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Q: Missing ',' separator after Swift 3 migration for method swizzle I'm having trouble converting the code below to Swift 3 syntax:
extension UIView {

    override public static func initialize() {
        if !didEAInitialize {
            replaceAnimationMethods()
            didEAInitialize = true
        }
    }

    private static func replaceAnimationMethods() {
        //replace actionForLayer...
        method_exchangeImplementations(
            class_getInstanceMethod(self, #selector(UIView.actionForLayer(_:forKey:))),
            class_getInstanceMethod(self, #selector(UIView.EA_actionForLayer(_:forKey:))))

        //replace animateWithDuration...
        method_exchangeImplementations(
           class_getClassMethod(self, #selector(UIView.animate(withDuration:animations:)(_:animations:))),
           class_getClassMethod(self, #selector(UIView.EA_animateWithDuration(_:animations:))))
        method_exchangeImplementations(
           class_getClassMethod(self, #selector(UIView.animate(withDuration:animations:completion:)(_:animations:completion:))),
           class_getClassMethod(self, #selector(UIView.EA_animateWithDuration(_:animations:completion:))))
        method_exchangeImplementations(
           class_getClassMethod(self, #selector(UIView.animate(withDuration:delay:options:animations:completion:)(_:delay:options:animations:completion:))),
           class_getClassMethod(self, #selector(UIView.EA_animateWithDuration(_:delay:options:animations:completion:))))
        method_exchangeImplementations(
           class_getClassMethod(self, #selector(UIView.animate(withDuration:delay:usingSpringWithDamping:initialSpringVelocity:options:animations:completion:)(_:delay:usingSpringWithDamping:initialSpringVelocity:options:animations:completion:))),
           class_getClassMethod(self, #selector(UIView.EA_animateWithDuration(_:delay:usingSpringWithDamping:initialSpringVelocity:options:animations:completion:))))

    }

}

The code above is after running the migration tool. For example I originally had:
method_exchangeImplementations(
            class_getClassMethod(self, #selector(UIView.animateWithDuration(_:animations:))),
            class_getClassMethod(self, #selector(UIView.EA_animateWithDuration(_:animations:))))

But now on the second line I get the error Expected ',' separator for class_getClassMethod(self, #selector(UIView.animate(withDuration:animations:)(_:animations:))). What am I doing wrong here?

A: The migration tool is not always perfect. Just make the first line look like the second line but without the EA_ prefix. Change
class_getClassMethod(self, #selector(UIView.animate(withDuration:animations:)(_:animations:))),

to
class_getClassMethod(self, #selector(UIView.animate(withDuration:animations:))),

and so on...


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MoU on Bihari Krishna Fellowship in Ethnographic Research
Post on13 Nov 2019
Under the Bihari Krishna Fellowship in Ethnographic Research set up at Social Science Baha (SSB), a Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between SSB and the Central Department of Anthropology (CDA) at Tribhuvan University to set up two fellowships: i. PhD ethnographic research fellowship, and ii. PhD dissertation-to-book fellowship. The duration of the PhD ethnographic research fellowship will be one year and of the PhD dissertation-to-book fellowship, six months. The Bihari Krishna Fellowship in Ethnographic Research was set up in 2011 through a donation of Rs 5 million from Bihari Krishna Shrestha, one of the pioneering anthropologists of Nepal. The MoU was signed in the presence of Mr Shrestha by Professor Nirmal Man Tuladhar, Chair of SSB and Dr Dambar Chemjong, Head of Department at CDA on 4 November 2019 at the CDA.

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We chose Oasis of the Seas because my husband had watched a documentary of it being built. We were not disappointed in this ship at all. The ship is huge but very well planned out and you never feel too bombarded with other guests. The balcony cabin was very comfortable and the bed divine. The staff are very courteous and helpful so you definitely get excellent customer service. We really enjoyed all of the food with the exception of the Windjammer Buffet. We ate at the Chops Grill the first night of our cruise and were very pleased with the food. We loved the adult swimming/hot tub area on the 16th floor. It had plenty of seating and a bar close to the pool and hot-tubs. We could also watch the families with children having fun on the 15th level. We will definitely sail with Royal Caribbean for one next cruise!
We chose Oasis of the Seas because my husband had watched a documentary of it being built. We were not disappointed in this ship at all. The ship is huge but very well planned out and you never feel too bombarded with other guests. The balcony cabin was very comfortable and the bed divine. The staff are very courteous and helpful so you definitely get excellent customer service. We really enjoyed all of the food with the exception of the Windjammer Buffet. We ate at the Chops Grill the first night of our cruise and were very pleased with the food.
We loved the adult swimming/hot tub area on the 16th floor. It had plenty of seating and a bar close to the pool and hot-tubs. We could also watch the families with children having fun on the 15th level.
We will definitely sail with Royal Caribbean for one next cruise!
The cabin was in a great area, close to the elevators and Central Park. This room does have a connecting door to the room next door which is great if you are travelling with others but was a little noisy because of a crying baby in the connecting room.


Since many time oxidative stress has been envisaged as a pathway damaging intracellular structures and contributing to the arising of chronic degenerative diseases. Indeed high levels of oxidative damage can be detected in target organs of cardiovascular diseases (arteries, heart) and ocular disease (cataract, glaucoma). Dealing cancer, oxidative stress is a recognized promoter of cancer development, as demonstrated in experimental animal models of lung and skin carcinogenesis and in human carcinogenesis induced by cigarette smoke. However, recent evidences indicate that oxidative stress has a multi-faced role depending on its level and on the type of targeted tissue. Oxidative stress at low level activates cellular defense against toxic agents as well as against high levels of oxidative stress, a situation referred to as 'hormesis'. Oxidative stress at low level is able to destroy bacteria thus exerting disinfectant activity, especially towards anaerobic and Gram negative bacteria. At the same time, oxidative stress activates wound healing pathways and inhibit macrophage activation thus exerting anti-inflammatory activity. These mechanisms can be used to cure skin wounds and ulcers. Cancer cells, with particular reference to cancer stem cells, are highly vulnerable to oxidative stress as demonstrated by the fact that many anti-cancer drugs are potent intracellular oxidants (e.g., ionizing radiation, anthracyclines). Cancer cells block the main endogenous source of oxidative stress, the mitochondrion, thus blocking the intrinsic pathway of apoptosis activation, a situation referred to as Warburg effect. Based on these premises, oxidative stress as exerted by lipohilic agents could be proposed to kill cancer cells as a complementary tool to standard radio/chemotherapies.
These considerations, indicate that nowadays oxidative stress has a recognized multi-tasking role its biological consequences depending on both dose and cellular target. Oxidative stress cannot be any more considered only a damage-inducing mechanism but, under certain circumstances, as a therapeutic tool.


