Near the river in OLT (OLTU) there is a 1st of fortresses, ponovy built up first Ottomans, and later perfectly restored in 2002. 18 more km on the North will lead you to an intersection with the highway 80 on which it is necessary to turn to the left as there go many Russian tourists in Turkey.
Dealing with Turks, you probably will face 3 things: bureaucracy, red tape and red tape. Inhabitants of Turkey follow the Swiss code: «that is not authorised, is forbidden».
The main sight of the district are ruins of an old Hilt where it is possible to reach by a taxi in Turkey. But it is necessary to visit and some other places, including Shirindzhe's (Sirince) nice village which was sheltered in the middle of hillocks in 8 km to the East from Selchuk as the detailed map of Turkey with small towns specifies.
Except Pompeii, the Hilt — the greatest and most ideal the city which has remained in the Mediterranean of an antiquity.
The first hint that you have got to the old city of Turkey which becomes visible for a long time before you will approach on an insignificant parking with souvenir benches where it is possible to behold that tourists get in Turkey, and excursion buses, Vedius's (Vedius gymnasium) gymnasium and the stadium based by Neron are very destroyed and more very plundered.
To behold the unique local sight of Turkey, the excursion trip to Church Barkhala (Parkhali) becomes not only only useful and pleasant walk. The church is constructed by David Magistrosom and She treats the X-th century is in 20 minutes of walking up on a track conducting in mountains Altyparmak (Altiparmak) (not that which conducts in Hevek and Pontiysky mountains).
Sinop owning by fine natural harbour was stretched on a peninsula isthmus at the hillock bottom. Here always it is possible to get the permit to Turkey.


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Lee v. Lee
Given that Texas Family Code �7.006(a) already allows divorcing parties to enter into written agreements without requiring mediation concerning the division of the community assets and liabilities as well as spousal maintenance, the court declines to carve a common-law exception into �6.602(b) that allows an unmediated settlement agreement to morph into a mediated settlement agreement based on mere form. The court holds that a mediated settlement agreement necessarily requires mediation and a mediator.
| February 28, 2005 at 12:00 AM | The original version of this story was published on Texas Lawyer
Click here for the full text of this decision FACTS:Jane and Jim Lee were contemplating divorce. Though Jane retained an attorney, she and Jim met at Jane's house on their own to discuss settling the case. They reached an agreement, and Jane's attorney eventually prepared the first page, while Jim typed the remaining pages. The settlement was said to be binding and not to be subject to revocation. Both parties signed the agreement, though Jim was not represented by an attorney. Jim later tried to revoke his consent before the agreement was finalized by the trial court. The trial court forbade the attempted revocation, because of the language stating that the agreement was not revocable. The trial court's later conclusions of law included statements that, pursuant to Family Code 6.602(b), the agreement was not subject to revocation. On appeal, Jim raises the issue of whether the written agreement can be a considered a mediated settlement agreement under 6.602(b) when there was no mediator. HOLDING:Affirmed in part and remanded in part. Given that Family Code 7.066(a) already allows divorcing parties to enter into written agreements, without requiring mediation, concerning the division of the community assets and liabilities, the court says it does not want to carve out a common-law exception to 6.602(b) that allows an unmediated settlement agreement "to morph into a mediated settlement agreement based on mere form." The court holds that a mediated settlement agreement necessarily requires mediation and a mediator. Because there was no third party present when Jane and Jim met, there was no mediated settlement, and Jim could revoke. The trial court abused its discretion in preventing Jim from revoking his consent to the settlement on the basis that the agreement was a binding mediated settlement agreement. The court affirms the divorce itself but remands for trial on all contested issues. OPINION:Lee Ann Dauphinot, J.; Cayce, C.J.; Dauphinot and Gardner, JJ.
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The purpose of this study was to explore fundraising at South Carolina's Technical Colleges. The major focus of the study was on presidential characteristics and practices along with various institutional characteristics and fundraising success. The research design was descriptive and employed various methods in the collection of data. Data were obtained from administrative sources, public documents, surveys, and interviews. The study includes general information on South Carolina's Technical Colleges, information from IRS Form 990s on 15 of the colleges, results of survey data from 12 colleges, and follow-up interview responses from 5 of the presidents who completed the survey.
The findings of this study suggested characteristics of presidents associated with fundraising at two-year technical colleges in South Carolina included an earned Doctorate degree, an academic career path to the presidency, and spending most of one's career in higher education. The majority of respondents were male, married, and considered their spouses as integral to their leadership teams. The presidents indicated that they valued time spent most with individuals, major donors, and corporate donors. The presidents placed high emphasis on community relations, commitment to mission, and institutional image. An entrepreneurial leadership style was embraced by the presidents. Foundation characteristics included maintaining a positive image, serving a distinctive niche within the community, and embracing a more professional fundraising approach by hiring consultants. Successful strategies included the president's complete commitment to fundraising and creation of a working foundation board with members of influence and affluence. South Carolina's Technical College presidents who placed more emphasis on a well-planned, organized, and executed campaign, who hired a consultant to assist in this effort, and who committed their time to fundraising campaigns appeared to have more success in funds raised per FTE than those who did not.
The technical colleges' foundations' characteristics appeared to mirror existing research in the areas of planning of the campaign and conducting a feasibility study that evaluated image, campaign cause and goals, and potential sources of contributions. Each campaign's execution required the president's commitment in time, effort, and presentation to the community and prospective donors. Findings from the study also indicated that successful presidents believed an important foundation characteristic is an active foundation board with members who are influential and recognized leaders.
Boyd, John, "PRESIDENTIAL FUNDRAISING IN SOUTH CAROLINA'S TWO-YEAR TECHNICAL COLLEGES" (2008). All Dissertations. 307.


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Q: Normalization of speed for testing on different multicore processors I want to calculate run time of some simple c programs on different multi-core processors. But as we know with advancement of technology new processors are incorporating more methods for faster computation like clock speed etc. How can I normalize such speed changes(to filter out the effect of other advance methods in processor except multi-core) as I only want to get results on the basis of number of cores of processor.

A: Decide on a known set of reference hardware, run some sort of repeatable reference benchmark against this, and get a good known value to compare to.  Then you can run this benchmark against other systems to figure out how to scale the values you get from your target benchmark runs.
The closer your reference benchmark is to your actual application, the more accurate the results of your scaling will be.  You could have a single deterministic run (single code path, maybe average of multiple executions) of your application used as your reference benchmark.

A: Under Linux, you can boot with the kernel command line parameter maxcpus=N to limit the machine to only N CPUs. See Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt in the kernel source for details.
Most BIOS environments also have the ability to turn off hyperthreading; depending upon your benchmarks, HT may speed up or slow down your tests; being in control of HT would be ideal.

A: If I understand you correctly, you are trying to find a measurement approach that allows to separate the effect of scaling the number of cores from advances of single processor improvements.  I am afraid that is not easily possible. E.g. if you compare a multi-core system to one single core of that system you have a non-linear correlation. Because there are shared resources as e.g. the memory bus. If you use only one core of multi-core system it can use the complete memory bandwidth while it has to share in the multi-core case. Similar arguments apply to many shared resources: as there are caches, buses, io capabillities, ALUs, etc.

A: Your issue is with the auto scaling of core frequency based on the amount of active cores at any given time. For instance, AMD phenom 6-core chips operate at 3.4GHz (or somewhat similar) and if your application creates more than 3 threads it goes down to 2.8Ghz (or similar). Intel on the other hand uses a bunch of heuristics to determine the right frequency for any given time.
However, you can always turn these settings off by going to BIOS and then the results will be comparable only differing based on clock frequency. Usually, people measure giga flops to have comparable results.

