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Oxford Film Festival Take 5 With...
Take 5 with ... "The Discoverers"
Justin Schwartz, on set
As we gear up for the 10th anniversary Oxford Film Festival, we wanted to introduce you to the filmmakers and their films you will experience on Feb. 21-24, 2013. Meet Justin Schwartz, writer/director of "The Discoverers"
#1: In 140 characters or less, describe your movie and why someone should see it.
@TheDiscoverers is a comedy about a family forced on a Lewis & Clark reenactment trek who discover themselves & each other along the way
#2: Biggest lesson learned in getting the film made? Best part in getting the film made?
I think it was Elia Kazan that said 90% of directing is casting. The Discoverers was extremely ambitious in scope and scale and it was only made possible by my amazing cast, crew, and creative collaborators. I had the privilege of working with a dream cast - from Griffin Dunne to Maddy Martin, Devon Graye, Stuart Margolin, Cara Buono, Ann Dowd, Dreama Walker, John C. McGinley, Scott Adsit, and David Rasche - who all brought a fresh perspective to their roles and embodied the careful blend of comedy and pathos that the film required. I would not have been able to make this film without my producer (and wife) Laura Kleger who shepherded the project from script to screen and stretched our budget in magical ways, my cameraman wizard Chris Blauvelt who's unmatched at painting with light, my uber-talented production designer Kelly McGehee who brought our world to life, my editor Geraud Brisson who could argue with me for days over a cut, my composer Aaron Mirman and music-man Gregory Allen Isakov who imbued the film with a folksy warmth, our costume designer Kim Wilcox whose leathers and skins transported us back in time, our sound guru Ron Bochar who showed me that I could bring the same creative vision we strived for visually to our soundscape, and our miracle-worker producer Louise Lovegrove who steered our ship through thick and thin. While I had a very focused aesthetic vision for the film, I strived to create an environment where my collaborators could bring their ideas and challenge mine and I'm extremely proud of the work we did together and hope folks enjoy the film.
#3: Tell us about you. What is your movie making background?
The Discoverers is my writer/directorial feature debut. I went to Yale and got my MFA at Columbia University. I was a Student Academy Award Finalist and Kodak Emerging Filmmaker, and my award-winning films have screened at Cannes, MoMA, and festivals worldwide. I've taught film at Columbia University and The New School, was on the programming committee for the Slamdance Film Festival, and was selected for The Hamptons Int'l Film Festival Writer's Lab, IFP's No Borders Co-production Market, and IFP Selects at EFM's 2013 American Independents showcase in Berlin. I currently live in New York City with my wife and infant son where I'm a partner at Quadratic Media and developing several feature film projects.
#4: What's your dream distribution plan for the film?
The Discoverers is repped by Josh Braun at Submarine Entertainment. We've received a lot of positive feedback from distributors since our Hamptons Int'l Film Festival premiere. We've also been impressed with the ways filmmakers have taken control of distribution to connect with audiences and are also exploring ways we can direct distribution ourselves like Emilio Estevez did so successfully with The Way.
#5: What does the future hold in store for your film and for you?
My wife and I gave birth to our first child two weeks before The Discoverers premiere, so I'm just getting back to writing after taking some time off. We've been invited to a lot of great festivals for 2013 so I look forward to meeting folks across the country. We hope to be in theaters by the end of the year in the meantime, I hope you all join our film adventures at www.facebook.com/TheDiscoverersMovie.
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The Kimolos Trail running event consists of two routes, 21 and 9 kilometers long. If you consider yourself a long distance runner we suggest you try the 21km race. And if you only want to have some fun while exploring the island of Kimolos, choose the 9km race.
Authentic and charming, Kimolos welcomes every guest arriving there! This island was born after a violent volcanic explosion and in return transformed into this beautiful and majestic landscape.


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Q: codeigniter set multidimensional array in session i am facing an issue to add multidimensional array to codeigniter session.
i want to store a multidimensional array result to session or any other that variable i used after my adding process i want use that variable.
also tried to store simple array to store in session and they works but in my array this is notworking so please help friends
Please check below for my array structure,
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A: Use serialize method before storing multidimensional array to session. It is the better idea for storing multi dimensional array to session as a string and you can access this whenever needed by unserialize method.

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The most successful writers are typically those who fall into one of the many categories of freelance writing specialties. If you know a lot about a particular topic - especially if it's a topic that the general public does not know the ins and outs of - you may be able to find freelance writing jobs easier than if you didn't have this knowledge.
Freelance writing specialties fall into two different categories: genres and topics.
The genre of freelance writing you choose should be one that you are not only good at, but which you enjoy. You don't want to stick to one genre over another just because it's more profitable if it will quickly become a tedious task to write in this style.
There are plenty of other genres within the world of freelance writing. The genre you choose should be enjoyable to write while also allowing you to earn a living.
Some genres are more competitive than others. For example, fiction writers are in abundance while writers who can effectively write a grant request for a non-profit organization are not as readily available. On the other hand, if fiction is your passion, then by all means write fiction.
This is merely a brief list, as the need for different topics varies greatly on a regular basis. One topic may be in great demand one week, yet not in demand at all the next week. The trick is to build a name for yourself within a certain topic so you can get freelance writing jobs with little effort.
You aren't limited to one genre and one topic. However, if you want to make freelance writing a career, you should have one genre and topic that you specialize in. Many writers find that it's a good idea to earn a name within one of the particular freelance writing specialties and then branch out to other specialties, complete with an impressive résumé from the other specialty you have already created a name for yourself in.
None of these tactics are carved in stone, however. Some successful freelance writers are so talented that they can write on a wide variety of topics without ever having to declare one specialty. There are other successful freelance writers who never branch beyond one topic and still have an abundance of work and never grow bored of the assignments they receive.
In other words, choose a specialty because it's what you want to write about and not because you think it's going to earn you a bunch of cash. Even though you may love to write, you will soon grow tired of continuously composing pieces about a topic that doesn't appeal to you personally.
By the same token, don't say within a genre that you find limiting and tedious. If your plan has always been to compose great pieces of fiction, for example, you probably don't want to accept too many grant writing jobs.
Take a look at the various job boards online for freelance writers and see which genres and topics are in demand, and then try to find something that appeals to you personally. Don't be afraid to hop to another genre or topic in an attempt to find the specialty that will make you professionally - and personally - happy with your freelance writing career.


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Q: 10 million switching cycles with a hall effect sensor I am trying to build a pull switch for my invention that can survive 10 million cycles, and in a previous question here I recieved advice not to use a mechanical contact.
The other problem is size. The sensor assembly cannot be larger than 1x1x4 centimeters and the sliding distance can't be larger than 2 centimeters, otherwise I would need to do a mayor redesign of my invention.
There won't be more than 3-4 switching cycles per second, usually less, and the 10 million cycles is my extreme worst case scenario after several years of use. The sensor assembly will be sealed so there shouldn't be any problems with moisture, but perhaps some loose material from the casing due to wear and tear.
I've searched the net for a suitable pullswitch but found nothing that would work.
My questions are:
I tried using a hall effect switch with a permanent magnet and it worked fine, but wouldn't magnetism cause problems with EMC testing, CE and FCC rules?
I need to use a non latching hall effect switch, are there any reliability issues with those?
Do permanent magnets loose some of their strength over time? The sliding distance needed to close the switch cannot change more than a few milimeters.
Are there any other good alternatives besides hall effect sensors? Perhaps some form of piezo sensor? Preferably one that can work with the voltage levels of Arduino, though I have plenty of room on my PCB for resistors so wrong voltage shouldn't be a showstopper.

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wouldn't magnetism cause problems with EMC testing, CE and FCC rules?

Not if it is a tiny permanent magnet - fridge magnets are typically not FCC certified. A varying magnetic field is more of a concern.

hall effect switch, are there any reliability issues

Not if the Hall Effect switch is from a reputable manufacturer. Adding the identified switch(es) to the question will help provide additional insight.