Everyone loves penguins...we strung them with colourful Round Eye beads (ward off the evil spirits) on a leather string. They are great for gifts and sure to put a smile on everyone's face.
Hand made. Carved glass beads.
Leather string 30 cm drop. Will fit Mummy and Me.


Thus far, no study has evaluated the impact on aspirin in addition to the newer and more potent P2Y12 inhibitors, among ACS patients and current guidelines recommend dual anti-platelet therapy consisting of aspirin and a novel P2Y12 inhibitor in this population.
Objective The investigators goal is to examine the effect of aspirin in addition to new anti-platelet agent (ticagrelor\prasugrel) on platelet reactivity in comparison with placebo, among ACS patients treated percutaneously.
Design The proposed study is a randomized-controlled, double blind trial, conducted among ACS patients treated percutaneously. Eligible patients will recruited during hospitalization due to ACS after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), and randomization by envelopes on 1:1 basis will take place a month after the index event, at a follow-up visit at the cardiac clinic.
Platelet function and Endothelial function tests will be taken a month after the index event, and at a 2 weeks periods following aspirin/placebo therapy, cross-over and return to open-label aspirin.
End-points platelet function tests will be compared between aspirin and placebo therapy and before and after the cross-over.
Current knowledge and data support the use of dual anti-platelets for patients after acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Novel P2Y12 inhibitors have shown their superiority on clopidogrel in regarding morbidity and mortality, but at the cost of higher bleeding rates - even in lower doses of aspirin there is increase risk for gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding. In a geographical analysis of the PLATO trial it has been shown difference at outcome. When higher dose of aspirin were used, the superiority of ticagrelor was reduced.
The use of platelet reactivity tests have been proved and acknowledged in their usefulness for gauging bleeding and ischemic risks. Few studies have shown that clopidogral is inhibiting not only the ADP activity, but also the arachidonic acid (AA) pathway that is considered aspirin specific pathway. Examining the effect of potent P2Y12 inhibitors in healthy volunteers have shown increased inhibition of the AA pathway. Not only that the adding of aspirin, have shown little effect on inhibition of AA pathway.
It has been demonstrated that vascular endothelial function is inversely correlated to platelet reactivity in both individuals without established cardiovascular disease (controls) and acute myocardial infarction patients.
Objective Our goal is to examine the effect (platelet function test and endothelial function) of aspirin while added to novel P2Y12 inhibitors treated ACS patients.
Study end-points The primary end-point is platelet function tests in response to AA. Secondary end-points will include endothelial function and platelet reactivity according to the platelet activity and VerifyNow test in response to ADP and platelet activation Clinical outcomes including all-cause and cardiac mortality and hospitalizations, recurrent ischemia and stent thrombosis, and bleeding events along with blood transfusions, will be recorded as safety end-points.
Aspirin 100 mg vs. placebo in ACS patients on P2Y12 inhibitors a month following PCI.
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Tantry US, Bonello L, Aradi D, Price MJ, Jeong YH, Angiolillo DJ, Stone GW, Curzen N, Geisler T, Ten Berg J, Kirtane A, Siller-Matula J, Mahla E, Becker RC, Bhatt DL, Waksman R, Rao SV, Alexopoulos D, Marcucci R, Reny JL, Trenk D, Sibbing D, Gurbel PA; Working Group on On-Treatment Platelet Reactivity. Consensus and update on the definition of on-treatment platelet reactivity to adenosine diphosphate associated with ischemia and bleeding. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2013 Dec 17;62(24):2261-73. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.07.101. Epub 2013 Sep 27.
Hobson AR, Qureshi Z, Banks P, Curzen NP. Effects of clopidogrel on "aspirin specific" pathways of platelet inhibition. Platelets. 2009 Sep;20(6):386-90.
Armstrong PC, Dhanji AR, Tucker AT, Mitchell JA, Warner TD. Reduction of platelet thromboxane A2 production ex vivo and in vivo by clopidogrel therapy. J Thromb Haemost. 2010 Mar;8(3):613-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2009.03714.x. Epub 2009 Dec 3.
Armstrong PC, Leadbeater PD, Chan MV, Kirkby NS, Jakubowski JA, Mitchell JA, Warner TD. In the presence of strong P2Y12 receptor blockade, aspirin provides little additional inhibition of platelet aggregation. J Thromb Haemost. 2011 Mar;9(3):552-61. doi: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2010.04160.x.
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Lanas A, García-Rodríguez LA, Arroyo MT, Gomollón F, Feu F, González-Pérez A, Zapata E, Bástida G, Rodrigo L, Santolaria S, Güell M, de Argila CM, Quintero E, Borda F, Piqué JM; Asociación Española de Gastroenterología. Risk of upper gastrointestinal ulcer bleeding associated with selective cyclo-oxygenase-2 inhibitors, traditional non-aspirin non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, aspirin and combinations. Gut. 2006 Dec;55(12):1731-8. Epub 2006 May 10.
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"Mohamed Salah, a gift from Allah"
A video of Chelsea fans singing about Liverpool star Mohamed Salah being a 'bomber' has gone viral, sparking widespread condemnation, as well as compounding fears of how widespread racism is in European football.
The video shared on Twitter and picked up by a number of British media outlets shows a group of White English Chelsea supporters shouting the abuse in a pub while onlookers either laugh or join in.
Liverpool are set to play Chelsea over the weekend in a tie that could determine the fate of their Premier League challenge.
The video caused uproar on social media with former footballers and the clubs involved issuing statements.
Former Liverpool striker, Stan Collymore, who is of mixed heritage himself, called the incident a direct result of the UK's right-wing atmosphere.
"I hope Mo (Salah) shows this to his 8.4 million followers on twitter as to how tolerant the nation he plies his trade in, is. "
Both Liverpool and Chelsea have issued statements condemning the video.
In its statement, Liverpool said the video was "dangerous and disturbing".
Officials at Chelsea have also condemned the video, and immediately banned the fans featured from attending the club's Europa League fixture against Slavia Prague on Thursday night.
#afc have launched an investigation into a social media post which appears to show Napoli's Kalidou Koulibaly being racially abused. Club says they "utterly condemn use of this type of racist language" and "anyone behaving like this is not welcome at Arsenal and will be banned".
But despite the swift condemnation, the incident is far from isolated, with several major racist controversies in the past few months alone.
No sooner had the dust settled after the video of abuse targeting Mohamed Salah, reports filtered through that Arsenal were investigating a fan for making racist gestures at Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly during their Europa league match.
In March, several Black English players were subjected to monkey noises and racist chants during a match against Montenegro.
In early April, Juventus forward Moise Kean was subject to abuse during a match against Cagliari.
Instead of tolerating the racism, Kean scored and stood defiantly and silently in front of the fans taunting him.
"The best way to respond to racism," he wrote on his Instagram account.
After each incident, attention turns to football's governing authorities, such as UEFA and FIFA to take action, but the sanctions they issue often leave anti-racism activists and footballers disappointed.
"For me, the likes of FIFA have to be tougher [on racism]," said Arsenal star Hector Bellerin.
"They don't do enough. Football should bring people together. The problems shouldn't be hidden away," he continued.
But the pressure remains on FIFA to act with even its chief, Gianni Infantino conceding that fines were no longer working.


