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A service member at Ft. Riley tests positive for novel coronavirus
By Kaylie Mclaughlin
(Illustration by Abigail Compton | Collegian Media Group)
On Thursday, the city of Manhattan announced that a resident of the city and a Ft. Riley service member tested positive for COVID-19.
The patient was tested at the U.S. Air Force Medical Service at Wright Patterson Air Force Base and does not require hospitalization. He is in home-isolation, according to a Riley County Health Department Facebook update.
There are six people waiting on test results in the area and 19 people currently in quarantine, Riley County Health Department director Julie Gibbs said. Gibbs said across the state of Kansas, there are 168 cases, which is an increase of 42 cases from Wednesday.
Additionally, the county will begin formulating a stay-at-home order, but it has not been implemented yet. Gibbs said residents will have at least 24-hour notice.
"This is a difficult time, but we will get through this together," Gibbs said.
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My name is Kaylie McLaughlin and I'm the managing editor and audience engagement manager of the Collegian. Previously, I've been the editor-in-chief and the news editor. In the past, I have also contributed to the Royal Purple Yearbook and KKSU-TV. Off-campus, you can find my bylines in the Wichita Eagle, the Shawnee Mission Post and KSNT News. I grew up just outside of Kansas City in Shawnee, Kansas. I'm a senior in digital journalism with a minor in French and a secondary focus in international and area studies. As a third-generation K-Stater, I bleed purple and my goal is to serve the Wildcat community with accurate coverage.
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The digits of add up to a number where equals times the number you get when you reverse the digits of .
Reverse the digits of and find the prime factors of the number you get. Then take the sum of the squares of these prime factors and halve it. Removing the digit 0 from the new number yields back .
This puzzle was contributed by Aziz Inan, Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Portland. He chose it in honour of a famous mathematician who would have turned 125 this year.
If you have a puzzle you think might interest Plus readers, please email us!
There are two four digit numbers that satisfy condition 1.
1729: sum digits is 19 and 19 ∙ 91 = 1729.
But 1458 does not satisfy condition 2, so we delete it.
(73^2 + 127^2) / 2 = 10729.
Agreed. However, I wonder whether this solution is unique. It certainly is the only four digit solution but might there be solutions for numbers larger than 9999?
It is unique. For example, consider a 5-digit number x. The sum of the digits of x represented by y will be maximum 45 (if the number x happens to be 99999). Any 2-digit number y times its reverse (which also consists of maximum 2 digits) will not yield a 5-digit number. In fact, y will consist of maximum 2 digits as long as x has maximum 11 digits. Does this make sense?
Neigther of them satifies the second condition.
Submitted by Anonymous on December 18, 2012.
Nice puzzle, and a nice homage to Ramanujan and the taxi number that brought GH Hardy to see him in hospital. Fujiwara (1729) showed 1729 is one of four positive integers (with the others being 81, 1458, and the trivial case 1) which, when its digits are added together, produces a sum which, when multiplied by its reversal, yields the original number.
Number 1729 = 1000 ➕ 729 = 10^3 ➕ 9^3 = 12^3 ➕ 1^3 .
of the same mystery number. Find the mystery number.


Seattle-based poet and human rights activist Susan Rich reads two poems concerning the ongoing conflict between Israelis and Palestinians.
The first is "The Wall" from her 2000 collection "The Cartographer's Tongue," winner of the PEN USA Award for Poetry.
The second is "What We Were Taught / What We Have Lost," written in response to the most recent violence.
Rich teaches at Highline College, and is the author of four full-length poetry collections. Her most recent is "Cloud Pharmacy."
After working for Amnesty International USA, Rich volunteered as a human rights educator in Gaza. As a Fulbright Fellow she researched poetry and human rights in South Africa. She also worked as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Niger, West Africa.
You can also listen to a past reading by Rich from "Cures Include Travel."


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Food Basics wants to make sure they are taking good care of their customers and that's a smart move on their part with new lowered and locked down prices and a new in-stock policy.
Always fresh is the new motto at Food Basics and if you aren't satisfied they want you to let them know and you will get your money back.
Grocery is a big business so if they want the customers they have to make them happy.
While shopping last night at Food Basics I also noticed that they have new lowered prices and highlight "more for less" all around the store. What I found interesting was the color choice that they used to show us how they have lowered the prices on the products in-store.
If you look carefully you will see that the new locked down tags are a red tag. If you are a coupon fanatic or a deals guru like we have been and still are (although not so much couponing these days) your brain will immediately think "sale" or "reduced product" because those are the colors used by many other stores. In this case it is.
If you head to a PC store such as RCSS or Zehrs you will notice they have the pink stickers and everyone knows that they mean 50% off and in some cases less but for the most part it's a super deal.
If they turned around and did the same thing as Food Basics and used pink to highlight "more for less" or "locked down" prices your brain would automatically think, "amazing deal" and potentially you might spend more.
That's they way I felt when I started to see all these red tags with lowered prices all around Food Basics. To be honest they were a bit distracting to me because it kept me thinking there were rock bottom deals all over the store and my eyes just kept staring at them.
I guess it's a win-win for the store because they had my attention and focus that's for sure. The price is essentially locked down meaning it's the new regular price and not on sale. Is that how you would look at it?
If you are scouring the stores for deals and reduced or blow out products you know the types of mark down stickers and over time they catch your eye. You take note of the colors, the big giant X across a price or the rack with reduced products and make sure you check them out.
Don't forget that in many shops you can ask for a rain check which we have also discussed here at The Grocery Game yet many people tend to forget about that perk which many stores offer.
Amazing weekly flyer deals at your local grocery store might mean that the shelves are empty if you don't get to the sale on time. Not all grocery stores get enough stock in for a super sale and run out which means you are out of luck.
Food Basics also has another new policy and for many this is very important including us.
We all hate when a store runs out of product when a huge flyer sale happens and Food Basics is going to make sure that we are kept happy customers.
They have set out an in-stock policy which I will quote below for us.
We will try our hardest to ensure the items advertised in our weekly flyer are always in stock. Bit if one of them isn't', we will give you a Raincheck + 10% off the advertised price for your next visit.
In most cases you might find the seasoned veterans who use coupons and source out deals and even newbies might end up price matching the sales at a store like No Frills, Freshco or even Wal-mart just to ensure they get the sale price, don't have to go back for a second trip and so they don't have to battle the masses of customers who want in on the grocery budget savings.
I'm a fairly frequent customer at Canadian Tire and we also love to go to Sears looking for deals. I know that if you find a lower price at each of these stores you can price match and they will beat it by 10% which is a great way to keep the customers happy.
I can honestly say that I think it's great that Food Basics has promised us in-stock product, more great deals and locked down prices because in today's economy not everyone can afford to shop at Sobey's or Metro with the high prices that we all see.
The only reason they get me through the door is for the Air Miles program and the odd flyer specials that I know I can't get cheaper anywhere else.
You'd be a fool to spend more money in your grocery budget than you had to IF you had the opportunity to shop at a store with the exact same product for less. I realize that not everyone has all the shops or might live in a small town with one grocery store but when options are available source out the best deals and save the cash if you can.
A bucket of feta at Metro is $17.99 and the exact same bucket at Food Basics is $13.99. I don't know about you but I work hard for my money and that $4.00 could certainly be put to better use.
What do you think of the new Food Basics guarantee to the customers?
Weekly Overview: We didn't need much in the way of meat this week so we loaded up on fruits at Metro for a great price and some other odds and sods at Food Basics that was needed in the pantry. We went with some lean ground beef this time so we can mix it up and make some meatballs, lasagna or even a pot of taco soup. We normally use turkey mince but since this was a great deal we opted for beef since it's been a long while. We are not opposed to certain proteins we just moderate how much we eat and try to get leaner cuts when possible.
Well this was another easy shopping week! Didnt need too much so here goes!
And i earned 7800 Pc Points!
Wow, I can't believe the cost of the organic milk. How much milk do you normally go through every week? I love those PC Points.. we earned 20,000 points this week for spending $100. You get ballot 5.
•Total Gift Cards Given Used this Week: BAH! I forgot AGAIN! But I did redeem Air Miles to get $10 off my purchase at Rexall.
•Weekly overview: Not counting my stupid meat order I am on pace to be under budget for the year 🙂 I still forgot my $5 Kellogg's cards lol. I'll have to try to figure something out lol. I did well this week but we also haven't been eating great lately so we haven't had to buy as much.
I took the $100 budgeted for this week and purchased a $100 gift card for Sobeys and received 1000 bonus points!!!
It was my plan to do this so I had saved some cash left over from last week and hope that the gift card lasts me a few weeks and was worth the points for us for sure!! I am already planning our discount shop for the first Tuesday of Dec that we will be redeeming some of our points to help get through the holidays and stock up on a few things.
If I have remaining money leftover this month I will roll it over into Dec to help with holiday baking, cooking and stockpiling.
I did some shopping in the US and I stocked our supplies of ham for the holiday season using a Canadian rain check.
I obviously went a little hog wild with treats for the holiday season in our US shops. I have been saving $10 per month for the holiday season so I am going to transfer $71.65 to the US funds so the account is flat.
Not only did I use a nice rain check for the holiday ham stock up but I also got a new rain check for Butcher's Cut thick Sliced Side Bacon at $8.99 a pack!
I have a super saver coupon for Butcher's Cut hams @ $8.49 for this week that I will try to get a rain check on. Where there's a will, there's a way! We use a lot of ham so I like to get it at a good price.
12 cans tuna ($0.78 ea) = $9.36 <<< Check this out Juanita! This is 10 cents cheaper than Safeway!!!
6 large cans Chunk Chicken (2.08 ea) = $12.48 <<< one of these cans will make 6 chicken salad sandwiches!
3 Planter Deluxe Mix Nuts (4.99 ea) = $14.97 <<< absolutely no peanuts here!
Mr CBB… I can make the current budget work for 2014. 🙂 If need be, we'll just eat more meatless meals to stay on task. I can stretch the budget a lot further…as I was telling the gals last night on WFD. I was saying that 15 pounds of pinto beans for $15 will feed both of us for 30 meals @ $0.50 per meal. Combine that with some bacon and eggs at the $2.49/lb I see for bacon and $1.33 per dozen eggs… it's actually easy to go a long, long, way on very little. We have had some great meals this year, I have started a borscht and re-stocking fund and we are still on track with our budget. What more do I want?
Things are quiet right now so I think i can get my shops posted now. I went to Foodland for most of my shops but I needed gas for the truck so I went to No Frills as well. I don't buy gas in town here as it is too expensive here. The price difference is enough to drive out of town so I plan around that.
So another week over budget. This seems to happen more often when I go out of town to shop, but the prices at NF are too good. I had to get the smaller boxes of teabags at Foodland at the higher price as I was almost out. I'm hoping to get to NF again to get another box at the lower price well before I get that low again. The chicken breasts were a good price and the NF price for the ground beef was very good as I bought the family size pack and split it into smaller packs at home. There were a good number of meals in that pack!! The body wash and hair products were needed so I tried to get a decent price for all of it with the coupons. This weeks prices are better but I had no way to know that one. Because my trips to Foodland were on the small side I only got one turkey buck. This week doesn't look much better in that regard as I am going to try very hard to stay under for the month and I only have $79.00 left to spend…..it will be hard but I intend to try.
I'm jealous of the massive bag of chocolate chips! I always admire the deals you score Mr CBB!
I love to stock up on items that don't go bad when they are on sale! It's a great way to save money and not have to worry about the expiration date.
We shall have to see how things go with Food Basics and the new policy. I've heard they are even price matching but only at a London store. Not sure about any doing that in the GTA. Foodland has done the locked down pricing for a fair while. Usually it runs 4-5 weeks at a time. I didn't see any mention of how long those prices would hold but that is something to look into.I find the information at Foodland is right on the shelf sticker. This would be something that comes back to knowing your prices as always.What i like about the locked in prices and knowing how long that price will last is the ability to do a slow stock up as i did last month with the cider mix I get every winter for the older boy. I knew the price would hold until Nov. 7 so I picked up one or two when ever I was in there getting groceries. I managed to pick up 8 packages i think. This will save down the road.
I go into town for No Frills now occasionally and will tie it to getting gas for the truck as I refuse to get it here in town. The price difference is enough to make it worth the drive. Five cents is an average there but I have seen bigger differences. Besides the price of gas the prices at NF make it worth the trip 2-3 times a month. We still don't get the flyers from NF but I have found an online source for it as well as many of the out of town places that I can check out of we are going to be in London or the SIL's place in Guelph. Target has had the soft opening in Stratford as of last week and Walmart is apparently trying very hard to be open before Christmas. Means we should be getting those flyers soon!!!!


