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10 Latinx-Owned Businesses to Support Whether You Shop Small On Saturday or Everyday
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Amanda Gómez
Latinxs make up an increasingly high number of consumers and entrepreneurs, so we're assembling a list of just some of our favorite Latinx/Chicanx- owned businesses. With a variety of shops and styles, we're sure you'll find something for a "treat yo'self" kind of day.
1.) Valfre
Valfré is a LA based women's apparel and accessories brand that was founded by Mexican-born artist, Ilse Valfré. The brand launched in late 2013 and has quickly become a global source for the creative and wild-at-heart. Valfré's mission is to bring her art to life by creating unique products that are a direct reflection of the psychedelic world that she has created. Her work explores the poignant tension between vulnerability and confidence as she transports her audience into the hearts and minds of the characters that she creates. Valfré believes that the true fashion girl doesn't place herself in a box by limiting herself to one style. The Valfre look can be described as edgy, unique, experimental yet very wearable.As the style of her characters evolve with the ever-changing world, so does her brand.
Some favorites:
Sorry Not Sorry Jacket, $40
Phone Case, $10
2.) Selva Negra
Selva Negra represents drive, holistic energy, united empowerment, careful craftsmanship, and engineered comfort. Designers Kristen Gonzalez and Sam Romero unite their Annie Hall tomboy feeling and bold feminine identity to embody a collection that aims to set zero limits to what women can achieve. Influenced by their Latina heritage, they bring beauty and soul to every piece to combine a collective of honest and sustainable products made in Los Angeles, California.
Favorite:
margot jumpsuit in denim, $119
3.) Twisted4Sugar
Twisted4Sugar is a wonderful treat for young and old. Their take on traditional cotton candy is absolutely amazing, but their gourmet flavors like Mazapán, Horchata, and Tamarindo or their Mango and Watermelon flavors paired with Tajin toppings make our hearts sing without even tasting! Check them out for catering or wholesale
4.) RaggedyTiff
Discovered in 2010, Raggedy Tiff is known for its eclectic Folk-Cultural style, with an eccentric personality, & unique feel. Specializing in Accessories, Apparel, & Home Decor Raggedy Tiff is known for its Unique/Vibrant Textile prints, Craftsmanship & Exquisite one of a kind pieces.
Founder, Jessica Resendiz was born in Queretaro, Mexico on January 11, 1987, but was raised in San Diego most of her childhood . She began creating hair accessories for herself at the age of 8yrs old and throughout her early years she created everything she wore from hair accessories to clothing. At the age of 12yrs old her curiosity grew more and more until it became a huge interest to her to learn how to hand stitch and also she began learning the whole process of using a sewing machine. By her Senior Year in High School her enthusiasm for Fashion became serious and she decided to pursue and attend Fashion School after graduating. With many fashion schools to attend around the country, she decided to take her career path to The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandise in Los Angeles, California. This is where all her creativity began to be noticed and admired by professors, school staff, and college friends. After all these years, she'd realized that her creativity was something special and started creating hair accessories & apparel to sell in art shows, events, fashion shows, you name it. During the 3 years she attended FIDM, her knowledge for fashion became more well defined from sketching, pattern-making, fabrication, branding, merchandising, and marketing.
In June 2011, Jessica Graduated FIDM majoring in Fashion " Product Development" . After graduating, she focused on building her own brand and developing her own concepts into designs. And so Raggedy Tiff was born, where all her inspirations and creativity came to life. The name Raggedy Tiff came and was inspired by her 11yr old daughter Tiffany. She wanted to make sure she included her daughter into her brand ,Therefore the name stood out from the rest and its unique name made a statement to her clients and fans.
El Corazon Graphic Tee, $28.99
5.) BornxRaised
BornxRaised is a streetwear brand inclusive of people of color
From Remezcla: "LA based streetwear brand BornxRaised has made a name for itself repping for SoCal culture, making a statement against gentrification, and incorporating Chicano calligraphy, graffiti and tattoo culture into their designs."
Jesus T-Shirt, $50
6.) Vive Cosmestics
Vive Cosmetics is one of the most popular Latinx-owned businesses, specifically cosmetics.
Identity is complex and intimate. For many, identifying as Latina, Latinx, Latin@, Xicana (or none of the above) means something different. For us, identifying as Latinx means we connect to our indigenous roots while recognizing the cultural influences from around the world that make the Latinx cultures uniquely amazing. We carry on the traditions of our parents and our ancestors in the hopes of creating a better tomorrow. We believe that the very differences found in the Latinx identity should be celebrated and honored. Vive Cosmetics was created to help empower womxn and all people, because makeup should be about celebrating your full self, including your ethnicity and your culture.
Candela Cremosa Matte Lipstick, $17
7.) UNiiQUE
UNiiQUE offers a wide range of accessories, jewelry, bags, decor, and even dresses and rompers, all created with proud Mexican heritage kept in mind.
Discover the distinct Latino art with UNiiQUE through these artistic creations. All products are uniquely handmade by artisans, including our families. We respectfully look to preserve the Mexican artistic creations of our ancestral traditions by our manufactured products. Mexican textiles have existed for over more than 5,000 years and are one of Mexico's most important crafts representing our Mexican heritage. The most distinct crafted textile is the use of embroidery. Each piece being offered is unlike any other, unique and you will have the opportunity to own a non repetitive style. Our products come from our native communities of Mexico, offering you the highest quality and preserving our artistic culture. By supporting our brand, you will help our families of handcrafted artisans that are less fortunate but hardworking people that keep this beautiful art alive.
Their grey off-the-shoulder dress, only $10 on sale right now!
Placemats, $16
8.) Hija De Tu Madre
Hija de tu Madre celebrates the beautiful mess that is being Latinx. Each piece of art and clothing is inspired by my cultural crossroads.
The goal of Hija de tu Madre is to create fashionable statements of identity. I want to create apparel that is the perfect depiction of my cultural intersection. What's more American than denim? And what's more Mexican than la Virgen de Guadalupe? Our fashion serves as reminders of where we come from and who we are. Our clothes provide us with a sense of familiarity, home, and belonging.
Hija de tu Madre is a creative outlet that celebrates the complexities of being a product of more than one culture. Thus, Hija de tu Madre caters to Latinx who bravely question everything, while reconciling our complicated history, culture, and identity. The shop and blog are for muxeres who unapologetically represent their colorful culture as we try to make sense of two seemingly opposing identities.
-Patty Delgado
"We are ni de aqui ni de alla."
Virgencita Phone Case, $10.99
9.) Brewble
Brewbles Is the creation of Catheryn Estefania Rodriguez Rangel, a 25 year old XIlanga/Mexican Immigrant currently residing in Austin Texas.
Inspired by cultura, nostalgia y recuerdos de nuestra niñez, Brewbles, with the help of her empowering hermanas is brewing up magical bath concoctions to evoke alivio and relaxation for your everyday self-care rituals.
Aguacate Bath Bomb, $12
Amor Prohibido Bath Bomb, $7 (50% of profits from this bomb goes to Kind Clinic, "a non profit clinic that provides sexual health services including PrEP and PEP access, STI testing and treatment, HIV testing, and gender affirming care to Central Texans in need")
10.) Nyla Padilla
Nyla Padilla is a Chicana maker and seller of gorgeous jewelry.
We've partnered with her to promote her, these, and all other Chicanx and Latinx owned businesses. Check out her shop here.


