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Rashpal Singh Granted Political Asylum in United States
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NEW YORK: Mr. Rashpal Singh, a member of the All India Sikh Students Federation, who was detained by the Immigration authorities when he landed at New York on April 16, 1988, was granted political asylum by the Immigration Judge, Patricia A. Rohan.
The case was decided on August 11, 1988 and the Judge in her order stated: IT IS ORDERED THAT THE APPLICANT'S AP PLICATION FOR ASYLUM IN THE UNITED STATES UN DER SECTION 208 OF THE IMMIGRATION AND NAITO NALITY ACT BE AND THE SAME IS HEREBY GRANTED. Details of the decision are as follows:
WRITTEN DECISION OF THE IMMIGRATION JUDGE.
The applicant is a 27 year old, unmarried, male alien, native citizen of India. He last arrived in the United States on April 16, 1988, at
New York. On April 16, 1988, the applicant was issued a Notice of Detention and Hearing, before an Immigration Judge, Form 1122 (Exhibit 1). The applicant has been in the custody of the Immigration and Naturalization Service since his arrival.
At the commencement of his hearing in exclusion proceedings before Immigration Judge How ard J, Cohen on May 24, 1988, the applicant, through his attorney, conceded service of Exhibit 1. The applicant admitted he is excludable under sections 212 (a) (19) and 212 (a) (20) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (herein after "the act"). The applicant: seeks relief from exclusion and deportation pursuant to sections 208 and 243 (n) of the Act. The applicant was granted an adjournment to prepare an application for asylum. On August 2, 1988, the hearing was reconvened to consider his application for relief. Pursuant to 8 CFR 242.8 (b). I familiarized myself with the brief record of prior proceedings and as summed jurisdiction over this mat ter. Neither of the parties in this case posed an objection to my assuming jurisdiction.
On June 2, 1988, the applicant submitted a written request for asylum, Form 1589 (Exhibit 2), which was referred to the Department of State in accordance with 8 CFR 208.10 (b). In June of 1988, the Department of State rendered an advisory opinion in which they stated that they have "no factual material about this specific applicant." They also advised that, "We are unaware of any basis to the claim that the government of India engages in acts of precaution or a policy of discrimination against members of the Sikh community" (Exhibit 3). 'While that opinion is not binding in these proceedings, I have considered their views in reaching a conclusion regarding this applicant's claim that he will be persecuted upon his return to India. In accordance with 8 CFR.3 the applicant's I589 is considered as an application for both asylum and withholding of exclusion and deportation to India.
The alien bears the evidentiary burdens of proof and persuasion in applications for withholding of deportation or asylum. Matter of Acosta, Interim Decision 2986 (BIA 1985); 8 CFR 208.5; 8 CFR 242.17 (c). An alien who is seeking withholding of deportation from any country must show that his "life or freedom would be threat ended in such country on account of race, religion, nationality, member ship in a particular social group, or political opinion." Section 243 (h) (1) of the Act. In order to make this showing, the alien must establish a "clear probability" of per section on account of one of the enumerated grounds. INS v. Stevic, 467 U.S. 407, 413 (1984). These clear probability standard re quires a showing that it is more likely than not that the alien would be subject to persecution. Id. at 42930. Under the Refugee Act of 1980, withholding of deportation is mandatory. Thus, once the alien has established that he qualifies for that relief, and that he is not ineligible under the provisions of section 243 (h)(2) of the Act, it must be granted, and he cannot then be returned to the country where he would face persecution. He can, however, be sent to another country under certain circumstances. In this important regard, withholding of deportation differs from asylum, which may, in the exercise of discretion, be denied to an alien who establishes statutory eligibility for that relief.
In order to establish eligibility for a discretionary grant of asylum, the alien must demonstrate that he is a "refugee" as defined by section 101(a)(42)(A) of the Act. See section 208 of the Act. That definition includes the requirement that the alien demonstrate that he is unwilling or unable to return to his country because of persecution or a "well-founded fear" of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular" social group, or political opinion. In INS v. Cardozo Fonseca, 480 U.S. 107 S.Ct. 1207 (1987), the Court held that a probable showing of persecution need not be made in order to establish a well-founded fear of persecution under section 208 of the Act, This holding effectively overruled the Board of Immigration Appeals' prior position, as stated in Matter of Acosta, Supra at p. 25, that the "clear probability" standard and the "well-founded fear" standard are not meaningfully different and, in practical application, converge. In light of the Cardozo Fonseca decision, the Board now endorses the "reasonable person" analysis propounded claim that he will be per secuted upon his return to India. In accordance with 8 CFR.3 the applicant's I589 is considered as an application for both asylum and withholding of exclusion and deportation to India.
Under this analysis, an applicant for asylum will have established a well-rounded fear of persecution if he shows that a reasonable person in his circumstances would fear persecution. Matter of Mogharrabi, Interim Decision 3028, at p. 9 (BIA June 12, 1987). In deterging whether the alien is eligible for asylum, the alien's subjective mental state must be considered against the back ground of circumstances prevailing in the alien's home country. The objective reasonableness of the alien's fear can be based on what has happened to others similarly situated, as reported in current State Department Country Reports On Human Rights Practices or other reliable sources. Matter of Exam, 18 I&N Dec. 303, 3045 (BIA 1982). In some cases, the only available evidence of the alien's subjective fears may be the alien's own testimony. It can suffice where the testimony is believable, consistent, and sufficiently detailed to provide a plausible and coherent account of the basis for his fears. Matter of Mo ghasrrabi, supra at p. 10.
Not just any fear of harm will suffice to sustain the alien's bur den, The objectively reasonable possibility of persecution on account of a ground specified in section 101(a)(42)(A) of the Act and the alien's subjectively reason able fear of experiencing that per section must both be established.
An applicant for asylum has the burden of establishing that the favorable exercise of discretion is warranted in each case. Matter of Shirdel, Interim Decision 2958 (BIA 1984). Therefore, the alien should present evidence on any relevant factors which he believes support the favorable exercise of discretion is warranted after an alien has established eligibility asylum, the Board has indicated a number of factors to be considered. Whether the alien has relatives legally in the United States or other personal ties to this country which motivated him to seek asylum here rather than elsewhere is one factor. The extent of the alien's ties to any other countries where he does not fear persecution should also be examined. If the alien engaged in fraud to circumvent orderly refugee procedures, the seriousness of the fraud should be considered. The use of fraudulent documents to escape the country of persecution itself is not a significant adverse factor while, at the other extreme, entry under the assumed identity of a' United States citizen with a fraudulently obtained United States passport is a very serious adverse factor. In addition, general human Italian considerations, such as an alien's tender age or poor health, may also be relevant. Matter of Pula, Interim Decision 3033 at p. 10 (BIA 1987).
The discretionary factors should be carefully evaluated in the light the unusually harsh consequences which may befall an alien who has established a well-founded fear of persecution but cannot meet the higher burden required for withholding of deportation. The Board has identified the situation of the: aliens as "of particular concern." Id. When deportation to a country where there is a strong possibility that the alien will be persecuted will result from a discretionary denieal of asylum, then the danger of persecution should generally outweigh all but the most egregious of adverse factors. In the absence of any adverse factors, however, asylum should be granted in the exercise of discretion Id
The applicant is a member of the Sikh religion who had resided his entire life in the Punjab area of India. The applicant testified that while he was a college student at Begowal, India, from 1980 to 1982 he encountered the All— India Sikh Students Federation (hereinafter "the SSF"). He testified that the SSF has as its objective the promotion of the Sikh religion and the vindication of the rights of the Sikh community. The applicant testified that he joined the SSF in 1982 by registering as a member at Amritsar, India. He testified that he paid the nominal annual membership dues of ten rupees from 1982 until he left India in April of 1988.
The applicant described himself as a "worker" or rank and file member of the SSF. He denied ever being an officer of the organization. He testified that he participated in demonstrations and sit in to protest the detention of numerous Sikhs being held in official custody either without being charged or under false charges of common criminal activities. He testified that he also helped to prepare for meetings at which the Sikh community's leaders would speak. His particular duties were to arrange the meals and accommodations for these visiting leaders. The applicant testified that he failed in college in 1982. There after he helped his father —a retired military pensioner —with the family farms, but that his "main purpose in life was SSF activities."
