Prenant naissance au sommet d'une falaise haute de près de 200 m dominant la plaine, des sources chargées de calcite ont créé à Pamukkale (le « château de coton » en turc) un paysage irréel fait de forêts minérales, de cascades pétrifiées et d'une succession de vasques en gradins. C'est là que la dynastie des Attalides, rois de Pergame, créa la station thermale de Hierapolis, vers la fin du IIe siècle av. J.-C. Le site abrite les ruines d'établissements thermaux, de temples et d'autres monuments grecs.
نشأت فوق تلة صخرية ترتفع الى 200 متر وتشرف على السهل ينابيع محمّلة بالكلس شكلت في باموكال (وتعني "قصر القطن" بالتركية) منظراً خيالياً مؤلفاً من غابات معدنية وشلالات متحجرة وسلسلة من الأحواض الرخامية المتدرجة. وقد اختارت سلالة الأتاليين التي حكمت برغام هذا المكان لإقامة حمام هييرابوليس في نهاية القرن الثاني قبل الميلاد تقريباً. الى ذلك، يشمل هذا الموقع أنقاض حمامات رومانية وهياكل ونصباً يونانية أخرى.
В том месте, где насыщенные кальцием термальные воды выходят на поверхность высокого холма высотой почти 200 м, сформировался удивительный ландшафт Памуккале (что означает «хлопковая крепость»), предстающий в виде целого каскада террасных ванн, украшенных белоснежными кальциевыми сталактитами. В конце II в. до н.э. династия Атталидов, правителей Пергамского царства, основала курорт Иерополис. Здесь можно увидеть руины древних бань, храмов и других эллинистических памятников.
Creado por las aguas saturadas de calcita de manantiales situados en la cumbre de un farallón de 200 metros de altura que domina la llanura circundante, el paisaje fantástico de Pamukkale ("el castillo de algodón" en turco) forma bosques minerales, cascadas petrificadas y toda una serie de pilones escalonados. Aquí fue donde la dinastía de los atalidas, reyes de Pérgamo, creó el balneario de Hierápolis a finales del siglo II a.C. El sitio alberga las ruinas de las termas, los templos y otros monumentos griegos.
De plek Pamukkale (dat katoenpaleis betekent) is uitzonderlijk door z'n prachtige natuurverschijnselen. Er stroomt warm, zwaar gemineraliseerd water uit bronnen die ontspringen in een bijna 200 meter hoge rots. Hierdoor werd een visueel onwerkelijk en spectaculair landschap gecreëerd van minerale bossen, versteende watervallen en een reeks terrasvormige bekkens. Aan het eind van de 2e eeuw voor Christus bouwde de dynastie van de Attalids – de koningen van Pergamon – de thermische spa van Hierapolis. De warme bassins en zwembaden bevatten water met een therapeutische werking. De ruïnes van deze baden zijn nog te zien. Hetzelfde geldt voor tempels en andere Griekse monumenten.
Hierapolis-Pamukkale is legally protected through national conservation legislation, but there is no specific planning legislation to protect World Heritage properties. The responsibility for managing and conserving the property is shared by the national Government (the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the Ministry of Environment and Urbanism), local administration (Denizli Provincial Special Administration) and several State institutions. The approval of the Regional Conservation Council and Provincial Directorate for Environment and Urbanism has to be obtained for physical interventions and functional changes in the site.
The site was registered as a first degree natural and archaeological site in 1980 by decision of the Supreme Council for Antiquities and Monuments. In 1990, an area of approximately 66 km2 (larger than the World Heritage property) was registered as a "special protected area" by decision of Cabinet. Visitor centres at the northern and southern entrances to the site have been built, and a conservation plan approved. Hotel buildings on site and structures around the thermal pool have been removed; entry of private vehicles into the site is forbidden, except for emergencies; public transportation is provided for visitors. The road passing through the south-eastern travertine terraces has been closed; visitor routes and information panels are provided within the site, and tourist facilities are restricted to the edge of the monumental area. Visitor access to the travertine terraces is prohibited in order to sustain the water flow and to maintain the colour and structure of the travertine terraces. Areas where visitors can bathe in the hot springs have been established.
An agreement between the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the Provincial Special Administration has established a Site Management Directorate within Denizli Provincial Special Administration, which oversees the procedures and principles to conserve, develop and manage the site. This Directorate provides coordination between various stakeholders and landscaping, security and cleaning services. An advisory board, composed of central and local administrations, non-governmental organizations and scientific groups (in particular the head of the excavation team) provides recommendations to the Site Management Directorate concerning projects in the site. The Italian excavation team (that has been extensively investigating the site since 1957) has specified policies for a management plan aimed at determining the standards for restoration and rehabilitation, based on the Venice Charter (1964) for conservation of historical monuments. This includes accessibility and visitor management, policies for enhancing perception of the site, and risk management.