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Q: Spring Caffeine unit test gives null pointer I use Spring boot + caffeine. I am not using any spring cache annotations and I initialize cache like below
@Service
public class CacheService {

    private final Cache<String, Mono<User>> userCache;

    @Autowired
    public CacheService() {
        this.userCache = Caffeine.newBuilder()
                .maximumSize(100)
                .build();
    }

    public Mono<User> getUserData(String id) {
        Mono<User> user = userCache.getIfPresent(id);
        if (user == null) {
            //get data from db
            userCache.put(id, response);
        }
        return user;
    }

I have below unit test case, but I am getting NPE.

@RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
public class CacheServiceTest {

    @Mock
    private Cache<String, Mono<User>> userCache;

    @InjectMocks
    private CacheService cacheService;

    @Before
    public void setUp() {
        ReflectionTestUtils.setField(cacheService, "userCache", userCache);
    }

    @Test
    public void testCache() {
        Cache<String, Mono<User>> cache = Mockito.mock(Cache.class);
        when(userCache.getIfPresent(any()).thenReturn(Mono.just(User.builder.userId("1").builder())));
        Mono<User> user = cacheService.getUserData("1");
        StepVerifier.create(user)
                .expectNextMatches(c -> c.getUserId().equals("1"))
                .expectComplete().verify();
    }

}

When I run this unit test, I always get NPE at Mockito stubbing method at line when(userCache.getIfPresent(any()) ..
java.lang.NullPointerException
    at com.service.UserService.getUserData(CacheService.java)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)

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*Unit test doesn't correctly initialized cache object. Is there any other correct way.

*As I am not using any of spring annotations, do I need to override CacheManager? Code works as expected without explicit cacheManager bean.

Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance

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I'm a businessperson. As a businessperson, I find I get a lot of phone calls from private equity companies and so forth throughout the day. I enjoy getting these phone calls, not necessarily because I'm looking for their investment, because it can come with a lot of strings attached. Rather, I'm interested in learning about their perspective of business. They tend to call about the businesses I'm running that are hot at the moment and doing well, where the revenue's increasing.
People in the investment banking business and private equity business are trained as a general matter to go after and learn about industries that are on an upswing. They have a keen eye for spotting areas where there will be a lot of profits and where they can do very well in the long run in terms of using capital effectively to increase the amount of money they make.
An example would be Link Exchange, which was founded by the guy who founded Zappos. A private equity company invested about $5 million into that, and eighteen months later, their investment was worth more than $50 million. That's an example of a company that was really on its way up. That's what private equity companies look for.
When I talk to these private equity companies, I like to learn about their ideas and perceptions about the businesses that are doing very, very well and are on this upward trajectory, because I can use that to help people track down and get jobs.
When a company is on an upward trajectory, they tend not to be very discriminating in terms of who they hire. They're also not very careful with their money because there's so much coming in and they're doing so well that they don't really think too far in advance for the future. They're simply thinking, "We're doing very well now. We're going to continue to do well." That's a great thing. They're thinking, "We were doing well. We're going to continue to do well. Even if we bring on extra people, we're going to continue to grow and absorb the people."
If there's a company that's growing like this and doing very well, the odds are you're going to have a much better chance getting a job there, even if there are no openings.
Here's a story that illustrates this dynamic of going where things are growing, as opposed to where things are stagnant. I'm talking about industries. Industries can be stagnant, different geographical locations can be stagnant, and different companies can be stagnant. Or the opposite may be true. They can be growing. Whether it's geographic, industry, and company specific, this can happen.
Google, which has been a booming company for a long time and doing fairly well in terms of increasing its market share of searchers, is trying to find new revenue streams. I think Google employees are allowed to spend 20 percent of their time on free projects, just doing things they like. In addition to this 20 percent, they have a big cafeteria where everybody gets free meals. That's a real example of a company that generates a lot of money despite inefficiencies built into the system.
When companies get older and more mature, that setup doesn't necessarily exist because people try to cut costs, make more profit, and are generally more careful about who they hire. In a company like General Motors or Ford back in the 1950s and 1960s, they were on that upward trajectory too, making greater and greater profits. They had the same kind of thing. They had wood-paneled dining rooms where they were serving lobster and stuff for their executives and huge pensions. These companies, when they grow like that, believe the sun is going to shine on them forever. You want to get into companies like that where things are booming, where they're on an upward trajectory. You can have a good career there for 10, 20, 30, or 40 years sometimes if you find them at the right time. That's exactly what you need to do.
When I got out of law school, and while I was still in law school, I applied to big firms, like 100 plus people, in Detroit where I'm from, in New York City, and Los Angeles.
When I applied to firms in Detroit, I sent them my resume and not much happened. They would call maybe two or three weeks later, potentially schedule an interview, and I would have to fly out to Detroit at my own expense to do the interview. In the interview, I would sit there with the people. They were nice but the interview was very difficult. They would go over my grades and say, "These grades aren't as great as they could be." They would be almost a little bit suspicious in terms of hiring. The interviewers weren't as friendly as they could be. This was even true despite the fact that I had lots of connections with the city and had worked in Detroit. The firms in Detroit were contracting and weren't growing very rapidly.
I applied to firms in New York. The firms in New York would fly me out, put me up in nice hotels, take me out to nice dinners, and were very nice. In Los Angeles, it was the same thing. Not only that but I was getting offered starting bonuses and all sorts of perks. It was very nice compared to the reception I was getting in Detroit. I ended up moving to Los Angeles instead of Detroit, to some extent based on the treatment from the law firms, and getting many more offers with firms that are considered much better nationally in both Los Angeles and New York than were in Detroit.
What does that mean? What it means and what's so crucial in all of this is the firms in Detroit were part of a contracting market. The firms in L.A. were in an expanding market and the same thing goes for New York. That meant more jobs in L.A. and New York and that's how I was able to get such a good job.
Geographically, you want to be in markets and places that are aggressively expanding. You need to be. It's important to be in a market that's expanding geographically very quickly. It's important to be in a place where there is lots of opportunity. Had I stayed in Detroit and practiced law there for the rest of my career, I probably wouldn't have had as much long-term upward potential as I ended up having in Los Angeles or working in New York. That's something that's very important for you to think about.
Where you are matters. In both cases, in both Los Angeles and New York, I was applying to places that didn't necessarily have openings but were going to accommodate someone because they had the growth. Places like Detroit were thinking, "Well, we don't have an opening right now but we might."
This whole idea of job openings is something that's very important for you to understand. In my opinion, an opening is a good sign that the company has identified something. But growing companies, industries, and geographical locations many times will just hire people because they want to have extra people around to help out with their mission, whatever that may be.
They need extra bodies and extra people to really help out because they're growing. Those are the places you want to be. How do you find these kinds of places? One thing I think is very useful is when you look at the job classified ads online or wherever you're conducting your job search, you'll typically see certain companies that have a lot of openings. They'll just keep coming up again and again.
You'll see certain cities that have lots of openings compared to their size. If you look at a small city and they have tons of openings, that's a sign that something good is going on there. Who knows what could be going on? They could have discovered an oil well. Who knows? But something is going on.
If a company has a lot of openings, it has something going on as well. What do you do? When you apply to a company that has a lot of openings or you find someone inside that company, even if they're not looking for someone specifically like you, many times it makes sense to apply because you're going to have a much better chance of getting a job there and the fact that it has openings is going to make a huge difference.
To make this work for you, look for places that have a lot of openings. When you are job searching and you find companies that have so many openings, they're a lot more likely to create a job for you. Creating a job for you will be worthwhile to them, especially if you highlight what you have to bring to the table. Even if you basically tell them, "I need a job," you will be surprised at what often happens. Apply to jobs in industries where a lot is going on. Apply to jobs in geographic areas where a lot is going on. This is exceptionally important. You need to look for boom industries and boom companies.
Here's how powerful this is. An old friend of mine spent a lot of time messing around when he was in college and he graduated with maybe a C average. Despite that fact, he ended up getting an incredible job when he graduated. How is that possible? He chose a major where things were on an upward cycle and where there was a lot of demand. Everything works by this law of supply and demand. You need to go where the demand is.
It sounds like a very simplistic explanation. I'm almost embarrassed saying it because I know it sounds so simple, but sometimes the simplest messages are the most important. The most important messages can sometimes be said quickly. That's an extremely important lesson for you to understand. You need to go where there's the most demand.
How do you track down these employers that have all this demand or this geographic area that has the most demand? Use the databases available and use employer websites. A site I would strongly recommend is our company's job site, Granted.com, as it lists job openings from employer websites, newspapers, association websites, and many other sources (and is free to job seekers). When you find an employer with a lot of openings, apply.
At all points in time, certain industries are booming and others are down. Even in a bad recession and a bad economy, certain things are doing well and others aren't. You should go where the opportunities are. That's what the smart people do. They go where the opportunities are.
People who do very well in their careers aren't necessarily any smarter than you or I, but they're going where the opportunities are. How do you find that? The best bankers or these private equity people that I told you about are good at it. Studying the market and seeing what people are talking about is a very good idea. If you just ask, "What's booming? What's doing well?" many times, you'll get information.
I walked into a Fidelity investment office many years ago. It was at the end of the summer. I had made a couple thousand dollars and wanted to put it in an account. I said, "What is the hot industry? What is going to be growing?" They said, "Automotive. You have to put it in an automotive mutual fund." I didn't end up investing there I don't think, but I remember I looked at what had happened with what they told me a couple of years later. The office was booming and there were all these people in there. This was a while ago, but the mutual fund had doubled. These guys saw where the market was going. They had some understanding of it and knew.
Sometimes, you can ask people on the inside, "What's booming? What's doing well?" and they're going to know. Once you identify an industry or geographic area that you think is booming, even if that company doesn't have specific openings for you, you should just apply there. This has been my philosophy my entire career: to apply. What's the problem? Apply, call, network, and do everything you can. Apply to these sorts of places that are going to have a lot of openings. Call associations. Many times, associations know who's hiring and where the opportunities are.
You can ask them where you think the opportunities are and they can tell you. They can often tell you what companies or employers they think you should apply to. Many times, they'll even make the introduction if it's an industry and association where there's a lot of demand for people.
You need to remember that most companies and places that hire people are not experts in hiring. They're experts in what they do. Your objective is to be an expert in getting hired. That's what you need to do. Go after those companies much more aggressively. Then they can come after you and you'll have a much better chance of getting hired.
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MILFORD - U.S. Rep. Joe Kennedy III, after visiting the Texas-Mexico border to rally against the separation of undocumented immigrant children from their parents, said Monday the issue has a simple solution: a phone call from President Donald Trump.
"There are some very big challenges with addressing a failed immigration system, which is what we have, no question," Kennedy, a Democrat representing the 4th Congressional District, told the Daily News by phone Monday as he traveled to an event in Boston.
In Tornillo, Texas Sunday, Kennedy marched with protesters against the policy near a facility and tent city that houses children who were separated from their parents when they crossed the southern border without documentation. Many immigrants who crossed the U.S. border said they were fleeing dangerous conditions in their home country and asked for asylum, which is not illegal.
Although there is no official protocol that calls for separating children, the practice is the product of a "zero tolerance" policy unveiled by Attorney General Jeff Sessions in April in which the government is now prosecuting all cases involving immigrants who cross the border without documentation.
While their parents are sent to jail, children cannot join them under U.S. procedures since their parents are charged with crimes and they are not.
During a six-week period in April and May, nearly 2,000 children were separated from their parents, the Associated Press reported.
Kennedy's visit and rally at the border Sunday came as the impacts of the policy continued to draw criticism from both Democratic and Republican lawmakers, and two days after Trump falsely stated the breaking apart of families was enacted by Democrats.
"I say it's very strongly the Democrats' fault," Trump said Monday. Last week he said he hated the fact children are being separated from their parents.
Following Sunday's demonstrations, Kennedy on Monday criticized the practice as a violation of the country's values, and said a call from Trump to end it is should happen next.
He pointed to a growing number of outspoken critics, from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops to former first lady Laura Bush, and said it's up to both elected officials and their constituents to send a clear message the policy will not be tolerated by the American people.
"The United States government should never be in the business of separating children from their parents and ... I don't mean that as a political critique, I mean that as a moral one," said Kennedy, the father of two small children.
He urged that constituents, including those who, like him, are opposed to the policy, should continue to call his office and spread their views on social media and in emails to make certain the issue continues to receive attention.
Kennedy also criticized an immigration bill proposed by his Republican colleagues that's been dubbed a compromise.
Although only a draft has been released, the bill would put $25 billion toward a border wall and security; grant a path to citizenship for approximately 1.8 million immigrants who came to the country as children; and require that children be kept with their parents while in detention at the border, according to an Associated Press report.
Kennedy called the bill a shrewd attempt to end the separation of families since children would be sent to stay in jail with their parents if the proposal passed.
The measure also does not include input from Democrats, he said.
In Texas Sunday, Kennedy joined protesters alongside U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke, a Texas Democrat, where many had driven from across the state and Utah to rally against the separation practice.
The outpouring of activism was amazing to witness, he said Monday.