The applicant testified that after the "invasion" of the Golden Temple in Amritsar by the Indian Army. In June of 1984, there was much rioting and many Sikhs were killed or arrested. The SSF demonstrated to demand relief for the families of victims of the anti-Sikh violence and the release of Sikhs held under false charges. He said that these demonstrations were regular monthly events. The applicant testified that he 'was arrested and taken from his home on two occasions. He said these incidents were not the direct result of his participation in demonstrations, but rather were because of his membership in the SSF. He has denied that he has ever engaged in acts of terrorism, or that the SSF is an organization engaged in violence. He testified that in December of 1987, he and three of his friends were taken from their homes at night, blindfolded, and transported by jeep to detention facilities which he described as "torture chambers." The applicant testified that while he 'was routinely beaten, hung upside down, and denied food. He said that the police accused him of terrorism and common crimes and became more violent when he denied these activities. The applicant testified that he and his friends were released after being in detention for about one month. The applicant testified that he and two friends were arrested during a religious meal and detained for about fifteen days in February of 1988. The treatment he received during this second period of detention was similar to that described during his first detention in December of 1987. The applicant testified that he was beaten so much that he sometimes fainted. He testified that he lost most of the sensation in two of his fingers, which appear to be discolored. He testified that after his release he did not seek medical attention, but bandaged his wounds himself. He thought his failure to seek medical attention may have caused his fingers not to heal properly.
The applicant testified that he 'was arrested both times because of his SSF membership. He said that his friends who were arrested with him were also SSf members. He said that the police routinely harass SSF members by arresting them on false charges and beating them. He said that during both of his periods of detention he was never formally charged or brought before a judge or magistrate. He said that he was released because the police had no basis to continue to detain him. The applicant testified that the police told him they would arrest him again unless he ceased to practice his religion. He testified that a week after he was released from the second detention he was assaulted by members of a Hindu antiSikh vigilante group, called Shiv Sena.
The applicant testified that the Shiv Sena "owns" the police and government because these institutions are dominated by Hindus. He testified that the Shiv Sena has a "death list" with all of the SSF members on it and that their purpose is to destroy this group and other Sikh nationalists, The applicant said that he did not report the assault by members of that group to the authorities because the authorities will not intervene against the Shiv Sena.
The applicant also testified that his uncle and a cousin were arrested in June of 1987 on their way to Amritsar, a holy city for Sikhs. These two relatives were also members of the SSF. He testified that they have not been heard from since. He believes that they were killed while in police custody.
The applicant testified that after he and his two friends were released from the February 1988 detention his friends left India. He testified that the statement on his 1589 that one of these friends was rearrested and died in custody was not correct and he could not account for that information appearing on his asylum application. The applicant testified that his family urged him to leave the country. With his family's support and with the assistance of a friend he went to Bombay India, where he paid an agent recommended by his friend $6,000. $1,000 was for a plane ticket and $5,000 was for a passport under an assumed identity.
The applicant testified that he could not obtain a passport through normal channels, which involves the police, because they would delay issuance of passport to him for as much as two years. The applicant testified that he was certain that if he remained in India he would again be arrested and beaten by the police and beaten by the Shiv Sena. He doubted that he would survive all of the beatings he anticipated receiving. The applicant testified that it was essential that he quickly receive a passport and leave the country.
The applicant left India on April 15, 1988. He traveled to Kuwait, where he was obliged to stay for thirty six hours because his next flight was cancelled. He landed in New York on April 16, 1988. The applicant testified that he was in transit to Canada. The applicant was detained by United States immigration officers. The applicant testified that because he is detained here he decided to apply for asylum in this country. The applicant testified that if his asylum application is denied here he wishes to proceed to Canada and pursue asylum in that country.
The applicant's testimony was Consistent, credible, and sufficiently detailed to provide a plausible account of the events in India. Which give rise to his well-founded fear of persecution because of his membership in the SSF? There is ample material in the documents attached to the I589 (Exhibit 3) and in the background material submitted later (particularly the Amnesty International Reports in Exhibit 4 and the Country Reports for Human Rights Practices for 1987, contained in Exhibit 6) from which to conclude that the Indian government views the SSF as an outlawed group whose members. Share responsibility for the widespread violence which exists in India. While recognizing the legitimate government need to curb such violence, the documents presented by the applicant also establish the possibility that local police officials beat and torture Sikhs in their custody. The events described by the applicant have enough bases in objective facts to establish that a rational' person in his circumstances would fear persecution. As a member of a religious minority with aspirations for either national or territorial autonomy, and a member of an organization which promotes the rights and interests of that minority, the applicant holds political sentiments for which the Indian government's tolerance is overshadowed by an inability to curb local incidents of police brutality to which this applicant has already been subjected. I find that the applicant has demonstrated his eligibility for asylum on account of his political opinions.
Other than the applicant's manner of obtaining an Indian passport, there is no adverse information about him contained in the record; the danger of persecution should generally outweigh all but the most egregious of adverse factors. Matter of Pula, supra. In the absence of any adverse information about the applicant and in view of the grave danger which the applicant would face if he were retimed to India, especially in light of the immediate attention of the authorities that his return without a valid Indian passport would create, I will grant his application for asylum in the exercise of discretion. It is, therefore, unnecessary to decide whether the applicant has also established a clear probability of persecution for purposes of withholding his exclusion and deportation to India pursuant to section 243(n) of the Act. Matter of Mogharrabi, supra at p. 14 accordingly, the following order will be entered:
ORDER: IT IS ORDERED that' the applicant's application for as ylum in the United States under: section 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act be and the same is hereby granted.
PATRICIA A. ROHAN Immigration Judge.
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SALT LAKE CITY, June 15, 2022 – Halia Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company discovering and developing small molecule therapeutics to treat inflammatory diseases, today announced that the first participant in a Phase 1 clinical study has been dosed with HT-6184, a novel small molecule inhibitor of NEK7 and the NLRP3 pathway. HT-6184 is the lead molecule from Halia's structure-based drug design strategy, which has produced a pipeline of novel drug candidates targeting essential mediators of inflammation with the potential to treat a number of diseases, including heart disease, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease, many cancers, fatty liver diseases, inflammatory bowel disorders, and other conditions linked to chronic inflammation.
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This booklet offers an advent to the archaeology and background of historic Palestine - sleek Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinian territories - from the destruction of Solomon's temple in 586 BCE to the Muslim conquest in 640 CE. distinctive awareness is paid to the archaeology of Jerusalem and the second one Temple interval, for the time of Herod the nice and Jesus. for every interval, the publication bargains a ancient historical past for the Mediterranean international and the traditional close to East, in addition to the occasions in Palestine. significant websites akin to Masada, Caesarea Maritima, and Petra are tested in archaeological and ancient aspect, besides the cloth tradition - cash, pottery, glass, and stone vessels - of every interval. This publication presents a radical evaluation of the archaeology of this traditionally vivid a part of the realm.
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How Things Shape the Mind: A Theory of Material Engagement (MIT Press)
By Lambros Malafouris
An more and more influential institution of notion in cognitive technological know-how perspectives the brain as embodied, prolonged, and allotted instead of brain-bound or "all within the head." This shift in viewpoint increases very important questions about the connection among cognition and fabric tradition, posing significant demanding situations for philosophy, cognitive technological know-how, archaeology, and anthropology. In How issues form the Mind, Lambros Malafouris proposes a cross-disciplinary analytical framework for investigating the ways that issues became cognitive extensions of the human physique. utilizing quite a few examples and case stories, he considers how these methods may need replaced from earliest prehistory to the current. Malafouris's fabric Engagement conception definitively provides materiality -- the realm of items, artifacts, and fabric symptoms -- into the cognitive equation. His account not just questions traditional intuitions concerning the limitations and placement of the human brain but in addition means that we reconsider classical archaeological assumptions approximately human cognitive evolution.
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Клайд Уэйн Ли (; род. 14 марта 1944 года в Нашвилле, штат Теннесси, США) — американский профессиональный баскетболист, выступавший в Национальной баскетбольной ассоциации.

