How accessible are our universities for students with disabilities?
When we talk about university transformation, race, gender and sexuality usually take centre stage of the discourse. The accessibility of the university environment for students with disabilities is often only thrown in as an afterthought, despite efforts towards intersectionality in most student movements. The Daily Vox looks at the structures that are currently in place and those proposed by the government to make university more accessible for students with disabilities.
Disability is an umbrella term for a range of physical, sensory and mental dispositions. South Africa's Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) uses the Washington Group's designations of disability. This ranges from sight and hearing disabilities, to mental illnesses and physical impairments. For individuals with disability, society can be quite inaccessible and discriminatory – ableist – towards them and this is no different for university spaces.
According to the Higher Education Management Information System data from 23 public universities, there are over 7,118 students with disabilities nationally – although this number is likely underestimated as not all students disclose their disabilities.
Some universities have Disability Rights Units (DRUs) which cater to the needs of students with disabilities. But as Marcia Lyner-Cleophas, the Head of Stellenbosch University's Disability Unit, told the Daily Vox, this is not necessarily a solution to the problem.
"We need to move towards campuses that are universally accessible, be that in the physical space, access to information or access to the teaching context. This means that as we become more universally accessible to the largest range of people in terms of ability, the more accessible we will be as a campus and the less reliant we will be on disability units," said Lyner-Cleophas.
As it stands, university DRUs play a pivotal role on campuses to students with disability. DRUs generally perform roles like arranging venues for students who require extra time for tests and exams, providing computers with specialised software, being the go-between for students and lecturers and acting as advocates for disability rights and awareness. Some go beyond this, advocating against student expulsion due to inability to meet deadlines, providing alternative transport options and making room to aid students who face difficulty studying.
But not all university DRUs offer the same services, as access to funding and resources are obviously different depending on the university. Reinette Popplestone, manager of the University of Cape Town's Disability Service, told the Daily Vox about this inter-university inequality.
"We are at the moment funding a student with quadriplegia. The disability unit is paying from donor funding for his care-assistant and we thus also pay for the care-assistant's accommodation in the residence. We did this because we knew that this was the only way he could complete his degree," said Popplestone.
Currently, the higher education department does not provide any exclusive funding to universities to cater to the needs of disabled students. So the ability of universities to be able to meet the needs of students with disability ultimately relies on the uncertainty of raising funds independently.
"It is a question of how progressive the leadership is in the units, how much they understand about disability and how ready the executive is to make the funds available. And the big thing, unfortunately, is that unless one is raising funds yourself – outside the university – you could never provide the services that places like UCT do," said Popplestone.
However, an important progressive shift regarding disability in higher education is currently taking place.
The DHET released their Ministerial Committee's report on the "Draft Policy Framework for Disability in the Post-School Education and Training System" on the 18th of November 2016.
It highlights a number of concerns surrounding the accessibility to higher education and training for disabled students – including the lack of a standard model defining disability, the inequality of DRUs, the need for efficient reporting and monitoring systems and the importance of funding set aside exclusively for universities to facilitate the needs of students with disabilities.
The DHET's draft policy framework remains open for public comment until the 28th of December 2016, but seems to be a long-overdue step in the right direction for disability justice.
But as Lyner-Cleophas points out, the task is not complete, even with the government's recommendations.
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I know that one of the options is to include vars_files and use it with each of the playbook. Example: - include: abc.yml
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I am using Ansible 1.9.3.

A: First I would really recommend you to update your Ansible to latest version. It is very easy to do so, no reason to stay behind.
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b. Separating into a variable file, as you already said:
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Other possibilities include:
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d. Registering output into variables
Additionally, which may be important for your case:
d. You can pass variables into includes:
tasks:
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  - include: wordpress.yml wp_user=alice
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e. Passing variables in command line:
ansible-playbook release.yml -k "version=1.23.45 other_variable=foo"

