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Kidnapped woman rescued after leaving secret notes pleading for help in restrooms across Pennsylvania
A KIDNAPPED woman who thought she was going to die was saved after she left a series of distressing notes on multiple Pennsylvania public restroom mirrors.
One of the woman's desperate pleas for help read: "If I don't make it tell my family I love them."
On Sunday, SWAT Team officers brought Corey Brewer, 38, into custody for allegedly holding his ex-girlfriend captive and sexually and physically abusing herCredit: Allegheny Police Department
Corey's alleged kidnapping of his ex-girlfriend was foiled after the woman left a series of distressing notes on bathroom mirrors including a Carnegie, Pennsylvania-based WalmartCredit: Google Maps
Corey Brewer, 38, was brought into custody by SWAT Team officers and hit with charges of holding his ex-girlfriend captive while also sexually and physically abusing her.
On July 8, authorities were able to pick up his trail after his victim left her first note on a mirror inside of a Walmart bathroom in Carnegie, Pennsylvania.
In it, the woman claimed she was being held at knifepoint by Brewer, who was allegedly forcing himself on her sexually and physically assaulting her, according to WPXI.
She also detailed the car make that Brewer was driving as well as supplied his home address.
The woman stressed she wasn't joking, according to the outlet, citing court documents.
Walmart staffers passed the note along to Scott Township Police.
A unit attempted to approach the home and when they knocked on the home address door the woman disclosed in the note, nobody answered.
But the officers could hear furniture being shuffled around inside.
The police called Brewer on the phone and when they demanded to speak to the missing woman, he refused to oblige or take the call off speakerphone function, according to WPXI.
Instead, Brewer allegedly concocted a tale that he and the woman were vacationing in New York and nowhere near the Pennsylvania home.
The woman even appeared to play along – claiming Brewer was her boyfriend.
Then on July 10, the woman's left another note on a mirror.
This time someone found it in the woman's restroom at Fallingwater Museum in Mill Run.
Cops pored over surveillance footage which showed the woman and Brewer passing through the landmark building designed by famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
The second note left by the woman urged whoever found it to call 911.
She wrote that she had been held prisoner since May 1 and that while she pretended on the phone with the cops, she was actually not on vacation with her boyfriend.
The visit paid by cops allegedly didn't cause Brewer to restrain.
In fact, the woman claimed that after they came to his property in search of her, "the abuse hasn't stopped, and please don't give up," according to the Daily Mail citing the criminal complaint.
Armed with a search warrant, a Scott Township Police SWAT team revisited Brewer's home early Sunday morning and quickly brought the alleged kidnapper out in handcuffs.
The woman confided later that Brewer had allegedly confiscated her mobile phone and started sexually and physically assaulting her and that if she tried to flee he threatened to kill her and her children, KJTV reported.
Brewer also allegedly snapped nude pictures of the woman without her consent and she told cops he sliced her foot with his knife and several sections of her hair were missing.
State troopers reached out to the victim's ex-boyfriend, who informed them he hadn't seen the woman since April and was already attempting to report her missing.
Brewer faces a series of charges including deviate sexual intercourse, strangulation, sexual assault, terroristic threats and unlawful restraint.
He was released on a $500 bond, according to KJTV.
The woman and Brewer were romantically involved at one point but when it ended, the woman filed an order of protection citing abuse last August, the outlet reported.
That order of protection allegedly expired a month later.
Authorities were able to confirm Brewer and his alleged kidnapped victim had visited Fallingwater Museum in Mill Run based on surveillance footageCredit: Alamy
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She must then make the most difficult decision of her life…The baby will die if she continues her chemotherapy. But if she stops the chemotherapy, she will die herself.
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Top 100 subscription apps grew 34% to $13B in 2020, share of total spend remained the same
Apps saw record downloads and consumer spending in 2020, globally reaching somewhere around $111 billion to $112 billion, according to various estimates. But a growing part of that spend was subscription payments, a new report from Sensor Tower indicates. Last year, global subscription app revenue from the top 100 subscription apps (excluding games), climbed 34% year-over-year to $13 billion, up from $9.7 billion in 2019.
The App Store, not surprisingly, accounted for a sizable chunk of this subscription revenue, given it has historically outpaced the Play Store on consumer spending. In 2020, the top 100 subscription apps worldwide generated $10.3 billion on the App Store, up 32% over 2019, compared with $2.7 billion on Google Play, which grew 42% from $1.9 billion in 2019.
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There are some signs that subscription revenue growth may be hitting a peak. (Or it could be that subscriptions were a luxury some consumers cut in a down economy.)
Globally, subscription app revenue from the top 100 apps was around 11.7% of the total ~$111 billion consumers spent on in-app purchases in 2020 — which is roughly the same share it saw in 2019.
And in the fourth quarter of 2020, 86 of the top 100 earning apps worldwide offered subscriptions, which was down from the 89 that did so in the fourth quarter of 2019.
In addition, subscription app revenue growth in the U.S. is now trailing the global trends.
Although subscription app revenue was still up 26% on a year-over-year basis to reach nearly $5.9 billion in 2020, that was slower growth than the 34% seen worldwide.
What's more, subscription app spending in the U.S. last year represented a smaller percentage of the total consumer spend than in 2019, the report found. In 2020, subscription payments from the top 100 subscription apps were 17.6% of the $33 billion U.S. consumers spent on in-app purchases, down from the 21% share they accounted for in 2019.
And out of the 100 top grossing apps in the U.S. in the fourth quarter 2020, 91 were subscription-based, down from 93 in the year ago quarter.
The top subscription apps in the U.S. looked different between the App Store and Google Play. On the former, YouTube was the top grosser in this category, while Google Pay users spent on Google One (Google's cloud storage product). Tinder, meanwhile, was No. 2 on the App Store, while Disney+ took the second spot on Google Play.
Overall, the top 10 across both stores were YouTube, Disney+, Tinder, Pandora, Google One, Twitch, Bumble, HBO Max, Hulu, and ESPN. These top earners indicate that consumers are willing to pay for their entertainment — like streaming services — on subscription, but it's more difficult for other categories to break into the top charts. Dating apps. however, remain an exception.
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When Australians vote they expect that, whoever wins, their community will receive a fair share of government expenditure regardless of how it voted. That's why in speeches claiming election victories, most Australian political leaders pledge to govern fairly for all, not just for their supporters.
However, when it comes to infrastructure funding in the campaign for the July 2 election, Malcolm Turnbull broke the fairness rule, succumbing to crude pork barrelling.
Mr Turnbull promised to spend $858 million on 78 road projects around the country. An incredible 76 of those projects were in Coalition-held electorates. There was also a severe interstate bias with, for example, 46 road projects in NSW seats and none in Victoria.
These are not Labor figures. They come from the Coalition's formal election costing documents and the skewed nature of the allocations has been highlighted in analysis by media outlets including The Guardian and The Australian.
Mr Turnbull's approach is unfair. However people vote, all Australian communities contribute taxes and deserve something back in return.
But unfairness is only half the story. The Government's approach is also bad for the Australian economy and its potential to create jobs for the future. It ignores one of the most significant economic problems facing our nation — traffic congestion.
