Kay French, Jane Shell Raymond '59, and David French '39 in 1964 Courtesy of Special Collections, Eric V. Hauser Memorial Library, Reed College.
David Heath French '39, emeritus professor of anthropology, February 12, 1994, in Portland, from a heart attack.
In close conjunction with his wife, Kathrine Story French, David had long been noted for his work with the Indians living on the Warm Springs Reservation, studying all aspects of their culture, especially the languages and traditional uses of plants.
David's father, Delbert R. French '15, and mother, Evelyn Fatland French '15, met at Reed. Delbert contemplated a career in anthropology but decided to pursue a career in economics. Academic and other forms of employment drew the family, including David's brother, Robert S. French '46, from Eastern Oregon to Fresno, to Palo Alto, finally, through David's high school years, to Eugene, Oregon. As a Reed undergraduate, David's intellectual curiosity took him in several different directions: biology, psychology, and history. One early influence was his coursework with Prof. Alexander Goldenweiser [sociology 1933–39] and Prof. Morris E. Opler [anthropology & sociology 1938–39]. At the end of David's junior year, Prof. Opler left to take a position at Claremont Graduate School, and David followed him to California, working with him to complete a BA in anthropology at Pomona with honors and an MA at Claremont Graduate School. Among his circle of acquaintances at Pomona was Kathrine (Kay) McCulloch Story, the only daughter of Russell Story, then the president of Claremont Graduate School; she graduated from Pomona in 1942 with an interdisciplinary honor's thesis in anthropology and philosophy. The two met again as graduate students in Columbia's anthropology department and married in 1943. They were colleagues, partners, and friends for life.
At Columbia, David took courses with Ralph Linton and Ruth Benedict, with William Duncan Strong (archaeology), George Herzog (linguistics), and others; Ruth Bunzel, Marian W. Smith, Gene Weltfish, and others were friends as well as teachers. He never lost his love of New York: in his graduate school period, taking the subway to Greenwich Village, the Lower East Side, and Brooklyn Heights, meeting and getting to know an assortment of people—some of them "bohemians" since the '10s—anarchists, artists, writers (including the novelist Richard Wright); there was a constant sense of being immersed in the rich variety of ethnicities, languages, dialects, lifestyles.
His early research interests included American Indian mythology and Pueblo Indians. From 1943-46, David was a community analyst with the War Relocation Authority, documenting the Japanese-American community at Poston, Arizona. Graduate school was punctuated by trips to the Southwest, working at various times as junior professional assistant and junior administrative technician for the United Pueblos Agency in Albuquerque during 1941-42. David wrote his dissertation in longhand in a 24-hour coffee shop in Albuquerque. Factionalism in Isleta Pueblo involved a combination of ethnographic fieldwork and a study of historical documentation, all focused on the long-running political conflict in this pueblo community.
He joined the Reed faculty in the then combined sociology and anthropology department in 1947, and two years later, he and Kay made their first exploratory trips to the Warm Springs Indian Reservation in central Oregon. He remained at Reed until his retirement in 1988—with the exception of one year spent at Columbia University and another at Harvard University as visiting faculty—having overseen the development and staffing of an independent anthropology department, and having introduced several generations of students to the field, all the while continuing to pursue a diverse set of research interests spanning several subfields of anthropology and linguistics. Just before his retirement, he helped to establish Reed's interdisciplinary linguistics program—something he'd long wished for.
He was the author of many articles published in various scholarly journals. He was a member of many professional organizations; he served on the executive board, and as representative to the American Association for the Advancement of Science, for the American Anthropological Association, which gave him a Distinguished Service Award in 1988.
He is survived by Kay; his brother, Robert S. French '46; and extended family.
More than 100 people gathered in commons on March 27, 1994, to honor and remember David French. President Steven Koblik [1992–2001] read a letter from Gary Snyder '51, who regretted that he couldn't attend and wrote, "I would not be doing what I am today if I hadn't met him . . . . I was touched by his deep integrity and stubborn respect for data . . . . I came to sense a very elegant personal vision within his steadiness, though 1 was never given more than a glimpse of it." Three people from the Warm Springs Reservation, where David worked extensively for many years, spoke eloquently about his impact on their lives. Reggie Winishut said that through his work on their language and culture, David gave the people of Warm Springs an opportunity to maintain continuity with their past and to recognize the importance of their culture. Ted Brunoe presented Kay French with a framed plaque, decorated with a beaded feather, "in recognition and appreciation of your beliefs and dedication to documenting the history and language of the Wasco people." Jeanne Thomas, representing the Warm Springs Culture and Heritage Committee, said that David had a legacy among her people, and that "he kept us from suffering genocide and extinction." As a representative of David 's students, Suzanne Hanchett '62 described how he was able to encourage latent scholarly talents of very diverse individuals. Professor Bert Brehm [biology 1962–93], a close colleague of David's, called him "a master of the cultural and natural history of the Pacific Northwest, particularly the Columbia Basin," and remembered their field trips to collect plants and their calm conversation about ethnobotany in the midst of the Columbus Day Storm of 1962. Carl Reynolds, who had been friends with David since grade school, read part of a letter he had received in summer 1935 from David, then 17 years old and looking forward to his upcoming freshman year at Reed; he also described his just-completed collaboration with David on a map-making project that involved locating 46 Wasco Indian villages along the Columbia River, a difficult task in view of the topographic and other changes wrought by construction of the Bonneville Dam. Professor Gail Kelly '55 [anthropology 1960–2000], chair of the department, read the faculty's resolution in memory of David.
Dave has always been closely associated with this period in Reed's history—a time when students and faculty often were not separated by great differences of age or outlook, and could form friendships around various avant-garde and other intellectual, political, and artistic orientations. By 1951, Dave had already become immersed in teaching, and, together with Kay, in summer fieldwork at Warm Springs. Together with colleagues like Howard Jolly [sociology 1949–70], Dave developed a style of teaching that was designed both to introduce students to the ideas and methods of social science, and to undermine certain of their cherished beliefs—beliefs, for example, that the ideas and values of their own social group, time, and place were "natural and true," rather than historically determined.
For some students, this would likely entail a kind of revolution in their way of thinking, and many—between 1947 and 1988—must have experienced it as such. To do this kind of teaching successfully probably requires, in addition to great patience, some of the skills of a "trickster." Dave was unusually successful as a teacher. By the 1950s, Dave and Kay French had begun involving anthropology students in summer fieldwork at Warm Springs, many of whom—notably Dell Hymes '50, Gail Kelly '55, Yvonne Phillips Hajda '55, Michael Mahar '53, the late Ed Harper '51, and others—went on to graduate school and decided to choose a career in anthropology. A remarkable series of Reed theses grew out of the Warm Springs work, including Robert ['53] Ornduff's "Flora and ecology of the Warm Springs Reservation area," written for the biology department. Ornduff went on to become head of the Berkeley Herbarium and continued to collaborate with Dave on botanical projects.
The 1950s were also the McCarthy Period. The Velde Committee's activities, and their impact on Reed, have been, and are still being, discussed. This was, of course, a period characterized by "loyalty oaths" and related absurdities; one such oath was concocted by an Oregon State senator, and worded in such a way that Reed College—though never named in the document—was the only educational institution in the state to which the oath could possibly apply. It seems to have involved a requirement that all professors actively and consistently show respect for the American flag in the course of their classroom activities. One day, Dave was summoned to the president's office; he was, it seems, the only (or very nearly the only) faculty member who had not yet signed the oath. When asked why this was so, Dave explained to the president's secretary that he had not signed it for two reasons: first, that the oath, as written, was ungrammatical; second, that it contained ellipses, and he felt uncomfortable about signing "oaths" that contained ellipses. Obviously, this was "applied linguistics" at its best! Finally, he signed the oath, under protest. And he did, in a fashion that we might call "classic French," comply with it: for a period of time, he simply brought an American flag to each class session, set it up in a corner, and proceeded to teach as usual.
His refined appreciation for the absurd, the incongruous, and the surreal served him, and his students, through good times and bad. And it must have helped him to cultivate his friendships of many years' standing with Portland-based artists such as Louis Bunce, Michele Russo, and others, whose painterly surrealism had affinities with Dave's teacherly, tricksterly enactment of such aestheticized points of view.
Dave made numerous contributions to linguistics in research and writing. In the later years of his life, he was absorbed in working on a dictionary of Wasco-Wishram Chinookan, one of the three languages spoken at Warm Springs. This is a language, and a dictionary project, that would be daunting to anyone; Dave, clearly, was daunted, but he also found the activity engrossing. Working on the dictionary was the favorite among his scholarly activities during the 1980s and into the '90s.
He was acknowledged as a master in the field of ethnobotany—the study of how plants are named, conceptualized, and used by people in society. The empirical focus, again, was the Warm Springs community, with its three tribes and languages, and the native plants of the region. His field of specialization in botanical and ethnobotanical work was the Umbelliferae, that large and diverse plant family that includes foods important alike to Europeans and Northwestern Indians—the carrot and parsnip belong to this family, as does the notoriously complex genus Lomatium, which includes many of the edible roots so important to people at Warm Springs. Dave contributed a synthetic treatment of the ethnobotany of the Umbelliferae, sketching this family's cultural significances in the broadest, worldwide terms, to a 1971 volume published by the Linnean Society of London. His other contributions to botany proper included chromosome counts (in collaboration with Lincoln Constance), studies of range extensions (with Ornduff), chemotaxonomic projects (in collaboration with Bert Brehm), and pharmacological screening (with personnel at the OSU Department of Pharmacognosy)—all, or most of it, focused on members of the genus Lomatium. In the 1960s, Mathias and Constance, botanists at the University of California–Berkeley, named a rare and recently discovered species of Lomatium after Dave: Lomatium jrenchii.
Meanwhile, Dave wrote and published insightfully about the teaching of anthropology to undergraduates, about historical processes of culture change, about the relationship of anthropology to psychological studies of perception and cognition, and other subjects. In the 1990s he wrote two biographical sketches of his early teacher Alexander Goldenweiser, a memoir of Gary Snyder in the Reed milieu of the fifties, and a widely circulated piece on "misconceptions about Indians." In January of this year, just prior to his final illness, he and Kay were able to finish their sketch of the culture and society of the Wasco, Wishram, and Cascades peoples of the Columbia River, which will appear in Volume 12 of the Smithsonian Institution's Handbook of North American Indians.
David was a member of numerous scientific, social-scientific, and humanistic scholarly associations, too many to list here. He served on the executive board of the American Anthropological Association (1965–68), and received in 1988 the association's distinguished service award. In June 1989, he received a certificate of appreciation from the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, Oregon. He wasn't particularly oriented to "prizes, honors, and awards" generally, but this last honor clearly meant a great deal to him. In the academic world of today, David French's status as an exemplar of "modernism"—his interest in language, in the use of language to talk about the natural world, his interest in surrealist, abstract-expressionist, and other art, his role in fomenting the West Coast version of the so-called "Beat Generation"—makes him historically significant. But locally, at Reed and in Oregon, we should have a fuller, richer sense of history. Before the era in which Dave and his disciplinary cronies and students lived and worked is closed off to us like the Dreamtime of the Australian Aborigines, we should think about what he, and others like him, meant, and how he was able to act so productively in so many different realms.
Appeared in Reed magazine: May 1994, "News of the College"