Baldwin Borough has a few Boards and Commissions, which supplement Council in governing the Borough.
The majority of Borough ordinances (laws) are posted here for easy viewing and reference.
Residents or interested individuals are welcome to attend all public meetings of Baldwin Council and Commissions.
Find the services, responsibilities, and contact information for the Baldwin Borough departments.
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Airtel Signed Agreement with Jamuna Bank to Provide Mobile Banking Surecash
August 17, 2015 | By Tech News	| Reply More
Airtel Bangladesh Limited, the fastest growing mobile operator in the country, signed an agreement with Jamuna Bank Limited to provide mobile banking services in Airtel network.
Airtel Customers can now enjoy Mobile Banking Service Jamuna Bank Surecash on the Airtel Network
Jamuna Bank Limited has deployed Progoti Systems Limited as their software partner. This mobile banking service will be named "Jamuna Bank Surecash" and Airtel customers will be able to enjoy the service by following a simple registration process. The service will be available under Airtel mCommerce USSD code *400#. Under this agreement Airtel customers can avail cash-in, cash-out, money transfer, utility bill payment, school fee payment, merchant payment and mobile top up services.
Ms. Rubaba Dowla, Chief Service Officer and Head of mCommerce, Airtel Bangladesh Limited, Mr. Shafiqul Alam, Managing Director, Jamuna Bank Limited and Dr. Shahadat Khan, CEO and MD, Pragati systems limited represented their respective organizations during the signing ceremony.
Speaking at the ceremony Ms. Rubaba Dowla, Chief Service Officer and Head of mCommerce, Airtel Bangladesh Limited stated "Airtel believes in service first and is striving to bring innovative and exciting products to its customers. With Jamuna Bank Surecash on the Airtel Network more people will become bankable and be encouraged to use Mobile Banking Service, thereby, creating a positive and meaningful impact on the country's economy."
Among others Mr. Mir Sadik Faisal, Head, Business Development, mCommerce, Mr. Kabi Kalpataru Biswas, Senior Executive, mCommerce from Airtel, Mr. A. K. M Saifuddin Ahamed, Deputy Managing Director, Mr. Ahmed Nawaz, Vice President & Head of ICT Division, Mr. Adnan Mahmud Ashraf-Uz-Zaman, Assistant Vice President & Head of ADC & Cards, A B M Saadi, Assistant Vice President & Technical Head of ICT Division, S.M Salahuddin, from Jamuna Bank Limited, Head of Sales and Distribution and Md. Abu Taleb, CBO, from Pragati Systems Limited were also present at the ceremony.
Airtel is committed to bring new features of mobile banking services to ensure better customer experience and bring ease in the lives of customers.
About Airtel Bangladesh Limited
Airtel Bangladesh Limited is one of the fastest growing mobile services providers in Bangladesh and is a concern of Bharti Airtel Limited, a leading global telecommunications services provider. The company offers a wide array of innovative mobile services, including voice, value added services, data and m-commerce products and is focused on expanding its state-of-the-art mobile network both for coverage and capacity.
About Bharti Airtel
Bharti Airtel Limited is a leading global telecommunications company with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa. Headquartered in New Delhi, India, the company ranks amongst the top 3 mobile service providers globally in terms of subscribers. In India, the company's product offerings include 2G, 3G and 4G wireless services, mobile commerce, fixed line services, high speed DSL broadband, IPTV, DTH, enterprise services including national & international long distance services to carriers. In the rest of the geographies, it offers 2G, 3G and 4G wireless services and mobile commerce. Bharti Airtel had over 328 million customers across its operations at the end of May 2015.
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Home » Health News » Researchers study bacterial co-infections and antibiotic use in COVID-19 patients
Researchers study bacterial co-infections and antibiotic use in COVID-19 patients
In a recent study published in BMC Infectious Diseases, researchers estimated the frequency of bacterial co-infections among hospitalized coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients and of antibiotic prescriptions in the initial COVID-19 period for appraising the usage of antibiotic stewardship criteria.
Study: Bacterial co-infection and antibiotic stewardship in patients with COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Image Credit: CROCOTHERY/Shutterstock
Studies have reported on the antibiotic overuse potential in the treatment of SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) infection-associated pneumonia, with elevated antimicrobial resistance risks among patients. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the public health implications of antibiotic overuse could be massive. Clinical recommendations advocating the provision of the most appropriate therapy while maintaining responsible antibiotic use must be informed with research undertaken to understand the percentage of hospitalized patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection-associated pneumonia who acquire confirmed respiratory bacterial co-infections of acute duration, and associated pathogenic organisms.
In the present systematic review and meta-analysis, researchers estimated the frequency of confirmed bacterial co-infections among individuals hospitalized due to COVID-19-associated pneumonitis and empirical antibiotic use frequency among participants. They also identified criteria for stewardship in antibiotic use from the initial COVID-19 period to the present.
Data were searched on the LILACS, Pubmed, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, and Embase databases until 5 May 2021 for studies reporting the prevalence/proportion of bacterial co-infections among hospitalized COVID-19 patients and antibiotic use. Wherever available, data were obtained on the type and duration of antibiotic medications, adverse effects, and antibiotic stewardship policies. The team included records comprising individuals hospitalized with suspected LRTI (lower respiratory tract infection) and polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-confirmed COVID-19, published in German, English, French, Russian, Portuguese, or Spanish.
Only original records with ≥10 individuals, providing adequate data for appraising the method used were included. Studies included reported data on ≥1.0 of the outcomes: (i) the prevalence of bacterial co-infections among individuals hospitalized with confirmed COVID-19 patients; (ii) the prevalence of confirmed COVID-19 patients who were prescribed empirical antibiotics. The included records' study designs comprised cohorts, case series, clinical trials, and registries.
The team excluded studies on antibiotic use for illnesses except for bacterial LRTIs, those comprising pregnant females and individuals with chronic immunosuppression, and studies documenting the rates of bacteria-caused co-infections with no mention of the clinical findings. Subgroup analysis was performed comprising critically ill COVID-19 patients requiring intensive care unit (ICU) admissions. The quality of included studies was based on the JBI (Joanna Briggs institute) critical appraisal tool.
In total, 6,798 records were obtained, of which, 4,132 records were subjected to initial screening, following which, the entire text of 162 studies was reviewed, from which 85 studies, comprising 31,123 COVID-19 patients, were considered for the final analysis. The overall prevalence/proportion of bacterial co-infections was 12.0%, and the prevalence rates of confirmed bacterial co-infections were 4.0% and 12.0% among all patients, and critically ill COVID-19 patients, respectively.
The estimated prevalence of bacterial co-infections in the subgroup analysis was 23.0%. The antibiotic usage rates among all patients and critically ill COVID-19 patients were 60.0% and 86.0%, respectively. The corresponding prevalence rates of empiric antibiotic usage were 62.0% and 66.0%, respectively. A few studies provided criteria for stopping antibiotic use.
Five studies mentioned the processes involved in antibiotic usage-related decision-making. A study reported that 52 out of 147 patients (35.0%) received empiric antibiotic therapy, of which 19 (37.0%) were administered antibiotic medications for >1.0 weeks in spite of negative cultures. The median duration of the empirical antibiotic course was 7.0 days. Another study mentioned that the antibiotics were recommended to be prescribed only for clinically suspected infections (beta-lactamase inhibitors/aminopenicillin of narrow-spectrum).
However, the clinicians decided on antibiotic prescriptions. The most frequently used antibiotic therapy in the period of observation were sulbactam/ampicillin (42.0%) and tazobactam/piperacillin (19.0%). Of interest, azithromycin medication had no mention in the recommendations, even though the antibiotic was prescribed to 43 COVID-19 patients (32%) in combination with other antibiotics.
A study reported on 84 individuals were prescribed empirical antibiotics for respiratory system-associated co-infections of bacterial etiology, and 93.0% of them were provided single antibiotic treatments. All antibiotics were administered intravenously initially and switched to the oral route among took 34 (41.0%) cases. The median periods of intravenous administration and oral administration were 5.0 days and 3.0 days, respectively.
An institutional study reported that 60.0% of patients were administered empirical antibiotics on the initial day of hospitalization, increasing to 72.0% within a week of hospitalization. Confirmed bacterial co-infections were documented for only one percent (n=12) of patients, and 84.0% of patients were prescribed antibiotics for 5.0 days. Switch from intravenous to oral route of antibiotic delivery was reported in 10% of cases.
A study reported that out of 965 patients receiving empirical antibiotics, 63.0% were prescribed antibiotics targeted at community-acquired pathogens, and the median period for antibiotic administration in inpatient settings was 3.0 days. The remaining studies stated that local-level guidelines for empirical antibiotic therapy among COVID-19 pneumonitis patients must be followed.
Overall, the study findings showed that there is currently inadequate evidence to support extensive antibiotic use among most hospitalized COVID-19 pneumonitis patients since the prevalence of bacterial co-infections was low. Guidelines to promote more tailored antibiotic administrations among hospitalized COVID-19 patients are needed.
Calderon, M., Gysin, G., Gujjar, A. et al. (2023). Bacterial co-infection and antibiotic stewardship in patients with COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Infectious Diseases. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-022-07942-x https://bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12879-022-07942-x
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Ben Stiller is in talks to take a short break from making terrible things (Little Fockers, probably Brett Ratner's Tower Heist) and re-team with Greenberg director Noah Baumbach on another project about listless, aging, likely well-to-do types. James Franco and Cate Blanchett are also in talks for the film, which THR says, "is described as being more accessible and more commercial [than Greenberg] ... [and] centers on a free-spirited couple who have an impact on a documentarian and his wife, getting the latter duo to loosen up." Noah Baumbach, could you be any more of a Noah Baumbach than this?
\n\nBen Stiller is in talks to take a short break from making terrible things (Little Fockers, probably Brett Ratner's Tower Heist) and re-team with Greenberg director Noah Baumbach on another project about listless, aging, likely well-to-do types. James Franco and Cate Blanchett are also in talks for the film, which THR says, \"is described as being more accessible and more commercial [than Greenberg] ... [and] centers on a free-spirited couple who have an impact on a documentarian and his wife, getting the latter duo to loosen up.\" Noah Baumbach, could you be any more of a Noah Baumbach than this?