Earlier this year, the independent Infrastructure Australia warned that without action now, traffic congestion would cost the nation $53 billion a year in lost economic productivity by 2031.
Action on traffic congestion is therefore an economic necessity even before you consider the critical issue of quality of life of commuters.
Labor's election campaign response was to propose to invest in public transport as well as roads to create fully integrated transport systems across our cities.
Mr Turnbull offered no new funding for public transport. And because his 78 road projects are small and largely based within his favoured Coalition electorates, they will do little to enhance traffic networks.
For example, the Coalition will spend $1 million upgrading a road in the Hunter Valley community of Gresford which is used for an annual billy cart race.
Projects of this size are normally funded by state or local governments. The Commonwealth should focus on the big picture.
In transport, the big picture is capacity building — delivering the big projects that produce productivity gains and facilitate economic growth. It's about seeing the transport system in terms of how railways, freeways and smaller roads fit together to create a more efficient whole.
During the election, Labor's funding pledges included support for transformative projects like the Melbourne Metro, Brisbane's Cross River Rail Link, a Sydney Western Rail Link to Badgerys Creek, the Perth Metronet, Adelaide's AdeLINK light rail network and light rail in Hobart.
We also pledged money for roads — eliminating bottlenecks on major roads like the M1-Gateway Motorway merge south of Brisbane, upgrading arterial road networks like Melbourne's M80 ring road and building the Wanneroo Rd and Roe Highway overpasses in Perth.
These projects would make a real difference to traffic congestion — much more of a difference than Mr Turnbull's billy cart track.
One of the roles of Infrastructure Australia, which the former Labor Government created in 2008, is to advise the government on the costs and benefits of proposed infrastructure projects.
IA's advice is impartial. It was created to take the politics out of nation building. But since taking office in 2013, the Coalition Government has sidelined IA, ignoring public transport and funding projects not examined by IA.
The best example of the folly of this approach is the Government's support for Melbourne's ill-fated East-West Link. At the time the project was funded in 2014, it had not been reviewed by IA. Later, evidence emerged showing the East-West Link would have produced a miserable 45 cents in public benefit for every dollar invested.
Given the decline in the investment stage of the mining boom, Australia must support policies that boost economic growth. Making our national transport networks more productive must be one of them.
That's why infrastructure provision should be seen as a central element of economic policy. It should be above day to day politics.
The Coalition's political approach works against the nation's economic interests.
This Opinion Piece was first published in The Huffington Post on Friday, 23 September, 2016.


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Study Examines Effect of Funding Cuts on Texas Schools, Students
Staff Report October 5, 2017
AUSTIN – Funding cuts by state lawmakers left a five-year, $5 billion hole in the budget for Texas public schools between 2011 and 2016. A new University of Texas study analyzes the effect of those cuts, made because of state revenue shortfalls, which forced many districts to operate with less money despite a growing number of students. […]Read More
Analysis: The Taxes Texas School Districts are Afraid to Cut
A state law that's supposed to keep a leash on school tax increases might be preventing temporary tax breaks in the Texas districts with the highest tax rates. But reversing it could make it easier to raise taxes. It's hard to tell the tax hawks from the tax doves sometimes. A legislative proposal meant to […]Read More
Abbott, Patrick Disagree on Special Session for School Funding
The Texas Tribune October 31, 2016
Gov. Greg Abbott turned down Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick's suggestion that he call a special session to overhaul school funding. Days after Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick suggested that Gov. Greg Abbott call a 30-day special session to overhaul the state's school funding system, Abbott said Monday that no such special session was needed. Patrick told […]Read More
Analysis: Rising Local School Property Taxes ease State Budget Woes
It would not be completely accurate to say billions in local school tax money is being used for general state spending. But it wouldn't exactly be wrong, either. Property-rich school districts in Texas hate sending money to the state to help property-poor school districts. But the state has little incentive to change that system: Every […]Read More
Texas Supreme Court Upholds School Funding System
The Texas Supreme Court on Friday issued a ruling upholding the state's public school funding system as constitutional, while asserting that the state's more than 5 million students "deserve transformational, top-to-bottom reforms that amount to more than Band-Aid on top of Band-Aid." "Our Byzantine school funding 'system' is undeniably imperfect, with immense room for improvement. But […]Read More
Sen. Rodríguez Organizes School Funding Workshop
Staff Report February 4, 2016
The Texas Supreme Court will soon deliver a decision in Texas Taxpayer and Student Fairness Coalition v. Williams, which will determine if there are any Texas constitutional violations in the way schools are funded in Texas. To review the potential impacts, State Sen. José Rodríguez has organized a workshop regarding school finance from 9-2 on […]Read More


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The company received its Great Place to Work Certification™
AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 13, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — OPTIZMO Technologies, the industry leader in email suppression list management, is excited to announce that it has earned a Great Place to Work Cerficiation™.
Great Place to Work® is the global authority on workplace culture, employee experience, and the leadership behaviors proven to deliver market-leading revenue, employee retention, and increased innovation.
"Great Place to Work Certification™ isn't something that comes easily – it takes ongoing dedication to the employee experience," said Sarah Lewis-Kulin, vice president of global recognition at Great Place to Work. "It's the only official recognition determined by employees' real-time reports of their company culture. Earning this designation means that OPTIZMO is one of the best companies to work for in the country."
"From our inception, our mission was to create a company culture that would attract exceptional people and become an amazing place to go to work each day," said Khris Thayer, CEO and Co-Founder of OPTIZMO. "When you bring together a fantastic team, empower them to own their aspects of the business, and provide them with the tools they need to succeed, it's a recipe for success as a company and culture. We couldn't be more proud to be certified as a Great Place to Work and it's really a testament to all the amazing people who make up our team."
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The Return of Marco Polo's World
War, Strategy, and American Interests in the Twenty-first Century
By Robert D. Kaplan
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Category: World Politics | U.S. History
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Mar 06, 2018 | 564 Minutes
Mar 06, 2018 | ISBN 9780525527060 | 564 Minutes
About The Return of Marco Polo's World
A bracing assessment of U.S. foreign policy and world disorder over the past two decades from the bestselling author of The Revenge of Geography and The Coming Anarchy
"[Kaplan] has emerged not only as an eloquent defender of foreign-policy realism but as a grand strategist to whom the Pentagon turns for a tour d'horizon."—The Wall Street Journal
In the late thirteenth century, Marco Polo began a decades-long trek from Venice to China along the trade route between Europe and Asia known as the Silk Road—a foundation of Kublai Khan's sprawling empire. Now, in the early twenty-first century, the Chinese regime has proposed a land-and-maritime Silk Road that duplicates exactly the route Marco Polo traveled.
Drawing on decades of firsthand experience as a foreign correspondent and military embed for The Atlantic, Robert D. Kaplan outlines the timeless principles that should shape America's role in a turbulent world that encompasses the Chinese challenge. From Kaplan's immediate thoughts on President Trump to a frank examination of what will happen in the event of war with North Korea, these essays are a vigorous reckoning with the difficult choices the United States will face in the years ahead.