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If anybody has any better suggestions I'd love to hear them….
>We had gerbils, which lived quite happily among the plumbing for a couple of weeks – so have patience! I'm sure Vince will be fine.
>The problem is we've got bare floor boards in places as the decorating isn't finished & the carpet is still up. She could get outside if she goes under the floor & down the old soil stack.
I'm just hoping that she's still upstairs & that we find her soon. With 3 cats & two prey driven Airedales I want to find her soon.
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>Just checked in DD`s book, the suggestion is similar to the glass jar but using a bucket, tub or similar, steps up to the top out of books and a ruler making a little `diving board`, when vince climbs up to investigate nice foodie smells her weight topples the ruler and she tumbles into the nice pile of soft bedding in the bottom waiting safely for rescue in the morning. Wishing you speedy success in catching her.
>Thanks everyone for the tips re hamster catching. I have a large glass vase that might just do it (held my Mothers Day flowers). Now to set it up with a ruler & books for steps. Some food had gone by this morning & a chunk of cheese whilst I've been at work so she is around but the bedding hasn't been touched which is odd.
>Oh no, poor Vince! We lost one of hamsters for 2 weeks exactly – my husband even ripped up all the kitchen flooring trying to find him. We left food for him which he was eating but no sightings. Two weeks to the day he came up via a makeshift ladder as if to say, what crap parents are you, couldn't even come rescue me. He was fine, rather grubby and in dire need of a bath.
Nowadays Custard is padlocked in his cage – a houdini if ever there was one.
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US-China battle already underway in Cyberspace: Expert
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WASHINGTON: A global conflict between the United States and China is already underway in the virtual world of cyberspace , a noted American think-tank has said.
"Ability to redirect vast amounts of data constitutes a threat, not only to national security but also to private companies and individuals as their information, too, has now been put at risk," said Dean Cheng, Research Fellow in Chinese Political and Security Affairs in Asian Studies Center at The Heritage Foundation.
"That so many of these attacks appear to originate in China only raises the question of just how much cooperation one can expect from Beijing in maintaining the security of the global commons, including cyberspace," Cheng said in his latest article.
"Perhaps the most notable is the report that China diverted 15 percent of global Internet traffic to Chinese servers at one point," he said, adding this incident, which occurred on April 8 this year, involved a Chinese Internet Service Provider (ISP) which redirected traffic from 37,000 networks around the world to China.
Intriguingly, this year's report from Congress' US- China Economic and Security Review Commission notes that rerouted traffic included information from the US Senate, the Department of Defense and NASA.
"As with most cyber-related activities, it would be difficult to make a firm attribution of responsible parties for such an action. After all, as the famous New Yorker cartoon once observed, 'On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog or a 'patriotic hacker' or someone working for the Chinese government," Cheng said.
However, when taken in conjunction with other recent Chinese cyber activities, a disturbing pattern emerges.
In 2003, for example, at the 10th National People's Congress, People's Liberation Army (PLA) announced creation of "information warfare units."
"In 2004, the PLA in its defense white paper noted that its priority would be fighting and winning Local Wars Under Informationalised Conditions and that information was the keystone to future wars," he said.
More recently, he said, in 2009, Canadian researchers identified "Ghostnet", a cyber espionage effort that had infected computers in over a hundred countries.
Many of the Internet Protocol (IP) addresses associated with Ghostnet are Chinese in origin.
"Then, in March this year, Google accused Chinese of attempting to hack into the company's secure email servers, and chose to conclude its business operations in the PRC as a result. And, about the same time as the 18 minute episode, Canadian researchers again identified computer attacks originating from China aimed at India and the Dalai Lama, this time," Cheng said.
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Cops Shakedown 6yo Boy With Down Syndrome After Teacher Accuses Him of Being a Terrorist
Matt Agorist December 1, 2017
Pearland, TX — Because of America's tendency to both provoke and buy into irrational fear of Muslims, a mute six-year-old boy with Down Syndrome was accused of being a terrorist last month, prompting a police response and investigation.
"Mohammad was born with Down Syndrome chromosome 21," said the boy's father Maher Suleiman to FOX 26 Houston.
The small boy is unable to speak because of his intellectual difficulties and requires round the clock care.
Last month, police were called to C.J. Harris Elementary School in Pearland because a substitute teacher accused the small boy with Down Syndrome of shouting terroristic threats. He's mute.
"It's not true, he doesn't speak at all," said Maher. He also said the substitute teacher told police the boy would reportedly say "Allah" and "boom," FOX 26 reported.
"She claimed he was a terrorist," said Maher. "This is so stupid, it's discrimination. Actually, it's not implied discrimination, it's actual discrimination."
Rather than see the overt and irrational fear that would cause a grown woman to think a mute 6-year-old with Down Syndrome is a terrorist, police actually opened an investigation into the child. This insanity not only sparked a police investigation but also prompted Child Protective Services to get involved.
"The last three to four weeks have been the hardest of my life," said Maher. "My wife and kids were crying a few days ago and I told them everything is fine."
The case is now gaining the attention of local news and activists as it highlights the power of the state and media to stir up blatant ignorance and hatred toward innocent people based solely on their religious preference.
"In my opinion, based on everything I heard from the police department and speaking with the administration from the school, that this was a story piece milled together by a substitute teacher alleging this child was sexually harassing her, the teacher, and possibly being a terrorist," said community activist Quanell X. "A 6-year-old kid."
The Pearland Police Department told FOX 26 that their 'investigation' into the terrorist activities of a 6-year-old boy with Down Syndrome did not warrant further police involvement. However, the CPS feels differently and their case is still currently open.
The impact of fools spreading hate has already begun to materialize and is sending ISIS into a fury of celebration — as creating a divide between Muslims and everyone else is their stated mission.
As the Free Thought Project's Jay Syrmopolous pointed out, if there is one thing that Islamic fundamentalists and Islamophobic fascists agree on, it's that there should be no "gray zone;" only black and white.
The gray zone is the zone of peaceful coexistence. Eliminating the gray zone – and rendering a world as black & white as the flag of the Islamic state is the ultimate goal of fundamentalists on all sides.
In fact, a recent ISIS publication, titled Extinction of the Grayzone made clear that the strategy has been at play for over a decade.
"The grayzone is critically endangered, rather on the brink of extinction. It's endangerment began with the blessed operation of September 11th, as these operations manifested two camps before the world for mankind to choose between, a camp of Islam… and a camp of kufr – the crusader coalition."
These are the same sentiments expressed by George W. Bush when he infamously said,
"Either you are with us or with the terrorists."
We are witnessing Muslims being thrown off of buses because of ignorant passengers fearing for their lives. We see physical assaults waged by fearful pawns in ISIS's propaganda campaign against peaceful Muslims, who've harmed no one.
There has been an escalation of anti-Muslim attacks in the United States over the past two years as this divide grows. These attacks range from rubbing human feces and leaving pigs heads outside of mosques, to beating and even killing people for their religion.
If you are willing to harass, hurt, or kill an innocent person because of their religion, you are no better than ISIS.
You are also hurting the fight against terrorism.
According to recent polls and studies conducted in the last few years, Muslims have been crucial in helping law enforcement find terror suspects in the United States. Many have served in the military protecting the country against terrorists. And, many Muslims have been highly outspoken against terrorist organizations.
As TFTP reported, 70,000 clerics came together, representing the majority of the Muslim world and publicly denounced ISIS as a threat to humanity.
Also, a Duke University study found more terrorism suspects and perpetrators were brought to the attention of law enforcement by members of the Muslim-American community than were discovered through U.S. government investigations.
The way to truly defeat ISIS is by rendering their fear and divisive tactics impotent. The US needs to show ISIS, and those being manipulated by their tactics that tolerance and freedom are far more powerful than bigotry and hate.
Also, Americans will do well to remember how it was that ISIS came to be in the first place, and avoid future murderous blunders that will inevitably fill the ranks of extremist groups with even more susceptible victims of Western foreign policy.
You can bow down to the will of ISIS by allowing their hate-filled rhetoric and divisive tactics to cloud your mind with fear and hatred, thus leading to disabled 6-year-old boys getting accused of terrorism. Or, you can peacefully rise up and stand against those who would drive a wedge through the heart of humankind. The choice is yours.


