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VILNIUS - The Lithuanian Development Agency recently ranked nearby Sweden as the top foreign investor in Lithuania. In an effort to stimulate long term bilateral trade between the two countries, a project called the "Baltic Tiger" was launched Nov.19.
Officials of the LDA, Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Southern Sweden, the University of Kristianstad and the Municipality of Kristianstad are hoping to encourage more trade between Lithuanian and southern Swedish enterprises by organizing a "trade contact fair" in Kristianstad, Sweden.
Around 85 small and medium sized companies from Lithuania and about five times as many from Sweden spent the two days in November mixing and mingling with each other in an effort to lay the ground work for future cooperation.
"So far it's been very good, very inspiring," Pontus Lindberg, area manager for the Chmber of Commerce and Industry of Kristianstad, said to Lithuanian reporters via a television satellite hook up between Sweden and Vilnius. "Business life today is more complicated than ever. This contact fair gives both sides an opportunity to gather information. It's a long process and, at this point, much more social."
Despite the "long process," the Lithuanian and Swedish officials said they knew of some contracts which were already made as a result of the fair. The Baltic Tiger project, financed by the Swedbaltcop Foundation, is planned to exist for a three-year period. Next year, another contact fair has been planned to take place in Vilnius.
"Lithuanian companies are ready to go to other countries. The quality of produced goods and services, in most cases, are compatible in the world market. What they lack is the determination and ambitions to take these steps," said Arvydas Zygys, director of LDA's export department, to explain the inspiration for the project.
The financial crisis in Russia was mentioned by both Lithuanian and Swedish officials. An official from Swedens Foreign Affairs Ministry stated that with only a tiny percent of Swedish exports heading to Russia, the country has not felt significant effects from the Russian crisis. The Lithuanian side, however, seemed content to use Russia's financial woes in an effort to make the Baltic country more economically attractive.
By promoting Lithuania's stable economic and political situation despite the crisis in Russia, LDA officials attempted to bring home the message that Lithuania could serve as a "reliable bridge to the East" for Swedish businesses looking in that direction.


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…I'm coming to get you, I hissed, as I entered the library like a man stepping into a freight elevator of science and wisdom. "The Literary Life," Billy Collins It's a busy Friday night at Black Forest Academy. Upstairs, the junior varsity boys basketball team plays one of their last home games of the season….


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The tarot card for Friday, April 8, 2016 is the Six of Cups.
Today take some time to enjoy simple pleasures. These days our leisure activities are so high-tech and life moves so fast, we can forget how incredible it can be to do something uncomplicated like watching the sun rise, or sitting on a picnic blanket and reading a real book. What is something simple, low-tech, old-fashioned, slow-going, that you love to do? Go do that. It's ok if it's not "efficient" or "productive." If it's filling you up, it's good to go.


