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<?php

use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;

class AddMetaToPaymentProcessors extends Migration
{

    /**
     * Run the migrations.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function up()
    {
        Schema::table('payment_processors', function (Blueprint $table) {
            $table->string('meta_title', 70)->nullable()->default("");
            $table->string('meta_description', 160)->nullable()->default("");
            $table->string('meta_keywords', 255)->nullable()->default("");
        });
    }

    /**
     * Reverse the migrations.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function down()
    {
        Schema::table('payment_processors', function (Blueprint $table) {
            $table->dropColumn('meta_title');
            $table->dropColumn('meta_description');
            $table->dropColumn('meta_keywords');
        });
    }
}


Late one Friday night, I took a taxi to collect a friend from an inner-suburban nightspot. He had been in a fight and had been 'pepper sprayed' by the police. Upon finding him wet and almost blind, I kissed his cheek in greeting and winced. The fumes from his skin burned my eyes and irritated my skin.
Half an hour prior to my meeting him, my friend, Ibrahim (not his real name), a young Eritrean man, had been waiting for a taxi on a busy street outside of a club, to come and meet me elsewhere. While he waited, four men, unconnected to him, were removed from the same club for fighting inside.
The men attacked Ibrahim and a scuffle ensued. By the time the police had arrived, Ibrahim had been quite severely injured, but continued to fight against his attackers.
On their arrival, the police sprayed Oleorison Capsicum foam in Ibrahim's face.
The foam is derived from chillies, and is about 300 times as hot. Upon being sprayed, Ibrahim's breathing shortened and his chest and stomach muscles contracted, rendering him incapable of standing. His eyes and skin burned intensely, and excessive mucus blocked his passageways.
Ibrahim was blind and incapable, reeling against the pavement, yet a young policeman plied his body flat on his stomach, pinning his neck to the cold footpath with a booted foot.
With his face forced flat to the pavement, he overheard the police laughing about their good fortune that evening. As it turned out, one of Ibrahim's attackers had 17 warrants for his arrest, and only by the chance of Ibrahim's random assault had they found him that evening.
After some casual questioning of the nearby security, they discovered that Ibrahim had been a victim. Their assumption that Friday night violence between five young dark-skinned men was a consensual brawl rather than a random assault was incorrect.
Without apology, Ibrahim was told to 'move on', to buy his own water with which to quell the burning of his skin, and to stagger alone and wet into the cold evening and try to get home.
Oleoresin Capsicum foam is a standard method of riot control. It is considered a humane alternative to more brutal methods of police control, like batons or guns.
I have seen other people sprayed, and their pain is unbearable to watch. They whimper and shout like wounded animals, bent over, trailing around in circles. They cannot pacify their pain, but must wait until its affects lull. The foam is sticky and insoluble, and if the victim does not have the opportunity to bathe the foam from their bodies, it will continue to affect their skin. Victims can remain blind for up to half an hour after the assault.
We got in the taxi, both of us disturbed at how condescending and merciless the man had been to us.
The taxi driver overheard us discussing what had happened, and offered his condolences. 'Coppers are bastards, all of 'em,' he said. But that didn't really help.
Ellena Savage is a Melbourne writer. She is studying Arts at the University of Melbourne.
Makes me feel sick to think about this.
What makes us such an unreasonable and prejudiced nation?
Why are we as we are?
Police only represent the community in general.
How are police coming up to a fight to know who are the assailants and who is defending himself? They use spray so that everyone stops fighting.
Yes the stuff stinks. I have received a primary spray myself and it is far from pleasant. It took me six hours before I was over it.
But I would prefer that to a baton to the body, or a thug still hitting me because the police have not figured out the good guys from the bad.
The really disturbing part of the story was that the cops did not help the victim once they knew the whole story. But these does not mean that all police are like this.
On the few occasions that I have seen the spray used, the police have been very apologetic and helpful to those who were the victims. They gave them water to wash out their eyes and stayed around to make sure that they were alright. They even did the same for the thugs who were the aggressors.
It may be more accurate to say, "Some coppers are bastards." On average I'd say there were as many bastards in 100 police as any other group.
I really thanked God that you had met Ibrahim after this terrible incident. Thank you on behalf of us all! Keep writing, please.
Memo, Ms Savage, the real bad guys in this story are not the police, but the thugs that beat up Ibrahim.
And Judy, how is this nation prejudiced? It was "dark skinned" youths that beat Ibrahim up, if you read the article closely enough.
I suspect that many are looking at this article and tutt-tutting about our white racist police.
I suppose that you would say it was not the thugs' fault that they attacked Ibrahim. They probably did it because they did not feel accepted into Australian soceity. This desenfranchisement and their deracination from their own culture led them feelings of frustration and anger. In attacking another black they were simply trying to imitate and emulate the values of the racist society that rejected them.
Oh John Howard, you have much to answer for!
What has happened to society? Back in the nineteen fifties and sixties there was no such thing as capsicum spray.In those days in Victoria many police walked their beat without the need to even carry a fiream.New South Wales was slightly different in the fact that officers there were armed as a matter of tradition although their weapons were rarely drawn.I am not judging this particular incident however.
The answer is EDUCATION. The population need to be reminded of their responsibilities as well as their rights; then ... so do the Police. Judy is right they are part of us!
This story is typical of the experience I myself and my family members have had with the police.
I want to encourage young people and the community in general to stand up and speak out about their experiences with the police.. Situations where they have been assaulted by the police and are rendered powerless to do something about it.
Not all police officers are like this, and it's time those up-standing members of the police force also stood up and took a stand.
I think its time we heard more stories like these, bring this problem out into the light and make a change.


Does an employee have to be "disabled" to claim retaliation under the ADA?
The ADA protects employees with disabilities? But what about its anti-retaliation provision? Does an employee have to be "disabled" under the ADA for the statute to protect that employee from retaliation? According to Hurtt v. International Services, Inc. (6th Cir. 9/14/15), the answer is no.
Hurtt worked at ISI as a senior business analyst, earning a yearly draw plus a percentage commission on sales. The day after he requested FMLA-leave for (job-related) anxiety and depression, ISI terminated his draw and switched him a commission-only comp plan. He sued, claiming, among other things retaliation for requesting various accommodations for his disability, including requests for a leave of absence and for a reduced work schedule.
We have held that requests for accommodation are protected acts…. Hurtt argues that he engaged in protected activity when he requested a reasonable accommodation and when he took FMLA leave…. But, the pertinent inquiry here is not whether Hurtt proved he had a disability under the ADA, or whether ISI had specific knowledge of Hurtt's alleged disability, but rather, whether Hurtt showed a good-faith request for reasonable accommodations.
The takeaway here is more common sense than law. If Title VII can protect a white guy from retaliation when he complains that his black co-worker is being mistreated, the ADA certainly should protect an employee requesting a reasonable accommodation, whether or not a court determines after the fact that he is, or is not, legally "disabled". Employees who request accommodations should always be treated with care; otherwise you risk stepping on a retaliation landmine.