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New merch packs from The Band of Heathens' A Message From The People Revisited collection of fan merchandise is now available for pre-order. Visit the official store and shop the new album on vinyl, cd, and download, plus various styles of tees, hats, and stickers. Click here to view the full collection.


Mathematics is taught with the aim of enabling students to be confident with numbers and the mathematical principles necessary for life beyond the classroom.
In the senior department all year groups are set which enables progress for all pupils at a rate appropriate to their abilities. For those that struggle with maths, individual support is provided, and, for those that relish a mathematical challenge, there are workshops which lead to national quizzes and competitions.
In the sixth form the more talented mathematicians can opt for further maths at A level alongside the maths A level. At GCSE virtually all pupils will attempt the higher tier paper. Exam results in the subject at all levels in the school are very impressive with a considerable number of students going on to higher education in maths related subjects.
We try to make maths enjoyable for all by using a variety of resources - and a good deal of humour.


Born OTD in 1961, Indian author, political activist involved in human rights & environmental causes, Arundhati Roy. In Capitalism: A Ghost Story, Roy examines the dark side of Indian democracy a nation of 1.2 billion, where the country's 100 richest people own assets worth one quarter of India's gross domestic product. Ferocious & clear-sighted, this is a searing portrait of a nation haunted by ghosts: the hundreds of thousands of farmers who have committed suicide to escape punishing debt; the hundreds of millions who live on less than two dollars a day.


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Yves Fagon (* 30. Mai 1910 in Plourin; † 24. April 1996 in Paris) war ein französischer Politiker. Von 1945 bis 1951 war er Abgeordneter der Nationalversammlung.

Fagon studierte Jura und erwarb daneben Abschlüsse in öffentlichem Recht sowie in Politik- und Finanzwissenschaften. 1939 wurde er mit dem Ausbruch des Zweiten Weltkriegs ins Militär eingezogen und erhielt für seine Verdienste als Soldat das Croix de Guerre.

Das politische Engagement Fagons begann mit dem Eintritt in die konservative Gewerkschaft Confédération française des travailleurs chrétiens und die Partei Mouvement républicain populaire. Für diese gelang ihm 1945 der Einzug in den Stadtrat von Clichy. Im selben Jahr bewarb er sich im Département Seine um einen Sitz in der verfassungsgebenden Nationalversammlung und konnte in diese einziehen. Sowohl bei den Wahlen zur zweiten verfassungsgebenden Versammlung im Juni als auch bei den Parlamentswahlen im November 1946 wurde er als Abgeordneter bestätigt. Weil die Liste des MRP bei den folgenden Wahlen im Jahr 1951 massive Verluste erlitt, schied Fagon 1951 aus der Nationalversammlung aus. Fortan war er in der Verwaltung tätig und zog sich bis zu seinem Tod 1996 aus der Politik zurück.

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Epic Games adopts Hoops exchange to enable CAD import into Unreal
Posted on December 8, 2022 at December 8, 2022 by DEVELOP3D
Tech Soft 3D has announced that Epic Games has selected Hoops Exchange to simplify CAD data import into their solution, Datasmith, a collection of tools that allows customers to import pre-constructed scenes or complex assets into Unreal Engine.
Creator of the popular online game Fortnite, Epic Games is also the team behind the real-time 3D creation tool Unreal Engine, which is widely used outside of the video game market.
Customers in the automotive or aerospace industries shared with the company that they found it challenging to get their data into Unreal Engine because CAD data is created for manufacturing and not for interactive visualisation.
To solve this problem, Epic Games decided to build Datasmith, a collection of tools that allows Unreal Engine customers to import pre-constructed scenes or complex assets and assemblies from industry-standard design applications into Unreal Engine, making their workflows easier when it comes to importing and preparing CAD data for visualisation.
Beyond creating a streamlined pipeline for getting content into Unreal Engine, the company aimed to support the widest possible range of 3D design applications and file formats.
To meet this requirement, Epic Games selected Hoops Exchange, an SDK that provides import for over 30 CAD formats, including Catia, Solidworks, Inventor and Revit, on the back end of Datasmith.
The company has reported positive feedback from customers in different industries. Automotive companies, for instance, have said they were able to bring in actual 3D CAD models and interact with them through virtual reality to perform an engineering review.
The virtual workflows, said Tech Soft 3D, have become particularly important over the past few years, as people have been forced to find new ways of working together in response to the disruption of the covid-19 pandemic.
VR use cases also gained in popularity during the pandemic as Teams were working remotely in different locations and had to find a way to collaborate on cars and aircraft and other complex projects.
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Broughton, Glenholm and Kilbucho is a parish in  Peeblesshire in the Scottish Borders, 11 miles south-west of Peebles, lying in the upper part of the valley of the River Tweed in the Southern Uplands. It is a union of three former parishes of bearing these names and the united parish is bound by Kirkurd on the north, Stobo on the east, Drumelzier on the south-east, Culter and Biggar, South Lanarkshire on the west and by Skirling in the north-west. For 4½ miles the eastern border of the parish follows the northward flowing Tweed. It is 9½ miles long north-to-south and 3½ miles wide. The only village is Broughton.

This parish comprehends the old parish of Broughton in the north, and Glenholm in the south-east and Kilbucho on the south-west. In accordance with the deed of annexation, all three names are retained in the name of the united parish.  Biggar Water, which forms the boundary between the Broughton and the other two, flows in an easterly direction and, before joining the Tweed, is joined in turn by Kilbucho Burn,  Broughton Burn and Holms Water, each of which forms valleys containing the parishes that bear their names.

The origin of the name Glenholm is obviously the valley of the Holms. Kilbucho, also spelled Kilbeuhhoe, Kilbochoe,
Kilbocho, and Kirkbucho, is probably the Gaelic prefix "Kil" meaning chapel together with the name of the Venerable Bede or St Bega or St Bees. "Brough" in Broughton may refer to "burgh" or more likely the Scots term Brough or Bruch, meaning circle, of hills.

The united parish was established by the  Presbytery of Biggar in 1794  and a new church was built in 1804 at a convenient central location for the united parish. While within Kilbucho,  the church is located just south of the village of Broughton and across Biggar Water. It is now a member of the linked "Parishes of Upper Tweeddale". Which is made up of the four linked Parishes  of:
 Broughton, Glenholm and Kilbucho
 Skirling
 Stobo and Drumelzier
 Tweedsmuir

At the time the three old parishes were united their area and population was :

At the same time the north-west portion of Kilbucho, around Hartree and Hartree Hills, was transferred to the parish of Culter in Lanarkshire, although this portion remained in Peeblesshire. This had an area of 1712 acres. However this portion was returned to the united parish in 1891, so that Culter became a parish entirely within Lanarkshire.

For some time the three parishes continued to exist for some civil purposes. They continued as Registration Districts until 1870  and to have separate parish schools.

The civil parish of Broughton, Glenholm and Kilbucho is covered by the Upper Tweed Community Council (which also includes part of Drumelzier).

The civil parish has a population of 648 (in 2011)  and its area is 19,797 acres.

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Parishes in Peeblesshire


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Sanja Žigić (; born 11 October 1970) is a politician in Serbia. She served in the Assembly of Vojvodina from 2016 to 2020 and is now the president (i.e., speaker) of the municipal assembly of Vrbas. Žigić is a member of the Serbian Progressive Party.

Early life and private career
Žigić was born in Vrbas, Vojvodina, in what was then the Socialist Republic of Serbia in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. She majored in business management at Union University in Belgrade.

Politician
Žigić received the ninth position on the Progressive Party's electoral list for the Vrbas municipal assembly in the 2013 Serbian local elections and was elected when the list won eighteen out of thirty-six mandates. She resigned from the assembly on 7 November 2013, after being appointed as chief of cabinet in the mayor's office.

She was subsequently given the sixteenth position on the Progressive Party's list for the 2016 Vojvodina provincial election and was elected when the list won a majority victory with sixty-three out of 120 seats. For the next four years, she served as part of the provincial government's majority in the assembly. She did not seek re-election at the provincial level in 2020.

Žigić was given the tenth position on Progressive list for Vrbas in the 2020 local elections and was elected to a second term at the local level when the list won a majority victory with twenty-two mandates. She was chosen as speaker of the assembly on 21 August 2020.

