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Henry Duncan McLaren,  baron Aberconway CBE ( - ) est un homme politique, horticulteur et industriel britannique. Il est le fils de Charles McLaren (1er baron Aberconway) et Laura Pochin.

Biographie
Né à Richmond upon Thames, il fait ses études au Collège d'Eton et obtient une maîtrise ès arts du Balliol College, Oxford. En 1903, il devient avocat au Lincoln's Inn.

En 1906, il est élu député du West Staffordshire sous l'étiquette libérale et est sous-secrétaire privé du président de la Chambre de commerce, David Lloyd George, jusqu'en 1908. En 1910, il se présente pour l'ancien siège de son père à Bosworth et le remplace. Il quitte la politique en 1922 et succède à son père à la baronnie en 1934.

McLaren est un industriel et préside des entreprises des deux côtés de la famille, dont John Brown & Company et la Tredegar Iron and Coal Company. En 1915, il est le président fondateur de la Design and Industries Association . Vers la fin de sa carrière politique, en 1920, il fait construire Aberconway House comme résidence à Mayfair. Il hérite également du domaine familial (à l'origine celui de son grand-père maternel) à Conwy, dans le nord du Pays de Galles, qu'il développe largement et ajoute le jardin Bodnant. Il est un horticulteur passionné et s'intéresse à l'élevage de rhododendrons et de magnolias. Il parraine plusieurs collectionneurs botaniques, dont George Forrest, et Rhododendron aberconwayi est nommé en son honneur. Il est mort à Bodnant, à l'âge de 74 ans  et est enterré au mausolée appelé "Le poème" dans le jardin de Bodnant, le lieu de sépulture traditionnel des lords Aberconway.

Famille
Il épouse Christabel Mary Melville Macnaghten (1890-1974), la fille de Sir Melville Macnaghten, et a cinq enfants :

 Hon. Elizabeth Mary McLaren (31 mai 1911 - 4 décembre 1991), mariée et a des enfants, dont Sir Kenneth Carlisle
 Charles McLaren (3e baron Aberconway) (1913-2003)
 Hon. John Francis McLaren (1919-1953)
 Lady Anne McLaren (1927-2007), biologiste et membre de la Royal Society, épouse le chercheur Donald Michie et a des enfants, dont Susan Michie et Jonathan Michie
 Hon. Christopher Melville McLaren (né le 15 avril 1934), marié et a des descendants

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Lauréat de la médaille Victoria de l'honneur
Député du 31e Parlement du Royaume-Uni
Député du 30e Parlement du Royaume-Uni
Député du 28e Parlement du Royaume-Uni
Député du Parti libéral (Royaume-Uni)
Élève du collège d'Eton
Commandeur de l'ordre de l'Empire britannique
Baron de la pairie du Royaume-Uni
Étudiant de Balliol College
Décès en mai 1953
Naissance en avril 1879
Décès à 74 ans


My Husband's Cancer & Starting Over: Cancer as a "Chronic Disease"
we all need to think of CANCER as a CHRONIC DISEASE and not as an acute illness!
For anyone reading today's post who may have any type of cancer, this is very good news. Good news because longevity stats show that cancer patients are living longer, having very productive lives and are outliving their original medical diagnosis....very encouraging stats for sure!!!
Whoever created the word "TERMINAL" anyway??? Medical specialists cannot always determine the exact longevity for any patient....our family knows that for a fact so if you have been given that dreaded diagnosis, don't let it be the first word that you have in mind when you wake every morning and the last thing on your mind at night....instead, realize that your cancer has now been recatagorized as a "chronic disease", just like diabetes, heart disease and obesity to name a few. All of us know individuals who have these other chronic diseases and who live very productive lives.
Let's get our heads around the word "cancer" and then make a promies to ourselves to live it as "chronic" and not as "terminal"!!!
So, so true Deb. I got your e-mail & will reply soon. Take care.
I never thought of cancer like that before but as you said, there are so many others out there with other chronic conditions. Thanks for giving me a different perspective on cancer.
Great post as always! I always enjoy your blog.
I wanted to let you know about an interesting cancer blog a group of cancer patients have been working on.
A fellow tongue cancer patient was sent home to die. There was nothing more that can be done. Cancer survivors ask him life altering questions.
What a great website and blog, truly inspirational - Congratulations and KEEP going.


As part of its Budget programming, CNN-News18 is launching the 'If I were FM Challenge'. The campaign will encourage viewers to contribute their suggestions for the Union Budget. The channel will run an extensive on-air campaign to promote the same. This initiative will also especially target the youth with top B-Schools & colleges of the country being a key TG for this campaign. Participants in the contest will be required to share their suggestions in 140 characters or less. The responses will be judged on multiple parameters and the final winners will get to feature on the channel's Budget Day programming.
Apart from on-air promotions, the campaign will also be promoted on social and digital media extensively. Direct outreach to educational institutions will also form a key part of the campaign's promotional plan.


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Carved beauty, surrounded by mountains, the town of Bonners Ferry yields itself on the banks of the Kootenai River. The perfect landing place for families, retirees, and thrill seekers alike, Bonners Ferry holds it all. Hiking, biking, flying, hunting, fishing, kayaking, skiing, snowmobiling, are just a few of the activities the locals enjoy during all four seasons here in North Idaho.
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Whether you are looking to relocate or just re-boot, you will not be sorry you chose this North Idaho jewel.
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Performances by the Emona Folklore Group at the Siilifolk Festival, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Copenhagen, in Siilinjärvi, Finland
A performance by the Emona Folklore Group at the summer Espa Stage programme, supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Copenhagen, at Esplanade Park in Helsinki, Finland
Soprano Sabina Cvilak as Thaïs in Jules Massenet's opera Thaïs, produced by the Gothenburg opera at Finnish National Opera in Helsinki, Finland
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Q: Normal Mixture Distribution I am trying to create a qqplot and run a KS test for a normal mixture distribution with 25% N(μ=0,σ=4) and 75% N(μ=4,σ=2). How could I adapt my qqplot and KS test for this distribution? I don't think my abline is correct and my KS test doesn't really reflect the distribution correctly.
Any help would be appreciated.
set.seed(4711)
n = 500
P = ppoints(n)
Q = qnorm(P)

dt <- sample(c(1,2), prob= c(0.25,0.75), size = n, replace = T)
x <- c()
for(i in 1:n){
  if(dt[i] == 1) x[i]=rnorm(1, mean = 0, sd = 4) else x[i] = rnorm(1, mean = 4, sd = 2)
}

hist(x, prob = T, breaks = 27, col = "lightgreen", main = "Mixture Normal")
curve(0.25*dnorm(x, mean = 0, sd = 4) + 0.75*dnorm(x, mean = 4, sd = 2), add = T, col = 2, lwd = 3, lty = 2)

qqplot(Q, x)
abline(0,1)

ks.test(x, 'pnorm')

A: The way to get a more sensible qqplot, i.e. one where the "straight line representing the "theoretical" (or empirical in the case of a two sample version as in this case) is to scale the arguments properly. A "qqplot" for a one-sample KS test is really "semi-parametric", i.e the mean and standard deviation of the sample under test is first extracted and then used for the scaling of the plot of the order statistics. So do this:
 qqplot(Q, scale(x) )  # make the mean 0 and the SD=1
 abline(0,1)