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Kazakhstan celebrates Day of State Symbols
Kazakhstan celebrates the Day of state symbols on June 4, azh.kz reports.
On June 4, 1992 new state symbols of independent Kazakhstan have been approved. Starting from June 4, 2007, in accordance with the decree of the Kazakh president, this day is celebrated across the country with mass festive envets.
The State symbols are one of the immutable foundations of the government and represented on the Kazakh flag. A bright blue flag with a golden sun and a soaring silhouette of an eagle in the center. There is a vertical band near the flagpole with national ornaments. All images: the sun, eagle and national ornament are of golden colour. The author of the flag is Shaken Niyazbekov, the honored arts worker of Kazakhstan.
The emblem of the Republic of Kazakhstan is round and represent the shanyrak (the grated roof of the yurt felt house) that symbolizes the common home for the people of Kazakhstan. On both sides of shanyrak there are mythical horses with wings. On top there is a star and on the bottom part there is an inscription "Kazakhstan". Also all colors are golden. The authors of the emblem are Zhandarbek Malibekov and Shot-Aman Valikhanov.
The anthem, which was a popular song "My Kazakhstan"? according to the initiative of President Nazarbayev, was approved by the Parliament of the country on January 6, 2006. It was aired as an anthem for the first time during inauguration of President Nazarbayev on Janaury 11, 2006.
The author of the music is Shamshi Kaldayakov, the words were written by Zhoumeken Nazhmedinov and Nursultan Nazarbayev.

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Wall Street shakes off labor market data with stimulus in focus
(This story corrects 20-day average volume to 11.49 billion from 1.49 billion in paragraph 14)
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Major averages closed on Thursday with a rebound from early lows as investors looked for signs of progress in fiscal stimulus talks to support the economy after labor market data showed a jump in jobless claims.
Stocks on Wall Street opened lower on the heels of weekly initial jobless claims data that spiked by 137,000 to a seasonally adjusted 853,000, well above expectations for 725,000 and the highest level since mid-September, underscoring the need for fresh stimulus measures to support a flagging economy.
But equities moved well off lows that saw the S&P 500 down as much as 0.75% after U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said talks between Republican and Democratic senators on COVID-19 relief were making "a lot of progress" with more discussions expected in the day.
"The competing narrative of the virus is here, it is worse, the natural pullback of the economy because of that and the lack of uncertainty around the timeline and magnitude of the package is going to be a daily struggle with pretty volatile moments in the interim," said Keith Buchanan, senior portfolio manager at Globalt Investments in Atlanta.
"If this is the start of a trend, we will test the capacity of the market to remain optimistic by looking past a really tough environment that is on the ground right now."
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 69.55 points, or 0.23%, to 29,999.26, the S&P 500 lost 4.72 points, or 0.13%, to 3,668.1 and the Nasdaq Composite added 66.86 points, or 0.54%, to 12,405.81.
Airbnb Inc's shares opened at $146 in their debut, far above the initial public offering (IPO) price of $68 apiece, raising $3.5 billion for the home rental firm, with shares closing at $144.71. The offering comes on the heels of a blowout debut for Wednesday's high profile IPO DoorDash.
The S&P energy index closed at a six-month high as Brent crude prices surged above $50 a barrel for the first time since early March. The group has surged 36.2% this quarter, the best performing of the 11 major S&P sectors, as investors have looked to names that could benefit from an economic reopening.
The faltering labor market recovery and the recent surge in COVID-19 infections have piled pressure on policymakers to come up with another rescue package, as most of the government financial aid for Americans and businesses has dried up.
A U.S. Senate vote on a stopgap measure to keep the government running could slip to the Friday deadline, said the Senate's number two Republican, John Thune. The measure would give lawmakers time to work out a larger spending package and coronavirus relief, but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi raised the possibility talks could drag on through Christmas.
Also in focus was a meeting of outside advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) later in the day, to decide whether to recommend that the agency authorize Pfizer Inc's COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use.
Some officials said vaccinations could begin as soon as this weekend if the FDA consented.
Volume on U.S. exchanges was 10.31 billion shares, compared with the 11.49 billion average for the full session over the last 20 trading days.
Advancing issues outnumbered declining ones on the NYSE by a 1.27-to-1 ratio; on Nasdaq, a 1.66-to-1 ratio favored advancers.
The S&P 500 posted 10 new 52-week highs and no new lows; the Nasdaq Composite recorded 145 new highs and 11 new lows.
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Hoarders: when emotional drama is worse than the poop, watch out
Date published Sep. 11, 2012, 8:23 am | Discussion 0 comments
Hoarders returned for its sixth season, and it as just as tragic, educational, horrific, and disturbing as always. But at least in this episode, it was less about the stuff–and even less about the poop, though there was a toilet full of it and some next to Matt Paxton's head while he tried to sleep–and more about the deep psychological wounds that hoarding attempts to fill.
The A&E series has always focused on that to some degree, but last night's episode felt like the equation flipped, so that it was 20 percent poop/clean-up/mess and 80 percent family/mental illness/facing reality/damaged relationships. How tragic was the mother of four male children admitting "I really never liked boys" and basically rejecting her son while he stood there and listened?
There were a few moments when I thought the therapists pushed too much and even just reached for drama, like a woman breaking a glass mug that represented her abusive ex-husband or interrupting a conversation to initiate direct confrontation with a family member. But the results seemed positive: both hoarders are seeing the therapists that the show offers to pay for, and both seemed to have made progress. "You've given me my life back," Patty said.
The new sleepover format worked kind of well: I liked Matt touring the house by himself, and his quick abandonment of the experiment (and this is a guy who's seen shit, literally and figuratively) told us a lot ("just the pure sadness to live here"). But spending the night in a house no one actually lives in any more seemed gimmicky. In future episodes, I'm hoping we see the organizer and/or therapists spending the night in occupied houses with the family to learn more about their lives.
(Update: Matt is answering questions at A&E, and says that he spent seven hours in the house before leaving, and also says it was fellow organizer Cory's idea to do this, and only the two of them will be staying in hoards. Matt adds, "I think with all the editing, our point didn't come across. We wanted the viewer to get a glimpse into the complete hoarders mindset and it does.")
One other complaint: The new editing that the show started last season improves the show in many ways–it's not the same formula episode to episode, with the house tour and things taking up the first half hour; it moves more rapidly into the action now. I also really like the makeover part of the show, where they don't just empty and clean the house, but really refresh it. (They could really use some design help, but I digress.)
But I really hate the accompanying idiot editing that so many shows use, previewing the entire episode instead of a cold open. And Hoarders takes it a step further with a post-credits flash-forward to drama, as if to say, Hold on, dumb people with no attention spans! There will be shit and yelling soon! The show is smarter than that, and so is its audience.