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FBI and ICE Probe into Omar's Illicit Marriage and Other Misdeeds
Robert. A January 20, 2020 3 min read
A new report published by The Blaze last week revealed that a total of three federal agencies have been secretly investigating Muslim congresswoman Ilhan Omar's alleged illicit marriage — along with other potential criminal misdeeds from 2009 through 2017.
In October the FBI contacted both Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and Department of Education, in their expending probe of the 37-year old former Somali refugee.
The ongoing investigation follows Minnesota State Rep. Steve Drazkowski's repeated calls for an ethics investigation after filing a complaint with the Department of Justice in Minnesota, headed by U.S. Attorney Erica MacDonald, who directed the FBI to review the complaint.
The Bureau then formally reached out to Drazkowski in mid-October to receive and review the evidence compiled by the Republican congressmen.
At issue is the rumored "sham marriage" along with Omar filing fraudulent income tax returns were initially reported in several conservative news outlets last year.
"No one is above the law," said Drazkowski during a press conference in July 2019. "We believe the House Ethics Committee can and should launch an investigation immediately."
The probe of Omar's criminal activities was originally assumed dropped for lack of evidence; however, investigators have been working behind-the-scene gathering additional evidence.
Aside from Omar's bogus marriage and filing two fraudulent tax returns, the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board uncovered last year that the Democratic congresswoman from Minnesota's 5th congressional district willfully misappropriated thousands of dollars in campaign funds for her own personal use, while serving as the Minnesota state legislature, the money has since been reimbursed.
Meanwhile, agents from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement, aka ICE are also conducting their own probe along with the FBI regarding Omar's supposed marriage in 2009 to a British citizen, (her brother), may have been a hoax to fraudulently obtain federal student loans, along with a green card.
The Department of Education Inspector General is investigating the circumstances leading up to the loans, along with the timeline of Omar's 2009 marriage, in which the couple moved to Fargo, North Dakota. Omar enrolled at North Dakota State University in August 2009. Her husband enrolled the following year.
Here's where it gets really interesting; Omar received her degree in June of 2011, that same month she and her "husband" permanently separated. Coincidently the marriage begins and ends with the start and end dates of Omar's NDSU enrollment.
According to address records, and statements from Omar herself, she was still living with her first husband and their two kids throughout the bogus second marriage, and filled two federal income tax returns willfully claiming her first husband on the forms as her spouse, while still legally married to the second husband, one of them reputed to be her brother.
The FBI is also investigating possible perjury charges against Omar, in which the Muslim legislator in 2017 during her divorce trial, was mandated by the court to submit a 9-question form swearing under oath, to have lost all contact with her NDSU husband in June 2011.
Investigators have found dozens of documented social media posts, photos and even a video interview with her NDSU husband indicate that they've been in constant contact.
If those contacts can be substantiated, it would mean that Omar is looking at 9 perjury raps, aside from the alleged frauds committed.
Omar has for years dismissed allegations that her second husband, a British citizen named Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, is her brother and that she married him to help him fraudulently gain a U.S. green card, and student loans.
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        private readonly IDataTableStringsFileMapper _mapper;
        private readonly IStringsFileSaver _saver;

        public LocalizationManager(IStringsFileLocator locator, IStringsFileLoader loader, IStringsFileDataTableBuilder builder, IDataTableStringsFileMapper mapper, IStringsFileSaver saver)
        {
            _locator = locator;
            _loader = loader;
            _builder = builder;
            _mapper = mapper;
            _saver = saver;
        }

        public DataTable CreateDataTable(List<StringsFile> stringsFiles)
        {
            if (stringsFiles == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(stringsFiles));
            return _builder.Build(stringsFiles);
        }

        public List<StringsFile> GetStringsFiles(string directoryPath)
        {
            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(directoryPath)) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(directoryPath));
            var filePaths = _locator.GetFilePaths(directoryPath);
            var stringsFiles = filePaths.Select(_loader.Load).ToList();
            return stringsFiles;
        }

        async public Task<List<StringsFile>> GetStringsFilesAsync(string directoryPath)
        {
            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(directoryPath)) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(directoryPath));
            var filePaths = _locator.GetFilePaths(directoryPath);
            var list = new List<StringsFile>();
            foreach (var filePath in filePaths)
                list.Add(await _loader.LoadAsync(filePath).ConfigureAwait(false));
            list.TrimExcess();
            return list;
        }

        public void SaveToFiles(DataTable dataTable, List<StringsFile> stringsFiles)
        {
            if (dataTable == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(dataTable));
            if (stringsFiles == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(stringsFiles));
            if (stringsFiles.Count == 0) return;
            _mapper.Map(dataTable, stringsFiles);
            stringsFiles.ForEach(_saver.Save);
        }

        async public Task SaveToFilesAsync(DataTable dataTable, List<StringsFile> stringsFiles)
        {
            if (dataTable == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(dataTable));
            if (stringsFiles == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(stringsFiles));
            if (stringsFiles.Count == 0) return;
            _mapper.Map(dataTable, stringsFiles);
            var tasks = new List<Task>();
            foreach (var file in stringsFiles)
                tasks.Add(_saver.SaveAsync(file));
            await Task.WhenAll(tasks).ConfigureAwait(false);
        }
    }
}

