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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the federal government has set up a task force to monitor the top 20 debtors on the list of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON).
According to a statement released by Laolu Akande, the vice president's spokesman, the federal government said it has renewed efforts to recover the N5 trillion debt owed by the debtors.
The agencies tasked to go after the debtors are Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU), the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) and the permanent secretaries of the justice and transport ministries.
At a meeting at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, Osinbajo told all the agencies to re-strategize to achieve the desired results.
"The key is collaboration. We need a small team comprising these agencies to look at the next steps that we need to take, especially the criminal aspect, forfeiture, and all of that," he said.
According to Muiz Banire, AMCON chairman, 67% of the N5 trillion debt is owed by the top 20 debtors.
Some of the stakeholders present at the meeting were Ibrahim Magu, the acting chairman of the EFCC; Bolaji Owasanoye ICPC chairman; Modibbo Tukur, NFIU director; Sabiu Zakari, permanent secretary at the ministry of transportation,.


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Former UTSA baseball players have their lives changed
Frankie Leal Staff Writer web@paisano-online.com @panchitoleal05
Kevin Markham connects on a pitch. Photo coutesy of Jeff Huehn/UTSA athletics
Earlier this summer, three former Roadrunner baseball players had their lives changed forever. On Jun. 14, outfielder Kevin Markham along with pitchers Karl Craigie and Chris Muller heard their names called on the third and final day of the MLB draft.
"It was unbelievable," said Muller. "As a kid, I always dreamt about having my name called on draft day, and it was definitely a feeling I will never forget."
Muller was the first UTSA player to be taken off the draft board. He was selected as the 499th pick in the 17th round by the Tampa Bay Rays. Over the course of his 2017 season, Muller appeared in 13 games on the mound for the 'Runners and racked up 44 strikeouts while posting a 1.72 ERA in a total of 31.1 innings pitched. He made an impact on the game every time he stepped onto the mound at Roadrunner field.
However, back in May, Muller underwent surgery to repair a Ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) in his right elbow. As a result, he hasn't had a chance to throw for the Rays organization just yet. "I'm looking forward to rehabbing my elbow so I can produce and compete for the team that invested in me." Muller said about his recovery. " I will come back stronger and throwing harder than ever." Muller is eager to get himself back up on the mound and throwing again.
Outfielder Kevin Markham was taken in the 24th round with pick number 713 by the Philadelphia Phillies. After missing his entire 2016 campaign due to a "Tommy John" ligament injury, Markham exploded back onto the scene for his final season. "Coming off that injury, I made a promise to coach that I would come back a better player than I was before," said Markham.
Markham made good on his promise as he posted a .339 batting average over the season while leading the team in hits with 77 in his 54 games played. Markham also led the team in both doubles and triples with 21 and eight respectively. His offensive production rarely wavered, and as a result he was voted MVP of the 2017 Roadrunner baseball squad.
Karl Craigie lunges towards home plate as he delivers the pitch. Chase Otero, The Paisano
"I had no intentions of being the team MVP," said Markham. "I just wanted to help the team win in any way possible." As of now, Markham is working hard and playing outfield for the Gulf Coast League (GCL) Phillies out in Florida.
The last member of the 2017 Roadrunner team to be taken was pitcher Karl Craigie. Craigie was selected by the Miami Marlins in the 34th round as the 1,019th pick of the draft. Craigie was helping at a UTSA baseball camp while the draft was taking place, and was anxiously waiting to hear if his name would be called.
"I finally saw my name called and it was just a feeling of accomplishment and relief of being able to continue my baseball career," said Craigie. "All the campers cheered for me and some of my teammates even gave me a Gatorade bath," he said.
This past season, Craigie was always a solid option out of the bullpen for Coach Marshall. Craigie appeared in 26 games in the 2017 season and racked up 39 strikeouts while posting a 2.66 ERA in 47.1 innings pitched. He also led all UTSA pitchers in wins as he is credited with a 7-1 record.
Currently, Craigie is pitching with the GCL Marlins. There have been some adjustments he's had to get used to, but he's optimistic about the future. "I've been playing all my life and I'm happy to do it every day," said Craigie about his time with the Marlins organization.
For these three 'Runner alums, they're well on their way to accomplishing their dreams of one day playing in the major leagues. Although they've moved on and away from the grounds of Roadrunner Field, they will now and forever be Roadrunners.
"I had an amazing time being a Roadrunner," said Craigie. "I always loved competing for my brothers and I knew they were always going to do the same for me."
"My experience at UTSA is something I will treasure for the rest of my life," said Markham. "My favorite part about being a Roadrunner was being part of something bigger than a baseball team…it was us against the world." While these three are no longer teammates, Markham, Craigie, and Muller will forever be bound together by the orange and blue. For all that they've given to UTSA, it's now time for them to turn their heads towards their baseball future.
Kevin Markham
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Newly reopened and still smelling strongly of paint, it's easy to see that the new version of the City Tavern is a vast improvement on the old place. Three ales on tap, all Greene King, with the American Blue Moon ale in bottles and a brief but comprehensive wine list (as well as inexpensive). Slightly gastro menu, but some old standards as well - and nothing that will break the bank. We'll have to try it next time we're in the area. Squarely aimed at City workers, it's obviously doing the job judging from the full seats when we went in at lunchtime recently. Efficient staff and plenty of seating - there's even a roof terrace now - make it a pleasure to go in. We'd guess it's going to get busy at the usual times - it always used to be heaving when we went in after work. Have to commend them on a job well done.
From Bank: head up Cheapside towards St. Paul's, then turn right into King Street then Left into Trump Street and you should see it on your left. St. Paul's: walk down Cheapside towards bank, turn left into Wood Street, then right into Milk Street then right into Trump Street. You'll see the pub on your right. Mansion House: leave the tube via a Bow lane exit (a subway), walk up Bow Lane to Cheapside, cross the road and head into the alleyway in front of you. You should see the pub on your left.


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Q: Why does using lambda notation in Haskell result in a different type signature? I wrote what I think is the same function in the following three ways:
addThree x y z = x + y + z
addThree' = \x y z -> x + y + z
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Yet when I load and check their types in GHCi using :t, it gives me a very weird answer:
addThree :: Num a => a -> a -> a -> a
addThree' :: Integer -> Integer -> Integer -> Integer
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Why do the lambdas have different, specialized types while the normal one has the correct type?

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It's a bit like a 'big crit' except it's not… more like a team points race with points up for grabs every other lap. The format might have been interesting but the big talking point of the day was the heat! With temperatures over 40ºC, I'm pretty sure it was a lot higher inside my moto helmet! I wasn't sure I was going to survive, I don't know how people raced in it. At the end of the race I had about a quarter of a bottle of water left. I poured it on my arms, it was so hot you could have brewed tea in it!
Just one race left on this first trip of the season.
Tayler Wiles tries panting like a dog to see if it helps battle the heat. Apparently it does… a bit!


Pink disease (Erythricium salmonicolor) is an exotic pest to Western Australia. It is a serious disease of citrus than can result in yield losses due to limb and tree death.
Pink disease (Erythricium salmonicolor) is a serious pest of citrus that can affect entire limbs and/or kill trees. This pest is not known to occur in Western Australia.
Citrus black spot is caused by the fungus Guignardia citricarpa. It is not known to occur in Western Australia, but is found in other parts of Australia.
Citrus black spot (Guignardia citricarpa) is a fungal disease of citrus trees that can affect external fruit quality. This disease is not known to occur in Western Australia.
Septoria spot of citrus (Septoria citri) is an exotic disease to Western Australia. It is a serious pest that causes fruit blemishes, affecting saleability for the fresh fruit market.
White rot of Allium species (caused by Sclerotium cepivorum) has been confirmed in garlic from a Perth backyard and a property in the Swan Valley.


