentle. What's more is many of the ingredients are organic; there are no parabens, no animal products or byproducts; and no animal testing!
So there you have it. Not only have we learned today that we don't need to worry about our natural feminine scents but we also now know there's a safe, natural way to care for those odors when we are worried!


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HomeTVRay Donovan: 10 reasons why we want season 8
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Ray Donovan: 10 reasons why we want season 8
Ray Donovan's seventh season came to a close recently and according to lead actor Liev Schreiber, season 8 isn't guaranteed.
If you want to avoid spoilers for Ray Donovan, stop reading now.
In a message posted to Instagram, Liev told fans that the fate of the show is in the hands of the network and he encouraged fans to let their voices be heard. Looking on social media, you can see a huge outpouring of love and support for Ray Donovan so fingers crossed we get another season.
Especially as season 7 didn't exactly give us closure did it? As the credits rolled viewers were left in shock over the death of Smitty (Graham Rogers), who was caught in a crossfire between Daryll (Pooch Hall), Mickey (Jon Voight), Bunchy (Dash Mihok), Declan Sullivan (Kevin Corrigan) and his brother Kevin (Josh Hamilton).
The blow left fans reeling, especially after Smitty had decided to forgive Bridget (Kerris Dorsey) and they were planning to move back to New York. That last shot of Bridget looking out of their window, wondering where Smitty was, was heartbreaking.
Elsewhere the episode saw Ray (Liev Schreiber) put a bullet in Jim Sullivan's (Peter Gerety) head and bury his body in the woods. He also ended things with Jim's daughter Molly (Kerry Condon) before he did it. That brought that plot to a close after Ray learned that Jim had been raping his sister Bridget, leaving her pregnant before she killed herself.
Terry (Eddie Marsan) on the other hand left us worried he was going to try and kill himself but he was last seen on top of the Empire State Building.
With plenty of story left to be told, here are the 10 reasons we want another season of Ray Donovan…
1. We need to see the fallout from Smitty's death. We want to see how the Donovan's react to what happened, especially Bridget when she finds out that Mickey had a chance to save Smitty's life, and deserted him instead.
2. Mickey Vs. the Donovans. This has been brewing since the first season but it's the first time that the whole Donovan family has turned against Mickey. He's always kept one or two of them onside but they all have their reasons to be mad at him.
3. Conor Donovan (Devon Bagby) to come back. His absence in season 7 was a bit random. We know he's enrolled in the military but there's no way the show can end without him returning into the fold. We feel he's been under-used and his character never fully realised.
4. Bridget to step into Lena's (Katherine Moennig) shoes. Anyone else think that Bridget's destiny involves her helping her dad fixing problems? She showed an aptitude with it during season 7 when she helped a troubled popstar evade the media and angry fans. In season 6 she also helped dispose of a few bodies…
5. Ray to find some glimpse of happiness. Post-Abby (Paula Malcomson), Ray has been spiralling hard but he did finally start going to therapy in season 7. We felt hopeful that he could find some happiness with Molly but after killing her father, there's surely no chance that relationship can survive? While Ray will never be truly happy, we'd like his story to have a less bleak end than it might if season 7 ends up being the last.
6. Terry to find some control in his life. Like Ray and Bunchy, Terry has been spiralling since his underground bareknuckle fighting shenanigans. His disease is getting the better of him but the Donovan family needs him as he's the glue that holds them all together. It feels like he got a bit of perspective at the end of season 7 so we'd like to see him once more pulling his family back together.
7. Bunchy to resolve his issues with Teresa (Alyssa Diaz). It's the only time Bunchy has truly been happy and it was heartbreaking in season 6 to see him resorting to kidnapping his own daughter after losing custody. They may never be together again as a couple but we'd like to see them successfully co-parenting.
8. Daryll to step out of his father's shadow. Daryll's life is getting pretty complicated thanks to being constantly pulled into Mickey's web but by the end of season 7, he seemed to be finally pulling away from his father's influence. We don't expect season 8 to be a walk in the park for Daryll but he's grown a lot the past two seasons, and is slowly finding his place in the world.
9. Shocking deaths. The main Donovan family, with the exception of Abby, have evaded death despite being in some seriously hairy situations. If season 8 happens, and it's the final season, we don't think all of the characters should make it out alive.
10. Some familiar faces to come back. Lena is an obvious one on our wish list but Ray Donovan has had so many great characters over the years, we'd love to see some of them come back. We also wouldn't be upset if the show returned to Los Angeles at some point too so it can come full circle.
Ray Donovan airs on Sky Atlantic HD in the UK and Showtime in the US.
Dash Mihok
Graham Rogers
Kerris Dorsey
Kevin Corrigan
Peter Gerety
Pooch Hall
Walter Presents: Fenix coming to All 4 in February
War of the Worlds to premiere in March with a double bill on FOX
'The Thief, His Wife and The Canoe' starts Sunday on ITV
'The Contractor' – watch Chris Pine and Eddie Marsan in a new clip
Darren Boyd, Angela Griffin, David Threlfall, Sheridan Smith and Eddie Marsan among ITV's Isolation Stories cast
Guy Ritchie's The Gentlemen: star-studded trailer arrives starring Hugh Grant & Matthew McConaughey