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So three months flew by quickly. Yes, "Playing Cards + Art = Collecting" blog already exists for three months. It is a short period of time, actually, but it does not mean it is unimportant. So many things have happened since the first month of this blog on WordPress. And I think it is time to sum up some things again.
People have not lost their interest in this blog. The blog had its first 10,000 visits in mid March, 2013. And as of today the blog has been interesting for readers more than 29,000 times. Yes, more than 29,000 times.
People visit this blog each day. It's pleasant to see such constant interest in it. March 30, 2013 was the hottest day – almost 800 visits (unfortunately several people got lost on Google and was not able to visit this blog that day… but they did it the next one 😉 ).
My inquisitive readers, thank you for your interest. I am pleased to see that my blog is interesting for people from different parts of the Earth. One of the main aims of this blog is to be interesting, informative and useful (maybe even helpful) for its readers no matter whether they are interested in playing cards, art or just happened to be at the party. So I guess it copes with its task.
Note that almost all posts on this blog have their own category or several categories. The system of special categories should help you to find interesting information in older posts on this blog. I added links to some main categories in the end of almost all posts on this blog to make it more comfortable for you to look over them. Also you can choose all categories without exception in the special tab on the sidebar of this blog.
You can always read more about this blog on the "ABOUT ME" page.
…as well as on its sub-pages. For example, about: some sales and discounts (concerning playing cards); main on-line databases dedicated to playing cards; some subjectively chosen Kickstarter playing card projects which are active or were successfully funded (all other interesting Kickstarter playing card projects you can find in posts on this blog); about other interesting things.
I hope to see people on this blog again and again. And remember you can always invite your friends on this blog, share this blog on social media networks and resources, comment in a respectful manner posts on it or rate playing card projects mentioned in posts.
Dear readers, thank you for your curiosity.
Dear artists, thank you for your talent.
Dear producers, thank you for your efforts.
Remember that all those things add life to this blog.
Congratulations Collector! You deserve it!


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Q: Swipe/Fling on TextView also runs its onLongClick randomly I have an activity in which I want to be able to listen to swipes on it. There is a ScrollView inside my activity and a large TextView has filled all area of that ScrollView. To enable swipe on my whole ativity, I extended Activity class and defined SwipeActivity like this:
public abstract class SwipeActivity extends Activity {

private static final int SWIPE_MIN_DISTANCE = 120;
private static final int SWIPE_MAX_OFF_PATH = 250;
private int SWIPE_THRESHOLD_VELOCITY;
private GestureDetector gestureDetector;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    gestureDetector = new GestureDetector(new SwipeDetector());
    ViewConfiguration configuration = ViewConfiguration.get(this);
    SWIPE_THRESHOLD_VELOCITY = configuration.getScaledMinimumFlingVelocity();
}

private class SwipeDetector extends SimpleOnGestureListener {
    @Override
    public boolean onFling(MotionEvent e1, MotionEvent e2, float velocityX,
            float velocityY) {

        // Check movement along the Y-axis. If it exceeds
        // SWIPE_MAX_OFF_PATH,
        // then dismiss the swipe.
        if (Math.abs(e1.getY() - e2.getY()) > SWIPE_MAX_OFF_PATH)
            return false;

        // Swipe from right to left.
        // The swipe needs to exceed a certain distance (SWIPE_MIN_DISTANCE)
        // and a certain velocity (SWIPE_THRESHOLD_VELOCITY).
        if (e1.getX() - e2.getX() > SWIPE_MIN_DISTANCE
                && Math.abs(velocityX) > SWIPE_THRESHOLD_VELOCITY) {
            leftSwipe();
            return true;
        }

        // Swipe from left to right.
        // The swipe needs to exceed a certain distance (SWIPE_MIN_DISTANCE)
        // and a certain velocity (SWIPE_THRESHOLD_VELOCITY).
        if (e2.getX() - e1.getX() > SWIPE_MIN_DISTANCE
                && Math.abs(velocityX) > SWIPE_THRESHOLD_VELOCITY) {
            rightSwipe();
            return true;
        }

        return false;
    }
}

@Override
public boolean dispatchTouchEvent(MotionEvent ev) {
    // TouchEvent dispatcher.
    if (gestureDetector != null) {
        if (gestureDetector.onTouchEvent(ev))
            // If the gestureDetector handles the event, a swipe has been
            // executed and no more needs to be done.
            return true;
    }
    return super.dispatchTouchEvent(ev);
}

@Override
public boolean onTouchEvent(MotionEvent event) {
    return gestureDetector.onTouchEvent(event);
}

protected abstract void rightSwipe();

protected abstract void leftSwipe();
}

Now I can capture rightSwipe() and leftSwipe() on any activity which extends SwipeActivity. So, I declared my main activity like this:
public class ContentActivity extends SwipeActivity implements OnLongClickListener {

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        // Here I add a TextView programmatically to my Vertical ScrollView and set this activity to listen to its long clicks (touches)
        ScrollView scrollView = (ScrollView) findViewById(R.id.content_scroll);
        TextView textView = new TextView(ContentActivity.this);
        textView.setText("Some Really Long Text!");
        textView.setOnLongClickListener(this);
        scrollView.addView(textView);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onLongClick(View v) {
        return doLongClickAction();
    }

    @Override
    public void rightSwipe() {
        doSwipeAction();
    }

    @Override
    public void leftSwipe() {
        doSwipeAction();
    }

}

Now, everything appears fine and vertical scrollView scrolls correctly and swipe actions and long clicks work on textView, except one thing:
from about 10 times which I swipe on the textView, 3 times it launches both doLongClickAction() and doSwipeAction() which is not friendly to user at all.
I know my problem is something related to collision of touch events, but after hours studying and testing, I couldn't solve it. Would you please tell me where is my mistake?
(I should add this: when I capture clicks instead of long-clicks on the TextView, everything is ok, but when user clicks on links inside textview, onClick event of textview is launched and then browser opens!)

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Metroid Prime 2: (Dark) Echoes was Retro Studios' second adventure into the realm of 3D Metroid. This time around the developers took cudes from Zelda's A Link To The Past by implementing a light and dark world scenario.
The light of planet Aether is fading, as it nears apocolypse a Galactic Federation ship crashes on the planet and Samus Aran is sent in to locate the soliders. Little does she know the conflict she enters and who she will face.


Thousands of people travel to Tibet every year to experience the unique culture and visit some of the highest and most remote areas of the world. Whether you are there to see the monasteries and unique culture or to trek around the high mountains and lakes, one thing you need to concern is the hugely increased altitude on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Then for many travelers, altitude sickness is most concerning part of a Tibet tours and few of them may give up the once in a life experiences in Tibet just because of the altitude concern, honestly speaking, it is a natural effect of being on a high altitude, and more important is to know about the altitude sickness and have prepared how to prevent the altitude sickness.
Altitude sickness is a disorder caused by going to high altitude, where oxygen levels are low, without gradually getting used to the increase in altitude. In other terms, it is also known as Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS), altitude illness, hypobaropathy, Acosta disease, puna, and soroche.
Our bodies are used to working at our usual environment. When we travel higher they need time to adapt. Altitude starts to have an effect when you ascend around 1,500m-2,000m or 4920 feet-6560 feet. Our body will start to behave differently as it tries to adapt for the change in the new environment and low oxygen levels. If you go up too fast to above 2500m or 8200 feet, then mild altitude illness and symptoms are very common.
Some very strange things can happen to your body when you go high! Most people who have been to altitude can tell you about having headaches, being out of breath, sleeping badly and lost appetite. These are symptoms of AMS, AMS is uncomfortable, not life threatening. If the AMS symptoms become severe and you keep going higher, then it will lead to worse situation. So, it is very important to concern it when you plan your Tibet tour and booking your tour with an experienced local Tibetan tour company will make your tour different by concerning these issues.
How to arrange your Tibet tour by concerning altitude in Tibet?
Generally, if you give enough time to acclimatize, then most of the people can adjust to altitude between 5,000m (Mt Qomolangma Base Camp) and 5,500m (Mt Kailash Trekking). Above 5,500m few people can adjust easily, and it would take longer time for acclimatization or may need special altitude trainings to adapt. So, what is different about travel at altitude? The main difference is that as you go higher the air pressure gets lower (the air gets thinner), and this means for any single breath that you take there will be less oxygen for your body. Oxygen is needed to give you the energy to move but is also needed simply to keep your body alive and many other biological things your body does normally without you knowing about it.
As your body gets less oxygen it adapts. You breathe faster and deeper. It makes more red cells to carry more oxygen in the blood and changes take time to happen.
Therefore, acclimatization is very important while you arrange your Tibet tour itinerary, normally we advise to ascend no more than 300m-400m (980feet-1300feet) higher at the end of each day, going higher during the day is ok if you go down to sleep at lower altitudes. Always remember "go high and sleep low".
It is crucial to at least spend two full days in Lhasa which is 3650m or 11975feet, it will allow your body to acclimatize correctly and make it easier for you to acclimatize when you go higher up to Shigatse and Everest Base Camp slowly.


