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More preventive health tests should be covered for women
A new report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommends that eight preventive health services for women be added to the services that health plans will cover at no cost to patients under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA). The ACA requires plans to cover the services listed in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) comprehensive list of preventive services. At the agency's request, an IOM committee identified critical gaps in preventive services for women as well as measures that will further ensure women's health and well-being.
The recommendations are based on a review of existing guidelines and an assessment of the evidence on the effectiveness of different preventive services. The committee identified diseases and conditions that are more common or more serious in women than in men or for which women experience different outcomes or benefit from different interventions. The report suggests the following additional services:
· screening for gestational diabetes
· human papillomavirus (HPV) testing as part of cervical cancer screening for women over 30
· counseling on sexually transmitted infections
· counseling and screening for HIV
· contraceptive methods and counseling to prevent unintended pregnancies
· lactation counseling and equipment to promote breast-feeding
· screening and counseling to detect and prevent interpersonal and domestic violence
· yearly well-woman preventive care visits to obtain recommended preventive services
"This report provides a road map for improving the health and well-being of women," said committee chair Linda Rosenstock, dean, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles. "The eight services we identified are necessary to support women's optimal health and well-being. Each recommendation stands on a foundation of evidence supporting its effectiveness."
Deaths from cervical cancer could be reduced by adding DNA testing for HPV, the virus that can cause this form of cancer, to the Pap smears that are part of the current guidelines for women's preventive services, the report concludes. Cervical cancer can be prevented through vaccination, screening, and treatment of precancerous lesions and HPV testing increases the chances of identifying women at risk.
Although lactation counseling is already part of the HHS guidelines, the report recommends comprehensive support that includes coverage of breast pump rental fees as well as counseling by trained providers to help women initiate and continue breast-feeding. Evidence links breast-feeding to lower risk for breast and ovarian cancers; it also reduces children's risk for sudden infant death syndrome, asthma, gastrointestinal infections, respiratory diseases, leukemia, ear infections, obesity, and Type 2 diabetes.
HHS should consider screening for gestational diabetes in pregnant women between 24 and 28 weeks of gestation and at the first prenatal visit for pregnant women identified to be at high risk for diabetes. The United States has the highest rates of gestational diabetes in the world; it complicates as many as 10 percent of U.S. pregnancies each year. Women with gestational diabetes face a 7.5-fold increased risk for the development of Type 2 diabetes after delivery and are more likely to have infants that require delivery by cesarean section and have health problems after birth.
To reduce the rate of unintended pregnancies, which accounted for almost half of pregnancies in the U.S. in 2001, the report urges that HHS consider adding the full range of Food and Drug Administration-approved contraceptive methods as well as patient education and counseling for all women with reproductive capacity. Women with unintended pregnancies are more likely to receive delayed or no prenatal care and to smoke, consume alcohol, be depressed, and experience domestic violence during pregnancy. Unintended pregnancy also increases the risk of babies being born preterm or at a low birth weight, both of which raise their chances of health and developmental problems.
HHS's guidelines on preventive health services for women will need to be updated routinely in light of new science. As part of this process, HHS should establish a commission to recommend which services health plans should cover, the report says. The commission should be separate from the groups that assess evidence of health services' effectiveness, and it should consider cost-effectiveness analyses, evidence reviews, and other information to make coverage recommendations.
The report addresses concerns that the current guidelines on preventive services contain gaps when it comes to women's needs. Women suffer disproportionate rates of chronic disease and disability from some conditions. Because they need to use more preventive care than men on average due to reproductive and gender-specific conditions, they face higher out-of-pocket costs, the report notes.
The study was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Established in 1970 under the charter of the National Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Medicine provides independent, objective, evidence-based advice to policymakers, health professionals, the private sector, and the public.
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I don't love baseball. It reminds me of the time I tried to get into softball and sucked at it. It reminds me of the times I tried to play anything and sucked at everything. Basically I hate baseball.
I know this feeling. Lately I've been the same way – stomach in knots over .. what, I cannot pinpoint, but the stress is overwhelming.I love that last note – the Foer quote. I wish it were easier to stop thinking sometimes.


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The Buntine Oration is a biennial invited presentation and speech made at the conference of the Australian College of Educators (ACE).  It was established in 1960 by the four children of Dr Walter Murray Buntine who survived him – Dr R. M. Buntine, Dr M. A. Buntine, Dr R. D. Buntine, and Mrs. D. M. G. Wilson – in his memory.  The inaugural oration was given by Peter Karmel (who had, himself, attended Caulfield Grammar School from 1929 to 1939) in 1962 at the third annual ACE conference and the most recent was in 2008.

Buntine Family
Dr Walter Buntine (1866–1953) had a significant role in the development of education in the Australian state of Victoria from his position as headmaster of Caulfield Grammar School (1896–1932).  His son, Dr M. Arnold Buntine (1898–1975), was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda before studying education and earning a PhD from the University of Edinburgh. Prior to World War II, Arnold was headmaster of Camberwell Grammar School in Victoria and then the Hale School in Western Australia.  He served at Tobruk and in Syria as a captain in the 2/28th Battalion.  Ultimately rising to Lieutenant-Colonel, he led the 2/11th Battalion.  He returned to the Hale School in 1944, returning to Victoria in 1945 as headmaster of Geelong College.  Arnold was married to Gladys (Jim) Buntine (1901–1992), who was the Chief Commissioner of the Australian Girl Guides from 1962 until 1968 and an advocate for the importance of education.  She was awarded first an OBE and later an MBE for her services to youth.  Robert Buntine (1929–2014), their son, had leadership roles at The King's School and Newington College in Sydney.  Professor Mark Buntine of Curtin University of Technology is the most current of the Buntine family of educators.

List of orations
The Buntine Oration has been delivered by many highly recognised people.  Paul Hasluck was the Australian Minister for External Affairs at the time he delivered the 1964 oration, going on to become Governor-General of Australia in 1969.  Zelman Cowen was the Governor-General at the time of the 1980 oration.  Michael Somare was elected to the first national parliament of Papua New Guinea in 1972, becoming chief minister by the time of the 1974; he became the country's first Prime Minister when independence was granted in 1975.  2006 orator Peter Doherty shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and was the 1997 Australian of the Year.   Two High Court justices have given the oration (Robert French and Michael Kirby), as has the Chancellor of the Australian National University ("Nugget" Coombs) and the inaugural President of the ACE, James Darling.

