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Women's Struggle جہد نسواں
Hamara Pakistan ہمارا پاکستان
Learn Unlearn Relearn جہاں ميں دانش و بينش کي ہے کس درجہ ارزاني
Need of the hour وہ انتظار تھا جسکا یہ وہ سحر تو نہیں
Light at end of the tunnel میں بھی خائف نہیں تختۂ دار سے
Society's state of stagnation یہ دیس ہے اندھے لوگوں کا
Kutab khana – book reports
TIMESGLOINTELLECT WITH INFLUENCE
TIMESGLOINTELLECT TO INFLUENCE
President of America Joe Biden: Biography
By Boo Ali Khan
Resurgence of Terrorism in Pakistan
A Cold Winter, Russian Oil Crisis:-
Women in Medical Research – A History of Innovation
5 Countries Where Women Farmers Play a Vital Role in Agriculture
President of America Joe Biden:
The year 2020 had been quite a bumpy ride. A lot happened; a lot changed. And these changes had their effects on a single person to nations. The end of 2020 also changed the tide of world politics. The US general elections of Nov 2020 gave the world a new-different leader in the shape of Joe Biden.
President of America Joe Biden
Joseph Robinette Biden Jr., who goes by the name Joe Biden, has been elected as the 46th president of the united states of America. This name is not new to world politics, rather had been known as the 47th vice-president of the USA.
Born on November 20th, 1942 in Pennsylvania, Biden moved to Delaware at the age of 10, along with his parents and siblings. His father Joseph Robinette Biden Sr. worked as a car salesman at Delaware.
Joe Biden- second from right- is the eldest of four children.
In 1965 he graduated from the University of Delaware with a double major in political science and history. Although he never remained a prominent student during his early education. But he developed a passion for legal studies after graduation and 3 years later earned a degree in law from Syracuse University. President of America Joe Biden
Delaware Law School
In the meantime, he met Neilia Hunter, a student at the same university, with whom he tied the knot and had three children, 2 boys, and a girl. President of America Joe Biden
Neilia Hunter
Soon after he completed his legal studies, he started working as an attorney in Delaware. He started as a corporate lawyer but could not develop passion in that area, still did not turn to the criminal law side as it would not pay well. During his practice as a lawyer, he became a member of the county council in 1970.This became his stepping-stone to politics, and left legal practice after two years. President of America Joe Biden
His charisma, interaction with the locals, vote bank of the blue-collar voters, and the support of his young attractive family led him to win the Senate election.
Neilia never had the chance to see her husband become president as she faced a fatal accident in December 1972. She was gone for Christmas shopping, which took her little daughter too and left the two boys severely injured. President of America Joe Biden
Disheartened at the misery that he had recently faced, Biden considered resigning to cope with the trauma and to attend to his injured sons. But the majority leader of the Senate, Michael Joseph Mansfield, persuaded him not to do so. President of America Joe Biden
He was sworn the 6th youngest US senator on January 5th, 1973. Due to his service to society, he was re-elected six times making him the longest-serving senator of Delaware for 36 years. Along the way of his political career, he met Jill Jacobs, an educationist, whom he credits the reason for the renewal of his interest in politics and life.
They got married in June 1977 and had a daughter. Biden had also been an adjunct professor at Widener University's school of law, Delaware from 1991 to 2008.
Biden remained prominent during his senatorship and had played a crucial role in shaping the country's foreign and national affairs. He served as the chairman of the Senate's Foreign Relation Committee twice and once as chair of the Judiciary Committee. His focus was also towards reducing arms spread and establishing a drug control policy. He established the office of 'Drug-czar', monitoring the national drug control.
He first ran for the presidency in 1988 but soon withdrew. His second attempt for presidency met the same fate in 2008 as it did not even gain momentum.
But his experience in the field of foreign relations and national security set the eyes of the Ex-president Obama on him. He assigned him as running mate for the 2008 vice-presidential elections. Biden remained the vice-president for two terms, ending his tenure in 2017.
Biden served as the 47th vice president during the Obama administration from 2009 to 2017. President of America Joe Biden
In 2017, Biden published his memoir "Promise Me, Dad" which was focused on the loss of his son Beau to brain cancer and its effect on his personal life and political career. This book attracted a lot of attention and became the instant #1 New York Best Seller.
Biden's book
He entered the race of the 2020 presidential elections in 2019 and contested Bernie Sanders in intra-party nominations. Bernie later withdrew from the race following the covid-19 pandemic, making Biden the presumptive Democratic nominee.
After all the struggle and challenging circumstances, Biden was successful in securing 270 electoral votes necessary to capture the presidency in November 2020 elections.
Now the whole world awaits what the new 'most powerful man on earth' has to offer this world. President of America Joe Biden
Read more: pakistan relations with us under biden
Pakistani Cricketers were Left Unnoticed by the ICC
Future of Speedster Hasan Ali ?
India: A Secular State or A Hindurashtra?
CLIMATE INDUCED FLOOD IN PAKISTAN; IMPLICATIONS
The American Revolution, 1763 – 1783
Pulses PROINTELLECT TO INFLUENCE
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Excerpts from History59
Caribbean history pivotal in understanding the modern world
Gender Equality and Climate Justice


When Qualcomm unveiled its Snapdragon 845 platform a few days ago, we learned that the system-on-a-chip that will power the next generation of Android and Windows 10 devices will come with faster battery charging speeds than its predecessor.
At the time, we wondered whether the Galaxy S9 will get that particular feature, considering that Samsung equips its flagship devices with the latest Qualcomm and Samsung chips, meaning they can't share the same battery charging technology. A report now says the Galaxy S9 will not support Quick Charge 4.0+ support. Not even the Snapdragon 845-powered model.
The news comes from Weibo, where long-time leaker Ice Universe said that he found out the Galaxy S9 phones will not have Quick Charge 4.0+ support.
Apparently, that's because Samsung doesn't want to pay the license fee for this particular piece of Qualcomm technology. That's not entirely surprising considering that Samsung supports Apple against Qualcomm's high royalty pricing schemes for cellular modem technology.
Of course, none of this is confirmed at this point. But we'll soon see exactly what kind of battery charging tech the Galaxy S9 packs. But we'll note that there's no official quarrel between Samsung and Qualcomm other than Samsung's endorsement of Apple's claim against the chipmaker. In fact, it's Samsung that's going to mass-produce the Snapdragon 845 chip for Qualcomm.
That said, Samsung does have its own fast charging technology for Samsung batteries, and we can only hope it evolved to match Qualcomm's Quick Charge 4.0+. Otherwise, Samsung's best 2018 phones may charge slower than all the Android flagships launching next year with Snapdragon 845 chips inside.
Where are all the iPhone 7 offers?


We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Amy H. Sturgis will be guest editing an issue of Apex Magazine in 2017. Appearing in August of next year, this issue will feature Native American and First Nations authors.
Amy is not planning to hold an open submissions period for her issue, choosing instead to solicit stories from authors she feels would be a good fit. She is open to hearing your recommendations, so please contact her via her website if there is a Native American/First Nations author you think she should consider for the issue!
Her announcement from her website is below.
I'm delighted to announce that I've accepted an invitation to guest edit an issue of Apex Magazine (scheduled for August 2017). I will be soliciting new stories that showcase the rich depth and diversity of science fiction, fantasy, and horror penned by Native American/First Nations authors. Apex Magazine routinely provides 12,000 words of original fiction per issue, but my special issue will deliver 20,000.


The pony riders, aged 18 and under, brilliantly displayed their championship skills!
Watch the replay of the Super As Poney Elite's Grand Prix Excellence !
The "Tournée des As de CSO" is the ponies excellence circuit.
The riders, all under 18 years old, run with their ponies through a course made of dizzying jumps and requiring high technicality.
The Jumping International Bordeaux was more than pleased to welcome these young talents especially after this class has received a new label: SUPER AS since 2018.
The SUPER AS circuit gather a few events, famous for their organizational skills and prestige. Its purpose is to support detection of riders and ponies ready for international events and for the composition of the France Pony team.
The ponies were not to be underestimated as we experienced emotions at a high intensity!
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Earlier today CouponBuzz.com announced a JR.com coupon that grants site visitors $50 off select HP Monitors. The coupon is valid now for a limited time at JR.com, an online electronics and computer retailer with a well-established reputation for reliability and impeccable customer service.
We believe savings like this are one reason our new JR.com coupon section is proving so popular.
The featured JR.com coupon links consumers to savings via an instant rebate on premium HP monitors. The monitors available for the special offer range in size from 20 inches to 27 inches, and most offer LED backlighting technology. With 1920x1080 full HD resolution, these monitors are guaranteed to enhance the visual experience for every user. Streaming movies, watching internet TV, or catching a sports highlights video will never be the same again. The HP monitor is also formatted for maximum connectivity and convenience, boasting DVI-D, HDMI and VGA ports.
Gone are the days of a desktop-hogging monitor whose cumbersome bulk dominated a working area. The ultra-slim design of these premium HP monitors maximizes user desk-space. At only 1" deep, these flat-screens require less width than a standard photo frame. Easily rotated to share viewing or allow the user to switch positions, the monitors also feature enhanced tilt adjustment and the ability to slide from left to right. HP monitors are also light enough to be easily transferred to alternate surfaces when necessary.
In a nutshell, these sophisticated HP monitors are perfect for internet shoppers looking for a new monitor with enhanced capability or thinking about adding a second monitor to streamline productivity. The link to the JR.com coupon for $50 off these HP monitors can be found in the JR.com section of CouponBuzz.com at http://couponbuzz.com/jr.com-coupons.html.