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Usain Bolt situation explained: Olympic legend is missing $12.7 million in alleged fraud scheme
Getty Images Olympic legend Usain Bolt has lost over $12.7 million from his bank account with the Jamaican private investment firm Stocks and Securities Limited (SSL), according to his lawyers . The FBI is officially involved in the investigation. SSL is currently under surveillance, as the eight-time Olympic gold medalists is one of over 30 alleged victims affected. The sprinter, who was left with $12,000, opened the account in 2012 and has not withdrawn or transferred any money since. The account was intended to serve as a pension for the athlete and his parents, Bolt's attorney. Linton Gordon, told Reuters . In a letter written to SSL on Jan. 16, Gordon threatened legal action if his client's money was not restored within 10 days. According to a report by Loop Jamaica news , the company's total alleged fraud is estimated at $3 billion, and SSL has reported that it only has $1 million in insurance for the investments it managed. As of Jan. 17, Jamaica's Financial … [Read more...] about Usain Bolt situation explained: Olympic legend is missing $12.7 million in alleged fraud scheme
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The internet is a powerful, powerful place. It's here that someone can share their first pictures of a new baby with hundreds (and even millions) of people at a time, and where we can find the perfect recipe for what to bring to easter dinner in just a matter of seconds. Gosh, what did we do before the internet and social media?
On one hand, we may have judged less, we spoke to each other more, and we definitely spent much less time staring at our phones. On the other, we may have easily lost touch with our college roommate (hey, Shan!), had trouble keeping up with the family thousands of miles away, and actually, I wouldn't have had an opportunity to connect with all of you. As you can see, I have mixed feelings on what social media brings into my life and truly the good outweighs the bad.
Confession: I edit the heck out of my social media.
I am extremely cognizant of what type of content I accept into my world. It's all energy after all. I follow NO ONE that is negative in nature. If you run around consistently sharing gloom and doom and dark clouds, you don't have a home on my feed. If you share posts that are triggering to me (make me feel like less of a person, not good enough, not fashionable enough, not active enough, not cool enough), I'm also going to remove you. Know that this has ZERO to do with you, and everything to do with the way I feel. Frankly, if I make you feel that way, you have my absolute permission to do the same.
I will forever own my edits and my preferences and feel fully comfortable saying: Yes, I choose to not have your doom and gloom in my face every day or I cannot handle how perfect your life appears to be every single day, when I'm just trying to make it over here. These are real things that no one ever says.
Of note: Instagram has a genius muting option you can leverage for friends that fall in this category. Because social media is so over-emphasized in everyday life, unfollowing friends can make you lose them. Trust me, I'm exhibit A in that category and have lost friends due to an unfollow (before mute became available.) Unless you want to lose them IRL, I definitely recommend choosing mute with close connections instead of unfollow.
Important disclaimer: We all have opinions, and we all have to do what we think to be the best thing for ourselves and our bodies. Do you, boo. Seriously. I'm not a doctor. I don't know what makes you feel best. I believe in you.
If you want to try the all green, all raw, protein only on Tuesday diet and talk about it on the internet, that's fine by me. I'm not planning to join you… but more power to you. What's never going to happen is for me to launch a campaign stating that I am ANTI the all green, all raw, protein only on Tuesday diet, complete with hashtags and a separate handle dedicated to the anti. Nope, that's not my style.
I take a similar approach with social media considering I'm not really looking to add to the time I spend on my phone daily. As I add one, I try to delete another. One in, one out… so that this thing doesn't get out of control!
Example: There are influencers that I used to love to watch their instastories and would rush to read every blog post that I've now lost my connection with. I've made the decision to unfollow, and, that's ok!!! I leave with gratitude and make space for others in my life. There's an infinite amount of content that will come into your life for a season and a reason… edit quarterly and with gratitude.
How do you manage social media? How do you stay grounded and healthy in this space?


Online Giving allows you to make contributions to our church without writing checks or worrying about cash donations. This site lets you set up automatic contributions and change the timing or the amount of your gift at any time.
We, the Catholic Diocese of St Petersburg, are a joyful community of disciples proclaiming the Good News and inviting all people to encounter the love and mercy of Jesus Christ.
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The goal is to keep the moisture away from the beans. Wrap your beans using sealable freezer bags and plastic wrap. If you have other air-tight freezer containers-use them! Remember you want to do everything you can to keep the moisture away from your coffee.
Storing coffee in the freezer is not really o.k., but it can be done. If you have too much coffee or you are going out of the country then you can freeze your coffee. This is a one-time shot. Once you take your frozen coffee out of the freezer, it should never go back in. The frozen moisture will be absorbed into the beans as they thaw. The constant changes in temperature will ruin your coffee.
Coffee is porous. It is important that coffee is porous for flavored coffee. The beans absorb the coffee flavoring syrups and oils that are used to make the flavored coffee. However, coffee can also absorb other things like the smells of seafood or fruit. It can also absorb the moisture that your freezer produces. This moisture gets inside the beans and it begins to deteriorate.
When coffee is roasted, the beans release their oils and essences to give the coffee its distinct flavor (oils more predominant in darker roasts). The oils break down in the freezer and the flavor begins to deteriorate.
Some people store their coffee in the freezer thinking it is going to keep the coffee fresh. This is not true. The changes in temperture make the beans deteriorate. If you must freeze or want to know more–read on.
Freshly roasted coffee (kept in the whole bean state) will start to go stale within 2 to 3 days. The coffee will lose it's original flavor, body, and acidity by the 5th day. Once you grind your beans they will start to deteriorate within 2-3 hours. This is why it is important to grind the beans right before you use them. The reason the beans begin to go stale so quickly is because there is more bean surface exposed to the air.
There are popular misconceptions on the way roasted coffee should be stored and maintained. The enemies of roasted coffee are moisture, air, light, and heat. Storing your coffee away from them will keep it fresher longer. Therefore, an airtight container stored in a cool, dry, dark place is the best environment for your coffee. Remember that a cabinet near the oven is often to warm.


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Q: openMP and how to check cache behavior parallelism I am using openmp to parallelize loops in my code in order to optimize it
I hear that openmp also shows something good or bad cache behavior
How do i see these cache interactions to arrange good cache behavior for my openmp omp pragma loop program?

A: OpenMP itself cannot be used to get information about the cache usage of your program. Depending on your platform there are some tools that will give insights to the cache behavior.
On Linux systems you can use perf.
perf stat -e cache-references,cache-misses <your-exe>
outputs statistics about the cache-misses. There are a lot more events that can be used (see here for further details). Common events are collected if you simply run:
perf stat <your-exe>
Another tool that can also be used for Windows is the Intel® Performance Counter Monitor. Although it only works with Intel CPUs it can collect additional information like the occupied memory bandwidth (on supported models).
However, the tools can help you to measure the cache usage of your program, but did not improve it. You have to manually optimize your code and recheck if the cache misses have been reduced.