IS THIS MAN WORTH THE MEGA MILLIONS THAT ARSENAL HAVE PAID FOR HIM?
IS IT A JACK SNIPE?
The Most Important Bit "TASTING THE END PRODUCT"
The Beerfest continues, today Saturday 25th. bringing back memories of the 1980s with nice sunny days and lots of people outside, (Jim & Bernie ran the pub then as well) The beerfest is proving to be a big hit with the public and a great success so far!
Local Dignitaries enjoying the beerfest and sampling the delights of "Real Ale"
Jim said people will recognise him due to his stunning good looks - So I guess he's the one on the left of the picture!
Ratty (Paul Ratcliff) Congratulates Matt on "Sinking One"
"Two years ago we rescued 2 Duckling who had lost their Mum. They have stayed with us in the Marina and last year she had two clutches but none survived. She always chooses our tallest plant pot to lay her eggs, when they hatch they have a long jump to the water. She hatched 8 ducklings and so far she has lost 2, that's quite good for Mallards. They hatched last Saturday (13th April 2013) so it's still very early days for them all"
in front of a pub full of people, well done Ray!
Built in 1925, Traction Engine No. 4019 "BRITANNIA"


There was a cloud of loneliness that hung over my head during my years growing up. I was searching for something without even knowing it. I had friends through elementary school and high school, but not as many as I needed. My view of my self worth was wobbling at a fragile state.
At twenty years old I met a special girl. We dated, and had fun. She was filling that empty area in my lonely life. Our relationship grew closer, and I believed she was the one for me—the one to fill that hole in my heart. And when I didn't think that things could get any better, they didn't.
"Friends?" I must have repeated over and over. Just when I thought things were getting perfect, and my life worth living, the bottom falls out and I'm left with that lingering loneliness all over again. What to do?
In the hour following that crushing news I went to my church, sat in my Sunday spot, and, with tears in my eyes, bowed my head and asked God to help me. Whatever was the solution to my problem, I was now looking to God to show me the way.
A month or two later, I saw a girl in a college class who I was madly in love with… back in the third grade. I believed I was back in "real" life once more. Then it happened again. She announced that she was going to be leaving to another country to do some volunteer work. My heart was broken one more time. I must have believed that this time my condition was fatal.
Then came that day that a friend wanted to introduce me to a girl. (I sure didn't put up any resistance to that idea.) At my very first sight of her, my eyes said that this could just be the one. Maybe even an answer to that prayer those months back.
During the year that followed, with a large amount of dating, the word "marriage" began to work its way into my thoughts, and then, ultimately, a proposal. She was definitely the one. But it was in her pastor's office talking about our desire for him to marry us that he asked that Bible-based question that I was not prepared for.
"Have you been born again?" he asked.
I had gone to church all my life. But I had never before heard the term being "born again." With my answer of "No," and some time of him sharing a few Bible verses, I decided that I wanted what the Bible said I must have to one day be in heaven.
That was back in 1968. It wasn't my marriage, though, to the sweetheart of my life that made that cloud of loneliness vanish away. Those years of searching led me to the only One who had the answer to my need. It wasn't fixing my social life that was to bring me happiness. Not even the perfect romance. It was placing my faith in the Savior of the world—making Him my Savior—that was the answer to the peace my heart was searching for.
My ever-nagging loneliness, a lack of life direction, and sin areas that would not go away were only going to be fixed through faith in Jesus Christ and what He did for me on that cross so many years ago.
I bowed my head and prayed in that pastor's office and asked Jesus to forgive my sin, come into my life, be my Savior, and give me the needed power over the sin areas in my life. During the past forty plus years, God's perfect love has never left me and always remained my stronghold through my life's needs. God's perfect love for me, and the assurance of going to heaven—that is what my heart had longed for over all those years. The Bible had the answer to the need in my life. I just needed to accept it.
Only God offers the most perfect love—love that will never, ever leave you.


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The University reserves the right to drop from classes any student who has not satisfied all financial obligations by the time classes begin. Non-payment of tuition without proper notification to the registrar's office of withdrawal from classes does not obligate the University to refund tuition payments or to credit a student's account for the tuition for that semester.
The Employer Tuition Remission Payment Plan enables students to register and partially defer tuition. At the time of registration all fees and 15 percent of total tuition is due. The balance of your tuition is payable 60 days after the last class of the semester. A Verification of Employer Tuition Remission Eligibility form must be completed.
For more information regarding the Employer Tuition Remission Payment Plan, call 410-532-5365.


This week I'm hoping to have all the pictures up early the day they should be. Hopefully I won't be scrounging around after I wake up to upload an image. Hopefully.
Anyways, I was hoping to pull some more detail out of this one, as it's very dark. However, I still like the composition and the "dangly things" in the background. This is definitely an image I wish I had a tripod for, to get some HDR lovin', but alas not yet. I would definitely recommend the "dark" setting on the site for this one.