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10 Really Old Schools That Shaped Singapore's History
3. Nanyang Girls' School
Nanyang Girls' School (NYS) was founded in 1917 by a man named Sun Yat Sen.
He was a Chinese revolutionary, and was responsible for successfully toppling the Qing Dynasty and instituting the Republic of China.
On a visit to Singapore in 1910, he noticed that there were no Singaporean women participating in the revolutionary movement taking place in China.
Sun believed that if more females were educated, they'd be able to participate in politics. He was then able to convince the Chinese United League in Singapore to promote education among women.
Following this, NGS was established in 1917, in a row of shophouses at Dhoby Ghaut.
By 1946, NGS had an estimated 1,400 students, making it one of the largest Chinese schools in Singapore at the time.
4. St Joseph's Institution
St Joseph's Institution (SJI) is the third-oldest school
, and the oldest catholic school in Singapore. SJI was founded in 1852, by Father Jean-Marie Beurel.
He wanted to set up a Christian school for Singaporean boys.
Father Beurel believed that the school would be a good way to promote the Catholic mission in Singapore, and was aimed at being an addition to a church he had built in 1847. The church still exists today as well, and is known as the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd.
The school was known as St John's School, prior to being named St Joseph's Institution in 1867.
The school moved to its current location on Malcolm Road in 1988.
Its previous campus was gazetted as a national monument in 1992. The building is now home to the Singapore Art Museum.
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Bisexual woman endures shocking homophobic abuse on her doorstep
The 20-year-old university student was told being gay is just as bad as stealing, lying and cheating
Anita Merritt
A bisexual woman is using the power of social media to highlight the homophobic abuse she endured when she was targeted at her Exmouth home.
Dannie Andreeva, a 20-year-old media arts student at Plymouth University, has shared a video of the encounter she had on her doorstep when a religious man knocked on her door to air his views about people who are gay.
Dannie Andreeva
To her horror she was told the equivalent of someone having an affair in a marriage is just as bad as acting out gayness.
He added it is fine to be gay until you act it out and then it's a sin, and being gay is just as bad as stealing, lying and cheating.
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It is the second time Dannie says she has had the man knock on her door. She does not know who the man is or which church he belongs to, and has not reported the incident to the police.
However, she hopes by putting what happened to her on Facebook it will make people more aware of the prejudice the LGBT community still encounter and the hate it spreads.
Within less than 24 hours the video had already been viewed 5,000 times.
Watch the full conversation in the video above
Dannie Andreeva, left, with her girlfriend Isabella Riley
Dannie said: "The more people who hear about this the better because this person is going around in my neighbourhood spreading this view of his religion. It's horrible to think that someone can represent so much of a religion with so much hatred in him.
"He first came to my door last year and was speaking about his views of being gay, and said being gay is like having a bad microchip.
"I didn't tell him I was bisexual, but I did say I wasn't comfortable with him being at my door.
"I then went away to university and I've come back and on Thursday at about 4pm he was back again with another man who was very quiet.
"I don't know if he was knocking on every door but I decided it was the right time to pick him up on his views, and this time I filmed the conversation."
After airing his views, she said he then tried to show how he was accepting of gay people.
Dannie Andreeva is encouraging more people to share their homophobic experience in the hope of eradicating it
Dannie said: "He said, 'this morning I saw a lesbian and said hi to her'. What an honourable gesture you did; do you need to be appraised?
"It's also the fact he only refers to her as a lesbian like you wouldn't say 'oh so today I said hello to a straight person'. We need to stop labelling people.
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"Accepting someone's love shouldn't be defined by whether or not they're attracted to the same sex. And it certainly doesn't give anyone the right to say what is right and wrong with you.
"This nit picking and hatred needs to stop right now. Your self-love and acceptance is more valuable standing against any comment out there."
Dannie has also highlighted the reaction the LGBT community endures during one of her university modules.
Dannie Andreeva with her GoPro project
A GoPro camera attached to a friend who was following her was used to show the reaction she and her girlfriend received while walking through the streets of Plymouth holding hands.
She said: "What we captured was some people looking like they had been personally offended while other we caught smirking, pointing and things like that."
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Hoping more people will have the courage to highlight homophobic incidents, Dannie said: "Don't be afraid to call people out and make your point heard. Be proud of who your are and leave no room for self hate; the world certainly doesn't have anymore room for it."


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The new encoding format allows viewers to stream ultra-HD video using 20% less data without sacrificing quality
BEIJING, April 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- iQIYI Inc. (NASDAQ: IQ) ("iQIYI" or 'the "Company"), an innovative market-leading online entertainment service in China, has recently launched support for the Alliance for Open Media Video 1 (AV1) video encoding format for users on PC web browsers and Android devices, becoming the first and the only Chinese video streaming site to adopt the AV1 format to date.
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AV1 was developed by Alliance for Open Media (AOM), a consortium founded by leading tech companies including Google, Facebook, Amazon, Intel, Netflix and Apple. AOM is committed to the promotion of ultra-high quality videos, data saving technologies and improved user experiences. iQIYI joined AOM in 2018, becoming the first Chinese member of the alliance. Thanks to the efforts of AOM, AV1 has won widespread support in the industry and is being rapidly deployed to deliver a greater viewing experience.
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Conform recensământului din 2001, toată populația localității Oplitna era vorbitoare de ucraineană (100%).