ks.test(x, 'pnorm')
#------------------
    One-sample Kolmogorov-Smirnov test

data:  x
D = 0.70763, p-value < 2.2e-16
alternative hypothesis: two-sided

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History of WBTH and WXCC, Williamson
Bumper sticker from 1985. larger
See also www.thenewoldiesshow.com, which has an article on WBTH coverage of the 1977 Tug River flood and an article on the building of WXCC(FM).
This article was provided by the station.
Not since talking pictures had made their debut in Williamson the previous decade had this community observed such a momentous occasion as the launching of Tug Valley's first radio station - WBTH.
It was April 19, 1939, that WBTH took to the air at six AM, continuing its initial broadcast until 12 midnight. This all-day program, which included musical numbers by local individuals and organizations, and talks by a number of prominent citizens of Williamson, marked the station's formal bow to the public.
General Manager A. C. Rodgers estimated that 6,000 persons visited the studios. The opening of the station was planned by Eddie Whikehart, program director, and Manager Rodgers.
Officials of the station had, for several weeks prior to the opening, been granting audiences to many radio hopefuls and some were chosen to be used during the first broadcast and succeeding ones.
Of considerable interest on opening day was an eight pm program which continued until midnight's "sign-off" called "Let's Get Acquainted." Featured on the program were the Williamson High School Band, representatives of Rotary, Kiwanis, Quota and Woman's Clubs and the Chamber of Commerce, followed by an interval of music.
The then mayor, J. Matt Smith, offered congratulations to Williamson's newest enterprise. Talks followed by Sheriff W. E. Burchett, Sr., who later became head of the West Virginia State Police for a period of years; Williamson Attorney William B. Hogg; Circuit Judge C. W. Ferguson; William P. Booker, and E. R. (Gene) Ward.
Booker and Hogg were directors of the broadcasting company. Others were Francis Wagner, radio engineer, and the late George W. Taylor, Williamson businessman. The call letters of the station were the initials of the family names of the four directors.
Frequency of WBTH was 1370 kilocycles. Daily broadcasts were from 6 A. M. to 7 P. M. The first staff consisted of Manager Rodgers; Program Director Whikehart; Chief Engineer Wagner; Richard Taylor and Orland Booten, outside sales representatives; Wilbur (Bill) Nunguessor, engineer; James Clarke, announcer; Alice Shein, bookkeeper; George Yazell, engineer; Charlotte Oliver, stenographer, and Napoleon (Nap) Hambrick, building custodian.
Among the "Hillbilly" entertainers so fondly remembered by early staffers were the Stepp Brothers, Zeke and Ezra, who were guitarists and singers; the James Trio (mother, son and daughter); "Red" Jones, who played the spoons with a musical group and who square-danced with the "best of 'em" at the Saturday night jamborees sponsored by the station and held in the Memorial Building, now the Court House Annex. Then there were Cousin Ezra Cline and his gang, and Cowboy Tex, to name only a few.
WBTH had its own "Glen Campbell" in those days, except this Campbell was named Clyde. TV's Glen Campbell had nothing on Clyde Campbell for the latter played a guitar with equal aplomb and sang much in the same manner, with a little wailing and some "lee-oh-leety-whos" along the way. Clyde's brother Bill also was a WBTH personality.
Red Birds baseball players in the old Mountain Leagues were in the habit of wandering upstairs to the studios and "killing time" until they boarded a bus for what was then the Montezuma Ball Park to practice. There was one 17 year-old player who created a sensation in the Mountain League with his pitching and hitting. He was Stan (the boy) Musial from Donora, Pa., who later became known all over the world as Stan (the man) Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals' team in the National League. Stan went on to the baseball Hall of Fame.
Rodgers did not remain long as manager. He was succeeded by a congenial manager named Harold McWhorter, who as they say, "played a mean piano."
Alice Shein, listed as the station's first bookkeeper became one of the major stockholders in the mid-fifties. During this time she served several years as manager and also became one of the early enthusiasts for a statewide broadcasters' association becoming its president for a two year term in 1952. (And to date, the only woman president of the West Virginia Broadcasters Association.) It was under her management that the station joined the Mutual Broadcasting System.
WBTH was purchased by Harvit Broadcasting Corporation in June, 1966 and broadcasts on 1400 kilocycles with 1000 watts power. Robert B. Harvit, president of the corporation, refined the station's community programming and strengthened its identity with the coal producing region.
It was the nation's oil crisis in the mid 1970's that provided the opportunity for Harvit to put WXCC-FM on the air. The sudden population growth created the ideal market for a 50,000 watt country music station. With the sound of Tennessee Ernie Ford's rendition of "Sixteen Tons" WXCC - coal country stereo 97 took to the airwaves on October 27, 1978.
Harvit continues to own and operate both stations. He started his broadcast career at WWNR in Beckley. In addition to WBTH and WXCC, Harvit is presently a partner in WSLW, White Sulphur and WMON in Montgomery, both in West Virginia.
Janet Coleman Evans is president and general manager of WBTH-AM and WXCC-FM, having started as a secretary/bookkeeper in the early 60's.
WBTH was established to provide service as well as entertainment to the community and through the years its services have been engaged in many ways.
Among the most prominent daily broadcast features are: Open Forum, a Monday thru Friday interview program focusing on local and regional issues; Mutual Broadcasting System Network news and features; local and regional news prepared by a full time news staff; West Virginia's Metronews Network and the Kentucky News Network; a consistent schedule of local, college and professional sports; a music mix designed to combine favorites of the past, current hot hits and tomorrow's pick hits. With its syndicated modern country format, WXCC has continued to grow, becoming the regional voice of coal country.
With the small number of executive women broadcasters in the West Virginia area, it is unusual that two of them cut their "broadcast teeth" so to speak at the same station.
Evans was honored as Distinguished Broadcaster of the year at the 1987 fall meeting of the WVBA. As Evans, a former board member of WVBA, also says, "We try to keep coal country residents informed as to what is happening in the industry. Today as in the early years, our primary goal remains unchanged. . .that of providing a valuable service to a growing community."
WBTH Staff Complete
This article appeared in Broadcasting on April 15, 1939.
Completion of the staff of WBTH, Williamson, W. Va., was announced by A. C. Rodgers, general manager, as the new station prepared for its inauguration April 16, operating with 100 watts daytime on 1370 kc. Mr. Rodgers, formerly with KTOK, Oklahoma City, and WOPI, Bristol, Tenn., stated that Eddie Whikehart will be program director; F. W. Wagner, chief engineer; James Clark and Eddie White, announcers; George R. Taylor outside salesman. Mr. Whikehart comes from WPAY, Portsmouth, O., as does Mr. Wagner. Mr. Clark formerly was with WHIS, Bluefield, W. Va. Mr. White and Mr. Taylor are new to radio. The station will have Collins equipment throughout with a Lingo radiator, and has subscribed to UP news service.
Station engineer Harold Cremeans in October 1971
FCC Microfiche File
The following FCC microfiche file was transcribed by Xen Scott of ABC News, Washington, and is used here with his permission. These files contain no information past the early 1980s.
12/23/38 Granted a C.P. for a new station on 1370kc with 100 watts, Daytime, at Williamson, WV, eff. 12/30/38.
4/19/39 Granted auth. to operate until midnight 4/19/39 to celebrate the opening of Station WBTH.
7/11/39 Date first licensed. The licensee was Williamson Broadcasting Corp., Williamson, WV. They were granted 1370kc, 100 watts, Daytime.
7/26/39 Vol. transfer of cont. of lic. corp. from George W. Taylor to W.P. Booker.
10/3/39 Granted a C.P. for 1370kc, 250 watts, unlimited. License to cover the C.P. granted 11/28/39.
3/24/41 Under NARBA, they were granted 1400kc, 250 watts, unlimited.
8/1/44 Vol. transfer of cont. of lic. corp. from George W. Taylor, William P. Booker and William B. Hogg to Lewis C. Tierney and Helen S. Tierney, eff. 9/15/44.
2/2/49 Vol. assign. of lic. to Mingo Broadcasting Corp., eff. 3/3/49.
8/2/49 Vol. mod. of lic. to change the name of the licensee to Williamson Broadcasting Corp.
4/8/55 Vol. acquisition of positive cont. of lic. corp. by Alice Shein, eff. 4/15/55.
9/3/58 Vol. relinquishment of positive control of lic. corp. by Alice Shein through sale of stock to Phil Beinhorn, eff. 6/26/58.
10/9/58 Vol. acquisition of positive cont. of lic. corp. by Phil Beinhorn through purchase of stock from Alice Shein by Williamson Broadcasting Corp and retirement thereof, eff. 11/10/58.
10/20/60 Granted a C.P. for 1400kc, 250 watts, 1kw LS, unlimited. License to cover the C.P. granted 2/8/62.
4/26/66 Vol. transfer of cont. of lic. corp. from Phil Beinhorn, Lillian Beinhorn, S.P. Goodman and Walter M. Goodman to Harvit Broadcasting Corp., eff. 5/31/66.
7/22/66 Vol. assign. of lic. to Harvit Broadcasting Corp., eff. 8/15/66.
10/21/71 The Commission, by letter, notified station WBTH of apparent liability for $2000 forfeiture for violation of Section 73.87.
11/22/72 The Commission, by Memo, Opinion and Order, ordered WBTH to pay a forfeiture of $2000 for rule violation.
10/22/81 License renewed.


