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"Cascada de Ronda"
Ronda / Andalusia Region, Malaga, Spain
Europe >> Spain >> Malaga >> Andalusia Region, Ronda
About "Cascada de Ronda"
Hiking Distance: 3km round trip
Suggested Time: 1 hour
Waterfall Latitude: 36.74031
Waterfall Longitude: -5.16629
"Cascada de Ronda" (or the Ronda Waterfall) was the name that I'm dubbing this attractive waterfall, where the Río Guadalevín (Deep River) that tumbled some 25m or so beneath the impressive Puente Nuevo (New Bridge) spanning the Tajo Gorge in the old town of Ronda. I'm not even sure if this waterfall has a formal name, which is strange considering that this could very well be the signature attraction of the Andalucían town of Ronda. In fact, the photo you see at the top of this page was merely my attempt at capturing the grandeur of the falls and the gorge while numerous people before managed to capture the same thing and produced and immortalized them in one form or another whether they were on post cards, calendars, photos on the web, etc.
The Puente Nuevo that towered over the waterfall linked the old town with the new town though it wasn't the only bridge spanning the deep and narrow gorge as further to the east in the gorge were the 16th century Puente Viejo (Old Bridge) and the 11th century Puente Árabe (Arab Bridge). The New Bridge was said to have been built in the 18th century, and I noticed there were steps leading to a lower level on the New Town side of the bridge, which I'd imagine would have been the interpretive center. It was closed during our late afternoon and early morning visits.
Looking alongside the Puente Nuevo towards the New Town in the late afternoon
In order to get the view that you see at the top of this page, we first had to be on the side of the Old Town side (south) of the New Bridge. We then had to get to the Plaza del Campillo (or Plaza de Maria Auxiliadora), where there was a panoramic lookout of the Tajo Gorge and the widening landscape further downstream of it. Also in the plaza was a square harboring some monuments, gardens, and benches, which was the ripe kind of environment for buskers adding a little more ambience to the scene for a propina (tip). On the far side of the plaza were steps that led us down into the gorge. After about 5-10 minutes of descending, we had our choice of spur trails and lookouts that provided the famous direct views of the "Cascada de Ronda".
Continuing further down on the steps, I managed to get far enough to a point where I started to notice old walls. Apparently, these walls were known as the Murallas de la Albacara (Walls of Albacara), which were built to protect mills (molinos) within the gorge. Along these walls, there was a pair of archways (Puerta de los Molinos or the Door of the Mills and Puerta del Viento or Door of the Wind) where I took one of them (not sure which one) further down a rough and overgrown path leading closer to the ditches or water canals and possibly to the base of the waterfall itself. I only went as far down as the water canals as it started getting too overgrown to see the waterfall anymore. However, I didn't explore much further so there could have been other hidden surprises down there, but given the number of spider webs that brushed my face, I'd imagine that not many people go down here.
A pleasant surprise for making the effort to go this far down into the Tajo Gorge from the Plaza del Campillo was that there was a natural arch across the gorge beneath the approximate location of the Paseo Blas Infante (an open area park and lookout behind the Ronda Bullring – said to be the oldest one in Spain). This tall jug handle arch didn't seem to have any fanfare or attention devoted to it in the literature, but as you can see from the photos on this page, the natural arch was legitimate.
You can't see the waterfall from anywhere else but this descending trail beneath the Plaza del Campillo. Once you're back up in the town of Ronda, you'll always be behind and above the drop of the Cascada de Ronda. And since this was a west-facing waterfall, that meant that the best light would be in the afternoon when the soft setting sun would illuminate the gorge and the New Bridge with its orangish hue on a sunny day.
We stayed in the Old Town of Ronda so we were able to walk to the Plaza del Campillo (or Plaza de Maria Auxiliadora) from the Plaza del Gigante by going west on one of the narrow streets. From the New Bridge, it was also possible to get to Plaza del Campillo on foot aong the Calle Tenorio. Once at the plaza, we were able to descend into the gorge as described above.
We drove to Ronda after picking up our rental car in Málaga. It was about a two-hour drive along a combination of the A-7 (or AP-7, which was a toll autovía paralleling the A-7) which we took for about 69km, then the A-397 (for another 44km). Since we were staying in the Old Town and we ultimately had to park near the Plaza Duquesa, we ultimately left the A-397 at the A-6300 headed west (there was a roundabout here), then we followed the A-6300 west for about 1.6 kilometers before leaving the many-sided roundabout at the Calle Cuesta de las Imágenes (the exit after the Gate and Walls of Almocabar). We then followed the Calle Cuesta de las Imágenes until we had to turn left to get into the Plaza de Duquesa. The parking was on the far southern side right behind some church next to the Ayuntamiento (town hall).
If you're not staying in Old Town, then you'll have to find other public parking spaces in the New Town area then walk. We can't say anything more about that particular option since we didn't do that.
For further context, Ronda was 128km (about 2 hours drive) southeast of Sevilla (or Seville), 101km (about 90 minutes drive) west of Málaga, 180km (over 2 hours drive) west of Granada, 164km (about 2.5 hours drive or about 2 hours by trains) south of Córdoba, and 551km (over 5.5 hours drive) south of Madrid.
late afternoon look at the waterfall beneath the New Bridge in the Old Andalucian Town of Ronda
Morning view of perhaps the most direct view of the falls and Puente Nuevo that I was able to get on a drizzly morning
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Looking over the Murallas de la Albacara (Walls of Albacara) towards a natural arch on the other side of the Tajo Gorge after descending a fair bit below the Plaza del Campillo
This was the Ronda Bullring, which was said to be the oldest such bullring in Spain
Looking across the Tajo Gorge towards the New Town portion of Ronda perched atop rugged cliffs in a nearly impossibly scenic location
Roughly two hours drive from Ronda was the beautiful and quintessentially Spanish city of Sevilla. Shown here is the grand Plaza de España, which very much reminded me of the Republic in Star Wars
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2. Buy or find a big rock with a depression in its top. Place it in a sunny spot ― by a perennial border, for example ― then fill it with water for birds and butterflies.
3. Fill a bucket with water and leave it by the hose or spigot for an easy-to-fill sipping station. Change water frequently to keep it clean and free of mosquitoes.
4. Tie a wad of string or bits of cloth with yarn and hang it from a branch to provide nest material. Or nail a can filled with loosened cotton balls to a fence.
5. Create perches by nailing a 2-by-4 to a vine-covered post for a nest site. Place tall, twiggy prunings or trellises near birdbaths so birds can preen and dry off.
6. Hang up a birdhouse or several, spaced around the garden. This one, made from a hollowed birch log, is the perfect size for a chickadee brood.