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The land between two rivers : writing in an age of refugees, Tom Sleigh
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"These essays recount Tom Sleigh's experiences working as a journalist during several tours in Africa and in the Middle Eastern region once called Mesopotamia, "the land between two rivers." Sleigh asks three central questions: What did I see? How could I write about it? Why did I write about it? The first essays focus on the lives of refugees in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Kenya, Somalia, and Iraq. Under the conditions of military occupation, famine, and war, their stories can be harrowing, even desperate. But unlike their depiction in mass media, their stories are often laced with an undeluded hopefulness. The second part of this book explores how writing might be capable of honoring the texture of these individuals' experiences while remaining faithful to political emotions, rather than political convictions. The final essays meditate on youth, restlessness, illness, and Sleigh's motivations for writing his own experiences in order to move out into the world."--Back cover
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I am a CON artist: Continuous Contemplations of Justin Lee
The Private Museum is proud to present a 'special edition' exhibition that charts the course of artistic development for two artists who had, by chance, exhibited their works with the same gallery in 1987. Two decades later, their paths converge again – leading to revelations of shared experiences that have shaped their artistic identities over the years. Part One features a selection of works and writings from the late 1980s which embody the spirit of those times as "the body" began to be radically redefined by a new generation of artists. The figurative genre, dominated by traditions of the studio nude and 'life-drawing' began to be infiltrated with ideas of alternative sexual orientations and urban mythology.
Part Two shifts the focus to the current prints and paintings of Wong Mei Sheong and Jimmy Ong. Whilst Part One introduced works by both artists during the 1980s – a momentous period for contemporary art in Singapore – Part Two tracks their artistic development as they ventured overseas. Residing and working outside Singapore, their 'outsider' status is compounded by temporary 'returns' and re-orientations.
Wong Mei Sheong (b. 1959, Singapore)
Wong Mei Sheonggraduated from the University of Western Australia (1980), majoring in literature and philosophy. In 1981‐86, she studied fine art at l'EcoleNationaleSuperieure des Beaux Arts, Paris. She completed a Master of Arts in Environmental Studies (1995), University of Adelaide. From 1995, she resumed visual art studies at Adelaide Central School of Art; the Centre for Creative Photography, 2003‐4; and majored in printmaking at Adelaide College of the Arts, 2006‐10.
Jimmy Ong (b. 1964, Singapore)
Jimmy Ongstudied at the Center for Creative Studies in Detrioit, Michigan (1984), where he was awarded an Alliance of Independent Colleges of Arts Scholarship. In the same year, he held his first solo exhibition, 'The Drawings of Jimmy Ong' at Alliance Française in Singapore. In 1988, he continued his studies at Studio Art Center International in Florence, Italy, where he awarded his second scholarship, the Anna K Meredith Scholarship. From 1989 – 1992, he finished his studies at the Pennyslyvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia.
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Monique Queis-Tijsterman (født 10. marts 1969) er en kvindelig hollandsk håndboltræner og tidligere håndboldspiller. Hun var midlertidig landstræner for Hollands kvindehåndboldlandshold, fra september 2021 til og med VM i Spanien samme år. Hun anses for at være en af de mest betydningsfulde personer i hollandsk håndbold, gennem tiden.

Trænerkarriere
Hun har tidligere beskæftiget sig med det hollandske ungdomslandshold i en årrække, hvor hendes hidtil største resultat var en sølvmedalje ved U/19-EM på hjemmebane i 2011. Som ungdomslandstræner var hun i 00'erne og starten af 10'erne, med til at danne og skabe nogle af tidens største hollandske håndboldspillere som Estavana Polman, Lois Abbingh, Tess Wester, Laura van der Heijden og mange andre. Hun stoppede på u-landsholdet i 2013. Hun vendte dog tilbage som ungdomslandstræner igen i 2018 og frem til 2019. U/19-EM i Ungarn 2019, hvor hun igen formåede at kvalificerer holdet til EM-finalen. De vandt dog sølv. Tijsterman har dermed været den eneste ungdomslandstræner, for det hollandske U/19-landshold, der har formået at vinde medaljer. Hun stoppede i september 2019, i rollen som u-landstræner, for i stedet at blive teknisk direktør for Hollands håndboldforbund. Hun har derudover også været leder af det hollandske håndboldakademi HandbalAcademie, fra 2006 til 2014.

Hun blev i september 2021, ansat som midlertidig landstræner for det hollandske A-landshold frem mod VM i kvindehåndbold 2021 i Spanien, efter forbundet fyrede franske Emmanuel Mayonnade.

Udover sin karriere omkring de hollandske landshold, har Tijstermann også været cheftræner for herreholdet Limburg Lions, fra 2014 til 2016. Med klubben lykkedes det hende at vinde De Tripel; altså den hollandske liga, BENE-League og den hollandske pokalturnering i sæsonen 2014-15. Hun var dermed også den første kvindelige cheftræner, for et herrehåndboldhold, til at vinde en national håndboldliga og pokalturnering på det niveau.

Hun var også cheftræner for det kvindelige tophold SV Dalfsen, i to sæsoner fra 2017 til 2019.

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Mozilla Removes Firefox add-ons Over Excessive Data Collection Without Consent
By Pranay Patel	 On December 5, 2019 2:03 PM
If you are regularly using browser security add-ons or extensions, then here's some bad news for you all. Recently, Mozilla has removed four Firefox add-ons from their add-ons store. According to reports, Mozilla has pulled out these extensions due to excessive data collections from the users.
Mozilla has pulled out the popular security extensions such as AVAST and AVG from their section. The real issues were found by the AdBlock Plus creator Wladimir Palant. These extensions were collecting much more data than necessary.
If we talk about the data collection done by these extensions, the researcher has found that these extensions were collecting all the data from the users such as personal browsing history, site addresses, long visited sites, what you click as well. It also collects the data from the number of tabs opened on the web browser.
On October 28th, Palant wrote about these issues about the Mozilla Firefox and these four extensions. After collecting feedback from the users, he approached to Mozilla on December 2nd. After seeing the irrelevant data collection from these extensions, Mozilla has removed all four extensions within 24 hours from their add-ons section.
Opera has also removed these extensions from their store within 16 hours after receiving the same notice from the authority.
Avast and AVG are undoubtedly the most popular and highly used extensions for web security. Instead of using the software separately, they offer add-on services to keep the web surfing secured and safe.
According to reports, Avast and AVG's extensions will be revised and re-developed for the users and they will re-launch them on the respective platforms very soon. In fact, Avast took up the challenge and started discussing things with Mozilla to fix up the issues.
Avast's officials have said that they have already implemented the Mozilla's latest and updated privacy and policies. And also planned the future versions that are compatible with their policies and offer more transparency. When it comes to the collection of the users' data, they will also remove the irrelevant tracking of such data from the user's account.
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Musica
 Superwoman – singolo di Alicia Keys del 2008
 Superwoman – singolo di Karyn White del 1988
 Superwoman – album di Paulini del 2006
 Superwoman Pt. II – singolo di Lil' Mo feat. Fabolous del 2001
 Superwoman (Where Were You When I Needed You) – singolo di Stevie Wonder del 1972
 Supawoman – singolo di Kimberley Locke del 2007
 Superwoman – album di Rebecca Ferguson del 2016

Personaggi immaginari
 Superwoman – nome di diversi personaggi immaginari dei fumetti DC Comics