Protesters gather outside of the capitol to listen to speeches during the Women's March on Lansing on Jan. 21, 2017 at the Capital Building in Lansing. Activists gathered and expressed their opinions through peaceful demonstration.
As we approach the women's marches in Detroit Jan. 19 and the Michigan State Women's March held by the Women's Council Jan. 20, I find myself wondering what defines feminism? Is it the increasingly large amount of social media users urging their followers to "fight the patriarchy?" Celebrities coming forth, promoting the idea in the past few years? The sole views of an individual? Does one have to outwardly express their favoritism to women's liberation? What is feminism?
Feminism is the idea of equality between the sexes, encouraging the achievement of social, political and economic impartiality. In the past few years, it has become a prominent movement with issues such as reproductive rights and sexual assault becoming notable in the media, especially in Hollywood.
Figureheads like Harvey Weinstein and Bill Cosby were exposed for sexual misconduct with minors and women. The Weinstein accusations brought attention to the #MeToo movement. The #MeToo movement was started by Tarana Burke, a social activist, but noticed and brought to infamy by actress Alyssa Milano via Twitter. It is a movement which embarks on emphasizing claims of sexual assault and harassment.
Not only did the #MeToo movement elicit responses from Hollywood, but the worlds of music and academia were affected by attests of sexual abuse and harassment too, as seen at Michigan State with the Larry Nassar cases and the administration fallout.
Women merging together to have their voices heard has never been more indispensable. We live in a time where technology is at a new high, meaning the ability for women to connect and communicate worldwide is possible. This allows women to share their stories and experiences, foster justice for others and themselves, and spread messages of liberation.
As we saw with the Nassar, Weinstein and Cosby scandals, once one survivor comes forth to share their story, it opens the door for other women to be honest, to tell their truth, to encourage justice.
In 2016, Rachael Denhollander was one of two gymnasts who initially reported Nassar's abuse. By being brave enough to share her story, attention was brought to the situation and allowed at least 250 other women and one man to come forth with accusations.
For a long time, sexual assault against women was something disregarded. When a woman would confide in someone and tell them about their encounter, the first question to emerge from the other person was either, "what were you drinking?" or "what were you wearing?" Today, we still face a problem of others pondering the victim's actions rather than the attacker's crime, but to a lesser extent.
It's a societal problem. Women's accusations of sexual assault should be taken more seriously. If women are not given aid when in need, it can prompt mental health problems or even worse, suicidal tendencies.
Though, this isn't to say that men aren't affected. Men feeling discouragement to share their experiences with sexual assault because of beratement or hilarity they fear might surface from their peers is an immense concern. Unfortunately, the idea of sexual assault against men is something that has yet to be conventional, leaving many suffering in silence.
While sexual assault can be a difficult topic to discuss, we need to keep fighting to normalize the conversation. We need to fight for awareness. We need to ensure everyone's voice is heard.
Marches like the ones happening in East Lansing and Detroit this upcoming weekend are essential because they concentrate on people who need to spread their messages and have their voices heard. Whether those who show up wear pink, create signs, offer help to those who need it, share their stories or protest, every action helps, no matter the size.
As feminists, we fight for equality. We should fight for women and men alike to have their voices heard and justified. For their claims to be investigated. For justice. For mental health awareness. For statements like "what were you wearing?" or "how could you let something like that happen?" to disappear.


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So the theme for Celebrity Big Brother 2017 is apparently Gold Stars Vs. News Stars, which means we could be seeing some very familiar faces returning to the infamous house.
Well the news today would suggest that some of the most iconic (and troublesome) housemates of all time will be going in to represent the Gold Stars, while some familiar famous faces will be making up the set of 'New Stars'.


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Learning American Sign Language 2nd edition
Author: Tom L. Humphries
Carol A. Padden
ISBN 13: 978-0205275533
Publisher: Pearson Education, Inc.
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American Sign Language is a rich and complex language. Recently declared as an official language and recognized by 48 states as a foreign language, more and more high school teachers across the country are teaching American Sign Language as an elective.
Learning American Sign Language: Levels I & II – Beginning &Intermediate is designed to prepare teachers to successfully interact with American Sign Language (ASL) users. Lessons are structured around language needed for common life situations, and examples are presented in the form of dialogues coupled with grammar and vocabulary instruction. Information is also included about the culture of deaf people in the United States.
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American Sign Language students will find themselves captivated and entertained by this state-of-the-art Video that presents all 72 dialogues and each key structure from the text in a clear and natural way. Four internationally known Deaf actors animate the dialogues bringing life to the illustrations in the text allowing students to preview and review instructional materials at home to enhance their classroom learning.
Tom Humphries is Associate Director of the Teacher Education Program and also teaches in the Department of Communication at the University of California, San Diego. He is currently coordinating a program to train teachers of deaf children using a bilingual approach. Prior to this he taught at Gallaudet University in the Department of English for several years and later served as an Associate Dean for the San Diego Community College District where he coordinated the development of an ASL program and an interpreter-training program. He holds a Ph.D. in Cross-Cultural Communication and Language Learning. Dr. Humphries is co-author with Carol Padden of Deaf in America: Voices from a Culture and several other books and articles related to ASL and the culture of Deaf people.
Carol Padden is a Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of California, San Diego where she teachers courses on language, culture, and media. She is a graduate of Georgetown University and received a Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of California, San Diego. Her recent research includes studies of reading development in young deaf children and she has written extensively about the cultural lives of Deaf people in the United States. She received a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, in addition to numerous other awards and grants for her work. In addition to the books she has co-authored with Tom Humphries, she has published several other books and articles on American Sign Language structure. Humphries & Padden (Learning American Sign Language, 2e).
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When I was in college, I had an extra slot to take a course and ended up following my flatmate to crash this course. I ended up enrolling in this course while she dropped out and took underwater basket weaving or something. 20 years later, I still have this ASL textbook. Unlike a lot of textbooks that many of us end up collecting in our bookshelf to collect dust, I reread this ebook Learning American Sign Language every now and again because it's a nice refresher. The pictures are big and the spiral-bound is always nice to lay flat on the table to browse while you're eating lunch. (I hate when textbooks can't lay flat up because the spine is still fresh and rigid).
I'm sure in the span of 15 years, a lot of other ASL textbooks have been published with better formatting, better techniques, and more relevant signs. However, for the basics anyone would need to gain the confidence to go out and sign with others, this textbook Learning American Sign Language is the one. With this ebook and video clips you can find around the internet, you'll be able to pick up a lot of signs and grammar needed to get basics down.
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Posted on November 30, 2012 by The Flat Girl	in Journal and tagged Affect, Bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, BPD, Christmas, Christmas Eve, daughter, Emotion, Family, Feelings, Interpersonal relationship, manic depression, OCD, relationship, sister, support.
One year when I was separated from my now ex-husband, I was staying with my older sister for a few months. I had previously been staying with my parents after suffering a nervous breakdown and leaving my job at the local community college. The year had been a difficult one, nervous breakdown, walking away from my four-year job, bitter feud with my parents, eventually becoming a virtual squatter on my sister's couch.
However, the month before Christmas, things started to improve; I landed a job as a manager at a local family owned business. Still, I was having a difficult time as my out of control spending habits from my untreated illnesses started to creep into my real life. Whenever I felt unhappy or alone, as I did on most days, I simply went shopping for things I did not want, did not need, and could ill afford; a classic symptom of borderline personality disorder.
I had cut up my credit cards months before the holiday approached, but I knew I could not afford to spend $10 on either one of the girls I loved so dearly. Each day I watched as the stack of presents grew underneath my sister's Christmas tree. The presents were neatly wrapped in glittery paper, tied with ribbons and adorned with bows, all carefully marked with the name of her son, daughter or husband.
I was happy to have a place to live, but my heart ached at feeling so out-of-place at Christmas time. My sister and I were not very close, and she made it clear I was in her way daily when she would sigh loudly every time she had to move something of mine that was in her way. I felt terrible, even though she would profess, "Oh, knock it off, if it was a big deal, I wouldn't have invited you to stay with us." Still, I couldn't help but feel like I had been a pawn in the big feud between her and our parents.
At night, when everybody would sleep, I would sometimes cry, as silently as I could so I would not disturb them; I would wonder what part I had played in the feud. My dad was not speaking to my sister over some letter he had written and had given each of us kids a copy of; I am not even certain if I read it. In turn, we all had to take sides. I needed a place to live, so I guess I chose hers. The family became divided in a dispute that lasted until the day he was shot; me and my older sister on one half of a canyon, my mom, dad, brother, and younger sister on the other.
So this is Christmas, I thought, wondering what I could do for my girls as I looked at the presents under the tree. Well, absolutely nothing.
My girls were coming out and spending Christmas Eve and Christmas day with me, their father did not really care about celebrations and we had maintained a civil separation. I drove the 45 miles into town and picked them up, happy to see them, but sad that I did not even have the money to give them their traditional Christmas Eve pajamas.
They were excited to come, "Oh, Mommy," they exclaimed, "We don't care about presents. We're just happy we get to spend the holiday with you." I was so warmed to hear those words; but, still, I wanted to give them so much. I knew their cousins were getting lots of toys; the tree was already buried, and Santa would be bringing even more.
When we arrived at the house, the girls didn't seem very interested in sticking around and visiting with me; instead, they wanted to go outside with their cousins. I agreed, wanting desperately for them to enjoy themselves and have a good time. They disappeared outside in the cold for hours. I looked outside and didn't see them. "Where are they?" I asked my sister as she started cooking their Christmas Eve dinner.
"Oh, I think they are in the trailer," she said as she looked outside noticing a swinging door open on the tractor-trailer door. Their yard is reminiscent of a car graveyard, old vehicles lined up, rusting away in the sun; my brother-in-law used to own his own trucking company, so they have two of the box type trailers as well. The kids would often play in there to get out of the wind and cold.
When they came in late in the afternoon, their cousins settling in for Christmas Eve dinner, I assumed we would be eating as well, "No, Mommy," they urged, "Put your coat on and come with us." I followed them as they led me outside to the trailer.
As soon as I stepped foot inside, my eyes filled with tears; they had transformed the inside of the trailer into a festive Christmas hall, complete with a paper Christmas tree. There were paper chains, ornaments made of Popsicle sticks, tinsel from the Dollar Store, candles, candy, and presents sitting on floor underneath the construction paper tree. They had even constructed a fireplace and had hung three stockings over the make-believe fire.
They explained that their dad had taken them shopping at The Dollar Store and had chipped in some of his own money, wanting us to have a nice day; and their cousins had spent the afternoon helping them set it all up. I hugged them tighter than I ever had in my life.
They had stacks of sleeping bags, apparently we were to spend the night outside as well; just as well, I thought, I did not want to wake up in the house full of gifts my children couldn't have.
We spread the sleeping bags out and sat down to a feast of Dollar Store snacks and junk. Later on that evening as we were singing Christmas songs and telling funny stories, my niece and nephew came out and begged to stay the night with us, claiming it was more fun out there than in their boring house. They were allowed to stay about an hour until my sister came out and demanded their return.
Christmas morning we awoke to stockings filled with lotion, soap, body spray and candy, Santa had been good to us. We opened presents they had bought for us and each other; I have never been more delighted with things purchased for under a dollar.