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Graduated from the U.S. Army Basic Airborne School, earning basic jump wings, or having earned the Glider Badge. This includes veterans of other military services (U.S. Marines, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, or U.S. Coast Guard, either Active Duty, Reserves, or National Guard.
As part of the application process, all members are required to submit a legible copy of your DD Form 214 (Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty), which the chapter will keep on file for IRS classification purposes. All DD Form 214's will have the SSN redacted to just the last 4 digits for security purposes.
There are two ways for qualified veterans to apply for membership. Processing normally takes 4-6 weeks. Once processed, the member will receive their membership card via USPS mail. All American Members will also receive a high-speed certificate suitable for framing.
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Cool: The Signs and Meanings of Adolescence
by Marcel Danesi
Series: Toronto Studies in Semiotics and Communication
The image of restless, apathetic, mopish, awkward teenagers who listen to loud, screeching music when they are not on the phone, and who insist on dressing, wearing their hair, and behaving exactly like the friends they cannot seem to live without, has become a fixture of the modern social landscape.
The emergence of certain behaviours (facial expressions, linguistic styles, dress codes, musical preferences, etc.) on the developmental timetable of children is a sign that they have entered a transitional period. The dramatic changes in physical appearance that occur during adolescence, and the emotional changes that accompany them, are traumatic. Teenagers naturally become inordinately concerned about their appearance and behaviour, and they believe that everyone is constantly observing them. This is why they talk all the time about how others act, behave, and appear. Language, dress, musical tastes, and other symbolic systems become the concrete means for identifying with peers. Teenagerhood is a socially constructed time-frame that channels the physiological and emotional changes that occur at puberty into patterns of symbolic behavior. These patterns are then reinforced by the media.
This book represents both a synthesis of Marcel Danesi's research on the semiotics of modern adolescence, and his own interpretation of the significance and implications of our teenage culture. It constitutes a semiotic portrait of the teenager and of the factors that have led to the construction of the teenage persona and culture.
Danesi makes a distinction between adolescence as psychobiological period of human growth and development and teenagerhood as a socially induced mindset that accompanies it. He focuses on the central behavioral trait of teenagerhood -- coolness; he defines it and discusses its emergence at or around puberty, and draws up an 'anatomy' of the behaviors associated with it. He discusses the language of teenagers, which he calls 'pubilect,' and concludes with observations on the etiology, evolution, and future course of teenagerhood. Cool is intended not only for semioticians, as a documentation of a specific form of social semiosis, but also for parents and educators, and for teenagers themselves.
Marcel Danesi is a professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Toronto.


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Bermoda, an Egyptian AgTech startup that develops biofertilizers from agricultural waste has raised seed investment from Khaled Ismail's HIMangel. The size of investment was not disclosed but it would be safe to assume that its a six-figure USD figure.
The startup claims first of its kind in the Middle East, tailoring biofertilizers for the agricultural lands and products from the waste. Every piece of land and crop have different properties and require a different combination of nutrients. Bermoda customizes the fertilizers according to needs of their clients.
Founded in 2016 by young entrepreneurs from Qena in Upper Egypt, Bermoda wants to secure a significant share in the organic fertilizers market that is worth hundreds of millions of dollars and has been growing at a fast pace due to expansion in the organic produce exports.
HIMangel also has some other waste management startups in its portfolio including Biodiesel Misr, Recyclobekia, Chitosan Egypt and BIOMAX.
"We strongly believe in the potential of waste management sector in Egypt, especially when it comes to recycling the 30 million tons of agricultural waste produced annually. Bermoda is strongly addressing this market," said Khaled Ismail, Chairman of HIMangel, speaking about the investment.
Bermoda plans to use the investment on developing new products, expanding their workforce and entering new markets.
"The investment will enable us to develop new products, increase our workforce, utilize higher quantities of agricultural waste, boost the production and enter new markets. For us, this is just the beginning as the company has some big plans for the future of biofertilizers industry in the country and beyond," said Mostafa Elnaby, the co-founder and CEO of Bermoda.
They don't have a landing page or a website but if you'd like to learn more, you can probably have a look at their Facebook page here.


Identity verification is a major problem for financial services companies in Nigeria, and we can overcome that challenge by using Amazon Rekognition. That gives us a competitive edge as a startup.
Aella Credit is a financial services technology startup that provides easy access to credit to the world's underbanked. The company is based in Lagos, Nigeria; San Francisco, California; and Manila, the Philippines. Aella Credit provides machine learning–driven risk assessment in both a B2B integration with employers/cooperatives and a B2C model to determine applicant eligibility for loans.
To address the problem, Aella Credit decided to search for a new cloud solution that was more reliable and could support the organization's web-based loan-processing software. As it embarked on the search, the company needed to ensure it found technology that was more reliable and support the organization's web-based loan-processing software. "We can't afford to have any downtime, because we're dealing with our customers' money," Akanbi states.
Although it considered several cloud technology providers, Aella Credit chose Amazon Web Services (AWS) as its new provider. "AWS met our needs perfectly in terms of innovative features and scalability," remarks Akanbi. Aella Credit runs its online loan- processing solution on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances and takes advantage of Amazon Relational Database Service for MySQL (Amazon RDS for MySQL) to support database instances running several versions of MySQL software. "Support for MySQL was one of the key reasons we decided on AWS," confirms Akanbi.
Aella Credit is also using Amazon Rekognition, a deep learning technology solution that enables the addition of image and video analysis to applications. Aella Credit uses Amazon Rekognition for facial detection for new customers. When customers upload a profile image to the mobile app, the image is sent to Amazon Rekognition and saved in Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3). The customer's facial expression is analysed and saved in Amazon RDS.
In addition, when customers update their profile pictures, the new profile image is sent to Amazon Rekognition for comparison. If there is a match, the customer can proceed with updating or repeat the process if there is no match. For customers applying for large loans and employees of Aella Credit's partner companies, Amazon Rekognition compares government-issued IDs with a base sample. When these customers or employees upload their IDs, they are compared with sample IDs. If the images match profile images, the customers or employees are granted access to credit.
Using Amazon Rekognition, Aella Credit is innovating by taking advantage of cutting-edge deep-learning and AI technologies, which has helped the organization address its identity verification challenges. For example, with Amazon Rekognition, Aella Credit has improved the accuracy of face verification by more than 40 percent. "This technology is very good at identifying customers based on their eye color or facial expressions, and we are using data analysis to recognize patterns that can help us better protect customers and their data," Akanbi says. "Identity verification is a major problem for financial services companies in Nigeria, and we can overcome that challenge by using Amazon Rekognition. That gives us a competitive edge as a startup." Due to its improved identity verification, Aella Credit can grow faster because customers are more confident in the bank's security capabilities.
To learn more, visit: Machine Learning on AWS.