Praise for The Return of Marco Polo's World
"Elegant and humane . . . [a] prophecy from an observer with a depressingly accurate record of predictions."—Bret Stephens, The New York Times Book Review
"These essays constitute a truly pathbreaking, brilliant synthesis and analysis of geographic, political, technological, and economic trends with far-reaching consequences. The Return of Marco Polo's World is another work by Robert D. Kaplan that will be regarded as a classic."—General David Petraeus (U.S. Army, Ret.)
"Thoughtful, unsettling, but not apocalyptic analyses of world affairs flow steadily off the presses, and this is a superior example. . . . Presented with enough verve and insight to tempt readers to set it aside to reread in a few years."—Kirkus Review (starred review)
"An astute, powerfully stated, and bracing presentation."—Booklist
"This volume compiles sixteen major essays on America's foreign policy from national security commentator Kaplan. . . . An overview of thoughtful, multilayered positions and perspectives evolving through changing circumstances."—Publishers Weekly
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Robert D. Kaplan is the bestselling author of nineteen books on foreign affairs and travel translated into many languages, including The Good American, The Revenge of Geography Asia's Cauldron, Monsoon, The Coming Anarchy, and Balkan Ghosts. He holds the Robert Strausz-Hupe Chair in Geopolitics… More about Robert D. Kaplan
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"An eclectic collection of elegant and humane essays . . . Above all there is his fascination with the decisive impact of geography on the calculations, ambitions and illusions of statesmen and societies. . . . [A] prophecy from an observer with a depressingly accurate record of predictions. When it comes to curbing our enthusiasms, Kaplan's achievement is to throw so much shade with so much verve."—Bret Stephens, The New York Times Book Review
"Kaplan is a kind of expeditionary foreign-policy intellectual who does not allow his sympathies to cloud his judgment. . . . It is a sign of how very unusual a journalist Robert Kaplan is that after more than three decades covering civil wars and collapsing states and American interventions he has emerged not only as an eloquent defender of foreign-policy realism but as a grand strategist to whom the Pentagon turns for a tour d'horizon. . . . Whether or not one embraces it, tragic realism offers one lesson that Americans, and above all the idealistically inclined, need to learn, and to re-learn: humility."—The Wall Street Journal
"When it comes to geopolitics and the analysis of world affairs, Robert D. Kaplan is the best in the business. These essays are not only astonishing in their breadth, depth, and range but beautifully crafted and accessible."—John Bew, professor, the Department of War Studies, King's College London, and author of Realpolitik: A History and Castlereagh: A Life
"A characteristically thoughtful and provocative collection of essays from Robert D. Kaplan, born of his own Marco Polo–like wanderings and rich grasp of history . . . Elegant and compelling, these prescient pieces are a valuable guide to the endlessly complicated geopolitics of Eurasia, and what it all means for Americans in the decades ahead."—Ambassador William J. Burns, president, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and former deputy secretary of state
"Robert D. Kaplan has long been one of the most unrelenting realistic commentators on the rough, mean, conflictual world disorder that has evolved since the Cold War. In these essays he provides a compelling antidote to the facile optimists in the ethnocentric Western intelligentsia. Read it with a stiff drink in hand, but be ready to be excited."—Richard K. Betts, director, the Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies, Columbia University
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I've started so many posts and finished none of them. I guess I'm feeling a bit stuck lately. Anxious, actually.
My leave is technically over. I requested an extension but the insurance company has yet to approve it and it's been over two weeks. I spoke with my contact there today and he said it's under final review with his supervisor which for some reason is making me nervous that it will be rejected. I'm not really sure what happens if I get rejected since I've been out this whole time?
I was hoping that once (if) it got approved I could talk to my HR about taking the two weeks of California's Paid Family Leave that I have left over. Since our office in CA is tiny and they're more used to dealing with NY state rules, I'm sure they're not familiar with it and will have to look into it but I'm pretty sure I do still have those two weeks, it might just look bad at how long I'm attempting to extend my leave. Especially since I still want to use the four weeks of vacation at the end of it.
Is it obvious that I'm having a hard time thinking about going back to work?
Adding to my anxiety is that my state disability claim is still pending processing. I should probably call to follow up because the website says it takes 7-9 days processing (and I submitted it over a month and a half ago) but the social worker at the hospital did mention it can take up to 10 weeks or more. Plus the one time I tried to call a recorded message informed me that there were already too many people holding and hung up on me.
I just wish I could stay home with my baby.
T is smiling real smiles now and working on his laugh. He definitely wants to and has the first "HA" down but can't quite figure out how to finish it off.
Honestly before he started with the smiling I wondered if he was a happy baby, I couldn't tell because it felt like all he did was cry, fuss or quietly stare. Now he smiles all the time and it just melts my heart to know that he really is a happy boy. I love that I've gotten to see him change bit by bit, day by day and I really can't imagine having to leave him for so many hours every day and missing all that.


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NFL Week 6 Picks: Predictions for Dolphins, Colts, Broncos, Cowboys, More
Check out our latest NFL picks for Week 6 featuring predictions on the Dolphins, Colts, Broncos, Cowboys and more!
What's better than one batch of Week NFL 6 picks? Two sets of Week 6 NFL picks! We already dropped seven of our best NFL bets—and, by the way, we're 1-0 at this writing—and are back for another round. This latest set of NFL Week 6 picks will include predictions for the Dolphins, Colts, Broncos, Cowboys, and more!
As always, let's begin by taking a look at the latest NFL betting odds, courtesy of BetOnline. We included every game on the docket for Week 6—minus the completed Bucs-Eagles matchup—for your convenience:
Miami Dolphins -190 +165 Jacksonville Jaguars
Indianapolis Colts -415 +335 Houston Texans
Green Bay Packers -210 +180 Chicago Bears
Kansas City Chiefs -330 +275 Washington Football Team
Carolina Panthers -110 -110 Minnesota Vikings
Baltimore Ravens -150 +130 Los Angeles Chargers
Cincinnati Bengals -175 +155 Detroit Lions
Los Angeles Rams -1000 +650 New York Giants
Cleveland Browns -150 +130 Arizona Cardinals
Denver Broncos -190 +165 Las Vegas Raiders
Dallas Cowboys -195 +170 New England Patriots
Pittsburgh Steelers -220 +190 Seattle Seahawks
Buffalo Bills -255 +215 Tennessee Titans
Definitely continue to make sure you're double-checking these NFL odds before settling on any NFL picks. The odds may still shift at BetOnline and other top online sportsbooks.
Week 6 NFL Picks
Before proceeding, you should know that there's a slightly higher level of risk inherent to these NFL Week 6 picks. We already dropped our seven best bets of the schedule, so this exercise demands we take some more chances.
That said, we would never roll out NFL predictions about which we don't feel somewhat confident. Just know that many of these picks, in our opinion, are higher-risk, high-reward.
Miami Dolphins (-190) Will be UPSET by Jacksonville Jaguars (+165)
As a general rule of thumb, you should try to steer clear of investing in the Jaguars. Picking NFL games taking place in another country—this one will be hosted in London–is also wildly difficult. On top of that, Jacksonville is 0-5, with one of the worst defenses around.