Do permanent magnets loose some of their strength over time?

Some types of permanent magnet lose field strength due to impacts, but a tiny rare earth magnet will probably outlast the rest of the device by orders of magnitude.

Are there any other good alternatives besides hall effect sensors?

That would depend on the purpose and application of the switch, but capacitive sensing lends itself to really long operational life, with the actual switching by a MOSFET for instance.
There are many capacitive sensing products available, including some self-contained cap-sense pushbutton and proximity sensor (QTouch and QTouchADC) ICs from Atmel that do not even require a sensing  electrode, the IC itself works as the sensor. See these two references: 1, 2.
Another option is light path interruption sensing, such as using an LED and a photodiode, or prepackaged such sensors with both parts integrated.

A: One alternative is a microswitch. These are not particularly small, despite the name; they are sealed industrial grade switches designed to be operated by machinery (e.g. to limit motion)
Some microswitches like this or this are rated for 10 million mechanical operations. In the case of this one, it is only rated for 100,000 electrical operations at full load, but switching small currents its life should be dominated by the mechanical rating.
They are arranged to be operated in a variety of ways : this one has a lever which could be moved by a pull cord. If so, you should arrange the connection such that if pulled too hard, something else takes the excess pull, not the switch!

A: For the root question of EMC, CE, FCC and magnets...
The only issue likely is extream magnetism hazards. The sort that leads to physical trapping of fingers, skin etc when handling . This is not the sort of magnet you would normally use with a hall sensor as they don't need that sort of strength.
The other issue is Induced currents in conductive parts. The magnet has to be moving for this to be an issue and at 4 cycles a second your talking theoretical issue unless you have extream magnatism or hundreds (thousands?) of turns of a coil nearby.
So generally there is no issue.
As for finding a pullswitch, I think it is unlikely you will find one.. this is where you have to modify a switch or make your own...

A: Howe about optical? LED and photo-diode with the light blocked by a slider. When you pull on the slider, it moves out of the way.


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INBAR started as an organization in 1995 from the original Canadian "International Network for Bamboo and Rattan" created in 1993 (logo: int-inbar(1993.gif). From 1997, its head office is in Beijing (China), with regional offices in South Asia (New Delhi, India), Central Africa (Yaoundé, Cameroon), East Africa (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia), West Africa (Kumasi, Ghana) and Latin America and the Caribbean (Quito, Ecuador). It currently has 47 member countries since Fiji's accession in September 2020; the organisation is also an Observer member of the UNO since 2017. "The mission of INBAR is to improve the well-being of producers and users of bamboo and rattan within the context of a sustainable bamboo and rattan resource base by consolidating, coordinating and supporting strategic and adaptive research and development." Source: https://www.inbar.int/about-inbar/. The flag used by INBAR is yellow with their green logo placed in the center.
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The HVMCA
Helford Marine Conservation Group
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Goongillings Exploration and Picnic
Sunday, 5th September 2010
"I waved goodbye to the couple I had just killed". What an excellent quote to relate to Amanita phalloides, the Death Cap fungus. Pauline Penna had just dug one from the field adjacent to Scott's Wood and she passed it round the group, pointing out that the gills were white, not grey-black as in a mushroom.
The morning had been unpromising, with heavy downpours. Fortunately after lunch the rain stopped and 25 hardy folk assembled for the Goongillings Exploration and Picnic (the latter component, by unspoken agreement, being abandoned). There was a wealth of expertise: Peter Ealey to deal with geology, Ian Bennallick (plants), Pauline Penna (fungi), Martin Rule (birds), Pamela Tompsett (shorelife), Sue Scott (ERCCIS) and Charles Pugh, Goongillings farmer / owner, who gave us an introductory talk about the farm's history and current status. Early connections had been with the Trewardreva Estate. Scott had inherited the property through marriage in the early 1800s and built the track and quay on Polwheveral Creek to export granite from Constantine quarries via merchant schooners. Subsequently it was purchased by the Vyvyans of Trelowarren and then Mrs Hext of Trebah. Charles' father had bought Goongillings about 50 years ago and for the past 30 years it has been farmed by Charles as an organic enterprise without fertilisers or chemicals and adopting a philosophy of 'benign neglect', allowing natural regeneration. In consequence, Goongillings has a species-rich fauna and flora and is justifiably part of the Countryside Stewardship scheme.
The track from Constantine to Scott's Quay runs south along the watershed between two valley-creek systems: Nancenoy-Polpenwith on the west and Polwheveral on the east. From each side the road climbs very steeply to the farm, which is situated on the cusp of the watershed. Peter showed a geological map which demonstrated that there is a southward bulge of the Carnmenellis granite at this point, such that Nancenoy and Polwheveral valleys (and the remainder of the farm) are underlain by muddy rocks of the Mylor Slate Series while to the north of the farm the soils are markedly different, derived from the granite. Evidence of thermal metamorphism can be detected near the granite.
We moved south along the track, close to an Iron Age settlement and then to an open-fronted barn, formerly used by Charles' father as a hangar for his light aeroplane, adjacent fields forming the runway. A barn owl is an occasional visitor, although it ignores the nest box. From this point there was a good view across Polwheveral Creek to Calamansack, producing discussion on the possible line of the iron lodes shown on the geological map. More obvious was the broad area of heathland on ground too steep for farm machines. Charles expressed his opinion that this uncommon habitat, an almost impenetrable mix of heather, bramble, gorse and coarse grass, probably represented natural recolonisation of land that had once been cultivated.
Passing into Scott's Wood, Pauline was kept busy identifying the fungi discovered by the party, apart from a short diversion to a tree where a prisoner-of-war farm worker had carved his name and number. The air was still damp and the sky overcast. Insects and birds had so far been absent; and then a member of the party, at the edge of the creek with binoculars, spotted a stationary group of birds on the far bank. Martin identified them as six greenshank and a redshank, the former being larger, paler, with more distinct whitish underparts than the brown-tinged redshank. High tide precluding an examination of the shoreline, we continued along the side of the creek through mixed woodland containing oak, coppiced sweet chestnut, birch and beech. Then Peter decided that high water made it impractical for the party to visit the exposure of folded and frost-shattered Mylor Slates near Scott's Quay and so the group headed off to a depression downslope from the Iron Age settlement where Charles has developed a freshwater pond.
A variety of wildlife was present here. Common blue damselfly and blue-tailed damselfly were seen in the reeds. Numerous small frogs were hopping in the grass around the pond, to the delight of the children. Meanwhile Ian and Pauline were speculating on a link between a fungus and the root system of an aspen tree several metres away. Martin heard the call of a great spotted woodpecker and eventually located it in nearby woods. Peter and another of the party branched off into the woods to seek the iron ore workings. On the return uphill to the farm Ian pointed out the large variety of ground plants, including black nightshade.
Overall, the poor weather had limited the chances of seeing many insects and birds, but there had been a positive side. The experts were all together and it was informative to listen to discussions which showed the interplay of their different disciplines. The HMCG wishes to express its thanks to all the leaders, to Charles for allowing us to come and to the members for supporting the event.
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5 Books Published by Canongate Books on AALBC — Book Cover Collage
Canongate Books (Feb 04, 2020)
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Now And Then is not merely a collection of a songwriter's lyrics; the song-poems of this undisputed 'bluesologist' triumphantly stand on their own, evoking the rhythm and urgency which have distinguished Gil Scott-Heron's career.
This collection of poems carries the reader from the global topics of political hypocrisy and the dangers posed by capitalist culture to painfully personal themes and the realities of everyday life. His message is black, political, historically accurate, urgent, uncompromising and mature and as relevant now as ever.
Gold from the Stone: New and Selected Poems
by Lemn Sissay
Canongate Books (Oct 03, 2017)
Lemn Sissay was seventeen when he wrote his first poetry book, which he hand-sold to the miners and millworkers of Wigan. Since then his poems have become landmarks, sculpted in granite and built from concrete, recorded on era-defining albums and declaimed in over thirty countries. He has performed to thousands of football fans at the FA Cup Final, to hundreds of thousands as the poet of the 2012 Olympics, and to millions across our TV screens and the airwaves of BBC Radio. He has become one of the nation's best-loved voices.
Breaking the silence Lemn Sissay is back with a sensational new book. Listener overflows with love poems, inner-city soap operas, reflections on history, mystery and felicity and much more. Every page sings with Sissay's unique voice—visionary, good-humoured and bursting with life.
Canongate Books (May 01, 2000)
"A poet and polemicist whose lyrics have inspired and galvanized generations."� —GQOne glance at Now and Then and it becomes evident that this is not merely a collection of a songwriter's lyrics. The song-poems of this undisputed "bluesologist" triumphantly stand on their own, evoking the rhythm and urgency which have distinguished Gil Scott-Heron's career. This collection�carries the reader from the global topics of political hypocrisy and the dangers posed by capitalist culture to painfully personal themes and the realities of modern day life. His message is black, political, historically accurate, urgent, uncompromising, and mature, and as relevant now as it was in the early 1970s.
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Following the enactment of legislation last September mandating that French companies disclose and mitigate their gender pay gaps, the French government has issued Decree 2019-15, which details the methods companies must use to calculate and address the pay gap and lays out guidelines for disclosure.
Among the top 10 paid employees, how many were women versus men.
The Decree goes into detail regarding the calculation methods of these indicators and creates a scale ranging from 0 to 100 points, the results of which each company must publish on its website. Companies that fail to achieve a minimum score of 75 points will have three years to implement measures to increase their score to 75. Failing this, they will incur a penalty of 1 percent of total payroll.
The previously reported requirement for companies to install a government-provided software program on their payroll systems to monitor pay gaps has been scrapped in favor of the above index.