The Cedar Rapids, NE area has had 5 reports of on-the-ground hail by trained spotters, and has been under severe weather warnings 11 times during the past 12 months. Doppler radar has detected hail at or near Cedar Rapids, NE on 60 occasions, including 7 occasions during the past year.
6/6/2018 9:54 PM CDT The severe thunderstorm warning for southwestern boone county will expire at 1000 pm cdt, the storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property. therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. however small hail and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm. a severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 1100 pm cdt for northeastern nebraska.
6/6/2018 9:43 PM CDT At 943 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles east of spalding, or 36 miles east of ord, moving northeast at 10 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. Damage to vehicles is expected. Locations impacted include, cedar rapids and primrose.


With his cool shape and textured surface for oral motor exploration, this tough little guy is one of our most popular chewies. His thick shape can withstand multiple chomps! Non-returnable. Use with adult supervision.
My son loves this chewy!
My grandson who has Aspergers loves to chew. However, he likes softer textures. The robot is too hard, and he does not like it at all. Will not use it.
This wasn't as exciting for my son (who is 4 1/2 and puts everything in his mouth) as I thought it would be; he did not want to wear it at all! However, that being said, he responded well to my just saying "where's your robot?" and would either go look for it or just take whatever it was out of his mouth. Still working to implement. Quality is superb! Don't think he can chew through this at all!
My grandson loves his robot chewy. It is much larger than I expected and really cute.
Excellent, durable and fashionable! Rocks, shirts, sticks, and rusted nails: my kid has chewed through them all. So I was skeptical about getting a chewing necklace, I doubted it would last a week. I was very pleased to say 'Chewy' does not have a single mark, despite constant use. 'Chewy' is durable and blends in with school clothes. He gets many compliments for the cool necklace. It's a hit at school and at home. We are all glad to see Chewy has been the only thing that gets chewed on now. My son has named the robot 'Chewy' and loves to wear it everywhere. He fondly jokes: it is a Chewy for the chewy.
I work at a school for children with special needs and I bought this for one of my kids. Its a great size and my kid definitely loved it(especially since he picked it out) but it's advertised as for heavy chewers and my child was able to chew off the sides which is a bit of a hazard. It would be great for light chewers. Fun and Function response: We are sorry to hear this chewy was not as tough as you expected! This item is recommended for moderate chewers. We sell many other chewies that withstand heavy chewing. Check out the story tab for each chewies recommended usage.
My son was very excited about his robot chewie and it's exactly what we thought it would be. It's worked great in the short time we've had it.
Compared to other chewing tools I've used with students, this product was more durable and lasted longer for even the most extreme chewers, when compared to other chewy necklaces.
Bam it was a hit!
Great and very helpful with sensory autistic child.
does the chewy come with a string?
Yes, it comes with a nylon cord.
how big is this robot. I do not want my grandson to choke on it. This happened this past weekend. I believe something like this would be very good for him.
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Frequently Illegal
https://www.smartertimes.com/573/frequently-illegal
An article in today's New York Times reports that "the state attorney general's office is investigating complaints that day laborers hired to clear debris from office buildings surrounding the site of the World Trade Center have not been paid, some of them for up to two weeks of work."
The article goes on to report that "Day laborers are frequently illegal immigrants who are promised payment in cash."
Well, "frequently" doesn't really do the job here. The story leaves totally unanswered the question of whether these particular workers who are complaining about not being paid are in America illegally. If they are here legally, then it is unfair to tar them and their employers by lumping them in the group of "frequently illegal." If they are not here legally, it is a violation of the law to hire them, and the authorities and the Times should be investigating that in addition to the alleged failure to pay them.
Smartertimes.com believes that America's borders should be open and that, at the very least, the current levels of legal immigration should be dramatically increased. Still, until the immigration laws in this country are changed, they should be enforced. In fact, enforcing the immigration laws would probably only underscore how unreasonable they are and therefore increase pressure to reform them.
Terrible Setback: The lead editorial in today's New York Times comments on the assassination of an Israeli cabinet minister. "The implication of Mr. Sharon's ultimatum is that if his demands are not satisfied in the next few days, Israeli military forces could try to retake Palestinian-administered areas of the West Bank and Gaza Strip by force. That would be a terrible setback for Israelis and Palestinians as well as Washington," the Times says.
A setback? The CIA's World Factbook reports that real per capita GDP for the West Bank and Gaza Strip (WBGS) declined by 36.1% between 1992 and 1996. The 2000 estimated real GDP growth rate was negative 7.5 %. Economically, at least, the Palestinian Arabs of the West Bank and Gaza were better off under Israeli rule.
A setback? Terrorist attacks on Israeli civilians have increased dramatically since Israel turned much of the West Bank and Gaza strip over to the Palestinian Authority. If retaking the area would be such a "terrible setback" for Israelis, why would a democratically elected national unity government with broad popular support in Israel consider doing it? Do the Times editorialists think they know better than the Israeli public what is good for Israel? Sure, governments, even popular and elected ones, sometimes make mistakes, but given the circumstances, if the Times is trying actually to convince anyone of its editorial position rather than simply asserting it, the newspaper needs to make an argument.
The editorial concludes by saying, "During the 1991 Persian Gulf war Israel wisely honored American requests for military restraint, even in the face of Scud missile attacks on Tel Aviv. After this new killing, Israel must again summon the political strength to act wisely and carefully." The Israeli restraint in 1991 in fact seems hardly wise in retrospect. Symbolically, the Israeli willingness to contract out its self-defense to America was the beginning of a pattern that led directly to discussion of more radical proposals like U.S. troops on the Golan Heights and a NATO force in the West Bank. And the very dictatorships that America was trying to appease by demanding Israeli restraint in 1991 -- Syria, Saudi Arabia, Egypt -- have returned America's favor by unleashing some of their restive populace to crash passenger jets into the Pentagon and the World Trade Center. "Wisely," indeed.


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Q: C++, template or pointer to member function I have a series of member functions that are all very similar, and I think I might be able to make my code more maintainable with a template or some other approach, but I am not sure how to do it.
Here is an example of one of my functions:
void CalController::bgc_cmd(const std::string& s) {
  try {
    this->cohort_ptr->md->set_bgcmodule(temutil::onoffstr2bool(s));

    LOG(note) << "CalController turned bgc module to "
              << s <<" via cohort pointer...";

  } catch (const std::runtime_error& e) {
    LOG(warn) << e.what();
  }
}

My other functions are identical except for:

*

*function name (i.e. bgc_cmd(..),  env_cmd(..), dsl_cmd(..)

