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Born on the Fourth of July quotes
Ron Kovic
View Quote Charlie: [to Ron] The bitch thinks it's funny I can't move my dick!
View Quote Lieutenant: [to Ron] It wasn't your fault, goddamn it! They got in the goddamn way!
View Quote Marine Sergeant: [to high school boys] Not everybody can become United States Marines. We want the best and we settle for nothing but the best because there is nothing prouder, nothing finer, nothing standing as straight as a United States Marine. Now they got the Air Force, they got the Navy, they got the Army, they got the Coast Guard - and if you want to join them, go ahead. They got plenty of room. But if you want a challenge, if you want to try something difficult, try to achieve the impossible - try 13 weeks of hell at Parris Island, South Carolina and find out if you got what it takes, find out if you really are a man, then the Marines might be what you are looking for. Tarawa... Iwo Jima... Belleau Wood. First to fight, we have never lost a war. We have always come when our country has called.
View Quote Chaplain: How are you?
Ron Kovic: [weakly] Tell them - they have to operate on me. There's something wrong with me.
Chaplain: The doctors are real busy right now. There's a lot of wounded here today. No time for anything except trying to stay alive, so you got to try and stay alive, okay? You hear me? Try and stay alive. [pause] I've come to give you your last rites. Are you ready?
Ron Kovic: [weakly] Yeah.
Chaplain: I am the Resurrection and the Life. He who believes in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live, and whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. You brught nothing into this world, and it is certain that you will take nothing out of it. The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.
View Quote Doctor: We want to make one thing very clear to you, Ron. The possibility of your ever walking again is minimal... almost impossible. You're a T6 - paralyzed from the mid-chest down. Probably... you'll be in a wheelchair for the rest of your life. [pause] Do you understand what I'm saying?
Ron Kovic: Well, doctor...
Doctor: Hmm?
Ron Kovic: Doctor, will I ever be able to - to have children?
Doctor: No. [pause] No, but we have a good psychologist. He's helped a lot of people.
Ron Kovic: I'll walk again.
Doctor: No you won't...
Ron Kovic: No, I know I'll walk again!
Doctor: No, let me tell you something, Ron. You will never walk again.
View Quote Mrs. Kovic: [entering Ron's room, beaming] Ronnie, Ronnie, you're doing the right thing! Communism has to be stopped! It's God's will that you go, and I'm proud of you. [gently pats his shoulder] Just be careful, that's all.
Ron Kovic: Don't you know what it means to me to be a Marine, Dad? Ever since I was a kid I've wanted this - I've wanted to serve my country - and I want to go. I want to go to Vietnam - and I'll die there if I have to.
View Quote Ron Kovic: [attempting to walk in the hospital] Am I good? Hey, [drags himself forward] am I good?
Willie: Man, you're one crazy Marine, Kovic - so gung-ho and everything, but you don't know shit about what's really happenin' in this country.
Ron Kovic: **** you, Willie.
Willie: I'm serious man. It ain't about burnin' the flag and Vietnam, man. While we fight for rights over there, we ain't got no rights at home. It's about Detroit and Newark, man. It's about racism, man.
Ron Kovic: Is that right?
Willie: Because you can't get no job at home. Vietnam is a white man's war, a rich man's war.
Ron Kovic: [contemptuously] Where's my money?
Willie: I'm serious, man, you gotta read some books. There's a revolution going on, Kovic. Brothers are gettin' it together, and if you ain't part of the solution, man, then you're part of the problem.
View Quote Ron Kovic: [confessing that he had accidentally killed their son in Vietnam] I'm sorry, I just had to come here to tell you. I've been afraid for years to come here and tell you. But, I've lived with this long enough. I can't live with it anymore... I can't bring him back. Forgive me... I want to live. I want to go on with my life. I'm sorry, but that's what happened. That's the way it happened, and I can't change a thing.
Mrs. Wilson: We understand, Ron. We understand the pain you've been going through.
Mr. Wilson: We understand, son, we do understand the way...these things happen... in war.
Jaimie Wilson: What's done is done, sir. I can't ever forgive you... but maybe the Lord can.
View Quote Ron Kovic: [to a news camera, outside the 1972 Republican Convention] Do you hear me? Can I break through your complacency? Can I have an inch... a moment of your compassion for the human beings that are suffering in this war? Do you hear me when I say this war is a crime? When I say I am not as bitter about my wound as the men who have lied to the people of this country? Do you hear me?
Ron Kovic: Why do they want to hide us? Why won't they let the veterans of that war speak tonight? Because they don't wanna know, they don't wanna see us. They wanna hide us because they've lied and cheated to us for so long - but we're not gonna run away and hide anymore. We're gonna win because we love this country. We love this country more than they could ever know. We fought for it. We gave our bodies because we loved it and believed everything it stood for, and tonight we're ashamed of it. And we've come from all the little towns, thousands of us to get this country back again; to make it whole again. Truth, honesty, integrity - this is the lost American dream here tonight, and we're gonna take it back!
Ron Kovic: We're never, never gonna let the people of the United States forget that war, because the moment we do, there's gonna be another war, and another, and another. That's why we're gonna be there for the rest of our lives telling you that the war happened - it wasn't just some nightmare - it happened, and you're not gonna sweep it under the rug because you didn't like the ratings, like some television show. This wheelchair, our wheelchairs, this steel, our steel is your Memorial Day on wheels, we are your Yankee Doodle Dandy coming home...
Republican delegate: Traitor! [spits in Ron's face]
Ron Kovic: Is that what we get? Spit in the face! I've got as much right to be here as any of these delegates. I fought for that right. You're not gonna stop me! You're not gonna shut me up! I'm gonna remind you of this war for the rest of my life so what happened there never happens again!
View Quote Ron Kovic: I've been laying in my own shit for the last three hours. I've been pushing my call button and nobody comes. Why can't I have a bath? Why can't the sheets be changed in this goddamn place? Why can't the vomit be wiped off the goddamn floor once in a while?
Nurse Washington: Don't you raise your voice to me Mr. Kovic, you watch your mouth.
Ron Kovic: Look at my leg. It's twice as big as it ever was. When are you people gonna help me? I wanna see the doctor now!
Nurse Washington: He's not available now. He's too busy.
Ron Kovic: He's always too busy.
Marvin: What's eating you now, Kovic? You going off the deep end?
Ron Kovic: [grabbing Marvin] ****ing shit! What do I have to do to make you people listen to me? I wanna be treated like a ****ing human being! [slaps the valium hypodermic out of the nurse's hand] I don't want this ****ing shit! You wann keep me drugged all the time so I don't know what's going on. This place is a ****in' slum!
Marvin: You want out of here, man? Fine. We take that leg of yours, and we can get you out of here in two weeks!
Ron Kovic: I want my leg.
Marvin: Why?
Ron Kovic: I want my leg!
Marvin: Why? You can't feel it no how!
Ron Kovic: [incredulous and angry] It's my leg! I want my leg, you understand? Can't you understand that? All's I'm sayin' is that I want to be treated like a human being! I fought for my country! I am a Vietnam veteran! I fought for my country!
Patient: [off-camera] Shut the **** up!
Ron Kovic: And I think that I deserve to be treated... decent!
Marvin: Vietnam? Vietnam don't mean nothing to me man, or any of these other people. You can take your Vietnam and shove it up your ass.
View Quote Ron Kovic: In church they said that it's a sin if you play with your penis, I wish I could.
Mrs. Kovic: Don't say penis in this house!
Ron Kovic: Penis! Penis! Big ****ing erect penis! Penis!
Mrs. Kovic: Stop!
View Quote Ron Kovic: They burned the flag and they demonstrated against us; it's on the cover of the paper today. They have no respect. They have no idea what's going on over there, Mom - the men that are sacrificing their lives. People are dying every day over there, and nobody back here even seems to care. It's a bunch of goddamn shit if you ask me!
Mrs. Kovic: Ronnie, don't take the Lord's name in vain - not in front of the children. I agree with everything you say!
Ron Kovic: I served my country - and they just want to take from it - just take, take! Love it or leave it, that's what I think.
View Quote Ron Kovic: We went to Vietnam to stop communism!... We shot women and children!
Mrs. Kovic: You didn't shoot women and children! What are you saying?
Ron Kovic: That was the war, communism, the insidious evil! They told us to go.
Mrs. Kovic: Yes, yes that's what they told us.
Ron Kovic: Thou shalt not kill, Mom. Thou shalt not kill women and children! Thou shalt not kill! Remember? Isn't that what you taught us? Isn't that what they taught us?
Mrs. Kovic: Stop it! Stop it!
Ron Kovic: But they're the evil, Mom. They're the ones we should be fighting. They lied to me growing up, they lied to all of us, but it's not gonna work anymore. Not for you... for me... for anybody else.
Mrs. Kovic: Stop it, stop it! As long as you're in this house, you will not talk that way. Eli, please stop him.
Mr. Kovic: Ron, come one now... you made your point.
Ron Kovic: No, I didn't make my point. Tell her, Dad. They're killing everybody now. It's all falling apart, Mom! King. Kenndy. Kent State. We all lost the war, Mom. ****ing Communism won! It's all for nothing! Tell her, Dad, it's all a lie. Tell her God's as dead as my legs. There's no God and there's no country. It's just me... and this wheelchair... forever.
View Quote Ron Kovic: When I was in the hospital, I thought, yeah - yeah, this makes sense.
Timmy Burns: What makes sense?
Ron Kovic: Because I failed, Timmy.
Timmy Burns: What are you talking about?
Ron Kovic: Because I - I killed some - people; I made some terrible - mistakes!
Timmy Burns: Oh, for Christ's sake, Ronnie, we all made mistakes. I mean, you - you had no choice. That's something that those goddamn pansy demonstrators ain't never gonna understand! Now, you don't even have to talk about it, Ronnie; I mean, it was insane over there! It was crazy!
Ron Kovic: Sometimes I wish, I wish I'd - The first time I got hit, I was shot in the foot. I could have laid down, I mean - who gives a **** now if I was a hero or not? I was paralyzed, castrated that day; why? It was all so - stupid! I'd have my dick and my balls now, and some days, Timmy - some days I think I'd give everything I believe in - everything I got, all my values, just to have my body back again, just to be whole again. But I'm not whole; I never will be, and that's - that's the way it is, isn't it?
Timmy Burns: [after a slight pause] For Christ's sake, Ronnie, it's your birthday. You're alive. You made it! Smile.
View Quote Ron Kovic: Why did the Russians beat us into space, Dad?
Mr. Kovic: Well, the Russians, they don't even bother feeding their people. They put all their money into weapons and things like that.
Ron Kovic: But we're supposed to be the best, right, Dad?
Mr. Kovic: You bet we are, but we've been pretty stupid too. We put the Russians back on their feet after World War II and they took Hungary, Poland, half of Europe - and they still want more.
Mrs. Kovic: Communism is an insidious evil, Ronnie. They don't believe in God and if we don't watch out, they're gonna take over this country someday.
Ron Kovic: But don't people know? Why don't we stop them? We're supposed to be the best. We can't let them take over our country, Dad, what's wrong?
Mr. Kovic: Well, people are scared of 'em... I think everybody's scared of 'em these days.
Ron Kovic: I'm not. I'm not scared of 'em! I hate the Communists. I really hate them. We're gonna come back and beat them someday.