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written by Harinder Singh January 3, 2020 December 13, 2019
Tirupati Venkateswara Temple is a famous Hindu and Jain temple located in Tirupati. Tirupati is one of the most renowned pilgrimage centers in India. It is located in the district of Chittoor of Andhra Pradesh.
Millions of visitors visit this place every year. The Sri Venkateswara Temple, built on the hills of Tirumala, situated at an altitude of 3200 feet above sea level, is the biggest attraction here. This temple was built many centuries ago and is a fantastic example of South Indian architecture and craftsmanship and is one of the top 25 temples of India.
In Sangam literature, which is one of the earliest documentation of Tamil, Tirupati is called Trivangadam. There are differences among historians regarding the history of Tirupati Balaji Temple. But it is clear that by the 5th century, it had established itself as an important religious center.
The kings of Chola, Hoysala, and Vijayanagara are said to have contributed financially to the construction of this temple.
Lord Venkateswara or Balaji is considered to be an incarnation of Lord Vishnu. It is believed that Lord Vishnu lived for some time on the banks of a pond called Swami Pushkarini.
This pond is located near Tirumala. The hills around Tirupati are called 'Saptagiri,' built based on the seven fauna of Sheshnag. This temple of Sri Venkateswaraya is situated on the seventh hill of Saptagiri, which is famous as Venkatadri.
According to another observation, Saint Ramanuja climbed this seventh hill of Tirupati in the 11th century. Prabhu Srinivasa (another name of Venkateswara) appeared before him and blessed him.
It is believed that after receiving the blessings of the Lord, he lived to the age of 120 years and wandered from place to place and spread the fame of Lord Venkateswara.
On the occasion of Vaikuntha Ekadashi, people come here to have a darshan of the Lord, where after coming, all their sins are washed away. It is believed that after coming here, one gets freedom from the bond of birth and death. The history of this temple is considered to date back to the 9th century, when the ruling dynasty, Pallavas of Kanchipuram, established their suzerainty at this place.
Still, the reputation of the temple remained limited even after the rule of the Vijayanagara dynasty of the 15th century. After 15 century, the fame of this temple started spreading far and wide. From 1843 to 1933 AD, the Mahant of Hatiramji Mutt took over the management of this temple under British rule.
The history of Tirupati Balaji Temple is as magnificent as this temple. Tourists are still surprised to see the beauty and grandeur of this ancient temple built many centuries ago. This temple is a unique confluence of craftsmanship and architecture of South India.
There is a difference of opinion among historians regarding the history of Tirupati. But still, many pieces of evidence indicate that it became a major religious center of Hindus in the 5th century.
The rulers of Chola, Hoyers, and Vijayanagara assisted by giving funds for the construction of the Balaji temple. The Pallava rulers of Kanchipuram took possession of this place in the 9th century. The temple began to gain prominence, especially after the 15th century.
Importance of temple and some extraordinary things related to temple
This temple is one of the most thriving temples in India. The gates of this temple are open to the rich as well as the poor. It is believed that a person gets wealth and wealth by visiting Lord Venkateswara. The desire of the devotee who has true reverence for Lord Venkateswara Balaji is fulfilled.
It is also challenging to describe the beauty of Balaji. While one hand in the statue of Balaji is in the posture of blessing, the other hand is in such a posture that it seems that God is asking for something from his devotees. It is believed that on completion of the wish, it is the devotee's karma to offer special offerings to Balaji or to do some exceptional work in the name of Balaji.
Tirupati Balaji Temple is considered a miraculous temple. People say many things about this temple which seem incredible, but the devotees have full faith in these things, and this is also the reason why Tirupati temple is so recognized:
The hair on the head of Lord Venkateswara is said to be real. The hair never gets tangled, nor are they dry. That is why the devotees believe that God resides here.
The idol of Lord Balaji is always moist.
The sound of a vast ocean is heard from the idol.
For a long time, a lamp in the temple has been burning continuously without oil/ghee.
A special type of camphor is used to clean the idol of God, which breaks immediately when rubbed on the stone wall, but nothing happens when rubbed on the idol.
To sum up, the temple of Tirupati Balaji is loaded with mysticism. It is fascinating to hear about the history and mystical stories associated with the temple.
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Hello, My name is Harinder Singh, A tech enthusiast who also love exploring the India Culture and beautiful places. In my spare time I love travelling to beautiful and historic Indian places.
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Macaiah Pantle makes a pass during the Lady Tiger's loss to the Rattlers Saturday.
The Encampment Lady Tigers (6-4) started their weekend with a win against the Walden, Colo. Lady Wildcats (4-2). The Lady Tigers took Walden 51-25 in a game where Encampment held a 23-3 lead at the end of the first quarter.
Coach Amy Clay said the team shot 69 percent from the field in the first quarter and played strong defense.
"We've been working on our press and it helped us get some early turnovers," Clay said.


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Check out the facts about this family and try to match the names with the persons. Choose between various difficulty modes and try to win every time.
Drag the names to the correct spot on the family tree.
Horrifically easy. Shouldn't even be on here with the age limit, really.