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70 whistleblowers from NSW Police fed up with enforcing oppressive CV rules warn 'a global dictatorship is occurring'
November 5th, 2020 Wake Up Fools
The video below shows Australian lawyer Peter Little presenting this information at the Police Headquarters in Melbourne. He questions also the Govt failure to monitor influenza and the disappearance of records about the Rain-Making Control Act 1967.
An excerpt below from their letter to the NSW Police Commissioner (copied plus link to full letter below):
"Many members of the force are fed up with the approach to enforce oppressive rules placed upon the population in the name of COVID-19 and the looming mandatory vaccinations. We feel a real calling to do our part to stop this oppression, so we are writing to you to raise the following issues:-
•Police Force employees have 'choice' as to whether or not to receive vaccines;
•The Police believe that all members of the community also have choice around receiving vaccines;
•Police do not participate in anyway in the forcing of vaccines upon the population;
•That the Police Association start preparing to defend Police employees who choose to not be vaccinated
•To raise the alarm that there is a global dictatorship occurring and the Police Force is being used as a tool to push these global and corporate agendas upon the population; and
•To warn the Police Force not to simply acquiesce to these requests, rules and laws and to act in the best interest of its population, not tyranny of government"
All information & links below the video (see Bitchute link here should the FB one fail: https://www.bitchute.com/video/19WEujQQrz7J/ ):
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· Live at Police Headquarters at 313 Spencer Street Melbourne Australia
Reporting THEFT of Rain-making Control Act 1967 archives ;
PLUS RECRUIT VIC POLICE to join the 70 NSW whistleblower cops called COPS FOR COVID TRUTH ;
plus report Conspiracy admitted by Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt that the government is lying about flu stats and failing to do the required surveillance of flu viruses { bumped into Channel 9 reporter at the start of live and gave him the NSW police whistleblower document}
MY EMAIL: glittle@fightpharmacorruption.com
MY MOBILE +61434178638-
here is the link to the SEVEN PAGE WHISTLEBLOWER letter from Nsw cops
https://12224e9c-a5fa-4daf-962b-f9379e0c0efa.filesusr.com… or the full website link – https://advocateme.wixsite.com/copsforcovidtruth/the-project
and the Rain-Making Control Act 1967 https://www.legislation.vic.gov.au/…/rain-making…/016
Plus Here is the latest admitted lies of the Australian Government in failing to monitor flu cases in 2020 https://www1.health.gov.au/…/ozflu-surveil-no13-20.htm
(Apologies for the editing … pdf copied to keep from losing the link however if you download the original it is better reading … EWR)
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To: Michael Fuller
Police Commissioner of New South Wales
RE: Open Letter Concerning the Police Enforcement of ongoing COVID-19 restrictions. We are writing to you to raise concerns we have about the use of the police to enforce the ongoing restrictions placed upon our citizens relating to COVID-19, which has seriously eroded community trust in our great police force. Since the Attorney General Declared a State of Emergency for the novel coronavirus, our governments have acted upon certain powers to impose restrictions on its citizens, using the police to enforce their rules.Due to the novel nature of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, most people concurred that certain restrictions should be followed, until more was learnt about the virus. With the initial modelling from the Imperial College in the UK [1]and the Peter Doherty Institute here in Australia, indicating a catastrophic number of cases that would severely burden our hospital system and could result in up to150,000 Australian deaths[2], it is easy to comprehend why our governments would respond as they did and why the vast population would comply. With these frightening projections it became evident that we needed to find a way to quickly diagnose the disease. Yet the Centre for Disease Control in the US states that "no quantified virus isolates of the 2019-nCoV are currently available".[3] So even without the virus being isolated, the RT PCR test was picked to become the gold standard for testing. We note that the modelling was later found to have serious calculation errors,such that experts who later reviewed it have said"no serious scientist gives (it) any validity". [4, 5] And now the RT PCR test has been proven to be unreliable at best, with the inventor stating it should "never be used to diagnose infectious disease",because it cannot tell if what it detected is alive or dead. [6, 7, 8] This test is still being relied upon to make critical decisions in the interest of public health and safety.In the same way we cannot use an inaccurate speed detection device to proctor a civilian's speed, the same must be demanded of a faulty RT PCR test and as such, police should not in any way mandate testing for covid-19, or rely on any outcome of the results. Now that we have almost 12 months of statistical data that can be relied upon, in place of flawed computer modelling, these statistics show a reality that is far from the modelling projections, which were relied upon by National Cabinet in their response.
For example, we now know that around 45% of people who contract the virus are asymptomatic[9] and asymptomatic transmission is between 0-2.2% [10]. We also know that 80% of people who contract the virus will only have mild symptoms [11] and it is overwhelmingly the elderly and immunocompromised who are at risk of severe symptoms that could result in death. [12] At the time of writing, the world-wide survival rate for covid-19 is 97.3%. [13] The ordinary flu is 99.9%. [14] Furthermore, statistics clearly show that while the confirmed cases may be on the rise, the percentage of deaths is plummeting. Here are some statistics which reflect this reality: –
Sweden and Taiwan did not enforce lockdown on its citizens like much of the world did. Although Sweden failed to take better precautions to protect the elderly in the early stages, their death rate is comparable, and Taiwan's is outstanding: -The statistics show there is a high infection rate across the globe, but very low deaths; regardless of whether there was forced lockdowns or not. What we can derive from analysis of this is that these two distinctly different ways have resulted in much the same outcome.
We note from the recent Federal budget, huge debt and unemployment, is that our lockdowns have created a series of problems that now seem to outweigh the threat this virus poses.In our line of work, we know that the socioeconomical problems created here will transpire into a greater threat down the track, as people struggle to deal with the collateral damage this is causing. We have been told that the advice from the World Health Organization is a key aspect to the National Cabinet response, yet Dr David Nabarro of the WHO recently stated "We in the World Health Organization do not advocate lockdowns as the primary means of control of this virus," [15] So in spite of the facts, as they stand now, it would appear that the National Cabinet has been lagging in its capacity to adapt to the reality ofthe situation and this is causing them to fail in their duty to respond in proportion to the risk. The risk being overwhelmingly with the elderly and immunocompromised. [16, 17, 18] What is even more concerning is the prohibition on prescribing hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19[19],when over 121 peer reviewed scientific studies have shown it to be effective in treating and preventing the disease [20, 21, 22]. Instead,the federal government has done a vaccine deal with AstraZeneca[23]and Australians told we cannot expect to go back to normal until a vaccine arrives. AstraZeneca has been found guilty of offences relating to off-label or unapproved promotion of medical products, making false claims,kickbacks and bribery, consumer protection violation, healthcare offences, government-contracting violations and more. Since 2000 they have been fined over US$1.1billion dollars for these offences and violations. [24] Still, they have been granted protection from future product liability claims relating to its COVID-19 vaccine[25]. Alarmingly, Prime Minister Scott Morrison stated they will make the vaccine "as mandatory as you can possibly make it" [26], in spite of the criminal record of its producer, their exemption from liability claims, the fact we already have at least two approved and extremely safe medications in Ivermectin [27] and hydroxychloroquine; shown to be effective treatments and the reality that the virus does not pose a serious threat to the healthy. It seems these decisions appear to be corporate interests, not in the best interests of public health and wellbeing as is claimed. All this indicates that the ongoing restrictions on the healthy population is a disproportionate response, yet the police are still expected to continue to enforce these measures and at risk of being forced to vaccinate against a disease that is showing not to be virulent, with a vaccine that has had no long-term safety studies and then forcing it upon the population. The evidence would suggest resources are better directed to protect the vulnerable. We are concerned with the legitimacy of the actions we are being told to take against the citizens of Australia. States and territories cannot rise above the commonwealth constitution as well as international treaties we are signatories to, yet this is occurring. Under the state of emergency, the emergency requirements are qualified and restricted by the significant fact that emergency requirements and directions cannot request an individual to be isolated, detained, tested, vaccinated, medically treated or bodily searched in the absence of a biosecurity control order issued to the individual.
These measures are referred to as biosecurity measures and are captured under Subdivision B of Division 3 of Part 3 of Chapter 2 of the Biosecurity Act 2015. [28] (Emergency and public health powers, at the States and Territories, do not provide a carte blanche to breach an individual's human rights by isolating them, or detaining them or testing them without the proper required notifications and risk assessments first). There is an inter-governmental agreement [29] which places the Commonwealth in the lead as well as the Australian Health Sector Emergency Response Plan [30]. This ensures that the States and Territories act to compliment the Federal Legislative Framework. Article 7 of the international convention of civil and political rights states "no-one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment, in particular, no-one shall be subjected without his free consent to medical or scientific experimentation."[31]Article 27 of the Vienna convention on the law of treatise "A party may not invoke the provision of its internal law as justification of its failure to perform a treaty." [32] Article 7 of the Australian human rights commission Act 1986 states "no-one should be subjected to torture or to cruel inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, in particular, no-one shall be subject without his free consent to medical or scientific experimentation. [33] Section 109 of the commonwealth of Australia constitution states "when a law of a state is inconsistent with a law of the commonwealth, the latter shall prevail, and the former shall to the extent of the inconsistency be valid." [34] With federal and international legislation breaches, it will be taken that we are complicit and consensual in their undertaking on the people of Australia, potentially rendering us criminally liable under the Crimes Act 1914 [35], as well as the Criminal Code Act 1995 [36]. Many members of the force are fed up with the approach to enforce oppressive rules placed upon the population in the name of COVID-19 and the looming mandatory vaccinations. We feel a real calling to do our part to stop this oppression, so we are writing to you to raise the following issues:-
•To warn the Police Force not to simply acquiesce to these requests, rules and laws and to act in the best interest of its population, not tyranny of government. Recently letters have been written to our leaders from the legal fraternity, including high profile Judges and QC's [37], The Australian Institute for Progress penned by 30 public
intellectuals including 15 professors of relevant disciplines, one of whom is an advisor on health and well-being economics to the UK government[38], Advocate Me's open letter to all leaders seeking to review disproportionate response to SAR-CoV-2 [39], as well as hundreds of doctors from the medical fraternity [40]. Despite the government continually parroting that they are following the advice of 'the experts', all these requests have been ignored and the police used as the enforcers of these senseless rules. We ask that you consider the information provided herein and the NSW Police Force statement of values: –
Each member of the Police Force is to Act in a manner which:
▪Places integrity above all;
▪Upholds the rule of law;
▪Preserves the rights and freedoms of individuals;
▪Seeks to improve the quality of life by community involvement in policing;
▪Strives for citizen and police personal satisfaction;
▪Capitalises on the wealth of human resources;
▪Makes efficient and economical use of public resources; and
▪Ensures that authority is exercised responsibly.
Many of us believe that we are removing our own rights and freedoms by enforcing these rules upon the community, including our family and friends. And the community are confounded by the intensified police enforcement around peaceful freedom protests and how inconsistent this was when compared with the Black Lives Matter protests. This contradiction is further destroying public confidence. We are reaching out to all our fellow police officers across the country, to write a similar letter to their respective police commissioners, or sign our form at https://advocateme.wixsite.com/copsforcovidtruth to show your support for this stance, which we have called Cops for Covid Truth. With trust in our police force now seriously eroded, we ask you to consider now challenging the necessity of the ongoing restrictions to restore community trust,by being an integral part of returning our State and Country back to normality.
RegardsAlexander Cooney
Senior Constable Coffs/Clarence Highway Patrol NSW Police Force Grafton Police Station 5 Duke Street Grafton NSW 2460
And other signatories
All source reference links below:-
1. https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/196234/covid19-imperial-researchers-model-likely-impact/
2. https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/australia-prepares-for-50-000-to-150-000-coronavirus-deaths-20200316-p54amn.html
3. https://www.fda.gov/media/134922/download
4. https://www.heritage.org/public-health/commentary/failures-influential-covid-19-model-used-justify-lockdowns
5. https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/professor-lockdown-modeler-resigns-in-disgrace/
6. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/testing/serology-overview.html
7. https://www.tga.gov.au/covid-19-testing-australia-information-health-professionals
8. https://needtoknow.news/2020/09/oxford-university-says-pcr-swab-tests-for-covid-19-return-false-positive-results/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=oxford-university-says-pcr-swab-tests-for-covid-19-return-false-positive-results
9. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32491919/
10. https://www.who.int/news-room/commentaries/detail/transmission-of-sars-cov-2-implications-for-infection-prevention-precautions
11. https://www.webmd.com/lung/qa/what-percentage-of-covid19-cases-are-mild
12. https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2020/p0625-update-expands-covid-19.html
13. https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus-data-explorer?zoomToSelection=true&time=2020-03-14..latest&country=~OWID_WRL&region=World&cfrMetric=true&interval=total&aligned=true&hideControls=true&smoothing=0&pickerMetric=location&pickerSort=asc
14. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/flu.htm
15. https://nypost.com/2020/10/11/who-warns-against-covid-19-lockdowns-due-to-economic-damage/
16. https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/coronavirus/in-depth/coronavirus-who-is-at-risk/art-20483301
17. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/need-extra-precautions/people-with-medical-conditions.html
18. https://www.who.int/westernpacific/emergencies/covid-19/information/high-risk-groups
19. https://www.tga.gov.au/alert/new-restrictions-prescribing-hydroxychloroquine-covid-19
20. https://hcqmeta.com/
21. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-18/australia-locks-in-oxford-astrazeneca-coronavirus-vaccine-deal/12571454
22. https://www.henryford.com/news/2020/07/hydro-treatment-study
24. https://violationtracker.goodjobsfirst.org/prog.php?parent=astrazeneca
25. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-astrazeneca-results-vaccine-liability-idUSKCN24V2EN
26. https://www.sbs.com.au/news/scott-morrison-says-a-coronavirus-vaccine-would-be-as-mandatory-as-you-can-possibly-make-it
27. https://www.biospectrumasia.com/news/91/16457/australian-develops-effective-triple-therapy-to-treat-covid-19.html
28. https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2020C00127
29. https://www.coag.gov.au/sites/default/files/communique/COVID-19%20National%20Partnership%20Agreement%20Updated%20April%202020.pdf
30. https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/2020/02/australian-health-sector-emergency-response-plan-for-novel-coronavirus-covid-19_2.pdf
31. https://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/CCPR.aspx
32. https://www.oas.org/legal/english/docs/vienna%20convention%20treaties.htm
34. https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2005Q00193
37. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8758579/Daniel-Andrews-demands-extraordinary-new-law-let-government-officials-arrest-Victorians.html
38. https://aip.asn.au/2020/06/open-up-our-country-sign-the-open-letter/
39. https://832894cb-902f-415c-ba0e-f312627aa319.filesusr.com/ugd/e12357_2bda687b44b34d4bb607594b9a02aa3f.pdf
40. https://covidmedicalnetwork.com/about-covid-medical-network/declaration-statement.aspx
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Christmas is one of those times of year that we recognise, that we're comfortable with and we know what to expect. The Christmas tree is usually always green, although the trend for silver, pink and now blue is on the rise, there is tinsel, an abundance of tree decor front-lined by baubles in every shape, size and colour and then there is that red, associated with the man with the presents!
But there is also a new trend, where tree's are upside down, or not actual tree's at all, decorations are ornaments that could stay out and up all year round and not be out of place, larger than your average light features that are already part of the space, what is this new ideal of Christmas decor? Is it because its easy? or because its stylish? new? trendy?
Some of these new pieces are just gorgeous, but naturally you really have to look for a gem, so of course we've done the hard work for you, here are some of our favourites, what do you think?
This tree from House of Fraser is the epitome of stylish LED focused Christmas decor, it speaks for itself I think. The great thing is, you don't even need to take it down once Christmas is over (shhhh).
What about one for the little ones? This chalkboard tree is one that the children can play with throughout the year, putting it in their room means you've got a bit of Christmas all year round!
Finally, what about this Scandinavian inspired tree? I think I love this one the best, its ethereal and the natural wood is something that I do connect with on another level. Adding to basket as we speak…!
Wow, there are just so many styles out there, in our house we have a Christmas theme that is different each year. This means I get to search the interweb and the retailers looking for the perfect on theme decorative items every year, which is so so exciting, although it can be so stressful if I don't find what I'm looking for.
Just look at these, there are mice, plants, birds, chandelier's, gold houses, white houses, illuminated letters it goes on and on wherever I look but the best places to look (where I always go first) are Cox and Cox, Graham and Green, Marks and Spencer and Cloudberry Living, take a look at them and tell me what you think. Do you have any others that I've not discovered?
These tea light houses are just great to create ambient lighting levels and suit all moods.
This lamp is a bedside feature that doesn't need to make an appearance once a year.
Stars, stars, stars are everywhere and how many alternatives there are! I have always loved stars, so this is just ace for me!
Santa's sack has just taken on a whole new and very stylish meaning, this is on my list, when you're not using them for presents I can tink of many uses for them.
Do these lights REALLY need to go back into the box? I don't think so.
…. if you just like the geometry of Christmas decor then take a look at this wallpaper by Graham and Brown, I do just love the colours, forms and materials expressed in its design.
These gold inlaid marble table tops sing with the same geometry and are just gorgeous, who says Christmas needs to be packed away every year?!
You do of course always need extra seating so how about this armchair or pouffe, or even this fluffy stool.
There are so so many items for the home out there that have a slant towards Christmas, yet they aren't directly linked. Have you seen anything that I might not have found yet? Any decor that you have bought and want to shout about? Be great to hear what your findings are!