-k is shorthand for --exra-vars.
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27 September 2022 /
Jacinta Bowler
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We have seen less of our planet's ocean than we have the far side of the moon.
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"It took a fair amount of creativity to figure out how to do this," says MIT electrical engineer Fadel Adib.
"We were trying to minimise the hardware as much as possible, and that creates new constraints on how to build the system, send information, and perform image reconstruction."
Depending on who you ask, scientists suggest that more than 80 percent of our ocean has never been mapped, observed, or explored. This would make it less understood than Mars or the far side of the Moon.
For their energy requirements, underwater cameras can be tethered to a research vessel, or a ship can be sent to recharge the camera's batteries, but neither of these are ideal solutions when there's so much ocean to cover.
The team, with new research published in Nature Communications, developed a battery-free, wireless underwater camera. It's about 100,000 times more energy-efficient than other undersea cameras, and can take colour photos, even in dark underwater environments, transmitting that image data wirelessly through the water.
Overview of the design. Credit: Saad Afzal et al., Nature Communications, 2022.
The camera acquires energy using 'transducers' placed around the outside. These transducers are piezoelectric, which produce an electric signal when a mechanical force is applied to them.
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Active illumination in underwater backscatter imaging. Credit: Saad Afzal et al., Nature Communications, 2022.
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"The method's self-sustaining nature makes it desirable for massive, continuous, and long-term ocean deployments with many applications including marine life discovery, submarine surveillance, and underwater climate change monitoring."
The research has been published in Nature Communications.
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There are many components that separate humans from other animals, but perhaps one of the most distinct is the human development process. Humans have a relatively average gestation period: 266 days, as compared with 237 days for chimps, 33 days for rabbits, and 645 days for Asian elephants. Immediately after birth, however, humans tend to fall rapidly behind animals in rate of development. Though newborn sea turtles know immediately to clamber to the ocean and infant giraffes can stand and walk within hours of birth, human infants are especially helpless, and take an extraordinarily long time to mature.
The many years and developments of the human lifespan post-womb have provided ample material for scientists to puzzle over, from Antony van Leeuwenhoek speculating over the dynamics of conception in the 17th century to Erik Erikson establishing stages of psychosocial development in the 20th century to Margaret Gullette's naming of "age studies" and subsequent, widespread research on the topic in the 1990s.
Although there is detailed knowledge available for some stages of human development—for instance, the intimate descriptions of each week of fetal development—others leave many questions. Though it is recognized that adolescence often correlates with an increased ability to evaluate risks, for example, researchers struggle to understand how this reconciles with an acknowledged tendency for adolescents to be risk takers.
Possible answers, per Butte College's Suzanne Wakim & Mandeep Grewal, include that "adolescents have different values than adults, and therefore make different decisions about risky behaviors," or that "adolescents are genetically programmed to be risk takers;" but the real answer remains a mystery. Similarly, the largest stage of human development—adulthood—is also one of the most vaguely and murkily defined, particularly towards its end. Scientists ponder if there is "an upper limit on old age," "how to slow down aging," and how to understand "the causes of aging."
To explain the stages of human development, Stacker consulted the "Human Growth and Development" chapter of Wakim & Grewal's "Human Biology" textbook, available online via Biology LibreTexts (published in 2020).
It is also important to note that human development is a highly variable measurement. The following descriptions should not be perceived as applicable to all individuals, but rather, very broad generalizations.
Read on to learn about fertilization, death, and all the developments in between.
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#1. Fertilization
Fertilization—which takes place in the ovary—marks the beginning of the germinal stage. This stage comprises three processes. During chemotaxis, the egg emits chemical signals to direct the sperm towards it; during adhesion, the sperm attaches to the egg and blocks other sperm from entering; and during digestion, the sperm breaks down the outer membrane of the egg (known as the zona pellucida), allowing it to enter.
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#2. Cleavage
During the cleavage stage, the joined sperm and egg—by now a "zygote," comprising one single cell—undergoes mitosis, splitting into two cells. Thereafter, the cells continue to undergo mitosis every 12 to 24 hours, forming up to sixteen cells. By the fourth day of mitosis, the resulting cells cluster together in a ball confined in the zona pellucida, known as a morula.
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Between five and seven days after fertilization, the morula morphs into a blastocyst in a process called blastulation. During this time, the solid ball of cells—which at this point are undifferentiated—shift into a "fluid-filled ball of differentiated cells." For the time being, the blastocyst remains coated within the zona pellucida.
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The germinal stage ends with implantation, which begins eight or nine days after fertilization. During implantation, trophoblast cells emerge from the zona pellucida, penetrating the endometrium. The trophoblasts pull the blastocyst into the endometrium until it is fully embedded in the endometrium of the uterus.
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#7. Gastrulation
During gastrulation, epiblast and hypoblast cells form three cell layers—the mesoderm, ectoderm, and endoderm—known as "germ layers." Each of these layers will form distinctive internal matter: the endoderm will form the lungs, intestines, and bladder; the mesoderm will form the heart, blood, and bones; and the ectoderm will form the nervous system, eyes, and many connective tissues. Finally, a small hole (called a blastopore) forms, creating a tunnel through the embryo that will eventually become a digestive tube, with a mouth on one end and anus on the other.
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Football Seeks Third MIC Championship at Pike
The Trojan offensive line stares down North Central the Panther defense in the team's 47-0 win.
Earl Ridlen, Staff Writer
For most high school football teams in Indiana, this Friday's game will just be another four quarters on the field. For the Trojans, however, they will be competing for something much greater than the other teams: their third ever MIC championship.
"We've been playing teams that haven't been up to our level," said senior safety Braytton Spetter. "I think Pike this week has a chance to really challenge us. I feel like this week is going to be a challenge, and a win would really boost our confidence."
The Trojans are 6-0, and 5-0 in the MIC. They are winning with an average point differential of 40.0. They've given up a total of 26 points on the season. In last week's game, No. 2 Center Grove defeated Lawrence Central 66-0 after putting in their JV players in the second quarter. Going 5-0 in the MIC is an accomplishment that has not been achieved since the historic undefeated 2015 team.
"[We need to] play sound football," said Spetter. "We need to know our coverages and know what we're doing. They have a lot of athleticism, so we need to beat them with our brains."
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"We need to try to make big plays on offense," Spetter said. "We know we'll succeed in the small things. If we can make big plays we can come out on top and win the game."
A win this Friday would mean the Trojans would clinch at least a MIC co-championship, which is yet another feat that has not been accomplished since 2015. This would only be the third time it has ever happened; the only other time outside of 2015 being the 2007 season.
"It's the same thing we coaches always say," said safeties coach Tom Blanck. "We need to execute our game plan with great passion and enthusiasm. We need to come here every day and give it everything we've got, because that's all we can do to win."
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Shelby Talcott November 19, 2019
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy sent a letter Sunday to ABC News demanding answers surrounding allegations that the network killed a 2015 story about dead alleged child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, journalist Megyn Kelly said.
ABC News has come under fire after Project Veritas released a video of anchor Amy Robach Nov. 5 complaining that the network killed her interview with Epstein accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre. The anchor said Buckingham Palace threatened ABC News after finding out Prince Andrew was a part of the story and added that she "had all of" the reporting years ago.
"I am deeply concerned that this victim, in search of justice, went to ABC News, provided information and an interview, and then ABC News chose to bury the truth," McCarthy wrote to ABC News President James Goldston, according to Kelly's Instagram. She obtained an exclusive copy of the letter.
The letter accused the network of potentially causing fewer victims to come forward and allowing more people to become victims of human trafficking. McCarthy also requested more information from the network, including that ABC News present Robach's interview with Giuffre to Congress members.
McCarthy's letter also asks if ABC News was ever given more evidence about Epstein in between the time of the 2015 interview and when authorities arrested Epstein. He demanded the names of those involved in the decision to kill the story as well as their reasons and asked other questions.
GOP Reps. Mike T. McCaul of Texas and Doug A. Collins of Georgia also signed the letter.
"ABC News's initial response and subsequent actions reveal their priority is to identify and hold accountable the individual who released the video to the public," the letter reads. "We believe that uncovering the source of the information is incomparably less important than the possibility of exposing the source of a human trafficking operation."
ABC News allegedly contacted CBS after the leaked video, believing that a person who had access to the video was working at the outlet. CBS fired former ABC producer Ashley Bianco, 25, who was with CBS News for four days, after ABC executives allegedly informed CBS of the situation, journalist Yashar Ali previously reported.
Bianco denied having any involvement with leaking the video in an exclusive interview with Kelly Nov. 8. ABC News has been silent since the firing. After the leaked video, Robach walked back her comments and said that they did not have enough "sufficient evidence" to air the interview. ABC made a similar statement when the news broke and later confirmed it was actively looking for the person who leaked the video.
Kelly summed up the letter in a video.
"Congress now cracking down on ABC News … accusing ABC News of enabling Jeffrey Epstein by not reporting this story, suggesting additional victims may not have come forward and that minors may have gone on getting abused because ABC did not pursue the story," Kelly said.
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A brand-new program aims to offer support to the LGBT youth and young adults in the Cache Valley community, so they feel loved and accepted.
The LearnGrow Agency, founded by Jennifer Bergman, has been offering social work in the valley for the last 20 years and saw a need for support groups and resources.
April Stanger, CSW, has worked alongside Bergman and will be the director for their new support groups and resources.
"Our approach is that we want to celebrate that people are unique and help them find their strengths within," Stanger said. "We want those people who don't feel like they belong anywhere to know they do belong."
While working on her internship at Logan High School several years ago, Stanger was notified of five teen suicides. Their LGBT support group is discreetly located in downtown Logan, purposefully chosen to be just a short walk from Logan High.
"Many LGBT teens just don't know where to go. They feel alone," Stanger explained. "They have questions and need to feel loved and accepted."
There will be two different age ranges for the LGBT support groups. The first group will be held right after school on Tuesday from 3:30 pm- 4:30 pm for school-aged kids up to 18. Their second young adult group will be held later on Tuesday from 5:30 pm-6:30 pm for those 19-25. The groups will begin near the end of August.
Stanger said they plan to have ten people in each support group and will have as many groups as needed.
"If we get 30 teens signing up for this group, we will just create more groups. No one will be turned away," she explained.
The goals for the group include reducing anxiety, depression, and isolation, develop a connection, discover confidence and "live purposefully as the beautifully unique individual that you are."
The LearnGrow Agency will also offer other support groups for the community with topics like grief and recovery, empowerment, stress management, and emotional regulation.
For those interested in joining the group, Stanger said to email April.stanger@learngrow.life or call/text 508-470-2851.
Posted in Featured, Local, News, NewsTagged april stanger, jennifer Bergman, learngrow, learngrow agency, Lgbt, Logan High School, Mental Health
Crista Sorenson July 24, 2019 at 8:29 pm Reply
Since 2012 programs through Cache Pride Center (formally Outreach) have been providing these very resources. Logan Pride Foundation, formed as Cache Valley's LGBTQ+ 501c3 in 2017 has been working to bring spaces and activities for our Queer community and their allies. Reporting that there are no other resources available is not accurate.