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Where You Lead, I Will Follow
Rachel Kurland
The tour discusses several synagogues around South Street, Old City and Washington Square.
It's not exactly a tour of the Old City of Jerusalem, but there's still plenty of Jewish history in Old City Philadelphia that you might not know about.
The Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia is a nonprofit historic preservation advocacy group that offers 20 different walking tours across the city with certified local guides.
The Jewish Immigrant tour will take place this Sunday, June 19, at 2 p.m. People interested in the tour can meet in front of Society Hill Synagogue at 418 Spruce St.
Annie Bennett, program manager for the Preservation Alliance, said the Jewish tours — there's also a colonial Jewish tour — have been around for about 10 years. They're one of the most popular tours, in addition to the Benjamin Franklin Bridge and Underground Philadelphia tours.
"This appeals to a unique market. It's a niche," Bennett said.
The Jewish tours are offered every month or two, and they're capped at the first 25 people who arrive (sorry history buffs, no reservations prior).
The tours can last up to two hours, varying on how much distance they cover. Some tours walk the entire 1.7 miles of the Ben Franklin Bridge while others remain within a four-block radius of Old City.
"Immigrant history isn't really something we focus on in Philadelphia," Bennett added, which is an appeal of the tour. "We have the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall, but we really don't talk about what comes next after that, how the city grew."
But what really makes a difference on these tours is the guide — specifically one guide.
Lynne Kalish is the only guide for the Jewish tours, though it's been around longer than she's been doing it, since about 2003.
Kalish trained to become a tour guide, completing a series of 12 lectures and learning the ins and outs from the guide who developed this tour, Henry Nechemias, who later moved to South Carolina.
"I decided to learn this tour because there were only, I think, two guides at the time that were giving it, and although I wasn't raised Jewish, my family was Jewish, so I'm interested in Jewish history," she said.
In fact, her parents converted before she was born, and she was raised Unitarian. She now belongs to the Unitarian Society of Germantown.
"But I have Jewish family, some of whom are rabbis," she added.
The tour extends east and west from Third to Sixth streets and north and south from Spruce to Bainbridge streets. It ends at Congregation B'nai Abraham at Sixth and Lombard.
Kalish explains the history of four synagogues — social service organizations of the time, medical facilities, immigration, educational organizations, architecture — that are still active, as well as locations where there used to be synagogues.
A few of the buildings even have a Unitarian connection, she said, in which members of her church were the architects for some of them.
One of the synagogues started as a Universalist church where Joseph Priestley gave a series of lectures on Unitarian theology in 1796.
"Sometimes there are people who take the tour who are Jewish and know more about a particular congregation than I know, and they can correct what I have to say," she admitted, like when some translate the Hebrew text on buildings. "I hope they'll get a sense of what Philadelphia was like back at the turn of the 20th century. It's like traveling back in time 100 years or more to the Philadelphia that was."
Kalish uses copies of newspapers and photographs Nechemias gave her for resources, some indicating how crowded the streets were and how sanitation was not what it is today.
One newspaper advertised a bathhouse for 5 cents, with the added perk of hot water.
"It's hard sometimes to imagine when you see what the city looks like now," she said.
But for Kalish, the importance of the history goes back to the people interested in it.
During one tour, "as we walked past Famous [4th Street] Deli on our way to something else, this lady asked if we could stop for just a moment there. She wanted to tell us something."
Standing at the basement door on the sidewalk, "She said, 'On this spot, my grandfather had his cart with pots and pans and sold his pots and pans here,' and that's how he raised his family."
He had an arrangement with the owner to put his cart in the basement overnight.
"It gave me chills just to hear her say this and to think about this person 100 years ago selling his pots and pans there," she added. "So for some people, the tour is really their history, their family history."
Contact: rkurland@jewishexponent.com; 215-832-0737
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ghibellini exhibitions Acri, Italy, MACA
A different kind of earth
It's a collection of ceramic sculptures that were first exhibited at the 48th Mostra della Ceramica di Castellamonte receiving the medal of honour by the President of the Republic of Italy, and now arrives at the MACA – Civic Museum of Contemporary Art in Acri (Cs), Italy.
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For the first time Silvio Vigliaturo – a world renowned glassfusion maestro – employs a different kind of earth, moulding it directly. Whenever he has to turn matter into art – true expression of his feelings – he uses his hands, in a creative performance which associates him closely to the image of the Creator. Sculpture is the direct spawn of a man's hands. A man who pushes his thumb in the earth to shape and elevate it, creating new images and forms. Vigliaturo's art – this new art conceived through the medium of ceramics – shows itself to the world through a complex and often contradictory vision, that of an unfocused superposition of a multitude of fragmentary images. This vision has to find a unifying character in the midst of its fragmentarily. Right away the vision breaks down, multiplying and contradicting itself, in its parts, creating numerous different visions. This fragmentation, these shards of image, are the object of Vigliaturo's work, through which he gives life to "The Trojan War", a series of artworks that stage the artist's emotions.
Silvio Vigliaturo's goal is to extend ceramics' millenary tradition to the state of being contemporary, impressing innovation into the matter by means of acts which objectify themselves in artistic, spontaneous and peculiar forms that etch, carve, incise, life itself.
Exhibition: A DIFFERENT KIND OF EARTH
Place: MACA-Civic Museum of Contemporary Art Silvio Vigliaturo
Palazzo Sanseverino, Piazza Falcone 1, Acri (Cs) Italy.
Opening hours: 9am – 1pm; 3pm – 7pm, Monday closed
Curators: Boris Brollo, Vittorio Amedeo Sacco
Exhibition period: 21 December 2008 – 1 March 2008
www.museovigliaturo.it
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The lioness throws her head back, nuzzling into the soft spot beneath the chin of her sibling. I am watching the Nkahuma pride of lions; there must be easily twelve or more of them in front of us. It is incredible to witness so many together and as they groom each other we are treated to a wonderful spectacle of tenderness in the wild. Still dozy from sleeping they are slowly rousing themselves to wakefulness, and we find ourselves fortunate witnesses to the heart-warming practice of grooming with affectionate head bumps and slow methodical strokes of tongues against fur.
My eye catches two of the pride still asleep; they are motionless, slightly separate from the rest. They appear to be a bit skinnier than the others. Being smaller, perhaps they didn't manage to procure as much food at the last kill they all shared.
Questions are fired at our guide, trainee Dean de la Rey. Who is this pride? Why aren't these ones as well-fed as those ones? When will they next hunt? The separation of the two skinny lions is commented on.
Dean was himself also in a process of a different sort of grooming at the time. James Souchon, a seasoned Ranger, asks some sharp questions about the pride and the scene unfolding before us. Dean is in that sometimes uncomfortable process of learning how best to share his knowledge with a varied group of humans, all with different expectations and prejudices. All of this in a group of his peers is no easy task; we are on a training drive. As a wellness therapist who spends my days camp-bound I am always thrilled when drives like these take place and staff get to go out into the bush for some much needed airing. It is so easy to take this magical bush eden for granted and when I find myself on a vehicle out in the open with the cool spring breeze on my skin, my gaze fixed on the horizon, endless beautiful bushveld being kissed by a vast dramatic african sky at dusk. I inhale deeply and feel myself restored by my breathing, and feel that deep gratitude for this bush life again. Gently my perspective shifts and wonder returns.
At the Healing House we have front row seats to vervet monkeys grooming each other during pauses from their movements. They clamber deftly amidst the labyrinth of branches of Jackalberry trees, the boughs of which form a canopy above us…they lounge together….lazing in some very amusing positions at times with long grey, primate fingers threading through family members' coats, often lulling each other into a soporific state. This state is familiar I see it everyday in my profession where eyelids grow heavy at slow, steady, caring touch. There is something hypnotic when we watch animals groom each other; something softens inside us as we witness it.
Grooming is inclusive. It grows bonds. It guides us to a pleasurable state of being. Those two young lions seem to me such a poignant reminder of the fruits of isolation; of being tolerated and not celebrated. All creatures under the sun need assistance of some kind to find ourselves in our most shiny healthy state physically, mentally and emotionally. It takes kind hands, warm embraces and even more importantly many words of encouragement.
Christina you write beautifully. Touch is such a big part of healing, grooming might be an animal trait but us humans always benefit from a good hug. Touching and reaching out to another human is perhaps the equivalent of animal grooming.
Well said Christina, we as humans need to learn from our friends in the bush the benefits of "grooming" and make it a part of our lives.
What a beautifully written deeply felt story, thank you.