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Ransomware WannaCry infects multitude of computers
Since last Friday, it has been published the infection of tens of thousands of computers in almost one hundred of countries by a ransomware identified as one of the WannaCry variants. The affected organizations would include government agencies, telecommunication and energy supply companies, financial institutions or healthcare systems in countries such as China, Russia, Spain, the United Kingdom or India. The affected computers were attacked due to the existence of a vulnerability in several versions of the Windows operating system, for which Microsoft already provided the corresponding patch in March.
Update 13/05/2017: A young British researcher, who initially intended to remain anonymous, but whose data have finally been made public, with the help of researcher Darien Huss, from the cyber security company Proofpoint, managed to hold the explosive diffusion of the ransomware WannaCry through the registration of a domain to which the malware was attempting to connect when running, and in case the connection was not successful, malware continued to replicate. Several researches indicated that the intention of the WannaCry creators was to have a mechanism to paralyze the attack by registering this domain.
Update 15/05/2017: Rob Wainwright, director of Europol, has said that more than 200,000 cases have been reported in at least 150 countries. Wainwright fears that the number of people affected will not stop growing over the next days.
Update 16/05/2017: Several cybersecurity companies have published some conclusions about the authorship and the initial mechanism infection of the attack. Experts by Google, Symantec and Kaspersky among others, as well as US government have found similarities with other attacks attributed to the group of hackers Lazarus, related to the North Korean government, as possible author of the cyber attack. Furthermore, most analysts seem to agree that the techniques used to trigger the infections were the same as they stole from the NSA and were then spread via internet by the Shadow Brokers hackers group.
According to various media, losses in the 150 countries affected by cyberattack would be of billions of dollars.
Update 16/06/2017: Some information indicates that the National Center for Cybersecurity (NCSC) of the United Kingdom has also a computer attack on the Lazarus group, linked to North Korea.
Update 08/06/2018: The North Korean spy Park Jin Hyok, who belongs to a group of computer criminals known as Lazarus, has been accused by the USA of being behind the WannaCry 2.0 worm and the attack to Sony Pictures. The latest information about the accused is that he returned to North Korea, after working in China for a company linked to the North Korean government.
12/05/2017 certsi.es Telefónica afectada por ransomware
12/05/2017 certsi.es Oleada de ransomware afecta a multitud de equipos
13/05/2017 telegraph.co.uk British 22-year-old jumped around in excitement after finding way to stop global cyber attack
13/05/2017 cadenaser.com El experto que frenó el ciberataque con 10 euros
14/05/2017 forbes.com Microsoft Just Took A Swipe At NSA Over The WannaCry Ransomware Nightmare
14/05/2014 independent.co.uk Cyber attack: Hackers in China try to seize control of WannaCry ransomware's 'kill switch'
14/05/2017 blogs.microsoft.com The need for urgent collective action to keep people safe online: Lessons from last week's cyberattack
15/05/2017 bbc.com Ransomware cyber-attack fallout
15/05/2017 elconfidencial.com El ciberataque continúa: alerta en ambulatorios y juzgados para evitar el virus
15/05/2017 lasexta.com Microsoft culpa a la Agencia Nacional de Seguridad de EEUU por el ciberataque global
15/05/2017 internacional.elpais.com Europol teme que el número de afectados por el ciberataque aumente a partir del lunes
15/05/2017 theguardian.com WannaCry ransomware has links to North Korea, cybersecurity experts say
15/05/2017 securelist.com WannaCry and Lazarus Group – the missing link?
15/05/2017 symantec.com What you need to know about the WannaCry Ransomware
16/05/2017 lavanguardia.com EE.UU. sospecha que Corea del Norte está detrás del ciberataque global
16/05/2017 internacional.elpais.com Corea del Norte centra las sospechas del origen del ciberataque global con WannaCry
16/05/2017 cbsnews.com "WannaCry" ransomware attack losses could reach $4 billion
16/06/2017 bbc.com NHS cyber-attack was 'launched from North Korea'
08/06/2018 fbi.gov FBI Most Wanted: PARK JIN HYOK
07/09/2018 unaaldia.hispasec.com Acusado un espía de Corea del Norte por el ataque a Sony Pictures y el gusano WannaCry 2.0
Other critical infrastructures
Travelex, currency exchange bureau from London, victim of a ransomware incident
Security flaw in TikTok solved
Security fail over Xiaomi cameras
Thai prison, Lang Suan, victim of a security incident
New Orleans declares state of emergency for ransomware type incident


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Something out of this world is going on at The Studios in Miami, FL. As a group of young actors and the crew show up to make their movie, they're spooked again and again by something out to scare them away. Is it all a practical joke or something a bit more sinister?
"The movie was a lot funnier than I have expected. It was creepy, that's for sure, but I totally didn't expect the ending."
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In a not-so-distant future, a new App is created to allow it's users to travel through space and time. Follow a rag-tag group of kids into the past, the future and outer space as they start to explore this newfound technology and deal with it's consequences.
"It's often very difficult to tell these guys are using a green screen for the whole thing. It's so much fun to jump from the past to the future, there's even some space travel!
I loved it!"
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Three young sisters struggle with the recent death of their parents in the care of their older brother who isn't quite cut out to raise children. As the girls try to fit in at school, one sister forms a close bond with a boy in the local children's hospital. As the pressure mounts on the family, a crisis arises. Will the sisters stay together, can the friendships these girls have found along their journey endure the challenges that lay ahead?
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A church youth group goes on a retreat of a lifetime that they'll never forget. Take a journey alongside these youngsters as they meet the caretakers of an ancient, isolated monastery and are tasked with challenges that will test their faith in God as their shepherd. Only by coming together, can they get out as one.
"The story behind this film is very moving. The scenery is stunning, I can't believe they did it all in a studio."
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As a group of young actors rehearses in the studio, a few of them stumble upon a valuable set of trophies. They can't help but borrow a couple and start a chain of misadventures as the whole studio get set awry trying to recover the golden stars. There's mystery, mayhem and lots of laughs.
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Who's the most talented kid in Miami? If it's up to this cast of characters, it's nobody else in the room but themselves. As these young actors try to get through a day of filming, they keep getting pulled off track by bickering and drama. Can they get along and finish the show? Who will be awarded as the most talented in the studio?
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I'd like to say it's a lazy, hot summer day in Golden, Colorado, perfect for ripe, juicy seasonal watermelon. But no, it's cold, windy and the low last night was 28 degrees. Not exactly picnic weather. More like hot chocolate, flannel jammies and furry slippers weather.
But, when you eat local and seasonal food, you go with the plant flow and it's watermelon time, so put on a down parka and dig in!
I have been eating watermelon daily for the past three weeks. I'm really not complaining as you all know how much I love my weekly CSA share from Grant Family Farms. Yes, I'll admit it – I love my farmers up the road in Wellington. Head over heels, stalkingly in love. But in a good veggie-fruit kind of way. Yes, Andy Grant is my version of Sting, a total rock star. Or rather a dirt star.
This smoothie was created using fruits and veggies from my recent share box. Mix and match according to what you have on hand, but this made for a perfect breakfast shake. While sitting by the fire, wrapped in a wool blankie, wearing mittens. Hey, nobody promised that eating seasonal in Colorado would always make sense.
Place all ingredients in the blender and mix well. If your watermelon is juicy enough, you'll have a perfect smoothie without adding any liquid. This was absolutely delicious and something even picky kids will love (or you green-food-avoiding grownups – you know who you are). The green, leafy stuff is practically unnoticeable.
Chia (chee-ah) is an edible seed from a desert plant that is a member of the mint family. Like quinoa was to the Inca Indians, chia was warrior food for the Aztecs and Mayans.
Total Zena, Warrior Princess food.
Chia is rich in omega-3 fatty acids, antioxidants, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, manganese, niacin, zinc and blah, blah, blah. These little nutty-tasting seeds truly are power-packed. The high fiber content makes them perfect for slowing down the process by which carbs are converted to sugar, so energy levels are more balanced. Chia is great mixed into trail bars, granola, muffins and hot cereal.