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In memoriam is a page to read featured obituaries of Northwestern alumni, faculty and staff. Visit Remembrances to read memorials of Northwestern community members submitted by their family or peers. Please send obituaries to alums@northwestern.edu.
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Robert "Bobby" Whiteside '64, Madison, Tenn., April 21, 2021, at age 79. A singer, producer and songwriter, Whiteside worked alongside artists such as Barbra Streisand and Johnny Mathis. Whiteside co-wrote hit songs such as "Comin' In and Out of Your Life" and "When the Lovin' Goes Out of the Lovin'" and also released his own album, Bittersweet Stories, in 1974. He spent 40 years in the commercial advertising business, writing and producing jingles for Harley-Davidson, McDonald's, 7UP and others. He won three Clio Awards. He also had a passion for fishing and boating. Whiteside is survived by his wife of 54 years, Brenda; his daughter, Wendy; his sons Terry and Tarrey; four grandchildren; and his sister, Mary Whiteside Schuette '60.
Louis R. Magor, '67, '74 MMus, Seattle, April 11, at age 75. An acclaimed musician, conductor and teacher, Magor began teaching choral music to middle and high schoolers in the Chicago area while he was a student at Northwestern. He arranged music for various choral groups in Chicago at the encouragement of choral professor William Ballard, and soon after earning his master's degree in music, Magor became the first director of the prestigious San Francisco Symphony Chorus when he was 28 years old. Margaret Hillis, the renowned conductor of the Chicago Symphony Chorus, had recommended Magor for the position, and numerous members of the San Francisco Symphony Chorus wrote letters to then-conductor Seiji Ozawa insisting that Magor be hired. Magor held the position for a decade, after which he replaced Ballard as conductor of the San Francisco Boys Chorus and led them on a national tour in 1985. In 1990 Magor moved to Seattle and became a well-respected elementary school music teacher for 31 years. He served as an accompanist to Seattle's Total Experience Gospel Choir, as the music director at Wallingford United Methodist Church and as conductor for the Seattle Bach Choir and the West Seattle Children's Chorus. Magor is survived by nine cousins.
Patricia Hoftiezer Simms '69 of Madison, Wis., April 5, at age 75. After graduating from Northwestern, Simms spent her entire 42-year career reporting for the Wisconsin State Journal, where she started two columns. Her "Snoop" column, which ran from 1989 to 1998, compiled gossip, insider news and watchdog reporting. In 2007 she launched a consumer advocacy column called "SOS" that continues to this day. During her time at the State Journal, Simms covered five governors and the 1970 bombing of the University of Wisconsin–Madison's Sterling Hall. Simms' newsroom team was named a finalist for the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for their breaking news reporting on the 2011 protests at the Wisconsin State Capitol in response to Gov. Scott Walker's Act 10, an anti-union law. Simms continued to freelance for the paper after her retirement in 2011. She was also the first woman journalist in Wisconsin to demand and receive maternity leave. Simms is survived by her two children, Sara Lander and Joseph Simms, and her six grandchildren.
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Elizabeth "Betty" Urbanowski Hibben '60, Northbrook, Ill., March 28, 2021, at age 83. Hibben was one of the first women to be inducted into Northwestern's N Club, an alumni organization for former Wildcat athletes. She played intramural softball, basketball, volleyball and tennis as a member of the Alpha Chi Omega sorority. She became co-owner and manager of the Ivy Racquet Club in Peru, Ill., and coached the Illinois Valley Community College women's tennis team, for which she received the National Junior College Women's Tennis Coach of the Year award. A flautist, Hibben was also a member of the Northwestern University Marching and Band Alumni. She is survived by her children, Kenneth, Timothy and Nancy; and four grandchildren.
Irvin A. Cross '61, Roseville, Minn., Feb. 28, 2021, at age 81. Named Northwestern's 1961 Male Athlete of the Year in both track and football, Cross played three years as wide receiver and defensive back for the Wildcats. Drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles, Cross played cornerback for nine seasons in the NFL, collecting 22 interceptions. The two-time Pro Bowler joined CBS' The NFL Today in 1975, becoming the first Black full-time television analyst for a network sports show. He worked for CBS for 15 years, and in 2009 Cross received the Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award from the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He is survived by his wife, Liz; his children, Susan, Lisa, Sandra and Matthew; a grandson; five sisters; and three brothers.
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James Schadt '60, Vero Beach, Fla., Feb. 3, at age 82. A Northwestern life trustee, Schadt came to the University in 1956 on a swimming scholarship. He and his wife, Barbara Soldmann Schadt '60, created the James P. and Barbara S. Schadt Swimming Scholarship. James Schadt served on the Northwestern Board of Trustees' development, alumni relations and steering committees. He was also a founding member of the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Board of Visitors. Schadt started his career in brand management at Procter & Gamble before becoming president and CEO of London-based Cadbury Schweppes Beverages. He later became the first American to serve on Cadbury Schweppes' board of directors. Eventually, he became chairman and CEO of the Reader's Digest Association (now Trusted Media Brands) before retiring in the 1990s. Schadt is survived by his wife, his children, Lauren Schadt Baker '83, '86 MBA and Andrew Schadt '87, '95 MBA, four grandchildren, and two brothers.
James B. Burns '67, '71 JD, Chicago, Dec. 11, 2020, at age 75. A basketball star, Burns was one of Northwestern's top scorers and earned third-team All-America honors in his senior year. After a brief pro basketball stint with the Chicago Bulls and the Dallas Chaparrals, Burns graduated from the Northwestern School of Law. In 1993 President Bill Clinton appointed Burns as U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, a post he held for four years. In 2000 Burns was appointed inspector general by the Illinois Secretary of State, a position he held for the rest of his life. Burns remained an active member of the Northwestern community, serving on the Board of Trustees and the Visiting Committee of the School of Law. He received a Northwestern Alumni Association Service Award and Alumni Merit Award. Burns is survived by his wife, Martha, and three children.