VeloCloud is part of a bid to expand NSX everywhere.
The VMware-VeloCloud products are both based on an overlay network, with increased flexibility to separate the logical network from underlying hardware. Conde suggested there may be a transition period in which VMware VeloCloud Edge devices continue to be offered. However, VMware's network functions virtualization infrastructure platform vision seems to include an x86 network device that can run virtual network functions through a VMware edge hypervisor.
Conde identified other SD-WAN players, such as Aerohive, Barracuda, CloudGenix and Cradlepoint, acknowledging the way the market will evolve remains to be seen.
"Ultimately, the vision of [a VMware-VeloCloud acquisition] is to create a software-defined network that spans the enterprise, and VeloCloud brings them closer to the vision. VMware has the technical assets to create an SD-WAN solution on its own, but this acquisition is a quicker way with gained access to VeloCloud's technology and customers," Conde said.
Dig deeper into Conde's thoughts on VMware and VeloCloud.
Andrew Lerner, an analyst with Gartner, explored the best approach to building a network segmentation strategy. As many organizations move to segment enterprise networks, Lerner said many teams over- or under-segment network environments.
According to Gartner, the key goals of a network segmentation strategy should focus on data criticality, sensitivity and location. In virtualized environments, Lerner said enterprises can change the technology, but never compromise on fundamental security principles.
Gartner research indicated that network segmentation decisions are usually based on internal business considerations instead of technology awareness. IT teams should avoid outsourcing network segmentation strategy and design.
"Not all segmentation mechanisms are equal in terms of trust. Mismatches of trust in segmentation result in too little risk, causing unnecessary expense and latency, or too much risk, exposing the enterprise," Lerner said.
Explore more of Lerner's thoughts on network segmentation strategy.
Ivan Pepelnjak, blogging in ipSpace, traded ideas with Russ White about the differences between enterprises and service providers. While pointing out that he believes defining the split between the two is "useless," White goes on to paint the difference as a divide between organizations that make money directly off the network, such as providers, and ones that grudgingly pay for networks, like enterprises.
"If you think your network is an asset to your company, then you're more likely to build your own, rather than dealing with vendors, either cloudy or traditional," White said. "If you think your network is a cost, then you're likely to pay just about any price to keep from having to think about it."
Citing White, Pepelnjak said enterprise IT is poised to fragment into three main categories. Organizations that can't afford on-premises storage and fabrics will move as much as possible to the public cloud, while others that wish to retain on-premises infrastructure will use hyper-converged technologies or tools such as Microsoft Azure Stack. The third category, meanwhile, will be those large enough to invest in networking software, thus controlling their own destiny.
Read more of Pepelnjak's discussion on the future of enterprise IT.
What do you think of the proposed VMware-VeloCloud acquisition?


When should I start Private Lessons?
Private lessons can be started at any time. This can be for various reasons. Usually you will get started with private lessons when you decide to try out one of our ice shows or Basic Skills Competitions. You can approach your class instructor or any other staff member about private lessons. Alternatively, You may email or speak to the Palisades Skating School director, Christina Makris: . Private "booster" lessons are available if you are having trouble with an element in your skate school class.
These lessons may be given on any public session or freestyle session. The cost of admission and skate rental (if applicable) is due before getting on the ice and does not include the lesson fee.
These lessons may be given on any public session or "stick time". Please note that if the lesson is scheduled for "stick time," full pads and helmets are required. The cost of admission and skate rental (if applicable) is due before getting on the ice and does not include the lesson fee.
All students must pay Admission prior to going on the ice.
Limited private lesson spots are available on Practice Ice between group class times. Public session fees apply if not enrolled in skating school for that day.


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THE CROSS of Jesus Christ is foolishness (uncommon sense) for those who for those who are lost. But for the believer it is the POWER of GOD.
It's God's unmerrited grace, but your choice to receive Jesus Christ as your personal Saviour. You are born with a free will.
The condition for receiving any gift is acceptance. The gift of eternal life is only made available through Jesus Christ. The believers journey with Christ starts on receiving Him as your personal Saviour and Lord.
God will not force you. He gave His Son, and His Son willingly gave His life. You have the choice to accept or reject what Jesus Christ had done for YOU on the Cross of Calvary.
Since the fall of man in Genesis, man (me and you) were spiritually separated from God due to sin. Through imputed sin we are all born in sin as we are in Adam. Sin is sin and must be punished. Since the penalty for sin is death, the only way to be restored again in relationship to God was through paying the penalty for sin - death. Jesus died on the Cross of Calvary in our place (as us ), and redeemed us (bought us back) with His life-blood. Through the Cross He also delivered us from the curse. Only Jesus' blood can give peace and right-standing before our Heavenly Father. Only His cross can deliver us from the curse of the law.
The following two aspects must be understood by the believer in order to have what God had accomplished through Christ 's atoning death on the Cross of Calvary.
There is no way to enter God's presence (heaven) - except by the blood of Christ. Only Christ' blood (not religion, nor good deeds, acceptance by a specific denominational group, "a superior" background, race, gender or education) can bring us in a position of right-standing before God.
2. The cross. The cross is to deliver us from the curse. The old nature cannot be washed away with the blood. The cross deals with the believers old nature (character). The cross ensures victory as our old nature are being dealt with daily.
Applying the cross (1 Corinthians 15:31 - Apostle Paul "I die daily" ) We need to learn when to say "yes" or "no". To distinguish between good and evil.
Jesus came for people like you and me. People who need saving. The Scribes and Pharisees can be compared with the faultfinders and perfect people of our day. On facial value they have everything together, yet they're corrupted in heart and mind.
The Cross of Calvary. The very reason for the Cross of Calvary was to buy back what the enemy had stolen in Genesis.
God will always be waiting on us to return to Him. He is looking out for you right now, and He will keep looking at the horizon every day to see if His lost sons or daughters are coming home.
Repentance. The Greek meaning of the word 'repentance' literally means to change the mind. Repentance is the realization in the mind of exactly where you are and that definite change is required.
When the prodigal son came to himself and started thinking about his current CIRCUMSTANCES in life and what he could do about it. He said to himself: 'I will go to my father'. He knew and acknowledged that change in his life was required. As the lost son started to change his thinking and attitude (repented) he started to walk in newness of life.
His father was not angry with him. As he saw his son from a distance away, he ran to him, and kissed him, welcoming him home. His father was moved with pity and tenderness. The once lost son confessed his wrongful actions, and was fully restored in his fathers' house.
This is an awesome picture of Father God looking out for you as a son or daughter to repent and come home - this is done when we realize our need for saving and accept Jesus as our Savior and Lord.
If you had not yet returned home, know that your Heavenly Father is looking out for you - watching the horizon to see if you are returning home. He is waiting for you!
Scripture: Luke 15:10 Even so, I tell you, there is joy among and in the presence of the angels of God over one [especially] wicked person who repents (changes his mind for the better, heartily amending his ways, with abhorrence of his past sins) Amp.
Young John Newton called himself an atheist, and his life demonstrated his lack of belief in God. Even the coarsest sailors aboard his slave-trading ship could not stand his filthy speech. He brutalized the male slaves and sexually abused the women, and he prodded other sailors to do the same. The ship's captain finally put him ashore on the coast of Africa, and there he became a servant of slavers.
Finally rescued by another merchant ship, Newton once again fouled the ship with his presence. In a drunken stupor he almost plunged overboard, and the captain wished that he had. Then, amazingly in the midst of a vicious ocean storm in 1748, God touched his heart. Years after his remarkable conversion, Newton commented, "I see no reason why the Lord singled me out for mercy…unless it was to show that with him nothing is impossible."
Have your self-worth been distorted by lies? Have your relationship with God been destroyed, or are you filled with blame, shame and guilt?
Let go of that weight, and burdens and be restored and reconciled to God through Jesus. Worry has a weight (Psalms 55:22) When inviting Jesus into your life or beholding Him (set your eyes on; pay attetion to) you literally cast your burden on the Lord [releasing the weight of it] and, and the promise follows, He will sustain you!
He will never allow the righteous (those who are justified, set apart and made right by the blood of Christ) to be moved (made to slip, fall, or fail). Do you still want to carry those burdens of worry, fear, blame, shame or guilt alone?
Just like John Newton's story above, we all have done certain things (own personal sin) that are displeasing to God, which makes us deserving of punishment. And, since all our sins are ultimately against an eternal God, only an eternal punishment is sufficient. There is in on other words bad news and good news: The bad news: "The wages of sin is death, ( but the good news), the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" Jesus says: "I am the way the truth and life... (John 14:6, Romans 6:23).
The image below pictures John 3:16, and the Cross of Jesus, so that you may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it overflows).
So she asked, what did He give?
Come to Him as you are.
Come with all of your baggage, concerns and worries. He will help you, heal you, restore you and sustain you!
"Go and preach the Good News to everyone in the world..."
If Satan continues on the path of stealing your joy (strength), wearing you down, he will eventually steal your HOPE. And - if Satan can steal your HOPE, he will steal your faith.
THE RIGHTEOUS shall live by FAITH not by FEELINGS nor by CIRCUMSTANCES.
Feelings are not dependable. They change all the time. FEELINGS are Christians worst enemy and cause them to make unwise choices.