A: If you're looking to a specific kernel, you might want to consider [PAPI].1


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Home News PROCEEDINGS OF THE NIGERIAN SENATE OF WEDNESDAY, 8TH NOVEMBER, 2017
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NIGERIAN SENATE OF WEDNESDAY, 8TH NOVEMBER, 2017
Welcome to a new Legislative Day in the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Senate President, Bukola Saraki took the official Prayer and led the Chambers into today's proceedings at 10:58am.
Senator Abdulaziz_Nyako moved for the approval of votes and proceedings of Tuesday 7th November, 2017. Senator Duro Faseyi seconded.
*PETITIONS*
Senator Ibrahim Gobir raised a petition about harassment and extortion of his constituents by officers of the Nigerian Customs.
Senator Omo Agege raised a petition from a member of his constituency on unlawful expulsion from University of Abuja.
Senator Mao Ohuabunwa on behalf of a member of his constituency raised a petition on how he went to exclusive stores in Abuja on 18th of October and was shot by a police officer.
Senator Benjamin Uwajumogu raised 3 petitions on behalf of his constituents. Firstly, the outstanding contractual obligations of a constituent by Coca Cola Plc, secondly, the refusal to honour a contractual and legal obligation of a constituent by Nigerian Ports Authority and lastly, non payment of pension and other financial obligation to a constituent by Nigerian Immigration.
Senate President, Bukola Saraki referred the petitions raised to the Senate Committee on ethics and privileges.
*POINT OF ORDER*
Senator Rose oko cited orders 42 and 43 of Senate Standing rule and went further to read that she wants to raise motion another day of 26 Nigerian girls that were said to have been molested and murdered in The Mediterranean.
*MOTIONS*
1. Illegal extension of the tenure of the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) by Senator Emmanuel Paulker.
'Worried that contravention of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) act portends grave danger to the relative peace we enjoy in the Niger Delta.'- Senator Emmanuel Paulker.
*Senate resolved to:*
Mandate the Committee on Niger Delta to investigate the illegal renewal of the tenure of the present board of the commission.
Senate mandated that the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) motion be moved to the committee on Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to liase with the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Ministry of Niger Delta.
2. Monumental Fraud in the Power Sector by Senator Dino Melaye (Kogi West).
Senate noted that in July 2013, the Federal Government raised a total sum of $1Billion through a Eurobond issue.
Also aware that, the sum of $350million was taken by the Federal Government out of the proceeds and released to the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc (NBET) as shareholder contribution to shore up its capitalization.
Further aware that the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc (NBET) is a Federal Government owned public liability company that deals in electricity trading and management of associated liabilities.
Senate also observed that a lot of questions are begging for answers as regards the $29 million paid to @generalelectric and the $6 million paid to other consultants as to:
a. Who were the consultants and how were they procured?
b. Was there observance of due process in awarding the consultancy of $6million and in paying General Electric $29million for turbines?
c. Why is the transaction cloaked in secrecy?
d. What is the true value of Afam Fast Power?
e. Why is the Ministry engaging in constructing new power plant while government has several idle plants that is seeking buyers for?
f. Why is the Ministry that is supposed to be making policies, dabbling into constructing new power plants that we have all agreed is better handled by the Private sector?
Senator Mohammed Hassan said 'its a straight forward Motion but the Senate should be more concerned with the awarded contract of $29 million as consultancy fee and investigate the balance from the Eurobond transaction.'
Senator Gbenga Ashafa spoke on the alleged pretext of the Ministry acting under a purported presidential approval put forward by Senator Dino Melaye saying that the Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing (FMPWH) should be allowed to further clarify on the issue before establishing such allegations.
Mandate the Senate Committees on Power, Public Accounts to invite the Minister of Power, Works and Housing to render a detailed account in terms of public funds spent on the Fast Power Projects (Afam Fast Power Project) and the Committee to investigate and consider summoning the Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Company (NBET) etc to generally establish the status of the funds ($350million) and to report back to the Senate within 2 weeks.
Senator Mohammed Hassan added a prayer that the Senate mandates the Committee on Finance to investigate the actions of the Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) inclusive of the issues raised in this Motion. Also to look into how decisions are made on policy making and the report is to be submitted in two weeks.
Senator Foster Ogola said 'the Senate Committee on Public Accounts should be mandated to ascertain and Investigate balance of $650 million from the Eurobond transaction in the Treasury Single Account (TSA).'
Senator Mao Ohuabunwa said 'the Senate Committee on Judiciary should be mandated to review the present Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) Act, Senator Aliyu Sabi seconded.
Senate President, Bukola Saraki said the prayers should be handled by the Committee on Power and Public Accounts stating that this is not the first time issues on power and funding is being raised.
'I really believe that the Committee on Public Account should lead the investigation to get down to bottom of the matter.'- Senate President, Bukola Saraki.
*PRESENTATION OF A REPORT*
Report of the Committee on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions on the Unscrupulous Violation of the Foreign Exchange (Monitoring and Miscellaneous ) Act by MTN. Presented by Senator Rafiu Ibrahim.
The report was LAID.
*CONSIDERATION OF BILLS-Second Reading*
1. A Bill for an Act to establish the Federal Polytechnic Kabo to provide full-time courses in technology, applied science management and other fields of studies and to make provisions for the general administration of the Polytechnic and for other related matters, 2017 (SB. 407) by Senator Jibrin Barau.
Senator Adamu Aliero said 'the Senate should ensure equitable distribution of Tertiary Institutions across the country.'
The Bill for an Act to establish the Federal Polytechnic Kabo to provide full-time courses in technology, applied science management and other fields of studies and to make provisions for the general administration of the Polytechnic and for other related matters, 2017 (SB. 407) was read the Second time.
Senate President, Bukola Saraki referred the Bill to the committee on tertiary education trust fund (TETFUND) to Report back in 4 weeks.
''We need to be very realistic in our approach and we need to be well guided as regarding the Bill before referring to the Committee.'- Senate President, Bukola Saraki.
Senate President, Bukola Saraki said 'the Committee on TETFUND should be mandated to come up with a report on how to handle such Bills in the future and that the report should contain how to distribute Polytechnics, Universities, and Colleges of Education equally across the country.'
2. A Bill for an Act to establish the Federal Polytechnic Ukana, Akwa Ibom State to provide full-time courses in technology, applied science management and other fields of studies and to make provisions for the general administration of such Polytechnic and for other matters connected therewith, 2017 (SB. 434) by Senator Godswill Akpabio.
The Bill for an Act to establish the Federal Polytechnic Ukana, Akwa Ibom State to provide full-time courses in technology, applied science management and other fields of studies and to make provisions for the general administration of such Polytechnic and for other matters connected therewith, 2017 (SB. 434) was read the Second time.
3. A Bill for an Act to establish the Federal College of Education, Omuma, IMO State and for other matters connected therewith, 2017 (SB. 480) by Senator Hope Uzodinma.
Senator Mao Ohuabunwa commended the Senate for giving the Bill legal backing before they are established.
The Bill for an Act to establish the Federal College of Education, Omuma, IMO State and for other matters connected therewith, 2017 (SB. 480) was read the Second time.
4. A Bill for an Act to provide for the establishment of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) University of Science and Technology, Abaji and for related matters, 2017 (SB. 59) by Senator Philip Aduda.
Senator Ajayi Boroffice added that he hopes the establishment of this institution will be focused on only courses that teach Science and Technology and not delve into courses outside their mandate.
The Bill for an Act to provide for the establishment of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) University of Science and Technology, Abaji and for related matters, 2017 (SB. 59) was read the Second time.
5. A Bill for an Act to provide for the regulation and effective monitoring of Metallurgical activities in the Mines and Steel Sector, Metallurgical Inspection and raw materials development in Nigeria and for other related matters, 2017 (SB. 260) by Senator Theodore Orji.
The Bill for an Act to provide for the regulation and effective monitoring of Metallurgical activities in the Mines and Steel Sector, Metallurgical Inspection and raw materials development in Nigeria and for other related matters, 2017 (SB. 260) was read the Second time.
Senate President, Bukola Saraki referred the Bill to the Committee on Power, Steel and Metallurgy Development to Report back in 4 weeks.
6. A Bill for an Act to provide for the establishment of the Nigerian Council for food Science and Technology and for allied matters connected therewith, 2017 (SB. 92) by Senator Ajayi Borrofice.
The Bill for an Act to provide for the establishment of the Nigerian Council for food Science and Technology and for allied matters connected therewith, 2017 (SB. 92) was read the Second time.
Senate President, Bukola Saraki referred the Bill to the Committee on Science and Technology to Report back in 4 weeks.
Senate President, Bukola Saraki thanked Senator Ajayi Boroffice for the Bill and said 'it will go a long way in diversifying our agricultural sector' and also stated that it will help our agricultural products meet National standard.
7. A Bill for an Act to provide for the establishment of the Foreign Service Commission charged with the responsibility of ensuring excellence and professionalism in conducting the Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and for connected matters, 2017 (SB. 422) by Senator Shehu Sani.
The Bill for an Act to provide for the establishment of the Foreign Service Commission charged with the responsibility of ensuring excellence and professionalism in conducting the Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and for connected matters, 2017 (SB. 422) was read the Second time.
Senate President, Bukola Saraki referred the Bill to the Committee on Foreign Affairs to Report back in 4 weeks.
Senate President, Bukola Saraki thanked Senator Shehu and said 'the bill is important to improve the professionalism of foreign affairs.'
8. A Bill for an Act to provide for the establishment of National Institute of Credit Administration and for other matters connected therewith, 2017 (SB. 153) by Senator Ben Murray-Bruce.
The Bill for an Act to provide for the establishment of National Institute of Credit Administration and for other matters connected therewith, 2017 (SB. 153) was read the Second time.
Senate President, Bukola Saraki referred the Bill to the Committee on establishment and public service matters to Report back in 4 weeks.
9. A Bill for an Act to amend the Nigerian institute of management act No14 2003 and for other matters connected therewith, 2017 (SB. 13) by Senator Mao Ohuabunwa is read the second time.
The Bill for an Act to amend the Nigerian institute of management act No14 2003 and for other matters connected therewith, 2017 (SB. 13) was read the second time.
Senate President, Bukola Saraki referred the Bill to the Committee on Establishment and Public Service Matters.
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Senate Leader moved that all other items on the order paper be stood down to another Legislative day. Minority Leader Seconded
Plenary is adjourned to Thursday, 9th November, 2017.
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Year after year, Penn's acceptance rate declines. But what exactly made only 8.39 percent of this year's applicant pool qualified to attend our university?
Penn's Class of 2022 surely demonstrated impressive GPAs, SAT scores, and class ranks. But grades alone are not only insufficient, they may not even be the most important pillar of a hopeful applicant's file.
This American system does not come without controversy. It has been described as unpredictable, illogical, and arbitrary.
More emphasis on academic performance would be wise and necessary. But, here's why the holistic admissions system is a step above the rest: It aligns with, and reaffirms, the purpose of education.
The main discrepancy between American colleges and universities overseas is whether extracurricular involvements are taken into account. Acceptance into a university in New Zealand, where I went to high school, is solely based on meeting an academic scoring threshold. Each field of study has a different score requirement, which is the sole criterion in university admissions.
This is characteristic of many universities across the world. Singaporean students, equipped with examination results, could accurately predict their admissions decisions, until Yale-NUS College opened its doors in 2011, introducing Singapore to an American-based holistic admissions system.
Some argue that the main crux of university is to take classes and earn a degree, and therefore, academic excellence is key to success. But, the purpose of university is to provide an education, and the purpose of education extends far beyond classroom learning.
But, it is rudimentary to purport that education is exclusively for career advancement. The primary purpose of education is to develop students into contributing citizens. Career advancement is merely one branch on the tree of meaningful citizenship, along with character and values.
By solely valuing grades in the admissions process, universities tell students that education is only academic. By only setting numeric entrance requirements, they define themselves as specialized vocational training grounds, only designed to pump out graduates for specific workforces. Ultimately, by not paying attention to applicants' non-academic pursuits, universities disregard the role of education in shaping a student's character, values, and attitudes, which are all necessary contributors to meaningful citizenship.
Holistic admissions values diversity in extracurricular interests, which leads to a vibrant campus. A vibrant campus is reflective of our multifaceted society after graduation. And learning how to thrive in this real environment is learning how to contribute to a real society, which is the true purpose of education.
Beyond extracurricular activities, holistic review tends to also place emphasis on personal stories through essays. Admittedly, judging students based on personal statements can be arbitrary and opaque, and admissions committees must restrain the influence of these stories.
But, usually the essay prompts for the personal story present a chance to explain a non-academic pursuit. This can provide major insight into a candidate's educational potential, as long as admissions committees properly balance this subjective component with the other objective application elements.
Additionally, holistic review also proves best for those still convinced that careers should be at the forefront of education. The admissions office "look[s] beyond GPAs and test scores" to find a "potential Penn classmate, leader, roommate, and citizen." Learning to thrive in these varied roles not only directly constitutes meaningful citizenship, but is actually essential for career advancement too. Increasingly, employers look for qualities learned outside the classroom instead of solely seeking specific academic skill sets.
Universities are not merely academic institutions; they are educational, and holistic admissions affirms the true purpose of education. While academia is integral to universities and admissions officers must appropriately balance each component of an application, it is a grave mistake to disregard non-academic pursuits. Perhaps it is no coincidence that Americans have been trailblazing in so many fields for so many decades.