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Registration of migrants to be made strict from January 1
Labour Minister Shibu Baby John has said that registration of migrant workers in the state would be made compulsory from January 1.
The Minister told the Assembly on Wednesday that if required a Migrant Workers Registration Act would be introduced.
While replying to the demands for grants for his department, he said that the government had set apart `5 crore for better housing scheme for the plantation workers.
Referring to the large-scale exploitation of cashew workers, the Minister said that the government had set up an enforcement squad.
In proper coordination with the Central agencies, joint raids would be conducted to check the exploitation of the workers.
He also informed the House that from next April, all benefits owing from the welfare boards would be distributed through banks to avoid fraud and manipulations.
He also said that the Balaraman Commission report on minimum wages for nurses was under the consideration of the Industrial Relations Committee.


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Q: How to link a lot of file .mod .o in GCC i tried to compile without makefile with equations.com gcc
i have bunch of f90, and lib.a
Since a lot of files, i can't use like gfortran *.f90 *.f so i am using gfortran -c filename.f90 each in a batch file.
This create alot of .mod files and .o files.
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gfortran -c  -I INCLUDE  -O3 -ffast-math -march=znver3 ALLOCATED_ARRAY_DATA.f90
gfortran -c  -I INCLUDE  -O3 -ffast-math -march=znver3 ALLOCATED_MEMORY.f90
gfortran -c  -I INCLUDE  -O3 -ffast-math -march=znver3 ALLOCATED_MEMORY_Interface.f90

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How to link it to exe with ld with several file?
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ld @"names.rsp"

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that names.rsp contains
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 ../superlu/lib/superlu.a \
 ../superlu/src/c_fortran_dgssv.o \
 ../superlu/lib/libopenblas.a \
ALLOCATED_ARRAY_DATA.o \
ALLOCATED_MEMORY.o \
ALLOCATED_MEMORY_Interface.o \
/o mys.exe

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A: I think better to study cross-compiling-linking using CMAKE and building using jom or make, than to do it manual.


Oyster omelette... I still have tried one of these yet. I noticed that a few hawker stalls in Singapore sell them, but I was afraid that frying would bugger up the oysters and make them chewy.
What was the omelette like HFB?
Suan Lum is still around? thought they were gonna close it down this year?? haven't been back to bangkok in 2 years.
steve: HmMm.. oyster omelette in Oct perhaps? Would actually prefer bringing you for hawker food instead of restaurant. What say you?
mich: Yeah. I heard about it too but apparently they are still around - and I left the place a happy man, Heh! Thank goodness.
Absolutely! Hawker food would be great... it is, for me, the defining Singaporean experience. Here in Australia there is no comparable eating option, because the Health Departmenet authorities just wouldn't allow it. We are in a nanny state - and nobody complains about it... it drives me crazy.
Let's do hawker... but no pigs blood!
Yes. That's what I thought so too! I am actually more incline to introduce my overseas friends to local hawker food - hopefully they can experience and appreciate the local culture better.
these bangkok post these few days all looks so yummy!
christy: Yep. Seafood is a must in Thailand - along with Shark Fin and Bird's Nest.
Keropok: Ha! And you wonder why I kept going back there - Heh!


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How 'feature flags' speed up development, improve code quality and reduce risk
Agile software development methodologies allow organizations to be nimble and more reactive with their software.
Feature flags, if/else controls in code, allow teams to make changes without additional code. Split Software Inc.'s feature flag tool embeds into computer code and allows for the control and activation of certain parts of that code as needed. Its functionalities extend to things like updates and new feature rollouts, according to Pierre-Alexandre Masse (pictured, right), vice president of engineering at Split.
"It allows you to really validate things in a much better and sure way and to also attach measurements to it," Masse said. "So, when you're writing your new feature, you just put essentially an 'if' statement around it: If my feature flag is on, then I actually do all those things. And if it's off, then I don't do any of those things. And then, within our platform, you can control the activation."
Masse and Chris DeMars (pictured, left), developer advocate at Split, spoke with theCUBE hosts Lisa Martin and Paul Gillin at AWS re:Invent, during an exclusive broadcast on theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media's livestreaming studio. They discussed the company's feature flags solution and how it allows for autonomy between different teams within organizations. (* Disclosure below.)
Bringing a powerful tool to the developer mainstream
Feature flag is handy in a lot of critical software scenarios, from segmented rollouts to beta and A/B testing, according to Demars.
"It's an amazing piece of any part of the stack," he explained. "I'm a Web accessibility and a UI specialist, and being able to control the UI with a feature flag and being able to turn on and off those features based on percentage, locale, all of those things, it's very, very powerful."
The use cases also extend to the backend, where things can be validated for functionality across multiple scenarios, according to Masse.
"We use it also for a lot of backend services and changes and a lot of even infrastructure changes where we can control the traffic and where it goes," he said. "So we can validate that things are operating the way that they should before we fully go to market."
Here's the complete video interview, part of SiliconANGLE's and theCUBE's coverage of AWS re:Invent:
(* Disclosure: Split Software Inc. sponsored this segment of theCUBE. Neither Split Software nor other sponsors have editorial control over content on theCUBE or SiliconANGLE.)
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Tired of shooting at zombies? Here are worthwhile games with aliens to fill up your time with out-of-this world adventures.
XCOM: Enemy Unknown (2012)
Considered a reboot of the X-COM series and UFO: Enemy Unknown game, the player must fight through hordes of alien invaders with the help of a paramilitary organization in a turn-based gameplay.
Considered one of the classic first-person shooter games of all time, Doom lets you fight through nine levels of a military base on Mars against demons by controlling a space marine. You can also play the 2016 remake of the game for modern graphics.
Metroid (1986)
The first installment of the series introduces Samus Aran who is tasked of finding the Metroid creatures that were previously stolen. Samus is on the planet Zebes to look for the Space Pirates.
Contra III: The Alien Wars (1992)
If you have played the previous two installments, this title features a full-scale invasion of the same aliens that were supposedly defeated.
Oddworld (1997)
The title is derived from the planet on which the game is set. The planet is known to possess the opposite qualities of Earth given that it is from another dimension. The goal of the player is to defend its inhabitants from industrial corporations that are corrupting the planet.
Do you like stories of alien abduction? This game introduces one of the victims who was abducted by aliens. Tommy has found an ally aboard the alien ship and learns that there are inhabitants who are moving against the starship. There is also another game of the same title which is unrelated to this game, but also features aliens.
Dead Space (2008)
Players control Isaac Clarke in a mission to investigate a starship. Isaac learns that its crew was attacked by monsters and that they too will soon need rescuing.
Alien: Isolation (2014)
If you enjoyed the movie Alien, then you have to play this game which is set 15 years after the events of the movie.
Half-Life (1998)
Dr. Gordon Freeman was part of a team at a research facility who witnessed an opening to another dimension. The rift causes hostile creatures to cross into our world and prompts the government to issue a coverup that would also mean killing all the survivors.
Resistance: Fall of Man (2006)
In alternate history of 1951, an alien invasion rocks the world. These creatures increase their forces by infecting humans to force them to evolve into grotesque insect-like soldiers.
Quake II (1997)
The player is introduced to a marine named Bitterman who is part of a resistance force against an alien invasion. The plan is to attack the home planet of the aliens to prevent that invasion.
StarCraft (1998)
A three-way war between star-faring species in the Milky Way is the theme of the game. The humans or Terrans must firght for territory and control against the Protoss and the Zerg in this real-time strategy game.
Perfect Dark (2000)
This first-person shooter is set in 2023 at the height of an interstellar war between to alien races. The humans have somehow found a way to bring politics into play by favoring one faction over the other.
Mass Effect (2007)
Commander Shepard is sent to recover an ancient artifact in a human colony when they receive a warning of an attack. Finding out the mystery of the attackers and their connection to the artifact unlocks another mystery that involves a cycle of destruction and the existence of a mythical race.