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Island Bison Farm: Food entrepreneurs at the Comox Valley Farmers' Market
In the 1890s there were less than 1000 Woods and Plains bison left of the millions that had shaped the land and the culture of North America for millennia. Today a herd of 170 in Black Creek is giving farmer Marc Vance reason to pinch himself every morning.
"I grew up wanting to be a rancher," he says. Several years ago his Vancouver-based closet organizer business took him on a detour down a country road in Black Creek. A year later he, his wife and four children, as well as his mother and father in law made the move. "My wife calls it my mid-life crisis. I needed a new challenge."
Today Marc and his extended family own and operate one of the largest meat producers in the Comox Valley. As well as the bison, the Vance's also have 70 water buffalo. They purchase the bull calves from two Island dairies, including McLintocks here in the Comox Valley. They've also recently added Highland and Black Angus cattle, as well as heritage pigs, and chickens.
The animals are principally raised for meat, but the farm produces additional products. Bison tallow is used to create hand creams and soaps. Bison, water buffalo, beef, and pork are used in sausages, dried meat sticks, and jerkies. The farm also sells bison hides and skulls. These are also donated to some First nations' groups for drum making and ceremonial purposes.
What role does the Comox Valley Farmers' Market play?
With the exception of hides and skulls, all of the farm's products are available at the Comox Valley Farmers' Market. And while the Market is not a large part of the Farm's sales, it is very important to the Farm's business model.
"The Market is the root of Island Bison Farm," Marc says. "It's thanks to the Market that so many people have tried our product. Retail stores are now approaching us, and we've started a wholesale business as well."
The expansion into chickens, pork, and beef last year was facilitated by the Market. Most producers only have one table, but Island Bison needed two to show and sell their new products.
"Our goal is to help farmers grow their business," says Market CEO Vickey Brown. "When Island Bison needed more room, we were happy to help make that happen. It's a good thing for them, for Market shoppers – and for our local food economy."
Challenges and charges
Like other farmers at the Market, last year's drought was tough on Island Bison. Marc says the weather is the single largest challenge they face. "It's the big unknown. Last summers' drought was very tough on pastures and winter feed production." The current dry spell suggests things won't be any easier this year.
Nevertheless, Marc relishes every day on the ranch. It's the realization of a childhood dream. And, he says, "It's also a wonderful way for the family to be together."
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Laurel Lee Dickey, 93, passed away August 22, 2017 in Pleasanton, Texas. She was born in Sweetwater, Texas to David P. and Minerva (Weems) Sayle. Laurel married Marvin Dickey in 1939. They moved to California then to Arizona in 1951, where she became a foster parent. Over the years, she enjoyed collecting rocks and doing landscaping. In 2013, Laurel moved back to Texas. Her greatest joy were her grandchildren and being with her family especially during the holidays.
She is survived by her son Robert A. Dickey, Sr., grandchildren LeighAnne Ervien and husband Darrick, David Dickey and wife Diane, Anthony Dickey and wife Amber, Robert A. Dickey, Jr. She is also survived by 13 great-grandchildren, three great-great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
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When Don Dupler first came face-to-face with vascular surgeon Krishna Mannava, M.D., he didn't realize he was meeting the physician who would end up saving his life – twice.
It was 2012 and Don had just been admitted to FMC following a pancreatic attack. A CAT scan revealed that in addition to an inflamed pancreas, Don also had an abdominal aortic aneurysm – one of the largest doctors at FMC had ever seen.
An abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a potentially life-threatening condition that is often discovered while a patient is being treated for something else. Small aneurysms need regular monitoring, but larger aneurysms, like the one in Don's case, require surgery.
Following the surgery, Don resumed his normal activities, including volunteering at the front desks of both FMC and River View Surgery Center in Lancaster. It would be nearly five years before Don would come to FMC again as a patient – but this time, the situation was much more serious.
On the night of January 10, Don's wife, Dee, called 9-1-1 when Don's blood pressure plummeted. Don also had been experiencing severe back pain that day. When Don arrived at FMC, despite his rapidly deteriorating condition, he was able to make one request: he asked staff to call in the surgeon who had taken care of him back in 2012. Staff members agreed to Don's request and alerted Dr. Mannava, even though the surgeon was not on call that night.
Don's situation was grim. His AAA had ruptured due to a sudden tear between the metal and fabric of his previous graft and he was bleeding internally. Only about 1 in 5 people survive a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm, and Don's body was quickly shutting down. He was immediately rushed into surgery, where Dr. Mannava repaired the AAA. Don's recovery included 13 days in the ICU, and three days in PCU.