Still, favoring the Dolphins is arguably more egregious.
Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is supposed to return, but that doesn't mean much. Even with him under center, the Dolphins have one of the league's bottom five offenses, which they pair with a bottom-three defense. Now's a good time to see if the Jags can get their first win of the season.
OSB Prediction: Jacksonville Jaguars (+165)
Jacksonville Jaguars To beat the Miami Dolphins
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Indianapolis Colts (-415) Will Blow Out Houston Texans (+335)
With the Colts in the early stages of a rebuild, we wouldn't typically like working a line that is so heavy on favoritism. We are going to make an exception here, though, because they're facing the Texans.
There's no debating this: Houston, as of now, is the most hopeless team in the NFL, both over the short and long term. They have no hope of doing anything special so long as Davis Mills is their starting QB.
OSB Prediction: Indianapolis Colts (-415)
Indianapolis Colts To beat the Houston Texans
Cincinnati Bengals (-175) Should Beat Detroit Lions (+155)
We have to this point avoided selecting any Bengals lines. They are plucky, but they're still a work in progress. The offense, led by Joe Burrow, is young while the defense has struggled to stop the opposition on third downs despite their overall success.
Choosing them to beat the Lions isn't necessarily a vote of confidence. Detroit stinks. Like, really stinks. And we continue to have our reservations about Cincinnati.
But we have to give the Bengals credit where it's due. They are eighth in points allowed per game and yards allowed per play, and they've done a nice job limiting their penalties. Their offense has also succeeded in avoiding bottom-10 status—a big deal given how inexperienced so many of their players are on that side of the ball.
OSB Prediction: Cincinnati Bengals (-175)
Cincinnati Bengals To beat the Detroit Lions
Dallas Cowboys (-195) Will Defeat New England Patriots (+170)
Many are wondering whether the Cowboys going 4-1 to start the season is a fluke. Truthfully, it could be. They've gotten to beat up on two NFC East foes, the Eagles and Giants, and were lucky enough to face a Panthers team without Christian McCaffrey. Their defense is suspect to boot.
However, the Cowboys' offense is for real. Dak Prescott looks to be in peak form, they're converting 60 percent of their red zone opportunities, and they're currently successful on more than 50 percent of their third downs.
Maybe this isn't sustainable. For this matchup specifically, it doesn't quite matter. The Patriots have neither a league-average defense nor league-average offense. Dallas should win.
OSB Prediction: Dallas Cowboys (-195)
Dallas Cowboys To beat the New England Patriots
Denver Broncos (-190) Are Great Bets vs. Las Vegas Raiders (+165)
Sell all your Raiders stock.
They have crashed back down to earth after a hot start, and to make matters worse, they're now in the tabloids. Head coach and general manager Jon Gruden resigned this past week after a series of emails in which he used racist slurs were leaked.
If we're being honest, his absence may be addition by subtraction. He was that bad. But the Raiders offense is a non-starter right now, and the Broncos enter with the NFL's No. 2 defense.
OSB Prediction: Denver Broncos (-190)
Denver Broncos To beat the Las Vegas Raiders
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Circular Keys Chorus presents 'Sirens of Songs'
By Manju Mittal
Circular Keys Chorus ( CKC ), an award winning chorus presents upcoming concert 'Sirens of Songs' on September 17, 2016 at the Independent Theatre in North Sydney, an evening of a cappella harmony, with a variety of genres ranging from barbershop to contemporary pop. Joining Circular Keys Chorus will be Alouette Quarlet, who will grace the stage with the precision and charm of their harmony.
Circular Keys Chorus is a not for profit incorporated association, providing entertaining, dynamic and award winning performances of barbershop harmony in the greater Sydney area since 1995. Over 60 women come from Sydney's north-western suburbs and the Central Coast with the aim of enriching their lives and the community through education, performance and musical excellence.
Recently, the Circular Keys Chorus performed at the Multicultural Health Week Launch Event at the NSW Parliament House which celebrated the important role of carers and several times a year coaches fly in from the USA, running workshops on Showmanship, storytelling, choreography, expression and sound.
Chorus was founded by Doris Ward in 1995 and has been directed by Vicky Dwyer since 2002. The Chorus 's name which takes a twist on one of the Australia's iconic landmarks Circular Quay, celebrates good fortune in living in one of the world's most beautiful cities.
It was a great pleasure to be present at one of the rehearsals when I got to meet performers and enjoyed hearing those amazing voices. It was a joy and a soothing experience to watch individual singers combining their talent and harmonies into a powerful mega choir. Rehearsing at St Joseph's spirituality centre in Baulkham Hills, multitalented music director is Vicki Dwyer, whose passion and energy as a director, performer, singing teacher and coach inspires everyone. Vicki Dwyer said: "I enjoy working choruses and also individual singers, my goal is to bring out the best in them".
Media Manager of NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service, Jesusa Helaratne who recently joined Chorus, shared her experience "I have recently joined the chorus as a new member and I couldn't be happier as singing with this group enriches the soul".
One of the performers at the concert and long time member of the Chorus is Rina Pinto from Indian background, says she, "Singing is therapeutic for me and the love & joy in singing unites us that even if members are of all ages and different cultures you are all one in the love of singing".
Circular Keys Chorus showcasing a community of music loving women from diverse backgrounds and how singing has made them happier, healthier and allowed creative outlet for these amazing group of women who love to sing.
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BREAKING: Dirigo HS Cancels Football Schedule
Dirigo High School in Dixfield has become the second school to cancel its varsity football schedule because of low numbers of players.
The Cougars lost to Lake Region last Friday night 34-13 and school officials met last night a decided to pull the plug on the rest of the season.
RSU 56 has decided to disband the varsity football team for the remainder of the 2019 season. This decision came after the athletic director, superintendent of schools and board chair heard from the football coaches that the current roster poses safety risks for our students. Dirigo High School began the football season with a limited roster and has experienced injuries that have further depleted that roster. The football coaches are confident that the current roster could safely play a JV schedule for the remainder of the school year. Superintendent Doyen noted, "Safety is our first priority." Provided that there is sufficient student interest at Dirigo High School, Jess McGreevey, Athletic Director, will petition the MPA for a waiver so that Dirigo High School might move to an 8-man team for the 2020 football season. - RSU 56 Press Release
Dirigo started the season with about 20 players (six freshman) and suffered some injuries in the opening game. The Cougars play in Class D South Region.
Before the season started, Orono High School cancelled its varsity schedule because of issues with having enough players. The Red Riots are playing a JV schedule this year.
NOTE: Dirigo's withdrawal effects both Old Town and Camden Hills who were scheduled to play varsity games vs the Cougars. Spruce Mountain HS, Madison, Oak Hill, Freeport and Mountain Valley are the other schools affected by the news from Dirigo.
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CentOS 8 review - Let's toast to the next ten years
There are operating systems that were never meant to be used as desktops. Well, to be fair, most Linux distributions fall into this category, in a way. But CentOS falls more. It's a no-nonsense server distro, designed to give you three quarters of an eternity of stable support and a blackhole worth of predictable boredom so you can do work stuffs. But if you wanna desktop, you can too.