Footnotes

Education in Australia

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Her Name Is Rose: A Novel by Christine Breen
Look no further for a Mother's Day or graduation gift, or a special treat for yourself. There's a space in Irish women's fiction right between wise Maeve Binchy and touch-of-magic Cecilia Ahern—and Christine Breen, with her wisdom, humor, and sheer good-heartedness, fits in it beautifully.
Her Name Is Rose is an exploration of love in many forms. Twenty years ago, Iris and her husband Luke adopted Rose. They had a wonderful life in Ireland together as a family for eighteen years. Then Luke died. It's two years later, and Rose has gone to London, accepted into prestigious Royal Academy of Music. Iris found some solace in gardening and blogging, but she's naturally still grieving and she's just been laid off her column at the local newspaper—and she's just received troubling news after a mammography. How awful can life be? Rose could be left alone, both adoptive parents dead of cancer. Iris decides she must keep her promise to Luke to find Rose's birth mother, just in case. But the system is set up for the "natural" offspring and parents to find each other, not for adoptive parents. It's refreshing to read about the insecurities of the adoptive parent rather than the child, for once. But Rose gets her fair share of page time. She's been raised with love and affection and is not full of angst; finding her birth parents is the farthest thing from her mind. She's a young woman finding her talents—and possibly, romance.
Somehow, Iris finds herself in Boston, looking for Rose's birth mother, before she even has her follow-up breast exam or diagnosis. Rose has a crisis and heads home to an empty house. Adventure, love, and mad coincidences ensue. This is my favorite kind of women's fiction; everyday characters, ordinary problems, extraordinary situations looked at through lenses of love and kindness. The kind that leaves me with hope for the human condition and the world at large. Yes, it all works out in the end, and the journey itself is all pleasure. Nice to have two female perspectives, of differing ages (Iris and Rose), and there's a male perspective, too.
Highly recommended for fans of Binchy, Moyes, Mansell, etc. Also for those with an interest in love stories, music themes—Rose is not the only musician in the story—and gardening. Miss Em is very much looking forward to more from this author!
(I received a galley from St. Martins for review.) And watch this space for a possible giveaway!
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Rodgers throws 3 TDs, Packers up 35-7 over Cowboys
Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (12) breaks away from Dallas Cowboys linebacker Keith Brooking (51) for a first down during the first half of an NFL football game Sunday, Nov. 7, 2010, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Mike Roemer)
By COLIN FLY, AP Sports Writer
GREEN BAY, Wis. —
Green Bay Packers' Brandon Jackson (32) reacts after catching a nine-yard touchdown pass during the first half of an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys Sunday, Nov. 7, 2010, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)
Dallas Cowboys head coach Wade Phillips reacts during the first half of an NFL football game against the Green Bay Packers Sunday, Nov. 7, 2010, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)
Green Bay Packers' Clay Matthews reacts to a sack during the first half of an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys Sunday, Nov. 7, 2010, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo watches from the sidelines during the first half of an NFL football game against the Green Bay Packers Sunday, Nov. 7, 2010, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)
Green Bay Packers cornerback Sam Shields (37) intercepts a pass intended for Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Miles Austin (19) during the first half of an NFL football game Sunday, Nov. 7, 2010, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)
Dallas Cowboys head coach Wade Phillips argues a call during the first half of an NFL football game against the Green Bay Packers Sunday, Nov. 7, 2010, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Mike Roemer)
Aaron Rodgers threw three touchdown passes and Brandon Jackson ran for another to give the Green Bay Packers a 35-7 lead over the Dallas Cowboys after the third quarter Sunday night.
Rodgers found James Jones for a 10-yard score midway through the third quarter after Green Bay scored twice in the span of 9 seconds just before halftime.
After Rodgers' 8-yard TD pass to Greg Jennings made it 21-0 with 2:13 left before half, Bryan McCann fumbled the kickoff that Nick Collins returned it 26 yards for a touchdown.
It appeared McCann may have been down, but the Cowboys couldn't challenge the call because they didn't have a first-half timeout remaining and the play didn't occur inside of the two-minute warning to allow a booth review.
Dallas answered with a late no-huddle drive that was capped with rookie Dez Bryant's TD grab from Jon Kitna over Sam Shields with 16 seconds left that made it 28-7.
The Packers looked in sync against the Cowboys after big wins over the Vikings and the New York Jets. Rodgers was having his best game this season, going 26 of 31 for 276 yards after three quarters.
Green Bay's only stumble came on the first possession when nose tackle Jay Ratliff blocked Mason Crosby's 54-yard field goal attempt.
After Kitna was intercepted, Rodgers converted the mistake, scrambling 27 yards on third-and-6 to set up a 9-yard screen pass to Jackson for a touchdown early in the second quarter.
Even when the Cowboys committed a penalty, they couldn't stop Rodgers and his receivers.
Rodgers fired a deep pass down the right side to Jones for 31 yards despite Terence Newman's illegal contact to set up Jackson's 2-yard TD run.
Rodgers completed another pass to Jennings for a 33-yard gain down the left sideline on the next possession and finished the drive by hitting Jennings again for an 8-yard score that made it 21-0 with 2:13 left.
McCann then fumbled the kick that Collins returned to give Green Bay a 28-0 lead.
Green Bay's defense also remained disruptive, led by NFL sack leader Clay Matthews.
Matthews burst through the center of the line to sack Kitna early in the second quarter and has 10 1/2 for the season. The second-year linebacker also nearly took a handoff from Kitna after getting into the backfield so quickly midway through the quarter, stopping Marion Barber for a loss of 3 yards on a third-and-1 near midfield.
Dallas has lost four straight since winning at Houston and the Cowboys are without starter Tony Romo (broken collarbone) for the second straight week. Romo watched from the sideline, his left arm still in a sling.
The Packers are also banged up with 10 players on injured reserve, including five starters. Safety Atari Bigby was activated from the physically unable to perform list this week, but did not start.
The Cowboys hoped to play at home in the Super Bowl. Instead, they have a chance to pick first in the next draft with their worst start to a season since going 1-15 in 1989.


April lives a homesteading life on 10 acres in northeastern Oregon. She is the author of Cold Creek Homestead and today she is going to share her homesteading story with us.
I grew up spending a huge portion of my childhood on one of NE Oregon's largest free range cattle ranch and I just knew this was how I needed to live it was the only place I felt real if that makes sense. As I got older more and more of society seemed fake, everything from the food we eat to the basic conversations we have… I couldn't take it anymore even though I never lived in a big city I had to get out onto wild land, like the ranch I grew up on!
At our first little homestead in a small town I realized I didn't like to limit my gardening to one "x" by "x" area because I could grow food everywhere! I then jumped head on into the awesome concept of permaculture we now own a good chunk of land that is ALL being put into production! We will be planting fifty fruit trees this coming spring.
Our homestead houses kinder goats, kune kune pigs, angora rabbits, splash jersey giant chickens, and cayuga ducks. We sell excess stock to local buyers and hatching eggs all over the country, we sell mostly via Facebook farming groups, local craigslist ads and local news papers and a buy/sell/trade AM radio show. The same goes for our excess produce, I sell the fiber from our angoras and garden seeds and drop spindles and yarn all on our etsy shop!
Well we live in a remote off grid setting now so we have made many changes. Most of our night time light is from oil lamps, we must filter the water out of our faucets as our spring box needs resealed, we only have eggs and milk if our hens are laying and if our goats are in milking season. I think our remote living leads to more of a pioneer life in the home than homesteading. I mean we heat our water for baths on the wood stove, we cook on the wood stove, we do laundry by hand we are up at dawn and in bed at dusk for the most part!
Make sure you follow April on her homesteading journey by visiting her at Cold Creek Homestead.
Once again Jess, great job. Thanks for sharing April's story. I always enjoy her posts about their life off grid.


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Фрейм (англ. frame — «каркас, остов», «будова, структура, система», «рамка», «окремий кадр фільму» та ін.) — структура, що репрезентує стереотипні ситуації у свідомості (пам'яті) людини або інтелектуальної системи і призначена для ідентифікації нової ситуації, що базується на такому ситуативному шаблоні.

Історія
Цю категорію було введено в 1974 році Марвіном Мінським, відомим дослідником в галузі штучного інтелекту. Концепція фреймів формувалася у контексті відомого Стенфордського Проекту створення інтегрального робота «око-рука», де фрейм мислився як знаряддя для моделювання процесу сцен із дійовими особами, супутніми предметами, фоном тощо. Фрейми означали стереотипні, еталонні сцени, добре відомі людині з життєвого досвіду або спеціальних знань, під які можна було підводити нові, близькі до них сцени, щоб у такий спосіб розпізнавати структуру нових сцен та ситуацій.

Фреймові концепції
Аналізуючи роль фреймів у моделюванні розуміння природної мови, Ч. Філлмор розрізнює дві семантики: семантику, орієнтовану на розуміння (Р-семантику), та семантику, орієнтовану на визначення істинності висловлювань (І-семантику). При цьому Р-семантика оперує поняттям інтерпретуючого опису семантики лексем, граматичних категорій та тексту. Найбільш «концентроване» застосування фрейм знаходить у теорії розуміння Ч. Філлмора, яку він називає Р-семантикою другого рангу. Така семантика включає три компоненти: композиційну семантику (фреймову структуру тексту), практичне міркування, що ґрунтується на використанні фреймових знань (знань про реальність) та забезпечує виявлення імпліцитних семантичних зв'язків між висловлюваннями в тексті; міркування, що спирається на знання про комунікативні наміри, репрезентовані у фреймовій формі. У ситуації міркування природно-мовне виведення розглядається як сукупність операцій над елементами фреймів.

Структура фрейму
В теорії фреймів образ називають фреймом, фреймом також називають і формалізовану модель для представлення образу. З такої моделі не можна нічого забрати, але є можливість заповнення певних дірок в атрибутах, таких, як кількість вікон, колір стін, висота стелі, покриття підлоги та інше. Розрізняють фрейми—взірці або прототипи, які зберігаються в базі даних, та фрейми—екземпляри, котрі створюють для відображення фактичних ситуацій на основі даних, що надійшли. Модель фрейму є достатньо універсальною, оскільки дозволяє відобразити все різноманіття знань через фрейми структури, які використовуються для позначень об'єктів та понять (позика, заклад, вексель); ролей (менеджер, касир, клієнт); сценаріїв (банкрутство, зібрання акціонерів, святкування уродин); ситуацій (тривога, аварія, робочий режим пристрою) і т. д.