Really? It's "sporting" to shoot hibernating bear cubs? And use searchlights and motor boats? What next? Maybe some wire guided missiles and flamethrowers?
C'mon even you right wing drones can't be on board with this.
The Trump administration is moving to reverse Obama-era rules barring hunters on some public lands in Alaska from baiting brown bears with bacon and doughnuts and using spotlights to shoot mother black bears and cubs h ...[text shortened]... ded missiles and flamethrowers?
I reckon if I had to go that would be the way to go, on top!
Save us Mueller, save us!
Oh come on...this behavior is EXACTLY how the rest of the world thinks you yanks act. You're all a bunch of lunatics!
This is why the only grizzly left in CA is the one on our flag. The Anglo urge to shoot and kill is way out of control, always has been.
I don't like this either, but we must remember Donald Trump is insanely jealous of anything Obama ever did, and if Donald Trump shot 1,000 of his supporters in the head, the rest of them would find a way to justify it. Such is the state of our nation today.
I strongly urge those who find this rule as disgusting as I do, to go to https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=NPS-2018-0005-0001 and use the "Comment Now" button on the top right to send a scathing denunciation of this proposed rule to the dunderheads at National Park Service. If any of you are more adept at social media than I am, please send this around to Facebook buds and so on urging them to do the same. There's a 60 day period for public comment.
It probably won't change their minds, but a considerable number of negative public comments might, just might, get their attention.
The measure of a civil society is the degree to which people live free from force and threats of force.
When people are forced to contribute to the 'weak and helpless' or other goobermint boondoggles this is the indication of the opposite of civil.
The measure of how civilized a nation is, is how they treat their criminals.
The environment, healthcare, refugees, guns, Iran... and you think they're gonna change their minds over a couple of bear cubs?
My father is a big hunter & fisher, as are all males on my father's side of the family. My father very dutifully paid his license to shoot one buck or one doe each season; he also once butchered a wild boar in our garage. My cousin's husband, who I recently did eat wild boar with in Italy, is a big bow hunter & this is almost exclusively what hsi Facebook feed consists of.
My first experience with things like this was when my father described how some scumbags will blast fish in the water so that their stunned bodies float to the surface and then they simply net them.
Very, very frequently this behavior was complained about, and is still complained about in the hunting community.
I honestly am VERY upset that such things would be made legal and can only imagine that this is some kind of oversight. I hgihly doubt that someone actually thought that yes, we need to make it legal to do this again.
goobermint boondoggles this is the indication of the opposite of civil.
You are seriously screwed up.
I didn't say that the 'weak and the helpless' should not be helped. Just that; when force is added, when free choice is taken away any virtue of the act vaporizes, it can no longer be called benevolence or good, it's a donkey responding to the whip. It doesn't matter if the donkey is hauling a sick person to hospital, the donkey is only doing it for one reason, to avoid the whip. And that is what every regulation forcing aid does, it reduces humans, it makes them uncaring, and the more uncaring a society becomes the more there are calls for greater goobermint intervention, and the more goobermint takes on that role, the more citizens take a step back and say "Not my problem, I already gave at the IRD"
At least you never have to be a sheep in the Middle East.
I think the bears have it better in the US.


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Iran Sympathizes with Vietnam over Flood Fatalities
04 Dec 2021, 00:37 GMT+10
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - The spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry expressed sympathy with Vietnam on the deaths in a floods and landslides in the Southeast Asia nation.
- Politics news -
In a message on Friday, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Saeed Khatibzadeh offered his condolences to the Vietnamese government, nation and families of victims of the recent floods.
Highlighting the friendly ties between Iran and Hanoi, the spokesperson expressed sympathy with the families of victims and wished health for the injured.
Heavy rains that triggered floods and landslides in central Vietnam have left at least 18 people missing, some feared dead, with houses destroyed and roads damaged.
The rains have subsided, however, and efforts were underway to locate those missing, the government said in a statement.
Vietnam is prone to storms and flooding due to its long coastline. Natural disasters - predominantly floods and landslides from storms - killed 378 people last year.

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The story tells about where the newly appointed UP governor Chenna Kesava Reddy comes to visit Varanasi along with his family. His daughter Pallavi who is studying in college. Shankar Narayan works as a taxi driver in his village. He has a trusted lieutenant Valmiki and a loyal assistant Giri. Shankar Narayan is very fond of his nephew and niece. She also studies in the same college. Nandini and Pallavi are friends. Pallavi falls in love with Shankar Narayan. She acts as a pilgrim and manages to reach Shankar Narayan's house as guest. She stays there as an orphan. Chenna Kesava Reddy worried that his daughter is missing from college. Chenna Kesava Reddy find that his daughter is staying in the house of a taxi driver named Shankar Narayan and she is in love with him. Chenna Kesava Reddy spots Shankar Narayan, he is very much surprised. He salutes Shankar Narayan and asks him about how and why is he in Varanasi. Chenna Kesava Reddy requests Shankar to marry Pallavi. But Shankar Narayan says that he will have to wait till his niece Nandini is married. Giri informs him that Giri and Nandini are in love. At that time of Giri and Nandini's marriage, group of gang is gets down from a Mercedes. The black sheep Veera Reddy under the guise of Giri comes out and joins the villain gang. The black sheep Veera Reddy under the guise of Giri comes out and joins the villain gang. That Shankar Narayan is Indra Sena Reddy. The rest of the story is about Shankar Narayan's Flash back.