I've always had a soft spot for CentOS - if you're curious, you can read all about my CentOS 6 story and the subsequent CentOS 7 saga over the past decade. Now that the latest release is out, it's time for another long review. I'll commit the distro to my eight-boot mixed Windows & Linux Lenovo G50 machine, which, by the way, already runs a CentOS instance. And if all goes well, then we will attempt an in-vivo upgrade, too. For now, let's commence the journey.
No screenshots, as this happens before you reach the desktop. At the moment, I couldn't find any live media, so I went with the full install, a whooping 6.6GB worth of ISO download. I etched the image, then booted the system and began the setup.
Overall, it's very Fedora, but with some extras. You also have the option to configure the type of installation you like (the default for me was Server with GUI - meaning Gnome), Kdump configuration, networking, and security policy. The installation uses the ultra-non-intuitive star approach, with the Done button in the top-left corner, which helps no one. You also don't have the Blivet partitioner.
I configured the distro to use the root partition, added and formatted swap, and configured /boot/efi. I then set the network up, and was pleasantly surprised to learn that it worked out of the box. This wasn't the case when I tested CentOS 7, where I had to manually download the Realtek card RPM. Sweet. I let the installer run, and about fifty minutes later, everything was done. Reboot.
The GRUB menu was showing all of my distros ... except one, for some odd reason. An Ubuntu 18.04 instance installed on a 150GB /dev/sda6 partition wasn't in the list, but all the rest were, including several other Bionic-based systems, like Kubuntu 18.04 on /dev/sda14 and KDE neon on /dev/sda15, plus the resident Windows 10, Fedora 30, CentOS7, and Manjaro. Not sure why, but something to explore later on.
Using CentOS 8
The desktop is simple Gnome 3 (version 3.28). Nothing you haven't seen a dozen times before, and it's a would-be minimalistic formula that doesn't work for me. No min/max buttons by default, no dock or shortcut panel that is readily accessible with a single mouse click, and such. So my first task of the day was to get everything sorted before doing any extra testing.
Gnome Tweaks, Gnome extensions and third-party repos
This wasn't trivial. Gnome Tweaks (Gnome Tweak Tool) is in the repo, and configuring EPEL and RPM Fusion was fairly simple. But there were loads of issues with Gnome extensions. In fact, this begs an entire guide of its own, which I'll publish in a few days. Bear with me. For now, believe me that it can be fixed, and that you can have the complete experience. But it did take a while. Once I had all of the above enabled correctly, I then installed Dash to Panel, I had window buttons, and I could proceed with installing extra software, themes and icons, and making the desktop behave as it should.
And eventually, after magic (tutorial coming, pinky promise), eureka!
Wireless, out of the box, yup. But then I lost connectivity after a while. W00t. I then added my Realtek tweak, and things were better after that. However, this shouldn't have happened at all, because the issue is supposed to have been solved in newer kernels. Weird.
Bluetooth pairing worked fast and true. In fact, near instantaneous. Very cool. Samba sharing, nyet! No go, because security. But at least, with a server distro, you can actually excuse the rigorous defaults. I had to make the tiny client protocol tweak before I had access. Printing wise, I had more problems. The distro wouldn't see any of the printers, be they Wireless or Samba, and only after I provided an IP address manually did the results start showing up. I'm happy that I didn't need much to have reasonable connectivity, but this can be so much more streamlined.
Multimedia playback
How much has the world changed. A server distro plays MP3 and HD video without any complaints. Sweet. Now, the one issue is, Video doesn't let you capture screenshots of its playback area. If you try to do that with the window only, you will get a blank canvas. You need to grab the entire desktop to see the contents in the saved image. This isn't a CentOS issue, this is a wider Gnome issue I've reported half a dozen times in the past few years.
Smartphone connectivity
No sweat. I tried the three major flavors - Android, IPhone and Windows Phone, and they all mounted without any problems and all that. Including a single screenshot, so you will have to take my word for it. But this is quite neat, and that means modern stuff what normal people need, right there, in a server distro.
Package management & updates
I wasn't able to use Gnome Software - it kept complaining about read-only repo. Not sure why, but that's the state of things. On the command line, dnf was reliable, and it did everything I needed. There was an issue with Firefox & certificate signing for addons, which was fixed after the first batch of updates, 220 MB worth of data contained in some 90 packages. Speedy and true.
Gnome Software eventually "fixed" itself, but it still remains a rather bland and unappealing thing. And then, there's the whole Windows-like restart & update thing, which just makes no sense at all. Why would you lose valuable time you can have in your session just to run updates in a way that no other distro ever does? Not specific to CentOS, this is an old and unnecessary Gnome problem.
I then installed GIMP, VLC, Steam, LibreOffice, plus Skype and Google Chrome from RPMs downloaded directly from their official sites. There were some problems here. For example, at first, VLC complained about missing dependencies - this required some additional repos, but we will talk about that in the make-perfect tutorial.
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Problem: conflicting requests
- nothing provides libjack.so.0()(64bit) needed by vlc-1:3.0.8-20.el8.x86_64
- nothing provides libfluidsynth.so.1()(64bit) needed by vlc-1:3.0.8-20.el8.x86_64
(try to add '--skip-broken' to skip uninstallable packages or '--nobest' to use not only best candidate packages)
And LibreOffice doesn't have a meta package, so you need to install components one by one, like Writer, Impress and such, which can be annoying. But then, I had things sorted out, and my system was replete with good, modern software. However, the overall availability is less than a typical Ubuntu distro - you won't find lots of other leet programs that the so-called young people use, messengers and social media stuff and like. And for us crusty veterans, no LyX, for instance.
Default application set
You might think the whooping 6.6 GB image size translates into a Library of Alexandria worth of software, but that's not the case. At least not when it comes to desktopy stuff. The image comes with loads of important server and enterprise components you probably don't care about, plus several desktop environments, so what you're left with is a modest set. Firefox, Videos, Boxes, Cheese, and such.
And we get the usual dark/light theme discrepancy - some apps use this, some that.
I spent a little extra time making CentOS 8 super-pretty. This included changing hinting to Subpixel (LCD), adding Template files so that Files would have them when you right-click - I can't believe this is still an issue in 2019, where you need to manually configure your box for trivial New file item in the context menu - using Papirus icons, new wallpapers, and a few extra extensions.
Default icons are very old-school and un-nice.
Soon enough, though, I had a very reasonable and pretty desktop at my disposal. And you wouldn't really know or be able to tell the difference from any other Gnome desktop. But then, even under the hood, the changes are currently minimal. If you're curious, CentOS does Gnome 3.28 as mentioned earlier plus kernel 4.18, which makes it fairly modernish, but then I had 4.16 in CentOS 7 as a manual tweak.
Hardware compatibility, suspend & resume, stability
Apart from the tiny Wireless glitch, everything else was great on the hardware front. The distro was also super-stable, without any crashes, oopses or alike. SELinux didn't complain even once, and I was able to suspend & resume without any issues. Quickly, too. Fn buttons, cushty.