When technology meets creativity - Sam's Club plans an incubation site for future store concepts and technology. Asian supermarket chain 99 Ranch Market combines a warehouse-style grocery store with a multivendor dining hall, and US pastry chain Dunkin' has unveiled a cabin that is powered by waste coffee. Get inspired and enjoy the read.
Joining forces ▪ Blue Apron gets a much-needed boost thanks to a partnership with Walmart's Jet.com. The e-commerce will be the first one to offer a selection of meal kits from the start-up for customers in New York. The kits, which will rotate every six weeks, will be available for same-day or next-day order.
High tech in Texas ▪ Walmart's warehouse unit Sam's Club is preparing to open the doors at a new Dallas area store that will serve as a testbed for the latest in retail technology. It will pilot technologies such as mobile checkouts, electronic shelf labels, augmented reality and artificial intelligence-infused shopping.
Store debuts ▪ Asian supermarket chain 99 Ranch Market has launched a new format called Cravings in California. The warehouse-style grocery store caters to both households and foodservice businesses. On the other side of the continent, value-retailer Five Below is eyeing New York as the location of its flagship.
Tax targets ▪ The British government has announced to introduce dramatic changes to how large technology companies such as Amazon, Facebook and Google are taxed in an attempt to ensure internet giants pay their fair share following a series of controversies in the sector.
Takeover bid ▪ London-headquartered pub chain The Restaurant Group, which owns brands such as Frankie & Benny's and Garfunkel's, is in advanced talks to acquire noodle bar chain Wagamama a for GBP 600 million. The deal would add 200 restaurants to the former's portfolio of 509 outlets.
Reporting results ▪ Russian retailer Lenta has posted a marginal decline in like-for-like sales in the third quarter of its financial year, claiming economic pressure. Revenue was up 12.5% to EUR 1.35 billion. The group is currently operating 354 stores, comprising 233 hypermarkets and 121 supermarkets.
Southeast Asian ventures ▪ French retailer Auchan has expanded its partnership with Alibaba-owned Lazada (in French) to succeed in the fast-growing market of Vietnam. Chinese e-commerce powerhouse Alibaba is set to launch an expansion drive in the area to counter regional newcomer Amazon.
Details on retail ▪ As part of its USD 44 billion expansion strategy, South Korea's Lotte Group plans to invest USD 11 billion in its retail business during the next five years. Most of this spending will be outside South Korea, with Vietnam and Indonesia singled out as priorities.
Fight for the top ▪ Walmart-owned e-commerce platform Flipkart's concluded its financial year with losses. The Indian company is locked in an intense battle with US giant Amazon with both entities pumping in millions of dollars in their businesses to gain leadership in India.
Run on waste ▪ American chain Dunkin' has teamed up with energy company Blue Marble to develop 'the Home that runs on Dunkin'. The small holiday cabin, located in Massachusetts, is powered by spent coffee grounds, has interiors styled by an actress and is listed on Airbnb.
Big spenders ▪ Google announced that it would grant about USD 25 million globally to humanitarian and environmental projects seeking to use artificial intelligence. Fellow tech player Amazon said that it has donated more than USD 100 million since 2013 to charities chosen by shoppers. Keep up the good work!


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The Maltese Player of the Year Award is an annual award given to the player who is adjudged to have been the best of the year in Maltese football. The award has been presented since the 1954–55 season and the winner is chosen by a vote amongst the members of the players' trade union, the Professional Footballers' Association (MFA).

The first winner of the award was Floriana player Lolly Debattista, and the current holder is Jurgen Degabriele of Hibernians.