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Клайд Ли родился 14 марта 1944 года в городе Нашвилл (штат Теннесси), где посещал среднюю школу имени Дэвида Липскомба, в которой играл за местную баскетбольную команду.

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Баскетболисты США
Игроки «Вандербильт Комодорс» (баскетбол)
Игроки «Сан-Франциско Уорриорз»
Игроки «Голден Стэйт Уорриорз»
Игроки «Атланта Хокс»
Игроки «Филадельфия Севенти Сиксерс»


(Vancouver, Canada) – On Tuesday, April 11th, Boomerang will release the latest update for their Android and iOS apps. The update will include a family-chat function, full parental-management capabilities for kids' Android and Apple iOS devices, and a much-requested feature that allows parents to toggle the protection on their child's device on or off.
The app enables parents to enforce family time by controlling the content available on their child's device, or 'bricking' it altogether. This allows for dinner-time, homework-time and/or bed-time to be device-free, thus encouraging meaningful family connection, better sleep habits, and completed homework.
Boomerang's COO and product evangelist, Justin Payeur says that the Boomerang team is looking forward to enabling more comprehensive family communication via the 'family messenger' feature, and is excited about the improvements to the remote-control options for parents. He added that "[We] really want families to spend time together, talking and building respect and trust; that's hard to do if everyone is staring at their phones all the time".
National Education Technologies is passionate about becoming the leader in family safety apps with a focus on minimizing technology addiction, encouraging safe content for children and educating parents. Boomerang and SPIN safe browser are developed with these issues in mind, and help parents parent without worrying about what's going on with their kids' devices.
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Peninsular Thinking
Peninsular Thinking A conversation about Bremerton, Port Orchard, Poulsbo, Silverdale, Bainbridge Island, Kingston, Manchester, Seabeck, Southworth, Suquamish, Belfair, Keyport, Olalla, Bangor, Hansville, Indianola, Port Gamble, Allyn, Port Ludlow, Gig Harbor and every once in a while something about the good folks who don't have the good fortune to live here.
Local World War II nurse writes about her service
Rachel Anne Seymour
Vida Shapanus watched U.S. planes fly through the night to Normandy, France, for the D-Day Invasion on June 6, 1944.
She was serving as an American military nurse in the British Isles during World War II. Although there were rumors around the base of a U.S. invasion coming, she didn't know where the planes had been going at the time.
Vida Shapanus, far right, and friends during their World War II deployment in Wales.
Two days after D-Day, Vida started treating soldiers from the invasion who had been stabilized in field hospitals and sent to her base in Wales.
Now, the 93-year-old Poulsbo resident is looking to print a book about her military service experience, including the night of D-Day planes.
Vida is searching for a professional editor, graphic artist and publisher to help finish the book, said her oldest daughter, Joanna Shapanus.
Vida grew up in Fresno, California, where she graduated from nursing school in 1943 before joining the Air Force as a nurse. She has lived in Kitsap County since 1990.
She met her husband Tony Shapanus, who died Oct. 20, 1998, during basic training. They kept in contact through letters as friends during the war and started dating once she returned to the states. They have four children, six grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
She was stationed at a rural base made of portable buildings surrounded by farmland in Wales.
"We had livestock wandering through the hospital grounds," she said.
Once she ran straight into a cow during a night duty.
"I bumped into something big and solid," she said. "One end mooed at me."
No lights were allowed on the base at night and only a small flashlight pointed at your feet could be used to move around, she said.
Vida Shapanus, 93
She spent less than two years in the British Isles before coming back to the states to be discharged in January 1946.
While overseas she saw the wreckage of London from Nazi bombing, and rode a French cruise ship refurbished as a military vessel since it had been left behind when Germany invaded France.
Although she kept in contact with several nursing friends she made during the war, all of them have died.
"There aren't many of us left anymore," she said.
August 6, 2015 Military, North Kitsap, Poulsbo
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Make sure you get a 1098-T form from the college, university or trade school that your child attends. The form may been to be downloaded from an on-line site or the school may have mailed it to your child.
-if your child is under 24 and a full time student for any part of 5 months during the year then they are likely still your dependent for tax purposes. If they qualify as a dependent then there isn't an option for them to claim themselves on their tax return.
-there are various education credits that we will look into for you. Some require the student be at least 1/2 time and an undergraduate student. The school must be eligible to be in Federal Student Loan Programs.
-Hope Scholarship Credit: 100% of the first $2,000 paid and 25% of the next $2,000 paid. Maximum credit is $2,500. $1,000 of this can even be a Refundable Credit meaning you can still have it even if you paid no income tax. Restrictions apply of course.
-Lifetime Learning Credit: 20% of the first $10,000 paid.
Keep track of amounts spend on course books also.


This easy Buffalo Ranch Dip is an easy dip recipe that is perfect for your next party.
One of the most exciting things about basketball season is the end-of-season playoffs. Whether you're into the pros, college or high school basketball (like me!), it's fun to watch your favorite team work their way through the brackets.
Our local high school girls team is really burning up the courts this year. It's fun to watch them play because you can feel the drive and determination in the gym. The energy is exciting.
If, however, you're watching the game at home, it's the perfect time for some delicious snacks to help you cheer your favorite team to victory!
This easy Buffalo Ranch Dip is a zesty accompaniment to so many things.
The ranch flavor coupled with the slight heat from the buffalo sauce creates a flavorful dip. And, it only takes about 3 minutes to whip up. That's my kind of dip!
I love it with Cheez-Its Grooves that I found at Walmart but it's also great with celery and pretzels.
I also came across the new Cheez-It Crunch'D! These are incredible. They are light and airy and packed with the cheesy flavor that Cheez-It is known for.
Cheez-It is dedicated to using only 100% real cheese, which is baked into every delicious cracker. Cheez-It has so many delicious flavors and varieties.
You can vote for your favorite in the Most Valuable Cheese Contest – users can vote on their favorite flavors/varieties from six popular Cheez-It flavors and play games for a chance to win $10,000.
What would you serve with this dip? Leave a comment and let me know.


An abbreviation for the Average Quarter Hour. It averages all dayparts to determine the number of persons listening to a particular radio station for at least five minutes during a 15-minute period.
Cume is the number of different persons who tune to a radio station during the course of a daypart for at least five minutes.
Designated times during the day that are broken down into specific time periods in order to rank station listeners hip. For example, the morning drive daypart is 5:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
The type of programming a station broadcasts, i.e., adult contemporary, country, news, etc.
The audience reach or the number of "impressions" a spot had on listeners in all markets with all stations.