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View Full Version : Render Passes: Beauty + Shadow (without shadow showing in beauty)?
My problem is when I turn the ground shadow off in the "Scenes" tab, it doesn't get created when doing the shadow pass. But if I turn the ground shadow on, then it's shown in the beauty pass (which I don't want). I'm sure I'm missing something simple here - there has got to be a way of doing this. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
There is no way to do this in one image. But, you can very easily sent two images to the queue, one of your beauty with the ground shadow off, and one of just the ground shadow pass.
You're not missing anything. There's one other thing you might be missing though. If you don't put a shadow on the floor then any light from the scene just goes ahead and lights the bottom of your product. What I do is create an object with approximately the ground color, turn ground shadows off, and turn my "fake floor" to faded. That way it's not rendered, but you can see it in reflections and it appropriately blocks and bounces light.
If you render them separately you'll get an odd amount of light on the bottom of your product, but Usually the product gets much darker as it gets closer to the ground shadow.
If you're trying to do things with a minimal amount of work I would suggest: Beauty, object (gives the selection without ground shadow), and shadow pass.
Don't forget shadow pass Has to be on multiply in photoshop/afterEffects because bunkspeed renders shadows as values of color instead of values of transparency. I'm not exactly sure why you'd want that, but that's how it is.
You can use the object pass as a mask for the beauty pass. A quick way to do that is load it up as the top layer. Hold Ctrl and click on the RGB thumnail in channels. That will select the white. Now you're done with that layer. You can delete it.
Select your beauty layer and just add a quick mask. Done. If you do that often, make an action. It definitely speeds it up.
Andy, great suggestion - that's what I'll do. Thank you.
David - I find it's when I'm changing anything but the camera view that my Queue files tend to fail, so I'm trying to stay away from changing settings between sending files to Queue.