Winners

Breakdown of winners

Winners by club

References

Footballers in Malta
Awards established in 1954
1954 establishments in Malta
Maltese awards
Annual events in Malta
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OCA Covid-19 Safety Plan
Resources/Updates
FlipOut Friday
Oaklands E-News
OCA Events
Sunset Market
Foward 50 Speakers
Land Use (CALUC)
Oaklands Planning
FORWARD 50 Speaker Night
The FORWARD 50 Speaker Night took place on Wednesday, October 30, 2019 at the David Lam Auditorium at UVIC. This event was organized by the Oaklands Neighbourhood Plan Steering Committee and the Oaklands Community Association. This event is funded with the support of the City of Victoria's Strategic Plan Grant. We appreciate the support of the City of Victoria.
During this event, we heard local experts speak about their vision for Oaklands over the next five decades. This fast paced, fun, and FREE event was open to all residents of Greater Victoria who share concerns about affordability, the climate crisis, green space, food security, transportation, or housing. The speakers shared tangible, meaningful changes that can be made to address the climate crisis, social inclusion, affordability, emergency preparedness, and more.
How do you want your neighbourhood to develop with sustainability and quality of life in mind?
Nicole Chaland: (Instructor, SFU) Housing Change is Coming to Oaklands
Vic High: Leadership Class Innovation and Priorities According to Vic High Students
Melissa Lim & Scott Murdoch: (Landscape Architects) The Future of Oaklands Green Space,
Kerry Shular: (GM Hillside Centre) Oaklands Retail and Consumables,
Linda Geggie: (Capital Region Food and Agriculture Initiatives Roundtable) Food Security and Development in Oaklands
Trevor Hancock: (Physician) Oaklands as a One Planet Neighbourhood
Eric Doherty: (Ecopath Planning) Transportation in Oaklands
Peter Elkins: (Consulting Specialist) Community Investment in Oaklands
Forward 50 Speakers
The Future of Oaklands Green Space
Oaklands as a One Planet Neighbourhood
Melissa Lim and Scott Murdoch
Murdoch de Greeff Landscape Architects
Urban green space is critical to the health and liveability of our communities. Scott and Melissa will talk about planning and designing landscapes for the future, and how green spaces and landscapes can be designed to help our communities better adapt to climate change while creating more livable and greener urban places for people.
Scott Murdoch is a principal at Murdoch de Greeff Landscape Architects in Victoria, B.C. He is both a Registered Landscape Architect and a Registered Professional Biologist with over 20 years of experience in integrated environmental planning and design, and urban design. Scott recently contributed to the Blue Economy Initiative report – Blue City: The Water Sustainable City of the Near Future and has spearheaded many of the innovative rainwater management projects in the capital region.
Melissa is a Registered Landscape Architect who works at Murdoch de Greeff Landscape Architects in Victoria, B.C. She has over 12 years of urban design experience in the Victoria area. Melissa resides with her family in the Oaklands community and is also a member of the Oaklands Community Association Board of Directors. Melissa's career in the Victoria areas includes developing landscape design guidelines for the City of Victoria's stormwater utility program, and landscape plans for Fisherman's Wharf Park and the Atrium Building.
Dr. Trevor Hancock
"Thinking about the future is only useful and interesting if it affects what we do and how we live today", wrote British futurist James Robertson. Now, 50 years is a long way into the future – how much of how we live today did we anticipate in 1969? But when we create streets, buildings and neighbourhoods, we are locking in that physical form for decades, perhaps centuries.
So given the massive and rapid global ecological changes we are seeing, known collectively as the Anthropocene, and which we know will continue for many years, how can we be responsible ancestors, creating healthy and sustainable neighbourhoods for our children, grandchildren and more distant descendants? How can we reduce our ecological footprint to the equivalent of one planet – which is our fair share of the Earth's resources – while ensuring everyone has a good life and good health? And what might that look like?
Health futurist, healthy and sustainable communities expert
Profile: Trevor Hancock is a public health physician, and recently retired as a professor and senior scholar at the School of Public Health and Social Policy at the University of Victoria.[2] He has worked as a health futurist and healthy communities consultant with communities and local governments, health systems and organisations, provincial and national governments and the World Health Organisation. He is active locally developing and promoting the concept of a One Planet Region and writes a weekly column in the Times Colonist. He was the first leader of the Green Party of Canada in the 1980s.
Housing Change is coming to Oaklands
Nicole Chaland
Nicole's current focus is advocacy and organizing for housing that is affordable to local households within the City of Victoria. She brings 20 years of professional community economic development experience to this challenge. Her approach borrows from research, community organizing, feminism, whole-systems thinking and sustainable development.
Topic: What can a neighbourhood do to increase housing affordability?
But first, before we delve into this question, we must clarify what we mean by housing affordability. The City of Victoria recently adopted a new definition of housing affordability which helps build transparency and accountability towards the goal of ensuring housing for all. Nicole's presentation will briefly touch on current housing programs and identify gaps that neighbourhood groups can help fill. s. In 2013, Nicole launched
LEAP! Local Entrepreneurship Accelerator Program. LEAP! moves
social entrepreneurs through the start-up process and is offered in
rural communities with local partners. Prior to that, Nicole co-founded
a co-op that purchases rental properties and converts them to green,
affordable housing in perpetuity.
Oaklands Retail and Consumables
Food security and development in Oaklands in a heating planet.
Kerry Shular
General Manager - Redeveloped Hillside Centre
Kerry more than anyone knows retail is going to change in the next 50 years. What role does a "mall" have in an online oriented retail world? What might become of our local shopping centres, how will they develop? Will we use those large footprints for more housing, recreational opportunities, experiential products and services? How do we best deal with the shift in shopping, plastics and consumables in general. Kerry has won a platinum award for the significant positive contribution to environmental sensitivity the Hillside Centre is demonstrating.
Community Investment in Oaklands Future
Peter Elkins
Tri-Sector Consulting Specialist
Peter will shake your world with an idea whose time has come: Community investment to help working class families afford to live in the neighbourhood and bring up their families. An accomplished serial entrepreneur and community economic development thought leader, Peter Elkins brings his dynamic and insightful mind to today's thorniest social issues. One of the emerging voices in the tri-sector leadership space, Elkins works with all levels of government, enterprise and the social sector to develop win-win solutions for every party.
"Research shows that middle class incomes are ineligible for mortgages in BC's urban centres," Elkins says. "These are government workers, teachers, paramedics, firefighters, police officers, construction workers. These essential workers contribute a lot of volunteer time and energy to their communities. They're the people you want as your neighbours —yet these folks are limited from living in their community of choice because they cannot get access to a mortgage."
Serving on the Provincial Task Force for Emerging Economies, Elkins' current project is a powerful, workable response to BC's housing affordability crisis. The Essential Workforce Mortgage Fund improves access to mortgages so that these people can commit to establishing roots in our communities. In this session, Elkins explains how the mortgage investment corporation works — and how it's going to change the homeownership game for the better.
Elkins' other areas of interest include local living economies, Indigenomics and digital trust. A west coast native — he grew up on Hornby Island and in Vancouver — Elkins explores the convergence of community and entrepreneurialism. Before moving to Victoria in 2011, Elkins built his reputation as one of BC's leading entrepreneurial minds as a global management consultant at Kaufman and as the founder and CEO of GUTZ EMS, a medical device company. He co-founded Victoria's Capital Investment Network, a grassroots organization dedicated to building Vancouver Island's entrepreneurial ecosystem
Linda Geggie
Capital Region Food and Agriculture Initiatives Roundtable
Working for the past two decades in the growing field of sustainable and equitable food systems, the primary focus of my work has been taking a lead role in convening broadly across sectors to invite critical thinking, creative solutions based strategic "planning and doing" to solve challenges and engage in opportunities from a systems lens. My work is centered in the intersection of health and equity, economic, social and cultural as well as environmental considerations building conditions and ecosystems for change. In my opinion and practice the primary facilitators of change processes are relationships, knowledge sharing, aligning interests, demonstration and policy change/development. My approach when working with individuals and groups is open, curious, listening, with intent to connect dots and create pathways forward. The ability to communicate a vision, gather the right mix and generate necessary resources to move mountains is my specialty. Together we can do better, be better. Between hope and despair? Despair gives us realistic eyes to see what we face, but always hope, to find our feet and move forward.
Transportation - Getting around
Eric Doherty
Ecopath Planning
Eric is going to move you. Plain and simple.
Aa the principal consultant of Ecopath Planning, Eric finds effective solutions to transportation conundrums and is going to show us what potential Oaklands has for moving in the future.
Specialties: In his transportation and land use planning work, Eric focuses on practical approaches for reducing energy use and greenhouse gas emissions, while improving the livability of communities. He integrates diverse experiences from community and regional planning initiatives, environmental consulting, and engineering.
The Future for Youth
Eva Olcen and Vic High Youth Group
Vic High students are preparing a video presentation!
James Driedger
25 yrs in outside plant communications. James has worked for Rogers Cable, and several smaller startups. Currently with Bell Canada. James helped to start a Lower Mainland Regional government group to share information about fiber cable and network government people together (CICBC), and I wrote a Fiber Guide for government groups which was adopted by the BC Ministry of Transportation.
He will be speaking about Smart Infrastructure thoughts for Oaklands.
One Planet Living
The Oaklands Neighbourhood Plan is based on several models, including One Planet Living.
One Planet Living is a vision of a world where we can live happily within the Earth's resources, and provides a straightforward framework to achieve this.
The ten simple principles include:
health and happiness, equity and local economy, culture and community, land and nature, sustainable water, local and sustainable food, travel and transport, materials and products, zero waste, zero carbon energy.
Future of Green Space (pdf)Download
E. Doherty - Transportation (pptx)Download
Forward 50 LindaGeggie (pptx)Download
Kerry - ONP The Future of Shopping Centres (pptx)Download
Melissa-Scott Oaklands Foward 50 - Future of Green Space (pptx)Download
Peter- Local Economic Help (pdf)Download
Trevor - Oaklands Forward 50 - Futures + One Planet copy (ppt)Download
Comment on the topics
Files an info from the Speakers
Community Investment (pdf)Download
Infographic on a One Planet Community - letter size (pdf)Download
Thinking About the Future (pdf)Download
Oaklands Community Centre
Reception Hours: Monday-Friday from 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
#1-2827 Belmont Avenue
Victoria, BC V8R 4B2
Oaklands Neighbourhood House
Little Acorn Hours: Monday-Friday from 7:30 am - 5:30 pm
2629 Victor Street
Victoria, BC V8R 4E3
Oaklands Community Association

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When Zynga recently mentioned that CityVille is the company's fastest growing social game it was no joke. According to Inside Social Games, the game has reached 22 million monthly players as of this morning (in less than two weeks), which would make it a faster growing game than not only FrontierVille, but all Zynga games--including FarmVille-- to date. And if this insane growth is possible after Facebook shut down nearly all viral channels for social games, there is only one question to ask: How?
Well, let's start from the beginning. Zynga already has an established reputation for social gaming being connected to FarmVille alone, so that certainly helps. In other words, folks were just waiting for CityVille since we first heard word of it back in August. But it takes more than just a reputation to garner this much of a following so quickly.
Let's take this dissection behind the break and see how CityVille became the fastest-growing Zynga game ever.
That's "Welcome to CityVille" in German (roughly), one of CityVille's five supported languages and most likely key to the game's rapid growth. Translated into Spanish, French and Italian in addition to German and standard English, CityVille is open to a whole new world of players (literally) without the need for intense localization by remote studios. However, this is also because European culture is much more similar to American culture than, say, Chinese or Japanese culture. If the game were to later be translated into those languages, some more intensive localization would have to go down in order to fall in line with cultural customs--which is already underway for FarmVille in Japan and has been done with Zynga Poker in China. At any rate, being open to a more diverse range of players has almost certainly increased Zynga's reach with CityVille.
Hey You, Come Try This Game!
While cross promotions for CityVille have just recently been popping up in the Zynga Game Bar above each of its games, it's the in-game promotions that are likely grabbing more of us every day. And although this isn't necessarily a new method, it is effective for sure. I don't know about you, but seeing a massive billboard for another game in my farm certainly piques my interest. With results like this already blowing up, I would expect cross promotions for CityVille to stick around for a long time.
"Bobby Sue just sent you Miscellaneous Item #27 in CityVille."
Yes, viral growth has returned. Well, at least a little bit. Facebook game requests have recently started popping in our Notifications on the home page including anything from help requests to gifts. And since you can send gifts to non-players, these Notifications are likely appearing for the social game pure as well. Not to mention that Zynga's infamous "BegVille" techniques have made a not-so-triumphant return in CityVille, which in a way could be helping the game grow through persistence. It's a bit of a stretch, but being constantly reminded about a game could lead to players mentioning in conversation, spreading the news via word of mouth. Multiply that by a few million people and you've got yourself an inadvertent source of growth.
And if CityVille keeps going at this rate, CityVille will soon overtake Cafe World and later FrontierVille in the list of Zynga's top Facebook games. However, is it possible for the game to come close to FarmVille much less thwart it as the developer's number one game? Well, that's up for you, the players, to decide.