Today felt like a tropical smoothie day, so I peeled my pineapple and seeded my papaya. I chopped them in readiness and I even chopped the banana. I went to get the mangos. There were no mangos in the fruit bowl and no mangos in the freezer. I live twelve miles to town so I didn't want to go to the store.
I was out of mangos for my tropical smoothie. I thought about just leaving them out but everything else was ready and it wouldn't be the same. Then, I saw the purple grapes in the refrigerator. They were fresh and tasty, so I substituted grapes and my tropical smoothie became a semitropical smoothie. It is just as good.
Remember to taste your fruit before you toss it in. I tasted the papaya and found it so good I had to stop myself from eating it so there would be some left for the smoothie. The pineapple wasn't as sweet as usual, but not tart. The fruit you use affects the final outcome.
I would love to know how to find a ripe pineapple. I read that you could pull the top leaves and if they come out easily, the pineapple is ripe. That doesn't work for me. I have only once found a pineapple with a loose leaf or two. Hmmm, maybe they are all green in the stores. I am not sure about that, but sometimes the leaves won't pull out and the pineapple is still lovely and sweet. I think I need some more input on that problem.
It is also true that since I live in a very small town, the stores probably have less turnover of products and buy them greener. If one is ripe, it is a fluke. When I bought my pineapple this morning, it was the last one they had.
I love the way a smoothie looks in the container when all the fruit is added and ready to blend. Colorful and fresh.
This makes one smoothie in a nutribullet. Blend until it is the consistency you like. You can garnish with mixed nuts, macadamia nuts, a sprig of mint or leave it plain. It is sweet enough for me, but some people might want to add a teaspoon of maple syrup to sweeten it a bit.
"Smoothies are sweetness in a glass"


Four-leaf clovers are said to be lucky – and so is the kid that will get to eat this snack! This delicious clover is also really simple to make and uses only 2 ingredients – lucky you too!
1. Using your small heart-shaped cookie cutter, slice 4 hearts out of your piece of honeydew melon. Place these hearts on a plate in a clover shape.
2. Using your knife, slice a long thin strip from the remaining honeydew melon for the clover's stem. Place the stem on the plate.
3. Take your Honey Kix cereal and arrange the cereal pieces along the outside of the 4 clover leaves.