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Biden's celebration of new gun law clouded by latest shooting
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday hailed a new bipartisan law aimed at reducing gun violence as "real progress," but said "more needs to be done" after just 16 days in effect, that legislation has already been overshadowed by yet another mass shooting.
The bill, passed after recent gun rampages in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, gradually toughens requirements for young people to buy guns, denies guns to more domestic abusers and helps local authorities temporarily take up arms from people deemed dangerous.
But Monday morning's "celebration" at the White House came a week after a gunman in Highland Park, Illinois, killed seven people during an Independence Day parade, a stark reminder of the limits of the new law to combat the American phenomenon of mass weapons. violence. And it comes as Democratic governors have taken over outrage over gun violence.
Biden hosted hundreds of guests on the South Lawn, including a bipartisan group of lawmakers who crafted and supported the legislation, as well as local officials — including Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering – as well as the families of the victims of both the mass shootings and the daily gun violence.
"Because of your work, your advocacy, your courage, lives will be saved today and tomorrow because of this," Biden said.
Biden on Saturday invited Americans to share with him via text message — a new White House communications strategy — their stories of how they've been impacted by gun violence, tweeting that "I'm hosting an adoption celebration of the Safer Communities Act. He told some of their stories on Monday of people traumatized by shootings and children orphaned by gun violence.
The law is the most impactful gun violence measure Congress has approved since the enactment of a now-expired assault weapons ban in 1993. Yet gun control advocates — and even White House officials – say it's premature to declare victory.
"There just isn't much to celebrate here," said Igor Volsky, director of private group Guns Down America.
"It's historic, but it's also the bare minimum of what Congress should be doing," Volsky said. "And as the July 4 shootings reminded us, and there are so many other gun deaths that have occurred since then, the crisis of gun violence is simply much more urgent."
Volsky's group, along with other gun violence advocacy groups, was scheduled to hold a press conference Monday outside the White House calling on Biden to create a dedicated White House office to address gun violence with greater sense of urgency.
Biden left gun control policy to his Domestic Policy Council, rather than creating a dedicated office like he stood up to fight climate change or the gender policy council he created to promote access to reproductive health.
"We have a president who really hasn't met the moment, who has chosen to act as a spectator on this issue," Volsky said. "For some reason, the administration absolutely refuses to have a senior official who can drive this issue within government."
The president signed into law the bipartisan gun bill on June 25, calling it a "historic achievement" at the time.
On Monday, Biden said passage of the law should be a call to action for new measures to reduce gun violence.
"Are we going to match thoughts and prayers with action," Biden asked. "I say yes. And that's what we're doing here today.
White House officials said Biden does not view the bill's passage as the finish line, but rather as a foundation to build on. The Illinois shooting happened nine days after the bill was signed.
"I recently signed the first major bipartisan gun reform legislation in nearly 30 years, which includes actions that will save lives," Biden said after the July 4 shooting. "But there's still a lot of work to do, and I'm not going to give up on the fight against the epidemic of gun violence."
On Friday, Biden responded to the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe by noting how the shooting shocked people in Japan. The country has a surprisingly low incidence of gun violence compared to the United States, which has already seen thousands of gun deaths this year.
Most of the new law's $13 billion in spending would be used to bolster mental health programs and for schools, which have been targeted by gunmen in Newtown, Connecticut; Parkland, Florida; and many other massacres by guns. It was the product of weeks of closed-door negotiations by a bipartisan group of senators that emerged with a compromise.
It does not include much tougher restrictions that Democrats and Biden have long championed, such as banning assault-type weapons and background checks on all gun transactions. Biden was expected to reiterate his call for those tougher measures on Monday, but the outlook is dim for any further congressional action.


Poa Annua, also called Annual Bluegrass, is an annual, clumpy, grassy weed common to the Southeast. The leaf blade is smooth on both surfaces, and the tip is boat-shaped. A light-green to whitish seed head appears in April.
Annual Bluegrass reproduces by seed, which germinates in September and October, but is not usually noticed as a problem until February or March.
The main control is pre-emergent herbicide, which is applied to all "warm-season" grasses such as Bermuda or Zoysia in September and October. Pre-emergents keep seeds from germinating.
If you are a new King GREEN customer and your lawn did not receive the September-October application, this is the reason you're seeing Poa Annua. Our best suggestion is to live with the problem through the spring, as it will die out in the hot weather. We will provide weed control of the Annual Bluegrass next spring by treating your lawn this fall.


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'use strict';

var should = require('should'),
	request = require('supertest'),
	app = require('../../server'),
	mongoose = require('mongoose'),
	User = mongoose.model('User'),
	Sport = mongoose.model('Sport'),
	agent = request.agent(app);

/**
 * Globals
 */
var credentials, user, sport;

/**
 * Sport routes tests
 */
describe('Sport CRUD tests', function() {
	beforeEach(function(done) {
		// Create user credentials
		credentials = {
			username: 'username',
			password: 'password'
		};

		// Create a new user
		user = new User({
			firstName: 'Full',
			lastName: 'Name',
			displayName: 'Full Name',
			email: 'test@test.com',
			username: credentials.username,
			password: credentials.password,
			provider: 'local'
		});

		// Save a user to the test db and create new Sport
		user.save(function() {
			sport = {
				name: 'Sport Name'
			};

			done();
		});
	});

	it('should be able to save Sport instance if logged in', function(done) {
		agent.post('/auth/signin')
			.send(credentials)
			.expect(200)
			.end(function(signinErr, signinRes) {
				// Handle signin error
				if (signinErr) done(signinErr);

				// Get the userId
				var userId = user.id;

				// Save a new Sport
				agent.post('/sports')
					.send(sport)
					.expect(200)
					.end(function(sportSaveErr, sportSaveRes) {
						// Handle Sport save error
						if (sportSaveErr) done(sportSaveErr);

						// Get a list of Sports
						agent.get('/sports')
							.end(function(sportsGetErr, sportsGetRes) {
								// Handle Sport save error
								if (sportsGetErr) done(sportsGetErr);

								// Get Sports list
								var sports = sportsGetRes.body;

								// Set assertions
								(sports[0].user._id).should.equal(userId);
								(sports[0].name).should.match('Sport Name');