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package gobblin.runtime.api;

import static gobblin.configuration.ConfigurationKeys.JOB_NAME_KEY;
import static org.mockito.Matchers.eq;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;

import java.util.Properties;
import java.util.concurrent.ThreadFactory;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;

import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
import org.testng.Assert;
import org.testng.annotations.Test;

import com.google.common.base.Optional;
import com.google.common.base.Predicate;
import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory;
import com.typesafe.config.ConfigValueFactory;

import gobblin.configuration.ConfigurationKeys;
import gobblin.runtime.JobState.RunningState;
import gobblin.runtime.std.JobExecutionUpdatable;
import gobblin.testing.AssertWithBackoff;
import gobblin.util.ExecutorsUtils;

/**
 * Unit tests for {@link JobExecutionState}
 */
public class TestJobExecutionState {

  @Test public void testStateTransitionsSuccess() throws TimeoutException, InterruptedException {
    final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(getClass().getSimpleName() + ".testStateTransitionsSuccess");
    JobSpec js1 = JobSpec.builder("gobblin:/testStateTransitionsSuccess/job1")
        .withConfig(ConfigFactory.empty()
            .withValue(ConfigurationKeys.JOB_NAME_KEY, ConfigValueFactory.fromAnyRef("myJob")))
        .build();
    JobExecution je1 = JobExecutionUpdatable.createFromJobSpec(js1);

    final JobExecutionStateListener listener = mock(JobExecutionStateListener.class);

    final JobExecutionState jes1 =
        new JobExecutionState(js1, je1, Optional.<JobExecutionStateListener>absent());

    // Current state is null
    assertFailedStateTransition(jes1, RunningState.RUNNING);
    assertFailedStateTransition(jes1, RunningState.COMMITTED);
    assertFailedStateTransition(jes1, RunningState.SUCCESSFUL);
    assertFailedStateTransition(jes1, RunningState.FAILED);
    assertFailedStateTransition(jes1, RunningState.RUNNING);
    assertFailedStateTransition(jes1, RunningState.CANCELLED);

    assertTransition(jes1, listener, null, RunningState.PENDING, log);

    // Current state is PENDING
    assertFailedStateTransition(jes1, RunningState.PENDING);
    assertFailedStateTransition(jes1, RunningState.COMMITTED);
    assertFailedStateTransition(jes1, RunningState.SUCCESSFUL);

    assertTransition(jes1, listener, RunningState.PENDING, RunningState.RUNNING, log);

    // Current state is RUNNING
    assertFailedStateTransition(jes1, RunningState.PENDING);
    assertFailedStateTransition(jes1, RunningState.COMMITTED);
    assertFailedStateTransition(jes1, RunningState.RUNNING);

    assertTransition(jes1, listener, RunningState.RUNNING, RunningState.SUCCESSFUL, log);

    // Current state is SUCCESSFUL
    assertFailedStateTransition(jes1, RunningState.PENDING);
    assertFailedStateTransition(jes1, RunningState.RUNNING);
    assertFailedStateTransition(jes1, RunningState.SUCCESSFUL);

    assertTransition(jes1, listener, RunningState.SUCCESSFUL, RunningState.COMMITTED, log);

    // Current state is COMMITTED (final)
    assertFailedStateTransition(jes1, RunningState.RUNNING);
    assertFailedStateTransition(jes1, RunningState.COMMITTED);
    assertFailedStateTransition(jes1, RunningState.SUCCESSFUL);
    assertFailedStateTransition(jes1, RunningState.FAILED);
    assertFailedStateTransition(jes1, RunningState.RUNNING);
    assertFailedStateTransition(jes1, RunningState.CANCELLED);
  }

  @Test public void testStateTransitionsFailure() throws TimeoutException, InterruptedException {
    final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(getClass().getSimpleName() + ".testStateTransitionsFailure");
    JobSpec js1 = JobSpec.builder("gobblin:/testStateTransitionsFailure/job1")
        .withConfig(ConfigFactory.empty()
            .withValue(ConfigurationKeys.JOB_NAME_KEY, ConfigValueFactory.fromAnyRef("myJob")))
        .build();
    JobExecution je1 = JobExecutionUpdatable.createFromJobSpec(js1);

    final JobExecutionStateListener listener = mock(JobExecutionStateListener.class);

    final JobExecutionState jes1 =
        new JobExecutionState(js1, je1, Optional.<JobExecutionStateListener>absent());

    assertTransition(jes1, listener, null, RunningState.PENDING, log);
    assertTransition(jes1, listener, RunningState.PENDING, RunningState.FAILED, log);

    // Current state is FAILED (final)
    assertFailedStateTransition(jes1, RunningState.RUNNING);
    assertFailedStateTransition(jes1, RunningState.COMMITTED);
    assertFailedStateTransition(jes1, RunningState.SUCCESSFUL);
    assertFailedStateTransition(jes1, RunningState.FAILED);
    assertFailedStateTransition(jes1, RunningState.RUNNING);
    assertFailedStateTransition(jes1, RunningState.CANCELLED);

    final JobExecutionState jes2 =
        new JobExecutionState(js1, je1, Optional.<JobExecutionStateListener>absent());

    assertTransition(jes2, listener, null, RunningState.PENDING, log);
    assertTransition(jes2, listener, RunningState.PENDING, RunningState.RUNNING, log);
    assertTransition(jes2, listener, RunningState.RUNNING, RunningState.FAILED, log);

    final JobExecutionState je3 =
        new JobExecutionState(js1, je1, Optional.<JobExecutionStateListener>absent());

    assertTransition(je3, listener, null, RunningState.PENDING, log);
    assertTransition(je3, listener, RunningState.PENDING, RunningState.RUNNING, log);
    assertTransition(je3, listener, RunningState.RUNNING, RunningState.SUCCESSFUL, log);
    assertTransition(je3, listener, RunningState.SUCCESSFUL, RunningState.FAILED, log);
  }

  @Test public void testStateTransitionsCancel() throws TimeoutException, InterruptedException {
    final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(getClass().getSimpleName() + ".testStateTransitionsCancel");
    JobSpec js1 = JobSpec.builder("gobblin:/testStateTransitionsCancel/job1")
        .withConfig(ConfigFactory.empty()
            .withValue(ConfigurationKeys.JOB_NAME_KEY, ConfigValueFactory.fromAnyRef("myJob")))
        .build();
    JobExecution je1 = JobExecutionUpdatable.createFromJobSpec(js1);

    final JobExecutionStateListener listener = mock(JobExecutionStateListener.class);

    final JobExecutionState jes1 =
        new JobExecutionState(js1, je1, Optional.<JobExecutionStateListener>absent());

    assertTransition(jes1, listener, null, RunningState.PENDING, log);
    assertTransition(jes1, listener, RunningState.PENDING, RunningState.CANCELLED, log);

    // Current state is CANCELLED (final)
    assertFailedStateTransition(jes1, RunningState.RUNNING);
    assertFailedStateTransition(jes1, RunningState.COMMITTED);
    assertFailedStateTransition(jes1, RunningState.SUCCESSFUL);
    assertFailedStateTransition(jes1, RunningState.FAILED);
    assertFailedStateTransition(jes1, RunningState.RUNNING);
    assertFailedStateTransition(jes1, RunningState.CANCELLED);

    final JobExecutionState jes2 =
        new JobExecutionState(js1, je1, Optional.<JobExecutionStateListener>absent());

    assertTransition(jes2, listener, null, RunningState.PENDING, log);
    assertTransition(jes2, listener, RunningState.PENDING, RunningState.RUNNING, log);
    assertTransition(jes2, listener, RunningState.RUNNING, RunningState.CANCELLED, log);

    final JobExecutionState je3 =
        new JobExecutionState(js1, je1, Optional.<JobExecutionStateListener>absent());

    assertTransition(je3, listener, null, RunningState.PENDING, log);
    assertTransition(je3, listener, RunningState.PENDING, RunningState.RUNNING, log);
    assertTransition(je3, listener, RunningState.RUNNING, RunningState.SUCCESSFUL, log);
    assertTransition(je3, listener, RunningState.SUCCESSFUL, RunningState.CANCELLED, log);
  }

  private void assertFailedStateTransition(final JobExecutionState jes1, RunningState newState) {
    try {
      jes1.setRunningState(newState);
      Assert.fail("Exception expected");
    }
    catch (IllegalStateException e) {
      // OK
    }
  }

  private void assertTransition(final JobExecutionState jes1,
      final JobExecutionStateListener listener,
      final RunningState fromState,  final RunningState toState,
      final Logger log) throws TimeoutException, InterruptedException {

    jes1.setRunningState(toState);
    Assert.assertEquals(jes1.getRunningState(), toState);
    AssertWithBackoff.assertTrue(new Predicate<Void>() {
      @Override public boolean apply(Void input) {
        try {
          verify(listener).onStatusChange(eq(jes1), eq(fromState), eq(toState));
        }
        catch (Throwable t) {
          // ignore
        }
        return true;
      }
    }, 50, "expecting state callback", log, 2.0, 10);
  }