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Q: Magento Security Scan Erroneous Results (falses positive)? The Magento Security Scan returned this vulnerability:
API ACL - Failed.
API ACL Patch not detected (APPSEC-1679)
Apply the Magento 2.0.14/2.1.7 Security Update immediately.

However, my site is running Magento 2.3.3 (released Oct 2019). The patch mentioned is dated May 31, 2017 and is for a much older version.

APPSEC-1679: APIs vulnerable to CSRF
  Product(s) Affected:  Magento CE and EE prior to 2.0.14/2.1.7
  Fixed In: Magento CE and EE 2.0.14/2.1.7

Are other people seeing this error (false positive) with Magento 2.3.3 and the Magento Security Scan tool?
Is there anything else I should know about this particular reported issue with my site?

A: From Magento support I got the following answer,

Please make sure that Configuration->Services->Magento Web API->Web API Security->Allow Anonymous Guest Access is set to "Off". It is probably turned on. Thank you!


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Pls I need advice,I'm very soft hearted and people walk all over me.I'm really getting frustrated I always do wat other people want me to do, husband, in laws even the maid. If ppl talk harshly to me I just cannot defend myself and I'm always almost in tears.and it really upsets me. Is there anything I can do to control my emotions and just stop ppl from tramping my toes.
Buy a notebook. Every time this happens write down a) what happened b) what emotions you felt during it c) how you felt afterwards d) write down what you wish you had said, e.g. 'I don't want to do it that way, I am going to do this, thank you for the suggestion anyway'. Remember you are worth it, you were born free, you have as much authority as anyone else. Also start to do little things that scare you, just for you, make decisions just for yourself. Even if it's something different to eat for lunch, to go for a spontaneous walk, to buy yourself a present. Learn to make daring choices for yourself but start small. I would also pick a project just for yourself that you can do on your own - for example, do you want to learn a particular craft/skill, do you want to improve your health, do you want to read so many books by the end of the year, learn a different language, learn to cook a different cuisine? Choose a project and practice a little bit every day, make a plan for yourself how you are going to do it. This will show you that you can achieve things and change things for yourself and draw you out of your own learned helplessness and make you more confident.
Keep the diary faithfully and each time this happens don't be afraid to pause, take a deep breath, think back to your diary and give the response you wished you had last time. Also if people make suggestions that cause difficulties for you tell them, e.g. with the maid, 'I don't like to do [whatever she is suggesting] that way because a, b and c.' Giving rational reasons will help you to understand your own thought processes and let you feel less overwhelmed. Also, if you can't work up the courage in the moment, don't be hard on yourself and think you are a failure. It takes time.
Finally, don't be afraid to share this plan with people you trust, especially your husband (if you feel you can talk to him). Tell him, 'I don't like the way people talk to me, I want to be more confident, and I'd like your support in that.' You don't have to be alone.
I was just like u and in some ways I still am that way. Even if I knew I was right in my thinking, I would always back down and doubt myself when being confronted by some1 more forceful and more confident than I am. I even doubted decisions made in my professional capacity which made me hate working.
What changed 4 me was one day when I had simply had enough and I just spoke my mind with conviction and confidence. Inside I was a mess, but it didn't show and the person I was speaking to backed down and just accepted what I said without any come back. Its empowering when u take a stand and realise that like every1 else u also have a right to ur opinion and that its not wrong to voice it and be heard.
I love the advice TempuraG gave to u. Like he/she said start small by tactfully speaking up 4 urself. U will be surprised @ how well it will be received. When I broke out of my shell, my husband actually congratulated me and told me that I need to be more assertive like that always. He respected me more.
However, always think b4 u speak. Is it true, is it kind and is it necessary. Don't become a harsh person. The lines are easily blurred and u have to pick ur battles.


Independent App-V Blog » Using the "Security Descriptors" within the App-V 4.5 Sequencer.
Using the "Security Descriptors" within the App-V 4.5 Sequencer.
When using the new App-V 4.5 sequencer, Security Descriptors are switched on by default.
But what is this security Descriptors function in the first place? How does it work? And is it of any use at all? In this article I will answer those questions.
One of the big Advantages of SoftGrid always was that users could work with their applications like if they had Full Control rights. This was a huge advantage especially in Terminal Server environments where administrators usually put a lot of effort in getting applications to work on one hand and securing the Terminal Server environment on the other hand.
By enabling Security Descriptors during sequencing an application (switched on by default), permissions on the windows file system are "pulled into the bubble" (not the registry, thanks for the heads-up by Brian Kelly). The sequencer always captures security descriptors during sequencing, but only with the Enforce Security Descriptors setting checked, the client enforces them on the file system drive at runtime.
So if a users group on the Sequencer had read rights on the D:\APP-X folder, these rights are stored in the Virtual Environment. Once streamed and run on the client, the user cannot edit in this particularly folder. In this manner you can set permissions on parts of the Virtual Environment and secure parts of being modified by a user.
So if the check box is switched on the permissions are stored inside the virtual environment.
Good question! Like I mentioned above, one of the biggest advantages of SoftGrid always was that users had sort of Full Control rights within their virtual environment. The advantage especially for Terminal server environments was huge.
I don't see the advantage of switching the "Enforce Security Descriptors" setting on by default. I can imagine this option can be useful with some applications which need to have certain restricted permissions on parts of the virtual file system. For instance, some (badly written) applications need to have restrictions on parts of the virtual file system to ensure that settings don't get corrupted or that .PKG files don't grow excessively.
Because this situation only applies to some applications it is my opinion that the Security Descriptors should not be switched on for every application but just for the applications where you're facing a problem that can be solved by using Security Descriptor Enforcement.
How to switch the enforcement off by default?
This is not too difficult. The first step is to create a default.sprj (if you do not already have one): Launch the Sequencer, go to the tools menu and select options. On the options screen go to exclusion items and click on "Save As Default".
I know this is a weird place for saving default settings. Don't bother and just browse to the program directory of the Sequencer (by default C:\Program Files\Microsoft Application Virtualization Sequencer) and open the default.sprj file. This is an XML file. Besides a lot of other settings, you can also set the Security Descriptors option in this file. Just set the value of the "UseSecurityDescriptors" option to "No" and you're done.