iOS Jailbreak iOS 9.3.2 Jailbreak Releasing Next Month, Really?
iOS 9.3.2 Jailbreak Releasing Next Month, Really?
As of now, the current situation stands somewhat like this- iOS 9.3.2 beta 4 has been released for developers as well as public testers, and the final version of iOS 9.3.2 will be released soon. Apple is preparing to unveil iOS 10 at the WWDC 2016 in June, and the new OS will be released by the end of Q3 or start of Q4 this year.
But what about jailbreaking? In terms of jailbreaking, this year has been a disappointment so far. Of course, Pangu had released the iOS 9.1 jailbreak, but that was of no use as most of us had already upgraded to newer versions of iOS. Since then, the Pangu team hasn't announced anything apart from the Apple TV jailbreak.
But fresh rumors suggest that we might get an iOS 9.3.2 jailbreak soon. A Neurogadget report suggests that we might get an iOS 9.3.2 jailbreak release anytime between now and WWDC 2016, which will begin on 13th June and end on 17th June.
iOS 9.3.2 Jailbreak Releasing Next Month?
Some new reports suggest that we might get a jailbreak tool for iOS 9.3.2 available for download as early as next month. It is being said that the jailbreak will be released before the WWDC event starts on 13th June. So basically, we should be expecting a jailbreak tool in this month of early next month.
However, that will only happen if there is a jailbreak found by Pangu, TaiG, or other jailbreak teams. We know that iOS 9.3 beta 5 was jailbreakable as told by hacker Luca Todesco, but it is possible that Apple might have fixed some exploits in iOS 9.3.1 and iOS 9.3.2, thus making it much harder to find a jailbreak.
But there might still be some hope. According to a report by GottaBeMobile, an iOS developer qwertyoruiop has posted a video on YouTube that demonstrates an iOS 9.3 jailbreak. This suggests that an iOS 9.3 jailbreak exists, and an iOS 9.3.2 jailbreak might not be that hard to find.
Who Will Release the iOS 9.3.2 Jailbreak?
If we do get lucky enough to get a jailbreak release, then it will probably be from Pangu. That's because since iOS 9 was released, we got a jailbreak for iOS 9-iOS 9.0.2 and an iOS 9.1 jailbreak, both from the Pangu team. No other team gave us any releases, even though there were rumors about TaiG working on something. So most probably we will be getting a Pangu iOS 9.3.2 jailbreak.
So is Pangu working on the next jailbreak? Well, that is the most probable thing right now. Of course, the talented hackers have other things to concentrate upon. But iOS has been their primary concern, and we are sure that the team will leave no stones unturned to find another jailbreak. A report by DayHerald suggests that the jailbreak developers are waiting for Apple to release iOS 9.3.2 final version to the public, because releasing a jailbreak while iOS 9.3.2 is still in betas would give Apple the chance to fix the exploits and make the firmware unjailbreakable.
And in the worst case scenario that we don't get an iOS 9.3.2 jailbreak, we are sure Pangu will return again with an iOS 10 jailbreak. Let's wait and see what the future has in store for us.