  @Test public void testAwait() throws InterruptedException {
    final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(getClass().getSimpleName() + ".testAwait");
    Properties properties = new Properties();
    properties.setProperty(JOB_NAME_KEY, "jobname");
    JobSpec js1 = JobSpec.builder("gobblin:/testAwaitForDone/job1")
            .withConfigAsProperties(properties)
            .build();
    JobExecution je1 = JobExecutionUpdatable.createFromJobSpec(js1);

    final JobExecutionState jes1 =
        new JobExecutionState(js1, je1, Optional.<JobExecutionStateListener>absent());

    final AtomicBoolean doneDetected = new AtomicBoolean(false);
    ThreadFactory doneThreadFactory =
        ExecutorsUtils.newDaemonThreadFactory(Optional.of(log), Optional.of("doneDetectionThread"));
    Thread doneDetectionThread = doneThreadFactory.newThread(new Runnable() {
      @Override public void run() {
        try {
          jes1.awaitForDone(0);
        } catch (InterruptedException | TimeoutException e) {
          log.error("Error detected: " + e);
        }
        doneDetected.set(jes1.getRunningState().isDone());
      }
    });
    doneDetectionThread.start();

    long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
    try {
      jes1.awaitForState(RunningState.RUNNING, 10);
      Assert.fail("Timeout expected");
    } catch (TimeoutException e) {
      long now = System.currentTimeMillis();
      Assert.assertTrue(now - startTime >= 10, "Insufficient wait: " + (now - startTime));
    }

    jes1.switchToPending();
    jes1.switchToRunning();

    try {
      jes1.awaitForState(RunningState.RUNNING, 10);
      Assert.assertEquals(jes1.getRunningState(), RunningState.RUNNING);
    } catch (TimeoutException e) {
      Assert.fail("Timeout: ");
    }

    Assert.assertTrue(doneDetectionThread.isAlive());
    jes1.switchToFailed();

    doneDetectionThread.join(50);
    Assert.assertFalse(doneDetectionThread.isAlive());
    Assert.assertTrue(doneDetected.get());
  }

}


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The True Cost of Watching the Premier League (from Your Sofa)
The Premier League 2019/20 season's fixtures were announced on Thursday and soon after, Amazon announced that for the first time ever in the UK, all December midweek games and all Boxing Day games will be shown live on Prime. But with another new player in town set to rival Sky and BT, we wondered just how much does it cost a season to watch Premier League games at home? So, we crunched some numbers…
While we've no doubts whatsoever that Amazon have loftier ambitions, initially they've signed up to show 20 games next season in just two rounds of 10-game December fixtures. Currently, you can get Amazon Prime for £7.99 a month but you do get 30 days to trial the service free of charge. So if you sign up at the start of December and cancel your subscription before January 2020, in theory you can get the games for free.
As you're almost certainly aware, Sky Sports once again have the biggest package for the 2019/2020 season with 128 live games and first choice on games every weekend. Sky are currently offering a deal of £23 a month for the Sky Sports channels for 18 months. But given the Premier League season starts in August and finishes in May, we'll call it 10 months for a total of £230.
But that's not the end of things. In order to get the Sky Sports package, you'll also need to purchase the bog standard Sky package at £22 a month. So realistically, for 10 months of Premier League football on Sky Sports, you're looking at £450.
Now, BT Sport is where things get complicated. Believe it or not, the cheapest way to get all the BT Sport channels (if you want all the Sky Sports channels too) is to get it through Sky TV (or TalkTalkTV), as it doesn't require you to sign up to BT Broadband internet as well. As a side, currently BT TV customers can only buy Sky Sports Main Event as a bolt-on for £27.50 per month, and are not able to get the other Sky Sports channels.
The cheapest deal we found was for £29.99 a month on a rolling 1-month contract. This also requires a £35 upfront fee. So for 42 games per season, £334.90. In fairness, that does also get you Champions League (every game), Europa League (every game) and FA Cup (24 games per season) too.
So when you crunch the numbers, if you sign up for Premier League football for the 2019/2020 season today, you could be paying for a total of 190 live Premier League games for £792.89. That works out at £4.17 per game if you watch every single game, which is an impossibility with Amazon showing multiple games at the same time.
Of course, there are plenty of deals to be made when it comes to Premier League coverage and the figure also obviously doesn't take into account all the other benefits you get with BT, Sky and Amazon. But when you break it down, it's still a staggering amount of money if Premier League coverage is your primary reason for signing up to the channels.
So what do you think? Are we being taken for a ride by Sky and BT? Or is it worth the money? Let us know in the comments below or join the conversation over on Twitter.
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Basic Email Etiquette To Keep You From Embarrassing Yourself At Work
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Whether we want to acknowledge it or not, email is a part of our everyday lives. Research has found that the average U.S. employee spends about a quarter of his or her time at work every day writing, receiving and combing through emails.
The funny thing is that the majority of people have been using it for years with really no formal training on how to do so. Email etiquette is not exactly widely taught in school or college, especially for those who've been out of school for some time now.
Almost all professionals use emails, but not all of them know how to use email properly. Whether you were never taught the basics, or if you'd just like to brush up on them, here is Email Etiquette 101 on how to use email correctly.
Include a clear, direct subject line.
The subject line is the first and many times the only thing that your recipients will see of your email. You want to make it compelling and direct, as it may not be opened if it's not. Make the subject line as specific as possible; examples of a good subject line include "Meeting date changed," or "Quick question about the spreadsheet."
It's also important that the subject line matches the content of the email. Don't send a non-relevant but catchy subject line to grab someone's attention, only to disappoint them when they read an unrelated email. This is an easy way to lose credibility.
Use the proper salutations.
Your salutations should always be professional. You should never really use informal laid-back expressions such as "Yo," "What's up" and so on. I am not a big fan of using "Dear"; I always use either "Hello" or "Hi." You should also always use the person's full first name.
In addition, if you are emailing a group of individuals it's better to name them all out or use "Hey team," versus something informal like "Hey you guys."
Always include a signature.
If you don't have an email signature at the time of reading this article, set one up soon as you're done reading this. Make sure to put your address and phone number on it. People should never have to look up how to get in contact with you. I've had many times where I needed to get hold of a client or colleague and quickly and easily found their phone number in their email signature from a previous thread.
On that same note, there has been a number of occasions when I needed to get a hold of someone immediately, but wasn't able to find their phone number since they didn't have a signature set up and I wasn't able to get a hold of them in time.
Briefly introduce yourself.
If you're emailing someone for the first time, even if you've met them before, do not assume the person receiving your e-mail knows who you are, or even remembers meeting you. It's always great to briefly introduce yourself to people you may have already met. An example of an introduction like this looks like "Hey Alex, it's Eric Santos, the CEO of Benchmark Intelligence. We met at the networking event. I wanted to follow up . . ." If you've never met the person before, it's a good idea to include a slightly longer introduction of yourself.
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package cz.net21.ttulka.thistledb.db;

import java.util.Collections;

import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
import org.mockito.Mock;
import org.mockito.runners.MockitoJUnitRunner;

import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.anyOf;
import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
import static org.mockito.Matchers.eq;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;

/**
 * @author ttulka
 */
@RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
public class IndexingWhereTest {

    @Mock
    public Indexing indexing;

    @Before
    public void setUp() {
        when(indexing.exists(eq("person.surname"))).thenReturn(true);
        when(indexing.positions(eq("person.surname"), eq("Smith"))).thenReturn(Collections.singleton(123L));
    }

    @Test
    public void basicTest() {
        Where where = Where.create("person.surname='Smith'");

        IndexingWhere indexingWhere = new IndexingWhere(where, indexing);

        assertThat(indexingWhere.isIndexed(), is(true));
        assertThat(indexingWhere.nextPosition(), is(123L));
        assertThat(indexingWhere.nextPosition(), is(-1L));
    }

    @Test(expected = IllegalStateException.class)
    public void wrongTest() {
        Where where = Where.create("person.name='John'");

        IndexingWhere indexingWhere = new IndexingWhere(where, indexing);

        assertThat(indexingWhere.isIndexed(), is(false));
        indexingWhere.nextPosition();   // IllegalStateException
    }

    @Test
    public void basicANDTest() {
        Where where = Where.create("person.surname='Smith' AND person.name='John'");

        IndexingWhere indexingWhere = new IndexingWhere(where, indexing);

        assertThat(indexingWhere.isIndexed(), is(true));
        assertThat(indexingWhere.nextPosition(), is(123L));
        assertThat(indexingWhere.nextPosition(), is(-1L));
    }

    @Test
    public void basicAND2Test() {
        Where where = Where.create("person.surname='Smith' AND person.name='John' AND person.age=42");

        IndexingWhere indexingWhere = new IndexingWhere(where, indexing);

        assertThat(indexingWhere.isIndexed(), is(true));
        assertThat(indexingWhere.nextPosition(), is(123L));
        assertThat(indexingWhere.nextPosition(), is(-1L));
    }

    @Test
    public void basicORTest() {
        when(indexing.exists(eq("person.name"))).thenReturn(true);
        when(indexing.positions(eq("person.name"), eq("John"))).thenReturn(Collections.singleton(456L));

        Where where = Where.create("person.surname='Smith' OR person.name='John'");

        IndexingWhere indexingWhere = new IndexingWhere(where, indexing);

        assertThat(indexingWhere.isIndexed(), is(true));
        assertThat(indexingWhere.nextPosition(), anyOf(is(123L), is(456L)));
        assertThat(indexingWhere.nextPosition(), anyOf(is(123L), is(456L)));
        assertThat(indexingWhere.nextPosition(), is(-1L));
    }

    @Test(expected = IllegalStateException.class)
    public void wrongORTest() {
        Where where = Where.create("person.surname='Smith' OR person.name='John'");