How and where to find your Kawasaki engine model number location.
The model code is the first 6 characters for example (FD620D) and it is generally located on the engine block or fan shroud on a white sticker. In this example the first two letters(FD) Indicate the series or engine family T or F indicates two stroke (T) or four stroke (F). The numbers 620 indicates the displacement of the engine with the numbers ending in representing a relative displacement. The sixth character (D) indicates the crank shaft orientation (V) vertical and (D) horizontal.
The spec code (FS01) indicates the recipe of parts needed to make that engine, and help to identify what manufacturer that engine was made for and is crucial for parts look up and ordering.


Mouth Mover Mask: Creepy animal masks that move when you talk!
Get weird and wild with a Mouth Mover Mask! These eerily awesome masks actually move with your jaw, giving the illusion that the animal is talking… or howling… or barking… or what the fox says. The resulting image is guaranteed to unsettle and amuse your friends.
The flexible strap inside the mask keeps it secure while the soft cushion rests against your chin, so the animal's mouth moves when you talk. This lets you naturally create a very unnatural effect. The life-like faux fur provides the detail needed to complete the freaky facade.
Choose from four styles—pug dog, lion, wolf, and fox—to find the creepy creature that speaks to you.
No, you're not dreaming, and you're not hallucinating, either. That's really a talking dog. Mouth Mover Masks by Elope are hyper-realistic head coverings that transform you into an animal. And thanks to some ingenious engineering inside, they can talk! Each time you move your jaw inside the mask, the furry beast's mouth moves, too!
One of the reasons these masks are so unsettlingly awesome is their gift of gab. Another is their detailed hairy hides.
Each species has a unique fur texture that best matches the way the animals' pelts really look, from the faux fur fox to the wooly wolf, to the low pile pug. So when you growl, snarl, bark, or recite a sonnet in a Mouth Mover Mask, expect to get petted!
I saw a werewolf drinking a piña colada at Trader Vic's, and his hair was perfect.
When you put on a mask this cool and weird, people are going to stare. Luckily, you can stare back. As it happens, these wild beasts all have eyes set wider than a human's. That means there's a perfect spot just between the animal eyes and snouts for you to peer out and enjoy the reactions of the people you encounter.
Your viewing slits are concealed with a black mesh that helps you blend in and not ruin the effect of an upright canine carrying a conversation.
Mouth Mover Masks by Elope are currently available in four styles: wolf, lion, pug, and fox. Each has a unique fur, an articulated jaw, and an ability to wow friends and scare strangers. No matter which style you get your paws on, you'll have a howlin' good time.
All of them are animalistically awesome.
Question: What age are these appropriate for?
Answer: Due to its size, the mask is designed to be worn by an adolescent or adult, but if you're younger and your head is big enough, go for it. A person of any age can enjoy the effect of a lifelike animal talking to them.
Question: How do you see out of the mask?
Answer: There's a pair of mesh screens for your human peepers that are set on the inside of the animals' eyes. From more than just a few feet away, you can't even tell it's there!


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Q: Select average price of per year I have a dataset like this:
year, average_price
1993, 222.2220,
1993, 2333.333
1993, 333.345
1994, 3445.444
1994, 4493.33
1995, 66005.33
1995, 33994.333
1995, 33993.333,
1996, 33884.33

I need to show average price per year in this dataset.
Does this mean I can do sum of average_prices and just do group by year, something like this?
select year as y, sum(average_price) as avg_price from table group by y

Thank you.

A: You could try something like this
select [year] as y, avg(average_price) as avg_price
from Ttable
group by [year];