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FOR RSS December 13, 2012
Liz Klimas
Here's How to Catch Tonight's Meteor Shower (You Could See 100 Stars Per Hour)
"Greenish and brighter than Venus!"
False-color image of a 2011 Geminid meteor, captured by a camera at New Mexico State University, operated by the NASA Meteoroid Environment Office in Huntsville, Ala. (Photo: NASA/MSFC/MEO)
The Geminid meteor shower peaks tonight (Dec. 13) into the wee hours of Friday morning with 100 or more shooting stars per hour, according to Space.com.
With the moon entering its new phase, visibility of the meteors is expected to be high. In fact, early reports suggest much of the country will get a good view. Here's more from Space.com about visibility conditions in different areas around the country:
The best weather is expected over the eastern third of the nation, where a large and extensive zone of high pressure will be in control. Centered over the Tennessee valley, this "fair-weather" system will ridge north and east to central New England and south and west to eastern Texas. Most places near or underneath this dome of high pressure should enjoy a clear view of tonight's display of shooting stars.
The situation unfortunately becomes more problematic over the western United States, where a storm originating in the Pacific will have moved inland into western Arizona. This storm is likely to bring rain showers to much of the desert southwest.
Across the high-terrain areas of central Arizona, western New Mexico, southwest Colorado, southern Utah and central Nevada, anywhere from 1 to 8 inches of snow could fall overnight. Yet another Pacific storm coming onshore near the coast of Washington likely will spoil a view of the Geminids for the Pacific Northwest.
As for when is the best time to catch them, get ready to set your alarm clocks (or maybe you'll still be awake after the midnight showing of "The Hobbit"). The meteors are expected to start up around 10 p.m. but will reach their height between 2 and 3 a.m. (EST). Space.com says no special equipment beyond your own eyes is necessary.
If you're in an area with poor visibility, watch NASA's live stream here.
Space.com reported that skywatchers have cited already dazzling results from the shower that occurred last night as well. Frank Mellilo of Long Island, NY, said it was around 2:30 a.m. when he was observing and that he even witnessed an exploding meteor "with sparks at the end." Mellilo described the sight as "greenish and brighter than Venus!"
Tonight's shower could also produce never before seen asteroids as Earth could come into contact with debris from the Wirtanen comet, which it hasn't done before. This comet's debris alone could produce up to 30 meteors per hour, according to Space.com.
Watch this report about the meteor shower and the constellations you might be able to spot:
Editor's Note: If you end up taking any photos or time-lapsed videos of the shower, email them to lklimas@theblaze.com.