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1970 births
Living people
People from Vrbas, Serbia
Serbian women in politics
Members of the Assembly of Vojvodina
Serbian Progressive Party politicians


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So far Ellen has created 294 blog entries.
Live Concert, Ellen Once Again opening up for The New Respects.
Hey everyone! Just a quick update. I will be the opening artist for The New Respects on September 4th, It's a *Free Concert*, so if you're in the DFW area and not doing anything, please come out and have a good time :-) Click here for more information. https://levittpavilionarlington.org/event/ellen-once-again-opening-artist-for-the-new-respects/
Live Concert, Ellen Once Again opening up for The New Respects.Ellen2022-08-25T17:05:22+00:00
Hope on KXT 91.7 Dallas/Fort Worth
Ellen Once Again is back to make us feel better. The songstress writes her music with messages of hope and self-love in mind. "Hope" stays true to format- complete with a message to keep moving forward.
Hope on KXT 91.7 Dallas/Fort WorthEllen2022-06-27T01:41:53+00:00
Hope A new song of inspriation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SANfFZ0NjAM&width=400&height=225 I want to share my newest song Hope. May it inspire your journey ❤❤. Check it out on your favorite streaming platform now. Sending love ❤ Lyrics: Hope I'm never gonna say That life's always easy But you can believe me When I say I got a reason to go on and
Hope A new song of inspriationEllen2022-06-27T01:22:16+00:00
Artist Experiences on Songtradr — Ellen Once Again
Singer/Songwriter Ellen Once Again shares about her recent placement with Dove. The Dallas-based songstress talks about the inspiration behind her track "Good Vibes," being inspired by other artists in the sync game, and the importance of following your licensing dreams. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwlhyfJEhDM&width=350&height=197
Artist Experiences on Songtradr — Ellen Once AgainEllen2022-06-27T01:24:38+00:00
Dropbox: TikTok duet creators prove remote collaboration can actually be fun
... some creators are showing us how to do just that. They're starting their creative process by casting a wide net into the unknown and coming up with remarkably strong co-creations. Take Ellen Hinton (AKA @ellenonceagain), for example. At the start of lockdowns, this gifted Dallas-based singer/songwriter/music teacher began using TikTok duets as a way
Dropbox: TikTok duet creators prove remote collaboration can actually be funEllen2022-03-02T03:25:30+00:00
Hello everyone! I am so excited to share the release of my new single "Something Good" available everywhere. This song is to inspire all of us to keep working hard and reaching toward the finish line and "Something Good" will come our way. The road is never easy, but, be encouraged and remain hopeful towards
Something GoodEllen2022-08-25T16:50:36+00:00
Year on TikTok 2021 Music Report
TikTok Year in Review Wow! Now this was totally unexpected. I started doing duets and harmonies because I love sharing music. As an artist, musician, worship leader, and music teacher, this feels like second nature. I guess the moral of this story is, do what you love. Your gift will make room for
Year on TikTok 2021 Music ReportEllen2022-06-27T01:24:25+00:00
Ellen Once Again on CW's All All American
I was so happy to hear my song Survivor played on CW's All American. This song really spoke to me during the pandemic. I hope it encourages you as well. Lyrics Verse: I walked through fire and the rain I felt the heartache and the pain I'm not afraid to face the dark Although I'm
Ellen Once Again on CW's All All AmericanEllen2021-11-10T20:34:41+00:00
Journey of a Song with Emmeline
"Watch me burn through the shadows as bright as the sun." This is one of the many uplifting, empowering sentiments in Ellen Once Again's first release of 2021, "Survivor." Produced by Josh Goode, "Survivor" details the struggle so many have endured during the difficulties of 2020, but it seeks to infuse this season adversity
Journey of a Song with EmmelineEllen2021-04-23T14:25:28+00:00
I hope you're having a great season of love during this quarantine season. My new song is finally here, and I'm so excited. I wrote it to my hubby for our anniversary which is also in February. I really love, love songs. In fact, I think we could all use a little more love.
Loving YouEllen2021-04-22T21:17:10+00:00


I see things that never were and say, "Why not?"
Below are a number of short stories. They are available on Kindle and other formats, and some will be available in print as well. Some have won awards, others I wrote just for fun. Enjoy!
Obadiah has the most broken heart in all the land. After months of tracking his sorrows, and weeks hard at work in his workshop, he devises a solution - a clockwork heart. Lilly, his assistant comes, every day to care, feed, and clean up after the town's inventor. Today is a special day, the day he fixes his heart.
Opportunity and tragedy are two sides of the same coin. The only question, which one lands face up. Rex Fielder wants to be a movie director. So, he sold everything he had to get on the maiden voyage of the world's largest and first luxury airliner, The Majestic. Among the rich and famous passengers, he hopes to find something exciting to film, and prove to a studio he can make a movie. Now he only needs something worthy to film. When the chips are down, sometimes bad luck can be the best luck of all.
Hobson Manning spent the last few summers helping Professor Teague build a rocketship with Mac and her ferret, Sprocket. Inspired by his favorite novel, and having watched the stars his whole life, Hobson is ready to depart. However, a few people fear this endeavor and will do anything to sabotage this journey.
Humans have walked the land, and flown through the clouds, now they will touch the stars.


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Police officer due to appear in court today over sexual assault and outraging public decency charges
Posted byNeil Wilby January 19, 2023 January 19, 2023 Posted inWest Yorks PoliceTags:Lee Parker, Neil Wilby, Neil Wilby Journalist, Neil Wilby Media, Operational Support, West Yorkshire Police
In a brief statement issued on 17th January, 2023, West Yorkshire Police said that one of their officers has been charged with sexual assault and outraging public decency.
PC Lee Parker, age 40, who is based in Operational Support, has been charged with two counts of sexual assault on a female and one count of outraging public decency. This relates to an off-duty incident in December 2021.
WYP say he is due to appear at Manchester Magistrates Court on Thursday, 19th January, 2023, but is, curiously, not listed by CourtServe to appear on that day.
PC Parker was suspended from duty at the commencement of the investigation. It is understood that he was a firearms officer for a number of years. The WYP press office has been invited to confirm that status.
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A-Pass' Wuyo to be used as soundtrack in a local movie.
Just a few days after premiering Wuyo video, we have learnt that A-Pass' Wuyo will be used as a soundtrack in a new upcoming local movie titled Bala Bala Sese.
The movie was acted in the outskirts of Sese Island and is based on an amazing indigenous story of boyfriend's battle for love amidst harassment from the girl's father.
Bala Bala Sese features one of the celebrated love birds Michael Kasaija and Natasha Sinayobye, Ashraf Semwogerere, Raymond Rushabiro, Jabal Ddungu among others and some of behind the scenes in the movie are showed in A-Pass' Wuyo video.
The movie will premiere on 15th May at Theatre Labonita.
Journalist drags Pallaso to police over assault.
Anitah Fabiola dumped for being so dirty and disgusting.


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I recently came across this photo while doing research on the history of textiles in lower Manhattan, the Lower East Side specifically. It is a poignant photo of an Italian immigrant woman holding her carefully swaddled baby in her tenement flat on Jersey Street.
Photographed by Jacob Riis, creator of the photographic series, 'How The Other Half Lives' (1891), this image speaks volumes to textiles as a means of survival. Riis was one of the first photographers to use flash, and though viewed to be a muckraker and visual journalist, he was also later criticized for his deprecating views on women and certain ethnic groups.


Our Gears of War 3 Collectibles Locations Guide showing you all 42 collectibles locations in the Xbox 360 game.
You will obtain the following achievements as you collect these: Collector worth 5 Gamerscore for collecting 5 of them, Pack Rat worth 10 Gamerscore for collecting 20 of them and finally Hoarder worth 15 Gamerscore for finding all 42 collectibles.
Make sure to use my COG Tags Locations Guide while you follow this guide.
There are a total of 14 collectibles in ACT 1.
You will find this collectible once Marcus stands up at the beginning of the chapter. It will be on top of the desk next to the bed.
You will find this collectible before you head into Dom's quarters. You will instead go inside of the medical room to your left on the way to his room and it will be on top of the small table.
You will find this collectible in the next room on the left room just past Dom's room. It will be on top of another table with 2 laptops, weapons and tools.
You will find this collectible just before you ride the Silverback. It will be on the left side of the storage bay on top of the middle crate. This will be right after you have to run across the deck before you die from the moving cargo containers.
You will find this collectible lying on the ground near a dead body in the restaurant courtyard after kicking your way the gated doorway. There will be a white sign that says "Home of the Best Breakfast in Town" to the left of the gated door. You will need to make sure you get this before you start to walk into the light or else a cutscene will take over and you will have to reload the chapter.
You will find this collectible inside the playground area. It will be lying on the ground inside of the playground set with the slide attached to it.
You will find this collectible inside of the grocery store. It will be at the end of cash register #1.
You will find this collectible after you go through the camp's warehouse with the leader of the Stranded and can use your weapon again. It will be lying on the ground next to a cargo container on the opposite side from where the loading door to exit the warehouse is at.
You will find this collectible just after you enter Cougar Stadium. You will have the choice of which path to take, the Upper or Lower level. You will need to pick the Upper level in order to get this collectible. It will then be straight from where you start inside of an umbrella shop on the right lying on the ground behind the cash register counter.
You will find this collectible after you have cleared the lobby area and pass under the South Gate sign. It will be to your right by the vending machines lying on the ground. This will be before you go through the Section T doors.
You will find this collectible right after the cutscene when Cole pretends that he is a football player and when you have full control over him again. It will be lying on the ground next to a tent with ammunition crates inside and a dead woman against a small metal crate.
You will find this collectible behind the middle Toll Booth on the right side of the bridge lying on the ground in the trash. This will be just after you zip-line onto the bridge and kill the Locust Snipers that spawn at the top area above the Toll Booths.
You will find this collectible just after the Toll Booth area. It will be inside of an open cargo container with a wooden crate box inside that needs to be destroyed first to collect it from the ground.
You will find this collectible just after taking down the Gas Barge in the sky and heading down the ramp to the lower level of the bridge. You will come to another ladder leading up towards the objective to drop the Tickers onto the Lambent Leviathan. Then when you get to the top, go to your right as you exit the doorway to the outside and it will be lying on the ground next to the stairs.