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Phonetic reversal is the process of reversing the phonemes or phones of a word or phrase. When the reversal is identical to the original, the word or phrase is called a phonetic palindrome. Phonetic reversal is not entirely identical to backmasking, which is specifically the reversal of recorded sound. This is because pronunciation in speech causes a reversed diphthong to sound different in either direction (e.g. eye [aɪ] becoming yah [jɑː]), or differently articulate a consonant depending on where it lies in a word, hence creating an imperfect reversal.
Backmasking involves not only the reversal of the order of phonemes or phones, but the reversal of the allophonic realizations of those phonemes. Strictly speaking, a reversal of phonemes will still result in allophones appropriate for the new position; for example, if a word with a final /t/ is reversed so that the /t/ is initial, the initial /t/ will be aspirated in line with the conventional allophonic patterns of English phonology.
According to proponents of reverse speech, phonetic reversal occurs unknowingly during normal speech.
In the 1974 album Rock Bottom, the track Little Red Riding Hood Hit the Road presented the chord progression along with Robert Wyatt's singing being both phonetically reversed at one middle point of the song, which turned the track's harmonics to be reversed from the beginning although Robert Wyatt restarted to sing normally, causing an original and disturbing effect.
In 1982, John Wright of NoMeansNo sang phonetically reversed lyrics on the backing vocal to the "Rich Guns" track on the band's first album, Mama.
In the 1984 American film Amadeus, lead character Wolfgang Mozart claims to Constanze Weber that "[in Salzburg] everything goes backwards". He then proceeds to deliver a series of phonetically reversed phrases, many of them vulgar, which she must guess by reversing them out loud.
In the television drama Twin Peaks, the Man from Another Place's character's speech was phonetically reversed.
The Simpsons used the technique to parody Twin Peaks in the episode "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two)".
Singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Jim Ure is better known by his phonetically reversed (first) name Midge Ure.
Kate Bush used phonetic reversal in her songs "Watching You Without Me" (1985) and "Leave it Open" (1982).
The English rock band Radiohead used the effect on the song "Like Spinning Plates", released on their 2001 album Amnesiac. Singer Thom Yorke sang the lyrics backwards; this recording was in turn reversed to create "backwards-sounding" vocals.[1]
A specific recording of the phrase "In the mix" exists that is a phonetic palindrome, and is often used by Turntablist DJs for this reason.
In the 2008 monster film Cloverfield, after the credits, a broken sound recording can be heard of Rob saying "...help us...", as at the end, he and his girlfriend were trapped under a bridge. If reversed, it sounds like Rob saying "...it's still alive..."
In 2007, backwards speaking radio sensation "Backwards Dave" (David Klempfner) beat the Guinness World Record Holder, David Fuhrer aka "Mr Backwards" in a backwards-speaking competition live on Triple J.[2] In 2008, Dave performed on Australia's Got Talent saying "Does Australia Have Talent?" in phonetic reversal.[3] In 2012 Backwards Dave appeared on Channel 7's Sunrise, an Australian TV show.[4]
During the opening theme song for Gravity Falls, a whisper is heard saying, "I'm still here." However, if one reverses it, it says, "Three Letters Back", which is a clue to the ending credits code. The whisper is changed to "Switch the A with Z" in Double Dipper, "26 Letters" in Bottomless Pit, "Key Vigenere" in Scary-Oke, and "Not What He Seems" in the episode with this title (while still using the Vigenere cipher).


The winner of the inaugural London BEL Alumni Ambassador Council Tutor Award, final year Bachelor of Commerce (Hons) student Huu Phat (Kevin) Thai, plans to pursue an academic career and said the award was a wonderful boost.
"Tutoring has long been a goal in my life and it's an honour to receive this award," he said.
Kevin, an international student from Vietnam, said he had already shouted his honours fellows to dinner to celebrate their achievements and planned to use the remainder of his prize to help support his planned PhD next year.
The London BEL Alumni Ambassador Council introduced the award this year to recognise Honours students and increase awareness of the importance of staying connected after graduation.
The award was conceived and funded by the members of the London BEL Alumni Ambassador Council and is the first of its kind.
Course Coordinator Dr Mark Russell said Kevin distinguished himself with excellent communications skills and meticulous tutorial preparation.
"Kevin enthusiastically volunteers for additional teaching duties in response to student demands for consultant and exam feedback," he said.
Student feedback supported this with Kevin receiving a rating of "outstanding' in all eight criteria.
Kevin said it was important to be passionate about both teaching and the course material.
"I try to be flexible with my teaching style and relate the material to practical examples to show the applicability and reinforce understanding," he said.
Kevin Thai: Thank You to the London Ambassadors Council from UQ BEL Faculty on Vimeo.


MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - The Dane County Farmer's Market opens up for the 2019 outdoor season on Saturday, April 13th starting at 6:15AM and closing at 1:45PM.
The Capitol Square in Downtown Madison will play host to ten new members this year. It now has approximately 270 members taking part.
You can enjoy fresh vegetables, fruit, herbs, cheese, meat, poultry, honey, maple syrup, nuts, jelly, eggs, candy, baked goods, plants, fresh flowers, and more.
A few UW-Madison Alumni in town for the weekend said the farmers market was not the only perk while they visited.
Peggy Ludlow and her friend Julia Mercer said they are both former band members and wanted to see UW-Madison Band Director Mike Leckrone conduct his last Varsity Band Spring concert, while also getting to enjoy some cheesy bread from the market.
"Julia and I are both band alumni and are here in town for the concert and had to come to the farmers market. It was the first weekend, and we are excited it happened to line up," Ludlow said.
The Wednesday Market opens on Wednesday, April 17 from 8:30 am to 1:45 pm. It's located on the 200 block of MLK, Jr. Blvd. between the Capitol and the Monona Terrace.
The DCFM outdoor markets are open every Saturday and every Wednesday from April 13 through November 16 no matter the weather.


Dr. Fred DeFrancesch, Board Certified in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Internal Medicine, Spinal Cord Injury and Pain Medicine, has served over 10 years as an Assistant Clinical Professor at both LSU and Tulane Schools of Medicine. During that time he also served as active faculty in the ACGME accredited Pain Fellowship at LSU.
Dr. DeFrancesch has experience in both non-interventional and interventional modalities used in the treatment of pain, including spinal cord stimulation and a wide spectrum of minimally invasive spine procedures.
Dr. DeFrancesch is the founder of NeuroMuscular Medical Associates, a private, multi-specialty group serving southeast Louisiana with locations in Hammond, Gonzales, LaPlace and Kenner. He has also founded a private, twelve month pain fellowship training physicians in advanced techniques, in association with Interventional Spine Specialists, which includes weekly instruction from the esteemed Dr. Charles Aprill.
* Past fellows have included Dr. Marc John, Dr. Jeremy Comeaux, and Dr. Keith Duplantis.
Ashley graduated from LSU Health Sciences Center - Shreveport, in 2008 from the Physicians Assistant program, as well as completed her Bachelor of Science in Physician Assistant Studies.
She has been an integral part of NMA since 2008.
Jason graduated from Southeastern Louisiana University in 2005 with a Bachelor's of Science degree in Nursing. He practiced a total of 9 years in the emergency room and ICU as an RN prior to obtaining a Masters of Nursing with specialty in Family Nurse Practitioner background at Loyola University of New Orleans in 2012. He practiced for 3 years in emergency medicine prior to joining NMA in March 2015.