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In microbiology, it is used in the MacConkey agar to differentiate bacteria for lactose fermentation.

Neutral red can be used as a vital stain. The Neutral Red Cytotoxicity Assay was first developed by Ellen Borenfreund in 1984. In the Neutral Red Assay live cells incorporate neutral red into their lysosomes. As cells begin to die, their ability to incorporate neutral red diminishes. Thus, loss of neutral red uptake corresponds to loss of cell viability. The neutral red is also used to stain cell cultures for plate titration of viruses.

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29 March 2019 - NASHVILLE, Tenn. | BRIGHTON (U.K.) - Today Martin Smith, the acclaimed worship artist, songwriter, and producer, releases his second single "Fire's Gonna Fall" (Integrity Music).
27 March 2019 - Nashville, Tenn - Worship leader, songwriter, husband and father Jon Egan has created a gathering of worshipful songs, titled Unveil, releasing March 29 with Integrity Music.
Embarks On Headlining "The Own It Tour," Kicking Off March 21 In Washington, D.C.
Provident Label Group/Sony Music has announced the signing of multi-award winning artist, songwriter, author and well-known storyteller Matthew West to their roster.
Big Daddy Weave's New Single & Music Video - "Alive" - Out Now!
Black River Christian artist/songwriter Hannah Kerr's newest single, "Split the Sea," is at Christian radio now after being one of the most added singles on add date.
29 March 2019 - NASHVILLE, Tenn. | BRIGHTON (U.K.) - Today Martin Smith, the acclaimed worship artist, songwriter, and producer, releases his second single "Fire's Gonna Fall" (Integrity Music).29 March 2019 - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (U.S.) | BRIGHTON (U.K.) - Today Martin Smith, the acclaimed worship artist, songwriter, and producer, releases his second single "Fire's Gonna Fall" (Integrity Music) to all digital sales and streaming platforms. Joined by a lyric video, the song is the follow-up to "Great & Glorious," which released earlier this month. Both songs will be featured on Smith's upcoming studio album, titled Iron Lung, slated for release later this spring. Further details about the new album are to follow.
27 March 2019 - Nashville, Tenn - Worship leader, songwriter, husband and father Jon Egan has created a gathering of worshipful songs, titled Unveil, releasing March 29 with Integrity Music."Unveil is for the bold. It's for those tenacious and wild enough to cry out for the veils of this world to be ripped away to reveal the hope and promise of God, to behold Him and watch Him breakthrough the night." - Jon Egan 27 March 2019 - Nashville, Tenn - With his first solo project, worship leader, songwriter, husband and father Jon Egan has created a gathering of worshipful songs that can only come from the furnace of real life. Releasing Unveil this Friday, March 29 (Integrity Music), his 13-song live collection is wrapped full of songs bearing hope, joy, and community.
Provident Label Group/Sony Music has announced the signing of multi-award winning artist, songwriter, author and well-known storyteller Matthew West to their roster. 7 March 2019 - Franklin, TN - Provident Label Group/Sony Music has announced the signing of multi-award winning artist, songwriter, author and well-known storyteller Matthew West to their roster. In conjunction with their new partnership is the newly-created imprint Story House Music, which mirrors West's management company, Story House Collective. With support from Provident, West will develop and launch young artists' careers through the new imprint.
Big Daddy Weave's New Single & Music Video – "Alive" – Out Now!


Just about everyone in West Michigan needs to have a car or truck for transportation. If you have a suspended license, you are not allowed to legally drive on West Michigan roads. This is why we recommend retaining The Criminal Defense Law Center of West Michigan to represent you if you are trying to get back your suspended license.
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So what are the main reasons a person gets their license suspended or revoked? Let's go over these reasons below.
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President Trump wants to celebrate the troops with a big, beautiful military parade through Washington, DC.
The Pentagon and White House officials are in discussions to hold a grand event this year featuring soldiers marching and tanks rolling down the streets of the nation's capital to highlight America's armed forces, the Washington Post reported Tuesday.
The commander-in-chief has been pushing for an American military parade after being wowed at France's Bastille Day celebration last summer in Paris with French President Emmanuel Macron.
Trump admitted being dazzled by an array of crisply dressed French troops marching down Avenue des Champs-Elysees accompanied by tanks and other armored vehicles, with F-16 fighter jets providing air power above and blowing streaks of blue, white and red smoke to represent the French flag.
Fulfilling the president's wish became more of a priority when Trump personally discussed the matter during a Jan. 18 meeting with top generals at the Pentagon.
The attendees, who included Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joe Dunford, took Trump's wish as an order, officials told the Washington Post.
"The president wants to do something that highlights the service and sacrifice of the military and have a unifying moment for the country," one official said.
No date has been set for the celebration.
The Pentagon reportedly prefers Veterans Day on Nov. 11 — which would coincide with the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I.