        IndexingWhere indexingWhere = new IndexingWhere(where, indexing);

        assertThat(indexingWhere.isIndexed(), is(false));
        indexingWhere.nextPosition();   // IllegalStateException
    }

    @Test
    public void basicAND_ORTest() {
        when(indexing.exists(eq("person.name"))).thenReturn(true);
        when(indexing.positions(eq("person.name"), eq("John"))).thenReturn(Collections.singleton(456L));

        Where where = Where.create("person.surname='Smith' OR person.name='John' AND person.age=42");

        IndexingWhere indexingWhere = new IndexingWhere(where, indexing);

        assertThat(indexingWhere.isIndexed(), is(true));
        assertThat(indexingWhere.nextPosition(), anyOf(is(123L), is(456L)));
        assertThat(indexingWhere.nextPosition(), anyOf(is(123L), is(456L)));
        assertThat(indexingWhere.nextPosition(), is(-1L));
    }

    @Test
    public void wrongAND_ORTest() {
        when(indexing.exists(eq("person.name"))).thenReturn(true);
        when(indexing.positions(eq("person.name"), eq("John"))).thenReturn(Collections.singleton(456L));

        // second AND part is wrong because not all OR parts are indexed (person.age)
        Where where = Where.create("person.surname='Smith' AND person.name='John' OR person.age=42");

        IndexingWhere indexingWhere = new IndexingWhere(where, indexing);

        assertThat(indexingWhere.isIndexed(), is(true));
        assertThat(indexingWhere.nextPosition(), is(123L));
        assertThat(indexingWhere.nextPosition(), is(-1L));
    }
}


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You will pass temples and countless colourful pagodas, havens of calm and tranquillity - not to mention bustling markets! Your route takes you off the beaten track into the Mekong proper.
Few locals will have seen foreigners cycling past, and their interest and hospitality will spur even the most tired cyclist to keep on pedalling.
Your end destination is the town of Siem Reap from where you can explore the ancient city of Angkor. Built from 879-1191AD by the Khmer civilization, Angkor represents one of humankind's most astonishing architectural achievements and in 1992 was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Please note that the costs and sponsorship levels listed on our website are based on a minimum of 16 participants on the challenge. We can run this trip with groups of 12-15 people, but there will be a small group supplement of $125. This is payable by your charity if you book under the minimum sponsorship or flexi options, and by yourself if you are a self-funder. If a small group supplement is necessary, we will notify you 12 weeks before departure.
The full cost of this challenge is $2,735. You will be required to pay the deposit of $685 at the time of booking and the final balance of $2,050 which is due eight weeks before departure (Feb 02, 2019). You will receive fundraising advice and sponsorship forms and be asked to raise as much as you can for the charity with a minimum of at least $500. As you have covered the full cost of the challenge, 100% of this fundraising will be retained by the charity.
You will be required to pay the deposit of $685 at the time of booking, and 8 weeks before departure (Feb 02, 2019) you will be required to pay a second contribution of $1,000 towards your challenge costs. You will also need to raise a minimum amount of sponsorship, $4,200 for your nominated charity. You should send your sponsorship money to the charity as you raise it. At least 80% of the minimum sponsorship required ($3,360) must be sent to the charity ten weeks before departure (by Jan 19, 2019), and the remaining 20% ($840) within four weeks of completing the challenge (by May 05, 2019) unless stated otherwise by your chosen charity. In these circumstances charity's sponsorship deadlines will override our standard terms. If you have raised the necessary funds, the charity will then pay the balance of your expedition costs (which will not exceed 25% of the minimum sponsorship target). The charity benefits by keeping the remaining sponsorship money (which will be at least 75% of the minimum sponsorship) and every dollar over and above that you raise.


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Diloram Gafurjanovna Tashmukhamedova (, born December 19, 1962) is an Uzbek politician.

Tashmukhamedova was born in Tashkent into a family of workers; she is an ethnic Uzbek. After graduation from secondary school in 1978, she attended Taskhent State Medical Institute, from which she graduated in 1984. She continued in employment there for over ten years, defending her thesis in 1993 to receive a degree in medical science. Later she worked in private enterprise. In 2003 she received a degree from the economic faculty of the Academy of State and Public Construction. Tashmukhamedova was first elected to the Oliy Majlis in 2001, while that body was still unicameral. In 2004 she was elected to the Legislative Chamber of Uzbekistan, where she served as a member of the Committee on International Affairs and Interparliamentary Relations. In 2005 she was elected first secretary of the Justice Social Democratic Party, serving as head of its parliamentary faction. In July 2007 she was elected the chamber's deputy speaker. The party nominated her to run against Islam Karimov in the presidential election of 2007, in which she garnered just under 3% of the vote. she was the first woman to stand for president in an Uzbekistani election. She was elected Speaker of the Legislative Assembly on January 23, 2008, serving until being replaced by Nuriddinjon Ismailov on January 12, 2015. Tashmukhamedova has written a number of articles on subjects related to medicine, politics, and women's rights. In 2006 she was awarded the Order of Friendship. She is married to a businessman, R. Tashmuhamedov, with whom she has four children.

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I use AutoCAD since R14. It already has paperspace (old term for old people like me, AutoCAD layout to younger you), but using model space is still very common. And it looks like my tutor was too lazy to teach me how to use paperspace. So I'm quite familiar with modelspace until I decided to use AutoCAD layout. AutoCAD layout today is very simple and very powerful to use. I wish we had this in early 90's. It makes setting up plot easy. And there are many advanced features we can use with layout.
I'm not sure why today people still prefer to set their drawing border and title block in model space. I can understand if you are a veteran AutoCAD ninja who already comfortable with it. And I do know some drawings don't need to use layout, especially schematic drawings.
But for the younger users, I expect them to start using layout. There are many advantages of using layout. These are 10 advantages I can find.
First, using AutoCAD layout will simplify the drawing. Below we have several drawings with different scales. How do we do it in model space? We were actually draw them in different scales. If you have a detailed view, then you have to copy and scale that part of your drawing. When we need to change it, then we have to update them all manually.
Using layout will give us several advantages below.
It doesn't matter if you have 2, 4, or 10 different scales in your sheet later. We can always draw in full scale 1:1. Even for beginners can easily complete the drawing without having to think how they need to scale the drawing, creating different dimension styles, etc.
Even we only draw once with full scale, we can represent the model many times. We can represent the drawing with several viewports, showing different area of the model. Sometimes we simply need it because the model is too large for one sheet. And sometimes, we need it to show it in different scales for detailed drawings.
Because we only draw in one model, we only need to update the modelspace. Other viewports will automatically updated. We don't have to update each drawing separately.
Let's see image below. We have a stair section and create a detail from it. When we need to add dimension to both drawing, we have to create two dimension styles. They have different scales, so we need to create another dimension and control the dimension value by changing the scale factor. If you scale it 4x, then you need another dimension style with scale factor 1/4. You can override the properties manually, but it will take more time.
If you don't understand, it's OK. It can't be explained in a paragraph or two. That's what nice about layout: less confusion.
You have to switch between dimension styles and can bring unnecessary mistakes. What if you have 3 or 4 different scales? What if in your model space you have more than one sheet with more different scales? You will have many styles!
Another good thing about layout is it's easy to control the drawing scale. As we discussed in no.1, we only need to draw in full scale. We can arrange them easily in layout.
It's not so easy to explain how to apply scale, drawing border, and placing title block in model space to a new user. Using viewport, it's easier to explain.
You can create a viewport, select it, and change the scale using viewport scale at the right bottom of your screen.
In the past, we have to use zoom scale. But today, it's very easy after AutoCAD has scale list feature. You can see how it work in YouTube video, go to this viewport tips to see it.
If we work with modelspace, we treat it like drawing manually in a paper. When you need to represent a drawing several times, then you need to copy it to show each instance. Layout allows you to draw one model, and represent it several times. In no.2, we already discussed how we can show different areas with different scales. But there are more.
Each viewport can be configured to have different angle orientation. I don't explain much about it here, but you can do it with single drawing in model space too. For example you want to show a site plan with true north orientation. But you also want to show a building plan in the site plan with different orientation. It's quite easy to do it with layout.
Since AutoCAD 2008, we have 'layer properties per-viewport'. We can set the layer properties for each viewport independently. For example, you can turn on hatch layer for detailed drawing, but turn it off for larger scales. You can show detailed objects for some viewports, and hide it for the others.
You can also read how I use it with layer states.
Another great feature that has been added to AutoCAD is annotation scaling. We can use it in model space, however, we can get the benefits mostly in layout.
Previously, we discussed how we need only to create one drawing and we can represent it in different scales. Annotation scale allow us to do it with annotation, ensuring our annotation readable in different scales. And because we only create one annotation for all scales, any changes will reflected to all of your viewports.
If annotation scaling doesn't not suite your needs, you can annotate your drawings in layout. It's probably the most comfortable way for many users. Each of them has it's own benefits. Either way, they are easier to manage than setting your sheets in modelspace.
Another good thing about layout is we tell AutoCAD to recognize the sheets. It allow us to use other features that relate to layout to manage and automate several processes. What are they?
Printing preferences are very easy to set when you use layout. If you are not familiar with setting up sheet in modelspace, remember that we draw in full scale. Then we add a border and title block to include the drawing. We need to calculate the scale in plot scale below.
With layout you simply select the paper size, and always use 1:1 full scale. Plot margin will be shown in dashed lines. You can also use page setup to quickly apply your settings.
It is very easy to comprehend, even if you don't use AutoCAD intensively. If your company already has a template, it will be easier for you.
Sheet set is a good tool to manage your drawings in a project. If you are not familiar with it, you can try to download these white papers or take a look to our e-book: document management with AutoCAD Sheet Set.
In short, we can manage the sheets so we can easily access them. After we have a drawing set, we can eTransmit and pack the whole project files as one zip file, ready to send along with dependent files. We can also plot them all at once with publish command.
Other advantage you can get is sheet set fields. Sheet set has it's own fields, you can show the sheet number, project name, and so on. You can also create sheet list automatically. Sheet Set takes it further!
You can plot many drawings at once with sheet set's publish. However, if you don't use sheet set, you can also use publish manually and add layouts from many layouts. You can plot many layouts at once, even send them to different plotters!
Can we use batch plot if we set the drawings in modelspace. Yes, but it means you have to create saved views, and create a page setup for each saved views.
As I mentioned before, you may find using layout is not that useful for you. Maybe you can list your reasons why shouldn't use it. And if you do like it, do you have more reasons to love it?
Does anyone knows of a software to pass all the drawings made in Layout to model space ?
Revit model usually is not as complicated as an AutoCAD drawing. You can select objects easier before you modify it. However, in a complex model, you need a method to select multiple objects faster. You want to select them based on specific properties. For example, you want to select all walls with a specific type. Or you want to select all walls with a specific function.
We cover different methods in this article that you can use.