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Columbia/Snake Salmon NEPA Analysis Public Scoping Comment Period: A Summary
The three Northwest Dam Agencies – Bonneville Power Administration, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation recently completed the first phase – Public Scoping and Official Comment Period - of a court-ordered NEPA EIS Analysis. On May 4, 2016, United States District Court in Portland rejected the federal government's 2014 Salmon Plan for the Columbia/Snake River Basin based on violations of the Endangered Species Act and the National Environmental Policy Act. This was the fifth federal salmon plan for the Columbia/Snake Rivers to be rejected now by three judges across twenty years.
Following on his May ruling, presiding judge Michael Simon ordered NOAA-Fisheries in July to produce a new, legally-valid and science-based Salmon Plan (or Biological Opinion) by December 2018. He also ordered the Northwest dam "Action Agencies" to complete a full, fair, and comprehensive NEPA Review and produce an Environmental Impact Statement that updates critical information and considers all reasonable salmon restoration measures, including the removal of the lower Snake River dams – an option that the agencies have steadfastly avoided even analyzing for two decades.
-- Find more information on the May 2016 Simon Ruling here. --
The Public Scoping and Comment Period closed on February 7, 2017 but only after significant numbers of citizen comments, detailed policy comments and scores of media stories in print, radio, television and online. Read on for highlights from the Public Comment Period and links to further information.
-- See a listing of and links to the media coverage about the Fall 2016-Winter 2017 NEPA Review Public Scoping and Comment Period here. --
Despite efforts by the "Action Agencies" to bury this important public comment process amidst a chaotic election cycle and the year-end holidays, conservation and fishing advocates did an excellent job generating media coverage, contacting elected officials, and organizing comment and turnout at more than a dozen public meetings. More than 2,000 citizen advocates turned out for rallies to free the Snake and to attend the agencies' public meetings. And the press paid attention – more than 50 stories and opinion pieces appeared last fall and early winter in print, online and on television and radio and included salmon, orca, fishing, and river advocates' perspectives. There were numerous citizen and community leader meetings with state and federal elected officials. Close to 400,000 people in the Northwest and nation submitted their official public comments expressing support for the restoration of a freely-flowing lower Snake River as a critical part of any legally valid salmon protection plan in the Columbia Basin.
-- View photos from the public meetings (and the 2016 Free the Snake Flotilla) across the region here. --
In addition to citizen comment, scores of entities in the region also submitted detailed public comment – delivering recommendations to the Action Agencies about issues of critical concern as they begin what must be a full, fair, comprehensive and transparent NEPA Review and consideration of all salmon restoration alternatives, including the removal of the four high-cost, low-value lower Snake River dams. Below find a select list of comments from federal agencies, Tribes, States, utilities and NGOs asking the Action Agencies to, among other things, carefully, thoroughly and fairly consider the costs, benefits, opportunities and tradeoffs associated with the removal of the four federal dams on the lower Snake River.
State of Oregon
State of Washington
Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission
Nez Perce Tribe
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation
City of Lewiston, Idaho
Pacific Fisheries Management Council
Seattle City Light
Save Our wild Salmon Coalition/Earthjustice
Northwest Sportfishing Industry Association
Coastal Trollers Association
NW Energy Coalition / Idaho Conservation League
Natural Resource Defense Council
Orca-Salmon Alliance
Natural Resource Economics


Pakhtakor head coach has told comments on match in Almalyk.
Grigoriy KOLOSOVSKIY (Pakhtakor head coach): - We started very well in the first half. Scored fast goal and made lots chances. We couldn`t use them. If we score second goal could play better and withour pressure.
My team changed game after break, we tried to keep winning result. Almalyk tried to equalize score. Anyway we controlled ball and game speed, but little mistake might miss us from victory. It is always pleasure to win. But if you have chance you should score more goals.


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ArcherDX closes $60M funding round – BizWest
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ArcherDX closes $60M funding round
By Christopher Wood — May 16, 2019
BOULDER — ArcherDX Inc., a Boulder-based company that develops technology used in personalized genomic medicine, has closed a Series B funding round of $60 million.
The round was led by Perceptive Advisors, with the investor syndicate also including existing investors PBM Capital, Boulder Ventures, Longwood Fund and Peierls Foundation.
ArcherDX said in a press release that it would use proceeds from the round to scale operations and advance the company's companion diagnostic program that spans solid tumors, hematological malignancies and circulating tumor DNA applications.
The proceeds also will support expansion of the company's minimal residual disease monitoring program, accelerating access to a greater than $20 billion worldwide market opportunity.
"We welcome Perceptive, one of the leading health-care investors, to our growing investor group," Jason Myers, co-founder and CEO of ArcherDX, said in a prepared statement. "We believe this financing affirms the progress we've made with our companion diagnostic program and enables us to take advantage of the unique technology and assay customization capabilities we've developed to establish a leadership position in the emerging minimal residual disease monitoring market."
ArcherDX has raised up to $95 million in financing, including a $35 million Series A funding round that closed in March 2018. Evercore Group LLC acted as financial adviser to ArcherDX, Inc. for the Series B transaction.
ArcherDX has been in an expansion mode. The company in January acquired genetic carrier screening company Baby Genes Inc. for an undisclosed sum. Baby Genes operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of ArcherDX under the new name ArcherDX Clinical Services.
The company in March 2019 expanded its executive leadership team, adding Sandra Close as senior vice president of regulatory and diagnostic strategy, Karen Fritschen as vice president of human resources and Toddy Druley as chief medical officer.
Also in March, ArcherDX signed a deal with University College London and the Francis Crick Institute to create a research partnership. The two organizations will use ArcherDX's proprietary technology to detect evidence of disease recurrence in lung-cancer patients from cell-free circulating tumor DNA.
ArcherDX has been in an expansion mode. The company in January acquired genetic carrier screening company Baby Genes Inc. for an undisclosed sum. Baby Genes operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of ArcherDX under the…


Whereas Machine-to-Machine (M2M) was limited to simple single closed processes, the Internet of Things (IoT) is all about physical objects, devices, machines connected to remote computers via the Internet so that complex processes, interactions, automations of all sorts can be established across use cases and verticals. More generally, with the standardization of protocols and data models, each physical object, device or machine is expected to interact with our lives across several applications and services. For instance, a proximity sensor can feed useful data into an access control application, but also into a lighting energy saving application, an alarm system application, etc.
Although we are only at the beginning of this new era, several sensor, processing and connectivity technologies are expected to drive the market in multiple application segments including Industry and Logistics, Healthcare, Automotive and Building Automation.
Avnet Silica has the perfect supplier offering to enable you to put your product development into the Internet of Things. Fitting out objects with Sensors, MCUs and Communication Modules then interlinking them over the internet creates endless possibilities for making life easier.
Critical semiconductor capabilities in IoT include sensors, wireless/wired connectivity, analog, power management and ultra low power MCU. Avnet Silica can offer multiple solutions covering all of these capabilities. In combination with the knowledge of our technical team we can support you to build competitive products to address the high growth market.
When you are expanding security coverage to connected devices, Avnet Silica will help you with the challenge of designing security schemes complying with both Information Technology (IT) and embedded hardware standards.
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For nearly 50 years, Aavid has been the world leader in thermal management solutions and the partner of choice for electronics companies focused on introducing next generation products to market faster, with greater reliability, and increased functionality. Today, Aavid provides the industry's broadest product offering, ranging from the smallest board level cooling solution to several thousand kilowatt industrial applications. Aavid's products are used in Personal Computing systems such as desktops, laptops, printers, and video game consoles in addition to non-PC products including servers, network devices, instrumentation, transportation, and other consumer electronics.
Sterling worked closely with management in building the business platform through strategic acquisitions and critical resources for growth. Capital was provided to expand production capacity and improve productivity. Fluent Inc., the leading worldwide provider of software for analyzing heat dissipation and fluid flows, was acquired to augment the company's capabilities. Thermalloy, Aavid's's largest competitor and leader in the European market, was also acquired to solidify the Company's market position.