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News	16 Mar 2019
Bautista overcomes Rea for Thailand WorldSBK race one victory
Quick-time lands Cluzel WorldSSP pole position.
The opening race of the Pirelli Thai round in the FIM Motul Superbike World Championship (WorldSBK) saw Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) and Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.It Racing – Ducati) clash on track early on, creating the rivalry everyone wanted to see unfold between the two heavyweight stars.
Bautista was able to get the better of the reigning champion eventually, to take his fourth WorldSBK win. At the line, the Spaniard took the win by 8.2s ahead of the four-time defending champion.
Alex Lowes (Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK) held on ahead of teammate Michael van der Mark by 0.4s to take his third Buriram podium, while it was Leon Haslam (Kawasaki Racing Team) in fifth position.
Jules Cluzel (GMT94 Yamaha) took his first WorldSSP pole position of the season, his first since Donington Park in 2018. Joining him on the front row, the Bardahl Evan Bros WorldSSP Team pairing of Randy Krummenacher and Federico Caricasulo – a reversed front row from the opening round of the year.
Heading row two, Japanese star Hikari Okubo, who achieved his best superpole grid position of fourth. His previous best was a fifth, also at Donington Park in 2018. Raffaele De Rosa (MV AGUSTA Reparto Corse) finished in fifth position.


1121 N Lincoln. Out of the way, yet in the middle of it all!
1121 N Lincoln is tucked behind our other stand-alone house on North Lincoln. This five-bedroom is located in a discreet and quiet alley that offers tenants some privacy from the Bloomington bustle.
With a concrete patio, large deck and petite lawn, this unit offers excellent outdoor chill-time opportunities.
Plus, although 1121 N Lincoln is very close to campus, its in a quieter neighborhood despite being only a few blocks for all the major IU sporting venues.
Two level, 5 bedroom, 2 bath home with a large porch, washer & dryer, central air, dishwasher, garbage disposal, and high-efficiency electric heat.


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You are here >> Home > science club > Now Access : Schemes of Work . Lesson Plans . Secondary Notes . Primary Notes . Primary Exams . Secondary Exams . Bulk SMS |
At Kiambu Township Secondary School, we believe that our role as educators is to give our students a base in facing future challenges by being scientifically creative. We are a club that offers the students an opportunity to think scientifically and through innovation from the locally reliable materials come up with projects that are viable, after all, a secondary school is excellent preparation place for a future scientist and that is what we set out to achieve. By the time they leave us, our students will be confident young adults who are ready to face the future with poise and self-belief in the world of science and technology.
This club organizes science functions and allows students to pursue their scientific interests by offering a conducive environment, facilities and necessary support from the teachers. It organizes for the Science Congress and holds various science activities.
When there are no competitions, the students use their club time to work on the academics in their effort to improve performance in sciences and mathematics. It also organizes contests for all science subjects i.e. Chemistry, Biology, Physics and Mathematics.
Use of science and technology innovations in improving the key fields namely i.e. environment, education and economic development.
To be the leading club in the school in making students self reliant in the future.
In the year 2009, three projects represented the school in the science congress competition; two went to the district level and one to the provincial level. The school had the best Chemistry exhibit in the Kiambu East District.


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Q: AnalyserNode.getFloatFrequencyData() returns negative values I'm trying to get the volume of a microphone input using the Web Audio API using AnalyserNode.getFloatFrequencyData().
The spec states that "each item in the array represents the decibel value for a specific frequency" but it returns only negative values although they do look like they are reacting to the level of sound - a whistle will return a value of around -23 and silence around -80 (the values in the dataArray are also all negative, so I don't think it's to do with how I've added them together) . The same code gives the values I'd expect (positive) with AnalyserNode.getByeFrequencyData() but the decibel values returned have been normalised between 0-255 so are more difficult to add together to determine the overall volume.
Why am I not getting the values I expect? And/or is this perhaps not a good way of getting the volume of the microphone input in the first place?
function getVolume(analyser) {
  analyser.fftSize = 32;
  let bufferLength = analyser.frequencyBinCount;
  let dataArray = new Float32Array(bufferLength);
  analyser.getFloatFrequencyData(dataArray);
  let totalAntilogAmplitude = 0;
  for (let i = 0; i < bufferLength; i++) {
    let thisAmp = dataArray[i]; // amplitude of current bin
      let thisAmpAntilog = Math.pow(10, (thisAmp / 10)) // antilog amplitude for adding
      totalAntilogAmplitude = totalAntilogAmplitude + thisAmpAntilog;
  }
  let amplitude = 10 * Math.log10(totalAntilogAmplitude);
  return amplitude;
}

A: Your code looks correct.  But without an example, it's hard to tell if it's producing the values you expect.  Also, since you're just computing (basically), the sum of all the values of the transform coefficients, you've just done a a more expensive version of summing the squares of the time domain signal.
Another alternative would square the signal, filter it a bit to smooth out variations, and get the output value at various times.  Something like the following, where s is the node that has the signal you're interested in.
let g = new GainNode(context, {gain: 0});
s.connect(g);
s.connect(g.gain);
// Output of g is now the square of s

let f = new BiquadFilterNode(context, {frequency: 10});
// May want to adjust the frequency some to other value for your needs.
// I arbitrarily chose 10 Hz.
g.connect(f).connect(analyser)

// Now get the time-domain value from the analyser and just take the first
// value from the signal.  This is the energy of the signal and represents
// the volume.