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March Madness Delivers Big Time with Advertisers
Ads, Advanced TV, Business, DRTV, Marketing
There may be no better sporting event that epitomizes the multi-channel media consumption available to modern consumers than March Madness. The three month-long tournament offers a slew of options for brands that want to connect with the millions (and millions and millions) of fans who watch the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.
It's a Media Mix Marketing bonanza, babbbbby!
How can a fan enjoy March Madness? What channels are available for advertisers? Let us count the ways:
LIVE BROADCAST TELEVISION:
Since 1982 the NCAA has had a relationship with CBS, who has been the primary broadcast partner. Games are available nationwide and internationally over broadcast TV.
In 2011, the group of networks paid $10.8 billion to the NCAA for the rights to televise the tournament through 2025, a record sum.
LIVE CABLE TELEVISION:
In the first four full days of the tournament, there are dozens of games, many of them taking place simultaneously. To accommodate this, while one game is aired on broadcast television via CBS, other games are shown on TNT, TBS, and TruTV, frequently using CBS or regional announcers. The expansion of broadcasts to cable TV has elevated the stature and reach of the tournament, making it an all-day viewing event.
STREAM ON MARCH MADNESS LIVE:
March Madness Live is a joint cross-platform service by CBS, Turner Broadcasting, the NCAA. It's an app, a website, a stunning visual experience that allows the fan to practically become the director of the show. From March Madness Live, fans can watch up to eight games simultaneously and even choose to see replays and highlights in-game. A few years ago the app introduced the "Boss Button," which you can press when someone is over your shoulder and you don't want them to know you're not working. The beauty of March Madness Live is that it works well on a computer, smart TV, tablet, or even a cell phone.
NATIONAL AND REGIONAL RADIO COVERAGE:
Currently, CBS Radio and ESPN Radio share rights to tournament games, with both partners streaming those same broadcasts over the Internet as well.
LIVE SCORES:
Fans can access real-time scoring updates via the March Madness app or via several partner apps for smart phones or smart TVs. Google provides real-time scoring updates on their search results pages in conjunction with CBS and its broadcast partners.
BRACKET FUN AND SOCIAL MEDIA:
Every March, there are 70 million brackets filled out for the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. It's estimated that about 45 million people participate, according to the American Gaming Association. The beauty of a bracket is the way it personalizes the event, connecting the fan to the tournament in a way that makes them feel invested. There's no telling how many more beers have been sold thanks to the invention of the bracket (which apparently first emerged at a bar in Staten island in 1977).
Brackets started as simple hand-drawn sheets of paper, but they've evolved into fully interactive apps embedded into websites or on your phone. They can be filled out via social media and immediately shared with friends and family. Because of this, brackets and the conversations and communities that pop up around them are ripe opportunities for advertisers. At last check, there were no fewer than two dozen "March Madness" apps on Apple's App Store, each of them branded.
That's at least six ways to consume March Madness, a unique event that's more like a spectacle than a sporting event. People who normally wouldn't watch college basketball morph into crazed fanatics for a few weeks, draped in the colors of their favorite school, raising a glass of beer to their friends as they enjoy the games at the local watering hole. Many fans simply root for tournament excitement itself, it's a cause for thrills, a reason to have fun.
FIVE FACTS ABOUT THE MARCH MADNESS AUDIENCE:
In 2019, the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament averaged 10.5 million viewers per game
March Madness ranks second among postseason events for overall marketing spend. In 2019, $738 million was spent by advertisers during the NCAA Tourney. That trails only the NFL postseason (including the Super Bowl), which raked in a cool $900 million in the last reported year (2019).
A 30-second spot during the NCAA Championship Game cost $1.2 million in 2019, or nearly three times as much as a 30-second ad during the 2019 World Series ($420,000).
71% indicate that they watch NCAA Tourney games at home, 12% watch them at a bar, restaurant or other public location, and 24% use a computer to check scores. An impressive number (15%) watch games streamed live on either a computer or mobile device. (According to Neilsen data from 2016)
While the NCAA Tournament reaches fewer people overall (90 million on average since 2016) than the Super Bowl and the World Series, the multi-week nature of the event provides an opportunity for advertisers to create a familiarity with consumers over a longer period of time.
If you wish to reach consumers during events like March Madness, or desire to use television or radio to launch a mass marketing campaign, Koeppel Direct can make it happen. We have decades of experience negotiating ad buys in TV and radio, and we understand the complexities of the modern media. Here's more great news: a Direct Response Marketing campaign doesn't have to swallow your budget. We can help you strategize and implement a campaign that meets your budgetary needs and delivers results.
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Memorizing the Bible: How and Why?
Sunday 17th February, 7pm. Followed by supper.
No! It's not just for children!
We will be considering both how and why we should make an effort at Bible memorization.
As part of the evening, our pastor, Martin, will attempt to recite all 6 chapters of 1st Timothy.
Suitable for all ages – and followed by supper!


water epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The theme for this year's gala, "Water Fuels the Future" recognizes that the availability of clean drinking water is a prerequisite to achieving other development indicators like health, education, gender equality, growth, community commerce, agriculture, and self sufficiency. This year FACE Africa is partnering with The Last Well, a non-profit organization with a mission to reach all of Liberia with clean water. Through this partnership, FACE Africa's goal is to reach nearly 400,000 people in three Liberian counties by the end of 2020. FACE Africa has also launched its inaugural clean water program in Osun State, Nigeria in partnership with the Omoba Gbolahan Ayoola Foundation.
the U.S. with an impressive list of supporters including NBA Hall of Famer and Philanthropist Dikembe Mutombo, Nobel Laureate Leymah Gbowee, Author and Chef Marcus Samuelsson, the Water Initiative's Mr. Kevin McGovern, Urban League President Marc Morial and Nigerian Philanthropist Tony Elumelu.
This year's honoree is Masai Ujiri, President of the Toronto Raptors, and the WASH Gala will be Chaired by United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed. Sponsors include Sundial brands, the September 20 Foundation, RLJ Kendeja Resort and Villas, FTI Consulting, and Ndini, a multimedia platform that tells the extraordinary and untold stories of African women.


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Q: Scala calculating two values in a map I have the following map Map(FULL -> 3854.0, REMAINING -> 3769.0)
I would like to compute the two values such that the (FULL/REMAINING)*100
Is there an good way to do this?  I tried m.foldLeft(0)(_/_._2) but the compilier is complaining about a type mismatch between float and Int?

A: You can fix the type mismatch by specifying 0.0 as the first argument to foldLeft, but that won't make your code right. It will then compute 0.0/3854.0/3769.0 which equals 0.0.
In fact, Map(FULL -> 3854.0, REMAINING -> 3769.0) is not guaranteed to be ordered, so I'm pretty sure the best you can do is m('FULL') / m('REMAINING').
Perhaps you want to create a case class for this instead, in which case you could just say m.full/m.remaining or even make a method to compute that automatically.

A: With a Map, there is no guarantee, that the two value are really present. So you may want to create a class for that, as Ken Bloom already suggested, or do it with the get method of Map, which returns an Option[B]:
val resOpt = for {
  full <- m.get("FULL")
  remainig <- m.get("REMAINING")
} yield (full / remaining) * 100

resOpt.getOrElse(someDefaultValue)

This way you avoid nasty runtime errors.