								// Call the assertion callback
								done();
							});
					});
			});
	});

	it('should not be able to save Sport instance if not logged in', function(done) {
		agent.post('/sports')
			.send(sport)
			.expect(401)
			.end(function(sportSaveErr, sportSaveRes) {
				// Call the assertion callback
				done(sportSaveErr);
			});
	});

	it('should not be able to save Sport instance if no name is provided', function(done) {
		// Invalidate name field
		sport.name = '';

		agent.post('/auth/signin')
			.send(credentials)
			.expect(200)
			.end(function(signinErr, signinRes) {
				// Handle signin error
				if (signinErr) done(signinErr);

				// Get the userId
				var userId = user.id;

				// Save a new Sport
				agent.post('/sports')
					.send(sport)
					.expect(400)
					.end(function(sportSaveErr, sportSaveRes) {
						// Set message assertion
						(sportSaveRes.body.message).should.match('Please fill Sport name');

						// Handle Sport save error
						done(sportSaveErr);
					});
			});
	});

	it('should be able to update Sport instance if signed in', function(done) {
		agent.post('/auth/signin')
			.send(credentials)
			.expect(200)
			.end(function(signinErr, signinRes) {
				// Handle signin error
				if (signinErr) done(signinErr);

				// Get the userId
				var userId = user.id;

				// Save a new Sport
				agent.post('/sports')
					.send(sport)
					.expect(200)
					.end(function(sportSaveErr, sportSaveRes) {
						// Handle Sport save error
						if (sportSaveErr) done(sportSaveErr);

						// Update Sport name
						sport.name = 'WHY YOU GOTTA BE SO MEAN?';

						// Update existing Sport
						agent.put('/sports/' + sportSaveRes.body._id)
							.send(sport)
							.expect(200)
							.end(function(sportUpdateErr, sportUpdateRes) {
								// Handle Sport update error
								if (sportUpdateErr) done(sportUpdateErr);

								// Set assertions
								(sportUpdateRes.body._id).should.equal(sportSaveRes.body._id);
								(sportUpdateRes.body.name).should.match('WHY YOU GOTTA BE SO MEAN?');

								// Call the assertion callback
								done();
							});
					});
			});
	});

	it('should be able to get a list of Sports if not signed in', function(done) {
		// Create new Sport model instance
		var sportObj = new Sport(sport);

		// Save the Sport
		sportObj.save(function() {
			// Request Sports
			request(app).get('/sports')
				.end(function(req, res) {
					// Set assertion
					res.body.should.be.an.Array.with.lengthOf(1);

					// Call the assertion callback
					done();
				});

		});
	});

	it('should be able to get a single Sport if not signed in', function(done) {
		// Create new Sport model instance
		var sportObj = new Sport(sport);

		// Save the Sport
		sportObj.save(function() {
			request(app).get('/sports/' + sportObj._id)
				.end(function(req, res) {
					// Set assertion
					res.body.should.be.an.Object.with.property('name', sport.name);

					// Call the assertion callback
					done();
				});
		});
	});

	it('should be able to delete Sport instance if signed in', function(done) {
		agent.post('/auth/signin')
			.send(credentials)
			.expect(200)
			.end(function(signinErr, signinRes) {
				// Handle signin error
				if (signinErr) done(signinErr);

				// Get the userId
				var userId = user.id;

				// Save a new Sport
				agent.post('/sports')
					.send(sport)
					.expect(200)
					.end(function(sportSaveErr, sportSaveRes) {
						// Handle Sport save error
						if (sportSaveErr) done(sportSaveErr);

						// Delete existing Sport
						agent.delete('/sports/' + sportSaveRes.body._id)
							.send(sport)
							.expect(200)
							.end(function(sportDeleteErr, sportDeleteRes) {
								// Handle Sport error error
								if (sportDeleteErr) done(sportDeleteErr);

								// Set assertions
								(sportDeleteRes.body._id).should.equal(sportSaveRes.body._id);

								// Call the assertion callback
								done();
							});
					});
			});
	});

	it('should not be able to delete Sport instance if not signed in', function(done) {
		// Set Sport user
		sport.user = user;

		// Create new Sport model instance
		var sportObj = new Sport(sport);

		// Save the Sport
		sportObj.save(function() {
			// Try deleting Sport
			request(app).delete('/sports/' + sportObj._id)
			.expect(401)
			.end(function(sportDeleteErr, sportDeleteRes) {
				// Set message assertion
				(sportDeleteRes.body.message).should.match('User is not logged in');

				// Handle Sport error error
				done(sportDeleteErr);
			});

		});
	});

	afterEach(function(done) {
		User.remove().exec();
		Sport.remove().exec();
		done();
	});
});


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"Bringing SDN to the Inter-domain settings"
The focus of the project is to enable added-value services to be provided thanks to Software-Defined Networking (SDN), on top of Internet Exchange Points and other network interconnnection fabrics. The services would relate not only to the flexibility of the interconnection fabric, but most importantly to enable the content and data center ecosystem that is present at the interconnection fabric to collaborate. The ultimate goal is to create a service marketplace on top of the ecosystem composed of Cloud/data centers, networked applications, and the interconnection fabric.
Internet eXchange Points (IXPs) originate at the time the Internet transitioned from an academic/research network into today's commercial infrastructure. Indeed, the basic role of IXPs dates back to the establishment of Network Access Points (NAPs). Over the past 20 years, as the Internet grew by leaps and bounds by any imaginable metric, the original four NAPs were replaced by a steadily increasing number of modern IXPs. The critical role they have played in the Internet ecosystem has until recently gone largely unnoticed by the Internet community at large.
To cope with the increasing demand for content, content delivery infrastructures (including Content Delivery Networks (CDNs), datacenters, and Cloud providers) deploy massively distributed server infrastructures. IXPs already play a key role in inter-connecting the infrastructures that host content and applications with the ecosystem that consumes this content or relies on these applications. IXPs will become even more critical when tighter delay constraints are necessary and more support from the network is required by applications running in the Cloud.
Software-defined networking has attracted a lot of attention in the networking community over the last few years. With attention also comes myths and misunderstanding, which we will attempt to clarify below by defining the main characteristics of SDN.
ENDEAVOUR will implement a set of use cases that showcase the types of novel interdomain network services that can be offered to the IXP ecosystem. We will explore multi-homing, application-level traffic engineering, and flow anomaly detection.