This is the weak side of this distro - mostly because of the Gnome desktop. On idle, the CPU utilization was relatively low, only about 1%, which is good, but would spike even on tiny things. Memory usage is about 1.7 GB without any open applications, roughly four times more than a typical Xfce or Plasma distro on this same box.
I then also examined the behavior of the system after an hour of work. I had already managed to hit swap, just by installing software via dnf, some light browsing, and the customization you've seen above. There were also noticeable delays in things happening. The desktop environment simply isn't responsive enough. At this point, the desktop was consuming about 3 GB of RAM plus some swap. The CPU consumption wasn't too bad, though, roughly 2.5% on average, but we've seen much better.
With light usage and 50% brightness, CentOS 8 on the G50 returned about 110 minutes for the full battery, which actually means two thirds of a full one, as some of the cells have deteriorated over the years - you can see the status in Plasma desktops but not here. Anyway, this translates to about 3 hours and change for a healthy pack, and this is almost 40-50% less than lithe Xfce or Plasma desktops on this same box. Kind of expected, as we've seen similar results even in the latest Fedora 30. There you go.
Compared to CentOS 7, what do you say?
Well, this is quite interesting. First, a lot of time has passed since CentOS 7 was launched. And the overall tech accessibility factor definitely plays the part. Mostly because innovation in the desktop space has peaked, and the delta between CentOS 7 and CentOS 8 is much smaller than the one between CentOS 7 and CentOS 6.
This means that the latest CentOS is much closer to contemporary desktops than its predecessor, and it comes with a wider range of goodies for everyday use than before. Again, the reason for this is that the desktop hasn't changed much since about 2012, allowing systems to offer functionality parity that wasn't possible in the previous generations.
Practically, this means few of my CentOS 7 complaints hold. Hardware issues, package management issues, codec issues and alike. Most of these are no longer applicable, and that's a great thing. That doesn't mean the experience was flawless - far from it, but there were few niggles that needed sorting out.
With CentOS 7 on this very machine, I did separate Gnome and Xfce setups (plus the KDE one linked above), then I also added the mainline 4.16 kernel, and I had to perform a few tricks here and there to get everything working correctly. Almost none of this is necessary with the latest edition. This is quite encouraging, as it shows that CentOS is moving forward. But it's also a sign of stagnation in the Linux world. It's become a steady-state thing, there are few new things happening, and while this could be good, it isn't. I'm not talking about innovation for the sake of it, I'm talking about genuine enthusiasm across the Linux sphere as a whole.
Let's see how we wrap this up. If we look at CentOS 8 as it, then it comes with lots of problematic areas, which preclude it from being fun and enjoyable out of the box. The big issue is the ability to manage Gnome extensions, without which the desktop simply isn't usable. But then, if we remember this is a server distro, never intended for desktop use per se, things look quite all right, as there are many dedicated for-home systems that manage much less than this. Don't forget stability and ten years of support.
On top of that, I was actually able to achieve a fair deal, I managed to add new and cool software, multimedia and smartphone support are quite good, and you can depend on this system going forward. Performance is meh, networking can be better, and there should be a simplified mechanism to enable the desktop element. All in all, CentOS 8 deserves something like 7.5/10. After polish and tweaks, a rather nifty 9/10. Plus CentOS 8 is better than its predecessor all around, respect. You should try.
I am going to attempt an in-vivo upgrade. Maybe a Plasma test, too, yes! And CentOS Stream, which might be just what I've been looking my whole life - a rolling-release version of the distro designed to stay modern and relevant even many, many years after the initial release. This could be the magic formula of stability, support and latest software. We shall see. Plus I owe you all those tutorials. Stay tuned.


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North Carolina Judge Throws Out Diebold E-Voting Case
By Rebecca Jeschke
EFF helped score a big win for election transparency in North Carolina today, convincing a North Carolina judge to dismiss Diebold's attempt to evade the state's tough electronic voting regulations.
North Carolina has enacted one of the most robust laws in the country, requiring that e-voting companies put their source code in escrow and release the names of all the programmers. But earlier this month -- on the day that voting equipment bids to the state were due -- Diebold said it could not comply. In a last-minute filing to a North Carolina superior court, Diebold was granted a temporary restraining order that would allow it to continue with the bidding process without criminal or civil liability.
Sounds like a classic case of a big corporation getting to set its own rules, right? But EFF intervened in the case, and today the judge agreed with our arguments. He ruled that Diebold must follow the law if it wanted to continue the bidding process in North Carolina. Score one for election transparency and integrity.
Press Release | November 17, 2020
Computer Security Experts Urge White House to Keep Politics Out of Election Security
San Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has joined more than three dozen cybersecurity experts and professional security organizations in calling for the White House to keep politics out of securing this month's election. Election security officials and computer security experts must be able to tell the truth...
Deeplinks Blog by Kurt Opsahl | November 16, 2020
Elections Are Partisan Affairs. Election Security Isn't.
An Open Letter on Election SecurityVoting is the cornerstone of our democracy. And since computers are deeply involved in all segments of voting at this point, computer security is vital to the protection of this fundamental right. Everyone needs to be able to trust that the critical infrastructure systems we...
Deeplinks Blog by Cindy Cohn | November 10, 2020
Election Security: When to Worry, When to Not, and the Takeaway from Antrim County, Michigan
Everyone wants an election that is secure and reliable. With technology in the mix, making sure that the technology supports this is critical. EFF has long-warned against blindly adopting technologies that can be easily manipulated or fail without having systems in place to test, secure, and catch problems, including...
Deeplinks Blog by Danny O'Brien | November 8, 2019
With a Raid on Javier Smaldone, Argentinian Authorities Have Restarted Their Harassment of E-Voting Critics
Javier Smaldone is a well-known figure in the Argentinian infosec community. As a security researcher, he's worked to highlight the flaws in electronic voting in Argentina, despite the country's local and federal attempts to move ahead with insecure software and electoral procedures.The Argentinian authorities have a reputation of...
Deeplinks Blog by Adam Schwartz | May 23, 2019
Rep. Thompson Works to Secure Our Elections
Foreign adversaries and domestic dirty tricksters can secretly hack our nation's electronic voting systems. That's why information security experts agree we must go back to basics: paper ballots. We also need "risk-limiting audits," meaning mandatory post-election review of a sample of the paper ballots, to ensure the election-night "official" results...
Deeplinks Blog by Camille Fischer | May 17, 2019
Senator Wyden Leads on Securing Elections Before 2020
Sen. Ron Wyden's new proposal to protect the integrity of U.S. elections, the Protecting American Votes and Elections (PAVE) Act of 2019, takes a much needed step forward by requiring a return to paper ballots.The bill forcefully addresses a grave threat to American democracy—outdated election technologies used in...
Deeplinks Blog by Jacob Hoffman-Andrews | February 4, 2019
No to Online Voting in Virginia
UPDATE February 9 2019: Victory! These bills did not make it out of committee.Experts agree: Internet voting would be an information security disaster. Unfortunately, the Commonwealth of Virginia is considering a pair of bills to experiment with online voting. Pilot programs will do nothing to contradict the...