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Jessie J Reveals Embarrassing Tattoo Fail On 'Graham Norton Show' With Misspelled Lyrics To Her OWN Song
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Jessie J has proved how important it is to triple-check your writing before having something permanently inked on your skin, after revealing a rather unfortunate tattoo spelling error.
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The 'Price Tag' singer says she got a tattoo on her side a few years ago, only for her mum to break it to her that there was a whopping big spelling mistake in the middle of it.
Jessie had been hoping to have "Don't lose who you are in the blur of the star" - yes, that's a quote from one of her own songs, since you ask - inked on her, but sadly for her that's not quite how it went.
Speaking on 'The Graham Norton Show', Jessie admits: "I have 'Don't loose who you are in the blur of the stars!' It's really big which is awful.
"Not long after I had it done my mum said to me in tears, 'I don't know how to tell you this but it is spelt wrong'."
She goes on to reveal that she's managed to keep it hidden from the public for all this time because she "always wears high-waisted stuff", adding: "I'm not going to put a spelling mistake that close to a camera!"
Jessie claims that the experience has put her off tattoos for life, and she intends to have it covered up with something else in the future.
Still, at least that's not as embarrassing as Kym Marsh's tattoo faux pas - the 'Corrie' actress revealed last year that she thought she'd had the Chinese tattoo for her ex-husband Jack Ryder's name tattooed on her arm, only for a waiter in a Chinese restaurant to tell her it actually said "communist".
Watch Jessie's full interview on 'The Graham Norton Show' - which also features 'Broadchurch' actors David Tennant and Olivia Colman - on Friday night at 10.35pm, on BBC One.
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Simple yet fun and effective build which utilizes Lightning Arrow and Frenzy.
This will be covered in the Guide below.
Please note that I did not make this build, nor did I write most of this guide. It was originally created by Nalaa, then improved and re-written by Skiazos. I take absolutely no credit for this build, but I have used it (although not to a very high level) and can validate its viability. Not to mention it is incredibly fun. Enjoy!
Life Gain On Hit, Lightning Arrow, and Lesser Multiple Projectiles.
Once you get those three skills you will be pretty set for Blood Magic around level 30. If you do NOT have Life Gain On Hit then you do NOT want to get Blood Magic as it will kill you. I will explain that later in this guide.
You will also want to get Anger, Wrath, and Summon Skeleton as soon as possible. All other support gems should be placed on gear until they can be linked with the corresponding skill gems later on so they will level up with you and not be too far behind to affect your damage output. Remember don't put on useless gems to your character as it defaces the value of those gems if you try to sell them later.
1) What's better: Life Leech or Life Gain On Hit?
Life Leech can only heal you a maximum of 20% per second and it is not instant. Life Gain On Hit can heal you to full health with 1 lightning arrow and it's INSTANT so you won't die to reflect mobs.
2) What level should I level my gems up to?
3) Regarding Bandit Quest, why skill points when some of the bonuses are better?
Get all 3 skill points because if the game changes (it is still in beta) you may need to change some skills around. by having those extra points you will have that leeway.
4) What bow should I use?
Grab what ever gives you the most DPS, preferably as high base damage as possible. Normally the higher the base damage the lower the attack speed. Also look for high Elemental Damage % bows as this is your main attack.
5) Why do I feel so weak in Cruel or Merciless? I can't kill anything!
That is the nature of a Ranger, which means you are completely gear dependent. If you have bad gear, you're gunna have a hard time.
6)This build is only one point away from POINT BLANK - which gives 50% damage boost to anything basically adjacent to you, then tapers off to -100% damage at absolute maximum arrow range (further than off-screen). Why not get it?
The fall off range is not very long so you'll be absolutely worthless from a distance, not to mention that you just don't need the damage bonus because lightning arrow builds already deal a lot of damage. All-in-all, its not worth losing the damage from distance since you are a ranged character to begin with.
7) Given that Vaal Pact is so accessible, have you tried Vaal Pact + Life Leech?
If you can't use potions, it's GG! Potions are a secondary life saver, if you run into a room and almost die due to damage and you try to run away, and you don't have a health potion, you will probably die on your way out. Health potions also help in the situations where you are losing more health then gaining from you skills.
8) Chain + Lessor Multiple Projectiles (LMP) is 70% less projectile damage. Seems a bit steep. Why put them together?
With Chain and LMP you can hit 36 times with a single shot. If you use just LMP you are cutting your damage down a lot because you are now only hitting mobs 12 times. It's worth the "looks like less damage" but in reality it is a lot more damage per second then the skill actually says.
9) Should we go for Both Single and Aoe skill combinations or just the Single or AOE Gem combination?
Yes you should get both. The single target will kill a lot faster due to the increased atk speed and damage then the lightning arrow would to a single target. You should eventually get 5Linked gear (bow/chest) and you will want those two skills with support gems in them.
10) Why RT when main skill = lightning that has crit effects?
Your arrows will still miss without RT, when the atk can't be evaded it adds more damage. So instead of 1 arrow bouncing just once because the 2nd one was evaded, it hits the full amount of times. This damage makes up and does more than an occasional crit would deal.
11) For the auras.. Must I all on at once or should I choose from the above (auras)?
You will want to use all of them (only 3) eventually but at lower levels your health may not be high enough to support all of them, I would pick only one of the elemental damage auras, and the evasion aura for the extra defenses. If you can run all 3 that's great too.