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The Killers return with new single 'boy'
The new track is their first of 2022
by Chris Bound: August 5, 2022
Following on from the release of their much-loved LP 'Pressure Machine' last year, The Killers are back once again to share a brand new single.
The new track 'boy' marks their first piece of new material so far this year, and was recently debuted during their performance at Mad Cool Festival last month.
Speaking about the new offering, frontman Brandon Flowers said, "This was the first song written after we had to cancel the Imploding The Mirage tour due to the pandemic. I had recently moved back to Utah and started to make trips to Nephi, where I grew up. I found that the place I had wanted to get away from so desperately at 16 was now a place that I couldn't stop returning to. I have a son approaching the age I was at that time in my life. With "boy", I want to reach out and tell myself - and my sons - to not overthink it. And to look for the "white arrows" in their lives. For me now, white arrows are my wife, children, my songs and the stage."
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Moran proud to have voted down 'historically disastrous' Brexit Deal
Layla Moran has voted against the Governments Brexit deal, as it faced a crushing defeat on last nights meaningful vote.
Layla got elected in 2017 when she overturned a majority of around 10,000, standing on the platform of being unashamedly pro-EU.
The meaningful vote lead to an embarrassing defeat for the Prime Minister and a big win for opposing parties with a no confidence vote now looming large.
Reacting to the defeat of the Brexit deal Layla said:
"Something has finally changed. The Government are on their knees, and the People's Vote campaign is now striding forward. The people of Oxford West and Abingdon would never have stood for the clustershambles of a Brexit deal and I am proud to have helped vote it down.
"Staying in the EU means so much to our constituency. I hope this defeat brings relief that Brexit can be stopped to the EU citizens that deserve the right to live here, the hard-working people in the research, university, and car manufacturing sectors, and all my constituents who identify as European.
"We can now push forward and campaign for a Final Say on the Brexit deal. I will ardently represent all my local residents who are the NHS workers, the students, the teachers, the scientists in Oxfordshire that will all be worse off come any Brexit."


Avi Paz Group » Will 3D Printing of Gold Jewelry Revolutionize the Jewelry Industry?
3D printing technology is growing by leaps and bounds, and what seemed like a far-fetched idea only a decade ago – the printing of a variety of solid objects at home – is gradually becoming a reality. A piece in The Jewellery Editor maps the latest technological advances and explains how 3D printing of gold jewelry may soon revolutionize the way jewelry is designed.
According to the article, fine jewelry is no stranger to 3D technology. Many pieces are created using CAD (computer-aided design), which allows jewelers to make sketches using computer programs, then feed it into 3D printing machines that will use lasers to build 3D models of the jewel. These models are then cast in precious metals, and the piece is complete.
Mapping & Webb, for example, creators of royal jewels since 1775 – from Marie-Antoinette to the present day Queen Elizabeth II – has recently celebrated its 240th anniversary with Wildfell, a sculptural collection of fine jewelry created using 3D technology. Lately, it even bought its own 3D printing machinery.
According to Mappin & Webb creative director Elizabeth Galton, who is interviewed in the piece, the new 3D models "challenge the boundaries of design, form and function", and the new house collections can now have complex curves, undulations and shapes – designs that would not have been possible through more traditional jewelry-making methods.
And the next stage? Wax models and casting will be set aside to print directly in precious metals, now possible thanks to direct metal laser sintering machines. Thankfully, the future is far from being robotized completely, as each piece still needs to be finished by a loving, and expert, hand.
Moon Phases and Diamonds: What to Expect from the Swiss Watch Industry at Baselworld 2016?


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Q: Blinking cursor after new partition and install (ubuntu-mate) Following these instructions exactly:

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*https://ubuntu-mate.community/t/gpar...dows-users/797

*https://ubuntu-mate.community/t/inst...lse-method/651
to partition a 1TB SSD and install Ubuntu-Mate off a live USB.

My partitioning is different than the instructions as follows(also
see attached image)
1 esp 550MiB
2 root 40 GB
3 home 640 GB
4 swap 128GB

At the blinking cursor, I can either ALT-F4 to boot to UEFI or ESC and I (capital i) or continue to boot to my 2nd SSD with a Windows 10 install.
If I try holding the SHIFT key on reboot I instead see capital GRUB with a blinking cursor on a black screen.
Hitting RETURN takes me to my 2nd SSD with a Win 10 install.
The only change I have made to my UEFI is to disable FastBoot.
Next I tried Boot Repair from a live USB, and attempted to reinstall my grub, but for some reason it did not 'see' my ESP at sda1, only sda and sda2 which is my root partition.
So, probably a mistake, I let it go ahead and install grub in sda2.
After rebooting, same result, blinking cursor.
Next I relaunched gparted from a live USB and reexamined my partitions.
Now I was seeing an error icon on my ESP at sda1, saying it wasn't recognized because I was missing certain files (see attached esp_warning).
I am also getting a warning whenever launching gparted about a discrepancy between Linux and the driver descriptor in regards to physical block size. (attached LibParted_warning)
Question> For my GPT partitioned drive, does it matter what partition
flag I have set for my ESP?
It was set to 'boot', then I tried 'bios-grub' but neither worked.
Results of boot-repair here
http://paste.ubuntu.com/23750353/
The Boot Repair results DO seem to indicate a few things wrong.
I assume that reinstalling grub with Boot repair AFTER setting my ESP flag to bios-grub may be part of the reason?
And before anyone comments on my swap size
1- storage is relatively cheap.
2- I use my Linux PC primarily for particle simulations in Houdini and got some feedback from Linux-Houdini experts a lot more knowledgeable than I
3- If after several months of use I discover I rarely use that amount, I assume I can easily increase my home partition and reduce swap.
I realize this is a long post but trying to include as much information as possible.

A: I just got my dual boot of Windows 10 (pre-installed on a Dell computer) and Linux mint working.  I followed techmint instructions for creating the dual boot for Windows 10 and Linux Mint 18 in UEFI.
After the install the system would only boot to Windows and going into UEFI didn't show any sign of Linux.  Changing the boot mode to Legacy Bios mode (It's F12 during boot up on a Dell, but different for each hardware manufacturer) allows the computer to boot into Linux, but there was no sign of Windows.
The solution for me was to find a way to boot into Linux in UEFI mode and then run boot-repair:

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*Install rEFInd on a  USB disk and boot to that disk.  The read me in the download shows how to make the disk bootable.  I actually created the disk from a linux boot USB drive, but you could do it from Windows too (but I didn't figure that part out).  As the instructions say, be very careful to direct the rEFInd .iso file to the proper disk, as you don't want to scramble your hard drive.

*Then boot up in UEFI mode (which for me would only boot to Windows) and then boot to the rEFInd USB drive.  From the rEFInd menu, select the Linux installation on your hard drive.

*Now, booted into Linux from UEFI mode, use apt-get (from the command line) to install, update and run boot-repair.  Boot-repair had me make some changes from the command line to uninstall and re-install the GRUB boot loader in the main UEFI section.
From here on out I'm in UEFI mode and GRUB comes up when I boot, where I can select my Linux Mint or Windows installs.