This adventures trekking in the most remote regions five-day tour offers the days trek to the villages of Dao minority and H'mong people and another full of outdoor activities to discover the rural idyll that is Ba Be National Park..
Clean and comfortable homestay with air-conditioning provided.
Departing from Hanoi, we embark on a route up into mountain areas north of Hanoi. On the way pay a visit to the Thai Nguyen Minority and Culture Museum where we can learn something about the culture and traditions of the different minority groups in Vietnam. Lunch is at a local restaurant and then onwards to Ba Be National Park. This is one of the largest natural lakes in Vietnam, the landscape dominated by scenic valleys, towering rocky outcrops, underground river tributaries, and a gigantic cave. It is also home to a huge variety of flora and fauna and several local ethnic minorities, including the Tay, Red Dao and Hmong. Following an exploration of a spectacular cave, we hike around small villages and along the riverfront. The night is spent with a local family in the traditional house of a Tay family to experience their way of life.
This will be a very fun and fulfilling day of trekking! Your guide will take you to visit the Coc Toc fishing village where Tay people make their living by fishing the lakes in this special region. Crossing the Pe Lu stream, you will then have some rough and steep terrain to cover, but not for too long, and after this, the trekking becomes a little easier. It is well worth the effort too, as you will be treated to intoxicating views and fantastic scenery. Stopping a little later in the day at a H'mong ethnic village, we will have a picnic lunch, and during the afternoon the guide will take you through mountains and valleys past lovely stilt houses and the school of the Dzao village. Then the trek presses on along the winding track to visit Dau Dang waterfall on the border of the two provinces of Bac Kan and Tuyen Quang. You will then have dinner at the restaurant of a man who picked up the nickname 'Mr Pirate' following his appearance in "Ba Be Lake Pirate Movie" before spending the night at his homestay.
Breakfast at the home stay. We will stroll on river shore (Nang river) to see how local people fishing before enter a village of the Tay ethnic minority followed by a simple picnic lunch. In the afternoon, we will enjoy a 3-hour trek to the village of Red Dao Ethnic village on a track accessible only to walkers and horses, through beautiful untouched scenery. Before reaching the village we stop at a primary school to meet the children who will be curious to meet you. Dinner and overnight with a local family.
Breakfast at the Homestay. We continue our trek (2 hours walk) to the village of Tày ethnic village. The trekking route today is largely downhill and basically it is easier and shorter compared to the previous day. We take a boat to discover Puong cave and the virgin beauty of the Nang River. The cruise takes us through some spectacular scenery and the stunning limestone cliffs that frame the lake and we continue into the centre of Ba Be Lake, the largest and highest natural lake in Vietnam. Disembarking from the boat, we'll trek to Pac Ngoi Village, a village of the Tay ethnic people famous for their houses-on-stilts. Dinner and overnight will be in village in a local house.


Edward Adajian, P.E., has over forty years of comprehensive experience in the project management and design for the renovation and new construction of a wide variety of commercial, industrial, and institutional facilities. His experience and familiarity with new and renovation programs, methods, and requirements, make Edward well qualified for a wide range of projects. Edward founded Adajian Engineering, Inc. in January 1987, then converted to freelancing in June 2018.
While Edward's primary area of expertise is Mechanical Systems (plumbing, fire protection, and HVAC), he is networked with a group of equally competent Electrical, Structural, and Architectural Consultants. Edward's project management experience can provide the well coordinated approach which is required for any building program. He utilizes technology effectively to facilitate communication and data transfer with his clients and consultants.
Energy conservation is an important consideration for nearly every project. Edward's designs include high efficiency systems as appropriate for the application. Some of his projects are solely to improve energy efficiency while providing reasonably rapid pay backs.
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How App Marketing Slowly Became Essential to Sports Promotion Strategies?
The smartphone access to lives of people changed the way traditional promotion activities executed. Every sector began targeting the smart devices using the options given by the smartphone ecosystem and the wireless internet capabilities. When it comes to sports promotion strategies, the story is no different, and smartphones become the core of all promotions.
Since the beginning of this decade, a large majority of sports promotions began channeling through smartphones leaving other traditional forms of marketing. One of the prominent promotion channels was none other than the app marketing. Now, app marketing is taking a significant share of sports promotions. Let's analyze how app marketing became an integral part of sports promotion strategies.
Throughout the history, the young generation was the most passionate fans of sports. Their thoughts and interests give the direction to various sports. It is not just because of a majority of the active sportspersons are under 35, but the young generation accepts the changes and readily grab new sports formats and events. Interestingly, the older generation sticks to the traditional sports events and items. This is the reason the average age of the people who watch Olympic events go up on a consistent basis.
Reports have shown that many traditional sports items are facing some type of existential crisis as those could not connect with millennials. The same trend happens to traditional media as well. While the traditional media is behind traditional sports, they fail to understand the mood of the young generation. Additionally, the millennials are fond of smart devices and not interested in spending their time in front of TVs for sports.
The smartphones also have the advantage of being handy devices and help people to watch or read event updates while on the go. Compared to traditional media, the smartphones ensure that the young audience in not missing any major events.
The popularity of betting on mobile devices became a major milestone in the growth of sports promotion strategies. A number of factors led various betting and gambling houses to step into the mobile ecosystem. Apart from traditional betting houses, the mobile devices gave seamless access to betting from across the world. Earlier, betting was only a business inside the walls of betting houses. Therefore, only a fraction of people who are really enthusiastic about betting traveled to betting houses to put their stake.
When it comes to mobile devices, it gives 24/7 access to online betting houses even while traveling. All these helped betting houses in getting more bettors, increased business, and more revenue. Due to these developments, more and more betting houses began staking on mobile ecosystem. Due to its compatibility with various betting requirements, mobile apps became their primary choice for the delivery of betting. Additionally, app marketing became their primary promotional program to bring more bettors and business.
The adaptability to sports betting requirements by the mobile apps attracted betting houses to grab apps and app marketing. Among different types of sports betting, horse race betting clearly utilized the characteristics of the mobile ecosystem. When real-time horse race betting was a dream for many people before, the mobile apps helped them to bet from anywhere in the world.
People also find using mobile apps extremely simple for horse race betting. While traditional betting needs calling a bookie or accessing computers, mobile apps revolutionized horse race betting. The app marketing helped the booking houses to personalize their campaigns based on the customer preferences. Also, the betting houses could help the bettors with analysis, statistics, and news related to the horse racing to make more accurate conclusion using the app functionalities. All these contributed the success of app marketing in sports campaigns.
Though many sectors use app marketing effectively, sports promotions are found to be deriving better results using mobile platforms. It is due to several characteristics of sports are compliment with the mobile ecosystem and produces mutually beneficial results.