With blockchain technology a new era has begun in the world of automation. This will bring about major changes in the primary processes and operations. Perhaps you have already wondered why the blockchain is seen as the most important development of the coming years. What is going to happen? Do I need a masterclass about this new technology?


January has been an eventful month for the Botswanan supermarket chain in one of its most important international markets. Riots sparked by the government's January 12th announcement that it was more than doubling the retail price of fuel saw nine Choppies outlets in Harare and Bulawayo looted, with four of these extensively damaged by fire. Choppies CEO Ram Ottapathu estimated the total loss to the retailer at around USD9 million, inclduing USD2.5 million in lost stock.
A number of videos of this activity were posted to social media. "Looking at the nature of destruction, particularly Choppies Supermarkets, it is clear that it was not random looting, but it was planned," Zimbabwean industry and commerce minister Nqobizitha Mangaliso Ndlovu claimed.
A week later, it was revealed that former vice president Phelekezela Mphoko's family had given up their claim to a 51% shareholding in Choppies' Zimbabwean subsidiary (for more information on this dispute, read our previous story). According to a joint statement issued by lawyers representing both parties, "The shareholders and directors have amicably settled all issues … the Mphokos have disinvested from Nanavac Investments, trading as Choppies Supermarkets Zimbabwe, and have no further interests in the company and the business." Financial details of this settlement were not disclosed.
All of this raises two questions – did looting paved the way for this deal and was the looting itself a stratagem intended to bring about that very end? Despite the considerable political and economic risks involved in doing business in Zimbabwe, this market has yielded healthy profits for both Choppies and Pick n Pay over recent years – due in large part to a lack of competition.
Now that this dispute has been resolved, Choppies may finally get around to publishing its results for the 12 months to June 2018, which are now almost four months overdue (for more information, click here).


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500-year-old Case of Spontaneous Teleportation
Plaza Mayor in Mexico City where Spanish soldier Gil Pérez suddenly appeared. (Wikipedia)
This is a very interesting legend, suggesting that nearly 500 years ago, a man transported himself instantaneously over 9000 nautical miles.The story goes like this. Gil Perez was a member of the Filipino Guardia Civil and worked as a guard at the palace of the Governor General in Manila, Philippines. He was a typical soldier, doing his duty for the government regardless of any circumstances that arose during this time — even spontaneous teleportation to another country.
On October 24, 1593, Gil Perez was guarding the Governor's palace in Manila. Chinese pirates had assassinated the governor, Gomez Perez Dasmarinas, the night before, but the guards still guarded the palace awaiting the appointment of a new governor. Gil Perez felt tired and decided to lean against a wall and rest his eyes for a moment. When he woke up, he was in a completely unfamiliar place. He didn't have any idea what was going on, so he continued to do his guard duties until he was approached by other guards who started asking him questions and telling him that he was in Mexico City's Plaza Mayor.
Gil Perez told them about his supposed teleportation and assassination of his country's governor. Nobody in Mexico City knew about the assassination yet, but Gil Perez was reportedly wearing the uniform of the palace guards in Manila and because of that he was placed in jail since authorities thought he might be a deserter or a servant of the devil. Two months later, a ship arrived from the Philippines, bringing news of the governor's death. The crew said that they knew Gil Perez, though they did not have any idea he was in Mexico City. The last time they had seen him was on October 23 at the palace, the last day before his supposed teleportation.
The authorities in Mexico City decided to release Gil Perez and send him home. Gil Perez returned to Manila and continued his service as a palace guard. He was fortunate that he did not end up in a country where Spanish was not spoken or worse, in a harsh terrain like the ocean, desert or arctic tundra. Some sources say that the story was not told until 100 years after it reportedly occurred. Other sources say that authorities documented the occurrence immediately. Unfortunately, it is impossible to prove or disprove Gil's case of teleportation.
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Nevertheless, it is an intriguing legend that goes to show that human fascination with spontaneous transporting from one place to another is not something created by modern science fiction movies. Legends of this supposed phenomenon were told hundreds of years ago.
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Seeing as we're Sunday today and tomorrow's Monday, I'm just squeaking in with a Mojo Monday 264 play along. This birthday card with its center 3D bird image is just right for my mother's fall birthday. She likes birds and fall colors are her favorite – orange, rust, browns. I had already decided on my paper color scheme when I saw this week's Mojo Monday card by Julee Tilman. As you can see, I was inspired by her work. I've had these metal corners a while and I hardly ever think to put them on a card. Her card reminded me that I had them and I think they look perfect here.
I see more 3D images here in Europe than the States. We even have a card magazine devoted to 3D cards – Créatif Spécial Cartes 3D. I enjoy the process of using these 3D images as much as the outcome. I like cutting out the individual images. I challenge myself to see just how precisely I can cut. I think the Dutch must really like 3D images; it seems all the best 3D sheets are manufactured there.
Paper – Folia Basics Red, Tim Holtz Kraft Core, Kars cardstock, Cardmaking and Papercrafting freebie, old sheet music. 3D sheet – Mireille Crafts. Stamp – Verve Happy Birthday. Dies – Sissix swirl, Artemio circles. Embellishments – metal daisy corners, button, ribbon, embroidery thread.
Such rich colors and amazing detail!
Cette carte est superbe ! Ce n'est pas évident la 3D car il faut être habile pour le découpage mais cela n'est pas un problème pour vous. Merci de votre visite sur mon blog. Amicalement.