When it comes to this look, my mood was definitely on the edgy side. This military jacket is really stealing the show with its new style and faded color. I'm a huge fan of jacket because it's such a nice item when you like to layer, just like me. With different pieces underneath it will definitely keep you warm.
To add just the right amount of sturdiness to the look, I decided to put on my new favorite boots from Fashion71, which was exactly what it needed to translate my mood into an outfit. I have a slight obsession with boots, and this time I have an eye on over-the-ankle styles. This particular fit hits just a little higher than the average booties. The trendy style popped up on numerous runways and is one of the most wearable pieces for Fall.
Wow, amazing outfit,so interesting! Really for my taste! Love these boots.
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This week in Britain's Prisons, A second excellent report for HMP Askham Grange,
HMO& YOI Askham Grange-One of the Best in the Country
HMP and YOI Askham Grange is a women's open prison near York with an operational capacity of 128. It also functions as a Youth Offending institution ad has ten places available for mothers so they can care for their children full time.
This is the second Inspection of HMP Askham Grange that has given the prison a 'good' rating in all four inspected categories. This is the second highest grading a prison can get, with the rarely awarded 'outstanding' being top. However, to be awarded 'good' in all four areas is quite an achievement.
HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, Peter Clarke, said, "There had been new initiatives and innovations in many areas. The ethos of rehabilitation and resettlement that dominated the establishment seemed to be stronger than ever, and the extraordinarily strong nature of the relationships between staff and prisoners was clear to see. There can be no doubt whatsoever that this played a huge part in achieving the goals of building women's confidence and self-esteem en route to eventual release."
The prison has a very low level of violence, self-harm and drug use. It's clean and has good living conditions. The mother and baby unit is well equipped and an excellent facility. The cell doors are never locked and there is a lot to do in the prison.
However, in the last six years there has been the shadow of threatened closure hanging over HMP Askham Grange. The inspectors say this needs to be resolved as soon as possible as it is one of the best performing prisons in the country and hugely benefits the offenders placed there.
Prisoner Made 71 Calls on an Illegal Mobile Phone Before Being Caught!
Paul Hutton, 39, of Reading was imprisoned in HMP Bullingdon while he was awaiting trial for a string of shoplifting offences. While in HMP Bullingdon he managed to make 71 calls from a smuggled in phone. He'd also managed to receive two incoming calls whilst in his cell.
Over his criminal career Hutton has racked up over 40 offences, mostly shoplifting.
Hutton has a drug addiction that causes him to steal in order to buy drugs according to his defence barrister.
£50,000 Worth of Drugs and Phones Thrown into HMP Wealstun Grounds!
A package worth a massive £50,000 was thrown over the perimeter fence of a prison in Leeds last week. The package contained class A and B drugs, cannabinoid soaked paper, Spice, steroids, needles and syringes, 12 phones, SIM cards and chargers and tobacco!!
Leeds' detectives are investigating the haul that was discovered by staff checking the outer fence at HMP Wealstun for other contraband.
Governor Dane Lewis said, "Criminal gangs treat this as a business but we have to deal with the human side of this every day. Every time something like this successfully gets into the establishment it leads to debt, increased levels of self-harm, then serious assaults and can put lives at risk. Prison staff and our police colleagues are doing a fantastic job to intercept packages like this on a regular basis and disrupt the criminal gangs."
Brian Tuson, convicted Paedophile died in HMP Chelmsford – he had a no resuscitation order.
Tuson, 81, was less than one year into his sentence of seven and a half years for sexual offences.
Brian Tuson dies of natural causes in HMP Chelmsford's medical wing. He had cancer and did not want to be resuscitated.
Many of Tuson's offences involved a child under the age of 13, penetrative and non-penetrative. In all he was convicted of ten offences.
Tuson, who had a medical history of lymphoma, was on an end of life care plan with a 'do not attempt resuscitation' request in place. His death is not being treated as suspicious.
17 year old sentenced to life in prison for knife murder of a student
Laoui Ali, 17, stabbed 16 year old Sidali Mohamed to death outside Joseph Chamberlain College in Birmingham, in February this year.
Ali was found guilty of wounding with intent, unlawful wounding and two charges of having an offensive weapon in addition to that of murder. He was sentenced to 19 years in jail.
Laoui had been an aspiring boxer, but was on bail for another wounding attack in Highgate in December 2018 when he stabbed Sidali. He had stabbed a man in the arm as he walked down the street.
The victim's family said. "Sidali was an amazing son, brother, cousin, nephew and a fantastic friend. Sidali was an ambitious young man with his whole life ahead of him. Sidali's death has left a huge void in our family."


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To leave my animal instincts behind and just breathe in mother nature.
And the closer I feel to being home once again.
To erase the existence of memories stirring.
did I remember who I was.
From the darkest existence did I remain glowing in blue flames.
The fight for me was all I ever known.
And each step I took another minion would befall in front of me.
All this to keep my light radiating.
For one day is all it takes to just breathe.


As if it was any wonder to most people, Spectrum 2009 has been officially cancelled. This morning I awoke to a delightful snowy day, well it would have been delightful if it wasn't June and wasn't Spectrum weekend. Although the yearly festival went ahead as scheduled on Friday night (with small attendance), it was cancelled on Saturday citing concerns for not only the weather, but for safety, as described in this Medicine Hat News article. The article also explains that it is not only cancelled, but it is really cancelled, as in, it's not going to be re-booked or delayed because the money and planning has already been spent for this year.
It's really a sad thing for the coordinators, the events planners, the entertainment and even the businesses; however, some shops downtown still had their pre-planned sales going on that were meant to bank off a steady stream of Spectrum go-ers. On the up side, a lot of people are happy about the move from Kin Coulee back into the downtown, hopefully it will stick for next year.
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I've only been to the event once, (nothing special, hence I never went again) there was mostly businesses with tables selling stuff … some ribbon thing for kids to run around and a battle of the bands type competition. It's not like the beer is free, I can't possibly imagine why the event would cost this much.
I also liked the idea of it being in Kin Coulee better, the natural environment seemed to make every … "fresher". Although, I can see why it would go downtown and why people would want it to be downtown for the historical/drive business yaddah yaddah. Just things like, I would prefer to sit on the grass than on a curb?
There has been a lot of comments about how the "City wasted $60,000" and things like "poor planning" have also been said over on Medicine Hat News. I agree that it was money wasted, but sometimes you can't foresee weather months in advance when everything was planned.
Just things like, I would prefer to sit on the grass than on a curb?
There's plenty of grass and parks Downtown as well.
Sometimes you can't foresee weather months, maybe they should have put in an extra thousand to arrange for relocation to the Cypress Center in case it snows in June??
The type of person I am … I'd be glad if it was indoors, guarantee no annoying wind let alone rain and snow. Not to mention I won't have to run away from wasps handing around because of all the extra garbage created by a large mass of consumers.
Is the actual point of Spectrum to drive people to downtown? Obviously not because it has been in Kin Coulee. So maybe it's just to be outdoors for the fun of it? At the Cypress Center there's actually parking and they can bring in horses and stuff because they have accommodations for that in the back (people can still walk around outside) … petting zoo!! Since Echo Dale ruined some peoples summer by not putting out a petting zoo for us to go to!
I guess in my opinion, I know the Cypress Center might seem a bit "meh" for outdoor events because that's where the fair goes every year, but that's why it's so perfect! It is literally made for these huge events and can accommodate tons of people!
Straight up, people like being outside more than inside, at least most people do, and since Medicine Hat is always claimed to be the sunniest city in Canada, it makes sense that people would want to plan for summer events to be outside.
Kin Coulee is nice, but pretty gross in terms of parking and traffic, and who "really" wants to walk up and down those big steps? Not most people, and most people who do reserve that once and for Canada Day.
The Fair goes to the Cypress Center probably because it has things that people like doing outside and things people like doing inside and offers a place for people to temporarily get out of the sun.