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6 reasons why you should not use WhatsApp in the company
Vulnerability, data filtration, security flaws ... enough reasons not to put communications in your company at risk
WhatsApp is one of the most used messaging applications worldwide. Originally it was a nightmare in terms of privacy , but in recent years they have been improving as they have had great competition from apps like Telegram or Signal. However, there are still many reasons why WhatsApp should not be used, and we will list them below.
WhatsApp is owned by Facebook, which entails
WhatsApp has been owned by Facebook for more than three years. In that period of time they have tried to find ways to monetize the application, since they had to eliminate the payment system when free alternatives such as Telegram arrived. WhatsApp Business has been a smart way to make companies contact users in exchange for paying for using the service.
However, Facebook also monetizes the data of the users of its platforms, using them not only for advertisements , but also to be part of studies (although everything is always anonymous). Facebook often suffers from data leaks , but fortunately none has yet affected WhatsApp users.
Since April 2016, WhatsApp encrypts all messages end to end . Thanks to this, we are certain that nobody on the road will be able to intercept the message and spy on it. However, there is data that Facebook does not encrypt and to which it has full access: metadata . For example, you can know at what time we send the messages and to whom we send them. They can also deduce that you live in the same house throughout the year what is its size, as well as knowing whether or not you live as a couple if you talk a lot with a person who then at night is in the same location as you.
In addition, by simply installing the application, it stores data such as the IMEI of your mobile, which operator you have contracted, its approximate location, which applications you have installed, etc. We can see this easily for example when we are going to enter our telephone number for the first time, where the international code of our country appears (+34 in the case of Spain). Facebook for example has used phone numbers for personalized ads.
Vulnerabilities: are they casual?
WhatsApp suffered six security flaws in 2019, and three of them were very serious. The first allowed hacking your mobile just by receiving a call by WhatsApp (it didn't matter if you answered or not). The second allowed that, just by receiving a GIF, an attacker could execute code remotely on our mobile. The third did something similar, but in this case sending an MP4 file.
All these failures may seem casual, but they paint more on backdoors introduced by Facebook so that governments and spy agencies can access not only the content of the app, but the entire mobile. In comparison, applications such as Signal or Telegram have not had one of these security flaws that look like backdoors.
Encrypted messages, but not Drive backups
The Messages we send via Telegram or WhatsApp are encrypted, but the backup copies of the chats that are uploaded to platforms such as Google Drive or not iCloud. It is Google who has the encryption keys of the files, and in the event that in a judicial process Google is requested access, the company has to give it. In the case of WhatsApp it would not be possible for the company to give access to the messages because they do not have the encryption keys of the messages.
In the case of Telegram or Signal, companies never give up encryption keys with anyone. For example, Telegram is banned in Russia and in Iran for it. WhatsApp is not prohibited in those countries.
It is not real cross platform
WhatsApp currently depends exclusively on the mobile. This forces to have it connected to the WiFi or to the data if we want to use it in a tablet or in the computer. This causes the battery of our mobile to suffer, in addition to many times the messages take time to arrive or we have constant disconnections. Platforms such as Telegram connect users directly to servers regardless of the device from which it is made. Thanks to this, the mobile is only necessary to create the account.
Thus, WhatsApp stores all the chats on its servers, even the messages we have deleted. This negatively affects our privacy, and the fact that messages are stored on servers should be a sign that we should be able to have real cross-platform messaging, which could soon include the app.
There are better alternatives
The previous point leads us to assess the possibility of using an alternative application for professional and business use. Unify Circuit offers an adequate level of security for instant messaging communications in companies. This level of security is constantly reviewed and updated in order to offer maximum privacy and protect corporate conversations, in which sensitive or very confidential information is often shared.
Cirtuit from Unify not only offers instant messaging service, but also provides multiple communication tools for companies such as integration into their telephone system, making voice calls, video calls, conferences, document sharing and team desk ... and best of all, it is possible to use it on any device that has a browser installed thanks to its WebRTC technology. This application is available for free and also by paid subscription, depending on the needs of the company and its employees.
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Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2006
The Copenhagen Jazz Festival does not just span the city, it takes it over. From venues large to small with jazz starting at 10:30am and going into late night, the jazz festival convincingly makes the Danish capital New York-like for ten days with its overwhelming concert schedule. And much like New York city, it wasn't too difficult to catch at minimum 3-4 shows each day for the week and a half of the Festival.
Inaugurated in 1979, this year's edition tallied nearly 1,000 concerts in 100 venues from the city's regular jazz haunts (Copenhagen JazzHouse, La Fontaine, Huset) to cafes and many non-jazz associated venues presenting live music during the Festival. The idea and hope - to encourage these places to present jazz to some extent during non-Festival months. The reality - the city becomes an epicenter of jazz for its 10 days featuring much great local, European, American, and international jazz talent to an extreme, leaving the rest of the year rather up in the air and - in essence - quiet in comparison. The commendable programming end-result, however, evenly mixed local legends (violinist Svend Asmussen) with young Danish jazz stars (pianist Jacob Anderskov, saxophonist Lotte Anker, vocalist Caecilie Norby) and international talent hailing from America (pianists Brad Mehldau and Robert Glasper, and guitarists Bill Frisell and Pat Metheny,) to France (multi-instrumentalist Michel Portal and accordionist Richard Galliano), Ukrania (Mikhail Rudy, pianist Misha Alperin) to Australia (vocalist Julie O'Hara). And unlike American and international counterparts which feel the need to include pop, R&B and other non-jazz headliners to sell tickets - most performances at the Copenhagen Jazz Festival all fit into the "jazz" realm. And with punctual start and stop times, rarely a set extending over an hour as if each set was being treated like an album (more lp-length versus CD-length if you will), focused and absorbing listening experiences were plentiful.
Though the first night featured the questionable and disappointing new group of Herbie Hancock, the Festival could and did only improve. Other than brief precipitation that offered a much needed cooling of the warmer than usual temperatures, conditions were ideal for the many outdoor concerts in particular, including in many of the city's more popular squares, concerts along the waterfront, as well as for the several New Orleans- style marching bands that zigzagged through the cobblestone streets such as the Orion Jazz Band which, if you weren't following them, they and their music followed you (led by the great Danish trombonist Ole Lindgren). You couldn't escape jazz even if you tried, but what would be the point of trying if you were in Copenhagen during its annual jazz festival, with music resonating down many of the main thoroughfares and sidestreets for tourists that came from all corners of the globe coming especially for the festival, and for the locals alike.