Contrary to the famous characters he portrayed, Bogart came from an upper middle class background. He was born on December 25, 1899 in New York City. His father, Humphrey DeForest Bogart, was a well-known surgeon and his mother, Maud Humphrey, was a reputable artist and illustrator. Having ample financial means, the Bogarts wanted only the best for young Humphrey. His education was in the finest east coast institutions such as Trinity School and the Phillip's Academy in Andover, Maryland. In school he prepared to study medicine, but Humphrey's grades were not spectacular. An incident with a faculty member at Phillips, and his bad grades, got Bogart kicked out of school and enrolled in the Navy.
Bogart's enlistment in the U.S. Navy led to the trademark scar that he flashes in his movies. Just how he obtained the scar is not certain, but there are two probable stories. One story claims that a piece of shrapnel struck him while he was serving on the USS Leviathan. The other story claims that he received the scar from a fight with a prisoner he was escorting. According to the story, the prisoner asked for a light for his cigarette, and while Bogart was getting out his lighter, the prisoner struck him in the face with his handcuffs and tried to run. Bogart then got up and shot the prisoner as he tried to flee. Either way, the Navy gave Bogart a trademark that became part of every tough guy he portrayed.
Once he was released from the Navy, Bogart went to work as a clerk for on old family friend named William Brady. Brady's daughter, actress Alice Brady, thought Bogart may be a good actor and got him into theatre, but the reviews he received were not stellar. Though the critics were harsh on him, Bogart continued to find steady work in the theatre, and was able to make a living. While doing live theatre, he met Helen Menken, a reputed stage actress. Menken was attracted to Bogart and Bogart was entranced with Menken's success. Soon the two were married, though love was not really a part of their relationship. After only a year they were quickly divorced.
Bogart then married another theatre actress named Mary Phillips. At the time, Bogart was trying to breathe new life in his stale theatre career, and he decided that he needed to move to Hollywood and try movies. Mary wanted to stay in New York and continue her acting career. A long distance relationship developed as Humphrey tried to make his way into films and Mary became the breadwinner with her theatre career. Bogart eventually moved to Hollywood full time with Mary. But she did not want to give up her New York theatre career, and after being in Hollywood only a few months, Mary moved back to New York and the marriage was over.
The first move to Hollywood, career wise, was not sensational for Bogart. The first few movies he made were box office busts, forcing him to bounce around between the major film companies pursuing work. In the movies, he mostly played immature young men and romantic interests. But after years of playing the same roles, he was losing his youthful looks, and he could no longer pass for the young men he portrayed. He returned to New York to try to find a way to restart his career. He soon found a role as the maniacal killer Duke Mantee in the play "The Petrified Forest." For the audition, Bogart did not shave for days and wore raggedy clothes so he would look the part. The play soon turned into a movie and Bogart was cast to be Mantee in the film version as well. The movie landed him a contract with Jack Warner and Warner Bros. Studio, and he was on his way, or so he thought.
The first move to Hollywood, career wise, was not sensational for Bogart. The first few movies he made were box office busts, forcing him to bounce around between the major film companies pursuing work. In the movies, he mostly played immature young men and romantic interests.
But after years of playing the same roles, he was losing his youthful looks, and he could no longer pass for the young men he portrayed.
He returned to New York to try to find a way to restart his career. He soon found a role as the maniacal killer Duke Mantee in the play "The Petrified Forest." For the audition, Bogart did not shave for days and wore raggedy clothes so he would look the part. The play soon turned into a movie and Bogart was cast to be Mantee in the film version as well. The movie landed him a contract with Jack Warner and Warner Bros. Studio, and he was on his way, or so he thought.
Although the movie was a huge hit, Warner was not interested in making Bogart his next big star. Warner already had names like James Cagney in his stable, so Bogart was left to star in many forgettable films. At this time Bogart was able to make a few good movies when he was loaned to other studios, but he would return to Warner to be stuck with more forgettable roles.
His personal life was not as successful as his onscreen career. After divorcing Mary Phillips, Bogart met Mayo Methot on the set of the movie "Marked Woman." Methot was an alcoholic with a very bad temper. But in spite of this, a marriage followed, a rocky one, to say the least. Numerous are the stories of the public arguments and fights they had. It was not uncommon for them to slap, hit, punch, and even throw things at each other. Methot, who was very jealous, would follow Bogart on movie shoots and constantly accuse him of cheating on her with other actresses.
Bogart, who had previously liked to drink, really began to hit the bottle as his horrendous marriage dragged on. It was during the filming of "To Have and Have Not" that Bogart met Lauren Bacall. He was immediately smitten with her, and the two fell in love. Methot tried to hold on to her husband, but she eventually saw it was fruitless and, in 1945, divorced him. Bogart and Bacall were married 11 days after his divorce and lived as a happy couple until Bogart passed away.


Powerful & immersive captures of people crazy in love.
that their wedding was a complete blur. There are so many moving parts to delegate and so much excitement that the day seems to end as quickly as it began.
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The Ipswich SuperSprint was an annual motor racing event for Supercars, held at Queensland Raceway near Ipswich, Queensland. The event was a regular part of the Supercars Championship—and its previous incarnations, the Shell Championship Series and V8 Supercars Championship—from 1999 to 2019.

Format
The event was staged over a three-day weekend, from Friday to Sunday. Four thirty-minute practice sessions were held, two on Friday and   one each on Saturday and Sunday. Saturday featured a three-stage knockout qualifying session which decided the grid positions for the following 120 kilometre sprint race. Sunday featured a repeat of the Saturday qualifying format with a longer 200 km race distance following.

History

Queensland Raceway opened in 1999 and immediately joined the championship calendar, taking over from Lakeside Raceway as the home of the series in Queensland. In 1999 and 2000 the event hosted both a sprint round and the Queensland 500 endurance event, the first circuit to host multiple rounds in one year since Lakeside held two rounds in 1991. In the inaugural sprint event, Garth Tander scored his first career round win despite not winning a race during the weekend. He was originally declared the winner of the third race when John Bowe was disqualified for passing under a yellow flag, but Bowe was later reinstated in the results. The sprint event was dropped for 2001 with only the endurance event remaining on the calendar.

The 500-kilometre Supercars endurance race returned to Sandown Raceway in 2003 and Queensland Raceway returned to hosting a sprint round of the championship. In the aftermath of the 2004 event, round winner Marcos Ambrose was disqualified due to the discovery of an additional wire in the ECU wiring loom. The points were later reinstated on appeal. Jason Richards had a major accident during the 2005 event, after a touch from Paul Morris sent Richards' car over a kerb and into a series of rollovers. Garth Tander dominated the event in 2006 and 2007, winning five of the six races across the two years, before Mark Winterbottom won consecutive events in 2008, at which James Courtney won his first championship race, and 2009.

Craig Lowndes won five consecutive races at the event across 2011 and 2012, while Chaz Mostert won his first championship race during the 2013 event. Lowndes went on to win the event again in 2014 and 2016 to leave him with a record seven event wins at the circuit, six sprint rounds and the 2000 Queensland 500. Queensland Raceway was not included on the calendar for the 2020 Supercars Championship, the first year the circuit was not included, as either a sprint or endurance event, since it was opened in 1999.

The circuit was later considered for a substitute place on both the 2020 and 2021 calendars due to the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, however in both years the plan did not come to fruition.

Winners

Notes
  – In 1999 and 2000, Queensland Raceway also hosted a second championship round, the Queensland 500.

Multiple winners

By driver

By team

By manufacturer

Notes
  – Prodrive Racing Australia was known as Ford Performance Racing from 2003 to 2014, hence their statistics are combined.
  – DJR Team Penske was known as Dick Johnson Racing from 1980 to 2014, hence their statistics are combined.

Event names and sponsors
 1999–2000, 2004: Queensland Raceway
 2003: BigPond 300
 2005, 2007: Queensland 300
 2006: BigPond 400
 2008: City of Ipswich 400
 2009: Queensland House and Land.com 300
 2010: City of Ipswich 300
 2011–12: Coates Hire Ipswich 300
 2013: Coates Hire Ipswich 360
 2014: Coates Hire Ipswich 400
 2015: Coates Hire Ipswich Super Sprint
 2016–18: Coates Hire Ipswich SuperSprint
 2019: Century Batteries Ipswich SuperSprint

See also
 Queensland 500
 List of Australian Touring Car Championship races

References

Motorsport in Queensland
Sport in Ipswich, Queensland

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PPC's Global HQ achieves ISO 14001 : 2015 certification
Posted by Krista Tysco
Here at PPC Broadband, we're constantly looking for ways to minimize our environmental footprint through a commitment to energy efficiency, recycling, waste reduction and conservation.
We're excited to announce the Environmental Management System (EMS) in operation at our East Syracuse headquarters has been awarded ISO 14001:2015 certification.
ISO 14001 comprises of a family of internationally agreed standards that have been developed by ISO Technical Committee ISO/TC 207 and its subcommittees.
It helps companies to minimize their impact on the environment by encouraging them to take stock of all the environmental issues that are relevant to their operation – things such as air pollution, water and sewage, waste management, soil contamination and climate change mitigation.
As with all ISO standards, ISO 14001 has a commitment to continuous improvement and encourages organizations to give prominence to environmental management within their strategic planning processes.
While accredited ISO 14001 certification isn't a requirement, achieving this recognition through independent third-party certification sends a clear signal to customers, stakeholders and suppliers that the standard has been thoroughly understood and implemented.
For PPC, this latest ISO certification has provided a means to:
demonstrate compliance with current (and future) statutory and regulatory requirements
increase leadership involvement and employee engagement
encourage improved environmental performance of suppliers by integrating them into the organization's business systems
secure a greater competitive advantage through improved efficiency and reduced costs
PPC's Sustainability Management Plan
As part of its program of environmental responsibility, PPC has created a Sustainability Management Plan, which formalizes those already-achieved goals and sets out the company's plans for the future.
The plan is organized into five areas of focus: Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Supply; Waste Management and Recycling; Clean Transportation; Greenhouse Gas Management; and Employee and Community Well-Being.
So what has been achieved so far?
Innovative recycling practices
PPC's East Syracuse, NY headquarters is a Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) certified low-quantity waste generator, which means it aims to achieve less than 2,000 pounds of waste per month.
PPC has done even better than that though. The introduction of advanced recycling programs means the company is actually currently generating less than 500 pounds of waste per month, placing it well within the DEC requirement.
Where PPC once used up to 100,000 gallons of oil per year, the implementation of an on-site oil recycling system has seen that figure dramatically reduce to just 3,500 gallons per year.
In other innovative recycling practices, all scrap metal chips are spun in a centrifuge to achieve a moisture content of less than 2%; 100 tons of paper and cardboard are recycled annually; pallets are chipped into landscape mulch and reclaimed soap is used for floor cleaning.
Work is ongoing at PPC to improve energy efficiency through the automation of all heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) controls.
New equipment has been installed which balances the air flow and optimizes ventilation throughout the building.
The introduction of LED lighting, motion-controlled lighting systems and low-energy consumption air compressors is also helping to reduce energy use.
Waste reduction products
Much has been done to reduce the amount of product packaging for PPC's customers.
The traditional cardboard cable reel and box has been upgraded to the Cable Tote – a reusable plastic reel and zippered branded bag – which eliminates two cubic feet of cardboard, two plastic frames, four nylon straps and up to 50 feet of cable waste per reel.
The Cable Tote has enabled PPC to eliminate more than 1.7 million cubic feet of cardboard and over 800,000 pounds of plastic waste.
It has also enabled a massive reduction in required storage space, with 40,000 feet of cable now fitting into the equivalent amount of space as 27,000 feet of the old cardboard reel or boxed packaging.
Continuing the momentum
PPC takes its responsibility to environmental sustainability very seriously. And while much has been achieved so far, there is plenty more to be done.
Among our goals for the next few years are:
the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions
the elimination of plastic from all outgoing packaging
the development of an incentive program of carpooling parking spots and public transportation stipends to reduce employee travel-related emissions
the conversion of all company-owned vehicles to hybrid, alternative fuel or electric
the initiation of on-site renewable energy generation, to offset future growth and energy demands
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Q: awk string manipulation I am trying to manipulate a string using awk.
Input
ABCD|98855.9849:122,9440.9886:3434|TEST