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Two questions for President Obama's daughters and for any children 12-18… »
« #CancerMoonShotForOurChildren. A procedure that maximizes financial and health…
Inventions Part #2 of 9. Analitical thinking with 12-18 year-olds students – #CancerMoonShotForOurChildren. Serving the community: What is needed to make early cancer detection effective to save over 50% of cancer deaths.
April 17, 2016 | By dario.crosetto
I have waited over one month from my email dated March 4, 2016 before providing additional material and I would humbly and respectfully suggest that everyone continue to explain to their children, grandchildren, nephews and nieces etc., from 12 to 18 years of age what the #CancerMoonShotForOurChildren is, his/her work commitment, how this program differs from the many other campaigns launched in the past that did not reach their goal (we have now 8.2 million cancer deaths per year, 7 million of which are premature, projected to increase if we cannot present an effective solution)
Dear President Barack Obama, Vice-President Joe Biden, Dr. Jim Siegrist, Dr. Patricia Dehmer, Dr. Cherry Murray, Dr. Ernest Moniz, Dr. Anne Lubenow, Dr. Douglas Lowy, Dr. Francis Collins, Dr. Greg Simon, members of the Cancer Moonshot Task Force and all experts in particle physics, medical imaging and administrators from the thirteen Government Agencies involved in the Cancer Moonshot project,
I have waited over one month from my email dated March 4, 2016 before providing additional material and I would humbly and respectfully suggest that everyone continue to explain to their children, grandchildren, nephews and nieces etc., from 12 to 18 years of age what the #CancerMoonShotForOurChildren is, his/her work commitment, how this program differs from the many other campaigns launched in the past that did not reach their goal (we have now 8.2 million cancer deaths per year, 7 million of which are premature, projected to increase if we cannot present an effective solution). I trust that this time we will be able to provide the world and our children with a list of projects (whether it be a new drug, a vaccine, genomics, immunotherapy, a medical imaging device, etc.) which can answer the following questions:
How much is the expected reduction in cancer deaths (6 years and 10 years from funding) your project/approach can provide when measured on a sample population?
How much will your project cost to develop?
When can the first results be expected?
How much are the operating costs?
Is there a link to support the analytical and scientific evidence of your claims?
Other projects when analyzed analytically and scientifically cannot compete with the 3D-CBS invention which can provide solid analytical and scientific evidence that with $20 Million NRE it can save over 13 million lives in 30 years. Here are the 3D-CBS answers to the above questions:
Estimate of 33% cancer death reduction in 6 years from funding and 50% in 10 years.
$20 Million to develop (compared to billions of dollars for drug development),
First results expected three years from funding,
Operating costs estimated at $400 per exam.
Yes, there is a link and to supporting analytical and scientific evidence in a 271-page document describing the basic components of the invention, whose feasibility is supported by 59 quotes from several reputable companies.
In the following paragraphs you will find explanations of the main concepts of my inventions for applications in Physics as described in the 1999 article for scientists " System Design and Verification Process for LHC Programmable Trigger Electronics ", for applications in Medical Imaging as described in the 2000 technical scientific book for scientists " 400+ times improved PET efficiency for lower-dose radiation, lower-cost cancer screening", ISBN 0-9702897-0-7, and explained to Middle and High School students and laymen in the book " Understanding a new idea for a Cancer Screening device" ISBN 0-9702897-1-5, which I wrote with teachers and students of the St. Alcuin Montessori School after four weeks of practical exercises with the students which demonstrated my innovative concept using analogies of bottling water, throwing a ball in a sand tray, conveyor belt etc.).
In order to serve our children, loved ones and future generations by understanding innovations that can fight the fast moving cancer taking one life every four seconds, I respectfully request you share with your children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews, the explanation of the concept on my invention implemented with analogies in practical exercises and described in the book written with the teachers and students of the St. Alcuin Montessori School in Dallas in the year 2000. Also, please share any questions you or your children, grandchildren…, might have on the analytical thinking and process described in the book "Understanding a new idea for a Cancer Screening device" and verified experimentally with a practical exercise.
My 3D-CBS invention provides an effective early cancer detection because it is hundreds of times more efficient than the over 6,000 PET devices currently in use; it has been proven feasible and functional in hardware and just needs the NRE (Non-Recurring Engineer) funding of its basic 3D-Flow OPRA processor and electronic board, as described in the 271-page proposal which is supported by 59 quotes to get the 3D-Flow OPRA processor cost down to $1/processor with large quantities (see
pp 5, 24, 27, 34, 83, 93, 96, 144, 145, 202, 203, 234, 255 of the 271-page proposal ). The official 413-page submission dated December 22, 2015, of the proposal to fund the basic 3D-FLOW OPRA processor and electronic boards is available at Gov-tracking GRANT12058981 or DOE tracking 0000222704, from DUNS:009603738, to DE-FOA-0001414, CFD:81.049.
Because in the U.S. one person is dying needlessly every minute from cancer (one every 4 seconds in the world) and my breakthrough invention has been recognized valuable by a major international scientific review in 1993 (pp. 56-74), acclaimed and endorsed by top experts ( pp. 50-55 & 75-83), received awards and passed subsequent scientific reviews (pp. 84-101), proven to be feasible and functional in hardware ( pp. 92 & 102-117 & 142-146 & 154 & 202-203), proven to replace many crates of electronics with a single crate at a fraction of the cost ( pp. 19-24 & 125-135), proven to be scientifically advantageous and beneficial in many applications ( pp. 1-2 & 24-29), I respectfully request Jim Siegrist, Director of the Office of High Energy Physics of the Department of Energy (DOE) who invited me to submit a formal application for a grant and who promised on several occasions (orally in more than three hours of phone conversations beginning May 5, 2015, pp.118-125, and in writing via email) that I could give a presentation of my invention to the experts in particle physics at his office assigning taxpayer money to fund research projects, to keep his promise and organize such a presentation at DOE.
For the same reason, I respectfully request Glen Crawford, Division Director of Research and Technology at DOE who promised through his assistant Ms. Janice Hannan to discuss orally the technical details of my invention after he received my first document which I sent him on September 10, 2015, to keep his promise and set up this meeting.
For the same reason, I respectfully request a meeting with Helmut Marsiske, Director of Research Technology, Detector R&D at DOE, responsible for assigning funds for Detector Research and Development in High Energy Physics, to address the technical aspects of my invention/project. He told me in a phone conversation and in several emails that my project falls into his field of expertise and responsibilities and that the abstract was certainly of interest to the DOE, that I just needed to substantiate in the narrative what I had written in the abstract. But then he stated several times that he had only read the abstract of my document, that he was not going to read the entire document, and that he was not available to listen to a presentation of my project nor to find the time to learn the details of my project/invention.
For the same reason, I respectfully request Anne Lubenow, Deputy Executive Officer of the National Cancer Institute (NIH/NCI) keep the promise she last made in her emails dated January 8 and January 15, 2016, and organize a meeting with her experts. I first met Ms. Lubenow at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland on December 12, 2014, when she promised to organize a meeting with her experts to determine the best strategy to significantly reduce cancer deaths and cost, and with her experts in medical imaging, but to date she has not held such a meeting.
For the same reason, I respectfully request Vice President Joe Biden to remove the hurdles that for seven months have been an impediment for me to provide the quote of the NRE for the fabrication of the 3D-Flow OPRA ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) because the manufacturer is requiring government reviewers to sign an NDA with restrictive terms with Crosetto Foundation for the Reduction of Cancer Deaths as we signed with them to protect their intellectual property. Or, if this is not possible, to please ask government reviewers to provide a list of specific questions about information government agencies need to know to evaluate the feasibility of an ASIC costing over $2 million.
For the same reason (to avoid the continued loss from cancer of someone in the U.S. every minute and one every 4 seconds in the world), I respectfully request Vice-President Joe Biden, head of the Cancer Moonshot Task Force to clear out all bureaucratic hurdles that have been an impediment to discussing ANALYTICALLY and SCIENTIFICALLY the 271 pages of my invention/project (plus 155-page document with 59 quotes from reputable companies confirming feasibility) with DOE and NIH experts in particle detection and medical imaging responsible for spending taxpayer money to advance science, significantly reduce cancer deaths and significantly reduce health care costs by requesting his Cancer Moonshot Task Force to urgently organize an open, public scientific review of my 3D-CBS invention/project, based on the 3D-Flow OPRA that has the capability to extract all valuable information from radiation and provide a cost-effective, lifesaving early cancer detection, in a similar manner as the Director of the SSC/FERMILAB in 1993 who requested a major scientific review of my previous 3D-Flow invention, appointing world experts from academia, industry and research centers to be member of the review panel (See pp. 56-74).
In this email I will report the Table of Content of the Book for laymen: "Understanding a new idea for a Cancer Screening device" ISBN 0-9702897-1-5 published in the year 2000 and will address directly the most important analytical thinking that is leading to the solution of the problem by providing a powerful technique for early cancer detection (Please see also the Chapter: "Introduction" in my email sent on March 4, 2016). Later I will go back to previous chapters in the book that will provide more background information about the cancer problem.
Here is the Table of Content:
1 INTRODUCTION ………………………………………………………………..1
1.1 Who is the authority in science? …………………………………………….1
1.2 Common reactions to a revolutionary idea ……………………………………..1
1.3 Example of other revolutionary ideas slow to be recognized………………………1
1.4 Do the statistics call for development of a machine for annual whole-body check-up?..4
….WILL ERRONEOUS READINGS (FALSE POSITIVE) LEAD TO OVERCROWDING IN OUR HOSPITALS?……6
….WILL THE COST OF THE NEW MACHINE BE MULTIPLIED AS IT MULTIPLIES THE FOV?………….6
….HOW MUCH IS AN ANNUAL WHOLE-BODY CHECKUP ON CROSETTO'S MACHINE ESTIMATED TO COST?….7
1.5 Scope of the book…………………………………………………………..7
2 CANCER …………………………………………………………………….10
2.1 What is Cancer? …………………………………………………………..10
2.1.1 Different kinds of cancer…………………………………………………10
2.1.2 Loss of normal cell growth control…………………………………………12
2.1.3 Malignant versus benign tumors…………………………………………….15
2.1.4 Invasion of cancer cells and metastasis…………………………………….16
2.1.5 Cancer is potentially dangerous if it growths out of control and if it spreads to other parts of the body…16
3 HOW CANCER COULD AFFECT YOU ………………………………………………….17
3.1 Where most common cancers occur (site in the body)…………………………….18
3.2 How deaths caused by cancer have changed over time…………………………….19
3.3 What Causes Cancer?………………………………………………………..21
4 CURING CANCER: THERE IS HOPE IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CANCER…………………………23
4.1 Types of cancer screening available today…………………………………….23
4.2 How cancer detection has changed over time …………………………………..25
4.3 Current procedures for follow-up and their approximate costs……………………28
4.4 The cost of cancer to health care establishment……………………………….29
4.5 Improving the quality of life and reducing cost with a comprehensive cancer screening machine..29
4.6 How we track the path sugar takes as it travels through the body to the cells using Positron Emission Tomography…30
5 THE INVENTIONS: A QUALITATIVE BREAKTHROUGH IN
..MEDICAL IMAGING THAT ALLOWS AN ANNUAL WHOLE-BODY CHECKUP…………………………31
5.1 Main areas of improvement afforded by the invention……………………………32
5.1.1 Speed: being able to sustain a high rate of input data……………………….33
5.1.2 Accuracy: accurate pattern recognition and energy calculation with no boundary limitation….33
5.1.3 Coincidence detection: 120 million versus 26 thousand trillion comparisons per second…..33
5.2 How do you protect the investment in new ideas?……………………………….34
5.3 How do you verify that an idea is new?……………………………………….34
5.4 Is the new idea useful? ……………………………………………………35
6 TRANSLATING THE MAIN CONCEPTS OF THE INVENTIONS INTO SIMPLE EXPERIMENTS CONDUCTED
..BY THE MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS OF ST ALCUIN MONTESSORI SCHOOL……………………..36
6.1.1 Solution No. 1…………………………………………………………..37
6.1.3 Solution No. 3 ………………………………………………………….46
6.2 Case study project N0. 2: Accuracy: eliminating the boundary limitation between detector elements…67
6.2.1 Computer team……………………………………………………………75
6.3 Case study project No. 3: Coincidence detection……………………………….77
6.3.1 Distinguishing between good events and bad events……………………………78
6.3.2 How can we lower the probability of recording bad events? ……………………80
6.3.3 ST ALCUIN PIZZA SCANDAL…………………………………………………..81
Here is some background information including a description of the problem and the approach students used that allowed them to understand the concept of the invention and solve it with a simple experiment.
To determine which method/project (a cure at late detection, immunotherapy, screening device, lifestyle change, etc.) will have the biggest impact on reducing the current 8.2 million cancer deaths per year, after a discussion with the students it became obvious to them that it is essential to ask the persons responsible for the projects to estimate the reduction in cancer deaths they expect to attain and how they plan to measure the reduction on a sample population to record the difference (or no difference) in the number of cancer deaths.
There have been a number of "wars on cancer" declared over the past century, but over 70 years of experimental data show that although progress has been made (e.g. in leukemia, immunotherapy ), we do not have a cure for late detection of cancer (at best, life is prolonged on average 4 months). However, the cure (or treatment) when cancer is detected at an early stage exists, is effective, and can save over 50% of lives . Without early detection to eradicate the disease with surgery and/or radiation therapy before it spreads through the body with metastasis, the disease will remain unconquered. What is needed and is missing is an effective tool to detect cancer early.
Early detection requires detecting the earliest signals showing the mutation of normal cells into cancerous cells and the best techniques to detect these early signals are based on radiation.
Crosetto has invented a technique, the 3D-Flow OPRA (Object Pattern Real-Time Recognition Algorithms), which extracts all valuable information from radiation. His invention benefits many applications because has the capability to analyze ALL data arriving at ultra-high speed from sensors or thousands of camera at over 20TB/sec without missing any object that was provided as reference. This technique solves the problem that thousands of scientists from prestigious world laboratories in particle physics have sought for 25 years (pp. 125-129).
Multi-billion-dollar experiments in particle physics and lower cost medical imaging devices based on radiation have the same problem to efficiently identify the "pearl" information (new particles in physics experiments and the tumor markers related to the mutation of normal cells into cancerous cells in medical imaging) from the billions of useless data information.
Crosetto's inventions provide benefits to physics experiments saving taxpayers money by replacing many crates of electronics with a single crate at a fraction of the cost, providing at the same time a more powerful tool to experimenters to confirm or rule out the theory of a new particle with precise measurements instead of leaving uncertainties as there are now ( pp. 19-24 & 125-135), and provides benefits in Medical imaging reducing healthcare costs and saving lives by reducing the amount of radiation to the patient to 1/100 the current dose, reducing the examination cost and most importantly enabling an effective early detection of cancer which is what saves lives (pp. 5, 24-27, 93, 145, 202, 203, 234, 255).
When radiation is generated, all data cannot be stored because in physics experiments the data will fill all hard drives on the planet in one day and in medical imaging the cost would be exorbitant.
To put the problem in a simpler way with an analogy understandable to middle school students at the Montessori school in Dallas, Texas in the year 2000 ( bottling water), high school students in San Antonio, Texas in 2009 (data in envelopes), or to laymen at a fair in a small town square in Italy in 2012 (bottling water), it is like being tasked with receiving an envelope every 6 seconds which contains data requiring 30 seconds to analyze whether it contains "pearl" data
When students were first asked how this could be achieved most answered: « It is impossible: either we trash four envelopes out of 5, or we spend only 6 seconds on each envelope with the risk in both cases to miss the "pearl" ».
There were some other suggestions including placing the envelopes (or bottles) on a conveyor-belt. We addressed with practical examples all suggested solutions to understand the advantages and disadvantages of each system.
This evening please ask your children, grandchildren, nephews, nieces etc., how they might solve the envelope problem (analyzing every envelope for 30 seconds when they arrive every 6 seconds). Please share their thoughts, and in my next email I will continue the description of our work with the Montessori Middle School students as reported in our book "Understanding a new idea for a Cancer Screening device".
Dear President Barack Obama, thank you for launching the National Cancer Moonshot Task Force project. Please, besides asking your daughters Malia Ann and Sasha if they have suggestions on how to analyze data for 30 seconds contained in envelopes arriving every 6 seconds without missing any envelope, could you ask them if they consider it essential for anyone who wants to implement a program/project to end cancer to be asked for an estimate of the percentage of the reduction of cancer deaths they expect to attain, the cost to develop their project, where the link can be found supporting their claims, and for those candidates claiming highest potential to reduce cancer deaths, if your daughters believe the candidates should be able to question each other in a public debate in a style similar to the presidential debate before giving them taxpayer money?
Or put in a simpler way, to determine which method/project (a cure at late detection, immunotherapy, screening device, lifestyle change, etc.) will have the biggest impact on reducing the current 8.2 million cancer deaths per year, how would a 12-18 years old answer this question: "Is there a higher chance to reduce the 8.2 million deaths per year by spending billions of dollars developing new drugs for late detection taking an average of ten years to develop, and because of cancer resistance to the drug after a few months and the fact there are thousands of types of cancers with a new drug targeting just a few types, the death rate is only reduced an average of 1% or less, OR spending $20 million to develop three units of the 3D-CBS invention , targeted to early detection effective on most types of cancer using the 3D-Flow OPRA breakthrough technology , taking 2 years to develop, which is hundreds of time more efficient than current Medical Imaging devices, and when tested on 30,000 people per year is estimated to reduce cancer death by 33% in 6 years and over 50% in 10 years? "
Dario Crosetto
President of the Crosetto Foundation for the Reduction of Cancer Deaths
900 Hideaway Pl.
Email: UnitedToEndCancer3@gmail.com
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Q: DCEF4 virtual keyboard is not showing up I am using CEF4Delphi from https://github.com/salvadordf/CEF4Delphi
I am editing PopupBrowser2 example. There is Chromium1 component. I have added event, that is supposed to notify when keyboard is requested:
procedure TForm1.Chromium1VirtualKeyboardRequested(Sender: TObject; const browser: ICefBrowser;
  input_mode: TCefTextInpuMode);
begin
   caption := 'kbd';
end;