Mesones de Isuela is situated in Spain, in the Aragon region where it is within Zaragoza. It is also a local administrative centre.
If you are planning a visit be sure to see the long range weather forecast for Mesones de Isuela and the Aragon region.
Natural highlights such as lakes, forests and mountains close to Mesones de Isuela.
Know Mesones de Isuela or operate a tourist attraction here?


Andy Xu's Blog | IMPROVE MY ENGLISH LEVEL!
It's a historical-fiction journal about the French Revolution I made. The thing that the reader should get from this e-book is that blind, cruel, and selfish emperor would overthrown by his people!
This video is made by me(Andy), Scarlett, and Kate, it's about French Revolution. We are narrating the history by telling the key points which picked from the timeline. All the photo in this video is made by us (we drew them). It's assessed for speaking. And we are talking in plain English so that everyone could understand!
The causes of revolution usually are because of the vicious governing of the governments, and the shabby situation people in that country had, such as poverty and starvation. There's a very appropriate example—–The Russian Revolution. The outbreak of the Russian Revolution was that the emperor (The Tsar) made a zillion of faulty constitutions.
The things that usually occur in the revolution are the government was getting weaker and weaker, and the revolutionaries were being mightier until they were competent to beat the wicked, moldy ruler. They(revolutionaries) would sponsor a final revolution (which is the determination of which side is the winner). In the Russian Revolution, Lenin and his regiments were playing the role of revolutionaries, they obtained a mass of soldiers. And when they realised that they were formidable enough to defeat the government, they made a revolution with no hesitation, and they overwhelmed the Tsar.
There're also some different results. Such as a partial of the Russia revolution, after the autocratic emperor "Tsar" abdicated, there's another undemocratic emperor just came out after several years, and the circumstances were getting worse and worse. And as expected, that evil emperor had also been overridden at last.
Revolution is the overhaul of a country, the purification and refresh of people's ideology, the termination of the incomplete constitution, and the threshold of a new dynasty. Basically, there's no any country could be alive without the revolutions from people, and the alteration of the emperor.
The name of the book I read is called "The Lacemaker And The Princess", the author is Kimberly Brubaker Bradley. The book is using some nonexistent character to tell the terrible and horrible situation in French at that time. The main character is called Isabelle, who's a poor lacemaker. She made the best friend with the princess of France. The situation for normal people at that time was pretty bad, but the life for the princess was very luxurious. Isabelle's brother told her that people in France were planning to sponsor a revolution because the blind of the emperor. Isabelle was entangle with that thing. One day she worked as hard as she could, and was late for playing with the princess, the princess was sad about it, but Isabelle was mad, she cried and told the shabby situation for people in France to the princess. Several months later, people forced the King and his family to move to another city in France. And 2 years later, the king had been overthrown.
The theme I got is that: The emperor is foolish if he cannot see what has happened to his people, and his people in France will overthrow him. This book could clearly prove the theme I got, the king in France at that time was very "blind", he didn't know the bad circumstance his country was having. When the people in his country was starving, he didn't notice that, and he overthrown by his people at last.
Claim: NASA should focus on the cold moon of Saturn (Titan) because it has the condition for lives, and we have already made a plan for it.
"The first proposal, called Dragonfly, would be unlike any project before: it would send a flying robot to an alien moon. The spacecraft would have a quadcopter – that is, four spinning helicopters – to help it move and fly around.
The robot would be equipped with instruments that could help it identify certain chemicals. These could give us clues to any living things on Titan.
In addition, the robot will be able to fly hundreds of miles to study the environment on Titan. This large, cold moon of Saturn has thick air. It also has lakes and rivers of a chemical called liquid methane. Scientists believe that a watery ocean may sit beneath the frozen outer layer of Titan.
According to the evidence, there's a plan for this project, so far, all the problems have been solved by the project designer. Elizabeth Turtle said the environment on Titan has the ingredients for life, that means maybe there are some alien creatures on that planet, so it's very important for us to discover that planets. The next step we should do is to make the quadcopter which is available to do that mission. Then we should do some experiments. And after that, I think we can send the quadcopter to Titan.
Today we made many chuars (chicken wings and lamp), it taste very good.
The things that I did well was cooking, I have learned a lot, including learned how to distribute the work properly to all the team members and how to make the taste of the chuar better. The obstacle for us was that we lost the grills, but later the teacher lend his grill to us. One Day is so important because it could let us learn more things which we can never learn them from the class! It's a memorable day!
I think we are making traditional Chuars. We will design our own Chuar and make the recipe. Later we will cook it. by ourselves.
Cut up the mutton and string it up.
Brush the oil before baking.
Preheat the oven to 220c before baking, sprinkle the mixture of ingredients 2 in the middle and bake for about 20 minutes.
Mix all ingredients well, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight (one more trip, one more day).
Recently, An USA space group "NASA" announced that they will send a Mars helicopter. It scheduled to launch in 2020, and touch down on Mars in 2021. The helicopter will do some test on Mars to make sure whether humans could survive on it or not. "The Mars helicopter's body is small and light, but it's blades are mighty. The atmosphere on Mars is very thin, only 1% as dense as Earth's, Mars helicopter needs strong blades to push enough air so that it could fly. The Mars helicopter has already done the ground breaking tests." (NASA.gov).
I think it is a hopeful project, Because if it success it would help us a lot on discovery and finding new accommodation. And if this project meet the failure, this event would pave the way for future missions!
I think the boxers were protecting their country, so they wouldn't deserve a bad rap.
I put some word around the picture because they have an attraction which could make people to read that book.
And the words on the bottom of the page is the theme of this book.
I put "Nothing could stop your pace" on the right of side of the picture, and that's also a theme in this book.
I made some main characters' pictures and some arrows to reveal their complicated relationship and that could absorb people to read this book as well.
There's a brief definition to show what this book is talking about and what is the conflict.
On the bottom of this page is the resolution.