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Slovan (Bratislava) 11 21 2 7 9 -9 9 18 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 30 6.7 1.4 23 13 56.5 13:16 18.3 4 2 1
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Regular season: 21 2 7 9 -9 9 18 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 30 6.7 1.4 23 13 56.5 13:16 18.3 4 2 1
KHL Total: 21 2 7 9 -9 9 18 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 30 6.7 1.4 23 13 56.5 13:16 18.3 4 2 1
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671 Regular season 2018/2019 246 2 Sep 2018 Metallurg Mg - Slovan 5:1 11 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 33.3 0 0 - 13:40 20.0 0 0 0
671 Regular season 2018/2019 246 4 Sep 2018 Traktor - Slovan 3:0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 - 13:37 18.0 0 1 0
671 Regular season 2018/2019 246 9 Sep 2018 Slovan - Lokomotiv 1:4 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.0 0 0 - 11:26 17.0 0 0 0
671 Regular season 2018/2019 246 11 Sep 2018 Slovan - Severstal 2:1 11 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 14:05 18.0 0 1 0
671 Regular season 2018/2019 246 13 Sep 2018 Slovan - HC Dynamo M 3:2 11 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 - 12:46 17.0 0 0 0
671 Regular season 2018/2019 246 15 Sep 2018 Vityaz - Slovan 6:4 11 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 12:04 17.0 0 0 0
671 Regular season 2018/2019 246 17 Sep 2018 Kunlun RS - Slovan 4:3 Б 11 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 7 3 42.9 14:34 21.0 0 0 0
671 Regular season 2018/2019 246 19 Sep 2018 Amur - Slovan 3:2 11 0 0 0 -1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 1 100.0 16:19 20.0 0 0 0
671 Regular season 2018/2019 246 21 Sep 2018 Admiral - Slovan 4:5 11 0 2 2 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.0 1 1 100.0 11:40 18.0 1 0 0
671 Regular season 2018/2019 246 25 Sep 2018 Slovan - Spartak 1:4 11 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.0 1 1 100.0 17:55 21.0 0 0 0
671 Regular season 2018/2019 246 27 Sep 2018 Slovan - Jokerit 3:5 11 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 17:42 23.0 0 0 0
671 Regular season 2018/2019 246 29 Sep 2018 Slovan - HC Sochi 1:4 11 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 2 1 50.0 11:08 19.0 1 0 0
671 Regular season 2018/2019 246 5 Oct 2018 Salavat Yulaev - Slovan 4:1 11 1 0 1 -1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 100.0 4 4 100.0 12:44 15.0 0 0 0
671 Regular season 2018/2019 246 7 Oct 2018 Barys - Slovan 3:0 11 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 1 0 0.0 11:31 16.0 0 0 0
671 Regular season 2018/2019 246 9 Oct 2018 Sibir - Slovan 1:2 ОТ 11 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.0 3 2 66.7 16:16 22.0 0 0 0
671 Regular season 2018/2019 246 11 Oct 2018 Avangard - Slovan 2:3 ОТ 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 0 0 - 12:50 18.0 0 0 0
671 Regular season 2018/2019 246 14 Oct 2018 Slovan - Kunlun RS 4:3 ОТ 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 1 0 0.0 17:01 21.0 0 0 0
671 Regular season 2018/2019 246 16 Oct 2018 Slovan - Admiral 4:3 11 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 11:24 19.0 0 0 0
671 Regular season 2018/2019 246 18 Oct 2018 Slovan - Amur 2:1 11 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 8:47 13.0 0 0 0
671 Regular season 2018/2019 246 22 Oct 2018 HC Sochi - Slovan 4:2 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 2 0 0.0 11:53 15.0 2 0 1
671 Regular season 2018/2019 246 26 Oct 2018 Slovan - CSKA 0:9 11 0 0 0 -4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.0 0 0 - 9:21 16.0 0 0 0
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Maxwell trial reveals the dark side of the American dream
America is transfixed by the 'trial of the century', as the details revealed by those accusing Ghislaine Maxwell of sex trafficking and exploitation offer a rare insight into the secretive inner world populated by the upper echelons of American society
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Sarah Ransome, one of the women who have accused Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell of abuse, arrives for the trial at the Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse. Picture: Getty
"This trial is about memory, manipulation and money." So said Bobbi Sternheim, lawyer for Ghislaine Maxwell, in her opening statement at Maxwell's trial in New York last week.
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Refined Software for Readers with Vision Disabilities
Author: Texas A&M University : Contact: tamu.edu
Published: 2014-12-08 : (Rev. 2015-03-18)
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Improving experience of people who are blind or have low vision who use iPads as touch based reading devices.
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Two key refinements that improve the experience of people who are blind or have low vision who use iPads as touch-based reading devices have been developed by Francis Quek, Texas A&M professor of visualization, and Yasmine N. El-Glaly, assistant professor of computer science at Port Said University in Egypt.
A research paper detailing the refinements, which improve how accurately the software responds to a user's touch, earned an outstanding paper award at the Nov. 12-16, 2014 International Conference for Multimodal Interaction at Bogazici University in Istanbul, Turkey.
In their paper, "Digital Reading Support for The Blind by Multimodal Interaction," Quek and El-Glalydescribe how blind or visually impaired readers drag their fingertips along virtual lines of text on the tablet's screen or an overlay to hear the tablet "speak" text of a book or article.
"Existing applications force the user to be slow," said Quek, director of the Texas A&M Embodied Interaction Laboratory. "If the user runs her finger too quickly on the virtual lines of text or changes the software's access mode to read bigger chunks of words, she can easily lose her place or wander between virtual lines of text without realizing it," he said.
Even if existing systems are adjusted to render words faster, he said, interaction problems remain because there is often a poor relationship between the speed of a user's finger on the tablet and the speed of the words pronounced by the device, he said.
To address these issues, Quek and El-Glaly developed software for an iPad that predicts the direction of a user's finger on a tablet overlay, audibly rendering words in sequence then alerting the reader if she strays from the reading line. Their work was supported with a $302,000 grant from the National Science Foundation.
Words in the new software are also rendered in sync with the speed of the user's finger across the tablet screen, not at a default speed set by the application.
In the future, Quek foresees developing note-taking and highlighting capabilities for the software. He will continue to develop the overlay and application in the TEIL with Sharon Lyn Chu, TEIL associate director, and Akash Sahoo, a graduate computer science student.
The Istanbul conference where Quek and El-Glaly present their paper is a global forum for multidisciplinary research on human-human and human-computer interaction, interfaces and system development.
"This is a very selective conference with an 18% acceptance rate for oral presentations," said Quek.
The conference focused on component technologies, theoretical and empirical foundations and combined multimodal processing techniques that define the field of multimodal interaction analysis, interface design, and system development.
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14-month-old girl needs N3.5 million for open heart surgery in Ondo
By Ifedayo Ogunyemi	 On Nov 17, 2021
Teniola Akinbani at four months old.