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We are an NGO (Non Governmental Organization), registered under society Act.Primarily we are working for Education, Health, Women Empowerment Programs, Skill Development Training & Employment Programs to make needy and helpless people of ourcountry employable and sustain their livelihood for good carrier growth. As we know that, the basic requirement to get employment is education and skills.We are mainly focusing to increase numbers of skilled and employed eoples countrywide. Weare making our approach at all unrepresented geographical areas to provide the benefit of programs with the help of corporate and government sectors.
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) assumes significance as it permits companies to engage in projects or programs related to activities related to social welfare and improvement enlisted under the terms of Companies Act, 2013. There is an element of flexibility in company activities by allowing them to select their preferred CSR engagements that are in agreement with the overall CSR policy of the company.
* Projects or programs related to activities undertaken by the Board in pursuance of recommendations of the CSR Committee according to the declared CSR policy subject to the condition that such policy covers subjects explained in the Schedule.
* Companies with a net profit of Rs. 5 crores or greater.
* Relief and funds for the welfare of the Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes, other backward classes, minorities and women and such other matters as may be prescribed.
The corporate social responsibility blends the objective of social development and environmental protection thorough ethical effort. Many nongovernmental organisations in India are engaged in social development and environmental development activities. These organisations are good enough to support the industrial development by ensuring community participation the developmental process. The concept of corporate social responsibility is underpinned by the idea that corporations can no longer act as isolated economic entities operating in detachment from broader society. Corporate Social Responsibility to be looked upon as mutual support programs that ensure development of community near by the industrial area with the expansion and development of the industrial organisations.
In permitted activities "Employment enhancing vocational skills" under CSR, the digital literacy program is mainly focused to make youth employable in IT & Management sector. It has a unique concept for training of candidates in regularly and largely required IT trades to make them employable and sustain their livelihood for good carrier growth.
Digital Literacy Program is being conducted in computer education based trades which are – Computer Accounts in Tally, Desk Top Publishing, Data Entry Operator, Office Assistant (MS-Office), Computer Hardware & Networking.
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6. To start DLP minimum 50 enrollment required.
The course tenure is 90 days. 90 days officially counts without any national and local holidays.
1. 2 Class room with at least 25 students seating capacity.
2. Equipped Lab with 10-15 computers and internet connection.
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2. Details of any previous project of CSR or any other program executed on Govt.Funds.
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Q: specific fabric binary is not available to download (on raspberry pi) I am trying to set up a hyperledger fabric on raspberry pi 4. I tried many ways but I always get unable to download latest or any hyperledger fabric binaries or " platform specific fabric binary is not available to download". for example the result is like this:
Clone hyperledger/fabric-samples repo
===> Cloning hyperledger/fabric-samples repo
Cloning into 'fabric-samples'...
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remote: Counting objects: 100% (29/29), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (14/14), done.
remote: Total 9101 (delta 13), reused 19 (delta 11), pack-reused 9072
Receiving objects: 100% (9101/9101), 5.14 MiB | 676.00 KiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (4855/4855), done.
fabric-samples v2.4.0 does not exist, defaulting to main. fabric-samples main branch is intended to work with recent versions of fabric.
Pull Hyperledger Fabric binaries
===> Downloading version 2.4.0 platform specific fabric binaries
===> Downloading:  https://github.com/hyperledger/fabric/releases/download/v2.4.0/hyperledger-fabric-linux-aarch64-2.4.0.tar.gz
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I tried so many ways but I always ended up with a fabric-sample folder that has no bin or fabric binary. Does anyone did have the same trouble and fixed it? Please help. Thank You

A: The platforms for Hyperledger Fabric and available images are listed in the releases page
We don't build for any ARM based device. Though we do know members of the community have done this; I don't know what the 'state-of-the-art' is.

A: I already found the answer/solution on https://githubmate.com/repo/maciejjedrzejczyk/hlf-arm64. I guess for me, the reason why there is a "2.4.0 platform specific fabric binary is not available to download" is that it's different when installing an hyperledger fabric on Raspberry Pi.


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Nascar Betting Odds Loudon New Hampshire
Eric Roberts 2013-09-21 in SBO Weekly
Last week the rains came, and all of the Chase for the Cup drivers slid back a little farther away from the lead. On Sunday, they will gather at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire for the Sylvania 300, which is slated to begin at approximately 2:15 PM ET with television by ESPN.
Matt Kenseth, who is the top driver in the Cup standings, extended his lead with a win in the GEICO 400 outside Chicago last weekend, and with Kyle Busch winning second, that made for a 1-2 finish for Joe Gibbs Racing. Kevin Harvick, Kurt Busch, Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon were the next four in order. Those competitors represent six of the top seven Chase drivers.
In the NASCAR betting odds that have been posted at Bovada, here are the drivers who are priced at 25/1 or below for Sunday's race:
Jimmie Johnson +450
Kyle Busch +700
Matt Kenseth +800
Jeff Gordon +900
Kasey Kahne +900
Kurt Busch +900
Brad Keselowski +1000
Clint Bowyer +1000
Carl Edwards +1200
Denny Hamlin +1200
Kevin Harvick +1200
Ryan Newman +1800
Dale Earnhardt Jr. +2000
Joey Logano +2200
Brian Vickers +2500
The driver with the highest rating at Loudon is no factor in this field, because it's Tony Stewart, who is out with an injury. That leaves Jeff Gordon, who as we know was included into the Chase field as a 13th driver. Gordon is priced as one of the favorites at 9/1, and for good reason. He has won three times at New Hampshire, with 16 top-five finishes, in 37 appearances there. During one stretch, he won the summer race there three years in a row, but those races were in 1997, 1998 and 1999. However, he did win the pole for last year's race, which was eventually won by Denny Hamlin +1200.
Jimmie Johnson is the favorite in Sunday's race, and that is not a big surprise. He brings a very strong resume on this New Hampshire track, having won three times, and he was the Sylvania 300 champion back in 2003.
Brian Vickers won the pole there back in 2005, and in the process became the youngest driver ever to do that. He's not involved in the Chase, and is 25/1 to win the race, but he is still in a firestorm, especially as he has lashed out at critics who have blasted him for trying to help.
He has told reporters that if his teammates needed him again, "and it was of no consequence to me, my team or our partners, I would make the same decision time and time again."
Some of the big news involved hardship for his Michael Waltrip Racing team that has been experienced in the wake of the penalties issued by NASCAR over the incidents that happened in Richmond, as Vickers and his teammate, Clint Bowyer, were trying to help Martin Truex Jr. (28/1 at Bovada this week) get into the Chase. NAPA announced that it has pulled the sponsorship from MWR, effective at the end of the season. That agreement had some years to go, and was worth $16 million annually.
Bowyer, it should be mentioned, has won Chase races in Loudon in both 2007 and 2010. Those are his two wins at the venue. He is still looking for his first win of the 2013 campaign. And by the way, so is the Sprint Cup points leader, Matt Kenseth, who has won six races this year (including last week at Chicagoland) but never one in New Hampshire. This is clearly not his favorite place; in fact, among all the drivers in this field, his driver rating is only 20th best. Interestingly enough, he has had 1,040 Green Flag Passes (yes, that's a NASCAR stat), which is the most in this field at this track. However, at +800 he may be a driver to shy away from.
One interesting proposition could be another Chase driver, Joey Logano, who has had some success at New Hampshire. It was the site of his first Sprint Cup win in 2009, which made him the youngest driver (at age 19) to accomplish that feat. In ten races there, he has been in the top ten four times. And he is just coming into his own as a driver. Could he make a bold move and cash a ticket at +2200?
Remember to bet on this and all other Nascar races, go to www.bovada.lv, the leading US sportsbook.
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Deaf outfielder deserves a place in the Hall of Fame
Each year, I make my best pitch for the induction of William Ellsworth "Dummy" Hoy into the National Baseball Hall […]
Each year, I make my best pitch for the induction of William Ellsworth "Dummy" Hoy into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. He definitely should be there. And what better time to make the pitch than right before the World Series?
Hoy was deaf and one of the best outfielders ever. The Ohio native began his professional baseball career in 1886 in Oshkosh, Wis.
He played for the Washington Nationals, Louisville Colonels, Chicago White Sox, and Cincinnati Reds from 1888-1902. In that era, deaf players often had the nickname "Dummy." Hoy was the third deaf player in the Major League.
He was on the 1901 White Sox team capturing the first American League pennant, and has been inducted into the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame. He had 2,054 career hits, a .288 lifetime batting average, 1,004 walks, led both leagues in walks once, one league in steals, threw out three runners at home in one game, and had 600 career steals. He held the Major League record until 1920 for most games played by a centerfielder. Above all, he most likely was the reason umpires began using hand signals to indicate balls, strikes, and outs.
Recently I corresponded with Steve Sandy, who for more than two decades has led the charge for Hoy's induction. Sandy was born deaf. In an email, he said, "I've been on this project since 1989 and haven't given up yet on getting Dummy Hoy into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Dummy Hoy is a Deaf icon." He has contacted sports reporters, done television interviews, and helped get the word out through letter writing, social media, lecturing and more. Sandy played a role in getting Hoy into the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame and is producer of a proposed two-hour feature film, which will be the fourth film about Hoy's amazing life.
Besides playing baseball, Hoy supervised hundreds of deaf employees at a Goodyear manufacturing plant during World War I and became a company executive. He was the first athlete inducted into the American Athletic Association of the Deaf Hall of Fame. At age 99, he was honored to throw out the first pitch in Game 3 of the 1961 Yankees-Reds World Series.
Sandy has been putting together a petition in support of Hoy and so far has 3,000 signatures. His goal is 25,000. Visit his Facebook site at Dummy Hoy: A Deaf Hero. Sandy urges readers to "make some noise" to help Hoy make the Hall.
Editor's note: More on Hoy's remarkable life and career can be found online. Hoy became deaf after a bout with from meningitis at age three. In Hoy's early years, the word "dumb" was used to describe someone who could not speak, rather than as a pejorative. Histories note that Hoy himself often corrected individuals who addressed him as William. He referred to himself as "Dummy" which is ironic considering he was one of the most intelligent and physically gifted athletes of his day.
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Harvest guidelines. Operate at 2.8 to 3.0 miles per hour. Stripper plates or snapping bars should be adjusted to prevent ears from passing through. Chain flights over the stripper plates should be adjusted to extend beyond the plate edges about 1/4 inch. Ears should be snapped near the upper third of snapping roll. Snouts should float on the ground with chains just above the ground.