Приклади
Візьмемо до прикладу англійське слово Tuesday «вівторок». Tuesday може бути визначений лише відносно ідеалізованої моделі, включаючої єдиний цикл, який задається рухом сонця, стандартні методи визначення, коли закінчується один день і починається інший. Семиденний календарний цикл більшого розміру — тиждень. В цій ідеалізованій моделі тиждень представлений як єдине ціле, яке складається з семи частин, організованих в лінійну послідовність; кожна частина називається день, і третій з цих днів — Tuesday. Аналогічно, поняття тиждень weekend (уік-енд «кінець тижня») визначається, виходячи з поняття робочий тиждень з п'яти днів, після якого настає дводенна перерва.
Наша модель тижня є ідеалізованою. Семиденні тижні не існують об'єктивно в природі. Вони створені людьми. Насправді, не всі культури мають одні й ті ж види тижнів. Розглянемо, наприклад, балійську календарку систему: З двох календарів, які використовують балійці, один сонячно-місячний, а інший Дж. Лакофф назвав пермутаційним, побудований на взаємодії незалежних циклів імен днів. Пермутаційний календар набагато важливіший. Він складається з десяти різних циклів днів-імен з'являється знову і цикл починається знову. Аналогічно існують дев'яти-, восьми-, семи-, шести-, п'яти-, чотирьох-, трьох-, дводенні і навіть одноденні цикли. Імена в кожному циклі також різні і цикли функціонують одночасно. Це означає, що до будь-якого дня, в крайньому випадку в теорії, може бути накладено одночасно десять різних імен, по одному з десяти циклів. З цих десяти циклів найбільше культурне значення мають цикли, які містять п'ять, шість і сім днів-імен… Результат всіх цих вираховувань руху коліс всередині коліс є погляд на час як стан з впорядкованих рядків тридцяти, тридцяти п'яти, сорока двох і двохсот десяти одиниць («днів»)… Для того, щоб ідентифікувати день в сорокадводенному ряді — і тим самим визначити його практичне і/або релігійне значення — необхідно визначити його місце або, іншими словами, його ім'я і в шестиденному циклі (наприклад, Ariang) і в семиденному циклі (наприклад, Boda): виходить, що це день Boda-Ariang і потрібно діяти відповідним чином. Для того, щоб ідентифікувати день в тридцятип'ятиденному рядку, потрібно знати його місце в п'ятиденному циклі (наприклад, Kilon) і в семиденному: виходить, що це, наприклад, Boda-Kilon.,.Для того щоб однозначно ідентифікувати день в двохсотдесятиденному рядку, потрібно знати імена з усіх трьох тижнів: наприклад, Boda-Ariang-Kilon, до речі, день, коли святкується найбільш важливе релігійне свято балійців — Галунган.
Таким чином, для того, щоб охарактеризувати Галунган в балійській мові, потрібна комплексна ІКМ котра вміщає при накладенні один на одного тижневі структури — п'ятиденну, шестиденну і семиденну. В різних культурах подібні ідеалізовані когнітивні моделі можуть бути досить важкими.

Висновки
Останнім часом спектр застосування концепції фреймів суттєво розширений: до нього увійшли лінгвістична семантика, когнітивна теорія метафори, прикладна семіотика, теорія репрезентації ментальних станів та дій тощо.
Особлива чутливість до концепції фреймів та успішна асиміляція цієї концепції в лінгвістиці пояснюється тим, що по суті фрейм не є для неї абсолютно новим поняттям. Прямими аналогами або лінгвістичними прообразами такої концепції можна вважати ті лінгвістичні напрями, що займаються відмінковими «рамками» дієслів. Це насамперед відома «глибинно-відмінкова граматика» (Ч. Філлмор), а також концепція ситуаційно-рольового тлумачення лексичних значень та тематичних груп (Ю. Д. Ампресян, О. К. Жолковський, Ю. С. Мартем'янов, В. Ю. Розенцвейг, Ю. К. Щеглов та інші); теорія семантичних полів Й. Трира, концепція репрезентації певних типів лексичних значень мовою думок Lingua mentalis А. Вежбицької тощо. Найзначніші теоретичні та прикладні результати дає використання фреймів для розроблення систем розуміння природної мови.

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Bulgari, often stylized as Bvlgari, is an Italian jewelry and luxury items manufacturer. Founded in 1884 by Sotir Voulgaris, the company is still a family-owned venture, headed by Paolo Voulgaris, his great-grandson. Bvlgari is headquartered in Rome, Italy, and operates and distributes high end, luxury products across the world.
One of Bvlgari's major products is the Bvlgari luxury watches. High end, sophisticated and refined, Bvlgari watches have a trademark elegance and fluidity in their designs that make them instantly recognisable accessories. By combining the best of ornate Italian designs, and the careful and reliable craftsmanship of Swiss watchmakers, Bvlgari manages to imbibe the best of Italy and Switzerland to form arguably the best, most opulent and stylish watches in the world. The company's basic aesthetic sense is based around the work that is a trademark of Roman jewelers. Often encrusted with gems and precious stones, along with the best technology available in the watchmaking industry, Bvlgari produces the most exquisite, detailed and magnificent watch designs across the world, giving its products an artistic significance along with the products' actual functionality.


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Michael Jackson's 'panicked' call for 'sex advice' after marriage to Lisa Marie Presley
Michael Jackson first tried to make contact with Elvis Presley's daughter Lisa Marie Presley when she was with her first husband Danny Keough, she has revealed. At the time, she was happily married and had no interest in seeing him, but after their split she agreed to a meeting. They hit it off and she married the King of Pop just 20 days after her divorce was finalised.
Now, in a newly unearthed blog post published on Huffington Post, Jackson's friend Gotham Chopra has revealed the deeply personal call the Beat It hitmaker made to him just after he tied the knot with Presley.
"In all of my years with him, in every single moment, Michael was nothing but dignified and appropriate," Chopra said. "Never once doing anything that would be deemed scandalous with me. It was really that simple."
However, the entrepreneur and filmmaker then recalled one instance when he got an unexpected phone call from Jackson.
"Check that," he said. "Back to those college days. One night he did call me in a panic.
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"I'd joke it was all about the foreplay!" he added.
Presley has said she and Jackson had a normal sexual relationship, despite claims their marriage was a sham.
In a 2003 interview with Rolling Stone, she opened up about their marriage, saying: "He was very real with me off the bat.
"He immediately went into this whole explanation of what he knew people thought of him and what the truth was."
Presley also said Jackson was quick to ring her up and explain when he was hit with allegations of child sexual abuse, telling her it looked like an attempt at extorting him.
"I believed him, because he was so convincing," she told the publication. "I don't know… I just believe everything he said, for some reason."
The daughter of the King of Rock 'n' Roll said she never saw any behaviour from Jackson which would lead her to think he was guilty of sexually abusing children.
Jackson, who was acquitted of sexually abusing a 13-year-old boy after a trial in 2005, always maintained his innocence and his estate continues to deny allegations of the star sexually abusing children.
Presley and Jackson split in 1996 after she filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences.
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Apartment Rents Expected to Keep Rising in 2016
Multifamily rents are likely to keep rising in 2016—just not as fast as before, according to forecasts for the coming year.
"Rising vacancy rates will take the wind out of landlords' sails and remove some of their ability to keep pushing rent growth at such a febrile pace," says Ryan Severino, senior economist and director of research with New York City-based firm Reis Inc. Developers will deliver more new apartments in 2016 than the 188,000 new units they opened in 2015, pushing the vacancy rate up from 4.4 percent in the fourth quarter.
"With construction posting its highest tally since 1999, the market environment has clearly changed," says Severino. "Gone are the days when apartments faced little competition from new construction."
Strong demand for apartment rentals, however, continues to support the multifamily sector. Even as the vacancy rate rises, it is unlikely to spike enough to put a serious dent in the growth of apartment rents.
Experts predict that the percentage of vacant apartments will stay relatively low in 2016, even as more new apartments open.
"Even with all the new units, we are only expecting vacancy rates to go up 10 to 20 basis points," says John Chang, first vice president of research services for Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a platform that works with both institutional and private investors.
Even the apartment markets most damaged by the housing crash are doing relatively well. Sacramento and the Inland Empire in California are now forecast to have vacancy rates of less than 3.0 percent in 2015, according to IPA. The 10 markets in the U.S. forecast to have the highest vacancy rates are relatively healthy, with vacancy rates of 7.0 percent or less forecast for 2016.
These relatively healthy markets will be supported by strong household formation.
"We expect renter household formations to remain strong because of favorable demographics and pent-up demand following the Great Recession," says David Brickman, executive vice president for the multifamily business for Freddie Mac. The nation will add 4.4 million new rental households by 2025, or 440 million a year based on adult population growth alone, according to Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies.
Even with all the recent new construction, developers have not kept up with the growing demand. Last year, the total number of households grew by 1.5 million, but the nation's housing stock only increased by 1.1 million units. "We are not creating enough housing units," says Brickman.
Risks to rent growth
These relatively positive forecasts are based on the expectation that young Millennials will form their own households as more of them find jobs. "They are getting jobs and they are getting their careers started and that is great news for the apartment industry," says Chang.
So far, experts don't see any evidence that the U.S. is becoming more like Europe, where young people often continue to share housing with their extended family for much longer periods than stateside.
A rising homeownership rate could damage this forecast for strong demand for apartments, if less of the newly formed households end of living in apartments than experts predict. However, new data shows that if the homeownership rate does rise, the new homeowners will be primarily current renters of single-family homes. More than two-thirds of apartment renters—68 percent—say they are satisfied with their housing, according to the latest quarterly renter satisfaction survey from Freddie Mac.
The broader economy could also damage these forecasts, if growth in the U.S. slows down. However, the economy recovery in the U.S. has been broad-based, with slow, steady growth in employment across the country.
"Even the weakest employment markets in the U.S. are still adding jobs," says Chang. That includes both small cities like Kansas City and energy industry towns like Houston. "Right now, we are expecting steady wage growth supporting stead rent growth."
Finally, bad news in the stock market could hurt demand for apartments, especially for the upscale new units developers have been delivering in urban cores. So far, a mix of young Millennials and older empty nesters helped fill these more expensive apartments. Young Millennials often need a little help from their parents to afford these units. Falling stock prices might hurt the ability of their parents to help pay the rent, as well as empty nesters' ability to move out of their large suburban houses and into cities. "They may want to stay in that house for another year," says Jeff Daniels, managing director for AIG Global Real Estate, which invests in and manages commercial real estate.
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Chandigarh, 3rd February. Are you keeping a busy routine and missing the much-awaited films? Do your friends tease you because you've missed out on first day first show? How about a movie premiere at your own home or office? Surprised? Here we are. A one of its kind online YouTube channel 'FilmyShots' where your favourite stars will be featured in 'sho(r)t ' films and you will enjoy them at your own place saving your time as well as money! The channel will see its official launch this valentine's with a short romantic film 'Ishq Haazir Hai' which is a royal romance tale starring Diljit Dosanjh and Wamiqa Gabbi. Produced jointly by Prinday and FilmyShots, this film is a story which revolves around two people who somewhere deep in their hearts love each other, but time and situation make them go apart. But suddenly, within a day, everything changes. Rest you have to find out on your personal screens.
At a press conference held here today at hotel JW Marriott, it was announced that the music of the film will be released on the channel on 13th February. Talking to the media, Diljit Dosanjh said, "It is a new concept, new idea and I truly enjoyed because it is something very different. I found the story very exciting and it's been a long time I've done any romantic role. This valentine's I can say that 'Ishq Haazir Hai' for my fans and lovers. I hope people will like this film as well as the new concept and also I am looking forward to work with Baljinder ji again." FilmyShots promises its viewers to give capsules of entertainment in their day-to-day hectic life. Till now, the channel has received an overwhelming response. Anyone can watch the uploads free of cost. The only thing viewers have to do is to subscribe to the channel without bearing any cost.