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Kocher-Gate: Is There Really a Viable Case?
Debate is still raging about Andrew Kocher's decision to jump Carollo in the Spruce Meadows Derby the day after he won the Queen Elizabeth II Cup.
By: Cuckson Report // Pippa Cuckson
Debate is still raging, nearly two weeks on, about Andrew Kocher's decision to jump Carollo in the onerous Spruce Meadows Derby the day after the same horse won another demanding class, the Queen Elizabeth II Cup (July 6-7.)
As the rest of the world knows from the cringe-inducing video that went viral, Carollo crashed and burned his way to 28 faults.
We know Carollo was Tired because his connections posted a video of a subdued Carollo in his stable, audibly teasing him for being Tired. Heck, they even over-wrote it with the title, "Tired…" with extra dots for emphasis. That own-goal could possibly provide "evidence for the prosecution" if Kocher ends up before the FEI Tribunal – though I don't think he will.
First, it's a fundamental of all sports law that you can't "correct" a judges' decision or indecision, however daft, once the competition is over. The sanctity of field-of-play jurisdiction has been upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport many times. So, while most of us don't understand why Kocher was not buzzed by the judges and asked to stop, that particular ship sailed on the evening of July 7th.
All that is left for the FEI, at least, is a possible accusation of Abuse, the one field-of-play offence under FEI rules that is not time limited. And that can only happen if either a) FEI HQ pursues an Abuse action against Kocher itself or b) an individual (which can be any member of a public not present on the day) lodges an admissible Protest. Believe me, as I am one of the few people who have ever done it, option b) involves a lot more than just sending a "this is awful!" email to Lausanne.
And what a can of worms that would open. You see over-faced horses ploughing their way, unchallenged, through jumping classes under riders with more ego than sense pretty well every weekend of the year both sides of the pond. After all the compromises equestrian sport has made to send fledging equestrian countries to the Tokyo Olympics next year, are judges seriously going to stop a horse who is not up to it, mid-round? Of course not.
Capping the frequency of demanding athletic efforts could also be tricky where the considerate riding of a tiring horse is actually part of the sporting test – such as eventing and endurance. I also don't believe Carollo crossed the line from tiredness into exhaustion, the point at which regulatory bodies are more likely to intervene.
The definition of exhaustion was recently tested by the FEI Tribunal in some landmark endurance abuse cases. Even in the instance of Castlebar Nato, who was whipped "at least" 18 times yet continued to drop in speed before keeling over with a fractured cannon bone, the FEI veterinary department did not feel this horse was "exhausted."
Furthermore, FEI General Regulations Article 142.1 define "Abuse" as "an action or omission which causes or is likely to cause pain or unnecessary discomfort to a Horse." This implies that a degree of "necessary" discomfort is acceptable. Unwittingly or not, we all buy in to "necessary discomfort" the day we clamber aboard any horse, with what we put on its head and in its mouth, and with how much we bang around on its back and niggle on its jawbone depending on our own level of skill. Who wants to start that particular debate or, frankly, has the intellect or energy to argue it through its logical conclusion?
Another reason I think this will go no further is that social media furore is not a reliable barometer of whether Abuse has occurred.
Carollo's round did not seem to offend the experienced spectators present at Spruce. The arena commentator's response was of the garden variety "oops, bad luck, you can't win everything." There is gasping from the crowd whenever he lowered a fence, but no audible booing, unlike the Bernhard Maier case two seasons ago.
Kocher himself wrote on Facebook next day (July 8th) that he should have pulled up, in hindsight. Still so significant public disquiet. The furore really built from July 12th, when the horse's former owner/co-owner Roy Wilten criticised Kocher and shared videos from his personal page.
It was then a couple more days before mainstream media asked the FEI for a comment. The FEI said it was proactively investigating – but that investigation did not seem to have been initiated immediately.
If Carollo's Derby round was not mentioned in the mandatory officials' reports sent to the FEI after the event, also unlikely, that's another barrier to bringing any case against the rider. Meanwhile, USEF has stated Kocher made a wrong decision, but seems to be hedging its bets till it sees what, if anything, is done by the FEI.
Kocher certainly does not come over as remorseful. In Wednesday's update by Horse & Hound he seemed confident he wouldn't be hearing from the FEI as he "hadn't broken any rules."
For sure no rule says "horses may not start in a Derby if they jumped-off at five-star the day before." But any sport has to start from the premise that participants have common-sense and a basic sense of sportsmanship (remember that quaint concept, anyone?). Otherwise the rule-book would be so thick even fewer people would read it than already do.
In the 40 years I have been writing about equestrian sport, horse-sense at international level has declined. People prefer to blame someone else for their oversights, as in all aspects of 21st century life. In FEI Tribunal disciplinary reports, the accused frequently claim that there should have been X or Y in FEI "small print" to save the rider from himself. No one wants to take responsibility for their own actions any more.
So there is an increased obligation on judges to be decisive and bold when applying Article 142.1. That won't be easy; no one wants to be a ball-breaker, because invitations from organisers would soon dry up. It's already difficult enough to recruit and retain judges. We might have had an even smaller pool of accredited officials if the FEI had not enabled good ones to keep going after the traditional retirement age of 70.
Not many of us pay attention to the disciplines we are not personally involved in. I know that endurance is a turn-off for most people, but recommend glancing through this if you genuinely wish to understand how horse abuse is punished in real life cases. Judges might also note the Tribunal's harsh words for ground juries who do not act on the day.
These decisions will also make salutary reading for those who think Kocher deserves a life ban. Good luck with that – it was a huge leap for the FEI Tribunal to hand down a two-and-a-half year suspension PLUS a fine of around $12,000 in the aforementioned Castlebar Nato case. Previously, the longest the FEI has grounded a rider in any discipline for abuse was six months!
By coincidence, a new, more defined tariff of punishments at Tribunal comes into force in January 2020. Abuse will be categorised as either "low-end" (with a fine of 1,000-1,500 Swiss francs and/or ban of up to three months,) "mid-range" (up to two years), "top-end" (two to five years) and "maximum" (life ban.)
Based on what Tribunal has determined to date, I reckon the Carollo incident would scrape into the low end of "low-end" – mild compared with social media demands!
Sometimes, though, trial by Facebook is more effective than formal sanction, even when the target has the hide of a rhinoceros. Kocher is so unpopular right now it might just be the time to tick that round-the-world cruise off his bucket list.
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HR transformation fundamental to business success
Fintech company e4 says that HR is undergoing a digitally-enabled transformation. In an era where new digital technologies are more readily available, user experience matters most, cloud dominates and almost everything is mobile and the role of HR is inevitably transforming.
Ntombi Mphokane, e4 HR and transformation executive, believes that this new paradigm shift gives organisations an opportunity to redefine the HR process.
"Digitisation does not only change the playing field, it also provides the HR function with new tools to redefine the profession and its strategic role within the business."
Until recently, HR transformation was focused on how to do the role better, but digitisation will push the boundaries where Mphokane says that it will be about finding new ways to ensure the role becomes more strategic and aligned with business than ever before.
"The alignment of HR and business is critical. By embracing digitisation and developing a digital HR strategy, alignment with business becomes more streamlined and deliberate. Traditional methods remain key and won't be phased out. Instead, I see the two worlds collaborating and working towards an agreed strategic imperative," says Mphokane.
Central to the success of the digital transformation and business strategy is people. It has been reported that engagement issues within the workplace leads to a lack of performance and general job dissatisfaction. In its 2017 report, the Temkin Group Employee Engagement Benchmark Study, said that engagement is directly connected to the overall experience that shapes the attitude and behaviour of employees at work.
Mphokane says that it is here that customer experience meets employee engagement: "Customer experience is directly impacted by the environment within which the employee works in. Fostering an environment conducive to innovation is critical, making the alignment of both business and HR strategy fundamental."