Because such examples of ICH are precious records of ancient traditions and histories vital to indigenous peoples' and the identity of traditional communities', cultural continuity and living heritage; their misuse or misappropriation, such as in the fictional examples above is unsettling.
In the context of WIPO, TCEs are elements of any form, whether tangible or intangible, in which traditional culture and knowledge are expressed. They are characteristics of a community's cultural heritage and are maintained, used, and developed by that community.
The type of protection that WIPO is developing is specific and different from what may be referred to as 'preservation' or 'safeguarding,' an activity usually undertaken under the purview of UNESCO and which, broadly speaking, aims at keeping the TCEs from falling into oblivion. The system of protection envisaged at WIPO uses IP principles and values to focus on the prevention of misappropriation and misuse of TCEs by third parties.
In September 2009, WIPO Member States renewed the mandate of the IGC, adopting a clearly defined work plan to guide the Committee's work over the next two years. They agreed the IGC would undertake text-based negotiations with the objective of reaching an agreement on a text of an international legal instrument(s) that will ensure the effective protection of Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and TCEs.
One of the texts currently under negotiation comprises of draft provisions for the sui generis protection of TCEs. The provisions seek to respond to several issues, including what exactly TCEs are, what acts of misuse or misappropriation would be forbidden and who would benefit from such protection, among others.
As part of the IGC's new work program, an intercessional working group (IWG) was created to accelerate the negotiations. Its first meeting took place in the summer of 2010 and dealt chiefly with the protection of TCEs.5See wipo.int/tk/en/ngoparticipation/voluntary_fund/index.html During that meeting, experts participating in their personal capacities took part in lively and active discussions as well as an intense drafting of the revised provisions. Two more IWGs are foreseen to take place in the coming year with the intent of focusing time and efforts on Traditional Knowledge and Genetic Resources.
According to its mandate, the IGC is set to submit the text(s) of an international legal instrument(s) to the WIPO General Assembly in September 2011, which will decide on convening a Diplomatic Conference. Two IGC sessions will be held before the September deadline, the first of which will take place in December 2010.
1. ↑ IP refers to the results of creative intellectual activity. Most often these are creations—such as literary and artistic works— and innovations—such as inventions, designs, etc. IP regimes typically consist of laws that establish private property rights in order to grant control over access, use, misappropriation and exploitation, particularly commercial exploitation, and to provide incentives for further creativity.


The 20-year old Norwegian singer-songwriter released her latest EP, titled 'Don't Kill My Vibe' on February 17th, 2017.
I only feature music artists that are not mainstream. I try to give you different genres of music that you normally would not stumble across or artists you have yet to hear on any platform.
If you have any music recommendations, please leave the artist's name in the comment section below.


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// Copyright 2017 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.

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goog.module.declareLegacyNamespace();