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Q: No search results at all in the iOS App Store I've got iPad 3 with iOS 7.0.2.
I can't find anything using search option in App Store. No matter what I search for - even well known apps. I've got internet connection, no special search filters. It's been going on for days. I tried restarting the tablet, turning internet on and off. No success.
I'll be very thankful for any ideas how to solve it.

A: Are you certain that there are no stray characters in the Search box? Try clicking the x at the far right of the Search box and repeating your search.

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Malis riksvapen är cirkulärt och omgärdas av landets valspråk: "Ett folk, ett mål, en tro". Över en moské ser man en fågel med utbredda vingar och dessutom finns två pilbågar och en uppgående sol.

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Product description: TP03AL220S12LSW replcaement for AMEOF1-12SJZ The rated output power of TP03AL series is 3W with wide input voltage range, for both AC input and DC input application. High reliability, Low power consumption, safety isolation .Widely used in industrial control and electrical instrumentation, smart home, which do not have high requirement on EMC. The EMC external circuit must be added if the products need to be applied to EMC harsh environment . Universal input voltage range	Both for AC and DC input voltage	Low Ripple &Noise High efficiency, high power density, miniature dimensions	Low power consumption ≤30mW Overheat protection ,Over current protection International standard Footprint&Pinouts Industrial product design	Operating temperature : -40℃ to 70℃ SELECTION GUIDE Part Number	Input Voltage	Output	Efficiency (Typ. ) % Voltage (VAC)	Voltage (VDC)	Current(A) Rated	Range values TP03AL220S03LSW	220(4:1)	85-265	3.3	0.60	63 TP03AL220S05LSW	220(4:1)	85-265	5	0.60	68 TP03AL220S09LSW	220(4:1)	85-265	9	0.33	72 TP03AL220S12LSW	220(4:1)	85-265	12	0.25	74 TP03AL220S15LSW	220(4:1)	85-265	15	0.20	76 TP03AL220S24LSW	220(4:1)	85-265	24	0.125	80 All specifications typical at TA=25°C, nominal input voltage and rated output current unless otherwise specified.


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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text.Json;
using Azure.Core;

namespace Azure.ResourceManager.MachineLearningServices.Models
{
    public partial class Model : IUtf8JsonSerializable
    {
        void IUtf8JsonSerializable.Write(Utf8JsonWriter writer)
        {
            writer.WriteStartObject();
            if (Optional.IsDefined(Id))
            {
                writer.WritePropertyName("id");
                writer.WriteStringValue(Id);
            }
            writer.WritePropertyName("name");
            writer.WriteStringValue(Name);
            if (Optional.IsDefined(Framework))
            {
                writer.WritePropertyName("framework");
                writer.WriteStringValue(Framework);
            }
            if (Optional.IsDefined(FrameworkVersion))
            {
                writer.WritePropertyName("frameworkVersion");
                writer.WriteStringValue(FrameworkVersion);
            }
            if (Optional.IsDefined(Version))
            {
                writer.WritePropertyName("version");
                writer.WriteNumberValue(Version.Value);
            }
            if (Optional.IsCollectionDefined(Datasets))
            {
                writer.WritePropertyName("datasets");
                writer.WriteStartArray();
                foreach (var item in Datasets)
                {
                    writer.WriteObjectValue(item);
                }
                writer.WriteEndArray();
            }
            writer.WritePropertyName("url");
            writer.WriteStringValue(Url);
            writer.WritePropertyName("mimeType");
            writer.WriteStringValue(MimeType);
            if (Optional.IsDefined(Description))
            {
                writer.WritePropertyName("description");
                writer.WriteStringValue(Description);
            }
            if (Optional.IsDefined(CreatedTime))
            {
                writer.WritePropertyName("createdTime");
                writer.WriteStringValue(CreatedTime.Value, "O");
            }
            if (Optional.IsDefined(ModifiedTime))
            {
                writer.WritePropertyName("modifiedTime");
                writer.WriteStringValue(ModifiedTime.Value, "O");
            }
            if (Optional.IsDefined(Unpack))
            {
                writer.WritePropertyName("unpack");
                writer.WriteBooleanValue(Unpack.Value);
            }
            if (Optional.IsDefined(ParentModelId))
            {
                writer.WritePropertyName("parentModelId");
                writer.WriteStringValue(ParentModelId);
            }
            if (Optional.IsDefined(RunId))
            {
                writer.WritePropertyName("runId");
                writer.WriteStringValue(RunId);
            }
            if (Optional.IsDefined(ExperimentName))
            {
                writer.WritePropertyName("experimentName");
                writer.WriteStringValue(ExperimentName);
            }
            if (Optional.IsCollectionDefined(KvTags))
            {
                writer.WritePropertyName("kvTags");
                writer.WriteStartObject();
                foreach (var item in KvTags)
                {
                    writer.WritePropertyName(item.Key);
                    writer.WriteStringValue(item.Value);
                }
                writer.WriteEndObject();
            }
            if (Optional.IsCollectionDefined(Properties))
            {
                writer.WritePropertyName("properties");
                writer.WriteStartObject();
                foreach (var item in Properties)
                {
                    writer.WritePropertyName(item.Key);
                    writer.WriteStringValue(item.Value);
                }
                writer.WriteEndObject();
            }
            if (Optional.IsCollectionDefined(DerivedModelIds))
            {
                writer.WritePropertyName("derivedModelIds");
                writer.WriteStartArray();
                foreach (var item in DerivedModelIds)
                {
                    writer.WriteStringValue(item);
                }
                writer.WriteEndArray();
            }
            if (Optional.IsDefined(SampleInputData))
            {
                writer.WritePropertyName("sampleInputData");
                writer.WriteStringValue(SampleInputData);
            }
            if (Optional.IsDefined(SampleOutputData))
            {
                writer.WritePropertyName("sampleOutputData");
                writer.WriteStringValue(SampleOutputData);
            }
            if (Optional.IsDefined(ResourceRequirements))
            {
                writer.WritePropertyName("resourceRequirements");
                writer.WriteObjectValue(ResourceRequirements);
            }
            writer.WriteEndObject();
        }