*member function (of the md class) that is called within the try...catch block

Essentially I'd like to avoid having to duplicate the try..catch block and LOG(..) message in each of my CalController::XXX_cmd(...) functions.
Using boost::function and or boost::bind would be fine, I am just going in circles and can't figure out how to set this up.

A: You could just write a member function to do all that stuff. No bind or template necessary since everything is a function on md that takes the same argument type. I'm going to use MD as the type of md, and I'm assuming onoffstr2bool returns a bool:
void set_cmd(void (MD::*fn)(bool), const std::string& name, const std::string& s)
{
  try {
    (this->cohort_ptr->md->*fn)(temutil::onoffstr2bool(s));

    LOG(note) << "CalController turned " << name << " to "
              << s <<" via cohort pointer...";

  } catch (const std::runtime_error& e) {
    LOG(warn) << e.what();
  }
}

Which you would then call like:
void CalController::bgc_cmd(const std::string& s) {
    set_cmd(&MD::set_bgcmodule, "bgc module", s);
}

A: I think you can get what you want with a simple, regular function. No need for a template:
void CalController::do_cmd(boost::function<void (String)> fun, const std::string& s) {
  try {
    fun(temutil::onoffstr2bool(s));

    LOG(note) << "CalController turned bgc module to "
              << s <<" via cohort pointer...";

  } catch (const std::runtime_error& e) {
    LOG(warn) << e.what();
  }
}

Then you can make your other methods something like:
void CalController::bgc_cmd(const std::string& s) {
    // here TypeOfMd is whatever the type is for this->cohort_ptr->md.
    // This binds the "this pointer" for set_bgcmodule to this->cohort_ptr->md
    do_cmd(boost::bind(&TypeOfMd::set_bgcmodule, this->chort_prt->md), s);
}

A few things to note here:

*

*With C++11 lambdas and the new function classes boost isn't necessary

*I think the above works, but I'm not sure that saving a few lines of code is worth the extra complexity and loss of readability. It may also get hard to maintain as you want to make minor changes like slightly different log messages for each method.

*It's been a while since I wrote any C++ and even longer since I did any boost stuff so while I think the above is the right general idea, I'd be surprised if it actually compiled.

A: If using C++11, You can create a function with a more generic name, let's say exex_cmd.
You can then pass a lambda function as argument and execute it inside the try/catch block - no need for a template use.
//WARNING: Untested code - the point is that you get the idea. Modify at will.
void CalController::exec_cmd(const std::function<void (void)> func) {
  try {
    //Invoke lambda.
    //The string is passed via closure implementation,
    //but you can always pass it as normal argument if you want.
    func();

    LOG(note) << "CalController turned bgc module to "
              << s <<" via cohort pointer...";

  } catch (const std::runtime_error& e) {
    LOG(warn) << e.what();
  }
}

Then, create 3 wrapper methods, invoking exec_cmd, but passing a different lambda as argument:
  void CalcController::bgc_cmd(const std::string& s){
    CalcController::exec_cmd([=] () {
      //Taking closures into control, to avoid passing the string as argument.
      this->cohort_ptr->md->set_bgcmodule(temutil::onoffstr2bool(s));
    })
  }

  void CalcController::env_cmd(const std::string& s){
    CalcController::exec_cmd([=] () {
       //different function invocation here.
    })
  }

Similarly, you can do it for all your functions.
You can look here for more about C++11's lambdas.
A similar approach in plain-old C++ is to define a function pointer type and pass a function pointer to your exec_cmd, create normal functions following the type signature and pass them as arguments, or pass a member function pointer - You can look at Barry's answer for that.