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The Department of Music is a vibrant hub of musical creativity at the University, reaching across our city and far beyond. Your support has helped to ensure that the Department can continue to thrive for future generations.
Acknowledged as a world-leader in its creative, practical and scholarly approach to music, the Department of Music aims to support and inspire future generations of musicians by providing advanced and extracurricular musical training to all those with outstanding talent and ambition. In 2015/16 the Department celebrated its 50th Anniversary, and the Music at 50 Fund was launched to help to ensure continued success.
The Music at 50 Fund has raised over £30,000
The Music at 50 Fund aimed to raise sufficient funds to provide financial assistance to:
outstanding musicians, through scholarships, bursaries and travel prizes, to inspire the most ambitious students to gain additional experience;
host professional seminars and master classes;
purchase high quality instruments.
To date, the appeal has raised over £30,000, with an additional gift from donor Colleen Copley who has sponsored Tenor section in the University of York Department of Music in memory of her late husband, Trevor Copley, who held an Honorary Doctorate from the University in recognition of his work with St Leonard's Hospice.
The Department has been delighted by the generosity of alumni and friends, and extend sincere thanks to everyone who has supported the appeal and who continues to give regular donations to the University.
Discover more about the Department of Music or continue to support the Music Development Fund.
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The Soul of Medicine encourages medical students and practitioners to recognize the spiritual dimensions of medicine, to consider how these dimensions inform their own education and practice, and to be compassionate about their patients'—and their own—religious beliefs.


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Additive effects of HLA alleles and innate immune genes determine viral outcome in HCV infection
Fitzmaurice, Karen; Hurst, Jacob; Dring, Megan; Rauch, Andri; McLaren, Paul J; Günthard, Huldrych F; Gardiner, Clair; Klenerman, Paul (2015). Additive effects of HLA alleles and innate immune genes determine viral outcome in HCV infection. Gut, 64(5):813-819.
BACKGROUND: Chronic HCV infection is a leading cause of liver-related morbidity globally. The innate and adaptive immune responses are thought to be important in determining viral outcomes. Polymorphisms associated with the IFNL3 (IL28B) gene are strongly associated with spontaneous clearance and treatment outcomes.
OBJECTIVE: This study investigates the importance of HLA genes in the context of genetic variation associated with the innate immune genes IFNL3 and KIR2DS3.
DESIGN: We assess the collective influence of HLA and innate immune genes on viral outcomes in an Irish cohort of women (n=319) who had been infected from a single source as well as a more heterogeneous cohort (Swiss Cohort, n=461). In the Irish cohort, a number of HLA alleles are associated with different outcomes, and the impact of IFNL3-linked polymorphisms is profound.
RESULTS: Logistic regression was performed on data from the Irish cohort, and indicates that the HLA-A*03 (OR 0.36 (0.15 to 0.89), p=0.027) -B*27 (OR 0.12 (0.03 to 0.45), p=<0.001), -DRB1*01:01 (OR 0.2 (0.07 to 0.61), p=0.005), -DRB1*04:01 (OR 0.31 (0.12 to 0.85, p=0.02) and the CC IFNL3 rs12979860 genotypes (OR 0.1 (0.04 to 0.23), p<0.001) are significantly associated with viral clearance. Furthermore, DQB1*02:01 (OR 4.2 (2.04 to 8.66), p=0.008), KIR2DS3 (OR 4.36 (1.62 to 11.74), p=0.004) and the rs12979860 IFNL3 'T' allele are associated with chronic infection. This study finds no interactive effect between IFNL3 and these Class I and II alleles in relation to viral clearance. There is a clear additive effect, however. Data from the Swiss cohort also confirms independent and additive effects of HLA Class I, II and IFNL3 genes in their prediction of viral outcome.
CONCLUSIONS: This data supports a critical role for the adaptive immune response in the control of HCV in concert with the innate immune response.
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https://doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-2013-306287
Fitzmaurice, Karen Hurst, Jacob Dring, Megan Rauch, Andri McLaren, Paul J Günthard, Huldrych F Gardiner, Clair Klenerman, Paul