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The End Comes For Logan.
The Good: Decent performances, Effective use of mood, Moments of character
The Bad: Stifling mood, Generic chase plot, Overabundance of generic adversaries
The Basics: The story of Logan - The Wolverine - of the X-Men comes to a close in one of the most difficult films to grace the genre yet.
One of the difficult aspects of being a reviewer is that speed is often rewarded over accuracy. Early reviewers get a huge volume of traffic, they can set the entire tone for the reviews that follow, they can prejudice a massive number of potential audience members by putting their take into the marketplace first. The severe detraction of rushing a review out is that it does not allow the viewer to let the film live and breathe within them and in the case of big-budget special-effects driven films, often reviewers get so excited by the spectacle and (for less mature reviewers) the hype of early access that they do not actually consider what they watched in any objective sense.
So, it has been almost twenty-four hours since I watched Logan, the latest installment in the X-Men Saga and the film that has been widely announced as being Hugh Jackman's final portrayal of Wolverine and Patrick Stewart's final outing as Charles Xavier. And it could easily be. Logan includes a pretty sizable narrative gap between X-Men: Days Of Future Past (reviewed here!) - or the post-credits sequence from X-Men: Apocalypse - and one suspects that if the right script came along and the money was right, Jackman and/or Stewart might be up for another outing. But, for now, Logan is being billed as the end of the franchise.
And it's rough.
Logan is a tough movie and part of the reason I took almost a day to review it is that I was not sure how I felt about it. Logan has an entirely oppressive mood. After the Deadpool short attached to the print, Logan is introduced as a dreary, dark piece that sinks the viewer deeper and deeper into a morass of misery from which the film only briefly recovers. There are plenty of moody, dark pieces that I absolutely love . . . but Logan is not one of them.
It took me a few solid hours of mulling the film over to finally recognize that I did not enjoy Logan. And I was excited about Logan going in. I knew only the most basic premise of the graphic novel Old Man Logan - which influenced the creation of the film, though it is not at all an adaptation of that book - before I watched Logan and I was excited about both the reinvention of the character and the potential of actually seeing the Wolverine's story bookended. Given that virtually no one stays dead in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the X-Men films have gone to great lengths to resurrect and rewrite the histories of characters, the idea of a character whose story actually ends had more than a little appeal to me. But Logan is rough and joyless and when it is not that, it feels unfortunately derivative and like a series of genuinely missed opportunities.
Logan opens in 2029, twenty-five years after the last mutant was born and after most mutants have been wiped out through an act of genocide and a mysterious something else that actually comes up within the narrative. Logan has returned to using his mundane birth name - James Howlett - and he drives a limo between Texas and Mexico. Logan experiences daily pain, vastly slower regeneration of his wounds, and drinks and swears quite a bit more. He is also the primary caregiver for Charles Xavier, whom he has squirreled away in Mexico with the mutant Caliban.
Right off the bat, Logan gives a big, long, middle finger to the audience and fans of the X-Men Saga. Logan is R-rated and it is VERY R-rated and that is absolutely fine. But X-Men: Days Of Future Past climaxed with a scene filled with hope, fellowship, and a slew of dead characters and actors who returned to the franchise, spent hours and hours in make-up prep, just to say "hello." And, like the opening of Alien 3 (reviewed here!) which utterly destroyed the family Ripley had built in Aliens (reviewed here!) before the opening credits were done, Logan shits all over the potential of who and what the X-Men became after Logan saved the mutants from Trask and his insidious research by completely leaping beyond their stories. In fact, in Logan, the X-Men adventures were adapted into comic books, which Logan despises. But, the narrative gap and the loss of all of the familiar faces - save two - effectively sets up the tone of Logan. Logan is lost and mutantkind is virtually extinct.
Logan, Charles and Caliban are sequestered in Mexico - in one of the most subtle allusions to The Wolverine (reviewed here!) that could be made! - because Charles is dying and periodically, he has seizures which incapacitate everyone within a significant radius of him. Caliban complains that the effects are starting to wound him, but Logan keeps Xavier medicated to prevent the seizures from occurring while he works to earn enough money to buy a boat for the pair which would get them away from other people. When Logan acts as a driver for a funeral, he is accosted at the event by Gabriella, who begs Logan for help. Logan denies her aid and returns to Mexico with medicine for Charles and Caliban tells Wolverine that Charles has been very insistent in his ramblings that there is a new mutant. Logan does not believe him until he is approached by the cyborg "reaver" Pierce about getting back something that Gabriela has taken and then he is hired by Gabriela to get her and her "daughter" Laura to safety.
Logan only accepts the transport job because there is enough money in it to get him and the Professor the ship he wants. But, when Gabriela is killed and Laura hitches a ride back to Logan's hideout, Wolverine finds himself drawn into a conflict virtually identical to the one Han Solo found himself in after transporting Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi. While Logan initially attempts to save himself and Charles, he quickly learns that Laura is deeply connected to him. Recovering Gabriela's smartphone, he learns about Transigen, a company that continues to experiment upon mutants and the place from which Gabriela rescued Laura. Logan also learns that Laura was created from his DNA and is, essentially, his daughter. But when Pierce and others from Transigen come hunting Laura, using the captured Caliban, Logan, Charles, and Laura are forced on the run in the direction of Laura's mythical "Eden" - a safe haven for the last surviving mutants.
Logan is an odd mix of cerebrally-disturbing, over-the-top violent, and painfully predictable and derivative. The intelligently-upsetting aspect of Logan comes from the fact that the two main protagonists are aging . . . and poorly in the film. Both Charles and Logan are undergoing serious physical deteriorations and Xavier's is particularly unsettling as it risks the lives of those around him. Logan illustrates very realistically some of the ugliness surrounding end-of-life issues in a fearless way that does not actually get shown in super hero films.
As for the violence, director James Mangold seems thrilled to be able to make an R-rated Wolverine-centered movie and he uses that canvas to the fullest. There are at least two decapitations, burned bodies, limbs that get sliced off, plenty of blood-spray from arterial stabbing and the obligatory throat-slashing or two (though the throats are not overdone in Logan, which is very nice). Logan, Transigen's cloned X-24, and the weaponized Laura (X-23 ) put their claws through multiple heads, arms, chests and legs, all while getting shot and stabbed at repeatedly. And just when it seems like James Mangold draws a line by not subjecting the viewer to a child getting their head blown off (the child's head is kept out of frame while menaced), he manages to up the stakes by having children combine forces to execute one person and have a single child shoot off an adult's head (or most of it). Logan is so R that the two people who brought their crying infants to last night's showing of the film should be arrested for child endangerment.
So, Logan is unsettling. And when it is not unsettling it is just bad. It's not all bad, let's be fair. On the plus side is the acting. Stephen Merchant is excellent as Caliban. Caliban was briefly introduced in X-Men: Apocalypse (reviewed here!) and had to be recast because the events of Logan follow almost fifty years after the events of Apocalypse. Merchant is brilliantly serious in the role of Caliban, a mutant who barely uses his powers and instead tries to get Logan to open up and talk to him like an adult. Merchant emotes quite a bit through his eyes to make Caliban concerned, fearful and determined and he plays the full range well.
Hugh Jackman and Patrick Stewart show off their immense range in Logan as well, though there is nothing surprising from either actor in their performances. Two amazing actors manage to play hurt, frustrated, strong, senile, and strangely loving, not surprising at all. Eric La Salle might well be in that category, too, but I've not seen him in much else, so I was impressed by his performance. Elizabeth Rodriguez shows off her range by playing Gabriela as desperate and frightened in a way she was never allowed to play her Orange Is The New Black character.
Of course, much of Logan hinges on the performance of Dafne Keen, who plays Laura. Keen spends most of the film mute and, as a result, has to act with her eyes, body and in reaction shots to what other people are saying. And she is good. Keen plays off Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, and especially Quincy Fouse like a pro. More than simply playing the creepy little girl type (who can rip off your head or possess you), Keen manages a wide range of emotions with minimal words in a compelling break-out performance.
But, for as good as Keen's performance is, Laura represents a serious missed opportunity for Logan. From her first appearances in the compound, Xavier challenges Logan by asking him "doesn't she remind you of someone?" Xavier is trying to get Logan to make the leap that Laura is his daughter and he should see in her his previous, feral, qualities. But Dafne Keen is presented with a high brow and intense eyes and fans of the X-Men films would have no trouble seeing that she could remind Logan of Jean Grey. Yet, in Logan, the Transigen documents claim that Laura was created from James Howlett's DNA, not a hybrid of Logan and Jean Grey. This is especially disappointing because X-Men fans know that the mutant gene is passed through the father, so how Logan's X-chromosome was used to make a mutant daughter makes no scientific sense. Logan's writers could have easily eliminated this argument and given an added layer to Laura - and Logan through his conflict over taking care of her! - by making her a hybrid child of Logan and Jean Grey.
In a similar fashion, James Mangold and his co-writers seem to lack a real understanding of how and why people use bounty hunters and they gut the originality of Logan in the process. Logan begins as a mood piece that explores survivors of a genocide when a bounty hunter comes into Logan's life. Pierce is employed by Dr. Rice, who is shown in Gabriela's footage experimenting at Transigen on the mutant children he has created. And he is used very well there and Richard E. Grant was wonderfully cast for him. But then he comes into the field and becomes a painfully generic comic book style villain. And the kicker of it is that it is so thoroughly unnecessary.
Dr. Rice is credited by Pierce as being the architect of the mutant genocide. He succeeded where Trask failed and he has spent the years since virtually wiping out mutants making his own mutants for controlled mutant soldiers. He is a monster. He is a monster who works in Mexico and has a free pass to enter the United States . . . only Canada (in Logan) sees him as a criminal and the subjects of his experiments as viable life forms worthy of asylum. Here's the point of the problem with Dr. Rice; there is nothing that can be done in Logan that would justify putting him in the field and menacing his life. Dr. Rice is not in prison, he is not being hunted by an international tribunal; he freely works in Mexico, comes to the United States, has direct authority over his private little army of bounty hunters . . . all this after wiping out most of mutantkind. So, if Dr. Rice is responsible for killing (for example, it is not stated in Logan) Rogue, Jean Grey, Mystique, Storm, Beast and Magneto, his one death cannot balance even a fraction of the lives he took and there is no real emotional catharsis to his death or even any menace that his life is put in. So why bother with it?! The only reason - outside the fact that he is a comic book villain conceit - is that the writers do not understand the nature of those who employ bounty hunters. Dr. Rice relies upon Pierce and X-24 to get the job done for him and he has, presumably, survived as long as he has by keeping distance from his experiments. There is nothing in Logan that justifies him coming into the field.
So, Dr. Rice falls into the trap of a generic comic book villain when Logan already has Pierce as a compelling enough proxy for the scenes that were not focused on man vs. society and man vs. nature (age) . . . or even man vs. himself type conflicts. And in that way, Logan continues to disappoint. The moment Charles Xavier accepts an invitation from the Munson's to go back to their home, Logan takes a straight like into Derivativeville that every fan of the X-Men Saga will see coming. We wait for those pursuing Logan, Charles and Laura to catch up to them at the Munson's because we saw the exact same thing happen when Logan was rescued by the senior citizen couple in X-Men Origins: Wolverine (reviewed here!). Between that and the common conceit of "if a bullet is introduced in the first act . . .," Logan plays toward the painfully predictable at all of the opportunities it had to truly surprise viewers.
And that's where it ends. Logan had potential and it is set up very well to be a well-done, truly unsettling film that explored consequences, end-of-life issues and last-minute redemption for a man who never should have been a father; a super-hero film that mentions easements and political asylum. But instead of playing to those aspects, Logan becomes oppressive and harsh in ways that we come to expect and it ends up saying nothing truly new to the audience.
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I just need any excuse to hit the Ambience Mall, Gurgaon. But visiting Asia 7 for their Yum Cha festival was like a regular thing-turned-exciting! As soon as we entered the place, the well-lit setting and the comfortable seating combined with pleasing hospitality drew our attention. The delectable Oreo paved the way for the exquisite menu of the festival. Thankfully, there was not much hustle and bustle in the restaurant.
The yum cha menu is a great heaven for dumpling lovers. We could try 10 dishes and most of them titillated our taste buds. The first dish offered was steamed chicken with chili vinegar sauce and micro greens. It tasted good with diamond sauce. Classic prawn hargow with a crunch along with bamboo shoot and water chest nut just launched our craving for more! In the non-veg menu, we also had Prawn in hot yellow curry in flavour of thai assorted herbs, prawn, coriander, chilly. Chicken and water chestnut Dumpling with flavourful oriental sauce, spring onion, chili flakes was the best pick. Crystal duck and cherry had roasted duck, cherry, Hoi sin sauce and Char siu porkbao came as roasted pork with authentic Asian sauce.
In vegetarian, we were Spicy asparagus in thai flavours. It had in it finely chopped thai herbs, asparagus and peanut sauce. Crunchy cantonese followed with chopped French bean, baby corn, Asian seasoning along with boiled veggies didn't excite us but it could be a good option for people on diet. We could safely put our bet on Yummy cheese in chilly. It's a blend of cheese and chili, read New York-style philly cheese and water chestnut.
As dumplings are best complimented with the sauces, we loved our outing with diamond chili sauce, samble sauce, chili flakes and chili oil. Make it more spicy please!!
Chef Ratan Kumar informed he has made some additions to the menu, which made this festival more exciting this year. Spicy asperagus and cheese dumplings were some new additions. "Chicken chili vinegar, cheese and prawns are the showstopper. I visit many restaurants and check social media too in search of new trends in food. I made this yum cha menu this time and will try to experiment with some innovative and new flavors in my next attempt. You won't find these delicacies anywhere else as it is exclusive to our place," he said.