Output
ABCD|98855.9849:122,9440.9886:3434|TEST|122

I tried the command below
echo "ABCD|9885.9849:122,9440.9886:3434|TEST" |
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but I get
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How to do it?

A: This can be done within a single awk using the split()  function:
$ awk -F"|" -v OFS="|" '{split($2, arr, "[,:]"); print $1, $2, $3, arr[2]}' input
ABCD|9885.9849:122,9440.9886:3434|TEST|122

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*-v OFS="|" sets the output field separator, so I can do print $1, $2, ... without having to specify the | each time.

*split($2, arr, "[;,]") splits the contents of $2 into the array arr, using the separator regex [,:] (just like FS).


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Travellers can build on '£3m site' bought for bargain £95k despite court order to leave
The group bought a six-acre cattle field for a bargain £95,000 before moving in lorry loads of hard-core during a Bank Holiday weekend
Louie Smith
An aerial view of the travellers' camp on land that they purchased in Little Hadham, Herts (Image: Paul Davey/SWNS)
Travellers have been granted planning permission to build homes in an upmarket village despite being ordered to leave by a High Court judge.
The group bought a six-acre cattle field for a bargain £95,000 before moving in lorry loads of hard-core during a Bank Holiday weekend.
They were handed a High Court injunction, which they later received suspended prison sentences for breaching.
But an appeal against the local council's planning refusal has been successful - granting permission for 10 caravans and 10 mobile homes on the site in Little Hadlam, Hertfordshire.
People living in the posh commuter village, where homes sell for up to £1.7million, include former England football star Matthew Upson.
Hundreds of letters have been sent to the local council opposing the site -which locals estimate to be worth £3milliom if developed.
The travellers' camp in Little Hadham, Herts (Image: SWNS)
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Gary Woods wrote: "Should this application be allowed it will do nothing other than promote a massive security risk to the homes and businesses in the area and slash millions off local properties in the area.
"The people in this area have worked their whole lives to secure homes of this value and l do not see why we should be disadvantaged in this way to the tune of a whole life's work."
Villager Carol Riley added: "The use of this land is agricultural and should remain as such.
"The travellers' site will have a massive impact on house prices.
"The land was obtained deceitfully. The travellers have ignored the injunction."
In late 2018 the group of travellers bought land on the outskirts of Little Hadham, Herts., which had been used to graze cows for the previous 15 years.
Travellers' camp in Little Hadham, Herts, where the group have been granted permission to stay (Image: SWNS)
Villagers have voiced their concern about the land (Image: SWNS)
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During the course of the Easter bank holiday weekend - when council workers were on holiday - they moved heavy building equipment onto the site.
East Herts Council immediately applied for an injunction against the works, which was granted by the High Court.
A planning application made by the travellers was later turned down, and they were ordered to leave.
But an appeal against the decision, which went to a public enquiry, has now found in their favour.
Explaining the ruling, a planning inspector said the site was a "sustainable location for a gypsy and traveller site in relation to accessibility to services and facilities".
The official added that "the development would not unduly harm that character and appearance of the surrounding area".
A spokesman for EHC said: "We are extremely disappointed with the outcome.
We will be taking further legal advice and looking at our options."
Travellers have been given planning permission for the sprawling site on the outskirts of the upmarket rural village (Image: SWNS)
Grandfather who burned crying baby grandson to death in stove jailed for 15 years
There are understood to be as many as 50 travellers currently living at the site.
The planning permission allows access roads and hardstandings to be built for 10 caravans and 10 mobile homes.
One traveller called Tommy who lives on the site previously said: "When we get planning permission, we are going to tarmac the whole field.
"We want to get water and electricity – we want to put up lights and gates.
"We don't want to raise our children at the side of a road. Wherever we go, we get moved on.
"We want our children to be registered with GPs and learn how to read and write in schools.
"We have pregnant women who will need to give birth soon in hospital.
"It is better that we are here than in a school field or park."
Friday 19th April 2019 – Travellers move on site and build illegal encampment Saturday 20th April – East Herts Council successfully instructs barrister to seek High Court injunction stopping work April 30th – Travellers lodge planning application July 23rd – East Herts Council does not grant permission.
September 5th 2019 – Defendants found in breach of injunction and an appeal to vary it is also dismissed. They are ordered to leave the site.
September 24th 2019 - HHJ Judge Graham Wood QC imposes sentences upon the Defendants of 12 weeks imprisonment but suspended for 12 months. The Judge did not require the Defendants to leave the site immediately pending their planning appeal.
December 2019 – Public inquiry for a change of use of land to 10 Traveller pitches accommodating the siting of 10 mobile homes and stationing of 10 touring caravans and 10 utility buildings, formation of access road and hardstandings closed on the 10th December 2019 with a site visit on 11th December 2019.
February 2020 – Appeal is successful and planning inspector rules travellers can stay.


M Nageswara Rao first took charge as interim chief of the CBI in October.
M Nageswara Rao's appointment as the interim chief of the Central Bureau of Investigation after the removal of Alok Verma from the top job was challenged in the Supreme Court on Monday.
An NGO filed a petition through advocate Prashant Bhushan seeking a direction to cancel the government's order appointing Mr Rao as the acting director of the agency.
Mr Rao took over the top job last Friday after Mr Verma's sacking by a high-powered panel headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He promptly reversed all decisions taken in the previous two days by his then boss.
Every decision made by Mr Verma was cancelled, sources said. Mr Verma, after returning to work, had reversed many transfers ordered by Mr Rao, mostly of members in his team, and also ordered the transfer of five officers.
The 1986-batch Odisha cadre Indian Police Service officer first took charge as interim chief under dramatic circumstances on October 23, around 2 am, after Mr Verma was divested of his powers and sent away.
The NGO also sought a direction to the government to appoint a regular director of the CBI as per the rules.