        internal static Model DeserializeModel(JsonElement element)
        {
            Optional<string> id = default;
            string name = default;
            Optional<string> framework = default;
            Optional<string> frameworkVersion = default;
            Optional<long> version = default;
            Optional<IList<DatasetReference>> datasets = default;
            string url = default;
            string mimeType = default;
            Optional<string> description = default;
            Optional<DateTimeOffset> createdTime = default;
            Optional<DateTimeOffset> modifiedTime = default;
            Optional<bool> unpack = default;
            Optional<string> parentModelId = default;
            Optional<string> runId = default;
            Optional<string> experimentName = default;
            Optional<IDictionary<string, string>> kvTags = default;
            Optional<IDictionary<string, string>> properties = default;
            Optional<IList<string>> derivedModelIds = default;
            Optional<string> sampleInputData = default;
            Optional<string> sampleOutputData = default;
            Optional<ContainerResourceRequirements> resourceRequirements = default;
            foreach (var property in element.EnumerateObject())
            {
                if (property.NameEquals("id"))
                {
                    id = property.Value.GetString();
                    continue;
                }
                if (property.NameEquals("name"))
                {
                    name = property.Value.GetString();
                    continue;
                }
                if (property.NameEquals("framework"))
                {
                    framework = property.Value.GetString();
                    continue;
                }
                if (property.NameEquals("frameworkVersion"))
                {
                    frameworkVersion = property.Value.GetString();
                    continue;
                }
                if (property.NameEquals("version"))
                {
                    if (property.Value.ValueKind == JsonValueKind.Null)
                    {
                        property.ThrowNonNullablePropertyIsNull();
                        continue;
                    }
                    version = property.Value.GetInt64();
                    continue;
                }
                if (property.NameEquals("datasets"))
                {
                    if (property.Value.ValueKind == JsonValueKind.Null)
                    {
                        property.ThrowNonNullablePropertyIsNull();
                        continue;
                    }
                    List<DatasetReference> array = new List<DatasetReference>();
                    foreach (var item in property.Value.EnumerateArray())
                    {
                        array.Add(DatasetReference.DeserializeDatasetReference(item));
                    }
                    datasets = array;
                    continue;
                }
                if (property.NameEquals("url"))
                {
                    url = property.Value.GetString();
                    continue;
                }
                if (property.NameEquals("mimeType"))
                {
                    mimeType = property.Value.GetString();
                    continue;
                }
                if (property.NameEquals("description"))
                {
                    description = property.Value.GetString();
                    continue;
                }
                if (property.NameEquals("createdTime"))
                {
                    if (property.Value.ValueKind == JsonValueKind.Null)
                    {
                        property.ThrowNonNullablePropertyIsNull();
                        continue;
                    }
                    createdTime = property.Value.GetDateTimeOffset("O");
                    continue;
                }
                if (property.NameEquals("modifiedTime"))
                {
                    if (property.Value.ValueKind == JsonValueKind.Null)
                    {
                        property.ThrowNonNullablePropertyIsNull();
                        continue;
                    }
                    modifiedTime = property.Value.GetDateTimeOffset("O");
                    continue;
                }
                if (property.NameEquals("unpack"))
                {
                    if (property.Value.ValueKind == JsonValueKind.Null)
                    {
                        property.ThrowNonNullablePropertyIsNull();
                        continue;
                    }
                    unpack = property.Value.GetBoolean();
                    continue;
                }
                if (property.NameEquals("parentModelId"))
                {
                    parentModelId = property.Value.GetString();
                    continue;
                }
                if (property.NameEquals("runId"))
                {
                    runId = property.Value.GetString();
                    continue;
                }
                if (property.NameEquals("experimentName"))
                {
                    experimentName = property.Value.GetString();
                    continue;
                }
                if (property.NameEquals("kvTags"))
                {
                    if (property.Value.ValueKind == JsonValueKind.Null)
                    {
                        property.ThrowNonNullablePropertyIsNull();
                        continue;
                    }
                    Dictionary<string, string> dictionary = new Dictionary<string, string>();
                    foreach (var property0 in property.Value.EnumerateObject())
                    {
                        dictionary.Add(property0.Name, property0.Value.GetString());
                    }
                    kvTags = dictionary;
                    continue;
                }
                if (property.NameEquals("properties"))
                {
                    if (property.Value.ValueKind == JsonValueKind.Null)
                    {
                        property.ThrowNonNullablePropertyIsNull();
                        continue;
                    }
                    Dictionary<string, string> dictionary = new Dictionary<string, string>();
                    foreach (var property0 in property.Value.EnumerateObject())
                    {
                        dictionary.Add(property0.Name, property0.Value.GetString());
                    }
                    properties = dictionary;
                    continue;
                }
                if (property.NameEquals("derivedModelIds"))
                {
                    if (property.Value.ValueKind == JsonValueKind.Null)
                    {
                        property.ThrowNonNullablePropertyIsNull();
                        continue;
                    }
                    List<string> array = new List<string>();
                    foreach (var item in property.Value.EnumerateArray())
                    {
                        array.Add(item.GetString());
                    }
                    derivedModelIds = array;
                    continue;
                }
                if (property.NameEquals("sampleInputData"))
                {
                    sampleInputData = property.Value.GetString();
                    continue;
                }
                if (property.NameEquals("sampleOutputData"))
                {
                    sampleOutputData = property.Value.GetString();
                    continue;
                }
                if (property.NameEquals("resourceRequirements"))
                {
                    if (property.Value.ValueKind == JsonValueKind.Null)
                    {
                        property.ThrowNonNullablePropertyIsNull();
                        continue;
                    }
                    resourceRequirements = ContainerResourceRequirements.DeserializeContainerResourceRequirements(property.Value);
                    continue;
                }
            }
            return new Model(id.Value, name, framework.Value, frameworkVersion.Value, Optional.ToNullable(version), Optional.ToList(datasets), url, mimeType, description.Value, Optional.ToNullable(createdTime), Optional.ToNullable(modifiedTime), Optional.ToNullable(unpack), parentModelId.Value, runId.Value, experimentName.Value, Optional.ToDictionary(kvTags), Optional.ToDictionary(properties), Optional.ToList(derivedModelIds), sampleInputData.Value, sampleOutputData.Value, resourceRequirements.Value);
        }
    }
}

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Scientists from the University of Illinois have developed an electronic device that can self-destruct when heat triggered. This technology is all set to cut down disposal of electronic waste at landfills thereby taking the pressure off the environment. They have also developed a radio controlled trigger that could remotely self destruct on demand.
A revolutionary technology indeed, this could boost sustainability in device manufacturing. The team, led by aerospace engineering professor Scott R White, partnered with John A Rogers, Director of the Frederick Seitz Materials Laboratory at Illinois. Roger's group was successful in developing transient devices that dissolve in water with applications for biomedical implants.
The two groups have been successful in solving the challenges of using ultraviolet light, heat and mechanical stress for disposing devices.
The heat triggered devices are composed of magnesium circuits printed on very thin and flexible materials. The device was coated with wax and that helped in trapping microscopic droplets of a weak acid. The device when heated causes the wax to melt, thereby releasing the acid which dissolves the device quickly. It is embedded with radio frequency receiver and an inductive heating coil to receive signal from the user's end to heat up and self destruct.
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This 5×56 torpedo sports a dark chocolate, soft but toothy firm wrapper with minimal veins, and a rich potpourri like spicy scent. First light reveals a slightly firm draw with adaquate smoke production. Flavors are medium bodied with a rich oily slightly sweet tobacco, and a good bit of pepper and spice especially on the long deep finish. The first third brings quite a complex blend of toast, coffee, then a spicy leather with a bit of pepper. The finish grows the pepper and adds spice, holding on well to the next draw. Body is a good medium-full. By the 1/2 way point the ash had just dropped off, burn was perfect and the flavors had mellowed a bit pushing more of the coffee. The last third continued the trend changing to a smooth creamy coffee with a pepper zing at the end of the draw. Total burn time to the nub was 1:15. Thank you very much to Chaz from Long Island for generously sending this in for review!


Things are not looking too good for Liverpool at the moment in terms of the ongoing transfer window.
The Reds surprisingly missed out on Lyon midfielder Nabil Fekir's signature after reaching an agreement with the Ligue 1 side.
The latest news across all media confirm that Juventus have officially captured the Reds' midfielder Emre Can on a four-year contract.
There have been many speculations over the player's signature for a very long time as some part of the media suggest he could be moving to Juventus while some claimed he would be renewing his contract by the end of the summer World Cup.
The Old Lady finally signed their longtime target in a deal which will see him receive £222,000 on weekly basis during his first two years with the Serie A giants.
After completing his switch to the Turin outfits, the 24-year-old German midfielder thanked Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp for believing so much in his quality and ability.
He further thanked his teammates at the Anfield Stadium, whom they all worked together to qualify for last season's Champions League competition despite all odds.
According to the midfielder via his verified Instagram, moving to Juventus is a new chapter of his life that he would cherish for a long time to come.
With his departure to Juventus, Liverpool are now obligated to get his perfect replacement before the end of the current transfer period.