For the first few months of her life, Teniola Akinbani was full of life, now at 14 months old, she requires a test and a corrective heart surgery in two hospitals over 180 kilometres apart.
Weighing 3.2kg at birth, Teniola now needs N3.5 million to first undergo a cardiac heart catheterization test at Babcock University Hospital, Ogun State and then an open-heart surgery at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital (OAUTH), Osun State.
The test, according to her father, Obafemi, costs N650,000 and the only hospital that offers such test in Nigeria is Babcock University Hospital.
According to the result of the paediatric 2-D transthoracic echocardiogram carried out at the OAUTH and sighted by our reporter, Teniola has ventricular septal defect with pulmonary arterial hypertension, a congenital heart disease.
The condition is characterised by left atrial and ventricular enlargement, large peri-membranous ventricular septal defect with muscular extension, severe tricuspid regurgitation, dilated pulmonary arteries and moderate to severe pulmonary regurgitation.
In the result dated Wednesday, October 13, 2021, the hospital recommended a right-sided cardiac catheterization and oral diuretics and sildenafil citrate.
Her father who spoke with Nigerian Tribune said the first indication came about a month birth but they thought she was just reacting to the mandatory immunisation.
The condition also called "a hole in the heart" started when Teniola was six months old, a development that has left her father, a private school teacher and her mother, Kike, a health assistant at a private hospital in want ever since.
Teniola who was born at Mother and Child Hospital, Akure, Ondo State on September 1, 2020, now has irregular heartbeats and shortness of breath and presently weighs 5.3kg, an indication of slowed growth occasioned by the heart defect.
The father further told Nigerian Tribune that Teniola grew lean in the past eight months and doctors initially thought she wasn't well fed until a paediatrician checked her breathing patterns.
"It is a terrible experience and we have no where to turn to. She was gasping for breaths till the point she fainted.
"We have not slept for the past three days because sometimes the episodes lead to heart failure. We guide her and her mother can't put her down. Her mates have started walking and are attending creche.
"We have spent about N7,500 every time she goes to the doctor for care every two weeks. By my estimates, it should be about N500,000 now. The doctor comes from Ibadan between Tuesday and Friday just for her," he said.
He further said Teniola cannot take her new medication until the test at Babcock is carried out.
While data from Lancet, an independent, international weekly general medical journal noted that congenital heart disease was the underlying cause of an estimated 261,247 deaths globally in 2017, Teniola's parents seek the prayers and financial support of kind-hearted Nigerians to keep her alive.
A letter of support from the Ondo State University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital, Akure where she is presently receiving care and signed by the Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist, Dr Bola Akinkunmi, stated that Teniola will "undergo an open heart surgery to correct the heart problem."
The letter reads: "The above named female child with congenital heart disease (Ventricular Septal Defect) has been attending our clinic.
"She will need to undergo an open heart surgery to correct the heart problem.
"The estimated cost is about Three million, five hundred thousand naira (3.5 Million naira). The parent are making efforts to raise the fund. They will require financial assistance from kind hearted people to be able to achieve the goal of getting their girl treated."
In the quest for assistance, Teniola's parents reached out, through a family friend, to Ondo-based NGO, Global 21st Century Initiative, which is spearheading a donation campaign for her.
Explaining why the initiative took interest in Teniola's case, Chairperson of the NGO, Moji Adewumi, told Nigerian Tribune that she hopes that Teniola will have access to required healthcare through this call for help.
Adewumi said: "Our ultimate goal is to give hope to the hopeless and that is why we identify with baby Akinbani. We think that all children around the globe, no matter where they come from, have the rights to health, rights to nutritive diet, rights to care, and all other rights associated to human.
"The children who have the access to these rights grow to become independent individuals who can breakthrough the cycle of poverty be empowered to take their future into their own hands and play an active part in shaping it."
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We Have Not Had Water Supply In Months ― Abeokuta Residents
In spite of the huge investment in the water sector by the government and international organisations, water scarcity has grown to become a perennial nightmare for residents of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. This report x-rays the lives and experiences of residents in getting clean, potable and affordable water amidst the surge of COVID-19 cases in the state.
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How much do you spend on one pair of trainers?
How often do you buy a new pair or even a pair of normal shoes for that matter?
There are people out there that don't have shoes let alone running shoes and I think we should help them.
If you have been reading my blog for a while you will know I have been trying to find charities that enable me to donate old running shoes as I change mine quite a lot, I found a few (see previous post) but there were a few barriers including them not servicing this area for collections or issues with duty and tax – but the charity I have found is perfect and I am sending some shoes out in the next week.
I've got a few pairs to send. I'm so excited I have found a charity that enables me to put my old shoes to good use as I change my shoes frequently.
It's called Shoe4Africa and was founded in 1995 by Toby Tanser and as well as donating used running shoes (not normal shoes – they have to be running shoes or soccer shoes) they have recently opened up a hospital against all odds.
There are a number of ways you can be involved and I urge you to please just look at their website and to help if you can.
Hookworm is a real problem and gets in through the toe nail when proper closed shoes aren't worn, so sending a pair of running shoes will help prevent this.
The shoes must be running shoes not normal shoes and they should not be shoes that are worn out completely but shoes that have at least another 100 miles of running left in their life so that they can be properly used for the health and fitness programs they promote.
Don't send shoes about to be thrown away.
They don't want hand out shoes – they hold races and people earn the shoes and they are empowering people through sport not through charity and have to pay duty on each pair of shoes sent which is approx $1.50 a pair of shoes. It costs approx $9-10 to send each pair of trainers which is a small price to pay I feel.
If you can't send trainers then please consider sending a donation or if you have a bit of money to spend, buying a brick in the hospital. This letter by the founder Toby who ensures that 100% of the money goes into the charity is worth a read.
Running tops, shorts and socks are welcome too. The website says that the climate is such that tracksuits are a luxury, as are things like sports watches – but if you have an old one stuffed inside a shoe it makes a great surprise.
I hope that you will join me in supporting such a worthy charity that is around a sport that we are so passionate about. Please send the link to this blog post to friends that you think may be interested ion helping too.