SLV is a voluntary organisation which started in 2010. SLV runs projects to help the local community whilst simultaneously helping students and graduates to gain valuable experience in a totally different culture. I will be lending my skills to this organisation for a one week trip to India 23rd - 30th September 2018! This opportunity will greatly support my efforts to go into working in mental health and also support my studies on my psychology degree at university.
I am hoping to fundraise as much as possible in order to support me in financing this fantastic opportunity as currently all costs are coming out of my own pocket and since I am a student it's not really affordable.
During this trip I will have the chance to tour the impressive NIMHANS facilities and enjoy an audience with many of its clinicians, who will speak with me on a variety of topics around how India treats mental health issues both medically and culturally. I will also get to visit the Neuropathology Brain museum and participate in workshops on meditation and multicultural perspectives on working with children and adolescents. This blend of modern clinical practices and ancient cultural techniques will provide a truly unique and interesting experience for me.
On my final day I will get to visit beautiful Mysore and soak up the culture and beauty that India has to offer.
So far we have raised just shy of £160 in both online and offline donations! This is incredible, but there's still a lot of work ahead.
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The following regional planning issues are included in this edition of the journal because they raise issues that have potential state-wide implications for NPA and the protected area network.
Sydney Harbour NP amendment
The NPWS exhibited an amendment to the Plan of Management (POM) for Sydney Harbour National Park (SHNP) in late 2020. The amendment proposed a significant shift in how 'Special Events' are managed on the islands of SHNP. The current plan sets a maximum number of visitors per event to each of the harbour islands. The rationale is to avoid the adverse impacts of visitation by regulating the maximum number of people who would be permitted on the islands. Adverse impacts in this context range from trampling native vegetation or rock platforms to generating excessive noise for the adjacent residential suburbs. In addition to complying with the maximum carrying capacity, event organisers were required to complete an application that included some form of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA).
The inclusion of carrying capacities under the POM ensured that the harbour islands did not suffer long term deterioration of environmental condition, whereas the EIA for specific events regulated the potential of individual events to cause undue damage.
The amendment that is being proposed by NPWS seeks to remove the island carrying capacities, instead relying entirely upon compliance with event guidelines and completion of an application form to avoid inappropriate environmental impacts.
NPA's submission opposed the removal of the carrying capacity caps. It argued
NPA is extremely concerned about the shift in thinking about the role of POMs that is betrayed by this amendment. The amendment effectively replaces policies that reflect the values, characteristics and sensitivities of individual sites or precincts within SHNP with reliance upon a state-wide event management policy and EIA. In NPA's view this amounts to a serious diminishing of the role of POMs, which is to set overall policy after detailed evaluation and consideration of the long-term needs of a reserve. EIA may be used to assess whether an individual event will have an adverse impact, but it is wholly inappropriate for determining whether the repeated use of a location for events will have a damaging effect. Assessment of cumulative impacts is a well-documented shortfall in all EIA processes. Accordingly, neither the Event Guideline or EIA provide an appropriate basis for determining long term sustainability. That is, and must remain, the central role of the POM.
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NPA's Park Management Committee (PMC), which has an overarching role in reviewing POMs and other on-park planning matters, is concerned about the increasing tendency to subvert the primacy of POMs through the adoption of guidelines, masterplans, EIA and other regional planning assessments. None of these have the same statutory force as POMs and don't require the same level of community consultation and review. For this reason, PMC has recommended that NPA oppose any attempts to subvert the role of POMs through non-statutory mechanisms such as those proposed in the SHNP POM.
Snowy 2.0 Transmission Connection Project
NPA has campaigned against the major infrastructure construction project, Snowy 2.0, in Kosciuszko National Park. Despite our representations at all levels of government, and through each stage of the formal planning process, environmental approval has been granted by the NSW and Commonwealth Governments.
The final stage of Snowy 2.0, requiring approval, is the transmission connection between the new power station and the national electricity grid. The initial component of that 400km connection traverses eight kilometres of Kosciuszko National Park and one kilometre into the adjacent Bago State Forest. The transmission project is being managed by TransGrid on behalf of Snowy Hydro. In late 2020 we finally received a briefing from TransGrid disclosing that they are proposing two sets of 330kV overhead transmission lines, requiring towers up to 70m high and a cleared easement up to 200 metres wide. One square kilometre of National Park is to be cleared, permanently.
NPA asked for TransGrid's assessment of alternatives, specifically laying underground cables in trenches, tunnels or using directional drill techniques. To our shock the response was that no such assessment had been conducted, as the cost of undergrounding was considered prohibitive by Snowy Hydro.
NPA rallied an expert group to assess the viability of underground transmission. NPA's objective is very straightforward, namely to reduce the damage inflicted on Kosciuszko to the maximum possible extent. Our experts quickly established that undergrounding was indeed a far superior option than overhead transmission towers. An Open Letter, signed by two dozen environmental organisations and 50 expert engineers, scientists, economists and environmentalists, and a Background Paper outlining the case for underground cables, was released on 20 Jan 2021 (LINK) and received strong media interest, including a major article in the Sydney Morning Herald. The experts have continued analysing alternatives and have now identified a route though the existing Lower Tumut Switching Station that offers significant savings for the $2+ billion transmission augmentation project known as HumeLink. This alternative also has significant benefits for the National Electricity Market and substantially reduces the impact of new 500kV transmission lines on local communities and landholders.
All of this analysis and campaigning, including many briefings to parliamentarians, has taken place before the formal release of the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The reason for pushing the issue prior to the EIS is the sad history of environmental planning in NSW – which is basically that once an EIS is released, there is little interest from the regulators in requiring proponents to assess alternatives with less environmental impact. Our planning system is focused on whether developments are 'approvable' (the answer is almost always yes when government is driven by job creation and development), not whether the selected option is the best one possible. That philosophy is simply unacceptable, especially in this case, when what is at stake is another massive impact on our precious Kosciuszko National Park.
As a postscript, NPWS has just issued a Draft Amendment to the Kosciuszko National Park Plan of Management, to ensure that Snowy 2.0 operations are consistent with the plan of management (POM). One proposed amendment is to add the words in bold "Require all additional telecommunication and transmission lines to be located underground, except those constructed as part of the Snowy 2.0 project". It is outrageous that the existing POM, prohibiting overhead transmission and telecommunication lines, is to be swept away just for Snowy 2.0. If enacted, this sets the precedent that every other National Park POM will potentially be 'amended' to permit overhead lines. Something that is unheard of in other parts of the world.
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