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The French post offices in Zanzibar were post offices operated by France in Zanzibar from January 16 1889 to July 31 1904, when the United Kingdom took direct control of what had previously been a protectorate.
The first issues prepared by France for use in Zanzibar were French stamps of the "Type Sage" design, overprinted with denominations expressed in annas (i.e. a sub-division of the Zanzibar rupee) across the top of the stamp. These began to appear in 1894. In 1896, France re-issued these stamps with an additional "ZANZIBAR" overprint across the bottom of the stamp. Many of the stamps of this design, especially those of 1897 created by printing on stamp margins, are very rare and expensive.
In 1902 French stamps of the "Type Blanc", "Type Mouchon," and "Type Merson" design were issued for use. These stamps incorporated the word "Zanzibar" as a part of the design, but still overprinted with denominations in annas. Stamps of this design were not regularly issued without the surcharge in annas.
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Lady Hammerstein came home with the story of her favorite ice cream parlour Balla Beni in Munich at the corner of Türkenstraße and Theresienstraße only minutes from her own family business.
One had asked the owner why he wouldn't portion his ice with a scraper as it is done in Italy?
According to my lady Hammerstein, Georgio Ballabeni presumed, that the rigid German would more likely accept Italian ice made on the premises when served in measured, equal units, scooped as round balls rather than with scraped and smeared portions. Balla Beni. Scooped not smeared. Georgio Ballabeni soon began to offer taste trials, served with a long silver spoon. By no means does the spoon have to be silver, a porcelan spoon in a porcelan spoon tray would suffice and could be democratized / monetized after an introductory period as branded plastic give-aways. There is money to be made with Balla Beni brand merchandise. And dramatizing the spoon may likely add to the charming magic of Georgio Ballabeni.
Photography: Juliette Brinkmann © 2010. All rights reserved.
Summers ago, I helped my daughter finish her work day at Berlin's ice cream parlour 'kalter Krieg' at the corner of Checkpoint Charlie. The creams needed molding with a plastic scraper so they would look their best the next day. Fresh baked owner Juliette Brinkmann explained to me how much the kids loved to cuddle the cold warrier she set up outside her parlour. The bear which is also the signature of the city of Berlin now takes centerstage on her credentials site.
I did my best to convince Juliette to rename her business—knowing that 'kalter Krieg' [cold war] was a convincingly witty and fitting name for the local Berlin audience and elsewhere, especially with its Checkpoint Charly location. How much more money could be made with more than one location? What if the near future holds multiple sites? Presuming the future offers a franchise, and favoring Linda Yau's [Cocorino] multi-store approach, the name must be straight forward and immediately recognizable for a global customer. Watch 's Mary Meeker's presentation of 2010 internet trends here, the initial minutes give away how global, local businesses must become. Remember '"Think Globally, Act Locally"'? I was thinking the business must grow from being a hot shop in Berlin with a funky name adored by a few local punks and become a franchise with locations all over town and outside of Berlin. The new name must leverage Berlin's popularity, soon to rival Berliner Weisse [famous Berlin beer with a taste of sirup]. The world must come to believe the origins of ice cream to be Berlin. Made in Berlin must be claimed. On a local level 'kalter Krieg' is brilliant, with aims for a franchise, a name like BERLINER EIS will help Juliette get there.
How to better end a day at the zoo than with Cocorino Gelati? Presenting London families and their nannies with the notion, that a hearty, 30 minute stride from the London Zoo through amazing Regent Park, certainly must be rewarded with amazing Italian gelati or sorbees at Cocorino or any of offerings for the salty minded at Cocorino's focacceria. Leveraging London's neighboring landmark rings plenty of bells with me and offers sound business strategy.
Gelateria—fancyful gelati and sorbees made on the premises.
Now that we seem to have a handle on creating awareness with the general public of London, we need to look into getting the surrounding businesses to take their lunch break at Cocorino and offer incentives to consider Cocorino their favorite breakfast hand out. Take out—needs be focused on seperately and targeted as well… Aa handful of deliverables aside from moving the website to a blog. I am here to help and very much enjoy the insights gained without having traversed Regent Park even once.
Munich, Berlin, London. 3 locations. 3 businesses and 3 custom solutions for building brand awareness, eventually increasing sales on a local budget.
Bella Beni. Scooped not smeared.


Marcia Grant, principal of Resurrection Christian Academy, will be speaking. A musical performance from the RCA students is rumoured!
As usual, coffee & muffins will be provided, with a toonie lunch to follow the speaker.


Cracked Wheat Bread, Two Ways | What Smells So Good?
We're finally getting back into the "swing" of things after all the holiday hubbub, and one of the first things my mom asked for me to make when she went back to work was some hearty whole grain bread to go with the "leftovers" soup I made from the turkey carcass (hope to get that one up this week!). I turned to one of my favourite "bread books", Prairie Home Breads: 150 Splendid Recipes from America's Breadbasket by Judith Fertig and found the perfect candidate - Cracked Wheat Bread.
Whenever I think of cracked wheat, I think of my grandma's stories of eating it with breakfast. It's a hearty, wholesome and cheap porridge, that just so happens to be great in bread too! When shopping, I picked up some, trying to remember what the recipe said, but didn't get enough. Hm... do I make half the recipe? Nah - not when I had some other grains to play with! I wound up using up the cracked wheat, some 12 grain hot cereal and a handful of bulghur (pre-cooked, cracked wheat), and the combination worked perfectly!
Like I said, the recipe makes two loaves. Well, I wasn't content with leaving the dough well enough alone, not when it was such a wonderful blank canvas! So, I divided the lot in half after the first rise and while one half went on it's merry way to becoming a nice wholegrain sandwich bread, I brought out the mix ins for the rest of the batch. I didn't go too crazy though - just sunflower and pumpkin seeds for crunch and a handful of soaked raisins for sweet pops of moisture. While my mom liked both, I know her well enough to spot the "redux" loaf disappearing a little faster than the plain Jane one. Take your pick, or toss in your own favourites! You can't go wrong... unless you really try!
Sending these loaves to YeastSpotting at Wild Yeast.
Adapted from Prairie Home Breads: 150 Splendid Recipes from America's Breadbasket by Judith Fertig.
In a medium bowl, combine the cracked wheat, 12 grain cereal, honey, brown sugar and boiling water. Cover and let stand at room temperature overnight.
In a large bowl (or bowl of a stand mixer with a dough hook) whisk together the flours and yeast.
Add the warm water and begin mixing on low speed to combine the ingredients, then add the soaked mixture and mix in to form a dough.
Add the butter, oil and salt.
Knead on medium-low speed for 15 minutes.
Punch down and knead briefly, then shape into two loaves and place in greased loaf pans.
Cover lightly and let rise 1 hour.
Bake loaves 1 hour, rotating pans halfway through and tenting with foil if necessary.
If desired, knead raisins, sunflower and pumpkin seeds into half the dough after the first rise. Continue as usual.