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Home Sweet Office
Feeling left out of the loop now that your kitchen sink serves as the company water cooler? Actually you're not alone--all members of the alternative work force are challenged with the daily task of finding a renewed sense of community.
"Home Sweet Office," a weekly TV series that aired for one season and may air again soon, hopes to not only reach these SOHO workers but transform their lives. "People doing it think they're alone. One of the big things we're trying to do with `Home Sweet Office' is create a sense of community," says Leni Miller, 52, who co-produced and hosted the show with longtime friend and outplacement business owner Sharon Gadberry, 59.
Miller is more than just your average news anchor--in fact, she's had personal experience with the initial insecurities homebased business owners often face. Five years ago, she sold her big-city employee placement agency for the solace of working from her home in Sausalito, California. The tone of the show reflects her satisfaction with life as a homebased business owner. "Many times, the life you create is much more balanced and healthier than the one you left behind," says Miller.
It remains to be seen whether the media at large will begin to recognize the surge of virtual businesses or continue to rely on outdated statistics and images of homebased business. But if this half-hour show is any indication, media recognition of homebased business owners is surely increasing.
Contact Source
Home Sweet Office Productions LLC, (415) 331-0269, http://www.homesweetoffice.com


Dig out the glass jars only meant to be recycled. Clean out the jars and poke a hole on the lid and screw a cabinet knob through the hole. If you can't find knobs and the lids of same colour you can spray paint them! You can even use these jars to store sweets!
Lets create shelves with panache using birch logs as support. Trim sturdy branches into equal lengths and keep the cuts straight. Paint 24-inch long 1×6 boards in whatever the colour you desire. Attach one board to the bottom of the branches with wood screws and attach the second board to the top of the branches with the wood screws. Hang the shelves with picture hanging hooks driven into the walls studs.
Cut 1×2 medium-density fiberboard (MDF) into fifteen 24-inch long pieces. Spray-paint the pieces with exterior spray paint and let them dry. Cut matching stripes of fabric that would match the measurements of the fiberboard and paste them on the slates with a spry adhesive. Drill holes through each plant 1 inch away from both ends and as well as the center. Thread a small rod through the drill holes and secure the ends with a screw.
Give your plain roller shade a makeover. Using a ruler and a T-square, mask off straight stripes from the blue painter's tape. Apply latex paints in your desired colors with the use of a foam rollers. Let the paint set and peel off the tape and let the paint dry off completely.
Decorate plain old furniture with your favourite pictures. Scan the image on to the computer and print it out on a transfer paper which can be bought easily from an office supplies shop or a craft store.


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Gov't, ruling party mull purchasing surplus rice for price stability
All News 10:51 October 05, 2016
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean government and the ruling Saenuri Party have agreed to consider purchasing surplus rice produced in the country in bulk to ensure price stability amid concerns of falling prices caused by a better-than-expected harvest.
"We urged the government to purchase the surplus production in bulk within this year to separate them from the market," said Rep. Kim Gwang-lim, the policy official of Saenuri, after the meeting, adding the government also said it will make efforts to reflect such a move.
The two sides also agreed to find ways to promote exports of locally produced rice in order to maintain the price while improving distribution networks.
Saenuri said it is necessary for the government to buy up the surplus in bulk, since small separate purchases will benefit retailers rather than smaller farms.
They also agreed to reorganize the country's agriculture-only zones, inducing more farmers to utilize their land for other purposes.
Rice prices in the country have been falling throughout this year on the back of favorable weather coupled with rising stockpiles.
A record 4.32 million tons of rice was harvested last year, and it is expected to be similarly robust this year. The strong numbers come as good weather conditions and an absence of typhoons hitting the country helped grain production, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs said last month.