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Deal or no deal? What do the UK and EU negotiating objectives tell us?
As the UK-EU negotiations begin, what do the two sides positions tell us about the likley outcome?
This week the UK Government published its negotiating objectives ahead of the commencement of negotiations with the EU next week. The EU set out theirs earlier in the week following agreement by the European Council on 25 February.
The UK Government has set regulatory autonomy as its core objective for the negotiations and is using precedent from the EU-Japan, EU- Canada (CETA) and EU-South Korea agreements when structing its asks for the UK-EU deal. The EU has broadly accepted this request, using EU precedent to structure much of its own negotiating objectives.
However, there are three main sticking points between the two sides. The so called 'level playing field', the governance arrangement and fishing rights.
The EU argues that due to the size and proximity of the UK to the trading bloc the UK must accept enhanced provisions on a level playing field, where the UK must update its rules so that they are equivalent to those of the EU in areas such as competition, tax and state aid. In state aid the EU has made a specific request that EU state aid rules continue to apply within the UK. These requests are due to EU concerns that the UK may pursue deregulation and Government subsidies that may undercut the Single Market. While the UK Government has made oral commitments to maintaining high standards, trust is low between the two sides with the EU believing a legal mechanism is required in the agreement to protect its market.
There are also disagreements over the governance arrangement for the Agreement, with the EU requesting a comprehensive Governance and arbitration structure, while the UK would prefer a more limited governance structure more akin to those included in the EU's agreements with Canada, Japan and South Korea.
The EU is also seeking to protect its access to UK fishing waters through the free trade agreement while the UK does not want fishing access within the scope of the agreement, instead subject to separate negotiating rounds over quotas and access.
However beyond these three sticking points there is a high degree of alignment between the two sides, providing a clearly identifiable landing zone if the above issues can be bridged.
Aside to the trade agreement the UK will also seek to be granted equivalence status for financial services and data (data adequacy). The political declaration calls for both sides to make best efforts to conclude these agreements in July and December respectively.
Both the UK Government and EU have suggested that they will use the high-level progress meeting in June agreed between the UK and the EU in the political declaration as a critical junction point whereby the progress of the negotiations will be reviewed. At this point the UK Government will assess whether the UK's attention should move away from negotiations and focus solely on domestic preparations for a no trade deal scenario.
Overall there is clearly a deal to be had, even within the tight timeframe, if the UK and the EU can make the necessary compromises and divine the creative solutions needed to bridge their differences on the three main sticking points of the level playing field, governance arrangement and fishing rights.
The UK's decision to structure its asks along the lines of what exists in already agreed free trade agreements such as in the EU's agreements with Canada, Japan and South Korea, as well as the EU's agreements in principal with Mexico and Australia will help a deal be concluded with clear precedent to draw upon. UK Ministers have been briefed not to use words such as "bespoke", "unique" or "deep and special partnership" so that messaging is consistent and that avenues for the EU to try and broaden the negotiations are restricted.
For the tech sector the high level of agreement between the both sides is to be welcomed, however as 'nothing is agreed until everything is agreed' techUK urges both sides to be creative and pragmatic in resolving their differences.
The UK tech sector is the largest in Europe and highly integrated into EU markets. In some sectors, such as fintech the UK accounts for more than half of all investment in EU tech and has created more unicorns (companies valued at over $1 billion) than any other EU country. A failure to reach an agreement would damage both the UK and the EU tech sectors, reducing the international standing and competitiveness of both parties.
In any scenario where a deal is agreed the final deal will resemble a standard third country free trade agrement. This means things will change no matter the outcome with increased friction in the importing and exporting of goods as well as the trade in services. techUK members will therefore need to prepare for these outcomes, first of all by addressing known knowns such as building up capacity to handle importing and exporting, HR capacity to manage new business visa requirements and identifying named individuals to be appointed as representatives to EU regulators.
However, both sides in their negotiating objectives have spelled out a desire to establish frameworks and partnerships to allow for information sharing and efforts to reduce any friction to the minimum possible under this kind of free trade agreement. techUK will continue to engage with both the UK Government and the EU to identify the best mechanisms to do this, however this is likely to be a gradual process with friction being reduced over time after any agreement has been reached.
The UK Government must also ensure that this agreement is successful by supporting businesses prepare for the future relationship. This will mean ensuring businesses have the correct information throughout the process. Allowing them to begin preparations for the known knowns (such increased friction at the border and HR capacity for moving staff around), as well as updating guidance throughout the year as new information becomes available, allowing businesses to pace their work and prepare with confidence.
The Government must also seek to take pragmatic decisions that support businesses at the point of the new relationship entering into force. For example, unilaterally recognising EU certification and regulatory processes in the immediate term to reduce costs faced by business before seeking, where advantageous, to diverge later. The Government should also seek to phase in parts of the agreement where there may not be enough time to prepare appropriately if negotiations are concluded late in the process.
Finally, the Government must push ahead with its pro tech agenda. The UK is one of the easiest places in Europe and the world to set up and run a businesses, maintaining this and ensuring the continuation and improvement of the UK's high standard, business friendly and competitive environment will be as important as securing a good deal with the EU for the medium and long term success of the tech sector as well as the wider economy.
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Height: 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
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All the hummus you can eat
May 22, 2018 18:42 CEST in Warszawa, Poland
Hummus, mixed olives and red wine. That was our dinner on the first evening in Israel, and on pretty much every other evening we were there. Israeli cuisine is deeply rooted in Middle Eastern tradition, but it's also so much more. Especially in Tel Aviv, where cultures mix freely, unleashing their tastes onto local foodies.
Tel-Aviv is for living
There's not much to see here. Some bauhaus buildings, two markets, maybe one or two neighborhoods. But so much to do! Exercise, eat, party and spend afternoons lazily in one of the street cafes. It's a perfectly livable city, with lots of variety, plenty of freedom and few annoyances.
Weight watchers' nightmare
April 15, 2017 19:44 CEST in Warszawa, Poland
Two kilograms each, and none of it is muscle. That's how much weight we gained during the two weeks of eating Indian food. There's so much of it, and so diverse, we wanted to try everything. And it's often so good, it's hard to stop eating, even when we know we should.
Cruising Kerala's backwaters
April 6, 2017 07:50 IST in Kainakary, India
The lazying around continues. We moved away from the open sea and onto the backwaters of Kerala—900km of waterways spread along 200km of the Indian shore. Our home for the next two days is a kettuvalam—a houseboat with two bedrooms, a captain, and a cook—surrounded by water, small villages, palm trees and rice fields.
Chasing sunsets
April 3, 2017 06:30 IST in Kuzhupilly Beach, India
Sound of sea waves crashing against the shore. Their melody putting us to sleep and welcoming us to every new day. We're in Kuzhupilly Beach, just north of Kochi. The moment we arrived we knew it was a most fortunate decision to spend a full four days and nights here, relaxing, recharging, looking out to sea.
First impressions of Bengaluru
March 28, 2017 06:24 IST in Bengaluru, India
We're quite surprised at how comfortable we are feeling here. It's hot, it's hectic, there's a billion people in the streets, there's litter everywhere and we keep fending off rikshaw drivers peddling their services. Yet, we're really confident walking these here streets. They're familiar.
Rice nation
October 27, 2016 14:30 WITA in Sanur, Bali, Indonesia
Nasi goreng comes with rice (it's literally "fried rice"), Mie goreng with noodles (accordingly "fried noodles"). Both basics around here, the former local Indonesian, the latter imported from China. Lest you think if you order them "with chicken" you'll actually notice the little poultry scraps. Meat in Bali is at a premium.
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Meet Maarten Van Der Horst | The 'tropical-loving' designer
Maarten Van Der Horst
As if the world of fashion isn't colourful enough, this new & upcoming designer has shed a new ray of sunshine on the industry. Meet Maarten Van Der Horst the designer with the 'party beach fun' aesthetic.
Maarten was born to an Indonesian mother, and a Dutch father, and was brought up in the Netherlands. His interest in design began from an early age. He studied at Artez school of art, during that time he also interned with Chloé while in Paris. He felt that his internship had equipped him "enough to do his own thing". Shortly afterwards he moved to London and graduated from his MA Womenswear course from Central Saint Martins. He then launched his debut collection for SS12, and has not looked back since. He is continuing to showcase his work under Lulu Kennedy's Fashion East. In June he debuted his new unisex line during the first ever Menswear Fashion Week, London Collections: Men with a static presentation.
What's striking about Maarten's designs is that they are effortlessly chic and fun, his signature creations incorporates the use of intricately embroidered nylon materials with vivid and unusual tropical prints that are conventionally used for Hawaiian shirts. The line gushes with bold light-hearted fun which still focusses on detailed tailoring and flattering silhouettes. The designer enjoys experimenting with masculine/feminine clash, boxy cuts used to exude the sharp boyish elements as well complimenting the female figure. Maarten has forged a gallery of unexpected designs created with bold prints and colours, "its all about surprises and having fun doing it" he admits.
It may be all fun, games and bright colours on the catwalk, but behind the scenes, the designer puts a great amount of thought and research into all of his designs. His inspiration stems from the 60s and 70s, admiring the excitement and freedom that encapsulated that era. In an interview he also named Madonna's 'Fever' performed in 1993 as an inspiration for his previous AW12 collection. "We do spend a lot of time in the library researching but I find that the best ideas come to me when I'm in a boring meeting and my mind wanders off."
Maarten describes the ideal MDVH client, as someone who is "gutsy" and he expresses his love for tomboys. Since the launch of his unisex second line, he feels the ease and comfort of a garment is essential as well as style – picture a girl wearing her boyfriend's oversized print shirt as a dress. His second line is at more affordable prices ranging between £80-£110 in hope of reaching out to a different audience with no compromises on his hip style. This new collection is characterised with oversized sweaters and heavy metal-inspired t-shirts, "I've always wanted to be a rockstar", he commented when asked what inspired these designs.
For a relatively new designer he has certainly been busy! His fiery Hawaiian prints have set the catwalk ablaze making him one of the hottest and most sought after designers in London. His collection in Topshop was a popular capsule of crazy cool tropical prints, which has earned him a place in Selfridges, he has even gone on to design a limited edition watch for Casio's G-shock collection.
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We are now all anticipating the launch of his online shop which he says is currently under way, and its fair to say that we can't wait to see what he has up his sleeve!
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Retiring from the Board after fulfilling his mandate is Mr. David Handy who served 6 years, including 2 years as Chair.
College of the Rockies' Board of Governors is pleased to announce the appointment of a new Board member.
Appointed to the Board by the Province effective July 31, 2016 for a term ending December 31, 2017, is Rod Giles from Creston.
Mr. Giles is retired after working in the public school system for over 30 years as an educator, twenty-seven of those as a school-based principal. He held leadership positions within the school district and at the provincial level, serving on the BC Principal and Vice-Principal Association's Board of Directors for six years.
Holding a Bachelor's degree in Education and a Master's degree in Science, Mr. Giles also has a keen interest in aviation and being active in the outdoors. He and his wife have two grown sons, both of whom attended College of the Rockies as student athletes.
Mr. Giles joins previously appointed members Schab, Jim Abbott, Glen Campbell, Darryl Hyde, Steen Jorgensen, Jesse Nicholas, Gloria Perry, Krys Sikora, and Cindy Yates as well as elected College faculty and support staff representatives. Student representatives will be elected later this month.
Retiring from the Board after fulfilling his mandate is Mr. David Handy who served 6 years, including 2 years as Chair. "I would like to sincerely thank Dave for his many contributions to the Board and his excellent service to the College," added Walls.