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Thank you for taking the time to learn more about Fairway Buick GMC, the chosen Las Vegas auto dealer for a wide range of individuals and families in Henderson, Centennial Spring Valley, Summerlin, and beyond. When you step foot on our lot, you'll be surrounded by a tremendous variety of luxury new Buick and GMC vehicles, as well as a quality selection of used vehicles, including a number of certified pre-owned cars.
Our friendly and helpful sales team will take you on a tour of our current inventory, including popular models like the Buick Enclave, the Buick LaCrosse, the GMC Acadia, and the GMC Sierra. So whether you want a full-size pickup, a crossover SUV, a luxury sedan, or something in between, we've got you covered. Once you find a vehicle that's right for you, our finance department will help you find an affordable plan that fits neatly within your budget.
Buying a new car is a big investment, and Fairway Buick GMC is determined to make sure it's worth your while. We have a Buick GMC service department that we've staffed with professional technicians who have decades of experience. Whether you need an oil change, transmission repairs, or anything else, all you have to do is make an appointment online, and we'll have you in and out in no time!
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Taylor Hall's mission: Keep the Sabres' playoff drought from reaching a decade
By John Vogl Jan 11, 2021 18
Yes, Taylor Hall is excited. Why wouldn't he be? He's poised for a monster season alongside Jack Eichel that could see his stats, profile and bank account explode.
But here's a fast fact: Since 1960, there have been exactly 6,800 NHL players. Only 12 have won multiple Hart Trophies.
"It's easy to compare me to '17-18," said Hall, who claimed the Hart following a 39-goal, 93-point season. "For me to expect that to happen again or for fans to expect that, that's asking a lot.
"But I can be a very impactful player and help a team win a lot of games, and that's what I'm here to do."
A second MVP award would put Hall in a group with Mark Messier, Sidney Crosby and Dominik Hasek, so he and the fans would surely take it. But the Sabres don't need the winger to win an individual trophy. They need him to help end a nine-year playoff drought and avoid the dubious record of a...


Rupert is no stranger to the skyye and already has his helicopter licence. He has now completed our conversion course to fixed wing aircraft and qualified with his NPL (LSA) licence. The training involves writing two more exams as the Principles of Flight are different for the two types of aircraft and the Technical and General exam also needed to test his new technical knowledge of fixed wing aircraft, along with some practical training with our instructors.


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"Inside Every Progressive Is A Totalitarian Screaming To Get Out"
@Horowitz39, David Horowitz
DH TV
Trump's Foreign Policy Opportunity
Threatening the stability of enemy regimes.
Mon Sep 9, 2019
President Donald Trump wants American fighters off the world's battlefields, as he promised during the presidential election campaign of 2016. His special envoy to Afghanistan, Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, has gone to Kabul with a draft of a peace treaty, and Trump constantly changes his view on how many Americans will stay in the country, if—and it's a big if—the Taliban and the Afghan government go for it.
The president's most recent pronouncement came on a TV interview in recent days. As the New York Times reported,
In a Fox News interview last week, President Trump alluded to keeping American forces, and perhaps the C.I.A., in Afghanistan after any deal with the Taliban is reached. "We are reducing that presence very substantially and we're going to always have a presence and we're going to have high intelligence," he said.
Mr. Trump told his TV interviewer that he was planning to reduce the level of U.S. fighters to just under ten thousand, mostly drawn from the ranks of U.S. Special Forces, and under the control of the C.I.A. The Taliban are opposed to this arrangement, believing that there is little difference between our military forces and those under C.I.A. command, and thus far the peace talks have involved only the Taliban and the Americans.
It certainly looks like a formula for defeat. Trump wants out, and the Taliban, unhindered by anything calling itself the Afghan government, wants in. And how could it be otherwise, if the White House insists on making a deal with our enemies? The Taliban receives copious quantities of aid, including military training, from Iran, and then blames it on ISIS.
Meanwhile, the president insists that he doesn't want regime change in Tehran, but only different behavior from Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei: an end to Iran's support for terror activities, the termination of Iranian missile development, and real transparency regarding Tehran's nuclear program, much of which was revealed by Israel. Trump wants talks with Iran, no advance concessions offered or asked, but the Iranians insist that sanctions have to be lifted before they talk to the president. This is a formula for a continued standoff between the two countries, each demanding what the other says won't be granted. So long as the two leaders stick to their guns, no common ground exists. Iran will continue to covertly avoid the terms of the Iran deal, and the United States has only secret ways to undermine Iran's stratagems.
The same pattern is at work to our south. Trump continues to offer sanctuary to high-ranking Venezuelan civilian and military officials in exchange for an end to Maduro's tyrannical rule. Maduro isn't interested in such deals. Like Assad in Syria, Maduro wants to win his war, and he isn't prepared to bargain away power in exchange for whatever Trump is prepared to offer.
Then there's China, which appears to have concluded that the American president isn't going to give active military support to the masses of Hong Kongers demanding freedom. If he can't deal effectively with a relatively small country in a zone once controlled by the Monroe Doctrine, or with an Iranian regime that desperately needs money, he is not likely to tackle the more than a billion and a half people in mainland Communist China.
If you go through the list of our current enemies, you will find them all facing serious internal crises. Is this an opportunity for Trump?
"The high-end forces, including C.I.A.-supported forces, are not going to win any war for you, but they may degrade the capability of terrorist groups," said Seth G. Jones, a scholar at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and a former adviser to the commanding general of American Special Operations forces in Afghanistan.
But like other former officials, Mr. Jones said that ramping up the operations of the militias while drawing down the American military would be impractical and ineffective.
A peace deal that pulls out American forces but does not disarm the Taliban would give it control of larger parts of Afghanistan, effectively creating a safe haven for terrorist groups that no increase in C.I.A. support to the militias could counter, Mr. Jones warned.
Seth Jones has Afghanistan right, and his thoughts resonate across national boundaries, religious and other ideological conflicts, and commercial disagreements. If the president hopes to win the global war in which we're engaged, he must find a way to threaten the stability of the enemy regimes. Sanctions and strong language are not good enough.
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Canadian lawyers are divided over the efficacy of a British Supreme Court judgment that abolishes a 400-year-old rule granting expert witnesses immunity from suit over their participation in legal proceedings.
Sandra Forbes believes Canadian courts may narrow the scope of immunity for witnesses.
"Jones v. Kaney represents a very drastic move on the court's part, and I don't think Canadian courts are predisposed to follow," says Sandra Forbes of Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP.
But Erik Magraken of MacIsaac & Co. in Victoria disagrees.
"The decision is a welcome development from the perspective of accountability," he says. "Being an independent expert can be lucrative and plays an important role in our system.
Jones involved a claim against a consultant clinical psychologist who had prepared an expert statement in the context of a personal injury dispute. The plaintiff alleged the expert had acted negligently in preparing the statement and that the claim had settled for a much lower figure than it would have otherwise.
The High Court, relying on the rule of expert immunity, struck the claim. But the Supreme Court abolished the rule by a 5-2 majority. It reasoned that there was no justification for maintaining immunity considering that the House of Lords had earlier abolished such protection for advocates in its decision in Hall v. Simons.
As the court saw it, the primary rationale for the immunity was the concern that an expert witness might be reluctant to give evidence against a client's interest and in breach of the duty to the court if there was a risk of suit.
As was the case with lawyers, there was no conflict between the expert's duty to the client and the duty to the court. Nor was there evidence that the immunity was necessary to secure an adequate supply of expert witnesses as the abolition of the rule protecting advocates had had no such impact.
But Barry Leon of Ottawa's Perley-Robertson Hill & McDougall LLP says there's a distinction between counsel and experts. "It is true that there is logic to saying that expert witnesses' immunity from suit is not justified when advocates no longer have that immunity," he says.
As well, Forbes notes that the principle of absolute immunity has historically applied to all witnesses, not just experts. "I'm surprised that the Supreme Court would carve out an exception for experts instead of trying to narrow the breadth of the immunity in general," she tells Law Times.
Forbes cites the issue of child custody assessors in family law cases facing lawsuits by the losing parent. "Even where the immunity exists, the experts have to hire a lawyer and spend time, money, and emotional energy to defend themselves," she says.
The expert immunity rule came before the Ontario Court of Appeal in the 2007 case of Reynolds v. Kingston (Police Services Board) that dealt with the infamous Ontario forensic pathologist Charles Smith.
"The Court of Appeal decided that the matter should not be determined on a preliminary motion, but the bench confirmed that the rule was well-established in the common law on the basis that the proper administration of justice requires that witnesses have no fear of retaliatory suits," Forbes says.
As she points out, the core issue that the Court of Appeal left to the trial judge was whether Smith's conduct fell within the scope of the protection rather than whether the immunity existed.
"I believe that Canadian courts will try to narrow the scope of the immunity instead of carving out categories of witnesses who aren't subject to it," she says.
A related area of problem is where expert witnesses are the subject of complaints to their professional body by the opposing party in the suit in which they were expert. Not only does this risk intimidation of witnesses, it raises questions of privilege: may the disciplinary body see the expert's notes etc for trial? The Quebec Superior Court quashed a discipline hearing by the order of engineers as an abuse of process. The issue has arisen in Ontario, but I do not know of any court consideration of it.