Svend Asmussen
Of local legends, the 90-years old violinist Svend Asmussen - the finest living jazz violinist and arguably one of the three greatest ever - was the festival's apex at Tivoli Gardens the penultimate night. Asmussen's playing was lucid as was his onstage banter. From the opener ("Bye Bye Blackbird") to the second set's closer ("Blue Skies"), the violinist was in good spirits, his longtime quartet - Jacob Fischer (guitar), Jesper Lundgaard (bass) and Aage Tanggaard (drums) - providing ideal foundation for inspiring improvisational interplay. " Take Off Blues" showcased Asmussen's virtuosic strumming and plucking techniques, holding the violin as if a ukulele, playing it as if a bottleneck guitar. His swinging rendition of Fletcher Henderson's "Wrappin' It Up" (originally recorded only a year after Asmussen's 1933 professional debut Copenhagen concert) was a festival highlight. Asmussen entertained always with a tasteful sense of humor, relaxed and natural in his delivery with no detectable arthritis or stiffness, and received nonstop thunderous applause and smiles from one end of the hall to the next. Appropriately, his was the first of the ten Festival concerts to sell out prior (others included those by Hancock, Sergio Mendes, the Gotan Project, Salif Keita, and the Jack DeJohnette-John Scofield-Larry Goldings cooperative Trio Beyond tribute to Tony Williams' Lifetime), though each concert attended by this reviewer by showtime was quite literally packed to the hilt regardless.
Other unforgettable highlights came from many mid 50- to mid 60-year old Danish jazz veterans, most of who performed on numerous occasions throughout the festival. Guitarist Pierre Dorge's New Jungle Orchestra played an evening-time outdoors concert at the Islands Brygge. Even with it's 8 o'clock start it seemed more of an afternoon concert (the sun doesn't go down until a good two hours later this time of year in Scandinavia) while sitting along the beautiful waterway with a view of the sun eventually setting in the direction of the city's skyline towards the concert's end.
Water-bound onlooker for Pierre Dorge
The lively mix of guitar, bass clarinet, trombone, saxophones, trumpet, percussion, deep acoustic bass, keyboards, occasional vocals by special guest Aida Nadeem, etc. lends itself to such outdoor presentation (though strangely only a few in sight were up and dancing with most others intently listening and taking in the view and sounds). This veteran Danish ensemble is similar to what Boston's Either/Orchestra (E/O) musically stands for: continuous rhythmic shifts, endless colors provided by all members and off the wall improvs over and under an established groove (from trumpet splatters to high pitched Klezmer-influenced clarinet cries to mouthpiece duck calls). As a matter of fact the two bands would make a great double bill.
Bassists Bo Stief, Mads Vinding and Hugo Rasmussen showcased their diverse takes on the well-documented Danish bass tradition (made known internationally by the late Niels- Henning Orsted Pedersen).
Bo Stief
Stief played with fellow Dane trumpeter Palle Mikkelborg as well as with his One Song III group (a trio with pianist/accordionist Paolo Russo and accordionist Lelo Nika - one of several accordion-heavy featured groups at this year's Festival). Rasmussen's Allstarz performed rollicking and packed sets at the Knitting Factory-like multi-floored Huset as well as at Kulturhuset's waterfront Island Brygge. His musically and visually memorable duo with tenor man Jakob Dinesen (who played the night previous with one time Fela Kuti drummer/musical director Tony Allen) at the latter venue's "Jazz for Kids" morning series had several hundred kids and parents dancing, a few dozen joining the musicians onstage. One little girl led others into a strutting walk- like-an-Egyptian dance for the near 10-minute duration of "Caravan", a promising sight to behold for the country's next generation! It's no wonder where the saying "childlike abandon" comes from.
Jacob Dinesen, Hugo Rasmussen
Similarly, Vinding performed in duo with accordionist Oyvind Ougard in a morning outdoors concert for kids adjacent to the city's zoo. Again, to witness a packed crowd dominated by youngsters age 2-7 was nothing short of extraordinary, as many if not most were dancing, playing, and soaking in the jokes and children's music mixed with folk songs and some jazz that had many singing along. Vinding's assured and fine tuned basswork subtlety however may have been these kids' first exposure to true jazz bass and unknowingly these young ears were being directly exposed to legends since passed such as pianist Kenny Drew, trumpeter Howard McGhee, and so many other jazz greats Vinding has been associated with in his many decades as a professional musician. And what a great thing to expose kids at such an impressionable age to music that has become as much part of their culture as ours, and - dare I say - even more appreciated.
Contemporaries of the aforementioned bassists came in performances by pianist Thomas Clausen and drummer Alex Riel.
Alex Riel with Jesper Lundgaard
The latter performed frequently, including at Borups Koncertsal where he showed why he has been such a valued accompanist to visiting and transplanted Americans for five decades. His classic hornless jazz piano trio - Jesper Lundgaard (bass) and the young and noticeably Bill Evans-influenced pianist Heine Hansen - allowed Riel to evenly mix tasteful brush work ("I Can't Get Started") in an even treatment of his kit that spread continuous colorful accents aplenty including some especially fine cymbal work (sometimes a sorely neglected part of the kit or conversely sorely abused). "Emily" evenly featured the trio, Lundgaard's bass noticeably upfront. Due to the instrument's worthy and extensive history and tradition in Denmark, the bass always seems to get special treatment in Danish jazz, as opposed to their unfortunately undermic'd (or sometimes overmic'd) and mistreated counterparts here in the US.
Clausen's solo piano recital of classical-inspired jazz originals at Mogens Dahl Koncertsal (a Venice, California-like gallery space once a stable and then car garage) included striking and gripping renditions of "'Round Midnight" and "Body & Soul". As the Copenhagen Jazz Festival has an extensive history, so too does the city's and its musicians' connection to the jazz tradition (Clausen is one of many Danes to have performed and recorded with Miles Davis); you can't ignore how many American musicians traveled to and wound up staying in the fare Scandinavian city, including a massive influx of American expats particularly in the '60s. Hence they have a high appreciation for the jazz standard repertoire stemming from decades-past collaborations with American expats such as Ben Webster, Dexter Gordon, Johnny Griffin, Horace Parlan and the still very active mid-70 year old drummer Ed Thigpen.
Thigpen's Scantet features two young promising Danes in pianist Kasper Villaume and bassist Jesper Bodilsen along with a veteran tenor-trumpet frontline (Thomas Franck and Jens Winther respectively) in the tradition of Horace Silver and Art Blakey quintets. Documented on over 300 recordings and mentored by a legend in jazz brushes - Papa Jo Jones - Thigpen is one of the living masters of the brushes himself as evidenced on a breathtaking "In a Sentimental Mood", a sole horn feature for Winther's warm and mute- like sensitivity.
Jens Winther with Ed Thigpen
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Meanwhile, a group of intellectuals from Canadian Universities is visiting Jaffna Thursday to conduct research into the families affected by the disappearances in Jaffna during 1995-1997. Attorney Remedius who filed the disappearnce charges said that this group is interested in talking to family members of those disappeared.
Attorney Remedius has appealed to the families interested in meeting the Canadian group to meet him at the Attorney's Offices at Jaffna Court premises Thursday 10 a.m.