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 *
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 * the chain to R, but P is unaffected.
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 * Now consider a chain of CancellablePromise objects P, Q, and R, created using
 * the chain() method below.  Rejection behaves the same as with ordinary
 * Promise objects, but whenever Q is cancelled, the cancellation is propagated
 * "up" the chain to P.  Because a cancelled promise is also rejected, calling
 * Q.cancel() also causes the rejection to be propagated to R.  In this way,
 * cancellation propagates both up and down a chain of related promises.
 *
 * For an explanation of how this class is used in practice (in the interaction
 * between ProviderManager and RouteProvider classes), see the diagram in
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 *
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   *     is rejected with that error.  If this argument is null, it is
   *     equivalent to passing a function that returns its argument.
   * @param {?function(*):U=} onRejected Function called when this promise is
   *     rejected.  The argument is the reason with which this promise was
   *     rejected.  If the function returns, the return value is used to resolve
   *     the child promise.  If the function throws an error, the child promise
   *     is rejected with that error.  If this argument is missing or null, it
   *     is equivalent to passing a function that throws its argument.
   * @return {!CancellablePromise<U>} A child promise which is resolved or
   *     rejected depending on the result of calling |onResolved| or
   *     |onRejected|.
   * @template U
   */
  chain(onResolved, onRejected = null) {
    return new CancellablePromise(
        (resolve, reject) => {
          this.promise.then(
              value => {
                if (onResolved) {
                  try {
                    resolve(onResolved(value));
                  } catch (reason) {
                    reject(reason);
                  }
                } else {
                  resolve(value);
                }
              },
              reason => {
                if (onRejected) {
                  try {
                    resolve(onRejected(reason));
                  } catch (reason2) {
                    reject(reason2);
                  }
                } else {
                  reject(reason);
                }
              });
        },
        reason => {
          this.cancel(reason);
        });
  }

  /**
   * Make it Promise by expose then.
   * @param {?function(T):U} onResolved Function called when this promise is
   *     resolved.  The argument is the value with which this promise was
   *     resolved.  If the function returns, the return value is used to resolve
   *     the child promise.  If the function throws an error, the child promise
   *     is rejected with that error.  If this argument is null, it is
   *     equivalent to passing a function that returns its argument.
   * @param {?function(*):U=} onRejected Function called when this promise is
   *     rejected.  The argument is the reason with which this promise was
   *     rejected.  If the function returns, the return value is used to resolve
   *     the child promise.  If the function throws an error, the child promise
   *     is rejected with that error.  If this argument is missing or null, it
   *     is equivalent to passing a function that throws its argument.
   * @return {!CancellablePromise<U>} A child promise which is resolved or
   *     rejected depending on the result of calling |onResolved| or
   *     |onRejected|.
   * @template U
   */
  then(onResolved, onRejected = null) {
    return this.chain(onResolved, onRejected);
  }

  /**
   * Shorthand for .chain(null, onRejected).
   * @param {?function(*):T} onRejected
   * @return {!CancellablePromise<T>}
   */
  catch(onRejected) {
    return this.chain(null, onRejected);
  }

  /**
   * Utility function create a promise in a resolved state.
   * @param {T} value
   * @return {!CancellablePromise<T>}
   * @template T
   */
  static resolve(value) {
    return new CancellablePromise((resolve, reject) => {
      resolve(value);
    });
  }

  /**
   * Utility function create a promise in a rejected state.
   * @param {*} reason
   * @return {!CancellablePromise<T>}
   * @template T
   */
  static reject(reason) {
    return new CancellablePromise((resolve, reject) => {
      reject(reason);
    });
  }

  /**
   * Utility function to wrap a Promise.
   *

   *
   * @param {!Promise<T>} promise
   * @return {!CancellablePromise<T>}
   * @template T
   */
  static forPromise(promise) {
    return new CancellablePromise((resolve, reject) => {
      promise.then(resolve, reject);
    });
  }

  /**
   * Produces a CancellablePromise |outer| that runs the following steps:
   *
   * In the normal case, |outer| waits for a regular (non-cancellable) Promise
   * |promise| to resolve to |value|.  Then it calls |startCancellableStep|,
   * passing |value| as the argument, to produce a CancellablePromise |inner|.
   * When |inner| is settled, the result is used to settle |outer|.
   *
   * If |outer| is cancelled before |promise| is resolved, then |value| is
   * discarded and |startCancellableStep| is not called.
   *
   * If |outer| is cancelled after |promise| is resolved, then |inner| is
   * cancelled as well.
   *
   * If |promise| is rejected, then |outer| is rejected as well.
   *
   * @param {!Promise<A>} promise
   * @param {function(A):!CancellablePromise<B>} startCancellableStep
   * @return {!CancellablePromise<B>}
   * @template A, B
   */
  static withUncancellableStep(promise, startCancellableStep) {
    /** @type {boolean} */
    let wasCancelled = false;
    /** @type {CancellablePromise} */
    let innerPromise = null;

    return new CancellablePromise(
        (resolve, reject) => {
          promise.then(value => {
            if (!wasCancelled) {
              innerPromise = startCancellableStep(value);
              innerPromise.promise.then(resolve, reject);
            }
          }, reject);
        },
        reason => {
          if (innerPromise) {
            innerPromise.cancel(reason);
          } else {
            wasCancelled = true;
          }
        });
  }
}

exports = CancellablePromise;