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Knuckleball: to hit a butterfly
Publicado por Pedro Torrijos
(Spanish version)
On December 17, 2012, Robert Allen (R.A.) Dickey, starting pitcher for the New York Mets was traded to the Toronto Blue Jays.
With the transfer was signed a contract extension for 2 years and $ 24 million to add to the 5 million that was already by the Mets, plus an extension option for one further year and another 12 million.
On November 14 he received the Cy Young Award for best pitcher in the National League. The award was voted by thirty members of the BBWAA -acronym of the Baseball Writers' Association of America.
On November 10, Sporting News magazine -previously The Sporting News, which is considered the oldest and most important sports related magazine, selected him as the National League Best Pitcher of the Year.
On November 4 he was chosen Outstanding Pitcher of the Year by the MLB Players Association.
On July 10, at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, he played in his first MLB All-Star Game.
Just three years before, at the beginning of the 2010-2011 season, Dickey played for the Buffalo Bisons, a minor league team, having gone through seven major and minor league teams since his debut in 2001 with the Texas Rangers, and had earned under $ 2 million along his fourteen year career.
On October 29, 2012, R.A. Dickey turned 38.
How can a professional athlete, even the usually long-lived baseball players, have a breakout season when he is about to turn 40? What did he do to have such a late bloom after a career that had gone virtually unnoticed?
He did this:
In the hypnotic imageabove, courtesy of James Greenhalgh, we see a confused Will Rhymes watching as a ball driven by an invisible puppeteer slowly passes thru the strike zone without knowing exactly when or how to hit it.
It is a knuckleball.
What is a knuckleball? (I)
The baseball pitchers generally have a combined repertoire of pitches in order to be as effective as possible in eliminating batters. All of them have a fastball in it, along with some kind of breaking ball (essentially a pitch with non-straight path, and whose speed is usually significantly lower than that of a fastball).
The goal of this alternating pattern is obvious: to prevent the batter from reading exactly where and even when the ball will be within his batting range.
Thus, the relationship between pitcher and batter becomes a sort of deception game similar to that of a goalkeeper and a soccer player in a penalty shot. The batter will try to guess what kind of ball the pitcher is going to throw or, eventually, be fast enough to find out as it is coming.
To get the desired path, a pitcher imparts a certain spin to the ball through the movement and grip of his hand. Thus, curveballs are thrown with forward spin causing a downward path, where sliders get lateral spin resulting in a horizontal curve path.
The fastball is also thrown with spin, but it's a back spin, producing a lifting air pressure which counteracts the ball weight in a seemly straight travel.
Such rotation is transmitted to the ball from the pitcher entire movement, shoulder to wrist; however, the fundamental definition of it is basically through finger contact and movement. In this regard, amount of fingers-ball contact area and the grip itself are key elements when imparting the desired spin.
We won't do an exhaustive description of the different grips, but let's assume is not the same pitch with the ball caught with whole palm than if it's held by only three fingers, the amount of spin is different and different is its path. Basically, the more continuous contact area between fingers and ball is the more spin you get.
Surely the highest possible spin is not always sought, for instance, a change-up is a ball which is released similarly to a fastball, but its grip is performed with four separate fingers, resulting in a lower spin and speed, thus deceiving the batter, who will think is a conventional fastball, and probably will swing too early.
The knuckleball subverts all previous approach. Or it takes it to its ultimate consequences.
When throwing a knuckleball, the pitcher will try to impart as little spin as possible, thus reducing its speed. Where a fastball runs between 8 and 12 complete rotations, a knuckleball takes between just 1/2 and 1 ½ turnings, traveling between 80 and 120 km/h.
To do this, and as we see in the first image of the article, the pitcher minimizes contact area between hand and ball, holding it with just two fingertips. In fact, the name itself comes from the grip performed by the first players that used it: knuckles.
Unlike other pitches, where spin generates uniform air pressure and lift forces, here, the forces acting on the ball are more dependent on translational movement and other circumstances that are nearly unpredictable. For example, the seam line, which effect on the ball is negligible when spinning at high speed, becomes an altering element of the path when there is no such spin. And as it changes its position between one and two times along the travel, it can change the overall path as well, turning the knuckleball in an essentially unpredictable weapon.
What is a knuckleball? (II)
Relying on its inherent unpredictability, a pitcher who has perfected a knuckleball usually don't need to switch his pitches, because the batter can't read the path even when completely sure there is a knuckleball incoming. He doesn't know where it is going or when it will arrive.
A knuckleballer usually rely more than 80% of their pitches in this ball, because it needs virtually no other.
So why do not all pitchers in the league use this type of ball? Why are there only a dozen players who have used it consistently throughout baseball history? Why Dickey is the only active pitcher who uses it?
Precisely because it is unpredictable.
And is unpredictable for the batter, but for the catcher also, who must have confidence in his skills and in pitcher's, but even so, there are times when he can't catch the ball, leading to broken plays.
But it's also unpredictable for the pitcher himself, who will never know with precision where the ball will go. He has a hugely limited control of the pitch, even when highly trained.
Although a knuckleball thrown to perfection is virtually impossible to hit, its unique features make that a technically good throw could go way outside-or-inside resulting in balls, walks and even runs against.
And even more dangerous: knuckleball has no margin of error.
A bad thrown curveball or slider leads to balls or hits; a bad thrown knuckleball, that is, with too much spin, means a straight tamely driven ball. A home-run bait.
Furthermore, such a minimal grip combined with the fact that it's a pitch with little resonance -concept accurately described by Gonzalo Vazquez when talking about basketball as "[the] continuation of release mechanics seeking to maximize the effectiveness of the […] throw "- the knuckleball hugely suffers with any imperfection.
On April 8, 2011, Dickey, well established as Mets starting pitcher then, broke one of his right hand nails on the second inning of the game against the Washington Nationals. He set a career-high in walks (five) which earned him three runs as a direct consequence. Only pitched five innings before being substituted. Mets lost 6 to 2.
Of the 61 pitchers who have entered the Baseball Hall of Fame, only Phil Niekro, who played from 1964 to 1987, used the knuckleball as a primary pitch. He is the only knuckleballer who has won over 300 games.
The knuckleball dances
Until the emergence of Dickey (and who knows if even after), the knuckleballer was seen as a romantic debris, a dinosaur from a long-lost era, a time prior to steroids and amphetamines. Long-lived quirky players who made the ball dance.
The knuckleball is so singular, so meaningful and so valuable to baseball cultural and emotional patrimony that, drawing on Tim Wakefield's retirement (at age 45) and Dickey's emergence, it has been featured in the documentary film Knuckleball!, released in early 2012 with an evocative tagline that reads "To gain power you first have to give up control".
For knowing more about the particular mechanics of this elusive pitch, you can watch this video by Reuters which some of the images are taken from.
What is a knuckleball? (and III)
One morning in 2007, R.A. Dickey swam across the Missouri River between Council Biffs and Omaha.
He almost drowned.
It's impossible to know what went through his mind, but it's beautiful to imagine that at the moment he went out of the water, he looked back and saw his life path diluted on the swirls curling on the muddy river.
When, in his home town of Nashville, he was victim of repeated sexual abuse at age 8, first by a teenage girl who baby-sat him and then by a 17 year old local boy. Such a terrible experience would haunt him throughout his life even leading to suicide thoughts.
When he became a brilliant college student, both academically and athletically, later included on the U.S. team that won bronze at the Atlanta Olympics and was elected with the 18th pick overall in the 1996 draft.
When the Texas Rangers medical staff found that he was missing one right elbow ligament, which reduced his $810,000 initial contract to $75,000.
When he debuted in 2001 with a repertoire consisting of a fastball, a breaking ball and a strange quirky forkball he dubbed "The Thing".
When in 2005, at age 31, he realized that "The Thing" was a primitive knuckleball, which he decided to develop and improve until it became his primary pitch.
When in 2006 he had his first start in a MLB game and gave up six home runs, tying the modern era record held by fellow knuckleballer Tim Wakefield.
When he was demoted to the minor leagues, playing for Oklahoma and back again to Nashville.
When his wife threw him out after finding out her high school sweetheart, the boy who wanted to conquer the world and who she he had followed all these years of brilliance and disappointment, that boy who was now a man and whom she had had three children with, was having an affair.
When she forgave him.
And it's beautiful to imagine that, at that precise moment, Dickey decided that what was going to straighten his erratic and chaotic life path would be another path equally chaotic and erratic.
That he would leave his fate in a ball held only by the fingertips.
A knuckleball.
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Shoppers said they love the "softest leggings" and "versatile" pieces.
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Linda Doucett, 60, was photographed Oct. 27 at Loft 647 in West Hollywood.
Linda Doucett, Garry Shandling's "Larry Sanders Show" co-star and girlfriend, filed a wrongful termination and sexual harassment suit when she was abruptly let go after they broke up. Now she offers a cautionary tale about how showbiz attorneys can silence alleged victims of discrimination.
Despite everything that happened between us — the arguments, the betrayals, the lawsuits — I still love Garry Shandling. We were friends up to the end; we had a wonderful phone conversation just two weeks before he died on that awful day in March 2016. But, to be honest, I'm still angry at his lawyers. What they put me through after we broke up was cruel and heartless and inhumane. Even by Hollywood standards.
I lived with Garry for seven years, from 1987 to 1994. And, yes, it's true, in some ways he was a lot like his TV characters — neurotic and difficult. But he was also smart and funny and kind and generous. I'd been making some career headway as an actress, landing parts on The Young and the Restless and General Hospital, but by far the best role I had was the one Garry gave me on The Larry Sanders Show, playing Hank Kingsley's adoring assistant, Darlene. After taping, we'd hang out with Brad Grey and his wife, Jill — Brad and Garry were inseparable in those days; they produced the show together. We were like a family. It was a perfect life.
Except I wanted a baby, and Garry didn't. I was pushing 40 — Garry used to say my biological clock was on snooze alarm — and was starting to panic. Ultimately we broke up. We tried to make it as amicable as possible, but people must have been whispering in his ear. "She's lived with you for seven years, she works with you, she's going to take your money." But I told Garry all I wanted was my job. I just wanted to continue playing Darlene. Garry agreed, and I thought that was that.
The next thing I knew I was presented a stack of papers. The documents asked me to promise not to sue for half the show, not to sue for any of his property. I never wanted his property or a percentage of his show, so I signed everything. And I guess that was my mistake. Because a week later, I got a call from my agent telling me I'd been fired from The Larry Sanders Show. I tried calling Garry, but he wouldn't take my calls. Neither would Brad. It was as if suddenly I didn't exist.
After that, I had second thoughts about pursuing a lawsuit, but I ended up taking the meeting with Patty anyway. I remember her sitting behind a big desk with photos of Kim Basinger on the wall, which I thought was strange since the actress nearly went bankrupt in her court case in 1993 against Glaser's client (now she's representing Harvey Weinstein, though I doubt she has any pictures of him in her office). Patty looked at my paperwork and without a word picked up the phone and called Brad Grey. "Hi Brad, Patty Glaser here. I have Linda Doucett in my office, and I think we've got a claim against you …" By the time I left her office, I figured I was in the middle of a lawsuit. I could hardly sleep that night. But in the morning, I got a call from Patty. "I won't be representing you," she told me. "Because I'm now representing Brad and Garry."
I don't know what Brad said to Patty — he must have either threatened her or enticed her to his side — but I had to scramble to find another lawyer. And that turned out to be nearly impossible. I met with personal injury attorneys, ambulance chasers in the Valley, West Hollywood lawyers in wrinkled sport coats, but no matter whom I retained, they didn't last. Patty Glaser would scare them off. What's more, she denied she'd ever consulted with me. It was infuriating. Finally, though, I found a junkyard dog of my own, a lawyer named Charles Rubin. He took my case and began a process that would lead to my $2 million wrongful termination and sexual harassment suit.
The very next day, guess who called? We hadn't talked since the breakup, but the first words out of Garry's mouth were, "Two million dollars?! You want two million?!" I laughed and said, "Now you answer my calls."
I ended up settling for half that much, but I was happy just to be done with it. Although, as it turned out, I wasn't quite done yet. Ten years later I ended up back in court during the trial of Anthony Pellicano; the FBI discovered that the private eye had been eavesdropping on me during my lawsuit against Garry and Brad. I couldn't help but wonder if somebody in Shapiro's office had hired the detective to spy on me. I ended up testifying against Pellicano, who wound up in jail.
If I've learned anything from my experience in Hollywood, it's how difficult it is to stand up for yourself. But I've also learned how difficult — and important — it is to forgive people you love. That's why I stayed in touch with Jill Grey after Brad died this year. It's why I stayed friends with Garry till the end. Why I'm glad I answered the phone when he called two weeks before he died.
"Hi, Garry, what's up?" I said.
He was quiet on the line for a few seconds. "You calling because you need some sort of closure?" I asked, laughing.
Finally, after a few more seconds, he answered. "No, Linda — maybe in the next life."