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The Really Important Questions to Answer for the Super Bowl
John Royal
John Royal | January 30, 2012 | 7:00am
So it's Super Bowl week. This game featuring a rematch between the New York Giants and the New England Patriots. There will be a lot of story lines, real and imagined, developed and discussed before and during the game on Sunday. Like, for instance, the 25 mentioned below.
25. Tim Tebow because, why not?
24. Did you know that the Patriots are using the home team locker room at Lucas Oil Stadium? Does that mean Tom Brady's using Peyton Manning's locker?
23. Speaking of Peyton Manning, will he be up in the family booth watching his little brother try to lead the Giants to victory?
22. If the Giants win the game, especially if Eli Manning leads them on a last-second drive to get the win, will he be considered the greatest of the Manning-line of quarterbacks?
21. Don't worry, Mr. Brady. Even if you lose, you're still a winner. After all, you do get to go home to Gisele Bündchen.
20. Is Rob Lowe going to Media Day? Will he be breaking any news that can top his Peyton Manning is retiring news from several weeks ago?
19. Tim Tebow.
18. If the Patriots win, will we have to listen to Texans fans bitching about how the Texans would have won the whole thing if not for Jacoby Jones?
17. If the Giants win the game, will this save for another year the job of the always embattled Giants head coach Tom Coughlin?
16. Is anybody going to come up with a photo of Uggs-sponsor Tom Brady actually wearing Uggs?
15. If the Patriots win, does this mean that Chad Ochocinco actually gets a Super Bowl ring?
14. So what's more impressive? That Wes Welker's turned into one of football's best receivers or that he's getting married to a former Miss Hooters International?
13. Will Kelly Clarkson screw up the National Anthem? That seems to have become the Super Bowl tradition, after all.
12. Madonna's the halftime entertainment? Seriously? She's still doing music? I thought she was a movie director now.
11. Will the New England Patriots defense bother to show up for this game?
10. If this game is like the rest of the season for the Patriots, that means the defense won't show up. Does this prime the stage for Brady to break just about every Super Bowl passing record?
9. What's the over/under on the number of times Al Michaels will mention the Patriots' desire for revenge against the Giants for ruining their perfect season four years ago?
8. Speaking of over/under, how many references to the point spread does Al Michaels sneak into his play-by-play?
7. And what are the odds that NBC will show so many commercials touting Smash during the game that every single person watching the game is going to end up hating it before it even airs?
6. Will there be any Eli Manning commercials for the Triple Double Oreos during the game? Or is he just part of the Double Stuff league?
5. How many heartwarming stories on Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz will there be during the game? And does Al Michaels make a Dancing with the Stars reference when talking about Cruz?
4. How much time will be wasted talking about the Colts drafting Andrew Luck?
3. Would a Patriots Super Bowl win erase the damage to Bill Belichick's reputation done by Spygate?
2. Will there be a discussion about Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski revolutionizing the tight end position? And if so, does anybody mention other revolutionizers like Kellen Winslow or Ozzie Newsome?
1. And the big question: Will the game be decided by a kicker missing a kick, and if so, who does the scoreboard malfunction get blamed on?
John Royal is a native Houstonian who graduated from the University of Houston and South Texas College of Law. In his day job he is a complex litigation attorney. In his night job he writes about Houston sports for the Houston Press.