Sadly, when example loads google page, I click on search edit box and event is not called. How can I make  event to be called?

A: TChromium.OnVirtualKeyboardRequested is one of the events of ICefRenderHandler and that handler is only used by browsers in off-screen mode (OSR mode).
The PopupBrowser2 demo uses browsers in normal mode (a.k.a. "windowed mode") which means that none of the ICefRenderHandler events will be triggered.
With PopupBrowser2 you will have to use a different event called GlobalCEFApp.OnFocusedNodeChanged
Check the node.name with the HTML tag names that should show the virtual keyboard like "input" or "textarea" inside GlobalCEFApp.OnFocusedNodeChanged.
That event is executed in the render process and you will have to send a process message to the main browser process to show the keyboard.
The DOMVisitor demo shows you how to send that process message with the some parameters if you need them :
https://github.com/salvadordf/CEF4Delphi/blob/132edb2e8895d998d3e3810982c95b9f845d78f8/demos/Delphi_VCL/DOMVisitor/uDOMVisitor.pas#L305
The browser process will receive that message in the TChromium.OnProcessMessageReceived event as you can see here :
https://github.com/salvadordf/CEF4Delphi/blob/132edb2e8895d998d3e3810982c95b9f845d78f8/demos/Delphi_VCL/DOMVisitor/uDOMVisitor.pas#L432
Notice that TCefProcessMessageRef is created by the "New" function with a name. When you implement TChromium.OnProcessMessageReceived in your application you'll have to compare that message.name has the same name value before handling it.