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Arbor Snowboards Releases New Video Celebrating the Introduction of the Zygote Twin Artist Collab with C.R. Stecyk III
The Zygote Twin // C.R. Stecyk III Artist Collab from Arbor Collective on Vimeo.
The Zygote Twin is a non-symmetrical twin inspired by the shaping and heritage of early 80's skateboard designs. For 2016 we collaborated on the graphic with the cryptic narrator and historian of Southern California skateboarding, Craig Stecyk. As an artist, writer, and photographer during the adolescence of the Dog Town movement, Stecyk became the conduit that would bring recognition to the Z-Boys from Venice, California. For 20 years now, Arbor has called Venice home and we're proud to honor that heritage by collaborating with one of the most iconic artists in surf, skate, and snow culture.
Find more information on the Zygote Twin on our site at: http://arborcollective.com/snowboards/products/zygote-twin/


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Les Championnats d'Afrique de judo 2011 sont la  de cette compétition. Ils ont été disputés  du 14 au  au Stadium Marius-Ndiaye de Dakar au Sénégal. Ils ont été remportés par la Tunisie (5 médailles d'or) qui précède l'Égypte (4), et l'Algérie (3). La Tunisie a également remporté les deux épreuves par équipes. L'Égyptien Islam El Shehaby et la Tunisienne Nihel Chikhrouhou se sont illustrés en remportant chacun deux médailles d'or.

Tableau des médailles

Le tableau des médailles officiel ne prend pas en compte les deux compétitions par équipes.

Podiums

Femmes

Hommes

Par équipes

Notes et références

Liens externes
  "Championnats d'Afrique seniors de judo 2011,  Alljudo.net.
  "XXXIIèmes championnats d'Afrique de judo Dakar", Union africaine de Judo.

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New Delhi, March 31st, 2017: Summers are all about sand between your toes, vacay at your favorite place, fun times with friends and more! With an attempt to capture the similar essence, Monte Carlo, India's leading apparel brand recently unveiled its Spring-Summer 2017 collection for men, women and tweens. The fabric used, the style and silhouettes are all geared up for an ultimate summer comfort. The collection comes with an assurance of absolute comfort & cool be it at work, party or outdoors.
What's more, it offers a varied range to suit all tastes and preferences. So, whether you are from the fashion-conscious brigade, a stylish professional or a trendy teenager, you are sure to find fashionable apparel in this collection for your wardrobe.
Tops, tunics, shrugs, shirts, t-shirts, shorts, denims and summer dresses make for a multifaceted assortment, available in a host of designs and vivid colors. When styled right they are capable of seeing you through from a brunch day-out with friends to a glitzy night party!
For men, the collection offers stylish and well-cut linen waist coats, which can easily be used to create a sophisticated formal look as well as modern ethnic attire. The SS17 collection also includes structured shirts and T-shirts in an eclectic mix of prints and patterns which you can team up with Monte Carlo denims, Bermudas, trousers or chinos – ideal for any occasion.
The Tweens Monte Carlo collection includes perky and playful range of shorts, t-shirts, Bermuda sets, dresses, tops and dungarees for both boys & girls of age 6-16yrs. It has been specially made of breathable material to keep them cool & at ease at the playgrounds, summer camps and more.
The collection also includes Monte Carlo's creatively crafted socks! Made using various blends of cotton, this out-of-the-box range will surely be a fun addition to your summers' wardrobe. They are available in a variety of vibrant colors & pop art patterns.