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Home › International›Broadcast
Audibility gives star presenter the pip
A row over background music levels in television documentaries has coincided with publication of a report on the audibility of programmes, writes Kevin Hilton. The use of music in the popular BBC series Wonders of the Universe has highlighted the problems some viewers have understanding presenters.
By Kevin Hilton ⋅
A row over background music levels in television documentaries has coincided with publication of a report on the audibility of programmes, writes Kevin Hilton. The use of music in the popular BBC series Wonders of the Universe has highlighted the problems some viewers have understanding presenters, which have been examined in an extensive research project commissioned by BBC Vision. Complaints about not being able to understand what is being said on TV are common but the BBC seemed unprepared for the 118 negative comments it received about Wonders of the Universe. "You don't have to dumb everything down by pretending we're all in a nightclub," complained one viewer about the music used underneath the links and narration of presenter Professor Brian Cox (pictured). The remaining programmes in the series were re-mixed to solve the problem, prompting an annoyed reaction from Cox himself: "It [the programme] should be a cinematic experience – it's a piece of film on television, not a lecture." The report by BBC Vision, the production division of the public broadcaster, was compiled in collaboration with lobby group Voice of the Listener and Viewer (VLV). It highlights several factors that can cause audibility problems: background music, noisy locations, softly spoken presenters looking away from the camera, people talking over each other and "regional accents". Best practice guidelines for producers have been drawn up and are available on the BBC Academy's College of Production website, along with short videos by leading sound professionals giving advice on how to produce good sound (link below). The research was commissioned by Tanya Motie, editorial executive for BBC One and BBC Three, who says although the BBC had been aware some viewers had problems with TV sound, how many people were affected or what was behind the difficulties was not clear. "As a result [of the survey] we believe we can take steps to improve audibility without compromising the editorial or creative ambition of programme makers," she says. www.bbc.co.uk/academy/collegeofproduction/tv/best_practice_tips
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IT'S TIME FOR KAIOS
Smart feature phones with "light" operating systems are the future of Africa's mobile growth
Orange's the Sanza phone
Image: Mike Murphy/Quartz
Abdi Latif Dahir
The mobile operating system KaiOS is gradually securing its place among the slew of mobile devices targeting African markets.
At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week, the French telecom company Orange rolled out its new 3G-powered "smart feature phone" will be powered by the Linux-based program. Developed in San Diego, California, the light operating system was born out of Mozilla's failed FirefoxOS project and is used to bring smartphone-like functionalities to cheap feature phones.
Currently running on 50 million phones across the world, its developer KaiOS Technologies hopes to be running on over 150 million devices by mid-2019.
Part of this expansion strategy involves partnering with telecom companies like MTN and France's Orange and could help close the digital divide in developing nations including those in Africa.
The phone Sanza
Orange's version of the "smart feature phone" is set to have customized content, voice, and language features. Dubbed Sanza, after a xylophone-like musical instrument used in many African nations, the phone will retail at $20 depending on the 16 countries where it will launch—a majority of whom are in Francophone Africa. Orange customers in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Côte d'Ivoire will be able to buy the phone as early as April this year.
The phone is similar to one launched by MTN in South Africa and Nigeria last year, which also uses the KaiOS operating system.
The Sanza will combine both feature phone functionalities like a long-lasting battery of up to five days, torch and Bluetooth but also have smart applications like Facebook, Twitter, and Google Maps, along with the Orange mobile money service, besides the My Orange app that monitors consumption.
Orange told Quartz Africa the phone's hardware will be supplied by Beijing-controlled telecommunications company China Mobile and manufactured in China. The phone's menu will be available to users in languages including Swahili, Arabic, Portuguese, and French, while Google Assistant will help users resolve language and literacy challenges by speaking directly to their phone.
Tapping into voice recognition is a pragmatic move, given how much the service has become imperative globally. Last year, Google invested $22 million into KaiOS in a bid to power feature phones in emerging markets like India and Indonesia where it has gained immense popularity. This week, Google announced it was making the Assistant app smarter on feature phones using KaiOS.
Africa's young and fast-expanding markets are increasingly seen by the telecoms industry as the future of growth. Various African governments, operators, and entrepreneurs have announced or launched plans to develop their own home-grown phones.
Yet developing an affordable phone and achieving market success will not be easy. Orange and MTN both face the likes of Shenzhen-based Transsion, whose phones have dominated the African markets. And as more African nations migrate from 3G to 4G, the Beijing-headquartered electronics company Xiaomi now says it's looking to develop more products unique to the African market.
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The Executive Committee of the Association of Independent Corrugated Converters (AICC) expresses alarm at the recent price increase announcement of $50/ton by many integrated containerboard suppliers effective in March 2005. At a time when most North American manufacturers, the major consumers of our products, are beginning to recover from a protracted slowdown, we believe this announced increase will have a negative impact on all box and containerboard purchasers in North America . Likewise, we feel this move will threaten the ability of North American manufacturers to remain competitive in a global economy.


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Pets can be domestic violence victims too: How you can help Harbor House open a shelter for pets
Imagine this: you live with your significant other, but that person is extremely abusive to them.
You want to be free, but you have a dilemma. You don't have any children -- but you do have a beloved pet that is like your child. And if you leave that pet behind, you don't trust your significant other to do something to your pet in retaliation.
You don't have anyone to turn to, and you call the local domestic violence shelter, but they can't help you because they don't take pets. So what do you do?
This is the reality for many people, both men and women, in abusive relationships across the country.
But in Orlando, a first-of-its-kind facility will soon open for people in this situation.
Harbor House of Florida, which has an emergency shelter for domestic violence victims, will open a shelter in October for their pets.
"There's nothing like it," said Kat Kennedy with Harbor House. "We are so proud with what we've been able to do with the community support, that's the only way this could have happened. It's an industry first."
Kennedy says that only 70 domestic violence shelters nationwide have some kind of provision for victims with pets. But nothing like this.
When finished, the Paws for Peace Kennel will have all the charm of a pet boarding facility. It will include 10 runs for dogs and 10 for cats, plus a place for little pets from rabbits to parakeets.
It will also have a fresh air porch for cats, play facilities for dogs, grooming tables and more.
"The animals are incredibly stressed when they're moved to a strange location, without the trauma they've probably been through in an abusive home," Kennedy said.
Is this a needed facility? Kennedy says Harbor House gets one or two calls a week from people who call the emergency hotline asking if they can bring their pets.
"We try to set them up with foster homes," Kennedy said. "But people want to be with their pets. They're all traumatized, and they want to be together."
But while the shelter is moving forward, Harbor House still needs help.
Here's what you can do:
You can go to the Harbor House of Florida website to donate money to the facility in one of several different ways, including a straight donation, purchasing a tile or donating money to get special Kuranda dog beds for the shelter.
You can also donate items. Harbor House has a list of items they need on their website. Check out the list (you need Adobe Acrobat reader), and then email the person below for more info.
All photos courtesy of Harbor House of Central Florida.
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Bentley to be keynote speaker at local Republican dinner
BY ANDY POWELLTimes Staff Writer
Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley will be the keynote speaker at the Etowah County Republican Party's 25th annual dinner Oct. 22 at Convention Hall.
The dinner, which is the party's main fundraiser, will begin at 6:30 p.m. Doors will open at 6 p.m.
County GOP Chairman Joe Nabors said the party is pleased to have Bentley as speaker. He said Bentley has done a lot to bring jobs to the state, and noted he is serving without a salary.
"He's such an impressive and humble man," Nabors said.
Bentley will be introduced by former state Rep. Blaine Galliher, who is the governor's legislative director.
Bentley will have a question-and-answer session with the audience after his speech. County elected officials will be on stage with him.
Sandra Lasseter, vice chairwoman for finance for the local GOP, said other state officials have been invited, but she's unsure who else might attend besides Bentley.
Lasseter said a little more than 500 people were fed at the last two dinners, adding, "We're looking for 500 and hoping for more."
She said this being the local party's 25th dinner makes it special.
"We were so proud to be able to invite the governor and have him accept to be our speaker," she said.
Tickets are $35 for adults, $25 for college students and $15 for high school students. They are available in advance from noon to 4 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays at county GOP headquarters, 708 S. Fourth St., and will be available at the door.
The meal will be catered by Tony's.
Nabors said ticket sales are going well and he expects the event to sell out.
For more information or to purchase tickets, call Lasseter at 256-328-3257.