The Commerfords of Dothan, Alabama, are in over their heads as they try to get their pre civil war log cabin ready for their new baby. Once demolition starts, Rachelle and Brian find major problems that put the project in jeopardy. Everyone soon discovers you should never judge a home by it's cover.


Forex has exploded in popularity over the last 40 years as more and more people have discovered currency trading. The currency exchange market, also known as Forex, is one of the fastest growing markets today. It is the largest market in the world. The average day will see over 2.5 trillion dollars exchange hands! Throughout the year, world currencies fluctuate in value. Some currencies grow in value, while other currencies lose value. Investors make money by exchanging two currencies that are fluctuating in value.
There are many participants in the currency markets. Governments exchange currencies. International businesses exchange money every day. Other players include private investors, hedge funds, and banks.
Since the major world currencies are centered in different locations around the world, the Forex market is open 24 hours a day. Markets close on the weekends, but the markets are open the rest of the week.
Every participant works with their own currency first. The British exchange pounds, and Americans trade dollars. All currencies, known as goods in Forex, are traded in pairs. There are eight major currencies in the market, and this will be discussed in greater detail in the next section.
Participants make money in Forex trading by buying low and selling high. Successful traders learn how to recognize market indicators, trends, and other financial data. Participants make money quickly through leverage. Leverage is simply the ratio of investment to financial value. Leverage allows the participants to make or lose money fast!
Forex is somewhat similar to the stock market, but there are still many differences. In the stock market, physical shares are purchased. In the Forex markets, you only exchange agreements to trade shares.
In order to make real money in Forex, it is important to understand the history and general principles of the market. The most successful investors understand the markets inside and out. They have a respect for the history of the market, and they use this history to make better decisions in the future.


"Archbishop Ignaty of Petropavlovsk and Kamchatka will head the Divine Liturgy. Two priests and a deacon will also participate in the expedition," representative of the Petropavlovsk Diocese in Moscow Fr. Alexander Terpulov told Interfax on Friday.
A 2-meter wooden cross and Russian flag will be set at the "zero point" of the North Pole.
In June 2001, a local newspaper reported that Father Viktor Smetannikov, the deacon of Novosibirsk's Church of the Shroud of the Most Holy Mother of God, was transferred from his post by a decision of the Novosibirsk Russian Orthodox diocese. The paper reported that Father Viktor is well known in the city for his ties to local "national-patriotic semi-militarized organizations" and that under his leadership, the church published the "openly antisemitic" newspaper Pokrovskie vesti. However, it appears that the diocese's decision was motivated by allegations that Father Viktor improperly used donations on a variety of projects.
That claim, which has no current legal standing, rests on a Russian assertion that the seabed under the pole, called the Lomonosov Ridge, is an extension of Russia's continental shelf and thus Russian territory.


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TEST_CASE("DownloadImagesCliCommand")
{
	SECTION("Validate")
	{
		// Basic usage
		REQUIRE(DownloadImagesCliCommand(nullptr, nullptr, { "search" }, {}, { nullptr }, 1, 20, "%md5%.%ext%", ".", 20, true, false, false, {}).validate() == true);

		// Require at least one site
		REQUIRE(DownloadImagesCliCommand(nullptr, nullptr, { "search" }, {}, {}, 1, 20, "%md5%.%ext%", ".", 20, true, false, false, {}).validate() == false);
		REQUIRE(DownloadImagesCliCommand(nullptr, nullptr, { "search" }, {}, { nullptr, nullptr }, 1, 20, "%md5%.%ext%", ".", 20, true, false, false, {}).validate() == true);

		// Require a number of images per page more than 0
		REQUIRE(DownloadImagesCliCommand(nullptr, nullptr, { "search" }, {}, { nullptr }, 1, 0, "%md5%.%ext%", ".", 20, true, false, false, {}).validate() == false);

		// Require a max of more than 0
		REQUIRE(DownloadImagesCliCommand(nullptr, nullptr, { "search" }, {}, { nullptr }, 1, 20, "%md5%.%ext%", ".", 0, true, false, false, {}).validate() == false);

		// Require a non-empty filename
		REQUIRE(DownloadImagesCliCommand(nullptr, nullptr, { "search" }, {}, { nullptr }, 1, 20, "", ".", 20, true, false, false, {}).validate() == false);
	}
}


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Fly fishing with droppers is common and extremely effective. It allows you to fish both the dry fly and a nymph matched to current hatches, trout behavior, and water conditions. The most important thing to consider when fishing dropper rigs is to fish dry flies and nymphs for specific reasons, to be decisive in what we're trying to accomplish. If you blindly tie an 18-inch dropper nymph below a hopper pattern and think you're effectively dropper fishing, you may be missing the point. We'll cover a variety of scenarios in this series.
Let's start by looking at two common methods to tie the dropper setup. A special notice to always use the same or lighter tippet at the tie on the nymph. In the first dropper setup, tie your dry fly to the end of your leader or tippet using a clinch, improved clinch or non-slip loop knot. Tie in a length of tippet using a clinch or improved clinch knot to the bend of your hook. It's fastest to pre-tie the clinch knot via a loop around your finger and to try to tie the clinch knot on the hook. Then tie your nymph to the end of that tippet with a clinch or non-slip loop knot.
In the second dropper setup, tie your dry fly on to the end of your leader or tippet with a clinch or improved clinch knot. The dropper tippet is also tied into the eye of the hook with a clinch or improved clinch knot. While this looks a little busy at the head of the fly, its advantage is that as the fly drifts downstream, the backend of the dry fly has no tippet hanging from it. This is a good trade-off since this is what the fish usually sees first.
There's an alternative setup that has some interesting applications. In this setup, there is no fixed knot at the eye of the dry fly and the nymph can slowly drop deeper as it drifts, as the tippet slides through the eye of the dry fly. From the end of your leader, attach 10 to 18 inches of tippet with a double surgeon's knot.
Feed that tippet through the eye of your dry fly and add another six to 24 inches length of tippet with a double surgeon's knot below the dry fly.
Tie your nymph on to the end of that tippet and be sure to clip all tag ends. The double surgeon's knot below the eye of the dry fly keeps the nymph from riding up and getting tangled with the dry fly while casting. The double surgeon's knot above the eye of the dry acts as a stopper against the eye of the dry to set maximum nymph depth. This setup is very useful when fishing drop-offs, troughs or shelving ripples as the nymph is free to slowly drop to match, the depth change based on the weight of the nymph you use.