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Kristen Wiig Leaves Apple Comedy Series Over 'Wonder Woman 1984' Scheduling Conflicts | TV News
21 Jun 2018 — Filed Under: TV, TV News
With Apple attempting to become major players in the streaming game with their own slew of TV and film projects, getting off to a good start is paramount if they want to have any chance of competing with the likes of Netflix. Unfortunately for them, their first comedy series has hit a bit of a snag.
Kristen Wiig was set to star in the upcoming series based on You Think It, I'll Say It, Curtis Sittenfeld's short story collection, but she has now dropped out, as the production schedule overlaps with her work on the DC sequel, Wonder Woman 1984. The film is currently shooting with Wiig playing the villain, Cheetah.
It's a tough blow for Apple, as Wiig was the the main anchor holding the project together. Producers are now reportedly regrouping and have temporarily put the series on hold as they consider their options. Recasting reportedly remains an option.
Colleen McGuinness (30 Rock) created the series and will serve as showrunner, with Reese Witherspoon executive producing. The series, currently untitled, was the first comedy greenlit by Apple, who gave it a ten episode straight-to-series order. This is on top of their announcements for new TV shows by the likes of Damien Chazelle and Kumail Nanjiani.
Those are just a few of the 12 series that Apple have officially announced, without really letting anyone know much about them, nor when they will be available. It seems they may be planning some sort of large streaming roll out, but Wiig's scheduling issues will put a dent in that. We'll wait and see whether the show quickly regroups and casts a new lead.
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Lamp for converting bulkhead and odd shaped BA15S bayonet lights to LED.
This is a useful arrangement for fittings such as bulkhead lights and odd shaped fittings, the array can be angled for the best effect. The array can be positioned, adjusted and secured in place by using cable ties, double sided adhesive tape or even Velcro and is ideal for both 12 Volt and 24 Volt systems.
The array has a smooth back for attaching your preferred fixing method. Often two or more arrays can be located in larger overhead dome lights.
The 9SMD 5050 lamp is designed to minimise EMI, unlike other similar looking lamps sold for non marine use. We utilise specially designed PCB layouts which avoid tracks acting as antenna that radiate EMI (electromagnetic interference). We have our propriety Buck-Boost electronic control circuits built in to ensure the light output is constant even when the supply voltage varies. We give a 2 year warranty for this lamp.