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Protocol for the first clinical trial to investigate safety and efficacy of corneal xenotransplantation in patients with corneal opacity, corneal perforation, or impending corneal perforation
Hyuk Jin Choi, Chang Ho Yoon, Joon Young Hyon, Hyung Keun Lee, Jong Suk Song, Tae Young Chung, Hyojung Mo, Jaeyoung Kim, Jae eun Kim, Bong Jin Hahm, Jaeseok Yang, Wan Beom Park, Mee Kum Kim
Background: Xenotransplantation using fresh porcine corneas has been suggested as a feasible alternative to overcome the shortage of human donor corneas. Successful long-term survival of grafts without evidence of xenozoonosis in clinically applicable pig-to-non-human primate corneal transplantation model has brought researchers close to human clinical trials. Accordingly, we aimed to prepare a clinical trial protocol to conduct the first corneal xenotransplantation. Methods: We developed the clinical trial protocol based on international consensus statement on conditions for undertaking clinical trials of corneal xenotransplantation developed by the International Xenotransplantation Society. Detailed contents of the protocol have been modified with reference to comments provided by ophthalmologists and multidisciplinary experts, including an infectionist, an organ transplantation specialist, a clinical pharmacologist, a neuropsychiatrist, a laboratory medicine doctor, and a microbiologist. Results: Two patients with bilateral legal corneal blindness (best-corrected visual acuity ≤20/200 in the better eye and ≤20/1000 in the candidate eye) or with (impending) corneal perforation will be enrolled. During the screening period, participants and their family members will have two separate deep consideration periods before signing informed consent forms. Each patient will undergo corneal xenotransplantation using fresh corneas from Seoul National University miniature pigs. Commercially available immunosuppressants will be administered and systemic infection prophylaxis will be performed according to the program schedule. After transplantation, each patient will be monitored at a specialized clinic to investigate safety up to 2 years and efficacy up to 1 year. Conclusions: A detailed clinical trial protocol for the first corneal xenotransplantation reflecting the global guidelines is provided.
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Corneal Opacity Medicine & Life Sciences 89%
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Safety Medicine & Life Sciences 38%
Cornea Medicine & Life Sciences 30%
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Choi, H. J., Yoon, C. H., Hyon, J. Y., Lee, H. K., Song, J. S., Chung, T. Y., Mo, H., Kim, J., Kim, J. E., Hahm, B. J., Yang, J., Park, W. B., & Kim, M. K. (2019). Protocol for the first clinical trial to investigate safety and efficacy of corneal xenotransplantation in patients with corneal opacity, corneal perforation, or impending corneal perforation. Xenotransplantation, 26(1), [e12446]. https://doi.org/10.1111/xen.12446
Protocol for the first clinical trial to investigate safety and efficacy of corneal xenotransplantation in patients with corneal opacity, corneal perforation, or impending corneal perforation. / Choi, Hyuk Jin; Yoon, Chang Ho; Hyon, Joon Young et al.
In: Xenotransplantation, Vol. 26, No. 1, e12446, 01.01.2019.
Choi, HJ, Yoon, CH, Hyon, JY, Lee, HK, Song, JS, Chung, TY, Mo, H, Kim, J, Kim, JE, Hahm, BJ, Yang, J, Park, WB & Kim, MK 2019, 'Protocol for the first clinical trial to investigate safety and efficacy of corneal xenotransplantation in patients with corneal opacity, corneal perforation, or impending corneal perforation', Xenotransplantation, vol. 26, no. 1, e12446. https://doi.org/10.1111/xen.12446
Choi HJ, Yoon CH, Hyon JY, Lee HK, Song JS, Chung TY et al. Protocol for the first clinical trial to investigate safety and efficacy of corneal xenotransplantation in patients with corneal opacity, corneal perforation, or impending corneal perforation. Xenotransplantation. 2019 Jan 1;26(1):e12446. doi: 10.1111/xen.12446
Choi, Hyuk Jin ; Yoon, Chang Ho ; Hyon, Joon Young et al. / Protocol for the first clinical trial to investigate safety and efficacy of corneal xenotransplantation in patients with corneal opacity, corneal perforation, or impending corneal perforation. In: Xenotransplantation. 2019 ; Vol. 26, No. 1.
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Las Relaciones Alemania-Azerbaiyán (en azerí: Almaniya–Azərbaycan münasibətləri) son las relaciones diplomáticas entre Azerbaiyán y Alemania, que se iniciaron el 20 del febrero de 1992. La embajada de Azerbaiyán en Alemania entró en funcionamiento el 2 del septiembre de 1992 y la embajada de Alemania en Azerbaiyán - el 22 del septiembre del mismo año.

Historia de las relaciones
Los azerbaiyanos y alemanes tienen las relaciones históricos. A lo largo de casi dos siglos (XIX-XX) en Azerbaiyán habitaba el pueblo alemán, se funcionaban la comunidad luterana, escuelas alemanes, se editaban los periódicos alemanes, se fundaron las colonias alemanes.

Las relaciones entre Alemania y Azerbaiyán se empezaron en la segunda mitad del siglo XIX a saber, cuando la empresa alemana Los hermanos de Siemens construyeron la fundición de cobre en Gedebey.

En el período 2004-2017 se registraron 201 empresas alemanas en Azerbaiyán.

En 2018, el volumen de negocios comercial entre Azerbaiyán y Alemania ascendió a aproximadamente 1.900 millones de dólares estadounidenses.

El 12 de junio de 2019, el presidente del Milli Madzlis de la República de Azerbaiyán, Ogtay Asadov, se reunió con una delegación encabezada por el vicepresidente del Bundestag alemán Thomas Oppermann.

Misiones diplomáticas residentes
  tiene una embajada en Bakú.
  tiene una embajada en Berlín.

Véase también
 Relaciones Azerbaiyán-Bélgica
 Misiones diplomáticas de Azerbaiyán

Referencias

Alemania

Azerbaiyán


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Twelve Billion Won to be Spent to Develop Mobile Augmented Reality Technology
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The Korea Culture & Content Agency (KOCCA) has set the development of mobile augmented reality (AR) technology as one of its technology support projects for 2009, and has chosen the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) as its technology partner.
Meanwhile, the KIST's Imaging Media Research Center has been conducting research on mobile AR-based virtual tour technology since last month. It is poised to finish it by 2012. Under a joint plan with the KOCCA, KIST will develop mobile AR technology in four stages, in which a total of 12 billion won (US$9.65 million) will be injected over the next four years. The KOCCA will invest 8.5 billion won (US$6.83 million) and the KIST about 3.5 billion won (US$2.81 million).
The United States accounts for 34 percent, or 897 cases, of worldwide AR-related patents, followed by Japan which holds 880 such patents. As Korea holds 639 AR patents, more than twice the rights that European nations hold, this country is expected to find plenty of new markets if it concentrates on developing AR technology.
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Q: Swift Массив ключ значение День добрый, подскажите плиз
я создал массив
private var stackArray = [String: String]()
добавляю в него данные
self.stackArray[someKey] = someValue
в итоге получился массив из пар ключ-значение
как удалить последнюю пару ? или предпоследнюю ?
есть функция например removeValue(forKey: String) - но она мне не подходит

A: Почитайте, пожалуйста про массивы и словари https://docs.swift.org/swift-book/LanguageGuide/CollectionTypes.html
Вы создаете не массив а словарь.
Массив - пронумерованный список
Словарь - список пар ключ-значение
В массиве можно извлечь значение по его позиции, напр.:
var array = ["1","2","3"]
print(array[0])
//1
array.remove(at: 0)
print(array[0])
//2