Is it really impossible or even hard?
I disagree. In one of my previous articles I said The Rimm-Kaufman Group, my previous employer, has a comprehensive unit-test suite. When I say comprehensive I mean it: database interaction is fully tested, too. I know because I was heavily involved in building it. Even extremely complex things like big reports that are generated from lots of data are tested. And believe me, sharding the databases would have been much harder without complete code coverage. It's really not that complicated to unit-test against a database, and it's so worth it. Here are some hints about how you can do this.
There are many ways to do it, but I'll just describe the basics of the system I helped build. There are several moving parts to the test suite ("smoke"), but one of them sets a magical environment variable. And then, all code that connects to a database server magically gets back a different database connection from the create_me_a_connection() function. This is because there is a database connection abstraction library that respects the environment variable. It's really pretty simple for the most part; instead of doing DBI->connect(...) you just call this function, which is a thin wrapper that hands back a connection object.
This wrapper is itself unit-tested thoroughly, too. This ensures that when some code is being run from a test, it cannot (I mean cannot!) connect to a production database, and vice versa. There are some conventions about production and test servers that make sure the abstraction library can tell for sure. If there's any confusion, of course, it will die in a non-recoverable way. Safety first.
Just as each developer has their own copy of the code from version control, each developer has their own private database server running on the dev machine. There are some simple conventions that make this possible: Unix user ID plus a constant for the port number, etc. It's really quite easy. The private database server is a slightly modified version of Giuseppe Maxia's MySQL Sandbox tool. It can be torn down and set up afresh as desired. It is wiped clean and re-filled at the start of every test, with a small, tightly focused dataset carefully chosen to represent the conditions the code is supposed to work with. (Each test has its own dataset).
If this sounds like a system that can't work on a large scale, well, it does. That's the secret sauce that I won't reveal in this post. (It's my past employer after all, and I can't go revealing everything about them can I?) You just have to be smart about it. When a database is central to your business, you either figure out how to get this right, or you pay the consequences in lost time and poor code quality.
I and the other developers there (another secret: it's a small team; small teams build great things) built several quick utilities to help develop unit tests against a database. There are utilities to get a minimal necessary dataset for testing and dump it into a file that can be loaded by the test. There are utilities that can migrate schemas and update the tests to match the schema changes. And so on, and so on. This is possible because of careful planning for testability, and really smart things like super-consistent and sensible naming conventions for database objects. (Ruby On Rails owes a lot of its success to simple things like this, too. Conventions are really powerful.) Maybe I'll write about the database naming conventions some other time—I have to credit Alan Rimm-Kaufman a lot for designing those conventions. It was a stroke of genius.
Don't mock anything! In general I think mocking is the devil. Most of the mock objects I've ever seen reflected a propensity to test an implementation instead of a behavior, which is also the devil. Write all your code to test a test instance of something real, and do not mock up a database to test against. It is a rabbit-hole that you will not emerge from easily.
Never let a test connect to a production database. Never, ever. Worlds of hurt will follow. Not only are you risking your production data, but what about the risk to your code? You're testing against things that will almost certainly change and break your tests; and you're possibly polluting your live data with testing data and/or changing live data from the tests.
I also recommend developing unit tests for your current database functionality if you're thinking about changing it much. Don't like MySQL's lax error handling? Plan to set the SQL_MODE to something stricter? Dive into that database abstraction library and make your tests run in strict mode first by setting SQL_MODE on every new connection that's created when running inside a test; fix all the breakage in the test suite; feel sure that your code isn't going to break in production. That was easy!
Once your creative juices get flowing, you'll see tons of places your unit test suite can help you out.
If you're in the Oracle or SQL Server world, or any other world where you can't just set up and discard database instances at will due to licensing problems, you're going to have to be a little more inventive. But you can still do it. (Don't you wish you'd chosen Freedom?) And unit tests are just as beneficial for apps based on Oracle as they are for MySQL.
Have fun! Go forth and test some more!


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Q: Check DatagridView is empty(has no values) or not? I have a 3X3 grid which on creation has empty(has no values) cells.
I want to check whether user has key-in some some data into the cell's or not.
Its not binded to any data-source. I don't want to iterate through each cell and check for the data and break on the first data found.
I want some small solution for the same. As same thing has to be done on many forms. I will make some generic routine or extension method for the same.
PS:
What I have is a grid with three paramter
        ParamA        ParamB         ParamC
Short
Medium
Long

when user fill any of the data. I have to add it to a collection. If no data is key inned then do nothing.

A: Consider using the KeyPress event or perhaps even better would be the CellEndEdit on MSDN
The following shows a message box of where you were  and the cell contents(Correction):

    private void dataGridView1_CellEndEdit(object sender, DataGridViewCellEventArgs e)
    {

        string message = string.Format("Cell End Edit: just left row: {0} and column {1}.\n Value entered:{2}", e.RowIndex, e.ColumnIndex,
                                       dataGridView1.Rows[e.RowIndex].Cells[e.ColumnIndex].FormattedValue.ToString());
        MessageBox.Show(this, message, "You were here");

    }

For reuse you may create your own user control or create a base form class.

A: You can create a integer value EmptyFieldsCount, and update it every time the user updates a cell.

A: With 1 column is check box if checked is true then:
 Dim dgv1 As DataGridViewRow = DataGridView1.Rows(e.RowIndex)
      Dim headerText As String = DataGridView1.Columns(e.ColumnIndex).HeaderText
      If dgv1.Cells(0).Value = True Then
        If Not headerText.Equals("Short Desc") Then Return
        If String.IsNullOrEmpty(e.FormattedValue.ToString()) Then
          DataGridView1.Rows(e.RowIndex).ErrorText = "Short Desc Can not be blank ! "
          e.Cancel = True
        End If
      End If

Without checkbox:
 Dim dgv1 As DataGridViewRow = DataGridView1.Rows(e.RowIndex)
      Dim headerText As String = DataGridView1.Columns(e.ColumnIndex).HeaderText
        If Not headerText.Equals("Short Desc") Then Return
        If String.IsNullOrEmpty(e.FormattedValue.ToString()) Then
          DataGridView1.Rows(e.RowIndex).ErrorText = "Short Desc Can not be blank ! "
          e.Cancel = True
      End If**

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Bârsău este un sat în comuna Hărău din județul Hunedoara, Transilvania, România.

Istoric
Satul Bârsău a avut de-a lungul timpului mai multe denumiri, astfel: în
1440 - Bereczo , Beregzo; în 1750 Berekzo; în 1850 Birszo.