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Casual Sex? (1988)
4-Word Review: Sex in the 80's
Stacy (Lea Thompson) and Melissa (Victoria Jackson) are lifelong friends with very different sexual pasts. Stacy has slept with a lot of guys including some one-night-stands while Melissa has had sex with only a few and never achieved an orgasm at least 'not when someone else was in the room'. Because of the AIDS epidemic they decide to reanalyze their sexual mores and join a singles resort where they hope to meet their Mr. Right and settle down.
The film is based on the stage play that was originally produced for The Groundlings Theater in Los Angeles. You can tell this right away at the start where the two women stand on an empty stage and talk about some of their past sexual encounters. This proves to be the funniest part of the film with a lot of keen observations on human behavior. Unfortunately after the first five minutes of this the film digresses into a more conventional narrative by having the girls go to a single's resort and the attempts at satire get either over-played or not played up enough. What is even worse is that it throws in a romance angle by having Stacy fall for an irritatingly perfect looking heartthrob named Nick (Stephen Shellen) who is an aspiring rock star. The two quickly move in together and then all of sudden he becomes completely clueless and harbors a lot of annoying habits that leads to a drawn-out, boring break-up session.
There are still a few funny moments including an amusing dream sequence where Stacy imagines making love to Nick while her boyfriends from the past start to pop up all around her, but overall the film fails to gain any traction, is filled with clumsy characterizations and falls flat. A much better approach would have been to structure it around a collection of vignettes with a sexual theme much like Woody Allen's Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Sex, but Were Afraid to Ask, which is far more original and funnier than anything you will see here.
Lea is really cute and gives a good performance. Normally ditzy blondes get on my nerves, but somehow I have always found Victoria's cute-as-a-button face and squeaky voice appealing. Her acting skills aren't up to Lea's level, but her more natural delivery makes for a nice contrast. Skin hounds will be happy to know that both women appear nude from the backside.
However, it's Andrew 'Dice' Clay who steals the film with an engaging performance as the proverbial lounge lizard. Every scene he is in is funny and he tells a lot of lame jokes, but the way he says them is hilarious 'they can't all be golden'. In his attempt to get more connected to women he reads a book entitled 'How to Pretend Your Sensitive', which is amusing as well. My only complaint is that in the end Lea marries him and he becomes more 'normal', which takes away from the goofy caricature.
Director: Genevieve Robert
Studio: Universal
Available: VHS, DVD, Amazon Instant Video
Posted in 80's Movies, Buddy Movies, Campy Comedy, Movies Based on Stageplays, Movies with Nudity, Romance, Sex
Tagged Andrew 'Dice' Clay, Entertainment, Lea Thompson, Movies, Review, Victoria Jackson


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import * as React from 'react';
import { createUniDriverFactory } from 'wix-ui-test-utils/uni-driver-factory';
import { isUniEnzymeTestkitExists } from 'wix-ui-test-utils/enzyme';
import { isUniTestkitExists } from 'wix-ui-test-utils/vanilla';
import { mount } from 'enzyme';
import { spinnerDriverFactory } from './Spinner.driver';
import { Spinner } from './';
import { spinnerTestkitFactory } from '../../testkit';
import { spinnerTestkitFactory as enzymeSpinnerTestkitFactory } from '../../testkit/enzyme';

describe('Spinner', () => {
  const createDriver = createUniDriverFactory(spinnerDriverFactory);

  it('should render', async () => {
    const driver = createDriver(<Spinner />);
    expect(await driver.exists()).toBe(true);
  });

  describe('testkit', () => {
    it('should exist', async () => {
      expect(
        await isUniTestkitExists(<Spinner />, spinnerTestkitFactory, {
          dataHookPropName: 'data-hook',
        }),
      ).toBe(true);
    });
  });

  describe('enzyme testkit', () => {
    it('should exist', async () => {
      expect(
        await isUniEnzymeTestkitExists(
          <Spinner />,
          enzymeSpinnerTestkitFactory,
          mount,
          {
            dataHookPropName: 'data-hook',
          },
        ),
      ).toBe(true);
    });
  });
});

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We are looking for a native Chinese for the position of Quality Control Assistant. You will work in the QA department in collaboration with the QA Manager.
The Salesman will be responsible for sales of Used Clothes, Used Shoes, Used Bags, Cotton Rags products. He/she will report to the Sales Manager. We expect the salesman to grow with the business and create a strong sales team with the Sales Manager.
-Identify sales opportunities in the assigned region, both with OEM and distributors.
-Build a solid customer base for Used Clothes, Used Shoes, Used Bags, Cotton Rags products.
-Provide technical support to customers in solving their problems and identifying the appropriate solution in Used Clothes, Used Shoes, Used Bags, Cotton Rags products.
-Manage a well-balanced relationship with OEM, distributors.
-Define, in cooperation with the Sales Manager, promotional activities appropriate to grow sales in the region.
1. 3 to 5 years of experience in Used Clothes, Used Shoes, Used Bags, Cotton Rags products, with experience of customers, competitors and distributors of Used Clothes, Used Shoes, Used Bags, Cotton Rags products. Good existing contacts with OEM customers and distributors in this field.
2. Proactivity, entrepreneurial spirit, ability to work autonomously and to cooperate in a team with the Sales Manager, potential to grow with the company.
Company expects the candidate to be able to generate a 6,200,000 RMB Sales Revenue in the first year.
To all recruitment agencies: FANSUNG does not accept agency CVs. FANSUNG is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes. At FANSUNG, we don't just accept difference, FANSUNG is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.


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Q: How to correctly validate an email with regular expressions? I am making a form with regular expression validations. The problem I have is that when I want to validate the email field, I find this series of errors.
The error messages that appear in the box are these in question:
Uncaught TypeError: campo is null

validaCampos file:///f:/javascript recuperacion/ejercicioformular/js.js:92

validador file:///f:/javascript recuperacion/ejercicio formulario/js.js:36

file:///f:/javascript recuperacion/ejercicio formulario/js.js:3

onload file:///f:/javascript recuperacion/ejercicio formulario/js.js:3

EventHandlerNonNull* file:///f:/javascript recuperacion/ejercicio formulario/js.js:2

What the form in question has to do is validate the data in order to give me the option to send it. If I delete the email field and validate only the other 4, if it lets me send it, the error is only found in that field, although just in case I am going to pass the entire code since, as you can see in the image, it marks several errors in different lines of code
   window.onload = function(){
        document.getElementById('btnValidar').onclick = function(){validador()};

    }
        var arrayFallos =[];

        var xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();

     function validador(){

            arrayFallos = []

            var campoNombre = document.getElementById('nombre');
            var expNombre = new RegExp('^[A-Z]{1}[A-Za-z áéúíó ñ]{2,14}$');//nombre que comprueba las vocales , que emppiece por mayuscula y que vaya de 2 a 14 caracteres
            validaCampos(expNombre,campoNombre);

            var campoEdad = document.getElementById('edad');
            var expEdad = new RegExp('^([1][8-9]|[2-5][0-9]|[6][0-5])$');//va desde los 18 hasta los 65
            validaCampos(expEdad, campoEdad);

            var campoDNI = document.getElementById('DNI');
            var expDNI = new RegExp('^[0-9]{8}[A-Z]{1}$');//valida un DNI español
            validaCampos(expDNI,campoDNI);

            var campotlf = document.getElementById('tlf');
            var exptlf = new RegExp('^[679]{1}[0-9]{8}$');//valida numeros de telefono movil
            validaCampos(exptlf,campotlf);

            var campoemail = document.getElementById('email');
            var expemail = new RegExp('^(.+)@(\\S+)$');
            validaCampos(expemail,campoemail);

        console.log("Array fallos en el siguiente log");
        console.log(arrayFallos);

        if(arrayFallos.length==0){
            alert("Formulario completo puede enviar");
            document.getElementById("Enviar").disabled=false;
            document.getElementById("Enviar").type='submit';
        }else{
            var fallos = "";
            for(var i=0;i<arrayFallos.length;i++){
                fallos += arrayFallos[i].name+"\n";
            }
            arrayFallos[0].focus();
            alert("Los campos: \n"+fallos+"\nNo cumplen los requisitos");
        }
function validaCampos(expresion, campo){

    console.log(campo);

    var idcampo = campo.id

    if(expresion.test(campo.value)){
        console.log("Si "+campo , idcampo);
        return true;
    }else{
        console.log("NO "+campo, idcampo, campo.value);

        arrayFallos.push(campo);

    switch(idcampo){

        case 'nombre':
            window.alert("Error en el campo "+idcampo+" : \n\n. valor no valido");
        break;
        case 'edad':
            window.alert("Error en el campo "+idcampo+" : \n\n valor no valido");
        break;
        case 'DNI':
            window.alert("Error en el campo "+idcampo+" : \n\n valor no valido");
        break;
        case 'tlf':
            window.alert("Error en el campo "+idcampo+"  \n\n valor no valido");
        break;
        case 'email':
            window.alert("Error en el campo "+idcampo+"  \n\n valor no valido");
        break;