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Farewell to the circus
With lights dimming at the end of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey's performance, a thought crossed my mind. It really is the greatest show on Earth.
In my 29 years, I've attended two circus performances. One when I was about 8 years old in Asheville. The other? A few weeks ago in Greenville, S.C.
And despite no parading herd of elephants, it was a thrilling show. Shortly after intermission, I found myself at the edge of my front-row seat as a dozen big cats growled and performed mid-arena.
There's still excitement hearing "Children of all ages … welcome to the greatest show on Earth!" At the moment of that announcement, dozens of dancers ran from behind a red curtain, clowns appeared everywhere, and aerial artists descended from the ceiling.
Part of me longs for childhood when all the stunts seemed more mysterious. As an adult, I found the circus entertaining and charming. There's fire jugglers, snake charmers, a human cannonball, ringmaster riding atop an elevating platform, three-wheel motorcycle tricks, and bicycle stunt performers. There's something to watch each moment. Don't blink.
The 146-year circus tradition will soon end. The final performances are scheduled for May. The last performance in the Carolinas was Feb. 12. To be honest, I wish I'd gone several more times through the years. I sat near children who loved seeing the camels parading throughout the arena, trapeze artists working for applause, and clowns posing for selfies.
That old-school feeling
I went to the circus for the sake of nostalgia. And there's plenty of it. I wanted to say I'd been one last time. With everyone carrying iPhones and paying for plush animals with debit cards, we live in a different world than when the circus first began. But sparks of vintage magic remain.
Old-fashioned circus storage units bearing the majestic Ringling Bros. logo sat outside the arena. People lined up for a chance to pose for pictures. The show is part of the fabric of Americana. I can't think of many entertainment traditions that have lasted a century-and-a-half. I imagine it's still the only chance some have to see live exotic animals.
One particularly touching moment unfolded beside my front-row seat. During intermission, a vendor pacing the aisles hawking illuminated plastic swords attracted the attention of children.
The cost for one sword? $24 bucks. Perhaps a bit pricey, but the toys seemed quality.
A girl who looked to be about 5 years old approached the vendor with a twenty in her hand. She selected a sword as her dad handed him four more dollars. She touched a button on the toy, illuminating the darkness with bright purple light. She returned to her seat on top of the world, giggling with a priceless smile, showing her new prize to everyone. It's a day we'll both remember.
Lifestyle reporter Wade Allen loves all things entertainment and pop culture. Follow him on Twitter at www.Twitter.com/wadeallenstar.


Kudos to Mireille Giuliano for writing a global best selling book based mainly on her opinion and personal experience. French Women Don't Get Fat is a clever representation of how a French woman's philosophy of food and eating keeps her trim. It amuses me because Giuliano is french opinion personified, but I agree with her that above all, the pleasure of eating and tasting food is the most important thing.
This book and my time in France so far, has convinced me that French women "get" fat. They understand it. They get plenty of natural fats in their diet from the likes of duck meat, foie gras, cheese, nuts and fish. They eat in moderation the bad fats in their glorious pastries. When I first arrived, I couldn't understand how they could resist the incredible displays they undoubtedly walk past everyday. It's very hard to avoid a peek in the windows in our local town's four patisseries – let alone the many other boulangeries! But after three months, I have arrived at a place where "too much ice cream" keeps me from over indulging. Don't get me wrong, when we entertain, we make sure we show off our local "specialties of the region" (a favourite marketing term over here) but day to day, feeling strong, healthy and bien dans ma peau (good in my skin) is more important.
I am here to tell you that the myth that "all french women are skinny and gorgeous" is simply not true. What is true, is that I could count on one hand the number of obese people I have seen in France. I've travelled to many cities in France including Lyon, Bordeaux, Grenoble, Paris, Montpellier, Nice and Narbonne, and I definitely noticed the lack of very overweight people that I had become accustomed to seeing back home in Australia. Weird huh?
Another truth: you can sit in the main square of any town and several stunning, slim, typically french young things will walk past and you'll marvel at their perfect red lipstick, the way their scarf matches effortlessly with their tailored look and their shoes and handbag … and their little dog. Yes it's mind boggling sometimes, but I simply put that down to sheer population. France can fit inside Queensland itself and has triple the population of Australia, so of course there will be a concentration of these coquettes, right?
But let's get back on topic … the point is that overall, French people are healthier than we are and I think Guiliano hints at the main reason why: they have a much healthier relationship with real food. They avoid fast foods because they have so many other wonderful options. Their rich history of gastronomie has left them with a plethora of cafes and restaurants in every city (even our local village has over eight places in which to dine, just in the main square) and a bounty of fresh fruits, vegetables and proteins are available at local farmers markets every week. And here's the thing: it's all very affordable. The French social welfare system even provides "lunch cheques" for some low income earners which is literally a voucher they can redeem for a meal at a cafe.
So I shall join Guiliano and the general French population in enjoying my healthy fats in the magret du canard and Roquefort cheese. But I will keep my head about savouring their fresh fruit and vegetables everyday and occasionally relishing a sweet pastry.
A day out in Carcassonne … markets followed by a picnic with the castle as the backdrop and the river as the view in front of us.
Castelnaudry is the best place to enjoy Cassoulet, a specialty dish of the region … duck, pork sausage and beans. Done right, it's lovely.
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@property (nonatomic, strong) UIColor *itemSelectedTextColor; // 选项选中文字颜色 默认:[UIColor lightGrayColor]
@property (nonatomic, strong) UIFont *itemSelectedFont; // 选项选中文字字体 默认:[UIFont systemFontOfSize:22]