Cambridge Research Biochemicals is happy to consider contributing to relevant meetings as a sponsor by supporting poster competitions, providing delegate bag inclusions and providing refreshments at bioscience events.
Cambridge Research Biochemicals (CRB) sponsored the RSC (Royal Society for Chemistry) Protein and Peptide Science Group Early Stage Researcher Meeting which took place on 30th November 2012 at the University College London hosted by Dr Alethea Tabor (Department of Chemistry, UCL).
Dr Laurent Caron (Technical Manager for Cambridge Research Biochemicals) was recently appointed membership to the RSC Protein and Peptide Science Group (PPSG) and welcomed the attendance of this meeting. He was delighted to award and present CRB's prize for best Oral presentation to Paul Moody.
Paul Moody (UCL) presented "A simple method for rapid, homogeneous, dual labelling of proteins". All oral abstracts which were submitted can be found in the document below.
The event was also featured in CRB's December 2012 blog.
CRB are delighted to be Sponsoring this event for the third time. Please visit http://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/seminars/ccbs/index.html for more information.
Title: Learning about immunology and disease from biologic therapy.
Title: Can targeting of vaccine adjuvants help us understand how adjuvants function in vivo?
CRB proudly sponsored Campod (Cambridge Fund for the Prevention of Disease). Campod provides research equipment to scientists working within the department of Pathology, University of Cambridge.