Even before the Gregorian calendar of 2011 officially ends on December 31, Muslims have already started a New Islamic Year as per the Islamic calendar which differs from the Gregorian on the basis of the number of days in each of its 12 months.
It only so happens that the Islamic Calendar virtually nonexistent in the lives of adherents of the faith (Islam) except at particular times of the year; these times are usually tied to festivities in the Muslim life.
Specific mention can be made of the two Eids (Fitr and Adha), Ramadan and Zul Hijjah.
Ramadan, the ninth month, being by far the most popular amongst the rest, as its buzz resonates far beyond Muslims and most times grips the entire society.
Zul Hijjah, is popular by virtue of the fact that it is in that month that prospective pilgrims make the sacred journey to the House of Allah in Saudi Arabia allied with other activities to seek Allah's forgiveness and providence.
Zul Hijjah which is also the twelfth month of the year should ordinarily had been a key moment when Muslims reflect on the gone months as it ushers us into a new year as per the Hijriyyah Calendar calculations. This sadly is not the case.
Two reasons I can adduce for that; the social milieu within which we find ourselves is one that embraces the Gregorian date and yearly calculations, moreover; Muslims seem to have our bearing preferring to leave aside our own dates and I must say, very unique calculation of months and years.
Unique in what sense a person may ask; simply for that fact that application of the Islamic calendar to a large extent signifies obeisance to Allah's Law; the months are based on the moon; a creation of Allah the Almighty.
This is the direct opposite that is based on a hard and fast, straight jacketed module that was couched years ago (supposedly 2011 years after the death of Prophet Isa (Jesus); the last but one Messenger of Allah as per Islam).
But are the two reasons enough for us to discard the Islamic dates? Certainly NOT! If for nothing at all, a blend of both dates at any given opportunity would be a better state of affairs than what currently pertains.
The solution to this indictment and grave 'oversight' lies in two words: Conscientization and Continued Use of the date especially at ALL Muslim gatherings.
The first point of call shall be with Muslim leaders irrespective of which part of the religious banner the hold, to make it a point to at all events be they naming, marriage or funeral ceremonies to remind all gathered of the Islamic date.
Another very potent platform on which to best drum home the date to Muslims is on the Friday Congregational Prayer pulpits.
Then are teachers at most Madrasas – Islamic Schools – they might as well play the most important long term role of pushing down the concept of the Hijriyyah date into the minds of young Muslims that they teach.
We cannot lose sight of the media and technological bit in the general scheme of events; what stops well-to-do Muslims from paying to publish each month of the Islamic calendar in a number of daily newspapers? I wonder.
All hosts of Islamic programs must make it a point to quote the Islamic date each time they are on set. In the long term, we should get slots at peak periods of programming to put in a reminder of the Islamic date.
If done; that would imply giving a wider scope to the publicity of the concept not only to Muslims but to non Muslim alike. Muslims on social platforms like facebook, twitter and myspace should always quote the Islamic dates; certainly would it be a reminder to other Muslims and a strong message to non Muslims.
Last Saturday; November 26, 2011, was the day that Muslims ushered in a New Year as per the Islamic calendar. The New Year is 1433 Hijriyyah.
The moon finds its way into every of the above verse and many more times in the Quran, signifying its importance to Islamic monthly and yearly calculations. The importance of the lunar crescent is also partly the explanation for why many countries with predominantly Muslim populations have a crescent shape on their flags.
Unlike the Gregorian 365/366 days, the Islamic year has only 354 days. This is because the Islamic Calendar (or Hijri Calendar) follows the movements of Earth's Moon. The Hijri Calendar is consistently less by 11 days comparative to the Gregorian.
Like much of Islam, the calendar is based on the Quran and on personal reflection of the relationship between Muslims and Allah. Each month of the Islamic Calendar officially begins when the lunar crescent is first seen after a new moon.
This is not always an exact time, especially if the skies are cloudy or overcast. In a sense, the start of each month can be different for everyone. Many people, however, prefer to rely on an official announcement by Muslim authorities as to when each month begins.
The Calendar is properly called the Hijri Calendar because it began with the Hijra, or hegira, The Holy Prophet Muhammad's flight from Medina to Mecca, due to persecution by the disbeliever of the time. Gregorian calendars measure time beginning with the year 0 A.D.
On the Gregorian calendar, A.D. stands for Anno Domini, which means "In the year of our Lord." The Hijri Calendar has years marked by A.H., which stands for Anno Hegirae, "In the Year of the Hijra." The hegira took place in A.H. 1.
For us, first Muharram is akin to January 1, and is a day worth celebrating in every sense, this is the time that we Muslims are ideally supposed to call New Year's Day. For far too long, we have failed as a collective to drum home the need to use our Islamic dates along with the Gregorian dates, but better late they say than never, from this year and for many years to come there certainly must be a concerted and calculated effort to hype the occasion and to celebrate it as such.
From our Imams, through to Muslims in the media, Islamic school teachers and any Muslim Abu, Musa or Amina living any and everywhere, ours is the onerous duty to make do with what is ours from the Almighty Allah.


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Minimum wages in 2022: Annual review
Right to disconnect: Exploring company practices
Industrial relations: Developments 2015–2019
European Company Survey 2019 - Workplace practices unlocking employee potential
Working conditions, Subjective well-being, Trust, Work-life balance, Living conditions and quality of life, Job quality
This report presents Eurofound's research on telework during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021. It explores changes in the incidence of telework, working conditions experienced by employees working from home and changes to regulations addressing issues related to this working arrangement. The findings reveal a rapid escalation of telework triggered by the pandemic: in 2021, 2 out of 10 European employees were teleworking – a figure that most likely would not have been reached before 2027 had the pandemic not occurred.
New forms of employment, Working conditions and sustainable work, Working conditions, Teleworking, Employment relationship, COVID-19, Digitalisation, Labour and social regulation
The Living, working and COVID-19 survey, first launched by Eurofound in early 2020, aims to capture the wide-ranging impact of the pandemic on the work and lives of EU citizens. The fifth round of the Eurofound survey, which was implemented in spring 2022, also sheds light on a new uncertain reality caused by the war in Ukraine, record-high inflation and sharp rises in the cost of living. As a pilot survey, a shorter version of the questionnaire was fielded by the European Training Foundation (ETF) in 10 European Union (EU) neighbouring countries.
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Social dialogue and collective bargaining in the civil aviation sector during the COVID-19 pandemic
This report analyses the role of social dialogue and collective bargaining in addressing the challenges faced by the civil aviation sector during the COVID-19 pandemic. Social partner involvement in the measures introduced to mitigate the negative impacts of the pandemic varies across European countries. Social dialogue and collective bargaining played a prominent role in most countries, while in others they had a more limited role. The report also explores changes made to existing social dialogue and/or collective bargaining processes at national level.
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Social dialogue and collective bargaining in the hospital sector during the COVID-19 pandemic
This report analyses the role of social dialogue and collective bargaining in addressing the challenges created or exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic in the hospital sector. It also explores whether existing social dialogue and collective bargaining processes at national level were adapted in order to address these new challenges. The research included a literature review to contextualise the structural features of the hospital sector and an analysis of policy initiatives to manage the crisis implemented across the EU27 and Norway.
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This report is carried out in the context of the three-year pilot project (2021–2023), 'Role of the minimum wage in establishing the Universal Labour Guarantee', mandated to Eurofound by the European Commission. Its focus is module 3 of the project, investigating minimum wages and other forms of pay for the self-employed. Out of concern for the challenging conditions faced by certain groups of self-employed workers, some Member States have established or are in discussions about proposing some statutory forms of minimum pay for selected categories of the self-employed.
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Eurofound's European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) paints a wide-ranging picture of Europe at work across countries, occupations, sectors and age groups. This series consists of findings from the EWCS 2015, the sixth edition of the survey. The survey was first carried out in 1990.
Eurofound's European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) paints a wide-ranging picture of Europe at work across countries, occupations, sectors and age groups. This series consists of findings from the EWCS 1996, the second edition of the survey. The survey was first carried out in 1990.
Eurofound's European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) paints a wide-ranging picture of Europe at work across countries, occupations, sectors and age groups. This series consists of findings from the EWCS 2001, which was an extension of the EWCS 2000 to cover the then 12 acceding and candidate countries. The survey was first carried out in 1990.
Eurofound's European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) paints a wide-ranging picture of Europe at work across countries, occupations, sectors and age groups. This series consists of findings from the EWCS 2000, the third edition of the survey. The survey was first carried out in 1990.
Eurofound's European Company Survey (ECS) maps and analyses company policies and practices which can have an impact on smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, as well as the development of social dialogue in companies. This series consists of outputs from the first edition of the survey carried out in 2004–2005 under the name European Establishment Survey on Working Time and Work-Life Balance.
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Original "Amish" Crew Goes Home
The original "Breaking Amish" crew is back on TV -- trying to re-balance lives buffeted by TV.
By Jere Hester	• Published at 1:06 pm on May 29, 2014
Perhaps it's a blessing that observant Amish don't watch TV. They might not like what they see, given the spate of Amish-themed reality shows that have sprouted like tobacco stalks over the last couple of years.
They also, like too many of us, might not be able to stop watching.
The original "Breaking Amish" crew returns to TLC Sunday with a new show, dubbed "Return to Amish," in which most head back to their communities following televised misadventures in New York and Florida. You don't have to be Thomas Wolfe to guess they can't go home again.
It promises to be a meta season in which the young Amish and Mennonite folks are back on TV – trying to re-balance lives buffeted by TV. As cast member Rebecca put it in a promo clip, "I don't think any of us knows how to move forward."
The show's debut comes just weeks after the gripping end to the third season of the Discovery Channel's "Amish Mafia," in which the buggy-tipping bullies turned on the producers after drawing increasing heat from Amish elders and law enforcement. Both programs have moved from the action being driven primarily by the characters' interactions with the "English" world to conflicts directly fueled by their decision to participate in a Reality TV show.
The "Breaking Amish" group, though, has more in common with the "Jersey Shore" gang, another insular (to a much lesser degree) band of young folks whose lives were changed forever by the cameras.
The original attraction of "Breaking Amish" rested less in the fish-out-of-water gimmick (Amish in New York) than in the characters themselves. They initially didn't seem to be putting on an act, even if some were later revealed to have lived less than sheltered lives before signing up for the show.
The at times out-of-control emotions of aspiring model Kate, the romance of Abe and Rebecca, and the flirtations of Jeremiah and Sabrina, worked in limited doses. Their next run – basically an extended group road trip to Florida, dubbed "Breaking Amish: Brave New World" – was buoyed by the unlikely star turns of Abe's conflicted mom and world-curious little sister.
The strong chemistry of that original cast stood in stark comparison to the weak spinoff "Breaking Amish: Los Angeles," which featured a group of clearly camera-ready young folks who jumped bonnet-first into foolishness that included witchcraft and rampant partying.
The party appears to be over for the original quintet – Rebecca and Sabrina are pregnant. Even as Kate forges on with her career (she posed for Maxim last year), the rest are readjusting to life in Pennsylvania.
TLC is betting audiences aren't ready to shun them yet. Still, even "Jersey Shore" only lasted three years, for all the hoopla it created. The "Breaking Amish" cast members are approaching the second anniversary of their dubious celebrity.
As the analogue clock threatens to wind down on their fame, check out a promo clip below that offers a brief history of the "Breaking Amish" franchise and a preview of what's to come:
Jere Hester is founding director of the award-winning, multi-media NYCity News Service at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He is also the author of "Raising a Beatle Baby: How John, Paul, George and Ringo Helped us Come Together as a Family." Follow him on Twitter.
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Der Proton Putra ist ein Coupé des malaiischen Automobilherstellers Proton, das von Herbst 1995 bis Ende 2000 gebaut wurde.