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Luka Modric has reiterated his comments that the English media underestimated Croatia ahead of their World Cup semi-final in Russia.
The newly-crowned FIFA Best Men's player accused the media of failing to give Croatia the recognition they deserved in the build-up to July's 2-1 extra-time victory in Moscow.
Three months on from that victory, England and Croatia meet again behind closed doors in Friday's Nations League clash in Rijeka – live on Sky Sports Main Event.
Speaking in a pre-match press conference, Modric was keen to clarify his criticism was directed towards the media and not Gareth Southgate or his squad.
When I said that after the game it was not meant to be about the players or the head coach but more in regards to some media and commentary that we read and watched, the Real Madrid midfielder said.
We felt a little bit disrespected and not enough recognition we thought we deserved.
It was a little bit of extra motivation for the team, not that we needed any for a World Cup semi-final. That's how I felt.
Is it a problem for England? That's something you need to answer for yourself and analyse.
Modric's claims were echoed by Croatia head coach Zlatko Dalic, who added: I would agree with Luka that we felt a little underestimated by the English media, not the head coach or the players.
There's always a level of respect between the teams. You always need to respect your opponent but also have a self-belief in your team and your possibilities.
Friday's game presents both Croatia and England with the opportunity to get their first points on the board in Nations League Group A4 following opening round defeats by Spain.
World Cup runners-up Croatia were thumped 6-0 in Spain last time out, a result Modric is keen to draw a line under against a strong England side in testing circumstances.
Tomorrow is an important game, especially after the game against Spain. We want to feel better about ourselves, he said.
We'll see if England are better than they were in the World Cup, they have a lot of the same players but also some new ones and some injuries.
It's going to be tough non-football environment for both teams, it's difficult to play in an empty stadium.
But it's important for us, we want to play as well as possible to achieve a good result. It's hard to play without fans but it is what it is and we need to adapt to that.