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[CD] THE SMITHS • THE SOUND OF THE SMITHS: DELUXE EDITION • 2 DISC SET • U.K. IMPORT
THE SOUND OF THE SMITHS is a 2008 compilation of the definitive British independent band of the eighties - produced with the full co-operation of Morrissey and Johnny Marr; Morrissey provided the title and Johnny Marr personally supervised the mastering, their joint involvement ensuring that this is the most impactful look back at The Smiths' extraordinary career to date.
Disc 1 comprises 23 tracks and presents all the Smiths' memorable single releases, reinstating singles that were scheduled though eventually unreleased in that form (Still Ill and You Just Haven't Earned It Yet Baby) plus European only singles including Barbarism Begins At Home and The Headmaster Ritual. The core of Disc 1, however, is that matchless run of singles from their first Rough Trade 7 inch, Hand In Glove to the posthumous Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me. The collection includes genuine classic hits such as Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now, How Soon Is Now, Panic and Girlfriend In A Coma, which marked the pinnacle of that unique creative collaboration between vocalist Morrissey and guitarist Johnny Marr. Indeed, Morrissey's eloquence and proselytising was always matched by the compelling musicianship of Marr, bassist Andy Rourke and drummer Mike Joyce.
Disc 2 adds a further 22 tracks including rare B-sides, tracks that were exclusive to 12 inch releases and selected live recordings. Among the rarities are the Troy Tate- produced Pretty Girls Make Graves, What's The World, a cover of a track from the fellow Manchester band James, recorded live at Barrowlands, Glasgow, originally released only on a cassette single and the live Meat Is Murder from the vinyl 12" single version of That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore. This compilation is a fantastic introduction to The Smiths for the new fan as well as the completionists among us.
1. Hand in Glove
2. This Charming Man
3. What Difference Does It Make? (BBC Peel Session Version)
4. Still III
5. Heaven Still Knows I'm Miserable
6. William, It Was Really Nothing
7. How Soon Is Now?
8. Nowhere Fast
9. Shakespeare's Sister
10. Barbarism Begins at Home (7' Version)
11. That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
12. The Headmaster Ritual
13. The Boy With the Thorn in His Side
14. Bigmouth Strikes Again
15. There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
16. Panic
17. Ask
18. You Just Haven't Earned It Yet Baby
19. Shoplifters of the World Unite
20. Sheila Take a Bow
21. Girlfriend in a Coma
22. I Started Something I Couldn't Finish
23. Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me
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2. Handsome Devil
4. Wonderful Woman
5. Back to the Old House
6. These Things Take Time
7. Girl Afraid
8. Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want
9. Stretch Out and Wait
10. Oscillate Wildly
11. Meat Is Murder
12. Asleep
13. Money Changes Everything
14. The Queen Is Dead
15. Vicar in a Tutu
16. Cemetry Gates
17. Half a Person
18. Sweet and Tender Hooligan
19. Pretty Girls Make Graves (Troy Tate Demo)
20. Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before
21. What's the World?
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This first era of rock and roll dates (more or less) from Eisenhower's first election in 1952 to The British Invasion in 1964. Doo wop was a signature sound with its beautiful vocal harmonies, beat, and nonsense syllables, but there was a lot of pioneering going on with rhythm and blues, rock and roll, rockabilly, and crossovers from country music. That's why we go beyond the doo wop genre per se and explore those years. Each blog post is just a mosaic. When put together, the posts start to provide a picture of the time. Please visit the Rec Room for a featured record on the record player, a TV with four channels, and a jukebox with 60+ songs. We have an all request Juke Box Saturday night in the rec room each weekend so you can hear your favorites from the 50s and 60s. There is also a Daily Doo Wop for videos of those golden oldies.
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When their children finally get to school going age, parents are not just faced with the dilemma of which school to enroll their children in, but they also wonder if tuition is necessary. Some Singaporeans think the tuition culture needs to go. However, a majority of them believe the science tuition centres have helped their children have the right foundation in science and would not trade their children's performance for anything.
Students are different. Some easily understand during their regular school lessons while others need more time to get to the same level of clarity. Unfortunately, even if the teachers would like to meet all the education needs of the students, they cannot. They don't have the luxury of time since they have a schedule in the curriculum they have to follow. Teachers sometimes have a class of 40 students, and they cannot meet the individual needs of all them. They are forced to adopt a system that is assumed to work for all students.
Primary science tuition centres provide the additional support students need to be up to date on their lessons without feeling like they are dragging the fast students behind. This is a place where slow students get to learn at their pace without feeling pressured to let go of topics they have not understood.
Science is one of the subjects that many students struggle with. Singapore is internationally renowned for students performing well in science subjects. This is no mean fete for the nation. However, it puts even more pressure on students who do not perform as well as is expected of a Singaporean student.
For students to have a positive attitude towards science, they need to be confident in their ability to perform well. Tuition restores this faith in students who have been struggling with the subject. Some of the students who assumed they were not good in science only needed more time and extra support to turn around the negative attitude towards the subject.
The beauty of tuition is that the student can study at his convenience. If the student feels the time available for lessons in school is too little for him to understand, he gets to have more time with the tutor. Parents pay tuition to get their children more support for their education. Tutors take this very seriously. They do not work based on a curriculum that needs to be followed as scheduled. They work based on the needs of the child. They identify a learning method that is most suitable for the individual student and use it to ensure the student gets better in science.
Sometimes students understand the content taught by their teachers when they have read on the topic ahead of the class lesson. Some students go for tuition for this purpose, especially if they are fast learners. This makes it easier for teachers to communicate with students since they already have an idea about the given lesson.
This is a culture that has been taken up by some parents. By the time a child goes to kindergarten, he already has learned some of the things taught from home. Parents offer students additional support from home, and this has been quite helpful in making sure they get positive results from their tuition and school lessons.
Some students take tuition lessons when they are closer to doing their exams while others start earlier. Whichever option students and parents take, there is no doubt that the science tuition centres are beneficial to students. It has contributed immensely to the tuition culture in Singapore and growth in interest in science subjects.
Once your child is old enough to learn new skills, you are concerned about which school to choose. Schools in Singapore are known for their good quality of education, but you might have misgivings about admitting your child to one of these schools. Local schools may set up a clash of culture and this can leave your child confused. Or you want an easy curriculum for your child. Whatever the reason, here are some of the indications that you would prefer to have your child attend an international preschool Singapore.
Start with the language the child is familiar with. If you are an expat and speak or understand English, your child might also be familiar with the language. Or, you want your child to acquire English language skills since this can be a bonus in a globalized world. Also, an international school offers the type of culture your child is used to as a member of an expat family. Since for very young children, this familiarity is important to learning, an international school could be a good answer to your requirements.
International schools follow recognized teaching methods and this ensures that your child's learning proceeds along familiar lines. Also, the training is offered while keeping in mind the capabilities of the child. Parents of young children might be concerned about the burden of learning on the child. At international schools, the learning is imparted in a fun way. this makes the experience less difficult for the child. In particular since preschool children would rather play than sit their desks the challenging task of making learning acceptable to children is undertaken by trained teachers.
If you are an expat, your social life might be limited to other expat families. However, your child may not always get the benefit of socialization if particularly there are no peers their age. this is why it is important to let your child find friends at a pre school. The child will learn important things about living in society, such as sharing, being kind, following rules meant for the benefit of people, and so on.
As an expat, you might be finding it difficult to take care of the needs of the young child, whether education or helping them socialize. At an international pre school, competent teachers will guide the child, as he or she learns to socialize and learns new skills. This will take some pressure off you, and you can get reports from teachers to check how the child is doing at school.
As more and more households have started speaking English rather than their own native language in their homes, the kids do not learn the language or the cultures and traditions that go along with this. The Chinese culture is very well known for their ethics that include hard work, excellence, and discipline. Being one of the countries with the most population the way these parents raise their children can have an important impact on society as a whole.
The Chinese have many traditional values that will be a shame if lost due to the adoption of the modern traditions by more and more parents. This is why sending your child for Chinese speech and drama classes can help your child learn and understand their language even if it is not spoken too much at home. It is also important that your child is culturally divergent as they will learn to respect and understand not only your own culture but also respect the culture and the traditions of different countries. By incorporating cultural studies into the child's life they will not only learn the culture of the place that they live in but can also learn the traditional values which will help the child live a more enriched life.
The child can create their own special mix of both of the cultures that they are learning which would mean that they will incorporate the best values from both cultures and thus will be a major contributor to society and make sure that they are a good and valuable citizen of the world.
When you start teaching you child cultural and traditional values right from a young age you are helping them make these values an integral part of their life and they will teach the same to their own children and this has to start from a young age during activities for toddlers in class . Thus, making sure that the good values and lessons that are important to us are not lost due to the modernization of the world. Children are the future, and they will have respect and love for their cultural heritage if parents start to incorporate these language and cultural classes into their child's early education. They are making sure that they are maintaining their cultural diversity and help the world maintain the values of humanity, understanding, and empathy.
Different cultures also have a wide range of knowledge that is mostly written in their native language and if this language were to die away because people have stopped using it all of that valuable knowledge will be lost.