В словаре можно извлечь значение только по ключу:
var dict = [
"1":"One",
"2":"Two",
"3":"Three"
 ]

if let value = dict["1"]{
   print(value)
   //One
}

if let index = dict.index(forKey:"1"){
   dict.remove(at: index)
   print(dict)
   //["2":"Two","3":"Three"]
}


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Adapteo takes its first orders in Belgium – the successful acquisition of Dutch Cabin Group opens new markets
Adapteo Plc Press release 22 April 2021 at 10:00 a.m CEST
Adapteo, a leading flexible real estate provider in Northern Europe, takes its first orders in Belgium with the ambition to rapidly increase the presence in the country. With its already ongoing business operations in the area, Adapteo is ready to serve the Belgian market with adaptable buildings based on the customers' needs. As a first mission, Adapteo will provide around 1,300 square metres of space to two separate customers in Belgium. In addition to the turn-key buildings, the company will also provide landscaping and furniture together with other site-related products and services (VAPS).
— To further strengthen our presence in Continental Europe, and specifically Belgium with its attractive market drivers, this became the natural step after the Dutch Cabin Group acquisition. The need for high-quality, adaptable buildings that can be scaled up, down, or repurposed is great in the country, especially within Social Infrastructure. The ongoing pandemic also provides a demand for flexibility in society, where extra space to keep people safe is needed, says Philip Isell Lind af Hageby, President and CEO of Adapteo.
Adapteo took several steps in increasing its geographical footprint in Continental Europe at the end of 2020, when acquiring Dutch Cabin Group with operations in the Netherlands and Germany. Adapteo is now present in seven countries in Europe, and the new orders in Belgium will further increase the Groups' footprint in Continental Europe.
— We see great potential in our expansion to Belgium. The fact that we already have good customer collaborations in Belgium shows the demand for high-quality, adaptable buildings. We are pleased to serve more European customers with flexible Social Infrastructure solutions that can adapt in line with changing needs, says Jorg Schilder, Managing Director of Dutch Cabin Group, a company part of Adapteo Group.
Release - Adapteo takes its first orders in Belgium
For additional information, please contact
Philip Isell Lind af Hageby, CEO, +46 73 022 19 36, philip.isell@adapteo.com
Adapteo is a leading flexible real estate provider in Northern Europe. We build, rent out and sell adaptable buildings for schools, daycare centres, care, offices, accommodation and events. We know that our society will go through an immense change in the years to come. Whatever the future brings, we believe that adaptability is the best solution. With our buildings, we can transform, repurpose, scale up and scale down in a matter of weeks by using a modular and circular building concept. Our buildings can be used for a few days or indefinitely, always optimised for current needs. That is how we build adaptable societies.
Adapteo is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm and operates in Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Germany, and The Netherlands. In 2020, Adapteo's Net sales were EUR 231 million.
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Added: The maximum number of mercinaries a team is allow to have at any given time has been adjusted to two.
Added: Failure to submit demos when requested by an administrator will now result in a 4-week ban. This has been upped from the previous 2-week ban.
Pauses may now be tactical as well as technical (any type of pause will draw from the permitted 10 minutes of pause time for each team).
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We are continuing with the reordered version of the maps that we established in season 21. Expect the rotation to be shuffled around every 3 seasons (annually).
Prolands: Updated from b4b to b6.
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The Great City
The collision of talent and opportunity
By Mayor Jeff Lehman | Photos Jennifer Klementti
Great cities are characterized by dynamic economies, where successful companies and organizations are borne out of the collision of talent and opportunity.
This is why attracting talent has become the economic talisman for cities across the globe. In my ten years as an elected official in Barrie, we have joined the search for the secret sauce: that legendary but elusive alchemy that can take a town or city not known as an engine of entrepreneurship and make it a powerhouse of innovation.
The argument has been well made that top talent is attracted to places that offer a fulfilling lifestyle. It's often said that, in turn, a city should ensure it offers all the necessary components of a fulfilling lifestyle. And therein of course lies the challenge. Everyone has a different idea of what fulfills them. For some it's a party lifestyle; live music, nightlife, a thriving restaurant scene is key. For others it's recreation — being Canadians that can mean lots of snow as well as lots of sun. Sports, professional and amateur can be a tie that binds. And for others it's a more quiet beauty — waterfront parks, quiet cafés, or just proximity to friends, family, or institutions.
"…we have joined the search for the secret sauce: that legendary but elusive alchemy that can take a town or city not known as an engine of entrepreneurship and make it a powerhouse of innovation."
Barrie's entrepreneurs would likely give you one or more of the above as an answer. One that sticks out in my mind is a young and fast-growing tech firm, TygerShark, that was located in a suburban location in an industrial area. Knowing their employees liked the thriving food and drink scene, live music, and culture of downtown Barrie, they moved into space in the heart of the city. For them, challenges like parking and older buildings were more than offset by the benefit they saw for the employees of being in such a vibrant environment. Longer workdays were easier to tolerate with places to socialize and interesting events in the area.
The impact of that food and drink scene is hard to overstate. Busy people and takeout food go together like Matt Damon and Ben Affleck; and there's a 6 block area of downtown Barrie that teems with more than 60 independently owned places to eat. If the way to a busy entrepreneur's heart is through their stomach, downtown Barrie is an easy place to love. Canada is a country where climate and related suburban growth patterns can suppress socializing and the vibrancy of public places. But where we get it right — those teeming cauldrons of food, drink, entertainments, and comfort, from George Street in St. John's to Main Street in Vancouver — we are actually building places for socializing and for the economy.
"…a city should ensure it offers all the necessary components of a fulfilling lifestyle."
Those places aren't just about the food, it's about places for people to meet who are doing interesting things. Nobody showcased this better than TygerShark, who not long after moving to downtown Barrie, partnered with another downtown business — Flying Monkey Craft Brewery — to send a weather balloon with GoPro cameras attached to the edge of space. The fact that the balloon's platform also carried a bottle of Flying Monkey's AntiGravity Lager was just brilliant marketing.
It's not always about downtown — it's often about the lifestyle of the region as a whole. A German autoparts manufacturer, BurgerGruppe, who make gearboxes for seats in luxury cars, wanted to establish their first North American location. They focused on function — a site with good road access, with shovel-ready land and infrastructure, surrounded by other value-added manufacturers and related uses. But it was the combination of the lifestyle of Ontario's cottage country to the north and Canada's corporate and financial capital to the south that led them to Barrie.
This location is a sweet spot, one that links the urbanity of greater Toronto with the pure bliss of Ontario's cottage country. And for those business leaders seeking an environment that will be its own top talent recruiting tool, it's hard to imagine a better one.