    }
        return false;
    }
}
}

For a petition I add the Html
I added the html part
<!DOCTYPE html>

    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">

    <title>Ejercicio 2</title>

    <form id="form" action= "">
        Nombre: <input type = "text" id = "nombre" name = "nombre">

        Edad: <input type = "text" id = "edad" name = "edad">

        DNI: <input type="text" id="DNI" name="DNI">

        Telefono: <input type="tel" id="tlf" name="tlf">

        Email :<input type="email" id="emial" name="email">

        <input type="button" value="Validar" name="validar" id="btnValidar">
        <input disabled type="button" value="Enviar" id="Enviar">
        <input type="reset" value="Borrar datos del formulario" name="btnBorrar" id="borrar">
    </form>

A: Thanks to the user @Fzs I discovered that the error was that a simple spelling mistake and also that to correctly validate the
<input type="email" id="emial" name="email">

the correct thing is this
<input type="email" id="email" name="email">

And the correct regex to validate an email is this

[a-zA-Z0-9_]+([.][a-zA-Z0-9_]+)@[a-zA-Z0-9_]+([.][a-zA-Z0-9_]+)[.][a-zA-Z]{2,5}

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Great Spirit Animal Sanctuary provides a permanent home for unwanted, neglected and abused animals. None of the animals are available for adoption due to their previous situations.
Due to the history of neglect and abuse these animals experienced, they can no longer be placed in a home. All of the horses we accept can no longer be ridden, they need continuous medical treatment and basic care.
Great Spirit Animal Sanctuary Inc is a 501c3 non profit organization that needs and depends on your support.
The Animal Sanctuary is home to horses, dogs as well as other farm animals. Several of these animals came to our Sanctuary due to previous neglect or abuses.
Great Spirit Animal Sanctuary operates completely on donations received. All donations are tax deductible. Donations are needed to provide the ongoing care needed for many of the animals.
Great Spirit Animal Sanctuary is implementing programs for various boys and girls organizations to help teach stewardship to the animals.
Ready to help? You can become a contributor to our cause, or volunteer.


Cars are indelibly linked to the American idea of freedom. Free travel, new opportunities, and matters of personal style are all a part of the mythology of the automobile. But the arrival of the horseless carriage also brought a crucial shift in law enforcement procedures, one that gave police vastly more discretion to stop ordinary citizens, search their belongings, and seize anything incriminating that they found. Automotive searches have become standard procedures, often initially prompted by as little as a broken headlight or a failure to signal.
Not only that, but there is strong evidence that discretionary searches following a routine traffic stop are administered in racially biased ways. Early 20th-century police knew well that they had to exercise some discretion, given the proliferation of confusing and constantly changing traffic laws from one jurisdiction to the next, and the ways in which criminals made eager use of the new technology. But giving discretion meant opening the doors to pervasive but manifestly unfair policing—quite the opposite of freedom.
Our lead essayist this month is University of Iowa Professor Sarah A. Seo; she has written a just-published book called Policing the Open Road: How Cars Transformed American Freedom that addresses these topics. She looks at the history of the automobile in American law — and how it gave rise to new powers for law enforcement officers, while subjecting ordinary citizens to greater police power than they had previously known in the land of the free.
Joining her to discuss this month are three other experts in criminal justice: Clark Neily, Vice President for Criminal Justice at the Cato Institute; Fordham University Law Professor John Pfaff; and R Street Institute Senior Fellow in Criminal Justice Lars Trautman. Comments are open for one month, and we welcome letters to the editor as well. We hope you'll join us for a stimulating conversation.


The Citibank Wine and Dine deal for their credit cards seemed like a good deal. Just spend $100 (before tax and service charge) on food and cardholders get a free bottle of wine at the participating restaurants. The list of restaurants is quite varied and includes places such as il Cielo, Brussels Sprouts, Cocotte, Peach Garden etc. We decided to test drive this deal at the Mon Bijou bistro at Claymore Connect along Orchard Road. You can view the list and the conditions on the Singapore Citibank Credit Card website.
Unlike many other credit card deals, this one seems straightforward – just spend $100 on food and a free bottle of wine is presented. There is no limit on the number of people. So for a dining party of three or four, it is likely that the spending target will be reached easily. A quick look around the Citibank Wine and Dine website reveals that different types of wine are offered at different restaurants, so one can decide where to go based on restaurant type or wine type.
We decided on Mon Bijou as it was a place we had been to before and was a conducive place to have a nice meal with a free bottle of wine. The wine that was served was Clarendelle Blanc By Haut Brion 2013. It was not a wine we were familiar with but anything associated with first growth wine maker, Chateau Haut Brion, can't be too bad, and indeed that was the case. The wine was a simple, refreshing white Bordeaux which was perfect to cool our parched throats during this spell of hot Singapore weather. Getting it free made it taste even better.
We had a varied selection of dishes which included the all day breakfast (above), Crabby Patty Burger (below) and Wagyu Cheese Burger (below below). The dishes were well prepared and tasted very good. A fuller description of the Mon Bijou restaurant and their menu can be found in our earlier post about our visit there.
We had some sweet items to share including the Crispy Golden Waffles and Brioche French Toast which were very yummy. We can confidently recommend all the dishes that we tried that day. The complementary Clarendelle Blanc By Haut Brion was also a decent wine so we thought that the Citibank wine and dine deal 2016 was a real deal with no hidden strings attached.
According to the Citibank Wine and Dine website this promotion runs till 15 September 2016.