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This book forms part of the European Space Agency's 15th anniversary celebration activities for the 1990 launch of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.
Exquisite quality images have enabled astronomers to gain entirely new insights into the workings of a huge range of different astronomical objects. Hubble has provided the visual overview of the underlying astrophysical processes taking place in these objects, ranging from planets in our Solar System to galaxies in the young Universe.
Astronomy is fortunate in that telescopes not only produce results of great scientific value, but also of eye-catching beauty and artistic potential. This book shows the close relationship between the two at its best.
The book is 120 pages. 30 x 25 cm (coffee-table), full-colour, printed on high-quality glossy paper. It includes a copy of the DVD. It has already been translated into Chinese, Portuguese, German and Finnish.
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Plotting Along: Contest winners pack a punch with their fiction
By Stephanie Marie Garcia | stephanie@readthehook.com
Published online 8:52pm Wednesday Mar 16th, 2011
and in print issue #1011 dated Thursday Mar 17th, 2011
Steven Turner won First Prize this year with "A Small Brown Box."
photo by Jen Fariello
Second Place winner Joshua Armstrong balances writing his dissertation with his more creative writing endeavors.
Gary Kessler, a retired CIA news agency employee. won high praise from Judge Grisham for "Fire on Ice."
"I had the twist ending in mind about the teacher," explains 2011 Hook Short Story Contest winner and high school teacher Steven Turner. "Maybe in some Freudian way, this was a little insight on the idea of the powerlessness teachers feel sometimes."
To win the acclaim of best-selling author John Grisham, Turner used unique elements of perspective and plot. So did the other two winners.
"I like my stories to be about things that aren't quite as they seem," says third place winner Gary Kessler.
And as it turns out (and as was the case in the 2010 contest also), two of the three winners let the competition serve as the springboard for their imagination– writing their very first fiction specifically for The Hook.
"Charlottesville is for writers," says Kessler– and with the entries for The Hook's Short Story Contest again at its highest number ever (150 entries in both 2010 and 2011) he seems to be absolutely right.
The contest, now in its 10th year, drew participants from all levels of experience– seasoned writers involved in local writing clubs, UVA MFA graduates, and first-time fiction writers.
With stories inspired by snowstorms, antique cars, or relationships, the contest drew on the diverse talents of Charlottesville's writing community. But the winners circle wowed the heart of Judge Grisham with sympathetic characters, fast-paced plots, and innovative narrative techniques.
Steven Turner: "A Small Brown Box" (First Place)
Occupation: Advanced Placement Psychology teacher, Albemarle High School
Why C'ville? I've been here since 1990– I came for UVA, where I was a history major.
Fiction background: This is the first fiction I've ever written. I did not read my first book for pleasure until I was over 20 years old.
Pre-contest writing experience: I've written a few articles published in youth ministry magazines, and I've been writing on a few blogs for several years– one with my friend related to education and teaching, teachingunderground.blogspot.com, and one with my own, more personal stuff, apotofstew.blogspot.com.
My next fiction will be… probably related to school life in some way– it's really mostly what I know.
How will you use your prize money? We're actually going on a family vacation over spring break, so we'll use the money towards that.
Albemarle High School teacher Steven Turner might grade dozens of papers every week, but never had the itch to write one himself. A UVA alum and current AP Psychology teacher, the father of three and active youth minister never even grew up with an urgent inclination towards literature. But after years of journaling and writing articles for faith-based publications, Turner, 38, began a blog with a fellow teacher friend.
"It really started out of a frustration with this Waiting for Superman movie that came out in the fall," Turner explains. "Suddenly, there are voices nationwide about what we need to do with education. From Bill Gates to politicians to Oprah Winfrey– everyone's talking about education. The two voices that were missing were the voices of students and the voices of teachers."
The blog became a space for Turner and his colleagues to share the thoughts and experiences of real-life teachers. But when the Hook's short story contest was announced, a small thread of an idea began to form– and Turner found himself creating characters instead of blog entries.
The basis for "A Small Brown Box" stemmed from an experience Turner, and dozens of other teachers, had had while in the classroom: what happens when a school goes into lock-down mode.
"When I wrote the story, one of the things I was thinking was how you're in a classroom, behind a door, isolated from everywhere else," he says. "Sometimes, you just want your voice to reach beyond those four classroom walls, and from the desperation of the teacher who was stressed out and anxious to the calm teacher that was struggling inside, I thought each of these characters were distinct voices that deserved a forum."
Turner split the tale into various sections, voiced by different teachers isolated in their own classrooms.
"A compact, tense story about one of our greatest fears," praised Judge Grisham. "Artfully constructed with shifting narratives, the plot races to an ending that is unexpected but strangely believable."
And while Turner did experience a similar situation at Albemarle, he says the real-life outcome was aided by the school's clear communication policies. While he can create a scenario where teachers and students would be kept in the dark, he says he's confident it's one he'd never have to encounter while in the local school systems.
Joshua Armstrong: "The Canadian" (Second Place)
Occupation: UVA PhD student, French literature
Fiction background: When I was 20 or 21, it just hit me– wow, this is what I want to do. Reading the modernist experimental stuff made me realize what joy there is in inventing with language.
Pre-contest writing experience: I've mostly written short stories, and all of the stories I write have the basic format of a normal person who is on track to be fairly successful, but who then allows him or herself to fall out of that, to fall into the abyss.
Fiction versus Academia: I do see academic writing as having the possibility for having some creativity, although I do get in trouble with that sometimes. I'm writing a dissertation, so I try to get up in the morning, do some creative writing first, so that can give me the energy to go to my dissertation after that.
My next fiction will be… the main thing I'm thinking about right now is a novel, about a guy who lost everything in Hurricane Katrina… or so he thought.
How will you use your prize money? I bought my daughter a LiteBrite, and maybe I'll buy a new pair of pants: all my pants have holes in them.
After spending a year living in France, Joshua Armstrong is focusing his dissertation on French literature and teaches the French language to UVA undergraduates. But Armstrong will never write fiction in French– because he's not sure he gets all the nuances of his second language.
"Take swear words, for example," he explains. "I understand the full impact of an English swear word because I'd get spanked for using it as a kid. When you go to write, it has to come from lived experience."
A valid point, especially as his second place-winning story, "The Canadian," places a man in a precarious position– one that Grisham describes as an "abyss"– that certainly calls for the use of swear words. Armstrong explores the emotional depths to which one could go in crossing the border between your real life and your dream life, peppering his piece with drug use, infidelity, and that sinking feeling when you realize you've made a huge mistake.
Gary Kessler, "Fire on Ice" (Third Place)
Occupation: Retired CIA, freelance book editor and novelist
Why C'ville? My wife and I both went to UVA and bought here before we went overseas with the CIA– we knew we were going to retire here.
Fiction background: I didn't work for the secret side of the CIA, but the news agency– there are a lot of good stories out there, and I used to collect stories and put them aside to form the basis of books I wrote later.
Pre-contest writing experience: I didn't seriously start writing fiction until about 20 years ago. When I was living in Cyprus, I wrote six books. I have an espionage fiction series under a pen name, and now I'm writing almost exclusively fiction. Because I'm retired agency, I have to get anything cleared that isn't fiction.
My next fiction will be… novellas.
How will you use your prize money? I gave a third of it to the Boy Scouts to have a pizza party, because it was essentially their story. The rest will go into travel.
Gary Kessler bases much of his fiction on fact. His years working in the CIA news agency put him in contact with several fantastical stories– but he insists the parts of his stories that seem far-fetched are not invented, but stem from real-life occurrences. His third place-winning story, "Fire on Ice," is one such example.
"I was at a Christmas party, and a friend told me this story happened to him thirty years ago here in Charlottesville," says Kessler. "The facts are the way they are– three scouts went missing, it was at Humpback Rock, and they built a fire on the ice."
Kessler has written a large swath of fiction, from espionage novels to mystery novellas. This story, along with some of his other short fiction, has a Central Virginia location, but many of his characters are infused with the backgrounds and emotions of the people Kessler has met throughout his years of travel to Japan, Cyprus, and Thailand. The emotional shock of the adults in "Fire on Ice" may have been based in fact– but their personalities and reactions are of Kessler's own making.
Turner's first place-winning story is published in the March 24 issue of the Hook, and the other two winners will be published later this year.
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Albeboy March 17th, 2011 | 2:02pm
Gary (if you read this)... any relation to Ronald Kessler?
Gary Kessler March 17th, 2011 | 3:56pm
Albeboy: Nope, but I read his books/columns.
Thanks, GK. I just figured with similar areas (CIA, gov't agencies, authors) that maybe you also had familial connections. Can't wait to read your story!


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Q: date picker dialog to show full month name I want to show full month name in date picker dialog. I have tried in many ways didn't get success let me know if it's any way.
Currently I have this:
15, AUG 2014
What I want to get:
15, AUGUST 2014
Here is my code:
private void showDailogfordateEnd(final TextView textView)
{

    calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
    final int day =calendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH);
    int month =calendar.get(Calendar.MONTH);
    int year =calendar.get(Calendar.YEAR);

    dpd = new DatePickerDialog(ProgressReportActivity.this, android.R.style.Theme_Holo_Dialog_MinWidth ,new DatePickerDialog.OnDateSetListener() {
        @Override
        public void onDateSet(DatePicker view, int year, int month, int dayOfMonth) {

            eday=day;
            emonth=month;
            eyear=year;
            textView.setText(dayOfMonth + "-" + (month+1) + "-" + year);

            selcetedMonth=month;
            selectedDay=day;
            selectedYear=year;

            calendar.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH,day);
            calendar.set(Calendar.MONTH,month);
            calendar.set(Calendar.YEAR,year);
            Date date=calendar.getTime();
            SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat=new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
            EndDate=simpleDateFormat.format(date);
            SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat1=new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd ");
            eD=simpleDateFormat1.format(date);

        }
    }, year,month,day);
    //((ViewGroup) dpd.getDatePicker()).findViewById(Resources.getSystem().getIdentifier("month", "id", "android"));

    dpd.show();

A: Change: "yyyy-MM-dd " to "yyyy-MMMM-dd "

A: Use the below code
SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat=new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MMMM-dd HH:mm:ss");


You will find in this app a new animated pet mouse called Roman. It repeats everything you say with a comic and funny voice. You can wave it, pet it, rotate it and poke it. Roman will show you funny signs. Talking Mouse is fun for children of all ages for hours!


A charming detached bungalow situated on the outskirts of Guildford conveniently located for access to local shops, schools and other amenities including bus routes to Guildford town centre with its mainline station.
The bungalow would benefit from some general modernisation and the accommodation comprises of two separate reception rooms, conservatory, kitchen/breakfast room with pantry, bathroom and two double bedrooms.
There is an attractive private rear garden, a patio area extends to an area which is predominately laid to lawn with many mature flowers and shrubs. The front of the property has a low brick retaining wall, lawned area, flowers and shrubs.
Textured ceiling, radiator, fireplace (not tested), double glazed bay window.
Textured ceiling, chimney breast, radiator, double glazed sliding patio doors giving views and access to conservatory.
With triple aspect windows and glazed door to rear garden.
Wall mounted 'Worcester Bosch' boiler, part tiled walls, window.
Textured ceiling, radiator, chimney breast, double glazed bay window.
Textured ceiling, radiator, velux window & further window.
Comprising panel enclosed bath with mixer tap & shower attachment, low level W.C., pedestal wash hand basin, part tiled walls, radiator, double glazed frosted window.
A patio area extends to an area mainly laid to lawn with mature flowers and shrubs. There is also a timber framed shed, A side passage leads to the front.
With a low retaining brick wall, area of lawn, flowers and shrubs.