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Subaru of America Launches 15th Annual Subaru Share the Love® Event With Goal To Reach $250 Million in Donations
Automaker Celebrates Philanthropic Event Milestone with Creative Campaign Dedicated to Its National Charity Partners and Hometown Charities
Campaign: Subaru Share the Love
In 2022, the Subaru Share the Love® Event celebrates 15 years of giving back on behalf of customers. For any new Subaru vehicle purchased or leased at one of the more than 630 retailers from Thursday, November 17, 2022, through Tuesday, January 3, 2023, Subaru will donate $250 to the purchaser's choice of charity.
For the past 14 years, through the Subaru Share the Love® Event, Subaru and its retailers have donated to charities like the ASPCA®, Make-A-Wish®, Meals on Wheels America and National Park Foundation, as well as over 1,700 hometown charities. By the end of this year, our fifteenth year, Subaru will have donated over $250 million.
CAMDEN, N.J., November 17, 2022 /3BL Media/ - Subaru of America, Inc. today released a national advertising campaign in support of the 2022 Subaru Share the Love® Event, highlighting the causes that embody the Subaru Love Promise® – the Subaru vision to show love and respect to all people, and pets, at every interaction to make the world a better place, simply because it is the right thing to do.
This year, Subaru and its participating retailers are supporting four returning national charity partner beneficiaries, The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals® (ASPCA®), Make-A-Wish®, Meals on Wheels America® and the National Park FoundationTM The creative spots will shine a light on each organization's cause and how they make a difference.
The advertising spots will also showcase hometown charities that are hand-selected by Subaru retailers across the country that will also benefit from the Subaru Share the Love Event during its milestone 15th year. Subaru and its retailers are hopeful of being able to donate more than $250 million to these organizations, and the four national charity partners, by the end of this year's event.
"The Subaru Share the Love Event is one of the most important times of the year for our retailers and by giving back in such a significant way, we demonstrate that Subaru is More Than a Car Company and our retailers are More Than a Car Dealer," said Alan Bethke, Senior Vice President of Marketing, Subaru of America, Inc. "It means so much to our retailers, and us at Subaru of America, to hear stories about the impact these funds have on so many different causes, people and pets across the country."
The advertising spots were created by Subaru of America with agency partner Carmichael Lynch, and will run on national television, digital video, and social media platforms. Paid media partners include CNN, NBC, Hallmark Channel, Discovery+, Twitter, CBS News The Uplift, Amazon Streaming TV, YouTube, Hulu. Spanish-language translated versions of the :30 and :15 advertising spots will run on Univision, Telemundo, and Peacock.
The creative campaign brings to life the efforts made by each of the national charity partners and how these causes directly impact those they serve. Vignettes include:
Portraits of Love – For the past 15 years, Subaru and our retailers have been sharing the love with those who need it most. Subaru is the largest automotive donor to Make-A-Wish and Meals on Wheels. And the largest corporate donor to the ASPCA and the National Park Foundation. By the end of this year, Subaru and our retailers will have donated over $250 million to charity. When you get a new Subaru during the Subaru Share the Love Event, Subaru will donate $250 to the charity of your choice.
Love is Local – Subaru and our retailers are dedicated to giving back to our local communities. In fact, through the Subaru Share the Love Event, Subaru retailers have supported over 1,700 hometown charities. And by the end of this year, Subaru and our retailers will have donated over $250 million to charity. This is what makes Subaru retailers more than car dealers and Subaru More Than a Car Company.
Hometown Love – Subaru and our retailers are dedicated to giving back to our local communities. In fact, after 15 years of the Subaru Share the Love Event, we have supported over 1,700 hometown charities and donated over $250 million to charity.
Supporting Pets, ASPCA – Subaru and our retailers love pets. That's why Subaru is the largest corporate donor to the ASPCA. Through the Subaru Share the Love Event and other efforts we have supported nearly 104,000 animals.
Granting Wishes, Make-A-Wish – Subaru and our retailers love kids. That's why Subaru is the largest automotive donor to Make-A-Wish. Through the Subaru Share the Love Event and other efforts we have granted over 3,000 wishes.
Providing Meals, Meals on Wheels – Subaru and our retailers love seniors. That's why Subaru is the largest automotive donor to Meals on Wheels. Through the Subaru Share the Love Event and other efforts we have delivered nearly 4 million meals.
Protecting National Parks, National Park Foundation – Subaru and our retailers love our national parks. That's why Subaru is the largest corporate donor to the National Park Foundation. Through the Subaru Share the Love Event and other efforts we have helped protect over 400 national parks.
These spots are available to view on the Subaru of America YouTube channel here: www.youtube.com/Subaru.
To celebrate the milestone anniversary of the 2022 Subaru Share the Love Event, Subaru of America will host a kickoff event for its corporate employees on November 17. Employees across the country and at the automaker's headquarters in Camden, NJ will have the opportunity to participate in volunteer projects that will benefit local nonprofits as part of the largest annual volunteer event with local partners that correspond to the national partners.
For any new Subaru vehicle purchased or leased at one of the more than 630 retailers from Thursday, November 17, 2022, through Tuesday, January 3, 2023, Subaru will donate $250 to the purchaser's choice of charity*. Retailers can also add up to two local hometown charities to receive an additional $50 for each vehicle sold or leased. Additionally, 417 participating Subaru retailers will donate an additional $5 to their registered hometown charity partner for every routine Subaru vehicle service visit during the campaign period.
Since 2008, Subaru and its participating retailers have donated more than $227 million and supported over 1,700 hometown charities to help those in need through the Subaru Share the Love Event.
To learn more, visit: www.subaru.com/share
Follow Subaru on Facebook: www.facebook.com/subaruofamerica
Join the conversation: www.twitter.com/subaru_usa #ShareTheLove
*Disclaimer: Subaru will donate $250 for every new Subaru vehicle sold or leased from November 17, 2022, through January 3, 2023, to four national charities designated by the purchaser or lessee. Pre-approved Hometown Charities may be selected for donation depending on retailer participation. For every new Subaru vehicle sold or leased during the campaign period, participating retailers will donate a minimum of $50 in total to their registered Hometown Charities. Subaru will donate a total of $5 to their registered Hometown Charities for every Subaru vehicle routine service visit during the campaign period. A routine visit includes customer payment of $5 or greater, or any service that includes a genuine Subaru oil filter. Purchasers/lessees must make their charity designations by January 13, 2023. The four national charities will receive a guaranteed minimum donation of $250,000 each. See your local Subaru retailer for details or visit subaru.com/share. All donations made by Subaru of America, Inc.
About Subaru of America, Inc.
Subaru of America, Inc. (SOA) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Subaru Corporation of Japan. Headquartered at a zero-landfill office in Camden, N.J., the company markets and distributes Subaru vehicles, parts and accessories through a network of more than 630 retailers across the United States. All Subaru products are manufactured in zero-landfill plants and Subaru of Indiana Automotive, Inc. is the only U.S. automobile manufacturing plant to be designated a backyard wildlife habitat by the National Wildlife Federation. SOA is guided by the Subaru Love Promise, which is the company's vision to show love and respect to everyone, and to support its communities and customers nationwide. Over the past 20 years, SOA and the SOA Foundation have donated more than $270 million to causes the Subaru family cares about, and its employees have logged nearly 78,000 volunteer hours. As a company, Subaru believes it is important to do its part in making a positive impact in the world because it is the right thing to do.
For additional information visit media.subaru.com. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Diane Anton
danton@subaru.com
Jessica Caufield
Corporate Communications Specialist
jcaufi@subaru.com
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Please find below George Brandis' speech to the Senate supporting marriage.
I want to turn to the arguments that Senator Hanson-Young has put forward in a moment but, before I do, I want to remind the chamber why it is that we have before us not merely a bill from Senator Sarah Hanson-Young but also a bill in the names of Senator Crossin, Senator Brown, Senator Pratt and Senator Marshall, four Labor Party senators, to substantially the same effect. The reason that is so, the reason that four Labor Party senators are jointly sponsoring a bill to change the definition of marriage, is that, once again, this Prime Minister and this Labor government shamelessly are in breach of an election promise.


Smeagol (Gollum)_The Lord of the Rings _Designed by BorisBelocon (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:115255) _Gollum, originally known as Sméagol (or Trahald), was at first a Stoor, one of the three early Hobbit-types. The name Gollum was derived from the sound of his disgusting gurgling, choking cough. His birth can be estimated to have happened in the year TA 2430. His death date is given as March 25, 3019. His life was extended far beyond its natural limits by the effects of possessing the One Ring. At the time of his death, Sméagol was about 589 years old, a remarkable age for a creature that was once a Hobbit, but he had been deformed and twisted in both body and mind by the corruption of the Ring. His chief desire was to possess the Ring that had enslaved him, and he pursued it for many years after Bilbo Baggins found it while walking in the Misty Mountains in the book The Hobbit. In the movies, he was a deuteragonist.