Spring may be in swing but the weather won't be cooperating this weekend. Due to rainy forecasts, the 19th Annual Tortoise and Hare Dare 5K is being rescheduled from April 2nd to the new date of April 16th. Sorry for any inconvenience but we still hope to see you there (and hopefully some sunshine will come along as well). If you have any questions please call 410-632-0056 or email regina.mason@maryland.gov.
The Water and Wastewater Division of Public Works will begin its semi-annual program for flushing waterlines in Ocean Pines, River Run, Pennington Commons and other areas of the county during April. The purpose of this program is to remove any accumulated sediment from the lines and to ensure the hydrants are operational. Below are the proposed dates for the flushing of the waterlines. These dates are subject to change.
PiYo, the newest fitness craze, returns to the Worcester County Recreation Center (WCRC) in Snow Hill this spring.
PiYo combines the muscle-sculpting, core-firming benefits of Pilates with the strength and flexibility advantages of yoga without straining your body. Classes begin April 6 and run on Mondays and Wednesdays from 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. This eight-week class is open to those age 18 and older for $35 per person.
Beginning Monday, March 21, 2016, parking in the western parking area next to the Ocean City Senior Center on 41st Street will be restricted through May 15 while crews work to clean and repaint an adjacent water tower.
Those utilizing the center may continue to utilize the parking areas located to the north and northeast of the facility.
For more information, contact the Ocean City Senior Center at 410-289-0824 or the Commission on Aging at 410-632-1277.
Worcester County Recreation & Parks (WCRP) offers a great After School Sports lineup this spring, and there's sure to be at least one that peaks your child's interest.
Worcester County Government (WCG) offices, including all five Library branches, Liquor Control administrative offices and the Recreation Center, will be closed Friday, March 25, 2016, for the Good Friday holiday, and will resume standard hours of operation Monday, March 28.
Shore Spirits retail liquor stores and the Liquor Control Warehouse will be open during standard operating hours.
The Central Landfill in Newark will be closed Friday, March 25, but will be open Saturday, March 26. The Central Landfill is closed on Sundays.
Snow Hill, MD–The Worcester County Drug and Alcohol Abuse Council is seeking nominations of individual adults, youth, or groups who have made outstanding contributions to drug and alcohol prevention or treatment. The awardees will be honored by Worcester County residents, elected officials, and Council members at the 25th Annual Drug and Alcohol Awards Reception and celebrating the 33rd year of the Council's existence. This will be held at the Worcester Career and Technology High School on Tuesday, April 26th at 6:00 p.m..
March 15, 2016, the Commissioners present a proclamation to Health Department Acting Prevention Director Mimi Dean recognizing the week of April 4-10 as Public Health Week in Worcester County and commending Health Department officials for providing quality medical care and meeting the health needs in the community. During Public Health Week the Worcester County Health Department will host its annual Tortoise and Hare Dare Walk/Run in Pocomoke on April 2 and host the annual Public Health Week Conference "Public Health: Working for Worcester" in Ocean City on April 6.
A Men's 4 v 4 Outdoor Soccer League will be offered for the first time this spring with Worcester County Recreation & Parks. Games will be played on Thursdays beginning at 6:00 p.m. at the John Walter Smith Park in Snow Hill.


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Jay Rayner on restaurants
Zobler's Delicatessen, London: restaurant review
Creating a New York-style Jewish deli in an old bank in London is a big ask, and Zobler's pulls it off. But where's the fat?
Jay Rayner
Sun 4 Jun 2017 01.00 EDT Last modified on Tue 9 Jul 2019 05.34 EDT
Eschewing the fat: Zobler's Deli, once a bank. Photograph: Sophia Evans/The Observer
Zobler's Delicatessen, The Ned, 27 Poultry, London EC2R 8BP (020 3828 2000). Meal for two, including drinks: £25 to £50
At Zobler's Deli I got excited about a bowl of chicken matzo ball soup. This is proof of either the soup's brilliance or my low expectations. In truth, it was both. Zobler's is located inside the newly opened Ned, the deep-varnished, brass and parqueted hotel in the City of London. It's a £200m collaboration between club operators The Soho House group and hotel specialists Sydell, and occupies the Lutyens-designed former Midland Bank HQ. I was once a Midland customer. Now my bank is dispensing chicken soup. This is progress.
The ground floor is the original banking hall. It's a brazen display of vaulting ceilings, huge arches and columns, and pure in-your-face financial muscle. It looks like one of those spaces that would fold up on itself in an especially pulse-quickening scene from the movie Inception. While much of the building is the hotel and members' club, the ground floor is open to the public and houses most of the nine restaurants that have been launched simultaneously. There's a pan-Asian place, a French café, an outpost of the dreary Italian Cecconi's, a British-themed restaurant that's open 24 hours and something worrying called the Malibu Kitchen. Apparently they're serving Californian food. I understand quinoa is involved.
'Deep and insistent, and bellows of a chicken sacrificed to a noble cause': matzo ball soup. Photograph: Sophia Evans/The Observer
And then there's Zobler's. It proclaims itself a New York Jewish deli in the tradition of the famous Katz's. Yeah, right. Because what exactly would these people know about proper chicken soup? As my Great Aunt Muriel might have said, but didn't. Plus, we already have a new one of these. By coincidence Monty's Deli recently opened its first full-scale restaurant in Hoxton after years in a railway arch near Tower Bridge, where they perfected their salt beef and pastrami. Not that I can mention Monty's as it is co-owned by the partner of an Observer colleague. So I haven't said a word. Except that it exists. And it's excellent.
At Zobler's there's a menu written like the Hudson River is nearby and the locals want to shout at you in fluent Sopranos. There's a list of sandwiches and that chicken soup and the weird mood of the rest of the Ned, full of air kissing and swagger and bars shaking ludicrous cocktails. Except the soup is bloody brilliant and costs just £3. The broth is deep and insistent, and bellows of a chicken sacrificed to a noble cause. There are soft, sweet vegetables and, in the middle, a large matzo ball of ineffable lightness which is nothing like the ones my grandmother made, because she was a lousy cook. Follow that with a quarter of their crisp-skinned roast chicken, stuffed with challah, schmaltz – that's chicken fat; do keep up – and onions, with gravy and salad. It costs £6. That's a serious meal inside the Ned, for less than a tenner. It's life-affirming food. It's the sort of food that reminds you to laugh in the face of quinoa, often.
'Fat is key to salt beef, much as canals are key to Venice': the disappointing Reuben. Photograph: Sophia Evans/The Observer
I investigate the rest of the menu carefully, because the cooking of New York's Jewish delis, the things that make it right and those that make it wrong, are very particular. Good pastrami – brisket, first cured then spiced and smoked – is a marvellous thing. Bad pastrami is the end of all hope. Salt beef – brisket that's just been cured – is not just salt beef. Getting all this right demands care and a respect for the culture.
This is where Zobler's is ahead. It's named after Andrew Zobler, CEO of hoteliers Sydell. He's a New Yorker, presumably deeply steeped in the culture of Katz's Deli and Barney Greengrass, the "sturgeon king". It seems he wanted a bit of home in London, so hired chef John Stevenson, previously of the New York landmark Russ and Daughters. Oh, their smoked salmon and whitefish, their herring and bagels and chopped liver. In the event of calamity run to Russ and Daughters. It makes the pain go away. Stevenson opened their café and then their concession inside New York's Jewish Museum. News of his involvement here is the kind of thing to make me nod my head and say "interesting", in a really irritating, superior fashion.
Stevenson has spent a year trying to source ingredients, having discovered that, under international food regulations, importing pastrami and salt beef direct from New York was impossible. Instead, they gave the recipes to a Northampton supplier. On the downside, this means they're not making a lot of their key foods themselves: not the beef, not the bagels, not the challah. On the upside the pastrami is spectacular. The flavour of smoke and spice is deep without being bullying. There's a necessary fattiness. In their classic sandwich, it comes in slices of a grown-up thickness, even if there aren't quite enough of them. You can eat this sandwich without dislocating your jaw, an impossibility at Katz's. That's a bad thing. Still, it's a serious sandwich, as it should be for £10.
'A pleasing salty, cheesy edge': cheesecake. Photograph: Sophia Evans/The Observer
This makes the disappointment of the salt beef in their dire attempt at a Reuben all the more odd. It's dry and crumbly and depressed. They don't ask if you want fat on or fat off, as they should. Fat is key to salt beef, much as canals are key to Venice. I mention this to Stevenson, in a strident way, like he's let himself down. "No, it's not right," he says. "But we'll get it right."
The bagels come from Carmelli's. For the "Lower East Side" open sandwich, the sides are stacked with a major pile of Foreman's ungreasy smoked salmon for £7. Crisp latkes, those shameless cakes made of shredded potato, egg, onion, and "I don't care," come with puddles of sour cream and apple sauce. Their cucumber salad, a mere £2, is bang on: that happy balance of acidity, sweetness and crunch. Dill happens a lot at Zobler's. Perhaps you want to ask them to leave it off the soup.
They make cheesecake on site. They say it's sugarless apart from the condensed milk, which is like saying a Martini is alcohol free, apart from the gin. Too many cheesecakes try to hide their nature; this one has a pleasing salty, cheesy edge. It's echt. As are their blinis, made to order with a berry compote. There's a lot to like about Zobler's. Effort has been made. It's not perfect, but if it were what the hell would I kvetch about? The salt beef problems only added to my enjoyment. Zobler's will more than do. Now eat your bloody soup.
Jay's news bites
■ The Street Lane Bakery in north Leeds launched a few years ago on the same site as the BHH synagogue. Recent terrorist incidents have required increased security; you now need to buzz to get into award-winning bakery, but you'd be a fool not to. They bake some of the finest bagels in the city, alongside killer doughnuts, cakes and pastries. 399 Street Lane, Leeds.
■ And a big smoky welcome to Pit Magazine, a new title dedicated to the joys of smoking and cooking over fire. Launched and edited by Helen Graves of the site Food Stories, the first edition, full of glossy images of hot meat-on-fire action, includes pieces on Hawksmoor chef Richard Turner and his Big Green Egg, and the science of smoke. Available from pitmagazine.uk
■ Plans by magazine publisher Time Out for a vast food market in Tower Hamlets containing 17 restaurants have been rejected by the council after 70 written objections from local residents, complaining about the impact on the neighbourhood. Time Out says it will appeal.
Email Jay at jay.rayner@observer.co.uk or follow him on Twitter @jayrayner1
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Christian Louboutin wins legal battle over red soles
Christian Louboutin has won a court battle in its bid to trademark red-soled high heels.
The French luxury footwear brand, founded by designer Christian Louboutin in 1991, is known for manufacturing stilettos with red lacquered soles, nicknamed 'bloody shoes' by rapper Cardi B, with the designs often sported at Hollywood events by the likes of Kim Kardashian, Blake Lively, Dita Von Teese and Nicki Minaj.
In the past few years, Louboutin's signature red soles have been at the centre of various disputes but the company has just won a major victory, as European Court of Justice (ECJ) judges have ruled that shape trademarks do not apply to Louboutin's red sole.
"The mark does not relate to a specific shape of sole for high-heeled shoes since the description of that mark explicitly states that the contour of the shoe does not form part of the mark and is intended purely to show the positioning of the red colour covered by the registration," ECJ officials said in a statement on Tuesday (12Jun18).
In 2013, Louboutin initiated litigation against Van Haren for selling a red-soled shoe, though lawyers for the Dutch company argued that under EU law, companies cannot trademark common shapes of products, such as shoes, and alleged that Louboutin, therefore, didn't have trademark protection.
The decision of ECJ judges on Monday differed from advice delivered in February by an advocate general who suggested that the trademark combining colour and shape could be declared invalid or refused on the grounds of EU trademark law, especially as shapes are not usually protected.
Regarding the latest ruling, a Louboutin representative said that they "warmly" welcomed the decision.
"The protection of Christian Louboutin's red sole trademark is strengthened by the European Court of Justice," they said in a statement issued to Reuters. "The red colour applied on the sole of a woman's high heel shoe is a position mark, as Maison Christian Louboutin has maintained for many years."
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Гендерна упередженість — в наукових дослідженнях описує спотворення дійсності через формулювання, концептуальні припущення або статистичні помилки, що призводять до неправильного сприйняття фактичних гендерних стосунків.