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Yesterday, electronic music fans were left scratching their heads after Beatport restructured its genres. The popular online music store added categories like 'Big Room' and 'Future House', but eliminated 'Electro House' in the process. As a result, hundreds of thousands of tracks had to be recategorized and it's safe to say that some producers are not happy about it.
One of the more vocal artists in the industry, deadmau5, took to Twitter to address the shakeup. His music typically fell under the 'Electro House' category, which means that it would all be transferred over to 'Big Room'. The dance music community often looks down upon big room, but according to deadmau5, he doesn't really care about how Beatport classifies his songs. That being said, the mau5 did manage to take a few stabs at the website. He says Beatport "tanked" 5 years ago and that he thought about buying it before realizing it would be "a waste of money".
I'm less concerned about making big room than I am about the majority of people who take Beatport seriously since they tanked it 5 years ago
— dead mow cinco (@deadmau5) September 13, 2016
Of course! But that was long before sfx raped it. https://t.co/FI5AM022hb
I'd buy it if I could spare the change, restaff and rebrand it… But yeah, would be a waste of money I think https://t.co/IGxnnjrsii
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The concept of a traditional family (a mother, a father and child/ren) is becoming obsolete and the pure examples of such families are not easy to find. One of the popular family forms of modern times is a single sex family. There are plenty of those who do not support such types of relations at all. However, several countries or state administrative units of lower rank officially acknowledge such marriages annually, which is a proof of the fact that the world community is continuously becoming more tolerant en masse. The present research is an attempt to find arguments supporting the practice of same sex marriages.
Approaches to single-sex relations are, probably, one of the most controversial in the modern society. There are furious and zealous arguments against and defensive counter-strike reasons for. The only fact everyone should bear in mind is that homosexuality is not a disease. Unconventional sexual orientation might have been called a mental disorder back in the 19th century, but has the world community in general and psychiatry in particular not advanced ever since? As Maia Spotts notices, the advantage of science is in being unbiased and independent from any moral considerations. The results of research of the American Psychiatric Association revealed that generally "the implications of being mentally deranged were ignored" (Spotts, 2010). It means that homosexuals were considered to be normal members of society in terms of psychology. The witch hunt began in 1970's and brought forth the establishment of gay activist movement.
Same-sex relations and marriage are a political issue. The attitude towards a country will be different based on whether such marriages are legitimized or not. A country might even lose some of its economic partners if they are against its LGBT policy. According to democratic regulations, the decision rests with the citizens, but lobbying also plays a great role. In such a way, one of the recent victories of single-sex marriage proponents is the acknowledgement of the voter-approved Proposition 8 as unconstitutional by the court of appeals in California on February 7, 2012. It was an event of a considerable social resonance (Gumbel, 2012). Half a year earlier from the date the same step was taken by New York (making it the largest state to pass the single-sex law) and a couple of days later – by Washington. Now there are seven states in the USA which have legalized same sex marriages. Taking into consideration the fact that the first legal acknowledgement of such marriages at the state level took place in Massachusetts in 2004, one may conclude that LGBT movement has gained rapidness and became widespread, and at the same time the commotion in society related to this topic is unprecedented. The beneficial effects of new legislation in the pioneering same sex marriage state reveal themselves in the lowest nation-wide divorce rate: statistics supports that the divorce figures are approximately 20% lower than in the rest of the country. One must keep in mind that permission for such action stays in accordance with the laws granting personal freedoms.
The point of marriage is starting a family. What concerns the problems of family structure, particularly the pioneering United Stated with its notorious 50% divorce rate completely ruins the conventional statistics. As a result of such a large amount of one-parent families causing pain to adults as well as to kids there arises a logical question: would it not be better if a child is brought up surrounded by a loving and caring pair of parents, whoever they may be? Researches show a significant discrepancy in emotional and social well-being of children growing up in full and one-parent families (Angel & Angel, 1993). Moreover, the effects extend to physical side: children who live with one parent have poorer health than those living with two parents (Bramlett & Blumberg).
One of the forms of participation of single sex couples in family-creating is adoption. Taylor Gandossy claims that the difficulties for homosexual couples in contrast to heterosexual ones are presented by insufficient legislation including absence of both relevant laws and court decisions in many American states, and a small share of them have implicit or explicit prohibitions regarding the issue. The author continues by maintaining that the intricate bureaucratic and social inspection procedure of adoption for homosexual couples is reinforced by the psychological results in case of approval for adoption or foster care: such parents face blatant opposition and disapproval of society which is hard to bear regarding the unconventional sexual orientation as it is (Gandossy, 2007). But the main factor is wish, and this statement might be proved by official statistics. Kelly Kennedy states that in spite of discriminatory rules in many states the number of gay couples who adopt children have increased by almost three times over the past decade, in accordance with the social analysis of recent population trends. Adoption officials call such advancement "stratospheric". Moreover, adoption possibilities are not limited by the US borders: there is a range of other countries in the world allowing adoption for foreigners, and gay couples should turn for help to those acknowledging the legitimacy of their relations. Everything considered, there are no gender distinctions and restrictions in being good parents, thus, sexual orientation is not the key factor here.
Opponents of gay marriages are concerned with the way gay propaganda might influence gender identity of their children. Any directed dissemination of information is a negative phenomenon. However, the adversaries of homosexual relations have decided to turn the latter into Pandora box from which all the evils of obscenity, offensiveness and distortion stem. They refuse to see that are plenty of other factors that can lead the young generation astray. Same sex marriage is simply a way of life. If it brings any social benefits, it has a full-fledged right to exist.
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