Deeplinks Blog by Camille Fischer, Shahid Buttar | September 28, 2018
Election Security Remains Just as Vulnerable as in 2016
The ability to vote for local, state, and federal representatives is the cornerstone of democracy in America. With mid-term congressional elections looming in early November, many voices have raised concerns that the voting infrastructure used by states across the Union might be suspect, unreliable, or potentially vulnerable to attacks. As...
Deeplinks Blog by Joe Mullin | August 24, 2018
If It Doesn't Have Paper Backups and Automatic Audits, It's Not an Election Security Bill
Right now, the U.S. Senate is debating an issue that's critical to our democratic future: secure elections. Hacking attacks were used to try to undermine the 2016 U.S. election, and in recent years, elections in Latin America and Ukraine were also subject to cyber attacks.It only makes sense to harden...
Deeplinks Blog by Jacob Hoffman-Andrews | August 20, 2018
Election Security Bill Without Paper Records and Risk Limiting Audits? No Way.
The Senate is working on a bill to secure election infrastructure against cybersecurity threats, but, unless amended, it will widely miss the mark. The current text of the Secure Elections Act1 omits the two most effective measures that could secure...


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1.Which of the following should be reported as a change in accounting estimate?
2.Which of the following is NOT a change in reporting entity?
a) A company acquires a subsidiary that is to be accounted for as a purchase.
b) A company presents consolidated or combined statements in place of statements of individual companies.
c) A company changes the companies included in combined financial statements.
d) A company changes the subsidiaries for which consolidated statements are presented.
3.Badger Corporation purchased a machine for $132,000 on January 1, 2011, and depreciated it by the straight-line method using an estimated useful life of eight years with no salvage value. On January 1, 2014, Badger determined that the machine had a useful life of six years from the date of acquisition and will have a salvage value of $12,000. A change in estimate was made in 2014 to reflect these additional data. What amount should Badger record as the balance of the accumulated depreciation account for this machine at December 31, 2014?
5.On January 1, 2011, Caravanos Company purchased for $320,000 a machine with a useful life of ten years and no salvage value. The machine was depreciated by the double-declining-balance method, and the carrying amount of the machine was $204,800 on December 31, 2012. Caravanos changed to the straight-line method on January 1, 2013. Caravanos can justify the change. What should be the depreciation expense on this machine for the year ended December 31, 2014?
6.On January 1, 2011, Mardi Gras Shipping bought a machine for $1,500,000. At that time, this machine had an estimated useful life of six years, with no salvage value. As a result of additional information, Mardi Gras determined on January 1, 2014, that the machine had an estimated useful life of eight years from the date it was acquired, with no salvage value. Accordingly, the appropriate accounting change was made in 2014. How much depreciation expense for this machine should Mardi Gras record for the year ended December 31, 2014, assuming Mardi Gras uses the straight-line method of depreciation?
7.When a firm changed its method of accounting for inventory from LIFO to FIFO in 2014, it decided that the 2014 financial statements should be shown comparatively with the 2013 results.
Which of the following statements concerning reporting the change in the retained earnings statement is correct?
a) Both the January 1, 2013, and January 1, 2014, retained earnings balances are reported at different amounts to reflect the effects of the change in earnings before those respective dates.
b) Only the January 1, 2013, retained earnings balance is reported at a different amount to reflect the effects of the change in earnings.
c) Only the January 1, 2014, retained earnings balance is reported at a different amount to reflect the effects of the change in earnings.
d) No direct change to retained earnings is needed since earnings for both years have been adjusted to reflect the change.
8.Which of the following, if discovered by Somber Company in the accounting period subsequent to the period of occurrence, requires the company to report the correction of an error?
a) The estimate of the useful life of a depreciable asset should have been revised.
9.Asuncion Company purchased some equipment on January 2, 2011, for $24,000. The company used straight-line depreciation based on a ten-year estimated life with no residual value. During 2014, management decided that this equipment could be used only three more years and then would be replaced with a technologically superior model. What entry should the company make as of January 1, 2014, to reflect this change?
b) Debit a Prior Period Adjustment account for $4,800 and credit accumulated depreciation for $4,800.
c) Debit Retained Earnings for $4,800 and credit accumulated depreciation for $4,800.
d) Debit Depreciation Expense for $4,800 and credit Accumulated Depreciation for $4,800.
10.Which of the following is not a justification for a change in depreciation methods?
11.Which of the following independent transactions would cause net income to be more than cash from operating activities?
12.Which of the following investments should be classified as cash equivalents for Lastima Company in preparing the statement of cash flows?
1 Shares of stock in Lastima Company.
2 A one-month Treasury note purchased by Lastima Company when only 3 months remained in the note's term.
3 Share in a money market fund purchased by Lastima Company; the fund purchases only investment grade corporate debt instruments with maturities of 2 months or less.
4 A one-year treasury note purchased by Lastima Company when the treasury note was issued, which now has only 2 months remaining in its term.
13.Under the direct method, which one of the following would represent cash paid?
14.At the beginning of the year, a firm leased equipment on a capital lease, capitalizing $60,000 in both its lease liability and leased assets accounts. The contract calls for December 31 payments of $15,000. The lessee's annual reporting period ends December 31 and the contract reflects 10% interest. The lessee made the first payment as required. The direct method statement of cash flows for the lessee should reflect which of the following in the first year of the lease contract (ignore noncash disclosures)?
15.Melville Company reported sales of $700,000, bad debt expense of $60,000, and an increase in net accounts receivable of $150,000 during the current year. What is the amount of cash collected from customers for the current year if the company did not record any write-offs during the current year?
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Q: How to extract the first number of a data in mysql? for example,
I have a dataset as below:
asdf1234asdf
1235asdfasdf
asdfasdfef489

How could I select such that I can get a result as below?
1234
1235
489

A: If your MySQL version supports it, create a function and use such as regex, to extract the first digits:
DELIMITER $$
CREATE FUNCTION first_digits(str TEXT)
  RETURNS TEXT
BEGIN
  DECLARE ret TEXT DEFAULT '';
  DECLARE chr TEXT DEFAULT '';
  DECLARE i INT DEFAULT 1;
  WHILE i < (LENGTH(str) + 1) DO
    SET chr = SUBSTRING(str, i, 1);
    IF chr REGEXP '[0-9]'
      THEN SET ret = CONCAT(ret, chr);
    ELSEIF ret != ''
      THEN RETURN ret;
    END IF;
    SET i = i + 1;
  END WHILE;
  RETURN ret;
END;
$$
DELIMITER ;

Then just SELECT desired column with newly created function first_digits();
SELECT first_digits('asdf1234asdf') num;

num
1234

To extract all digits (not only first), drop the ELSEIF part and rename the function such as digits.
To drop the function:
DROP FUNCTION IF EXISTS first_digits;

Hope this helps!

A: MySQL, unfortunately, doesn't have a good way of replacing regexes, but if you have only one numerical sequence, you could use trim:
SELECT TRIM(BOTH 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz' FROM word)
FROM (SELECT 'asdf1234asdf' AS word
      UNION ALL
      SELECT '1235asdfasdf'
      UNION ALL
      SELECT 'asdfasdfef489') t

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Whether it's something you're planning for the future, or if you just happen to end up there like I did, I think my experience can help shed some light on tandem nursing so you're more prepared than I was.