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OPINION: The Only Solution To Climate Change? Pre-Emptive War With China, India and Russia
REUTERS/Charles Platiau
Timothy Benson Policy analyst with The Heartland Institute
April 10, 2019 10:00 AM ET
As someone whose spot on the political spectrum is somewhere between "Tory imperialist" and "warmongering neocon," I have been encouraged by the apocalyptic and militant rhetoric from Democrats on climate change.
For example, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi called climate change "the existential threat of our time." Sen. Bernie Sanders labeled it an "existential crisis." In fact, nearly all of the Democratic presidential hopefuls have described global warming as an existential threat.
This "existential" crisis rhetoric has also been mentioned by other prominent Democrats, such as Sens. Ed Markey and Chuck Schumer. The charming and media-savvy Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called it a "direct existential threat." "The last time we had a really major existential threat to this country," she added, "was around World War II."
From the late Latin "existentialis," "existential" literally means "relating to existence." By labeling climate change an "existential threat," what these Democrats mean is that climate change has the capacity to wipe out the human race, or at the very least our way of life. After all, according to the United Nations, we have only a dozen years to act before we reach the point of no return. Among these circles, the belief is if we don't act in time, the world will shortly devolve into a post-civilizational dystopian hellscape full of misery, rapine, banditry, and ruin. You know, like a "Mad Max" film.
The problem is the United States isn't the world's leading emitter of carbon dioxide. Even if we bring our emissions down to zero, it would only eliminate roughly 15 percent of the world's carbon dioxide emissions. Not enough to avoid annihilation, and not even enough to offset the rising emissions of the rest of the world over the next decade. Now, we could probably force our NATO allies, the rest of the European Union, and the British Commonwealth to follow our lead. Likewise with Japan and South Korea.
However, that would only eliminate another 20 percent or so of emissions. Surely, the world's largest emitter, China, is not going to be so easily persuaded, nor will rising economic power India, the world's third-largest emitter. Nor will a recalcitrant Russia, the world's fourth-largest emitter and a country whose economy is almost entirely dependent on natural gas production.
If we can't persuade, we'll have to invade. Taking a cue from great neoconservative forbearers and liberators like George W. Bush and Danaerys Targaryen, we are going to have to engage in a little pre-emptive war-making if we are to save the planet. The United States will have to invade and occupy these countries, eliminate carbon dioxide from their societies and, in the case of Russia and China, free these people from brutal dictatorships.
Launching simultaneous land wars on the Russian steppes, the Indian subcontinent, and mainland China isn't going to be easy. Invading and occupying these great masses of land and pacifying these great masses of peoples (in the unlikely event they don't greet us as liberators) will far overtax our military as presently constructed. The only way we can ever bring these great civilizations to heel in fewer than a dozen years is through the reinstitution of the draft and the total mobilization of American society towards a war footing.
Now, many might oppose a full-scale draft, but again, we are assured this is an existential threat, the first since the Second World War. In 1940, the United States instituted the draft to prepare to defeat the global menace of Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan, and Fascist Italy. We kept it in place for over a generation to check the global menace of international communism. Surely we can reinstitute it to halt the global menace of life-threatening climate change.
Progressive children already believe they are "fighting for [their] lives" by marching in protest against climate inaction. I say give them what they want and let them actually fight for their lives. These children should be filled with patriotic zeal and fervor, knowing that they would be making a true difference and could be the first kid on their block to get a confirmed kill in the name of saving the planet. Progressive parents should be proud to send their sons and daughters by the tens of millions across the globe to kill an enemy standing in the way of human progress.
Clearly, the urgency of our present crisis calls for something drastic. Perhaps millions of American youth will die ridding the world of the climate menace, but what a noble sacrifice. These heroes would be the first to tell you their lives are a small price to pay to ensure the continued existence of humanity on planet Earth.
Timothy Benson is a policy analyst with The Heartland Institute, a free-market think tank headquartered in Arlington Heights, Illinois.
The views and opinions expressed in this commentary are those of the author and do not reflect the official position of The Daily Caller.
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Q: Postgres Replication Slots Checking Lag I'm attempting to detect on my AWS RDS Aurora Postgres 11.9 instance if my three Logical Replication slots are backing up. I'm using wal2json plugin to read off of them continuously. Two of the slots are being read off by python processes. The third is kafka-connect consumer.
I'm using the below query, but am getting odds results. It is saying two of my slots are several GB behind even in the middle of the night when we have very small load. Am I misinterpreting what the query is saying?
SELECT redo_lsn, slot_name,restart_lsn,
    round((redo_lsn-restart_lsn) / 1024 / 1024 / 1024, 2) AS GB_behind
    FROM pg_control_checkpoint(), pg_replication_slots;

Things I've checked:

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*I've checked that the consumers are still running.

*I have also looked at the logs and the timestamps of the rows being inserted are coming off the database within 0-2 seconds after they were inserted. So it doesn't appear like I'm lagging behind.

*I've performed an end-to-end test and the data is making it through my pipeline in a few seconds, so it is definitely consuming data relatively fast.

*Both of the slots I'm using for my python processes have the same value for GB_behind, currently 12.40. Even though the two slots are on different logical databases which have dramatically different load (one is ~1000x higher load).

*I have a 3rd replication slot being read by a different program (kafka connect). It shows 0 GB_behind.

There is just no way, even at peak load, that my workloads could generate 12.4 GBs of data in a few seconds(not even in a few minutes). Am I miss interpreting something? Is there a better way to check how far a replication slot is behind?
Thanks much!
Here is a small snippet of my code(python3.6) in case it helps, but I've bene using it for awhile and data has been working:
def consume(msg):
    print(msg.payload)
    try:
        kinesis_client.put_record(StreamName=STREAM_NAME, Data=msg.payload, PartitionKey=partition_key)
    except:
        logger.exception('PG ETL: Failed to send load to kinesis. Likely too large.')

with con.cursor() as cur:
    cur.start_replication(slot_name=replication_slot, options = {'pretty-print' : 1}, decode=True)
    cur.consume_stream(consume)

A: I wasn't properly performing send_feedback during my consume function. So I was consuming the records, but I wasn't telling the Postgres replication slot that I had consumed the records.
Here is my complete consume function in case others interested:
def consume(msg):
    print(msg.payload)
    try:
        kinesis_client.put_record(StreamName=STREAM_NAME, Data=msg.payload, PartitionKey=partition_key)
    except:
        logger.exception('PG ETL: Failed to send load to kinesis. Likely too large.')

    msg.cursor.send_feedback(flush_lsn=msg.data_start)

with con.cursor() as cur:
    cur.start_replication(slot_name=replication_slot, options = {'pretty-print' : 1}, decode=True)
    cur.consume_stream(consume)


Scholarship Planning: What worked, what didn't, and how to move forward.
Home » Featured Content » Scholarship Planning: What worked, what didn't, and how to move forward.
Many scholarship administrators wear multiple hats. And busy days make it difficult to spend time assessing current workflows. But taking time for assessment and planning can be instrumental in making your next year run smoothly and efficiently.
Keep notes. The best way to figure out where the pain points are in your process is to keep a notebook or sticky wall to document frustrations. Remember, if you make no changes to your workflow, those frustrations will reappear each year.
Brainstorm with your calendar. Look through your calendar and brainstorm a list of areas that could use improvement. For instance, if several days are blocked on your calendar to allot point values to students' GPA, SAT/ACT Scores, and Financial Need, take note. You may be able to use inline evaluation or reporting formulas to speed up the process.
Ask your co-workers. If you haven't documented your pain points as you experience them, there's a good chance they have been brought up in conversation with co-workers. Whether in formal meetings, or break room venting sessions, your co-worker may remember the things that drove you crazy last scholarship season, even if you don't.
So, now you have a list of pain points. In my early years of scholarship administration, this is where I ended. Overwhelmed by how hard things can be, I would get busy moving on to the next piece and never use the list to act. Remember, action is where the change happens. A well thought out action is what makes the next cycle smoother.
Utilize different question types to receive information in a uniform way. If you spend time adjusting high school names that students have entered for an award letter, take time to enter in the names of eligible high schools into an alphabetized drop-down menu. Spending extra time setting up questions to get answers in the format you want could save you hours in correcting applicant input information later. As a bonus, you will easily be able to pull accurate reports using that field.
Add instructions to question groups or individual questions to preemptively answer the most common applicant questions. This can be particularly helpful when asking students financial questions. By including a link to a sample 1040 Tax Form or a Student Aid Report (SAR) highlighting the location of the desired information, you can cut down on inaccurate information and calls to your office.
Remove questions that are not used in award selection. Many application questions are asked out of tradition rather than necessity. For example, are you really using all three letters of recommendation to determine if a student is worthy of a scholarship? Would one letter suffice? If you're awarding based on GPA and the student essay, do you even need a letter of recommendation? This change may need additional discussion with your team or donors so start the conversation early.
Provide additional information in automated emails to help students and evaluators perform their required tasks with fewer questions. The automated emails within the system have probably already made your life easier, but you can maximize them by providing information about what's coming next, links to other scholarship providers, helpful hints, and instructions. Don't forget to add the log-in URL in every email to help students, evaluators, and staff get back into your scholarship site quickly and easily.
3. Take Action. Now that you have identified your pain points and action items, you must TAKE ACTION! Addressing even one or two items on your list will make the next season much easier.
Schedule time to take action. We all have great intentions when it comes to improvement, but you must remember the value of assessment and action. An hour today could save you 10 hours during your busy season.
Consider who else needs to be involved and in what areas. You probably don't need to discuss changing a question type with your entire team, but you most likely need to discuss removing a question entirely. Schedule time to address items that need input to appropriate teammates.
Talk to your Client Success Manager. Schedule time to talk with your CSM about your pain points. They may help you identify some strategic changes in your workflow or use of the site that will create efficiency. They may also be able to show you features you're not using that will ease the problem or make it disappear completely.
In the world of scholarship management, it's easy to focus on the immediate. Helping students, families, donors, and board members with their current needs is enough to fill any day. I encourage you to spend time in assessment to care for yourself and create a more enjoyable day-to-day. Never forget that your emails, spreadsheets, meetings and workflows are changing the lives of real people all around you. You are providing a great service to your community and an amazing opportunity to students. Keep up the great work!
Alyse has been working in the field of college access and scholarships for over 10 years with a focus on students residing in California's Central Valley. She believes in the power of scholarships to uplift students, families, and communities. Born and raised in Bakersfield, California, she has deep roots and strong connections to the nonprofit sector. Before joining Foundant, Alyse spent three years with the Kern Community Foundation as they transitioned from limited paper-based scholarships to extensive online scholarship portfolio through Foundant. This exceptional experience allowed Alyse to work directly with students and school staff prior to application, build relationships with donors and community volunteers during selection and follow-up, and support awarded students throughout their college career; maintaining awareness of the entire path of success.