- (void)reloadComponent:(NSInteger)component; // 刷新某一组
- (void)reloadAllComponents; // 刷新所有组

@end

@protocol GWLCustomPikerViewDataSource <NSObject>

@optional;
- (NSInteger)numberOfComponentsInCustomPikerView:(GWLCustomPikerView *)customPickerView; // 组数 不实现默认返回1
- (NSInteger)customPickerView:(GWLCustomPikerView *)customPickerView numberOfRowsInComponent:(NSInteger)component; // 每组显示的行数
- (NSString *)customPickerView:(GWLCustomPikerView *)customPickerView titleForRow:(NSInteger)row forComponent:(NSInteger)component; // 每行显示的文字

@end

@protocol GWLCustomPikerViewDelegate <NSObject>

@optional
- (void)customPikerViewDidSelectedComponent:(NSInteger)component row:(NSInteger)row; // 滚动结束
@optional
- (void)customPikerViewCompleteSelect; // 完成选择 (点击完成按钮)
@optional
- (void)customPikerViewCompleteSelectedRows:(NSArray *)rows; // 完成选择 (点击完成按钮) 返回所有选中行的索引数组

@end


Everywhere I went looking for passion, talent and excitement I found myself surrounded only by politics that would make a Roman Senator shrivel in fear, and programmers whose only goal in life was to make it from pay check to pay check. Design patterns- what are they? Extreme Programming what? You mean you actually write 'tests' in code? What's a delegate? Why learn that version of the language – I don't even know this one too well!!
But, by and large I found myself in the same situation over and over. I was like that female friend or relative that we all have that seems to continually find themselves in love with abusive partners. Over and over I'd be lambasted for being too passionate (a condition muppets refer to as arrogance). Time and again I'd find myself explaining basics of programming to people that should know better, people with years of experience under their belts, people that really didn't care. I've lost count of the number of times I've taken abuse (real and faux-comedic) for being dedicated to the pursuit of beauty in code and technology.
A person removing MS from his career, life.