As part of British Council Programme this year our school has geared up for the renewal of ISA accreditation. The International School Award is an immensely popular programmme with schools in twenty - eight countries across the world including U.K. This programme helps the schools to add an international dimension in the curriculum.
Develop lessons that bring the best of international dimension to every classroom whatever be their context, resources, access to technology and experience.
The children are plunged into a wide spectrum of activities like debate, group discussion, power point presentation, art work, hands on experience, field trips, stage shows, guest lectures, article writing, quiz and other such related activities.
As part of ISA the children are engaging themselves with variegated activities that provide a different experiential learning. It will also help them to bring together different aspects of education such as sensitivity to core issues, awareness, general and in-depth understanding of their topic area, open mindedness, reflection, analysis etc.
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Tomwaterhouse.com.au is the online bookmaking enterprise of Thomas "Tom" Waterhouse (TW), son of infamous on-course bookmaker Robert "Robbie" Waterhouse and leading Sydney horse trainer Gai Waterhouse. The operation came about after Tom was asked by his father to help out at Rosehill racecourse in 2001, something he absolutely loved doing. He soon began operating as an independent bookmaker in 2003 and by 2008 Tom was Australia's biggest on-track bookmaker holding massive amounts of cash while accepting very large bets. In 2011 he ventured into the online gambling industry and the TW website was born, however in August 2013 the business was sold for $34 Million to British wagering giant William Hill who has also acquired other Aussie corporate bookmakers Centrebet and Sportingbet in recent times. Under the sale conditions Tom will stay on as managing director till at least 2015 while the vision of new owner William Hill is to continue the expansion of Australian racing and sports betting into the foreign market. TW offers excellent betting odds especially on popular Australian sports like Rugby League and Aussie Rules and is one of the few remaining corporate bookmakers that will accept bets from big punters.
Big Punters Are Welcome ~ TW has been known to accept large bets and provide a personalised service for their V.I.P clients. This is easily their most attractive component as it sets them apart from most of the other corporate sportsbooks. Over time (when/if Tom leaves?) the William Hill takeover may or may not impact on their willingness to cater for big bets so you if are a serious punter i suggest testing the waters sooner rather than later. "Take On Tom" Promotion ~ If you are a casual punter then this promotion is definitely worth following. Sure most of the inflated odds on offer will be on options that are unlikely to win, but they sometimes offer very good odds on something with an excellent winning chance, you just have to be selective with which promotions you choose to bet on. Margin Betting ~ TW offers sensational betting odds on the standard Margin markets for NRL and AFL matches. Best Of The Best (BOB) ~ Returning the best of the three totes or the Top Fluc (whichever is higher), BOB is a great option if you enjoy betting on the horses as the Top Fluc will quite often return odds higher than the three national totes. But because of the maximum $50 bet this product is really only useful to casual punters.
New Bonus Conditions ~ The new customer bonus is not available to residents of NSW, VIC, SA and WA, eliminating a large chunk of Aussie punters from receiving a joining bonus from TW. Mid Tote Is Behind ~ TW will only payout a dividend equal to the second highest official dividend from the three major national totes for all Win and Place bets on Harness and Greyhound Racing. Plus Mid Tote applies to all Place bets on Thoroughbred racing as well. In comparison there are many other corporate sportsbooks that offer the highest totes on these markets. Promotion Value ~ TW offers less promotions than some of the other corporate sportsbooks, plus some of their promotions contain small bet limits and low maximum bonus amounts.
New Customer Bonus ~ TW will match your first bet with a bonus bet equal to your stake by up to $250 (not available to residents from NSW, VIC, SA and WA). Take On Tom ~ This is a regular promotion where TW offers higher than market odds for particular betting options on selected racing and sporting events. Hence you 'Take Tom On' by wagering on the inflated odds on offer. The latest 'Take On Tom' markets become available on the website and App every Friday afternoon (conditions may vary with each promotion). Mulit-bet bonuses ~ TW often offers multi-bet bonuses across various sports including AFL, NRL, Soccer and Tennis. The current promotion is a 25% bonus (up to $100) on Wimbledon multi-bets consisting of 4 or more legs. Other Offers ~ TW has new betting promotions regularly becoming available, just check out the website or App for all the the latest offers. **Bonus Funds Requirements ~ After staking any free bet only the winnings will be credited into your account (not including the stake amount), then those winnings must be turned over once before withdrawing.
Tom's Div (TD) ~ This product guarantees you get paid the highest odds out of the Best Tote or Starting Price (available on all Australian Thoroughbred races). Best Of The Best (BOB) ~ Guarantees you get paid the highest odds out of the Top Fluc or Best Tote (available on selected Thoroughbred races – Maximum $50 per bet). Top Fluc (TF) ~ Guarantees you get paid the highest on-course fluctuation supplied by the Australian Pricing Network during the entire betting period (available on selected Metropolitan Thoroughbred meetings). Middle Tote (Mid Tote) ~ Guarantees you get paid a Win dividend that is equal to the second highest Win dividend from the three major totalizators (available on all Greyhound and Harness Races). First Past The Post ~ If a result is amended following a protest TW will pay out on both the original past the post result and the final official result for all Win and Place bets on Thoroughbred, Harness and Greyhound races. Toms Blog ~ Toms Blog is easily accessed from the website or App and offers many features including; Previews and analysis of all major racing and sporting events, experts tips from the "Baron" (TW's resident tipster), Toms newsletter, various punting information and more. Black Book ~ TW provides a standard black book service which can be very useful for tracking your favourite horses.
The TW website is excellent with the number one feature being the simplicity of navigation, meaning it is extremely easy to find your way around. The next few racing and sporting events that are about to start are set out in the middle of the main page with quick-links so you wont a miss a thing while all the important stuff like live betting, results, pending bets, promotions and your bet slip are set up in clear concise boxes on the left and right with your balance clearly stated at the top. You can bring up multiple races from different race meetings on the racing page and although it can be a bit tricky at first it is a very good system once you get used to it. Plus if you have any problems there is a live chat facility as well as a video tour which will guide you around and give you some handy tips.
The TW betting Application is basically a mini version of the main website, it has the same layout plus the main menus and buttons are identical which makes it instantly familiar to TW customers. The live chat feature is still available and just like the main site it has a video tour which will show you around if you have any problems. The App is available on iOS and Android devices and overall it is almost impossible to fault.
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Sports Events 365 signs season ticket agreement with AS Roma
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Sports Events 365, the international provider of tickets to sports and music events worldwide, has signed season ticket agreement with AS Roma. The agreement with AS Roma follows a recent season ticket agreement with English Premier League champions Manchester City and a season ticket agreement for the 2018/2019 season with Atletico Madrid, winner of the 2018 UEFA Super Cup. All three teams are among the last 16 teams competing in the Champions League for Europe's most prestigious cup.
The agreements grant Sports Events 365 options for supplying tickets to individuals but more importantly to groups interested in attending games of the two teams. The agreement with Manchester City is applicable for the second half of the current season and for the following two seasons, while the agreement with AS Roma is applicable for one season.
"Manchester City, AS Roma and Atletico Madrid are among the best teams in Europe and their matches have attracted tremendous visitor interest from outside the UK, Italy and Spain," said Sefi Donner, founder and CEO of Sports Events 365. He predicted that the agreement with AS Roma alone will bring in revenues of around $500,000 in the coming year.
Thousands of visitors are expected to combine a visit to Rome with a home match of one of Italy's most exciting teams. The agreement will enable Sports Events 365 to offer a wide variety of options including accommodating groups that want to sit together.
Sports Events 365 is planning to showcase B2B initiatives at the upcoming ITB conference in Berlin next week, on March 6-10. Germany is already one of the company's most important markets. Sports Events 365 sells thousands of tickets to German sports fans travelling abroad to attend games. England and Spain remain the most popular destinations with Germans showing a preference for matches of Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea, Real Madrid and Barcelona. The NBA and professional tennis are also popular with German sports fans.
Sports Events 365 is hoping to repeat its success at the recent Travel Technology Europe (TTE) conference held in London on February 20-21 where two of the company's senior managers gave presentations on transforming its business model from B2C to B2B and developing new tools for the B2B market. The latter focused on ways the tourism industry can take advantage of various events such as sporting events.
Some 200 people visited the Sports Events 365 booth at the TTE conference including representatives from leading airlines, the big GDS companies, wholesale travel companies and online travel companies. There was a lot of interest in Sports Events 365's database, which was the only sporting and music events database presented at the conference, according to the company.
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One cannot deny the fact that interviews are tricky and makes us nervous, no matter how many interviews you face one could never know the expected questions.
Gone are the days when organizations used to follow traditional interview procedure. Now they have unexpected questions for candidates.
'How will you sell my laptop to me? ', and so on.
Questions like this test the wit and creativity of the person.
Another question of such kind is ' what is your happiest moment ', though the question sounds easy to answer it does make candidates confused, if he or she is unprepared.
The open ended questions is your opportunity to shine and impress the interviewer, it gives you a chance to demonstrate your skills and portray yourself as the apt candidate for the position.
So will you let this golden chance slip away from you by answering this question casually?
Let's look at the ways one can answer this questions perfectly.
1) Why is the Question' Happiest Moment of Your Life' Asked to the Candidates?
One might wonder why is this question asked. Candidates expect the straight forward questions about their qualifications, work experience, accomplishments and skills.
Very often they are well prepared to face questions on these topics. But organizations look for something beyond the work experience.
Job fit: Can he do it?
Cultural Fit: Is he a good fit for the culture of the company.
For gaining this large information, interviewer needs to ask questions which will brood in deeper and get them greater insights of the person.
One would have never thought that the simple question can reveal so much of information.
As it is revealing many important aspects, it is necessary to prepare for this answer well.
Unless you want to mumble something silly, which has no such positive impact?
2) Which Moment can one Describe in the Answer?
A person has several happy moments in life.
When this question is asked, many childhood memories come rushing to mind.
Several moments' like- parents praising us for good grades, getting a scholarship, winning basketball match, graduating successfully, getting first job, getting first salary, getting married, birth of first child.
All such instances can be said as happiest moments in life.
But do you think answering in one line, can benefit you in any sort?
You will not be satisfied with the answer and neither will the interviewer be happy. So the question remains, which incident to speak about and how.
Candidates can elaborate on the accomplishment they already mentioned on the resume. One can also speak of a topic totally out of the resume and take the interviewer by surprise.
Very often talking something not mentioned on resume grabs the attention of the interviewer. Because that's exactly the thing he seeks.
• Why do you regard it as the happiest moment?
• How did it affect your life?
3. It is advised not to try too hard to test the psychology of the interviewer as you make it appear to be giving too obvious and unnatural answer.
5. Choose the situation which can make you look good, which will highlight your qualities and the instance which actually made you really happy.
7. Talk on a recent and profound moment that actually became the happiest moment for life.
Let us discuss different answers, which can be given and the impact it can have.
As discussed earlier, we should not speak of a situation of ages ago, so passing an exam instance cannot suit an individual with 5- 10 years of experience, this instance is suitable for a person searching for his first job and is fresh out of college student.
' Unlike others, my life too had many happy and sad moments, but to think of the happiest, I could remember an instance that happened a few months ago.
I was waiting for my IT engineering results, I was not having high hopes as I fell ill during my exams. I was suffering from high fever and could hardly study much before exams.
My mother was worried for my health and my results, but my father who has always taught me to be disciplined and prepared, had faith that I would pass with flying colors.
And he was not wrong, I myself, never believed in last minute studies and use to revise the lessons the day it was taught. I practiced the difficult programs of Java language, as I use to find it difficult to grasp.
To my surprise, My father was right, I passed with flying colors. And my parents felt proud of me. The Subject which I felt was difficult I scored a distinction in it.
Seeing my efforts being paid off well and looking at my parents happiness, I was completely happy. I consider that as one of the happiest and best moment in life.
The situation is personal and the way of describing it is casual, the situation is presented well.
One can use the strategy of describing this answer in ' Situation- Task- action- Result' form.
Do not ramble a lot, make sure you finish the answer in a minute or two.
This situation can be suitable for people with 0-2 year of experience. For candidates with high experience this would not be suitable. Describing some notable accomplishment will be ideal.
' While thinking of happiest moment, I can recall the incident when I received my first salary, I was out of high school and was trying to get good college.
Till the college starts I had a vacation of few months. Instead of just relaxing, I thought to do something useful that vacation. Luckily I got a task of my interest and a good opportunity to put my skills to use.
Since childhood I was fond of designing and computer graphics. My curiosity lead me to learn few lessons from internet and I acquired pretty decent skills in Photoshop and illustrator.
I got a freelance job, which has a responsibility to design the company logo and the company website. I was very excited and worked with vigor. I got a feedback that am very creative and apt in understanding the requirement and giving results on time.
They did not expect such good job from an undergrad. I was on seventh heaven to get a positive feedback and was one of my happiest moment, it made me motivated. I learned that self learning is the best way to learn and I have continued the same through out my graduation.
Hence if I compare myself to my batchmates I am having ample skills which make me proud and confident about myself.
The candidate tried to portray his skills, and the fact that he has passion and motivation to learn things by himself.
He also mentioned the good reviews he got from the freelance jobs. And lastly as he said he had been learning on his own during the graduation gives an impression that the candidate has immense desire to learn.
One should describe the incidents in short and should not come off as a show-off and an over confident person.
Getting married is a life changing event, not all stories are fairy tales, many couples face several challenges and hurdles and finally they are together. Though it is a personal thing, it cannot be termed inappropriate to answer. The best way to describe can be as follows.
' I recently got married and that I consider being the happiest moment of my life. It's a very life changing event . My husband's name is Eric, we were together in college. We were deeply in love, but sadly due to our studies we had to stay apart.
Even with the long distance, we made things work. We use to work overtime save money and travel to visit each other. The short time we had together was very precious. It was very difficult to stay apart but we knew focusing on studies and getting a good job is also important.
Post we got jobs, the struggles did not end, and our parents were not very happy with our union and were disappointed due to our religious beliefs and financial status. But luckily love conquered as we convinced them together for long 2 years.
Our parents realized our strong bond and hence got us married. Getting married surpassing so many struggles felt wonderful and that I consider the happiest moment of my life. I always get things which I set my heart on, and letting go Eric was definitely not on list.
One has to sense the psychology of the interviewer, you cannot answer in such way if you think the interviewer is more of a traditional and would not appreciate an instance of a personal life.
But if the interviewer is bit casual and relaxed then describing this instance can surely have positive impact. You are portraying that you are a hard worker, have focus and can handle many challenges. This quality is necessarily required in fast paced organizations.
Another life changing and happy event one has in life is owning a house. It can surely be described in a way that impress the interviewer. Let's see how.
' Since the time I was a kid, I dreamed of building a nice house. We use to live in suburb areas in small rented places where the rent was cheaper.
We were not financially well off. It was a struggle for the large family of six to live in a small two room apartment. But the struggle made me stronger and I was determined to study harder, work harder and give my family the home they deserve.
Nothing deterred my spirits and I worked hard for 8 years, I started working young at the age of 20. And with 8 years of hard work, I can proudly say that I own a 2 storey large home for my family.
I never saw my parents that happy, they were in happy tears and appreciated my hard work and blessed me. This incident was one of the best moments of my life.
The candidate told his life story in short, one has to assure that they are not rambling too much and getting emotional. Speak with a neutral tone and describe the incident in a normal tone.
This incident portrays, that the candidate is hard worker and strived a lot to get his dream. An interviewer who is looking for an ambitious person will surely be impressed with this answer.
So here we saw in detail how to answer this tricky question and the impact it can have. One should not aim to make up stories to impress the interviewer, but should work upon the way to present the instance in a precise and ideal way.
Be genuine and answer in confidence and you will surely ace up answering this question. I am eager to know what other happy moments you all readers have faced in your life. It would be fun to share, isn't it. Awaiting useful inputs and great stories.