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Don't Get Phished This Holiday Season
by The Editors on December 9, 2015
Phishing scams are a persistent problem for consumers. The Verizon 2015 Data Breach Investigations Report revealed that at least one in 10 people fall for phishing attempts. Seems we all know someone who has turned over their info to the wrong person.
During the holiday season, inboxes everywhere are flooded with e-cards and messages from relatives, friends and well-wishers. Unfortunately, some of these emails may include nefarious software.
Craig Young, security researcher for cyber security company Tripwire (www.tripwire.com) is offering practical advice to protect consumers from cybercriminals. Please consider publishing these or discussing them with Craig.
"Around the holidays, a very common ploy for cyber criminals is to send fake e-greeting cards with malicious files attached," said Craig Young, security researcher at Tripwire. "It's easy for busy, distracted consumers to become victims of these schemes, but armed with a few basic security practices, they can drastically reduce their chances of being victimized."
For five tips that Young recommends you take this holiday seasons, please follow the jump.
See The 1940s Radio Hour At NVA
It's December 1942, and New York's little-radio-station-that-could, WOV, is about to air its final broadcast of the holiday-themed Mutual Manhattan Variety Cavalcade. That's the setting for The 1940′s Radio Hour, a timeless play full of classic tunes sung in four- and five-part harmony. With its dance routines, swinging music — including "Ain't She Sweet," "Blue Moon," "You Go to My Head" and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" — and beloved cast of characters, Radio Hour is a perfect holiday treat.
Runs: December 5 – 31, 2015
Show Times: Wed 7pm | Thurs / Fri / Sat 8pm | Matinee Sat 3 / Sun 2pm
Click the link to purchase tickets.
[Link: New Village Arts Theatre]
Boys & Girls Clubs Honor Marylou Flanders
Marylou Flanders has been named Volunteer of the Year by the Boys & Girls Clubs of Carlsbad at a luncheon held November 12, 2015.
"Marylou is a board member and special event volunteer; the word 'no' is not part of her vocabulary," said Club CEO Brad Holland. "She produces our promotional materials, secures incredible auction items, and has rallied her employer to be a corporate partner for the Club. She gives freely of her time and talent, and we are thrilled to be able to recognize her efforts!"
For the official word from the Boys & Girls Clubs of Carlsbad, please follow the jump.


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Watch Red Uno de Bolivia Live TV from Bolivia
Last Update: April 23, 2018 at 8:33 pm
General TV Channel / Red Uno de Bolivia SA better known as Red Uno. For more than 5 years, it has been one of the most watched channels in Bolivia. Red Uno was born in Santa Cruz de la Sierra originally with the name of Cruceña de Televisión Channel 13 in April of 1984. In the city of La Paz began to broadcast the 1 of July of 1985 under the name of Teleandina through channel 11 VHF. In its first years it emitted with a transmitter of 100w of power. In 1987 it began to broadcast at 6AM on Sundays and at 11AM from Monday to Friday. The first director of Teleandina was Hugo Roncal and he held the position from 1985 to 1992. Teleandina's studies moved from the city center to the Miraflores neighborhood and from there to his final location in Sopocachi. In 1991 the channel entered a stage of definitive consolidation.
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Blog > Which Durable Countertop is Best for Your Kitchen?
Which Durable Countertop is Best for Your Kitchen?
by www-leighsells-com May 03, 2019
Want a hardworking countertop that fits your budget?
We took a look at six of the most-durable countertops based on a recent "Consumer Reports" test. After a thorough exam, we're ready to let you in on why you should — or shouldn't — install them in your kitchen.
1. Quartz ($40 to $100 per square foot)
The durability winner is quartz, the man-nature combo countertop. Crushed quartz stone is mixed with resin to produce countertops that range from solid colors to the look of real granite, but they'll beat natural stone in toughness.
Quartz is almost indestructible under normal kitchen prep conditions. It laughs at knife cuts, and, unless you take a sledgehammer to it, it won't chip or crack.
It's stain- and bacteria-resistant, and it doesn't require sealing.
You pay a lot for quartz, and it's not as heat-resistant as less-pricey materials like granite and crushed glass. Seams can be noticeable, especially if you use lighter colors, and it can discolor over time in direct sunlight.
Also, quartz can look ultra-contemporary and cold, so it may not be the best choice for a traditional-style kitchen.
2. Granite ($40 to $100 per square foot)
Granite is still considered one of the top must-have home features, according to a survey of prospective homebuyers from the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®. Its natural beauty often is eye-popping, and granite easily fits in any style kitchen.
Granite is tough. It resists cracks and chips, and you can place a hot pot on it without catastrophe. If you apply sealer annually, granite stands up to stains.
It's tough but not indestructible. An accidental clunk with a wine bottle can put a chip in the edge, which you'll have to polish down. If you don't seal religiously, oil can seep into the stone and you'll have to apply a poultice to get it out.
Design-wise, granite can be unpredictable. Natural variations in stone can result in countertops that don't look exactly like the sample. Also, it can be hard to hide seams in granite countertops, so be strategic about where you put them.
3. Crushed (Recycled) Glass ($60 to $120 per square foot)
This relative newcomer to the countertop market is as stunning as it is durable. Glass is recycled from beer bottles, traffic lights, and windshields, making it an eco-friendly countertop choice. There are two basic styles to choose from: When set in acrylic, the glass looks like it's floating in a lake; when set in cement, the glass creates a shimmery mosaic.
Crushed glass counters don't chip, scratch, stain, or burn. They're nonporous, so they don't need sealing, like granite. Crushed glass doesn't fade over time, like quartz.
If you place something heavy on the corner of a crushed glass countertop, it may crack. Acidic foods, like citrus juices, can eat away at the acrylic if you don't wipe them away quickly.
Price can be a "con." Where you can pick up a low-end granite for $40 per square foot, crushed glass starts at $60.
4. Laminate ($10 to $40 per square foot)
Laminates are a paper-plastic product that tops several layers of Kraft paper with a resin impregnated with near infinite colors and patterns.
The price is right for this chameleon-like product that can mimic everything from wood to granite. It doesn't need any special sealers or cleaners, and it's stain resistant.
Laminates crack, scratch, and scorch more easily than the countertop materials it resembles. It's also a bear to repair.
More important, many buyers avoid laminate in droves. A study from the National Association of Home Builders says that 40% of prospective homebuyers would be unlikely to buy a house with laminate counters.
5. Tile ($5 to $30 per square foot)
Tile countertops can look crafty or contemporary, making them a beautiful and versatile countertop material.
Tile is tough and easy to clean. It resists cuts, stains, and heat. And if a tile cracks, it's easily replaced.
Tile also comes in an infinite number of colors and styles. You can mix and match to achieve a unique look that makes your counter one of a kind.
Tile easily cracks if skillets and pots are accidentally dropped on it. It's an uneven surface that can make glasses, plates, and cutting boards wobbly and unstable.
Unlike stone surfaces, you can't roll out dough on a tile countertop. And grout lines are common catchers of dust and grime; if you don't keep up on annual sealing, they're a great medium for bacteria growth.
6. Solid-Surfacing ($35 to $100 per square foot)
You probably know it as Corian, but that's just one manufacturer of this solid-surface countertop that's made from acrylic, polyester resins, and even marble dust.
Solid-surfacing comes in many patterns and colors. It's nonporous and doesn't require special sealers or cleaners. Scratches are easily sanded out. It can be molded to include a seamless backsplash or integrated sink bowl.
It's pricey, and it doesn't have the charm of granite or quartz. It scratches and burns easily. Plus, it's made of non-renewable resources, it's energy-intensive to manufacture, and it's difficult to recycle — not a great "green" choice.
Written by Lisa Kaplan Gordon
Lisa is an avid gardener, a member of the Fairfax County Master Gardeners Association, and a builder of luxury homes in McLean, Va. She's been a Homes editor for Gannett News Service and has reviewed home improvement products for AOL.
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