Apple's Homepod smart speaker didn't really live up to hype although it has recently captured 6% of the Market as of recent selling 600,000 units according to recent analysis by Strategy Analytics.
Even why capturing this slice of the market, Major competitors Amazon, Google, Alibaba and Xiaomi took the largest part of the market coming with a 43.6%, 26.5%, 7.6% and 2.4% for the Chinese companies with the combined companies leaving the remaining 13%+ to other players and startups who will have to innovate and disrupt to extensively win in the market.
This new statistics comes as competition has rapidly increased with each companies market share being diluted amidst increase in no of sales of smart speakers generally and customers going for different brands among a wide selection to choose from. Amazon had a 94% market share last year and has gotten to 43.6% whilst still being the leader amidst huge competition from a slew of technology companies and startups.
A total of 9.2 million smart speakers were sold in the first quarter of this year which is a very huge jump in comparison with the 2.4 million smart speakers sold in last year's first quarter, This shows a huge continuous increase in the adoption and production of more features for smart speakers making it more attractive and needful to buyers.
Out of this 9.2 Million speakers sold in the first quarter, Amazon shipped a whooping 4 million of them while second market leader Google shipped 2.4 Million which is huge but less than 3 times what its major competitor Amazon shipped.
This marks a kind of slow start for Apple Homepod sales but given that Apple just began its sales in the second month of this year and this also marks its first foray into the Smart Speaker space, It might greatly increase sales with time and heavily build up its customer base grabbing more market share in the process.


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Q: Killing a thread after closing a form? I have a thread that is created when a new form-instance is opened up.
This thread should run at all times when this form is open.
After the form closes, it should die.
Problem is when I open a new instance of the same form, it uses the same thread.
The correct code I'm looking for is probably somewhere along the lines of this I'm thinking... except this is invalid:
t = new Task(Task.Factory.StartNew(() => totalDistance()));

Here's the entire code:
The method WindowsFormClosing is probably unnecessary, but I'm out of ideas.
    using System;
    using System.Collections.Generic;
    using System.ComponentModel;
    using System.Data;
    using System.Drawing;
    using System.Linq;
    using System.Text;
    using System.Threading.Tasks;
    using System.Windows.Forms;

    namespace ITS3_Eksamen_F2014_201270810
    {
    public partial class DistanceForm : Form
    {
        Data dat;
        private string name;
        Task t;
        private bool killThread;

        public DistanceForm(Data d, string n)
        {
            dat = d;
            name = n;
            InitializeComponent();
            getDistance(name);
            nameLabel.Text = name;
            t = Task.Factory.StartNew(() => totalDistance());
            killThread = false;
        }

        private void getDistance(string name)
        {
            var dList = new List<Distance>();
            dList = dat.getDistance(name);
            int i = 0;
            dataGridView1.Rows.Clear();
            foreach (Distance dist in dList)
            {
                dataGridView1.Rows.Add();
                dataGridView1.Rows[i].Cells[0].Value = dist.getTid();
                dataGridView1.Rows[i].Cells[1].Value = dist.getAngivelse();
                dataGridView1.Rows[i].Cells[2].Value = dist.getLængde();
                dataGridView1.Rows[i].Cells[3].Value = dat.getFullName(dist.getInitialer());
                i++;
            }
        }

        private void updateInitials(string initialer, int rowNumber)
        {
            dataGridView1.Rows[rowNumber].Cells[3].Value = dat.getFullName(initialer);
        }

        private void buttonAdd_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            int rowNumber = dataGridView1.CurrentCell.RowIndex;

            if (!dataGridView1.Rows[rowNumber].Cells[0].Value.ToString().Equals("")
                && !dataGridView1.Rows[rowNumber].Cells[1].Value.ToString().Equals("")
                && !dataGridView1.Rows[rowNumber].Cells[2].Value.ToString().Equals("")
                && !dataGridView1.Rows[rowNumber].Cells[3].Value.ToString().Equals(""))
            {
                var tid = dataGridView1.Rows[rowNumber].Cells[0].Value.ToString();
                var længde = dataGridView1.Rows[rowNumber].Cells[1].Value.ToString();
                var angivelse = dataGridView1.Rows[rowNumber].Cells[2].Value.ToString();
                var initialer = dataGridView1.Rows[rowNumber].Cells[3].Value.ToString();
                dat.addDistance(name, tid, længde, angivelse, initialer);
            }
            else
            {
                MessageBox.Show("Du skal udfylde alle felter!");
            }
            int currentRow = dataGridView1.CurrentCell.RowIndex;
            string currentRowInitialer = dataGridView1.Rows[currentRow].Cells[3].Value.ToString();
            updateInitials(currentRowInitialer, currentRow);
        }