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Buttner, Fox News biz journalist, dies at 55
by Chris Roush · February 20, 2017
Brenda Buttner
Brenda Buttner, the longtime host of Fox News' "Bulls & Bears," died Monday after a battle with cancer, reports Kate Feldman of the New York Daily News. She was 55.
Feldman writes, "The financial reporter, who graduated from Harvard University in 1983 and spent two years as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University, got her professional start at an NBC affiliate in Reno, Nev., before hosting CNBC's 'The Money Club' and serving as a correspondent from 1990 to 1998.
"The New Jersey resident joined Fox News in 2000 and served as a senior business correspondent and host of 'Bulls and Bears.'
"'Women are not afraid to simply admit they don't know about something, which men rarely do,' she told the Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel in 1997. 'So women realize there is no such thing as a stupid question when it comes to understanding an investment.'
"Fox News host Neil Cavuto honored his colleague on the air Monday.
"'In her sickest moments, battling an unrelenting cancer, there was Brenda, cheering you on,' he said.
"'Business journalism is never going to be the same. I just don't know, now that she's gone, whether we'll ever be.'"
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Chris Roush is the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.
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Express Logic and IAR Launch Thread-Safe Library Support
San Diego, CA (August 02, 2011)
Express Logic, Inc., the worldwide leader in royalty-free real-time operating systems (RTOS), today announced thread-safe library support for the IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM (EWARM). Thread-safe support protects applications by ensuring that only one thread has access to a function and its data at a time. Developers using Express Logic's popular THREADX® RTOS and IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM can use IAR's DLIB C/C++ library functions in application threads without risk of interference from other threads' use of the same functions.
In a multithreaded environment, application threads may be pre-empted at any time by higher-priority threads. When a pre-empted thread is in the middle of a DLIB library function, it may be interrupted without a chance to complete its use of the data relevant to that function. If the pre-empting thread happens to use the very same function, it might find some of that function's data in the middle of an update by the pre-empted thread, creating the real possibility of error for both threads.
"Many of our customers desire the advanced RTOS services of THREADX, but also must make use of DLIB functions in the same application threads," said Lotta Frimanson, Product Manager at IAR Systems. "Now, Express Logic's support for thread-safe library operation enables DLIB to be used in a multithreaded environment without risk of error from simultaneous multithreaded access."
To prevent such errors, DLIB locks such vulnerable functions with a mutex, preventing more than one thread from using the function. Once that thread completes its use of the function, it returns the mutex, allowing another thread to gain access to the function. To implement this protection, each such function "gets" a mutex at the beginning of a function call and "puts" it back at the end. The mutex is a service provided by THREADX, and is automatically used by the DLIB function as a result of this joint development by Express Logic and IAR.
"Achieving this joint solution extends the long-standing relationship Express Logic and IAR share in supporting customers with technology that contributes secure, robust solutions," noted William E. Lamie, founder and CEO of Express Logic. "Now joint customers can safely use DLIB functions in a multithreaded environment, protected by THREADX mutex objects that make certain that only one thread at a time has access to critical sections within these routines."


British entrepreneur and alumnus, Sean Yazbeck, has been awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Business.
British entrepreneur and alumnus, Sean Yazbeck, has been awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Business by Solent University today (Wednesday 11 July 2018).
He said: "I'm very excited to be receiving this award. It's always nice to be recognised for one's achievements in life, but it's particularly nice to be recognised by my university where I graduated many years ago."
After receiving the U.S. EB1 Greencard for "person of extraordinary ability", he was selected to compete on Donald Trump's The Apprentice, which he subsequently won. Sean went on to work with Donald Trump to build the Trump SoHo Hotel in New York and appear on subsequent episodes of The Apprentice as a boardroom judge.
After leaving the Trump organization, Sean went on to found Wavsys, which was named one of Inc. 500's 'Fastest Growing Companies in America'. He also won the Entrepreneur of the Year award from the British Government's Department of UK Trade & Investment (UKTI).
Today, Sean lives between Miami and London and is a Visiting Fellow at Solent University. He is the founder and CEO of several technology companies including the supply chain software company, Scopeworker, which recently signed a multi-billion dollar deal with a US telecoms carrier, Sprint.
Sean has received the honorary title of Kentucky Colonel from Kentucky Governor, Steve Beshear, and has had a day named after him by Miami-Dade County. He plays polo for the Grand Champions Polo Club in Wellington, Florida and is a member of the Miami chapter of The Young Presidents' Organization (YPO), a global network of young chief executives. Sean is also a patron of multiple US and UK based charities that focus on the arts.
To this day, Sean believes that his degree has proven to be his most important life achievement, as it has had a domino effect on a list of subsequent life and career accomplishments.
He said: "Graduating from Solent was the ticket to the path to start my career. Without that degree I wouldn't have had a lot of the opportunities that were presented to me subsequently. I think everyone knows obviously that I won The Apprentice, but more recently signing my first billion-dollar deal was a huge achievement."
Passing on advice to students graduating today, he added: "As you begin your path and your life, continually revisit that notion of stretching yourself, taking yourself outside of your comfort zone and putting yourself in that area where you're treading water and your feet can't quite touch the bottom, because when you stretch yourself, that's when you're going to have an opportunity for success."


The Leafs' 4-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres last night was a good sight better than that atrocity of a game against the Sabres on Friday night, but I am still angry that they could have swept the Sabres in their home-and-home series if they hadn't had that ludicrous meltdown in the third period in Buffalo. It was just another example of a blown opportunity this season, one of what seems like a countless number of them. However, last night, the Leafs outskated the Sabres and even managed to chase Buffalo's brilliant goaltender, Ryan Miller, from the net in the second period. The defense, surprise of surprises, managed to almost completely shut down the deadly quick Buffalo offense and Andrew Raycroft played like a number one goalie, making big saves when called upon.
Despite this positive game, the Leafs are going to be hard pressed to make the playoffs with seven games left in their season. They are two points out of the final playoff spot and have the most difficult schedule of all the teams vying for the eighth seed.
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A study from the journal of Bone Marrow Transplantation shows that older multiple myeloma patients who received a transplant of their own stem cells following chemotherapy survived significantly longer than patients who received the standard treatment of chemotherapy alone. Multiple myeloma is a cancer affecting plasma cells, a type of white blood cell which normally produces antibodies. In multiple myeloma, abnormal plasma cells accumulate in the bone marrow and interfere with the production of normal blood cells. Almost two-thirds of patients are over 65 years of age. While there is currently no cure for multiple myeloma, advances in treatment have substantially improved survival, especially in younger patients (under age 65). However, the improvements in survival among older adults have been modest compared with the improvements seen in younger adults.
The preferred treatment for patients under 65 is high-dose chemotherapy combined with autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT). Autologous refers to the transplant of a patient's own cells. The cells used to treat multiple myeloma are hematopoietic stem cells, a type of stem cell which forms the blood system. The current study looked back at a total of 146 patients who were treated at the Washington University School of Medicine, with a median age of 68 years and an age range of 65 to 77. A group of 62 patients received the combined chemotherapy and ASCT treatment, and 84 patients received chemotherapy only. The group that received the combined treatment survived an average (median) of 56.0 months, while the group receiving only chemotherapy survived an average of 33.1 months. Three years after treatment, the survival rate among the combined treatment group was 78.3%, compared with 49.5% survival among the group that did not receive ASCT.
Although the benefits of ASCT are well established in younger adults, its benefits for older adults have not been as clear. In fact, previous trials specifically excluded patients over the age of 65, with a median age of 55 to 57 among patients in the trials. The current study shows that ASCT can provide significant benefits for older patients. Future studies will prospectively enroll greater numbers of patients and track their survival over a period of years to further establish the effectiveness of ASTC in older patients.
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One of one of the most typical electrical wiring inquiries is on how to wire a swap. While making use of switches in the home is fairly straightforward, wiring one may not be that simple for everyone. An ON-OFF switch is definitely quite simple to wire. There are actually different kinds of switches, but for this example, let us say you are setting up a single-pole toggle switch, a very popular change (as well as the simplest).
You will discover 3 hues of wires inside of a standard single-pole toggle switch: black, white, and eco-friendly. Splice the black wire in two and link them about the terminal screws - just one on top plus the other about the bottom screw of the swap. The white wire serves to be a resource of uninterrupted electricity and is typically related into a mild colored terminal screw (e.g., silver). Connect the eco-friendly wire into the ground screw of your change.
These ways would normally be sufficient to create a normal swap function and not using a problem. On the other hand, in the event you are not assured which you can execute the undertaking appropriately and safely you superior enable the pros do it in its place. Soon after all, you can find a explanation why this process is without doubt one of the most common electrical wiring concerns requested by most of the people.
For some rationale, how you can wire a ceiling fan is also considered one of the most prevalent electrical wiring thoughts. To simplify this process, you should use a single swap for a single ceiling fan. To wire the admirer, it's just a make any difference of connecting the black wire from the ceiling fan towards the black wire of your change. When there is a light, the blue wire ought to be linked for the black wire in the change too.
You will find reasons why these are probably the most typically asked electrical wiring concerns. 1, lots of believe it really is simple to perform, and two, they're the widespread electrical tasks at home. But then you definitely shouldn't put your protection at risk in the aim to economize. The stakes could even be substantially greater in the event you try to save cash and do an electrical wiring task without having ample knowledge or expertise.