Let go of expectations. I had this idea that tandem nursing would be a beautiful, relaxing bonding moment between me and my daughters, and that they would be forever connected by sharing the same milk at the same time. BOY WAS I WRONG. I am generally not a touchy-feely person, and having a squirming toddler and new baby attached to my breasts together many times a day made me want to rip my hair out. BUT, I know that is not everyone's experience! I have met some amazing women who find it much easier to nurse both kids at the same time and for the most part, enjoyed tandem nursing. For me, I had to accept that nursing them separately was the only way to preserve my sanity.
Find some support. Go ahead, tell someone in the general public that you breastfeed your toddler and your baby together. See what happens. Most people think you're nuts. So, it's critical to find a community of people who understand you. If you don't have friends or family who have tandem nursed before, there are some awesome Facebook groups specifically for discussion on tandem nursing. Join them! Post your questions and get to know each other. And in the meantime, keep the people who support you close--your partner, and your non-judgmental family and friends.
Read! Some things really surprised me. Like, around 17 weeks of pregnancy, due to hormones, my milk supply completely disappeared. My daughter was over a year old at that point, and I was proud to have nursed her for so long, but I was so surprised at the guilt that I experienced by depriving her of milk that I believed she deserved. It was a rough transition. She ended up continuing to nurse for comfort throughout the pregnancy, and that was extremely hard too. Without milk and lubrication, nursing became much more painful and my *very strong* desire to meet her needs is what kept me going. I suppose what I'm getting at is that if you can anticipate some of these things, you likely won't be as surprised as me and can have time to prepare yourself. A great book to read is Adventures in Tandem Nursing by Hilary Flower. I would recommend reading it during pregnancy and then keeping it to refer back to when you have questions or encounter issues when the baby is here. KellyMom also has a great FAQ section on their blog about tandem nursing.
If you need to set boundaries, do it. Breastfeeding one child is hard enough! If you need to limit your toddler's time nursing, set clear boundaries. Good phrases to use are "It's baby's turn for milk. Let's play a game and then it can be your turn soon!", or "Babies need lots of milk to grow big and strong. Did you know that you had lots of milk when you were a baby? What else can you eat to make you happy and healthy now that you're a big kid?" Of course, mom guilt will be a thing. I'm not convinced that it ever goes away.
TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF. EAT. Frequently. Lots of nutritious food. Drink an actual ton of water or tea--every day. Set limits and make boundaries. Rest and sleep when you can. Take responsibility for keeping your stress level low. Give yourself permission to say no to opportunities sometimes. Producing lots of milk for two babies takes an immense emotional and physical toll on your mind and body. You cannot be a great mother if you're depleted. Ask for help, hire help, or just simply order take out sometimes.
Do something to reward yourself and commemorate this time. I was finished with nursing before I even knew about breast milk jewelry. But, I did participate in an amazing group photo shoot by Liz Hough Photography (below), so I'd have beautiful photos of me and my babies forever. And if that just means taking a bath alone a couple times per week, DO IT.
Have you ever tandem breastfed? Would you? What was your biggest hurdle with tandem nursing? Or what would your biggest concern be?


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Circuit switching and Message switching are both telecommunication techniques that are used to transfer data from a source to a destination with minimal loss in transmission.
Circuit switching is a way of constructing a dedicated network in which two network nodes create a dedicated communications channel before connecting. In message switching, the source and destination nodes are not connected; the intermediate nodes are in charge of data transfer.
Read through this article to find out more about Circuit switching and Message switching and how they are different from each other.
What is Circuit Switching?
In circuit switching, networks create dedicated transmission channels. While other newer methods continue to evolve, this conventional sort of transmission methodology has remained in use.
Circuit switching follows a simple mechanism of data transmission. It entails configuring specific design circuits or lines for a network's path. The sender can now convey a succession of data items to the recipient using this particular trajectory.
This is in contrast to packet switching, which is a different mechanism. Individual packets of data are transported individually in a packet switching transmission system, and they may even take various routes to reach their destination.
The telecom sector is where these two very distinct sorts of communications have been used extensively.
Circuit switching was employed in traditional landlines, and fiber optic cables were set up for each telephone call.
Packet switching provides for a more modular style of data delivery, which can require some wait times in newer transmissions, such as cell phone communications and the Internet. Before delivering packets to a user, network recipients usually rearrange them logically and perform other tasks.
What is Message Switching?
Message switching is a network switching mechanism that routes data from a source to a destination node, one hop at a time. Every intermediary switch in the network stores the entire message during message routing.
If all of the network's resources are used up or blocked, the message-switched network stores and delays the message until enough resources are available to be transmitted effectively.
Message switching was used as an efficient substitute for circuit switching before the improvements in packet switching. It was first used in data transmission systems like telex networks and paper tape relay systems.
Although packet switching has mostly superseded message switching, it is still used in ad hoc sensor networks, military networks, and satellite communication networks.
The source and destination nodes in message switching are not connected directly. Instead, the message is sent from one node to the next through intermediary nodes (mostly switches). Hence, each network intermediary node must save each message before retransmitting it one at a time as resources allow. Notices are retained forever if resources are unavailable. This characteristic is referred to known as "store and forward".
The following table highlights the major differences between Circuit switching and Message switching.
Message Switching
Circuit switching is a type of method where a dedicated network is implemented in which two network nodes establish a dedicated communications channel (circuit) through that network before the nodes may communicate.
In Message switching, the source and destination nodes are not connected with each other. The data transfer is done by the intermediate nodes.
Path and Node
In Circuit switching, a dedicated path is established between the two nodes at each end, i.e., sender and receiver, which is entirely responsible for the transmission of information.
In case of Message Switching, no such dedicated path is established, as the path used in this switching consists of several nodes between the sender and the receiver and each node is responsible for transferring the message from one node to the next.
Message storage
As there are only two nodes in case of Circuit switching, there is no requirement of storing the data at any node.
Message generated at the sender side gets transmitted to the receiver directly without getting stored or retransmitted in the path through the node.
In case of Message switching, each node acts as sender and receiver and stores the incoming information before sending it to the next node. This makes each node in this switching capable to recover the data if gets lost due to any reason.
As the nodes do not save the data during the transmission, there is no option to resend it if the data gets lost due to some reason until the sender sends it again.
In message switching, if the data gets lost due to some reason, then the corresponding node could resend it as the data has been stored.
Circuit switching reserves the full bandwidth in advance, as there are only two nodes and a dedicated path for transmission.
Message Switching does not reserve the entire bandwidth in advance. It consumes bandwidth node per node as per the requirement and releases the bandwidth when it gets free.
Geographical addressing is used in Circuit Switching based on the geo-location of both the nodes.
Hierarchical addressing is implemented in case of Message Switching, as there is hierarchical connection between the nodes used in this type of switching.
To conclude, there is no dedicated connection in Message Switching between the sender and the receiver. The data packets from a sender travel from one node to another till they reach their destination at the receiver. In contrast, circuit switching establishes a stable dedicated connection between the sender and the receiver before initiating the transmission process.
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