        private void buttonRemove_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            int number = dataGridView1.CurrentCell.RowIndex;
            dat.deleteDistance(name, number);
        }

        private void totalDistance()
        {
            while (killThread == false)
            {
                int totalDist = 0;
                int newDist = 0;
                var testList = dat.getDistance(name);
                foreach (Distance dist in testList)
                {
                    newDist = Convert.ToInt32(dist.getLængde().Replace(" km", ""));
                    totalDist = totalDist + newDist;
                }

                this.BeginInvoke((Action)(() =>
                    {
                        textBox1.Text = Convert.ToString(totalDist) + " km";
                    }));
            }
        }

        private void WindowsFormClosing(object sender, FormClosingEventArgs e)
        {
            killThread = true;
        }
    }
}

Thanks in advance!

A: You could use this:
private Thread _thread;

public DistanceForm()
{
    InitializeComponent();

    _thread = new Thread(new ThreadStart(totalDistance));
    _thread.Start();
}

public void FormClosed(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    killThread = true;
    _thread.Join();
}

Instead of using a boolean, I would advise a ManualResetEvent.
Like:
private Thread _thread;
private ManualResetEvent _started = new ManualResetEvent(false);
private ManualResetEvent _terminating = new ManualResetEvent(false);
private ManualResetEvent _terminated = new ManualResetEvent(false);

public void InitializeComponent()
{
    _thread = new Thread(() => totalDistance());
    _thread.Start();

    // wait until the thread is started.
    _started.WaitOne();
}

private void totalDistance()
{
    // do some initialization stuff..

    // Set started.
    _started.Set();
    while(!_terminating.WaitOne(0))
    {
        // ...
    }
    _terminated.Set();
}

public void FormClosed(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    // request for terminating.
    _terminating.Set();
    // wait until it's terminated.
    _terminated.WaitOne();
}

The started isn't relevant at this situation, but I use it normally when some instances are constructed withing the thread (like clients etc.)
The example is without exception handling. you should add  try/finally.
This way you have total control about jobs on the threads and the boolean check is threadsafe
The whole thing can be wrapped inside a new object. :)

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Gasiorowski et Gąsiorowski sont des patronymes d'origine polonaise.

Personnalités

  ou Andre Gasiorowski (1959-), un entrepreneur polonais, militant de la communauté juive ;
 Gérard Gasiorowski (1930-1986), un photographe, peintre et artiste plasticien français ;
  (1935-2012), un poète, critique littéraire et essayiste polonais ;
  (1954-), un politologue américain ;
  (1935-1998), un joueur d'échecs polonais ;
  (1897-1962), un archéologue, historien de l'art, professeur d'université polonais ;

 Wacław Gąsiorowski (1869-1939), un écrivain, journaliste et scénariste polonais ;
  (1884-1959), un activiste communiste polonais ;
 Yoann Gasiorowski (1988-), acteur, musicien et metteur en scène français ;
 Ladislas Gasiorowski (1857-1927), architecte au château de Rambouillet et chevalier de l'ordre national de la Légion d'honneur.