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Interview with Damien
This interview was conducted with Damien in November of 2019. Damien is the founder of BoyPlanet.net, one of the newest boylove boards. He originally started BPN many years ago, but closed it shortly after creation. He reopened it in December 2017.
FalseAlias: What made you want to create BoyPlanet without any email system at all? Anonymity is good, but having no emails might be seen as a disadvantage by many. There are anonymous email providers, like ProtonMail, so what makes having no emails better for BPN members?
Damien: In short it allows access to BPN without the fuss of supplying an email address and saves one from having a 3rd party link to the board.
The best management systems are designed to be secure and limit liability, and with such inherent strict defaults come benefit and drawback. It is considered a drawback to not be able to recover account details or receive email notifications from BPN. The benefit is that the information within BPN does not have a route to travel out of BPN via email, and account integrity is more certain as accounts cannot be compromised via email account recovery methods.
FA: Creating a board takes a lot of time and effort, as everyone already knows (at least, I hope they do). What sort of things did you have to consider when you were busy writing up the guidelines for BPN? Was there a logical pattern to guideline placement, or did they just go in the order you wrote them?
Damien: The first guidelines were largely borrowed from BLN (boylover.net) and were modified by others more than myself. As far as how orderly they are, they require constant tending in order to remain relevant. Given enough time, the intention of a rule that is not maintained, later becomes lost when interpreted.
FA: What is most important, to you, about running BPN?
Damien: To state that "I" run would be inaccurate of course, but, the important thing to me is fostering a community that operates as public property as much as possible and not the private property it is in reality. I wish that it would occur to more people operating boards that they are in fact civil servants. The tone of a board comes from the top down just like any business. If the people at the top are primarily interested in serving their own needs, or kicking their feet up and doing nothing but having a title, or promoting double standards, or disallowing some topics and ideas, then there is little reason for anyone to really care and embrace their duties and push the board to success.
FA: Are there any memorable BPN registrations that tickle you?
Damien: Oh how I wish I could list specific ones but doing so would be to violate member privacy. There are interesting registrations nearly every day.
FA: BoyPlanet used to exist some number of years ago, too, but you elected to close it down after less than a year of operation. Why was it closed? What made you bring it back at the end of 2017? And, what made you decide to style BoyPlanet in a similar fashion to BoyLover.net?
Damien: Last thing first... The original design of BPN was space-themed from the graphics to the room names. While that worked well at the time, I felt that a more neutral and conventional implementation would be more comfortable. It made sense to borrow from the successful BLN format; to use a minimalist approach for the board's software and to resurrect feelings for the BLN veterans still kicking around. As for why I did not keep the original BPN going, there wasn't a real need at the time for another board, it was simply a fun thing rather than providing a needed service for the community. Many years later in 2017 I did find that the community needed a board that is stable and here we are today.
FA: Are you related to the Damien who used to be a member of BoyLover.net?
Damien: Not at all. In fact I believe that person used a different spelling, Damian.
FA: Do you think the demise of BoyLover.net could've been prevented, or would you rather not speculate on this without more information?
Damien: Most things in life can be prevented if you can speculate on what can go wrong in advance, like, having a spare tire for your vehicle. I'll say this much: if you know have a spare tire only a fool would hit has many potholes as he could.
FA: Did members make you feel welcome when you joined your first boylove forum?
Damien: Definitely. I felt very welcomed at BLN, and each person that chimes in an introductory thread makes the new member feel like they belong.
FA: Up until BoyPlanet started, I don't think anyone knew you as "Damien", so how long have you been in the boylove community with this username, and how long were you in the boylove community before you were Damien?
Damien: I've been Damien since re-founding BPN, so I've been Damien since October 24th 2017. I first happened upon the boards in 2003 and read things (at a time when many boards still allowed some read-only access), but I didn't have a computer that was solely mine until 2004 so I didn't feel comfortable in joining a site until that time.
FA: When did you most recently return to it, and what made you want to?
Damien: I've been in and out of the online BL community since I found it. The reasons for leaving and returning have always been by choice and varied. If I had to give a simple answer, curiosity makes me return.
FA: Do you think that the closure of three boylove boards in such rapid succession (YoungCity in late January 2018, BoyLover.org in February 2018, and Enchanted Island in March 2018) is a connected incident, or are they all separate?
Damien: Anything can be speculated.
FA: We both know BLo and EI went down because of a malicious DMCA spam attack, but YC still hasn't confirmed their reason for termination. Even today, there is only speculative theory. Would you speculate about YC's demise, or would you like to refrain from commenting without evidence to support anything?
Damien: Again, we can speculate as much as we like but won't get anywhere.
FA: Do you think the current community has any flaws that need to be patched up or worked on?
Damien: How much time do you have?
The biggest flaw right now is how people feel about themselves -- not so much the veterans of the community -- but people who are trying to understand their feelings in a world of stigma and expectation. I imagine that they are rarely looking deeper within themselves straight out of the gate concerning their attractions. And with the rise of the darknet they are thinking with their dick and not happening upon fruitful sites of interest like boylinks and discussion boards; so they end up propagating the stereotypes expected of them and do not discover legitimacy in their feelings. Given enough time I believe this darknet thing is setting people up for failure and not advancing awareness.
FA: When you joined the boylove community, what were your initial observations? How has your view of the community changed since that time?
Damien: My initial observation was that the online community was large. Though, activity has been in some decline due to the reasons I just stated regarding your question about flaws in the BL community. Thankfully the community endures.
FA: What is your fondest memory of being in the boylove community? No doubt, there must be at least something good from all your time here.
Damien: I have fond memories of people I have met in person. And also my first discovery of the online community was a bit of a shock; I could not believe the conversation that people were having.
FA: Have you had any interactions with community members that you regret? What would you say to them if you had the opportunity?
Damien: I once worked at a board and I had what I thought was a valid bitch. Whether or not it was valid is of no consequence, but the way I inadvertently created the situation and verbally 'fought back' was wrong. It wasn't that important, I should have just been humble rather than typing out my dissatisfaction out of anger.
FA: In however many years you've been around as a person, have you ever loved?
Damien: Yes. It is best to just remember the good times.
FA: When did you start to realise that you were interested in boys? What prompted that first thought?
Damien: Unlike some boylovers, there was never a time in my life that I wasn't interested in boys. Puberty did not alter my sexual interests and physical attractions so I didn't have a decidedly first thought about it.
FA: Are you attracted to just boys, or are girls involved too?
Damien: I am not interested in girls, or anything girly for that matter.
FA: What is your AoA, and has it ever changed or moved?
Damien: The concept of AoA is a flawed one. People should think of their interests with fluidity.
FA: Do you have a type of boy? Any particular hair colours, skin colours, physical attributes, face shapes?
Damien: As with the AoA inquiry I am fluid in my interests.
FA: Do you think being a boylover means one must have a sexual desire for boys, or can it be a purely emotional attraction?
Damien: There is neither a ceiling or a floor to attraction. It does not have to be any one thing.
FA: You're a boylover, and you've obviously been one for a pretty long time. Would I be correct to assume you've learned a few things in handling your attraction that you might be able to share with the younger boylovers?
Damien: Yes. Don't get old. Haha.
On a serious note, I do not think of myself as a model to look up to, and maybe that outlook of myself keeps me aspiring to be a better person so I take my stability for-granted. I do not know how 'younger BoyLover' specific this will be: no matter how old you are or how new you are to the community you will have a better time of things if you stand up for what you believe in as much what others believe in. Constantly re-evaluate yourself and do not take anything too seriously.
FA: What type of person do you think you are?
Damien: I wish that I knew. Perhaps The Observer Effect prevents anyone from having extremely accurate answers. If I must state something, hmm.. I would say that I am a person that is not afraid to be wrong so that I can be more receptive to new adventures.
FA: As a person who takes pride in writing their contributions to good quality, do you like reading too?
Damien: I do enjoy reading though I am not the type to sit down with a book. That said, running up to the day that the last Harry Potter book was released, having never read any of them, I sat down and read all of them from the first to last in about 6 days.
FA: Have you ever had any experience with the legal system related to your attractions to children?
Damien: I do not have first hand experience. I have always kept to myself and have done my best to live simply.
FA: Do you think any of the chronophilias are caused exclusively by genetic factors, or are environmental factors of significant importance too?
Damien: It is generally believed that sexual preference is mixture of genetic and environmental factors. I do not believe that it matters; we have all arrived, bound by the ignorance of the unyielding pack and most desperate parts in our throbbing flesh.
FA: Do you believe that paedophilia, or boylove, should be legally recognised as a sexuality?
Damien: I believe that it is ridiculous that sexualities have such inherent emphasis placed on them that they even factor into rule of law and moral decency.
FA: Do you think that parents over-protect their children in current society, or would you say they're too care-free about what their children do?
Damien: This question is parent specific isn't it? I cannot provide much insight here.
FA: If you had free reign to run a school of little kids (between ages 4 and 10) for a day, what would you do?
Damien: Suppose I would encourage a day away from structure and expectations, to day-dream without screens or internet, to interact with one another on a visceral level in this ever-so-increasing world of passive communication.
FA: What do you think of the debate between labels? Paedophile/Boylover/MAP?
Damien: I think the reality is that it is a non-debate. This question goes beyond labels. It is more an issue of semantics rather than true differences.. When sensibilities do collide, how people handle them is what truly defines them -- a label does not define or identify anyone really -- what person wants to be reduced down to a single word known as a label? Though, it can be safer and easier to push new and uncomfortable ideas away by clinging to labels, where embracing other perspectives can require care outside of personal comfort zones to identify and sympathize with them, and if you believe you are a label you are not doing yourself many favors. Labels are safe when they do not carry expectations, but what label can do that? It is up to each person to divest themselves when it comes to working with and understanding labels.