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Researcher claims unmarked grave contains 1950 Lake Michigan plane crash victims
The plane vanished somewhere over Lake Michigan
A researcher from Holland, Michigan claims to have found an unmarked grave containing human remains from Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501. The airliner vanished over Lake Michigan in 1950 with 55 passengers and three crew.
Valerie van Heest says she has discovered that human remains washed ashore after the June 23 crash, the cause of which remains undetermined although severe weather at the time may have had an impact. She says that after the remains appeared they were placed in a mass grave in nearby Riverview Cemetery in St. Joseph without the relatives being notified. The grave was never marked.
Both the Michigan Shipwreck Research Associates, who document shipwrecks in the area, and author Clive Cussler have spent years searching for the McDonnell-Douglas DC4 but without success.
Van Heest Said of the victims' relatives "After more than a half-century they are still interested in learning what befell their loved ones... One 89-year-old woman in New York lost her mother in the crash. She told me, 'Valerie, please help find her before I die.' "
A black granite monument engraved with the names of everyone on board has been donated by a funeral home in South Haven. It will be unveiled at a ceremony on September 20. The families of 47 of the 58 victims have been notified of the new developments.
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"Unmarked grave believed to hold 1950 plane crash victims" — Detroit Free Press, September 12, 2008
"New developments in mysterious Michigan plane crash" — WZZM13, September 12, 2008
Andrea Goodell. "Shipwreck organization plans memorial service for 1950 plane crash" — Holland Sentinel, September 11, 2008
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Echoing chef Murphy's sentiment, Cicalese also speaks highly of Sickles Market in Little Silver. "They have a cute outdoor garden section and a beautiful cheese area," Cicalese says. "Their truffle cheese is my favorite. I use most of their cheeses for my cheese board." For her tools, Cicalese frequents Johnson's Restaurant Equipment in Neptune. "You'll find lots of baking tools there," says Cicalese. She also finds inexpensive cake boards and pastry sheets at her local A.C. Moore.
This spontaneous chef duo enjoy perusing Delicious Orchards in Colts Neck for fresh produce. "Our menu doesn't happen until that day," Phillips says. "We like to create what we have in the moment, so our menu is often inspired by our shopping trips." They trust their local butcher at Monmouth Meats in Red Bank, where they get pork chops, steaks, veal, sausage and chicken.
When in doubt, make like Sauer and try shopping at Wegmans—the store has locations in Ocean and Englishtown. "They have a good supply of fresh produce," Sauer says. This sous chef also recommends local farmers markets in either Long Branch or Red Bank for fresh-baked goods and local honey.