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Q: Insert Doubly Linked list in C by only one function I am trying to work on insert function by doubly linked list in C. I could find how to do it by doing insert_head and insert_tail but is there any way that we can have only one function insert(int num) and insert the numbers? (not sorted, just displayed by order) so this is what I have set:
struct node {
int data;
struct node *next, *prev;
}*head;

void insert(int num) {
struct node* temp = (struct node*) malloc (sizeof (struct node));
// doubly linked list

}


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Friends, Family Reuniting For Memorial Day Weekend Fun
By CBSLA Staff May 28, 2021 at 5:08 pm
Filed Under:Los Angeles, Los Angeles International Airport, Memorial Day Travel
DOCKWEILER STATE BEACH (CBSLA) — Memorial Day weekend plans look a lot different this year, as vaccination rates grow and the number of new COVID cases in Southern California wanes.
A group of friends gathers at Dockweiler State Beach ahead of the Memorial Day holiday. (CBSLA)
Three couples, long-time friends, reunited for a week of relaxation at Dockweiler State Beach
"We didn't get together unless we new they were vaccinated," Sylvia Corella, a Walnut resident, said.
And a number of folks agree, saying vaccinations were key for their holiday weekend plans.
For the Gonzalez family from South Los Angeles, a weekend of grilling and hanging out is in their future.
"It feels really good," Renee Gonzalez said. "It feels comfortable. For us, we still want to be safe, get some normal in our lives."
She was out shopping Friday to get the essentials for the weekend gathering that includes only vaccinated family members.
And, over in Downey, Cruise America was working to get their rental RVs back out as soon as they were returned.
Frank Sarenas and his family are just some of the company's customers, renting a few RVs and heading to camp on the beach near San Diego.
"After staying home for a year, it's kind of nice to enjoy the weather outside," he said.
As for Lewis Young, a Los Angeles resident who still hasn't returned to work on a cruise ship, he's making the best of his time off grilling for his family.
"I'm cooking today and tomorrow, and I'll take it to them and then I'm coming back to relax by myself," Young said.
The unofficial start to summer this year seems to also mark the unofficial start of post-pandemic life.
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Well, it was Barb Wooler! So we went on to where I was to get off, the last stop on the shuttle run. As I got off, there stood Janet Varner and Bob Combs. All three of them are bound for Central African Republic.
I only had a couple of minutes with Barb and none with the other two. That really cheered me up, however.
Then I got to the terminal and was able to check in right away. Both bags went through without a problem. I had loaded a lot of heavy stuff into my carryon, so now I have to lug that around. Theoretically, because this is a direct flight, my stuff should be there when I get off the plane.
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Kuwaiti women vote
Kuwaitis braved blistering temperatures to queue up to vote in the first parliamentary ballot involving women in the northern Gulf state.
29 Jun 2006 17:56 GMT
Women are voting for the first time in parliamentary polls
"I couldn't sleep last night," voter Taiba Sadeq told Aljazeera.net on Thursday.
"I was thinking so much about who I should vote for. It's such a big responsibility for us women in particular, to make this election different from all the others, as now we, too, can vote."
Polling stations closed at 8 pm (1700 GMT), 12 hours after voting began. Counting of votes, which is manual, was expected to start soon.
Turnout was expected to be high, with polling stations in the nation's capital, Kuwait City, surrounded by large crowds of voters and supporters of the various candidates.
"We are expecting about a 70% turnout," said Masad al-Mahan in the affluent Mirqab constituency.
"This is despite the hot weather. Most people see this as a key election, a real challenge to the government."
Temperatures hit 47C (116F) on Thursday.
'Amazing' turnout
The ballot was called by the emir, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al Sabah, after he dissolved parliament ahead of schedule last month.
"Most people see this as a key election, a real challenge to the government"
Masad al-Mahan, Kuwaiti voter
The chamber had become deadlocked on the key issue of electoral reform and had challenged the ruling Al Sabah family by proposing to cross-examine Sheikh Nasser al-Mohammed Al Sabah, the prime minister and the emir's nephew.
"There's been an amazing turnout," said Sheikha Nouf Al Sabah in Mirqab. A member of the 2,000-strong ruling Al Sabah family, she supports the liberal, reformist candidate, Abdulwahab al-Haroun.
The election has seen some tough campaigning in the country's 25 constituencies, which will elect 50 members of parliament. Another 15 are appointed by the emir.
Twenty-eight women are running as candidates, with about 340,000 votes to be cast.
Corruption claims
Meanwhile, there have been allegations of vote buying and intimidation of women candidates.
Some Kuwaitis are keen for
"There is major corruption here," businessman Sayed al-Bakhri said at the downtown Sharq district.
"Everyone knows this. They are offering to buy votes, to make presents, to give contracts - the government, too."
Others say such allegations are unproven.
"There's never any real evidence given, just allegations," said campaigner Hamad al-Haroun in Mirqab.
"Besides, it's hard to see how vote buying could work, given that the ballot is secret and there are very strict rules on this now," he added.
Growing criticism
The campaign has been characterised by increasingly strident criticism of the government and the ruling family.
"Not only will it be good for Arab women to see women do well here, but also for all those who want change here"
Sayed al-Bakhri, Kuwaiti voter
"Why should the prime minister have to be a royal?" said Khalil al-Baghdi at the more mixed constituency of Mishrif.
"And why should the foreign minister and the defence minister and the health minister and all the rest of them be royals too?"
The ruling Al Sabah family has long secured the top ministerial posts for its members.
Results are due to start coming two to three hours after the ballot stations close at 8pm local time on Thursday.
"There's a lot of criticism going on, but at least here we can do that," al-Bakri said.
"It's important for other states, too, to see what happens, as not only will it be good for Arab women to see women do well here, but also for all those who want change here."
SOURCE: Aljazeera


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DLA Piper Leases 175 KSF of Office Space in Chicago's West Loop
Global law firm with 4,200 lawyers DLA Piper has signed a 175,000-square-foot lease office space at River Point in Chicago's West Loop area and will relocate its Chicago office.
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DLA Piper, a global law firm with 4,200 lawyers, has signed an approximately 175,000-square-foot lease office space at River Point in Chicago's West Loop area and will relocate its Chicago office.
"We are excited to move into this state-of-the-art building in a great location on the Chicago River," David Mendelsohn, managing partner of DLA Piper's Chicago office, said in a company statement. "Our new offices will reflect the firm's global brand and provide a highly efficient, modern environment in which to serve our clients."
The law firm will take floors 9-16 in River Point and will move to its new space in early 2017.
Developed by Hines with co-investor Ivanhoé Cambridge, River Point is a 52-story, 1-million-square-foot building with a 1.5-acre public park and landscaped river walk, retail shops, a fitness center and extraordinary views of the Chicago River. The office space is located at 444 W. Lake St.
"While we are developing a modern world-class office project, it is the tenants that truly make the building great," Greg Van Schaack, Hines' senior managing director overseeing the River Point project, said in the statement. "Adding one of the largest law firms in the world to our tenant mix is further evidence of how River Point will be viewed in Chicago."
According to Arthur Lloyd, executive vice president, global investments at Ivanhoé Cambridge, the building has been designed to achieve LEED Gold and will offer world-class architecture and first-class amenities.
"We congratulate DLA Piper on choosing River Point, which promises to be a real game- changer in Chicago's West Loop," he said. "Offering ultra-modern facilities and a fantastic location, its leasing success is now setting the trend in top-quality office space in Chicago."
DLA Piper was represented in the transaction by Steve Stratton, Bill Rogers, Rob Copito and Phil Leibow of JLL, and Mark Robbins of Cushman & Wakefield.
Building ownership was represented by Greg Van Schaack, Tom D'Arcy, Jim Walsh and Laura Hines of Hines.
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