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On the New Mika Album, This International Pop Star Picks Up Where George Michael Left Off
Written by Dan Loughry on October 7, 2019
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Twelve years into his career as an international pop artist, the Beirut-born Mika has had enough of the industry merry-go-round and decided to shake things up with his fifth release, a new Mika album called My Name Is Michael Holbrook.
"I had a new team," he has said, "and refused to go into a commercial music studio. Five or six years ago, you'd go to L.A. for a writing trip and work with one or two people for like two to three days. Now publishers set up these writing sessions and you'll be writing in this slot of three hours. It's gross cookie-cutter crap, where all the songs sound like each other. I made a commitment to writing at home and working with people who would spend time in my home studio. The kind of music I make is not chasing radio. I need to be totally in sync with the story I want to tell. It needs to be very intimate, very personal, and very unique."
Sonically, while Mika still shares some of the baseline DNA of forbears Freddie Mercury (that voice) and other gay artists known for their flights into falsetto (Jimmy Somerville, say), this new Mika album comes across as an updated, contemporary George Michael, which is no bad thing at all.
There's dance pop aplenty here: from the sexualized thirst-quenching of "Ice Cream" (as winking as his earlier "Lollipop") to the Scissor Sisters strut of "Platform Ballerinas" (for which someone — not sure if it was Mika or an inspired fan — created a synched video using footage from the dragtacular To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar).
And his ballads have grown richer and subtler with every release. "Ready to Call This Love" — a duet with Jack Savoretti — is tailor-made for weddings of every stripe, while "Blue," though not in the class of Joni Mitchell's same-titled bad love landmark, is a gorgeous grace note unlike anything else in his catalogue.
There are no grand political proclamations or earth-shattering personal revelations here; only the small accumulation of details that add up to a lifetime of experience, starting with the beautiful jaunt of "Tiny Love," about the kind of romance not defined by grand gestures yet rather consistency, loyalty, fidelity. The artist born Michael Holbrook shared an Instagram post to fans to post their own stories and received more than 1,700 responses.
"You think your heartbreak or joy is worthless in the grand scheme of things," he has said, "but when you say to people, 'Just for this moment, talk about it,' suddenly they explode because that's empowering. Everyone can benefit from empowerment."
This includes the artist himself. New Mika album My Name Is Michael Holbrook is a potent reminder of his prowess as a songwriter and performer; and the delicate shades he's bringing with him as he matures into middle age is a healthy sign of an artist in full command of his talents.
The new Mika album My Name Is Michael Holbrook is out now.
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - What the Los Angeles Clippers used to get from Elton Brand they're now getting from Zach Randolph, and it's proving to be a winning formula.
Randolph, who was traded by the New York Knicks on Nov. 21, has cleared 21 points in all nine of his starts since joining Los Angeles and he picked up his 15th double-double of the season.
"We just kind of plugged him into the plays we had for Elton Brand," Clippers coach Mike Dunleavy said. "They work just fine for him."
Brand, a two-time All-Star, was averaging 20 points and 10 rebounds for his career when he opted out of his contract this offseason and signed a free-agent deal with the Philadelphia 76ers. Dunleavy has contended that Brand had a verbal agreement to re-sign with Los Angeles for another five years, but decided to go elsewhere.
"He's just got an ability to score, both in the low post and on pick-and-rolls," Dunleavy said. "The guy competes on every possession. That's what you're always looking for as a coach."
Gordon, who scored the first six points in a 10-0 run that provided the Clippers with an 87-73 lead, also finished with 22 points. Baron Davis scored 19, Marcus Camby added 13 points and 15 rebounds, and Al Thornton had 12 points as all of the Clippers starters' reached double figures.
"We need to be better consistently. Right now, anything that we're doing on the road or at home is not working," Wilcox said. "We've got to come together, keep our heads up and just keep lifting each other up."
"I was playing like this in New York. I just want to win," Randolph said. "That's what we've got to do. That's what it's all about."
Dunleavy has even higher hopes because the current hot stretch has come without Ricky Davis (knee) and Chris Kaman (foot). That's made Randolph's presence even more important.
"Just to be able to have a go-to guy in the low post, it stabilizes you. When you need a bucket, you've got a place that you can go," Dunleavy said.
"Tonight was one of his poorer games for us. It looked pretty good from where most people sat."
The post tandem scored three of Clippers' next four baskets off of offensive rebounds, and Davis used a crafty pump fake to get Durant off his feet for a foul with 1.8 seconds left in the third quarter. Davis cashed in on all three free throws to push the lead to 70-65.
His 3-pointer from the top of the key extended the Clippers' edge to 77-69, and then Gordon provided the finishing touches - with a little help from Randolph. The 6-foot-9 big man had two of his four assists during the Clippers' 10-point surge.
"Because of the attention he's going to get in the low post, he's been doing a nice job for us passing the ball," Dunleavy said. "People said when I got him that he's a black hole, and I haven't seen that at all."
Notes: Brooks said he got the following advice from Nuggets coach George Karl, who started his coaching career 2-19 with Cleveland: "Hang in there. Continue to teach and believe and work." Brooks was formerly an assistant to Karl in Denver. "I have a great relationship with him. He's an incredible coach that I've learned a lot under," Brooks said. ... Wilcox, who missed two games with a dislocated left ring finger, had that finger taped to his middle finger in his return. ... The first three shots of the game didn't touch the rim. Damien Wilkins and Durant bracketed airballs for the Thunder around Wilkins' block of Al Thornton's jumper in the lane.