We present a case of a 35-year-old female 14 days postpartum evaluated in the hospital for a diffuse pruritic papular rash. Her peripartum course was complicated by preeclampsia and liver rupture necessitating emergent caesarean-section with exploratory laparotomy and partial hepatectomy. Subsequently, she developed coagulase-negative staphylococcal bacteremia and was discharged with a 2-week vancomycin course. Four days after vancomycin completion she had partially blanchable pink papules over the face, arms, legs, and trunk and fever. She was started on prednisone and re-started on vancomycin. Laboratory evaluation revealed a normal white blood cell count (5.7x103/?L) with atypical lymphocytes. Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) was suspected secondary to vancomycin. Vancomycin was discontinued and the patient was treated with oral prednisone with complete resolution of symptoms within one week. DRESS syndrome is potentially life-threatening with significant morbidity. Prompt diagnosis is vital along with identification and withdrawal of suspect medications. Clinicians should be aware of the varying clinical presentations of DRESS syndrome, including the likelihood of masking peripheral eosinophilia with steroid administration.


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On the same night brother B.J. is injured, Justin Upton leaves with calf strain
By Bill BaerJul 12, 2013, 10:35 PM EDT
The bad news keeps piling up for the Braves. B.J. Upton had to exit tonight's game against the Reds in the first inning after straining his right abductor muscle on a dive attempt. Justin Upton had to leave with a strained left calf after the end of the bottom of the seventh inning. He had come up limping a bit after grounding out to shortstop to lead off the inning. Reed Johnson, who had moved from right field to center after B.J. left, moved back to right field and Tylor Pastornicky took over in center field for Justin.
Justin Upton entered the night with a .255/.353/.463 slash line, but since a hot April that had him in early MVP discussions, he has hit .237/.333/.353 since May 1.
The Braves also learned that x-rays on outfielder Jordan Schafer's right ankle revealed a stress fracture. David O'Brien says Schafer will likely be out six weeks. He is in his second week out of action, though he suffered the injury on June 26.
If you're counting, that is four injured outfielders, three in the last two nights. While the Phillies had their game postponed and the Nationals lost to the Marlins 8-3, the Braves lost to the Reds tonight 4-2.


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Q: Spring Batch - How to save header information into individual row objects in FlaFileItemReader I am dealing with a text file delimited by a '|' having header and data followed by a trailer. This sequence can repeat in the same file. So my format is something like this
Header|Date - Employer1#|

Employee ID|FirstName|LastName|

Employee ID|FirstName|LastName|

Trailer|2

Header|Date - Employer2#|

Employee ID|FirstName|LastName|

Employee ID|FirstName|LastName|

Employee ID|FirstName|LastName|

Trailer|3

My problem is that for every record, the row object that I create, must have the employer # from the header. On reading the next header, all rows that follow should have the new employer #. I am using Spring Batch with FlatFileItemReader to parse this file. I have a custom line mapper where I identify if the line is HEADER or data but I am not sure how to store the header data so that when I read the data line I have access to the previously read HEADER
@Override
    public MyDTO mapLine(String line, int lineNumber) throws Exception {
        if(line != null && line.contains("HEADER")) {
            String[] tokenizedHeader = line.split("|");
            //Code to parse Header and save that data
            }else {
            DelimitedLineTokenizer delimitedLineTokenizer = new DelimitedLineTokenizer();
            delimitedLineTokenizer.setDelimiter("|");
            delimitedLineTokenizer.setStrict(false);
            delimitedLineTokenizer.setNames(new String[] {"EMPLOYEE ID","FIRST NAME","LAST NAME"});
            setLineTokenizer(delimitedLineTokenizer);
            setFieldSetMapper(myFieldSetmapper);
            return (MyDTO) this.fieldSetMapper.mapFieldSet(this.lineTokenizer.tokenize(line));
        }
    }

Any leads would be appreciated.
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There are no entries in Parish Records in respect of William Hollis. I discovered an entry in the 1901 Census which showed Frederick William Hollis, aged 7, born 22/3/1894 living in Harbidges Lane, Long Buckby with his parents Frederick William and Ellen Hollis.
The 1911 Census however shows a Hollis family living in Watford. Head of the Household is named as Frederick William Hollis, born Long Buckby, aged 43 employed as a shepherd. Also living in the home were his wife Elizabeth (not Ellen) aged 39, born in Holdenby and their children Frederick aged 17, farm labourer; George aged 14, a factory shoe-hand; and Nellie aged 10. All three had been born in Long Buckby. There were two other children, Frank aged 8 and Annie aged 5 both born in Watford .
There was an entry in military records in respect of William Hollis. This may be the person whose name appears on the Roll of Honour as having survived the war. The records show the Attestation dated 11/9/1914 of a Frederick William Hollis, born Long Buckby 1894, aged 20. He described himself as living in Watford and apprenticed to Mr Bodily (?). On 10/9/1914 he had been passed fit to join the Royal Warwickshire Regiment but he was posted to the Devonshire Regiment on a short service engagement with an army number of 11839. It was indeed a short term engagement in that he was discharged as a Private on 30/10/1914 after only 51 days "Under Para 392 (III) CRR" (for explanation see below).
However this may not be the William Hollis named on the Roll of Honour.
The Naval and Military Press provides information on "Soldiers Died in the Great War." This shows a William Henry Hollis, born in Althestone, enlisted in Walsall but who resided in West Haddon and served with the Regiment of the Household Cavalry and Cavalry of the Line (including Yeomanry and Imperial Camel, but the Battalion of Staffordshire Yeomanry (Queen's Own Royal regiment). His service number was 300245 and his rank Corporal. He died in the Egypt Theatre of War on 21/10/1918.
The last entry has a definite link to West Haddon whereas the first does not. However the Roll of Honour shows the person concerned as having survived the war.
Perhaps a reader may be able to shed some light on this. If so, please contact a member of the research team.