Причини

Стереотипний розподіл ролей
До неточностей та непорозумінь призводять гендерні стереотипи, обґрунтованість яких зазвичай не перевіряється. Наприклад, посилаючись на стереотипи щодо розподілу гендерних ролей, серед чоловіків та жінок були проведені дослідження у відмінностях в частотності поширення психічних захворювань (таких як депресія, СДУГ). Скажімо, гіперактивна поведінка у дівчаток сприймається нормально, навіть позитивно, тоді як така ж поведінка у хлопчиків може сприйматися як якесь порушення чи навіть розлад.

Інтерференція гендерних особливостей
Статистичні помилки при порівнянні обох ста́тей можуть виникати внаслідок інших гендерних властивостей. Наприклад, епідеміологічні дані свідчать, що саме у жінок частіше виникають депресивні захворювання, також це пояснюється тим, що жінки швидше звертаються за допомогою до психотерапевта, тоді як чоловіки, як правило, приховують такі проблеми. Подібні упередження, зумовлені Стельовим ефектом, обговорені при гендерному розподілі СДУГ: не враховуються істотні біологічні відмінності між чоловіками та жінками, тому чоловіки легше підпадають під критерії "розладу". Крім цього, у формуванні думки про гендерний розрив в оплаті праці мають місце й статистичні помилки.

Як пов'язана мова з гендерною проблематикою
Традиційно багато мов використовують однакові формулювання висловлювань щодо жінок та чоловіків. Наприклад, слово "читач" може вживатися конкретно про людину, яка щось читає (незалежно від гендеру), так і конкретно саме про особу чоловічої статі, яка щось читає. Слова "людина" та "чоловік" позначаються одним словом: man у англійській, homme у французькій, uomo в італійській. Частина назв професій (chairmah, businessmann, policeman, fireman) виключає жінок або містить пряму вказівку на чоловічу стать.

Однак, гендерно індиферентні формулювання часто використовують навмисно, щоб завуалювати певні соціальні прояви гендерної нерівності. Наприклад, термін "нормальний робочий час" не враховує, що більшість жінок в культурах з "традиційними ролями", або які мають дітей, зазвичай не можуть працювати повний робочий день.

Надлишкова генералізація
Якщо результати досліджень щодо особливостей однієї статі переносити на іншу, то їх можуть неправильно тлумачити. Наприклад, було виявлено ефективність певного медичного препарату для чоловіків, але це не означає, що він ефективний і для жінок: через інший гормональний фон він може бути для них недієвим або навіть небезпечним.

Див. також

 Феміністична мовна реформа
 Гендерний розрив в англомовній Вікіпедії

Література

 Irmtraud Fischer: Gender-faire Exegese: Gesammelte Beiträge zur Reflexion des Genderbias und seiner Auswirkungen in der Übersetzung und Auslegung von biblischen Texten. Lit, Münster 2004, ISBN 3-8258-7244-0 .

Посилання

 GenderKompetenzZentrum, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin: Geschlechtsbezogener Verzerrungseffekt (Gender Bias).  2. Januar 2010 (einführender Text).

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Q: $L_2$ error between a non-negative monotone function and its mean? I have been recently trying to prove a lemma which seems true in every single example I have tried, yet that I didn't manage to prove so far unless making extra (not desirable) assumptions.
A formulation of the question is a follows*: fix $L \geq 2$. Set $I=[1,L]$; and let $f\colon I \to [0,1]$ be a monotone (non-increasing) integrable function. Now, for $A_f\stackrel{\rm{}def}{=} \int_I f > 0$, I would like to argue something of the form
$$
\int_I \left( f-\frac{A_f}{L}\right)^2 \leq c\cdot\frac{A_f^2}{L} \tag{$\dagger$}
$$
for some absolute constant $c$, ideally $c=1$. (or, in the worst case, the best bound one could get on the RHS, involving $1/L$.)
I can prove $(\dagger)$, under the assumption that the ratio $f(1)/f(L)$ is bounded by a constant; but without this assumption, I'm at a loss.
*Hopefully, I didn't screw up in the reformulation -- my original problem is a bit less easy to state, and for discrete functions $f\colon\mathbb{N}\to[0,1]$.

A: If $f(x)=\begin{cases} 1 & 1\le x<1+\varepsilon \\ 0 & 1+\varepsilon \le x \ge L \\ \end{cases}$ then the LHS is $\varepsilon+O(\varepsilon^2)$ and the RHS is $O(\varepsilon^2)$, so such $c$ does not seem to exist.


Verónica Ruiz, coautora del estudio basado en Nicaragua, lleva a cabo investigación en pasturas.
The curious results from the single test site that did not align with the study results – in Taluma, Colombia – may be attributed to a number of factors that merit further research. N2O emissions there were by far the lowest at any test site and were the same on both degraded and healthy pastures. The cattle urine used in the experiment had the lowest nitrogen content compared to the other research sites, which likely contributed to the results. The forage grass used there, Brachiaria humidicola, also has an especially high nitrification inhibition capacity, meaning that it prevents nitrogen from becoming N2O.
Silvopastoral System in Colombia's southwestern Cauca Department. Credit: CIAT/Neil Palmer.
The study is a victory for well-designed, modest-budget science. The project began with a weeklong training session at CIAT headquarters in Cali, Colombia, where a team of Ph.D. students from the additional participating countries – Argentina, Brazil, Nicaragua and Trinidad and Tobago – helped design the research plan and standardized the study's methodology.
"Since work on emissions from livestock in the region is not common, this study generates at least one piece of information that is missing from theoretical greenhouse gas estimates in the LAC region," said Miguel Andrés Arango, a co-author and scientist at Colombia's AGROSAVIA, the nation's largest agriculture research organization.


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