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This Zeta Universal Set includes everything you need for the Zeta level, including the Instruction Manual, Instruction DVD, Student Workbook, Tests Booklet, Integer Block Kit, Algebra/Decimal Inserts, and 12 months of access to the Zeta Digital Pack. The Zeta level covers decimals and percents by extending the student's concept of place value to the right of the decimal point. The connection between fractions and decimals is also presented and metric conversions are introduced.
The Integer Block Kit includes 133 pieces, and is the only one you'll need for all levels of Math-U-See, from Primer through Algebra 1; it includes 20 ones and tens, 13 fives, and 10 each of twos, threes, fours, sixes, sevens, eights, nines, and hundreds blocks, plus the Decimal Street/Block Clock poster.
The Algebra/Decimal Inserts feature smooth pieces which snap into 10s and 100s blocks. This kit consists of four red 5" squares, two green 5" squares, 12 each of blue and gray .5" by 5" flat strips, and 20 .5" red cubes.
The Instruction Manual features 30 lessons with detailed instructions that include illustrations of manipulatives and other visual modeling strategies. The back of the book contains line-listed answers to the student workbook and tests.
The Student Workbook contains a number of worksheets for each lesson along with systematic review pages. Extra "Application & Enrichment" activity pages provide additional lesson practice through a range of age-appropriate activities.
The Zeta Digital Pack includes an Instruction Manual PDF, lesson and test solutions, streaming instruction videos, access to the Math-U-See Digital Manipulatives, and other online resources.
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Student Workbook, 434 perforated, three-hole punched pages, softcover. Non-reproducible; consumable workbook.
Test Booklet, 80 perforated, three-hole-punched pages, softcover. Non-reproducible; consumable resource.
Integer Block kit with 133-pieces in a cardboard storage box/carrying case.
Algebra/Decimals Insert Kit with 50 pieces.
12 months of access to Zeta Digital Pack.
Math-U-See is a complete, skill-based, multi-sensory mastery curriculum for grades K-12. Designed to teach students specific skills in a definite, logical sequence, this systematic and cumulative approach will help students learn how to solve math problems and discover why they're solved in such a way.
This Zeta Level-Up Set is designed for customers who already own the Integer Block Kit (the manipulatives are integral to the program) and only need the instructional components and Algebra/Decimal inserts. This set includes the Instruction Manual, Instruction DVD, Student Workbook, Test Booklet, Algebra/Decimal inserts, and 12 months of access to the Zeta Digital Pack. The Zeta level covers decimals and percents by extending the student's concept of place value to the right of the decimal point. The connection between fractions and decimals is also presented and metric conversions are introduced.
The Algebra/Decimal Inserts feature smooth pieces which snap into 10s and 100s blocks. This kit consists of four red 5" squares, two green 5" squares, 12 each of blue and gray .5" by 5" flat strips, and 20 .5" red cubes.
The Student Workbook contains a number of worksheets for each lesson along with systematic review pages. Extra "Application & Enrichment" activity pages provide additional lesson practice through a range of age-appropriate activities.
The Math-U-See system features step-by-step procedures for introducing, reviewing, practicing, and mastering concepts; each lesson includes a video, and many of the lessons from Primer through Algebra 1 use hands-on manipulatives (not-included). Teachers watch the video lesson to learn the new concept and how to demonstrate it; they then present the new concept to the student using the build-write-say model; finally, students practice the new concept using lesson practice problems from the student workbook. Student-paced, teachers are given clear guidelines for determining when students have achieved mastery and are ready to move to the next lesson or level.
Student Workbook, 434 perforated, softcover. Non-reproducible; consumable workbook.
Test Booklet, 80 perforated, softcover. Non-reproducible; consumable resource.
This Zeta Base Set is designed for customers who already own the Integer Block Kit and Algebra/Decimal Inserts (the manipulatives are integral to the program) and only need the instructional components. This set includes the Instruction Manual, Instruction DVD, Student Workbook, Test Booklet, and 12 months of access to the Zeta Digital Pack. The Zeta level covers decimals and percents by extending the student's concept of place value to the right of the decimal point. The connection between fractions and decimals is also presented and metric conversions are introduced.
The Math-U-See Zeta Student Workbook contains a number of worksheets for each lesson along with systematic review pages. Extra "Application & Enrichment" activity pages provide additional lesson practice through a range of age-appropriate activities. The Tests Booklet provides opportunities for assessment with a test for each chapter, unit tests that cover multiple chapters, and a final test.
This set of the individual workbook and test booklet is great for parents teaching multiple students, or for students taking a co-op class. It does not include any parent teaching material (test and student workbook answers are in the Instruction Manual) or manipulatives, which are necessary to use the program.


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Q: Is it possible to plot multiple buffers in python Im rather new to coding so sorry if my question is stupid, but i can't find a solution anywhere.
My question is if you can plot multiple buffers on top of eachother, with multiple colors? Im trying to make a map where i would like a buffer showing 20, 30 and 50km range from a coordinate. My try so far looks like this:
gdf = geopandas.GeoDataFrame(df, geometry=geopandas.points_from_xy(df.x, df.y), crs="EPSG:25832")

gdf30=gdf
gdf30['geometry'] = gdf30.geometry.buffer(30*1000)

gdf20=gdf
gdf20['geometry'] = gdf20.geometry.buffer(20*1000)

Map = geopandas.read_file("Map_DK_SWE.gpkg")
Map = Map.to_crs(25832)

fig,ax=plt.subplots()
Map.plot(ax=ax,color='white', edgecolor='black')
ax.set_ylim([6000000, 6500000])
ax.set_xlim([400000, 850000])

gdf30.plot(ax=ax, color='blue',zorder=2)
gdf20.plot(ax=ax, color='green',zorder=1)

[This is what i get from then code][1]

A: i dont know what exactly your issue is since I cant see your plot - but you can do it like this
from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
import geopandas as gpd

cities = gpd.read_file(gpd.datasets.get_path('naturalearth_cities'))
world = gpd.read_file(gpd.datasets.get_path('naturalearth_lowres'))

centroid = cities[cities.name == 'Tokyo']
buffer_1 = cities[cities.name == 'Tokyo'].geometry.buffer(3)
buffer_2 = cities[cities.name == 'Tokyo'].geometry.buffer(2)
buffer_3 = cities[cities.name == 'Tokyo'].geometry.buffer(1)

f, ax = plt.subplots()
# plot basemap
world.plot(edgecolor='k', facecolor='w', ax=ax)

# plot buffers
buffer_1.plot(color='r', label='buffer 1', ax=ax, alpha=.5)
buffer_2.plot(color='b', label='buffer 2', ax=ax, alpha=.5)
buffer_3.plot(color='g', label='buffer 3', ax=ax, alpha=.5)

# plot original coordinates
centroid.plot(marker='X', color='r', ax=ax)

# crop map to extent
ax.set_xlim(120, 145)
ax.set_ylim(25, 50)
plt.show()


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An organization that has great strength in exploring enough data often has better marketing analysis platform. Indeed all the time that a business creates a marketing plan one of the things that marketing managers dizzy about is the source of data. As marketing is designed to minimize the level of risk in an organization much of the efforts have been placed in closing the gap between businesses and the customers since there are the sources of information and data (Torok, 2011).
Organizations with enough data are able to handle critical business objectives and goals for the future betterment of the organization. The big data foundation makes it possible to get and use information from different and various sources. Dissemination of information will be easy thought the organization if the data is enough. The data is important to an organization since it helps in making decisions. Marketing department of an organization makes use of this data to determine the market preference of the clients/ customers (Torok, 2011).
In the beginning, my perception on marketing research was that it only played the role of determining the type of product to offer the customers, but this perception is all gone since it has been noted that marketing research not only works with the preference of the client but also it determines the level of competition existing in the market, and the marketing trend (Clatos, 202). It also influences the decisions for determining the type of capital investment to make on each project undertaken. In addition, I come to know that marketing research also provides consumer feedback. Marketing research is also important since it makes the business able to meet the demands of the customers as well as outperform the competitors.
II. The data can be used in evaluating the role played by competitors in the market. For example, the level of competition in the market is used to determine the elasticity of demand.
III. The data unused can also be used in determining the kind of market trends that are exist in the market.
IV. The data should be incorporated in measuring the rate of investment the organization is in and the capital investment to bring to the business.


To select a particular instance for analysis, click on it in the view. Another way to do it is the context menu: right-click on the interested instance and choose Open this instance. After this, the [Type_name] subject will be added to the Analysis Path and you can use specific instance views to analyze the instance in more details.
To see what objects are exclusively retained by a certain instance, right-click on the instance in the view and choose Open objects retained by this instance. After this, the Retained objects subject will be added to the Analysis Path and the list of retained objects will be displayed in the Type List view.