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Biogas' contribution to the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Climate Change & Sustainable Development
UN Sustainable Development Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
How biogas contributes to the above goals:
UNFCCC COP21 commitments: In December 2015, 195 countries adopted the UNFCCC Paris Agreement and thereby agreed to a global action plan to keep global warming to well below 2⁰C with an aim to limit the increase to 1.5⁰C. The need for peak global emissions to be reached soon and thereafter rapidly reduced has been recognised. In addition to nationally determined targets, commitments from cities, regions, local authorities and the private sector have been invited (European Commission, 2016). The greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction benefits of anaerobic digestion can play a role in achieving these targets by abating emissions related to energy production, agriculture and waste management.
Fossil fuel substitution and CO2 emissions reduction: Globally, heat and electricity production is fuelled primarily by coal, natural gas and petroleum products. Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of the energy thus produced account for 25% of total anthropogenic GHG emissions (IPCC, 2014). Renewable energy derived from biogas produced from organic wastes and agricultural by-products not only substitutes fossil fuels but also reduces carbon dioxide emissions by completing the carbon cycle.
Methane and nitrous oxide from livestock manures: Livestock emissions account for 14.5% of total anthropogenic GHG emissions, mainly in the form of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide (Gerber, et al., 2013). Methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) are greenhouse gases that are 21 and 310 times more damaging than CO2. Treating manures through anaerobic digestion reduces the formation of nitrous oxide and captures the methane as biogas, which can be used for energy generation. This has the multiple benefits of reduced GHG emissions from farms and energy generation, the substitution of fossil fuels and production of nutrient rich digestate biofertiliser.
Emissions from landfills: While increasing numbers of countries and cities are separately collecting the organic fraction of municipal solid waste, landfills globally still account for 700 million tonnes of methane emissions annually (US EPA, 2012). Extraction of landfill gas from operating and closed landfills and diversion of additional organic waste to AD will lead to reduced emissions, recirculation of nutrients via digestate and use of biogas to generate energy.
Domestic fuel substitution: Globally, an estimated 1.6 million deaths are attributed to indoor air pollution – caused largely by use of firewood, crop residues, dried animal dung and crop waste as domestic fuel (Berkeley Air Monitoring Group, 2015). Additionally, use of firewood is one of the leading causes of deforestation, which in turn contributes to the build-up of greenhouse gases. The use of biogas produced externally from the digestion of household and agricultural wastes as a cooking fuel can mitigate indoor air pollution and abate deforestation.
Transport sector: The transport sector is fuelled 95% by petroleum based fossil fuels and accounted for 14% of all anthropogenic GHG emissions in 2010. The use of crop and organic waste-derived biogas upgraded to biomethane as vehicular fuel completes the carbon cycle rather than adding further fossil fuel/sequestered carbon into the atmosphere.
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Tide Predictions | Ask Dr. Science!
Is there a way to get ocean tidal predictions for a given point on the coast?
You could check the world wide web, but I imagine you'd have a hard time separating the wheat from the chaff. After wading through every high school kid's home page mention of the ocean, as well as every link to the laundry detergent 'Tide', you'd still end up with something you couldn't rely on. No, if I were you, I'd check the Farmer's Almanac, or maybe the Magic 8 Ball. You could ask yourself a question before you fall asleep at night, and see if you get a portentous dream. Any way would be more reliable than the Web.


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Calif. governor gives more aid to DACA students
Eduardo Neret Digital Reporter @eduneret on Oct 21, 2019 at 11:44 AM EDT
California Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law to help DACA students.
The bill requires public California colleges and universities to hire Dreamer Resource Liaisons.
These liaisons are tasked with "streamlining access" to financial aid, social services, immigration legal services, internship, and academic opportunities to DACA students.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a bill into law that will require California Community Colleges and the California State University system to create a "Dreamer Resource Liaison" for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) students on each campus.
The Dream Resource Liaisons will be tasked with "streamlining access to all available financial aid, social services, state-funded immigration legal services, internships, externships, and academic opportunities." The new law also encourages California colleges and universities to create "Dream Resource Centers" to aid the liaisons and to "create a safe and welcoming environment" for DACA students.
"Gov. Newsom and the Democrats focus their time and efforts on useless feel-good programs for illegal aliens who do not pay their fair share of taxes."
Citing President Donald Trump's threat to deport illegal immigrants, the bill states that providing these resources to DACA students is "imperative." Under current California law, illegal immigrants already qualify for in-state tuition.
[RELATED: Columbia offers illegal immigrant students free legal help, 'stress management']
Laura Metune, the vice-chancellor of governmental relations for the California Community Colleges system, said that while she supports the new law, California's colleges do not have adequate funding for the bill's new mandates. Metune estimates the liaisons and resources will cost $2.9 million.
"The reality is that colleges are being mandated to implement with no new resources," Metune said in a statement. "We hope, and will continue to encourage, colleges to identify existing funds or leverage philanthropic dollars to accomplish this work."
According to EdSource.org, 19 community colleges in California currently meet the new staff requirement. With 115 total community colleges in the California system, 96 community colleges would need to hire or select a Dreamer Resource Liaison by the 2020-2021 academic year. Eighty-two community colleges in California are also currently without Dreamer resource centers. Most California State University campuses already have liaisons and resource centers for illegal immigrant students. Only four of the CSU campuses lack resource centers.
The University of California system is exempt from the law's requirements but is encouraged to comply. A spokeswoman for the UC president's office told EdSource.org that all UC campuses have liaisons and resource centers.
[RELATED: ASU offers support groups for illegal students, 'ally' workshops for citizens]
In a statement to Campus Reform, the College Republicans at CSU-Chico slammed Newsom for prioritizing illegal immigrants.
"Gov. Newsom and the Democrats focus their time and efforts on useless feel-good programs for illegal aliens who do not pay their fair share of taxes," the CSU College Republicans said, noting the Golden State's homeless population, which is now more than 120,000, and the state's education system, which ranks 21st in the country.
David North, a resident scholar at the Center for Immigration Studies who studies the interaction between education and migration, told Campus Reform that illegal immigrant students were being granted "special powers" by this law.
"This is one of those situations in which illegal aliens are not only treated as if they were here legally, it gives them special powers," North said. "To the best of my knowledge, there are no Citizen Resource Liaisons in these universities."
North added that taxpayers will be responsible for new costs.
"It will be a double blow to such students, as well as to the state's taxpayers," North said. "The first injury is that if the Dream Resource Liaisons are to become funded, effective entities, they will divert money that might be used on campus for some other, totally legit purpose. The second blow, again assuming a strong operation, is that the illegal alien students will absorb other state resources that they had not known about prior to the creation of the Dream Resource Liaisons."


Northwich, United Kingdom, 14 June 2016: Dish Mexico, one of the country's leading pay TV companies, has appointed Inview, the broadcast/OTT software specialist to provide an end to end DTH ecosystem with advanced features and services.
Inview will be providing broadcast software and services that will allow Dish Mexico to create an improved user experience based on creative technology.
Inview's custom branded UI – Glide will be integrated due to its smooth vertical and intuitive navigation, designed to create a simple but modern user experience on a low cost platform.
"We are thrilled to have been selected to provide the software and services for Dish Mexico and look forward to working with Dish on this and potential future projects. Together with the set-top box manufacturers and the selected conditional access system, we can rapidly deploy a cost-effective, feature rich DTH ecosystem that will jointly benefit Dish and their customers" said Julie Austin, CEO, Inview.


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These media sources are slightly to moderately conservative in bias. They often publish factual information that utilizes loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by appeals to emotion or stereotypes) to favor conservative causes. These sources are generally trustworthy for information but may require further investigation. See all Right-Center sources.
Overall, we rate The Korea Herald Right-Center Biased based on political positions that correlate to the country's climate. We also rate them Mostly Factual in reporting rather than High due to a lack of hyperlinked sourcing.
Bias Rating: RIGHT-CENTER
Factual Reporting: MOSTLY FACTUAL
Country: South Korea (42/180 Press Freedom)
Media Type: Newspaper
MBFC Credibility Rating: HIGH CREDIBILITY
The Korea Herald is a government-subsidized daily English-language newspaper founded in 1953 and published in Seoul, South Korea. Hwang Jang-jin is the Editor-in-Chief, and The Publisher is Lee Young-man.
Read our profile on South Korea's media and government.
The Korea Herald is subsidized by the government and operated by Herald Corporation. Advertising and paid subscriptions generate revenue.
The Korea Herald often uses loaded words in their headlines that are charged with emotion, such as Putin negative on sanctions. When reporting stories about the USA, there is a left-center bias, such as this: Trump risk. However, when reporting South Korean national news, there is a right-center bias. Unfortunately, they rarely provide links to their sources, making it difficult to verify the context and accuracy of stories. International news is typically covered by the Associated Press. On the bias scale, they are difficult to rate, but our analysis puts them just right of center and reasonably factual.
None in the last 5 years, but some in the past.
Overall, we rate The Korea Herald Right-Center Biased based on political positions that correlate to the country's climate. We also rate them Mostly Factual in reporting rather than High due to a lack of hyperlinked sourcing. (M. Huitsing 9/14/2017) Updated (9/18/2021)
Source: http://www.koreaherald.com/
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RyTech, LLC, a digital marketing company headquartered in suburban Chicago with additional offices in Milwaukee and the metro-Washington, DC area, announced today that the company will expand search engine optimization services by introducing pay-per-click campaign management services as well as more specific and detailed search engine marketing services in 2018. RyTech is adding this service to meet an increased demand for clients looking to complement organic digital marketing with paid media opportunities. These services will enhance the strategic and management services currently provided by the firm.
RyTech will offer pay per click campaign management for search engines and social media networks. Additionally, RyTech will offer standalone services, including keyword research, competitor analysis and on-site optimization and analysis, to complement the existing strategic and management SEO services already provided.
RyTech has previously provided consulting services on pay-per-click campaign management unofficially to clients. In 2018, the firm plans to make these services part of the official service offering for current and potential clients. Due to increased demand, more than 100% revenue growth in SEO services in 2017, RyTech plans to expand the search team within the firm.
"Search is the number one driver of traffic to a website. It's no surprise that more and more companies are investing in their online presence and search engine results," said RyTech SEO Specialist and Google AdWords certified professional Sam Kessenich.
Founded in 2012, RyTech was established to fill an unmet need in an expanding market. RyTech offers a comprehensive digital marketing solution integrating SEO, website development, social media, email marketing, text message marketing, graphic design and content creation. RyTech provides a progressive set of services that assist the variety of businesses with whom they work, including: healthcare, restaurants, venture capitalist firms, real estate professionals and brokerages, law firms, non-profits, entrepreneurs and more.