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Q: Getting all def functions of a file from a string containing the file name I need to get all the def functions from .py files I have in a folder.
I have this which gets the file names from the folder.
import Modules

path = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)) + "/Modules/"

modules=[]

os.chdir(path)
for file in glob.glob("*.py"):
    if file != "__init__.py":
        file = file.replace(".py", "")
        Module = "Modules." + file

This can get all the filenames fine and remove the .py from them the problem is that when I try and get the all the functions using this
for i in dir(Module):
        if i[0] != "_":
            print i

It prints out stuff like this
capitalize
center
count
decode
encode

which I think is functions for "strings" in general. I printed out modules and it return returned Modules.test, and by putting that into the function
 for i in dir(Modules.test):
        if i[0] != "_":
            print i

it did return "test"(which is the name of the def function I have in the file), I have tried converting the string into a raw string using this, but it that did not work. So I am just wondering how I would accomplish this

A: for fpath in glob.glob("*.py"):
    if not fpath.endswith("__init__.py"): #recall glob returns full path
        with open(fpath) as f:
             print os.path.basename(fpath)
             print "  "+"\n  ".join(re.findall("def (.*):",f.read()))

maybe .... I guess?


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The Basic Daily Care Fee is a contribution towards daily living expenses, such as meals, laundry, cleaning, resident activities, heating and cooling. All aged care residents pay a standard Basic Daily Care Fee. The fee is reviewed every March and September, in line with Centrelink increases in the Aged Pension.
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Successful completion of the "Combined Assets and Income Assessment" form and submission to Centrelink will outline any payment obligations within 4-6 weeks.
3 - The Means-Tested Care Fee -Collected by the home on behalf of the Federal Government.
The Means Tested Care Fee ensures that residents who have additional income and assets contribute to their medical costs, including nursing and personal care. This fee is collected by the home on behalf of the Commonwealth and is not retained by the home.
Centrelink assesses all residents entering a Commonwealth-funded residential aged care facility and residents will receive information about their Means Tested Care Fee up to 4-6 weeks after they have lodged the "Permanent Residential Aged Care Request for a Combined Asset and Income Assessment" If this assessment is not completed then a higher Means Tested Care Fee might apply until the form is processed by Centrelink.
The Maximum Means Tested Care Fee that a resident can be asked to pay per year is $27,533 with a lifetime cap of $66,078.
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Hello, I'm Mary Hawkins
and I'm an animator+designer in New York City. AfterEffects and I are good friends and Photoshop and I go waaaaay back.
I make a lot of things for a lot of people.
They all keep telling me that I'm fast, flexible, accommodating and awesome. When I was at MTV, we didn't always have a lot of time for tweaking. Some of these promos went from a pile of who-knows-what to a finished spot with audio in two days flat. I mostly animate stuff, but I also like doing light print work and making quirky add-ons to support the projects I'm working on. Need a video, a set of gifs, a step-and-repeat and a totebag? Email me and let's see what we can do.
Outside of work,
I do a lot of volunteering. I'm the Head Jeerleader and Brooklyn squad co-captain for Gotham Girls Roller Derby. I have visited all 50 states and 25 foreign countries. I'm the Mary-who-likes-postcards at Mary Likes Postcards.com and have written over 4,000 cute, handmade reminders to get people out to vote in important elections. I'm on the board of Rise and Resist, a direct action group that often uses my posters and designs in their creative protests, and currently their treasurer. My protest posters have been used to illustrate stories in a dozen major publications, including the New York Times, The Washington Post, MSNBC, CNN, NBC and The New Yorker. I'm an elected official within the Democratic Party here in NYC, and I represent my block on County Committee.


Jezebel spirit tries to take over your life and isolate you from others. The Jezebel spirit is best known for controlling and manipulating but will also usurp authority and hijack your life. Beware the spirit that wants to separate you from friends, parents, or teachers.
The Jezebel spirit will usurp your authority. This means that Jezebel wants to "take the place of another." This could be replacing a parent, pastor, teacher, spouse, employer, or you. Has anyone tried to seize your authority and take over your life? To usurp means to take over the authority of another without legal right. This is what a Jezebel spirit will try.
The Jezebel spirit is crafty and wants to take over your life. She will use every trick in the book. Don't let it steal your position of authority. A young girl was angry at her mother for not giving her the accolades she thought were deserving. Doubtful this was true, but in her rebellious mind, it was. When overhearing the statement from the disgruntled girl a woman said, "Oh honey you know I'm your mom." This may sound comforting and innocent to some, but scripture says you should honor mother and father (Exodus 20:12).
I believe honoring your parents takes first place but honoring others is also important. Parenthood is a position of authority and responsibility. Anyone that has ever parented knows it's a tough job and needs the grace and wisdom of God. The Jezebel spirit will take opportunities like the rebellion in children and use it to build an ungodly soul tie with your child. Soul ties are emotional bonding between people.
To take the place of another without legal authority.
To seize, take, or hold the power of another without legal authority.
To take over or occupy without legal right.
I have heard people say things like "these are my kids." I know most mean well, but this can be dangerous because the Jezebel spirit will usurp the rightful authority of another. Remember, demonic Jezebel spirits don't care what you mean they respond to what you say.
On another occasion, a woman kept church youth out late on several occasions disregarding parent's wishes to have them home at a certain hour. When corrected by church leadership she agreed to the parent's wishes but continued to disregard the parent's instructions. The Jezebel spirit would not submit to the parent's authority over their children. The church's leadership dismissed her. After correction, the Jezebel spirit left the church. These parents stood their ground and would not allow the Jezebel spirit to usurp their parental position or authority.
A church in North America was drawing many Spanish people into an English speaking church. To better serve the new Spanish attendees the pastor looked for someone that could translate the services. After a while, a couple started attending the church. They came in with a great attitude, serving, helping, and volunteering. The husband volunteered to drive a church van to pick up people and take them home after services. The wife volunteered to translate the services from English to Spanish. In the beginning, everything went well. As time passed the coupled gained a measure of influence in the church but then one day something happened, the Jezebel spirit started to manifest.
After twenty-five years of watching this spirit operate this is part of the pattern. The most dangerous Jezebel spirits will serve their way into influence before they start to manifest. The pastor told me a church member that could understand the Spanish language began listening to the woman's translations. To his amazement, the translations were way different than the pastor's message. The translations were condescending, controlling, and falsely stating that the pastor was talking about particular people within the congregation.
When the pastor found out, he called for a special meeting with the translator and her husband thinking there was some simple misunderstanding. The meeting went terrible, and the translator and husband stormed out of the meeting. Afterwards, they phoned every Spanish attendee falsely telling them the pastor didn't want Spanish people in the church. After a few weeks, this Jezebel spirit pulled many Spanish people out of a great church. As you can read, the Jezebel spirit usurped the pastor's position trying to make herself look good, and him look bad. These examples show that conflict with the Jezebel spirit cannot be avoided. At the end of the day, the spirit did not succeed in taking over the parents or pastor's authority or position.
There are many Jezebel spirits that could be identified as squatters in local churches. They enter the church, set up camp, build their ministries, target the lonely, rejected, weak, rebellious and wounded, and look for positions of influence while usurping the leadership's authority.
Some Europeans purchased farmland in Nicaragua. I can tell you from much experience that purchasing land in a foreign nation is time-consuming and requires extra diligence. The sale went as scheduled, and the legal paperwork was completed and filed. Shortly afterward squatters entered the property and built little shacks. A squatter is someone who settles on land without right or title. These squatters also started cutting down the trees that they burned and turned into charcoal. Bags of charcoal can be sold in some local markets to cook with. These squatters had no legal right to the property or its timber. This is a good example of usurping the legal rights of another. The rightful landowners filed a complaint with the police who removed the squatters from the property. The Jezebel spirit is just like these squatters entering your property without permission and stealing your possessions.
I have seen people with a Jezebel spirit take over households and churches. A loving couple allowed a down-and-out relative to move into their house until she could get on her feet. Everything went well at first. As time went on the relative began to rule the house. It got so bad the husband finally stepped in and threw the relative out of the house. As already said Jezebel is a squatter. Even though this relative was an guest she started to rule like she was head of the house. This husband was spiritually strong enough to throw her out before the spirit split his marriage.
We were waiting patiently in line at the Miami International airport on our way to Nicaragua for boarding pass and baggage check. Suddenly this lady rolled her bags piled high on one of those metal carts passed us all jumping in front of the line. Since the entire world has been standing in line since they were old enough to attend school this wasn't a cultural difference or misunderstanding. She was just cutting line. It was such a bold move that it shocked all of us. It reminded me of a hijacker. This Jezebel spirit wasn't afraid to hijack the position of others waiting in line for something simple like an airline ticket. Has a Jezebel spirit ever hijacked your authority, spoke on your behalf, or took charge of circumstances without consulting with you? Have you ever been standing in line for financial rewards, benefits, or job promotion and have a Jezebel spirit cut in line and hijack them?
The Jezebel spirit is not afraid to boldly usurp authority or position. Don't let this spirit speak for you or represent you in any way. Christ gave you authority over serpents, scorpions and all the works of the enemy — even usurpers, squatters and hijackers — and nothing by any means shall harm you. Use your spiritual authority and don't be afraid to take charge of your life. If you are going to have a conflict with the Jezebel spirit, then have it. Let that spirit blow its top. So what! Get on with your life. You don't need Jezebel to help you do anything. Put first the Kingdom of God, and His righteousness and all these things shall be added to you (Matthew 6:33).