Lăcaș de cult
Monument reprezentativ pentru arhitectura românească din Transilvania din sec.XVI, biserica din Bârsău a fost ctitorită înainte de 1563 de Maria Ocarovici și fiica sa Elena, soția lui Petru Voda Șchiopu. De plan dreptunghiular, cu absida poligonală cu 4 laturi și turn-clopotniță pe vest adăugat în sec.XIX. Boltire de tradiție gotică. Picturile murale originale au fost acoperite cu var.

Biserica "Sf. Nicolae"

Situat în coasta sudică a munților Zarand, satul Bârsău ajunge în anul 1440 în posesiunea lui Iancu de Hunedoara, împreună cu alte localități din zonă. Biserica ortodoxă, ridicată în a doua jumătate a secolului al XV-lea, sub influența arhitecturii gotice, are un plan caracteristic zonei hunedoarene, adică naos și pronaos rectangulare și absida poligonală cu unghi în ax.Monumentul despre care s-a crezut ca a fost demolat la sfârșitul secolului al XIX-lea, se pastreaza azi în buna parte. Cei care l-au cercetat la sfârsitul secolului trecut au mai putut vedea pictura realizată în a doua jumătate a secolului al XVI-lea, cu ocazia restaurării edificiului de către Doamna Mara Ocarovic și fiica sa Elena, soția lui Petru cel Tânăr, voievodul țării Românești (1559-1568), cele două ctitore figurând în tabloul voti, ținând în mâini macheta bisericii și având alături o inscripție slavonă lămuritoare cu numele lor. Pe baza unor copii după pictura murală, făcute de Szinte G. în 1878, rezultă că programul iconografic, în special în absida altarului, este cel tradițional: pe bolta "Maria cu pruncul pe tron" între îngeri, iar pe pereți, în mai multe registre, apăreau "Împărtășania apostolilor", frize de medalioane reprezentând sfinți în bust, precum și teoria sfinților ierarhi. Picturi murale se aflau de asemenea și în naos. Atât cât se poate aprecia după copiile păstrate, se poate spune că autorul picturilor murale de la Bârsău pare să fi fost un artist transilvănean, care cunoscuse experiența centrelor artistice din afara arcului carpatic, având în vedere nu numai comunitatea de ordin iconografic, ci și cea de ordin decorativ, cu pictura din Moldova și Țara Românească. Cei ce au văzut monumentul în secolul al XIX-lea, menționează că sub pictura din secolul XVI exista o frescă mai veche, probabil datând din secolul al XV-lea. Icoanele și ușile împărătești din biserică datează din anul 1770 și au fost pictate de stan din Rășinari. Pe icoanele împărătești, reprezentând pe "Maria cu Pruncul și Iisus Pantocrator", apare data 1770 și semnătura"Stan Zugravu sin popii Radu". Ușile împărătești reprezintă Bunavestire pictura fiind încadrată de o frumoasă sculptură în lemn de tradiție brâncovenească. Pictorul rășinean a activat în mai multe sate din zonă.

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Bârsău, Hărău


Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog Shri Arvind Panagariya to brief media on the State of Economy and Achievements under NITI Aayog over the past three years.
Entire year's(2018) government initiatives, events, schemes, bills http://www.theexamsmadesimple.com/2019/01/year-ender-2018-ministry-of-ayush.html?m=1.
Definitely possible to reach top 50 in next two years: CEO, NITI Aayog, on India's position in #WorldBank's #DoingBusiness rankings.
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar along with the three service chiefs paid tributes to the martyrs at the war memorial 'Amar Jawan Jyoti' in the national capital.
^achievements-of-niti-aayog-pib^ adli axtariş üçün 100 dən çox nəticə tapilidi.Siz ^achievements-of-niti-aayog-pib^ bu adli məzmunun ilk 20 nəticəsini bu səhifədə dinləyə və yükləyə bilərsiniz.


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Sahathevan R, Linden T, Villemagne VL, Churilov L, Ly JV, Rowe C, et al. Positron Emission Tomographic Imaging in Stroke: Cross-Sectional and Follow-Up Assessment of Amyloid in Ischemic Stroke. Stroke. 2015
The relationship between cerebrovascular disease, cognition and amyloid-beta (Aβ) deposition as occurs in Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and related disorders has been a topic of much debate and research. Cardiovascular risk factors such as hypertension and diabetes independently increase the risk of vascular cognitive impairment (VCI) and AD, and histopathologic analysis shows considerable overlap between the pathologic features of the two conditions. Despite this, studies in human subjects that attempt to establish a causal relationship between ischemia and Aβ deposition have been mostly negative. Sahathevan et al. sought to investigate the relationship between ischemia and Aβ deposition both in the acute setting and over time. In a single-center cohort of patients with acute ischemic stroke, they quantitatively assessed Aβ using amyloid PET imaging (11C-PiB-PET) around the time of their event and again several months later.
Forty-eight patients who presented with a first-ever acute ischemic stroke were scanned within 40 days of the event with 11C-PiB-PET and MRI for anatomic co-registration. Patients with previous intracerebral hemorrhage, head trauma, brain surgery, brain tumor and known neurodegenerative disorders were excluded. Baseline data included demographics, vascular risk factor profiles, stroke topography and the presence or absence of hemorrhagic transformation, white matter lesions and carotid stenosis. Standard uptake value ratios (SUVR) on amyloid PET imaging were generated for the infarct and peri-infarct regions and compared to a mirrored reference region in the contralesional hemisphere. Ipsilesional and contralesional hemisphere SUVR values were also generated. A cut-off of SUVR=1.40 was used to identify high versus low uptake based on prior studies by the authors. Assessment of hemorrhagic transformation on MRI (which was found to be correlated to increased SUVR in a previous study by the authors) was performed for inclusion as a confounding variable. The presence of white matter lesions based on Fazekas scores and presence of carotid disease were used as surrogate markers to investigate the potential effect of chronic ischemia as another confounding variable.
Of the initial 48 patients, 27 did not return for repeat scans due to medical or other reasons. Baseline demographics were not significantly different between those who did and did not have a second amyloid PET scan, except that a higher percentage of patients with hypertension declined to return. The median time to second scan was 222 days.
The SUVR of the infarct areas were >1.4 in 57.9% patients at baseline, compared to 51.1% in the reference region. The median difference (0.07) was not significant (p=0.452). The median difference in SUVR of the infarct zone at time of follow-up imaging was -0.08 (p=0.04), suggesting a significant decrease over time. Similarly, nonsignificantly higher values in the affected region coupled with a statistically significant decrease on follow-up imaging were found in the peri-infarct zone as well as the stroke-specific hemisphere. There was no effect of hemorrhagic transformation or carotid disease. The presence of periventricular WML did affect the decrease in hemisphere-specific SUVR on follow-up imaging (p=0.03), but this effect was not found in the infarct or peri-infarct regions. Deep WML did not affect any of the studied regions.
This study provides valuable insights into the complex pathology behind Aβ deposition in the brain despite the high attrition rate, low number of patients, and variation in time between scans. The authors' hypothesis of reactive Aβ deposition based on their prior work with a smaller group of subjects was not supported, and the significant reduction in 11C-PiB-PET accumulation over time across all studied regions suggests the increased uptake around the time of the ischemic event is due to a transient increase in blood brain barrier permeability that occurs following an acute stroke. Further study with larger cohorts and standardized, serial PET imaging would likely provide more clarity in this regard.
The lack of association with carotid stenosis contrasts with a smaller previous study of demented patients with unilateral carotid stenosis that showed increased uptake in the hemisphere distal to the stenosis. That observation is of particular interest as it suggests that ischemia and cerebrovascular disease may play a modulating role in Aβ pathology that is more pronounced in demented patients who likely have other predisposing factors towards Aβ deposition. An extended longitudinal study using amyloid PET imaging to compare the evolution of Aβ uptake over time in patients with stroke who went on to develop AD versus those who did not could be helpful, as well as examining the role of APoE allele status in a similarly designed study.