Common cold remedies are certainly not hard to come by. From over-the-counter meds to old wives' tales, common cold treatments come in many different shapes and forms. But with so many options out there, it's easy to get confused about which are truly the best treatments for the common cold (a viral infection of your nose and throat). Luckily, new research can help clear up some of the confusion — and, hopefully, your stuffy nose as well.
An October 2018 paper, published in The BMJ, analyzed published evidence on the effectiveness of remedies for the common cold. Researchers found that decongestants can be helpful — but only for adults. The evidence suggested that adults who use decongestants — either alone or with antihistamines or analgesics — may see a small effect on their nasal symptoms. That said, the researchers warned that decongestant treatments should never be given to children under the age of 6, and given with caution in kids under 12.
The researchers explained that there is no evidence that decongestants help these young kids with their pesky symptoms. Even more concerning, the safety of youngsters using these meds is debatable. So if parents are concerned about their kids' symptoms, researchers say they can safely use saline nasal irrigations or drops as a treatment. But as we all know, we can't expect anyone's common cold symptoms — including our own — to go away immediately right after we treat it.
One of the most annoying things about the common cold is how long it lasts. Common cold symptoms — such as a runny nose, sore throat, and cough — can take seven to 10 days to clear completely. We know what you're thinking: But I have stuff to do! I don't have time to be sick. We get it; the common cold often strikes at the worst possible time, and it's inconvenient that a cure for the common cold hasn't been invented yet. But it's important to take time out to rest. If you don't, you might get even more sick, and your symptoms could last much longer than expected. At the end of the day, time is the best healer for the common cold — no matter what age you are.
Luckily, there are a few ways to keep yourself comfortable as you wait to get better. Along with decongestants, you can also use natural remedies to make the whole process a little less painful. The Mayo Clinic suggests drinking lots of fluids, including water, juice, and clear broth. A saltwater gargle of 1/4 tsp. of salt in a 4-ounce glass of warm water might help soothe a scratchy throat. And the tastiest treatment? The common cold is a perfect excuse to indulge in some delicious chicken noodle soup if you haven't had it in a while. Who says you can't keep your mouth happy while you get healthy?


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Who We Are: Frank Chi
Frank Chi is an award-winning filmmaker, political media strategist and storyteller at the crossroads of politics, policy and culture.
From helping create the "Notorious RBG" phenomenon to his social justice short films that have earned over 50 million views across social media, Frank's work in political film and design reflects the seismic multicultural shifts confronting American politics.
Whether it's for Senator Elizabeth Warren, MoveOn, Indivisible, Color of Change, Women's March, or Be A Hero, Frank has created video campaigns for the most impactful groups and leaders organizing in response to Donald Trump's election. His films help shape how the public views the major policy issues we face on the most chaotic platform we have: social media.
They include the "Langston Hughes in Our Time" series – three short films bringing to life Hughes's poems "Let America Be America Again", "Democracy" and "Kids Who Die" – which was called "the perfect Black Lives Matter tribute" by HuffPost. Frank's film collaborations with The Smithsonian remain the institution's most popular videos on social media. His Smithsonian films on Islamophobia ("Letters from Camp") and immigration ("America is in the Heart") use history and love to respond to the politics of hate, and have gained recognition from The Los Angeles Times, MSNBC, and ABC News as films that reflect "a heartbreaking resonance of past and present."
Frank was the design lead on the team that created the popular "Notorious RBG" campaign honoring Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg; and was featured in The New York Times best-selling book "Notorious RBG: the Life & Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg" and the Oscar-nominated film "RBG." He has also led digital creative campaigns for over a dozen progressive think tanks and five U.S. senators - most notably Senator Elizabeth Warren - a frequent creative partner since 2009.
Frank has been profiled in Communication Arts and NBC News, and has written for The Washington Post and The Boston Globe. He has given speeches and led workshops on topics ranging from political storytelling, filmmaking, narrative development and social justice at the Ohio State University, University of Pennsylvania, Apple's Storymakers Festival, among others.
A native of New Haven, CT and a graduate of Bowdoin College, Frank lives in Washington, DC.
Frank Chi: Branding the Political Future
America is in the Heart: Smithsonian Video Highlights U.S.'s Immigrant History
I Filmed Japanese-American Internees Reading Letters to Muslim Kids. Here's Why.


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^ (Ethnic origin) The 2006 New Zealand census reports 44,202 people (based on pre-assigned ethnic categories) stating they belong to the English ethnic group. The 1996 census used a different question to both the 1991 and the 2001 censuses, which had "a tendency for respondents to answer the 1996 question on the basis of ancestry (or descent) rather than 'ethnicity' (or cultural affiliation)" and reported 281,895 people with English origins; See also the figures for 'en:New Zealand European'.
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Watching the English - an anthropologist's look at the hidden rules of English behaviour.