Von 2004 bis 2005 wurde die Fertigung des Modells für kurze Zeit nochmals aufgenommen, wobei die begrenzte Anzahl der Fahrzeuge nur auf dem heimischen Markt angeboten wurde. Grund für die Wiederaufnahme war die Verarbeitung noch auf Lager liegender Teile.

Konstruktion

Karosserie und Fahrwerk
Der Wagen basiert auf dem von Herbst 1991 bis Sommer 1996 gebauten Mitsubishi Lancer und ist ein zweitüriges Coupé, dessen Front der des Wira und des Satria der ersten Serie entspricht. Das Heck dagegen ist eigenständig, nur die Rückleuchten entsprechen denen des Satria, bzw. des Mitsubishi Lancer.

Der Wagen entspricht nahezu völlig dem Lancer, sowohl im Styling als auch in der Mechanik, denn Scheinwerfer und Rückleuchten sind zwischen beiden Modellen austauschbar. Der Putra ist allerdings mit dem Vierzylinder-DOHC-Reihenmotor 4G93 ausgestattet und hat andere vordere Kotflügel und Stoßfänger, sodass die Blinkleuchten nicht austauschbar sind.

Innenraum
Die Innenausstattung des Putra beinhaltet Recaro N-Joy-Sitze, ein Vierspeichenlenkrad Momo Daytona und einen ledernen Schaltknauf von Momo. Bei der Wiederauflage waren diese Details nicht enthalten, sondern die Innenausstattung entsprach den anderen Proton-Modellen und war schwarz.

Motor
Der Putra wird von einem Vierzylinder-Reihenmotor von Mitsubishi, Typ 4G93P, angetrieben, der zwei obenliegende Nockenwellen und vier Ventile pro Zylinder besitzt. Gespeist wird der Motor von einer Mehrpunkteinspritzung (MPI). Der Hubraum beträgt 1834 cm³ und die Leistung 140 PS (103 kW) bei 6000 min−1. Das Drehmoment liegt bei 164 Nm bei 5500 min−1 und der Benzinverbrauch bei durchschnittlich 6,2 l / 100 km.

Export
In Großbritannien und Australien wurde der Putra als Proton Coupé oder Proton M21 angeboten, aber der Wagen verkaufte sich dort nicht sehr gut. Ebenso in Deutschland, wo er von 1998 bis 2001 als Proton 418 LRS vermarktet wurde.

Der Putra galt als langweilig im Design und entsprach dem älteren Mitsubishi Lancer (1992–1995), wie er den Australiern bekannt war, und außerdem uninteressant zu fahren im Vergleich zu anderen, spritzigeren Autos, wie dem Ford Puma oder dem Vauxhall Tigra.

Private Modifikationen
Wegen seiner geringen Stückzahl ist der Putra in Malaysia sehr gesucht. Einige Enthusiasten haben seine Front mit "Halfcuts" modifiziert. Der M21 kann mit jedem Triebwerk des Typs Mitsubishi 4G9x oder 4G6x ausgestattet werden.

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Your comment about the Dogs resonated highly with me. I know a well educated and highly intelligent woman that would let her 5 dogs and 10 puppies just roam around the house licking and sniffing the new born baby in the house after going outside to relieve themselves. Some issues in Thailand need the weight of the media to educate the people on how to drive with consideration for others and basic hygiene.
Instead the masses lap up lakorn!
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May 11, 2016 12:50 PM EDT By Lindsay Cronin
Brad Pitt And Angelina Jolie Divorce: Marion Cotillard Affair Leads To Split 2016? [VIDEO]
Brad Pitt has taken up a somewhat unexpected hobby: antiquing!
And according to a new report, he's really serious about it -- as in $33 million in one day.
"Brad turned up at one art and furniture show, spent $33 million in an hour, then just got back on his plane and left," Bill Ketterer, owner of DIGSmodern vintage showroom, revealed to Radar Online on Wednesday. "He kinda knew what he was looking for and he got it."
Ketterer, who has known the 52-year-old actor for years, said Pitt visits his store in Pomona, California store regularly.
"When Brad comes to the warehouse, I don't advise him," he said. "He usually has an interior designer with him or other people, and he says to them, 'Hey, just wait in the car.'"
Meanwhile, as Pitt enjoys his new antiques, rumors continue to swirl regarding his possible affair with his Five Seconds to Silence co-star Marion Cotillard.
"There is totally something going on between [Brad and Marion]," an insider told Star magazine, according to a report by Hollywood Life last week. "They had insane chemistry right from the start, and many crewmembers believe they've been acting on it in private."
They have "affectionate nicknames" for each other, and Marion "lights up whenever Brad is around," the source alleged.
"In the past, Brad and Angie have always turned a blind eye to each other's little flirtations. As long as neither of them took it too far, they thought it actually spiced up their relationship," the insider added. "But Brad getting emotionally attached to Marion is totally against the rules. That's what makes this a unique situation that could threaten their marriage."
Pitt was also recently linked to his Allied co-star, Lizzy Caplan, after the two were seen sharing a kiss on set.
For more on Brad Pitt's chemistry with Cotillard and his possible plans for divorce, check out the clip below.
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Q: How to change the start date in Android/Linux? I am programming an Android system running on an i.MX6 SoM.
For some reasons, I need the Android system to start counting from 2000/01/01 00:00 on first boot. Currently, the Linux kernel under Android set the default start date to be the Epoch (1970/01/01).
How can I change the default start date?

A: You don't.  All linux OSes work with a start date of the epoch, changing it would break a lot of stuff everywhere, if it was even possible (it isn't).  If you need to count relative to some other date, figure out the epoch time of that date and subtract it from the epoch time.  Make a utility function to do that.