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Library General Tun Ibrahim, formerly known as the Library of National Defence University of Malaysia (NDUM). The library was established in May 1995 and started as the Malaysian Military Academy Library. Along with the establishment of the National Defence University of Malaysia (NDUM) in November 2006, the library is known as the National Defence University of Malaysia Library.
The library was formerly located on level 4 and 5 at the Bestari Building then moved to a new building on January 10, 2011 with an area of 25,000 square feet and can accommodate 800 people at any one time.
NDUM library was inaugurated on December 15, 2011 by the Honourable Dato' Seri Dr. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, the Minister of Defence of Malaysia and NDUM Library was named Library General Tun Ibrahim the former Chief of the Armed Forces and also the first recipient Honorary Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Strategic Studies) National Defence University of Malaysia (NDUM) during the 1st NDUM Convocation was held on October 10, 2010.
Until now, the number of library staff is 28 people, including 7 from the Management and Professional then the rest of the support group.
System facilities available are:
• Circulation Counter Service
• Circulation Counter
• Inter-Library Loan Service
• Library Website General Tun Ibrahim
• Self Check
• Bookdrop
• Database
• Web OPAC
• Information Literacy
Further information, please click http://lib.upnm.edu.my/


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Froterizam je izraz za specifičnu parafiliju koja se iskazuje kroz sklonost nekonsenzualnom trljanju o tijelo druge osobe u svrhu postizanja seksualnog zadovoljstva. Tom prilikom se najčešće koriste ruke ili genitalije, a kao predmet trljanja mogu biti i genitalije druge osobe. U najvećem broju slučajeva froteristi su muškarci, a njihove žrtve žene , iako postoje i slučajevi žena koje na taj način uznemiravaju muškarce, kao i muških froterista čija su meta drugi muškarci. Froterizam čija su meta djeca obično predstavlja prvi stadij seksualnog zlostavljanja djece.

Ovakva aktivnosti se najčešće obavljaju u situacijama kada počinitelj ne može biti otkriven i/ili kada žrtva nije u stanju pravodobno reagirati, a za što su tipični primjeri javna mjesta poput prepunog autobusa ili tramvaja, odnosno rock koncerta.

Froterizam se kolokvijalno naziva drpanje ili šlatanje.

Takvi nekonsenzualni seksualni kontakti se u većini zakonodavstava drže oblikom zakonski kažnjivog seksualno uznemiranja iako se češće definira kao prekršaj nego kao krivično djelo. Počinitelji osim kazni mogu očekivati i obavezno psihijatrijsko liječenje.

Chikan

Chikan (痴漢, チカン, or ちかん) je japanski izraz kojim se opisuje opscena radnja na štetu druge osobe, odnosno osobu koja čini te radnje. Izraz se u Japanu najčešće koristi upravo za froterizam - pojavu koja je izuzetno raširena zbog visokog stupnja urbanizacije, ali i korištenja javnog prijevoza. Nastojeći se boriti protive te pojave, neke od željezničkih i prijevozničkih kompanija su uvele vagone u kojima je pristup dozvoljen jedino ženama.

Izvori

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Q: extracting-the-values-using-grep From extracting the values using grep
Reading:RG1:+ /user/reading-2/Monday:12
Reading:RG1:- /user/**/Friday:12
Reading:RG1:- /user/**/*.txt:12
Reading:RG1:- /user/tet-23/**/*.txt:12
Reading:RG2:+ /user/reading-2/Monday:12
Reading:RG2:- /user/**/Friday:12
Reading:RG2:- /user/**/*.txt:12
Reading:RG2:- /user/tet-23/**/*.txt:12

I have tried with this :
cat a.txt | grep RG1|grep '-'| cut -d':' -f3-| cut -d'-' -f2 |sed -e 's/ //'
This wont work because  it will extract wrong path because some of + also having -
How to reslove this issue

A: Try this:
egrep "^[^:]*:RG1:-" a.txt | cut -d: -f3 | cut -b3-

Sample run:
$ cat a.txt
Reading:RG1:+ /user/reading-2/Monday:12
Reading:RG1:- /user/**/Friday:12
Reading:RG1:- /user/**/*.txt:12
Reading:RG1:- /user/tet-23/**/*.txt:12
Reading:RG2:- /user/tet-23/**/*.txt:12
Reading:RG2:+ /user/reading-2/Monday:12
$ egrep "^[^:]*:RG1:-" a.txt | cut -d: -f3 | cut -b3-
/user/**/Friday
/user/**/*.txt
/user/tet-23/**/*.txt

"^[^:]*:RG1:-" means "start with anything but : zero or more times, then a :, then a RG1, followed by -.

A: You may try to get the complete "RG1:+" string, and then cut by space, for example:
grep "RG1:+" a.txt | cut -d" " -f2

A: Try it with sed
sed -r -e '/:RG1:/s/.*:[+-] //;s/:[0-9]+$//' a.txt

Which will operate only on lines with :RG1: in them. You can generalize this for all lines:
sed -r -e 's/.*:[+-] //;s/:[0-9]+$//' a.txt

Or just lines with RG and a number
sed -r -e '/:RG[0-9]+:/s/.*:[+-] //;s/:[0-9]+$//' a.txt

If you want to keep the trailing :12 simply omit the final substitution, e.g.:
sed -r -e '/:RG[0-9]+:/s/.*:[+-] //' a.txt

A: If Perl is alowed
 - or +
perl -nE 'say $1 if /\AReading:RG[1-9]:[+-]\s+(.*)\Z/' file

only -
perl -nE 'say $1 if /\AReading:RG[1-9]:-\s+(.*)\Z/' file

A: Try this variation on the answer I gave to your previous question:
grep -Po '(?<=RG1:- ).*(?=:\d*$)' a.txt


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News18» News»India»Union Minister Piyush Goyal Launches Portal to Promote Railways' Freight Business
Union Minister Piyush Goyal Launches Portal to Promote Railways' Freight Business
File photo of Piyush Goyal. (Image for representation/ Reuters)
Railway Minister Piyush Goyal highlighted how, during the lockdown, the railways was providing relentless services in freight transportation in the country.
PTI New Delhi
Railway Minister Piyush Goyal launched an exclusive portal to promote and develop the railways' freight business on Tuesday. The Indian Railways' freight business development portal will act as a "one-stop, single-window" solution for all the needs of its freight customers, he said.
"In a paradigm shift, the first-of-its-kind dedicated freight portal to ensure that all operations stay customer-centric, reduce the costs for logistics providers, provide online-tracking facility for suppliers and also simplify the process of goods transportation. "The new portal will be a game-changer in ensuring ease of doing business with the railways," Goyal said.
He highlighted how, during the lockdown, the railways was providing relentless services in freight transportation in the country. The Indian Railways achieved its highest-ever loading continuously in September, October, November and December 2020. The Indian Railways has embraced a "freight on priority" policy by pushing for an aggressive customer-centric approach to expand the freight carried not only from the traditional segments, but also by attracting new customers to its fold, "in its commitment to take the level of customer services to new heights," Goyal said.
The portal has been specially designed and developed, keeping in mind the varied needs of all existing and new customers with a focus on ease of doing business to bring more transparency and provide professional support. The portal will introduce the railways' freight business, list various benefits, guide the customers while searching for the most suitable terminal with the details of various terminal facilities and logistics services available, assist them in choosing the right wagon and present the expected charges and estimated time for their planned freight transportation.
A new customer can register on the portal and place a demand for wagons in the most convenient way. The personalised dashboard of the portal gives one access to a customer's business details with the railways, including outstanding indents, on-run consignments, the status of various interactions, a facility to apply for various services and raise concerns.
Customers can also live-track their consignments and use single-click applications for various services — discount schemes, diversion, re-booking, demurrage and wharfage waivers, stacking permissions and many more. The railways has also invited aggregators, truckers, warehouse owners and labour providers to offer their services to its more than 9,000 freight customers at over 4,000 freight terminals.
With passenger train services suspended due to the coronavirus crisis, the railways is banking heavily on freight revenues for its earnings. The railways' freight loading and the resultant earnings for the month of December 2020 crossed the figures for the same period in 2019.
In December 2020, the railways' loading was 118.13 million tonnes, which is 8.54 per cent higher compared to the loading for the same period in 2019 (108.84 million tonnes). In this period, the national transporter earned Rs 11,788.11 crore from freight loading, which is also Rs 757.74 crore (6.87 per cent) more than the earnings for the same period in 2019 (Rs 11,030.37 crore).
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Ameripolish is the industry leader in the innovation of concrete chemical technology. Founded in 2005, Ameripolish revolutionized the concrete polishing industry by introducing solvent based, concrete penetrating dyes. Since then, with the acquisition of leading figures in the industry, the Ameripolish product development team has unfolded, on a annual basis, new and exciting, cutting edge technology to prep, strengthen, color, protect and maintain polished concrete floors.
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I'm not the first person to do this, nor will I be the last.
After my good friend Jeron stepped away from Facebook a few weeks ago, it got me thinking about doing the same thing. Not that it hasn't been on my mind over the recent months, but June seems to be shaping up as the month to get a few things done! (Cutting out my sugar intake and getting back on the gym bandwagon are some others!) Not that I don't love keeping up with my friends and family, and posting the latest Apple or movie news, but I don't think there's anything wrong with taking a little breather.
But, fear not! I'm not cutting off ALL social networking. I'll still be very much around. You'll be able to find me on the following: Twitter, Google Hangouts, ADN, Instagram, and Path. Not to mention my website, AIM, Skype (sometimes), email and you know, an old fashioned phone call (or text!) All of my contact info is current in my profile. PM me if you are looking for more specific bits of information.
So, you could call this a countdown of sorts. June 1st is the cut off date. This gives everyone plenty of time to get in touch with me on the other networks I've mentioned if you wish. My account will remain active for a few reasons, but don't expect replies to messages and such as it will not be installed on my phone nor will I be accessing it from browsers and what have you.