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Vitamin D Immune System Benefits: How Does It Help? †
Jan 11, 2021 Immune System , Vitamin D
Known as "the sunshine vitamin," Vitamin D can be produced in the body when it's exposed to the sun.
Vitamin D plays a vital role in supporting your immune health.†
When you think of vitamins for your immune system, you might immediately think of Vitamin C—a well-known immune support nutrient.† But don't overlook the power of Vitamin D to help support your overall health and wellbeing. While you might think of Vitamin D as the nutrient that supports strong bones (which it does), this essential nutrient also plays a big role in maintaining healthy immune system functioning.† But what is vitamin D and where can you find it? More importantly, how does vitamin D help your immune system?† Read on to discover how you can put "the sunshine vitamin" to work for you.
What Is Vitamin D And How Can You Get It?
As a fat-soluble nutrient, vitamin D consists of a family of nutrients that include vitamins D-1, D-2, and D-3. Well known for its ability to maintain strong bones, vitamin D does this by helping the body absorb calcium.† But vitamin D also helps with a variety of other health functions. It helps muscle health and transporting nerve messages between the brain and other body parts. Plus, vitamin D supports immune health.[1]†
How can you get vitamin D? Your body can produce some of it. When your skin is exposed to the sun, your body converts sunlight into the active form of vitamin D. However, it's important to limit time spent in the sun and wear sunscreen (which inhibits the body's ability to convert vitamin D) to protect your skin. As a result, you might not get adequate amounts of vitamin D each day.[1]
While you can obtain vitamin D through your diet, only a few foods naturally contain it, including:[2]
Fatty fish (think salmon, tuna, mackerel)
Beef liver
Mushrooms (if grown under UV lights)
However, some foods are fortified with vitamin D, including milk, some breakfast cereals, orange juice, yogurt, cheese and soy beverages.
Learn More: The Best Healthy Foods List
How Does Vitamin D Support Immune Health?†
Vitamin D receptors are located in almost all immune system cells, where vitamin D supports the immune response and is involved in immune cell function.[3]†
How Does Vitamin D Compare With Vitamin C?
While vitamin C provides many health benefits, it's best known for supporting a healthy immune system. † Vitamin C also delivers powerful antioxidant properties that help support the immune system.[7]†
Together, both vitamin C and vitamin D help support a healthy immune system, with each offering different but complementary immune system benefits.†
Learn More: Vitamin C Immune System Benefits
Vitamin D supports immune health, playing an important role in keeping it healthy. If you're not sure whether you're getting enough vitamin D, talk with your health care provider about taking a vitamin D supplement to fill the nutrient gap.†
National Institutes of Health. "Vitamin D: Fact Sheet for Consumers." March 24, 2020. Accessed on: October 1, 2020. https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/VitaminD-Consumer/
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. "What Is Vitamin D?" January 18, 2019. Accessed on: October 2, 2020. https://www.eatright.org/food/vitamins-and-supplements/types-of-vitamins-and-nutrients/what-is-vitamin-d
Journal of Investigative Medicine. "Vitamin D and the Immune System." August 1, 2012. Accessed on: October 1, 2020. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3166406/
Healthline. "Can Vitamin D Lower Your Risk of COVID-19?" July 31, 2020. Accessed on: October 2, 2020, 2020. https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/vitamin-d-coronavirus#effect-on-immune-health
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Health. Vitamin D." 2020. Accessed on: October 1, 2020. https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/vitamin-d/
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. "Randomized trial of vitamin D supplementation to prevent seasonal influenza A in schoolchildren." May 2010. Accessed on: October 1, 2020. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20219962/
Healthline. "7 Impressive Ways Vitamin C Benefits Your Body." 2020. Accessed on: August 27, 2020. https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/vitamin-c-benefits
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Two lessons per week, or just come everyday? Which one is best? Check out the class schedule, price and other details to decide what will fit your schedule best!


Content For more details, pls refer to this link https://www.um.edu.mo/grs/. Applicants may apply for postgraduate studentships during the application period.
Content The admission regulations and online application for Master's Degree and Postgraduate Certificate Programmes 2010/2011 are available at the Registry's website https://www.um.edu.mo/reg/ .
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Distinguished Lecture Series in Economics - "Are Recessions Inevitable?"
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Content For many reasons future production and incomes are uncertain. That means the world economy will not grow steadily. It is to be expected that there will be periods of fairly constant growth interrupted by unusual booms and slumps. But crises have often been bigger than changing technology and natural events can explain. The lecture will discuss the contribution of government fiscal policies and private finance to these crises, and whether they might have a better impact in future.
For seat reservation, pls go to https://isw.umac.mo/econlec/faces/index.jspx for registration.
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Mr. Yue Chi Hang, SBS, JP (Former Director of Architectural Services, HKSAR) will be invited as the talk speaker.
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Ride like a girl: Meet two Spanish women busting stereotypes in the motorsport world
James Warren
12 Mar, 2021 @ 08:45
IN what is still to this day a predominantly male dominated sport, two female motorcycle racers are pushing stereotypes and fighting for victory after what has been the hardest year of their lives.
Laia Sanz and Ana Carrasco, two names synonymous in Spanish motorsport and fierce competitors in both on and off-road motorcycle racing and regularly beating their male counterparts.
Yet despite both appearing to be at the top of their game in their respective careers, both have had to endure their own individual struggles during 2020 that almost put a halt to their careers.
35-year-old Laia Sanz is a legend in the sport of motorcycle endurance and trial, winning the indoor trial championship 13 times before moving onto competing in the most gruelling race in the world, the Dakar Rally.
She has won the female category in the 8,000km race six out of six times and has recorded a best finish of 16th overall, beating some high profile names in the process
However in the run up to the 2020 Dakar event in Saudi Arabia, Laia contracted Lymes disease from a tick whilst training near her home.
The crippling disease left her bed bound for weeks and impacted her training schedule dramatically leading up to the event.
Despite almost no training, she turned up at the startline and promptly finished 25th out of 147 competitors, claiming her seventh victory in her category, a heavily emotional win on the anniversary of the death of her husband at the event a year prior.
Carrasco swaps dirt for tarmac, and competes in the World Supersport 300 championship, a motorcycle series that pits highly tuned 300-400cc production bikes against one another in one of the most exciting series in the world.
After a stint becoming the first female rider to compete in the Moto3 World Championship, Carrasco moved to WSSP300 and soon became the first female rider to ever win a world title in a professional bike racing series, a feat recently recognised by the King of Spain, who awarded her the royal King Juan Carlos Medal at the National Sports Awards.
In September last year, the 23-year-old suffered two fractured vertebrae in her spine during a testing accident in Estoril, Portugal, ending her season and leaving her fearing for her career.
Hello all! My move to Barcelona was perfect and I'm already in the best hands! Waiting for the results of the last tests and eager to recover as soon as possible! Thank you all for the amount of messages and support I'm receiving! We will come back stronger!??? pic.twitter.com/RSvZhAQFG6
— Ana Carrasco (@AnaCarrasco_22) September 13, 2020
After being told there was a possibility of permanent damage, Carrascoendured numerous operations and embarked on a vigorous rehabilitation program and after just five months, the Murcia native was back on her Kawasaki Ninja 400 and preparing for 2021.
Carrasco's motto emblazoned on the side of her helmet reads, 'Ride Like a Girl', and in these two cases, that could not be any closer to the truth.
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Despite efforts taken by governments and organizations around the world, diversity in the workplace may be shrinking. For example, the World Economic Forum (WEF) reported in 2017 that gender disparity in the workplace had increased. Why does diversity in the workplace matter? Diversity refers to the ways in which we differ from each other. When we understand that every individual is unique, and when we recognize and make constructive use of individual differences, then we support diversity.
Although gender, ethnicity and race are often diversity's focal points, diversity also encompasses differences in personality type, religion, socio-economic background, generation/age, capabilities, nationality, sexual identity, and neuro-diversity. The latter is beginning to enter HR vocabulary as a term to cover people with conditions such as autism, dyslexia and Asperger's Syndrome. Every individual is unique, and when we recognize and make constructive use of individual differences, we support diversity.
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