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Was Ay Nefertiti's father?
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Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2005 5:47 pm Post subject: Was Ay Nefertiti's father?
In one book i read ' The search for Nefertiti' there was a suggestion that Nefertiti's father could have possibly been Ay and that her mother may have died in childbirth and that Ay later remarried. But what about tutankhamuns death and his grandaughter ankhesenamun's mysterious disappearance after he came to the throne???
Can anyone help??
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We basically do not know who the parents of Nefertiti were.
The identification of Aye as Nefertiti's father is based on his title God's Father (It Netjer in Egyptian).
The argument is that Yuya was the father of the previous Queen (Queen Tiye) and he held this title thereby suggesting that God's father may have meant Pharaoh's father-in-Law.
The problem with the theory is that there are quite a few men who hold that title. For instance the Vizier Aperia also held the title of God's Father. So is he the father of a Queen as well?
Furtermore, it is clear from inscriptions that Aye's wife was the wet-nurse and later tutor of Queen Nefertiti. She is never said to be her mother. This is why some people then theorize that Nefertiti was Aye's daughter by his first (unidentified wife).
We do know for sure that Nefertiti had a sister. Her name seems hard to read and is sometimes given as Mutnodjemet and sometimes as Mutbenret. This girl is shown at court at Amarna and is clearly labeled as the Queen's Sister. The problem is that her parents are never given eitehr She is depicted in Aye's tomb in Amarna, but she is also depicted in several other tombs.
So unless we find some new evidence, the honest answer is that no one knows who her parents are
It is kind of peculiar I think that Akhenaten never married any of his sisters as was the custom for the king in those days. He had several sisters: Sitamen, Isis, Henuttaneb, Nebetiah and Beketaten.
Sitamen and Isis were elevated to the position of Great Royal Wife (Queen basically) by their father which seems to indicate that they married their father instead of their brother.
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I should think this answer is even more elusive than the parentage of King Tut. You're right, not enough evidence exists to establish very credible theories. The argument about Yuya's use of this title suggests how murky royal titles could be. Are they to be taken literally or honorifically? And with someone like Ay, a commoner by birth, perhaps figuring out such a way to attach such a prestigious title to himself, aided in his legitimacy to take the throne after the death of Tut.
Can you blame them? I mean, this was their very odd brother Amunhotep IV we're talking about.
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Quote :Sitamen en isis were elevated to the position of great Royal Wife (Queen basically) by their father which seems to indicate that they married their father instead of their brother.
Only speculation of myself .
The coregency was maybe the reason why they were married to their father and not to their brother. If the two Kings have a joint reign and the sisters were married to their father and become in the position of great Royal wife. Then, I think that they were not in the position to be married to their brother at the same moment.
In the Amarna tombs there is only one sister of Akhenaten mentioned and that is Baketaten. Where were the other sisters ? Are they dead at the moment. I find it very strange that Nefertiti becomes so powerful at the beginning of the reign of Akhenaten, because she was not a royal daughter like the sisters of Akhenaten .
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I find it very strange that Nefertiti becomes so powerful at the beginning of the reign of Akhenaten, because she was not a royal daughter like the sisters of Akhenaten .
I think there are some very early depictions that do not include Nefertiti, but by the time the temples at Karnak were being built she was very prominently present. I wonder if part of the importance that was given to her was because she played the role of Tefnut in the Aten-Shu-Tefnut triad?
The book by N de Garies Davis gave a theory that must have been around in the early 1900's that I had never heard of:
Some apparently identified Queen Tiye with Tey, wife of Aye.
The theory being that after the death of Amenhotep III, the widowed queen married Aye. Her title of wet-nurse was a way to de-emphasize the fact that she had been Queen of egypt and had in effect stepped down to the role of noble woman.
The idea is then that Nefertiti was one of her daughters under another name.
Problem with this theory is that it's unlikely that Tiye would have married a noble after being Queen. Tiye seems to have visited Amarna as Dowager Queen.
Nefertiti never claimed to be a King's Daughter or a King's Sister, and usually royals would reinforce thier connections to the "clan".
I have seen it mentioned by the way that Ankhesenamen when she was Queen never used the title King's Daughter either. And she never claimed to be a King's Sister either. Which is strange considering that Tut is often thought to be her (half-)brother.
This could mean that neither Queen was directly related to their respective husband, or for some unknown reason, these titles were just not used during this time period.
The reason why Queen Ankhesenamun never claimed to be a King's Daughter, was maybe because she was Akhenaten's and Nefertiti's daughter. After Tutankhamun and Ankhesenamun returned to the old religion it was maybe better not to mentioned it, because of political reasons .
I think it must be hard for Ankhesenamun , to betrayed the religion of her father.
And maybe she was not so loyal to Amun as we think, because there is evidence that Horemheb removed her name and makes alternations of some of her presentations.
I have a book the Amarna Age , A Study Of The Crisis of the Ancient World by James Baikie. In this book they say that Nefertiti was a daughter of Tiyi and a full sister of Akhenaten. And the point is settled by an inscription quoted by Legrain. The book is a reprint of 1926 and I have never read this theory in another book. In the modern books about Akhenaten and Nefertiti they never mentioned these inscription.
The sarcophagus in the tomb of Tutankhamun.
The sarcophagus shares many features with those of Akhenaten , Ay and Horemheb, but there are also significant anomalies distinguishing it from them. The simple lid , of red granite and once tinted to match the colour of the quarzite box, was originally not planned for it, but fitted neatly; it has a repaired transverse break through the middle.
Its form and figural decoration is documented first for a royal sarcophagus during Akhenaton's reign. The boxes of Tutankhamun, Ay and Horemheb are identical in form, each lid is unique. All four boxes , including Akhenaten's ,incorporate in its decoration four female figures with oustretched arms in a very high relief, at the corners.
The decorations and texts reveal indisputable evidence of alternation, among which the wings of the four goddesses not being original is the most striking. This necessitated the recarving of the vertical inscriptions, which in the original state were considerably more than in its present, altered and even now unfinshed state.
The author Eaton-Krauss M. ,argues that it is more likeky that the sarcophagus was appropiated for someone else and adapted for use by Tutankhamun, as was also the case with his tomb.
A number of alternatives are revieuwed, redecoration to the name change from Tutankhaten to Tutankhamun at some time in his reign,but Smenkhkare is the best candidate. Because in KV 55 no sarcophagus was found.
Does anyone have more information about Tutankhamuns sarcophagus.
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Football hosts first youth camp
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Campers play tag to practice tracking the ball carrier. 74 kids attended the camp.
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The first through eighth grade football players from around the community lined up on the practice field, ready for three days of fun, and a camp they will never forget. The football team hosted their youth football camp from July 24-26 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. with an 8 a.m. drop off and 1 p.m. pickup option where the 74 kids could talk to players and coaches.
"Since we are a new staff, we wanted to get our names out to the community," coach Steve Michaels said. "When the kids come to games and look on the field, they will know who they are watching."
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After warm-ups, the campers split into defensive stations led by the defensive coaches. Coach Rob Sauvao taught the kids tackling technique; coach Luis Chacon taught them how to ankle tackle and Michaels taught the kids using the tackling wheel. They also did a speed drill while at the station.
"What we are doing is checking the kids out and making sure they are getting good coaching. In this day and time, the biggest problem you have is that you don't have certified coaches teaching the kids," Ziglar said. "These are all certified coaches, trying to teach these kids how to be a part of something."
After learning defensive skills, they played a quick game of sharks and minnows before moving on to offensive drills. The kids practiced handoffs and running routes as well as throwing the ball. To end the camp, they split into teams of seven and scrimmaged. That was the opportunity for the coaches to see how well they played as a team.
"To get a chance to look at the [kids] now is great," Sauvao said. "We have a lot of big kids out here right now and a lot of them move pretty well."
The first ever football youth camp made the coaching staff and players eager to be working with the kids and this camp for the next couple of years.
"We put on this camp to see the talent in our area and [to let] the kids come work with us to see what we do and why we do things and how we are so successful," Sauvao said.


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Cox's Bazaar, Bangladesh: Over 40,000 unregistered Rohingya refugees living in the Kutupalong makeshift camp are facing many new difficulties following heavy rain, but they are not getting any help from the concerned authorities or INGOs, said an elder from the camp.
"The refugees are not able to go out of the camp to work for their survival after locals attacked some refugees recently. More than twenty refugees were injured.
"The locals and the police are harassing the refugees when they go out of the camp for their needs.
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"The refugees have been facing a food crisis as they don't get any support from UNHCR, Bangladesh authorities, or INGOs, and they are not able to work for their families' survival out of the camp."
From July 17-23, heavy rain and gusty winds destroyed many small huts built from bushes and branches where most refugees live in the Kutupalong unregistered makeshift camp. However, the refugees did not get any support from any quarter, said a committee member.
Recently, many huts of Kutupalong makeshift camp have been destroyed by heavy rain and gusty winds. The heavy rain fall and windy has started again on August 5.
"Now we are unable to rebuild out huts as we have no money or food," said another refugee committee member. "We are unable to go to work because of attacks by local people."
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