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En Belgique, le travail d'intérêt général est une mesure judiciaire alternative.

Il s'agit d'une possibilité pour le procureur du Roi d'éteindre les poursuites par une procédure de médiation pénale.

Dans ce cadre, il est proposé au justiciable de prester des heures de travail au sein d'un organisme d'intérêt public en réparation symbolique au dommage causé à la société.

À ne pas confondre avec la peine de travail autonome.

Notes et références

Droit en Belgique


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Impact feature issue on Retirement & Aging for People with Intellectual, Developmental, and Other Disabilities
Healthy Aging for Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Lieke van Heumen and Tamar Heller Overview
A Time to Heal Kayte Barton Personal Story
Aging and Disability: A Conversation Paul Irving and Michelle Putnam Overview
Retiring with IDD: Critical Needs, Unanswered Questions Roger J. Stancliffe and Nathan J. Wilson Overview
When I'm 64: Still Advocating After All These Years Tony Phillips Personal Story
What Do NCI Data Tell Us About the Characteristics and Outcomes of Older Adults with IDD? Valerie Bradley Overview
The Next Transition: Support and Considerations for Life in Retirement Kelly Nye-Lengerman Overview
I Know I've Helped the World Jeff Smith Personal Story
Transition to Retirement: Trying Phased Retirement in Australia Nathan J. Wilson and Roger J. Stancliffe Program Profile
The Arc's Center for Future Planning – It's Possible and Necessary! Shawn Ullman Program Profile
Disability, Equality, & Retirement Poppy Sundquist Personal Story
We are Fishermen: The Importance of Identity and Fun Kelli Barton Program Profile
Through Work, Play, and Pandemic: The Circle of Friendship Tina Ferguson, Kathy Reedus and Fred Reedus Personal Story
Supporting aging in place for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities Alisa Jordan Sheth How-To
Changing Alzheimer's Disease Care and Supports is Essential Seth Keller and Matthew Janicki Program Profile
Nameen? Our Alzheimer's Journey Paula Gann Personal Story
Break the Silence: A Systems Approach to End-of-Life Planning Jacqueline McGinley Overview
My Plan for a Good Life, Right to the End: An Accessible Approach to advance care planning Nic McKenzie, Brigit Mirfin-Veitch, Jenny Conder, and Henrietta Trip Program Profile
'A Fate Worse than Death' Ageism, Ableism, and the Phenomenon of Institutionalization Hailee Yoshizaki-Gibbons Overview
Like a Lotus Blossom: Aging, Growth, and Shared Experience Hailee Yoshizaki-Gibbons and Janice Baker-Offutt Personal Story
Healthy Brain Initiative for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Beth Marks and Jasmina Sisirak Program Profile
Still Speaking Up Myrta Rosa Personal Story
Talking End of Life... with People with Intellectual Disability Michele Wiese How-To
What Margaret Taught Me Katherine Hamann Personal Story
We are Fishermen: The Importance of Identity and Fun
Kelli Barton is director, health and aging, at University of Missouri-Kansas City Institute for Human Development and serves as a board member for the Association on Aging with Developmental Disabilities. She may be reached at bartonkn@umkc.edu.
AADD commissioned artist John Blair Moore (1948-2018) to paint five pieces capturing the movement, personality, and essence of the people the organization serves.
Due to a dramatic increase in longevity over the past several years, people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) have begun to regularly outlive their parents for the first time in history. People with IDD often continue to live with their parents into adulthood to ensure support needs are met, so aging-related changes or the death of a parent can bring about a myriad of challenges and threaten their ability to continue living in the community. The Association on Aging with Developmental Disabilities (AADD) formed in 1989 as a special interest group, comprised of stakeholders from both the aging and developmental disability fields who recognized the potential implications of this demographic shift. AADD became incorporated in 1994, and over the past few decades, has garnered recognition both locally, for excellence in supporting community members with IDD to thrive in older adulthood and nationally, as an emerging leader in establishing best practices for people aging with IDD.
As a direct service provider, AADD supports more than 200 individuals across three Missouri counties in the St. Louis area to maintain their independence and to be active members of their communities. Most people served by the organization are 50 or older, nearly half identify as Black or African American, and almost all are either low income or are living below the poverty level. Most service recipients also have few or no close living relatives, amplifying the critical need for the type of services AADD provides.
Most service recipients also have few or no close living relatives, amplifying the critical need for the type of services AADD provides.
All of AADD's programs, which include supported living, social clubs, and retirement support, feature education and training that promotes independence at home and in the community. In a doctoral dissertation published in 2013, AADD was the subject of a case study that explored age-related learning needs of older adults with IDD and how such needs are best met. Through a series of observations, surveys, interviews, and focus groups, Grosso (2013) concluded that the organization, "…offers a best-practice learning model for helping older adults with [IDD] to successfully age in place." Grosso (2013) noted that one of the most important components of AADD's retirement transitioning program and retirement support groups is helping participants develop an identity outside of their disability diagnosis, particularly when adjusting to retirement, reverse caregiving, or other aging-related role changes. AADD's retirement support group members have dubbed themselves "Senior Hot Shots," and when asked who they were while on a dock fishing, they replied, "fishermen," Grosso wrote. The author identified several other key components of the program, including strong staff leadership, relationship and rapport building, respect, belief in the capabilities of older adult learners with IDD, and an emphasis on the importance of having fun.
In addition to serving as a Medicaid waiver provider, AADD pursues local and national grant funding and leverages partnerships to expand the resources available to the community. For example, AADD has recently partnered with the St. Louis University Geriatric Education Center (SLU-GEC) to explore adapting an evidenced-based group rehabilitation model for reducing and preventing loneliness among older adults to individuals with IDD. The model, called Circle of Friends, is one of the subjects in a SLU-GEC study, titled The Use of Psychosocial Groups to Alleviate Loneliness and Isolation in Seniors. The study explores how older adults can find meaningful connections and activities to reduce isolation in their lives. SLU-GEC has assisted AADD in modifying the Circle of Friends curriculum and assessment tools to meet the needs of older individuals with IDD. Originally developed by scholars and practitioners at the Central Union for the Welfare of the Aged at Helsinki University, the AADD program is the only known Circle of Friends program at this time that includes older adults with IDD.
Moore's paintings including this depiction of a card game among participants in an AADD event.
Beyond their direct service role, AADD is committed to educating families, caregivers, employers, support workers, professionals, and the community on a range of issues and needs associated with aging with IDD, as well as the latest research on promising practices in supporting this population. Though the organization employs a variety of information dissemination strategies and offers a variety of educational opportunities, the most notable is their annual conference. In collaboration with an ever-growing network of diverse stakeholders, AADD has assiduously planned and hosted an annual professional conference for the past 30 years. Garnering interest both nationally and internationally, the intent of this two-day conference is to bring together professionals from aging and developmental disability fields to share best practices. AADD has also forged longstanding partnerships with several academic institutions, including SLU-GEC, the University of Missouri-Kansas City Institute for Human Development (a University Center on Excellence on Developmental Disability), and the Washington University School of Medicine Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center. In addition to providing access to the latest evidence-based resources and programs, academic partners help identify and recruit diverse and cutting-edge conference speakers each year. The 2019 conference drew more than 350 attendees, including nurses, social workers, direct care providers, and consumers from 12 different states. Despite the transition to a hybrid format in 2021, more than 260 professionals attended, representing 23 states.
Planning for AADD's next annual conference is currently underway. Scheduled for May 23-24, 2022, the conference will again feature a hybrid format that allows for both in-person and online attendees to interact live with speakers.
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