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Q: how do i use the latest google visualisation API in greasemonkey? trying to get google visualisation API to work in greasemonkey (firefox) i tried to just use:
  // @require          http://www.google.com/jsapi

but then i get an Error: google.visualization is undefined
after adding:
//  google.load('visualization', '1', {packages: ['table']});

i get the Error: $ is not defined
am i requiring the wrong thing? please help.
thanks in advance for useful answers!

A: i had a similar question concerning the Google Maps API.
in my case, i had to append the API to the page with
API_js_callback = "http://maps.google.com/maps/api/js?sensor=false&region=BR&callback=initialize";

var script = document.createElement('script');
    script.src = API_js_callback;
    var head = document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0];
    (head || document.body).appendChild(script);

and google had to be called as unsafeWindow.google, so i added google = unsafeWindow.google as well.
initialize = setTimeout(function () {
    google = unsafeWindow.google;
    directionsService = new google.maps.DirectionsService();
    directionsDisplay = new google.maps.DirectionsRenderer();
    .
    .
    .

check the full code and explanation here: how to use the google maps api with greasemonkey to read a table of addresses and trace the route?

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from hashlib import md5
from app import db

followers = db.Table(
    'followers',
    db.Column('follower_id', db.Integer, db.ForeignKey('user.id')),
    db.Column('followed_id', db.Integer, db.ForeignKey('user.id'))
)

class User(db.Model):
    id = db.Column(db.Integer, primary_key=True)
    nickname = db.Column(db.String(64), index=True, unique=True)
    email = db.Column(db.String(120), index=True, unique=True)
    posts = db.relationship('Post', backref='author', lazy='dynamic')
    about_me = db.Column(db.String(140))
    last_seen = db.Column(db.DateTime)
    followed = db.relationship('User',
                               secondary=followers,
                               primaryjoin=(followers.c.follower_id == id),
                               secondaryjoin=(followers.c.followed_id == id),
                               backref=db.backref('followers', lazy='dynamic'),
                               lazy='dynamic')

    @staticmethod
    def make_unique_nickname(nickname):
        if User.query.filter_by(nickname=nickname).first() is None:
            return nickname
        version = 2
        while True:
            new_nickname = nickname + str(version)
            if User.query.filter_by(nickname=new_nickname).first() is None:
                break
            version += 1
        return new_nickname

    def is_authenticated(self):
        return True

    def is_active(self):
        return True

    def is_anonymous(self):
        return False

    def get_id(self):
        try:
            return unicode(self.id)  # python 2
        except NameError:
            return str(self.id)  # python 3

    def avatar(self, size):
        return 'http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/%s?d=mm&s=%d' % \
            (md5(self.email.encode('utf-8')).hexdigest(), size)

    def follow(self, user):
        if not self.is_following(user):
            self.followed.append(user)
            return self

    def unfollow(self, user):
        if self.is_following(user):
            self.followed.remove(user)
            return self

    def is_following(self, user):
        return self.followed.filter(
            followers.c.followed_id == user.id).count() > 0

    def followed_posts(self):
        return Post.query.join(
            followers, (followers.c.followed_id == Post.user_id)).filter(
                followers.c.follower_id == self.id).order_by(
                    Post.timestamp.desc())

    def __repr__(self):
        return '<User %r>' % (self.nickname)

class Post(db.Model):
    id = db.Column(db.Integer, primary_key=True)
    body = db.Column(db.String(140))
    timestamp = db.Column(db.DateTime)
    user_id = db.Column(db.Integer, db.ForeignKey('user.id'))

    def __repr__(self):
        return '<Post %r>' % (self.body)

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FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — A Christian woman recently acquitted of blasphemy charges after eight years on death row in Pakistan wants to leave her homeland for any Western country willing to issue visas for her and her family, her lawyer said Tuesday.
Saiful Malook told reporters in Frankfurt that the failure of any country to offer to take them is why Aasia Bibi and her family haven't already left Pakistan. In fact, several countries have offered Bibi asylum, including Canada, Spain and France.
"I hope the Western world is trying to help her," Malook said. He added that talks are taking place with several countries, as well as the European Union, but he didn't give any further details.
Pakistan's Supreme Court judges on Oct. 21 acquitted the 54-year-old mother-of-five of blasphemy charges, but her case has inflamed radical Islamists, some of whom are calling for her death.
Pakistan's Tehreek-e-Labbaik party launched nationwide protests demanding Bibi's public execution and the party's founder, Mohammad Afzal Qadri, called for the death of the three Supreme Court judges who ruled to acquit her. Qadri also called for the overthrow of the Pakistan government. Protests ended after the government agreed to a Supreme Court review. Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan has gone on national television saying that the Supreme Court's decision will be final and upheld.
Bibi's ordeal dates back to 2009, when she went to fetch water for herself and fellow farmworkers. An argument took place after two Muslim women refused to drink from the same container as Bibi, who is Roman Catholic. The women later said Bibi had insulted the Prophet Muhammad, and she was charged with blasphemy. She was put on trial, convicted and sentenced to death in 2010.
Bibi and her family, who are currently at a guarded, secret location in Pakistan, don't speak any foreign languages so it wouldn't matter to them which Western country offered them refuge, Malook said.
The lawyer also left Pakistan after the Supreme Court's acquittal. He said he's also looking for somewhere to stay, and Germany would be one of his preferences because his late wife was German.