Patronyme polonais

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Despite the positive effects found for both parents and children following different parent training interventions, a significant proportion of families fail to experience successful outcomes (Assemany & McIntosh, 2002). High drop out rates, poor parental engagement and participation, and failure of families to maintain long term benefits after an intervention are common problems (Assemany & McIntosh, 2002; Littell, Alexander, & Reynolds, 2001; Miller & Prinz, 1990). Although a large body of literature exists supporting the efficacy and effectiveness of parent training programs for both typically developing children and children with disabilities, little is known about the mechanisms of change or the processes that create change in treatment (Kendall & Choudhury, 2003). This study investigated therapy process and its impact on outcomes for families of children with disabilities attending a group-based behavioural family intervention known as Stepping Stones Triple P program (SSTP). Study 1 examined the impact of both within session therapy process variables (working alliance, client satisfaction) and between session therapy process variables (homework completion, attendance) on child behaviour problems and parental adjustment. Participants included 15 groups (n = 79) of parents, each with a child with an intellectual disability and parent reported child behaviour problems. Parents completed the Homework Rating Scale, Working Alliance Inventory, and the Client Satisfaction Questionnaire.Child behaviour outcomes were measured by the Developmental Behaviour Checklist and changes in parental adjustment were measured by the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale. A series of logistic regressions found parents working alliance scores significantly predicted reliable change in child behaviour problems and parental anxiety at post-test. Homework completion at session 3 significantly predicted reliable change in parents depression scores at post-test. Using a sub-set of participants from Study 1 (n = 36), Study 2 investigated the impact of parent verbalisations on treatment outcomes. Parent-therapist interactions were coded according to the Therapy Process Code. Resistant and non-resistant parent verbalisations in combination were found to impact on parental anxiety scores at post-test. Parent resistant verbalisations were found to be significantly associated with reductions in parental depression at post-test. Study 3 (n = 71) examined the way families with a child with a disability behave during and respond to group-based parent training on a moment-to-moment basis using an Interpretative Phenomenological Approach (IPA). Results showed that parents of children with disabilities attending group-based parent training, experiences reflected six key themes including 1) advocating for child's behaviour, 2) dealing with other's reactions, 3) need for change, 4) its' hard work, 5) learning to cope and 6) the experience of success. The factors contributing to these results, implications for clinicians and directions for future research are discussed.Understanding therapy processes provides opportunities to expand and refine parent training interventions to better fit the need of difficult to reach families. Meeting the needs of a greater number of families is likely to have a positive effect on the individual child, family system, and the wider community.


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Murderer who killed man in row over £1 caused trouble in town for weeks before fatal attack
They smashed doors and turned off gas supplies
Matty Hewitt
Dariusz Kaczkowski and Mariusz Skiba have been sentenced to a combined 37 years in prison for the murder of Przemeslaw Cierniak. (Image: Lincolnshire Live)
Shop owners in Boston say a killer who murdered a man in a row over £1 caused chaos across the town in the weeks before the fatal attack.
Mariusz Skiba and Dariusz Kaczkowski have been sentenced to a combined total of 37 years in prison after Przemyslaw Cierniak was stabbed to death in a Boston car park on January 10.
Mr Cierniak staggered away from the attack before collapsing in a nearby tanning shop in Wormgate. He later died of his injuries.
Now, local business owners have revealed they'd had trouble with Skiba in the months and weeks leading up to the murder.
Chilling footage shows final moments of murder victim as his two killers are sentenced
Przemyslaw Cierniak was stabbed in Wormgate, Boston in broad daylight (Image: Lincolnshire Police)
Dianne Feary, owner of Frenz salon in Wormgate, told Lincolnshire Live that Skiba had plagued her shop.
She said: "He had been hanging around the shop for a few months and he used to be in a relationship with a woman who lived in the flat above the shop.
"I remember he was shouting at her from the alley outside - she had locked him out.
Man suffered SIXTEEN injuries in fatal stabbing, court hears
"I heard banging and came back ten minutes later the back door to the flats had been kicked in.
"I've had the back window of my shop smashed and I had to replace the back door handle a number of times."
The street cordon in Wormgate.
Wendy Reed, owner of Westlands Bridal shop in West Street, claims to have had an encounter with Skiba just weeks before Mr Cierniak's murder.
She said: "On December 11 one of the men had broken into the shop and turned off the gas in a number of shops on West Street.
"It cost me £100 to call out an engineer to fix it.
"I had CCTV of him and confronted the man - he was a nuissance.
CCTV images of Mariusz Skiba from Westlands Bridal shop in Boston. (Image: Wendy Reed)
Two men found guilty of murder after man punched, kicked and stabbed in car park attack in row over £1
"Police refused to search him and I wanted him done for trespassing but because it was a shop and not my private property they said that there was nothing that they could do about it.
"A couple of weeks after the incident a police officer came back into the shop and told me not to worry about him anymore as he'd been involved in this murder incident."
Details emerge of police interviews with murder suspect after death of man, 41
Police said: "We were called to West Street, Boston, at 11.37am following a report that a person had turned off a gas supply.
"We attended and the decision was taken not to investigate the incident as a crime.
"An ASB letter was sent to the borough council."
Police said that given there was no criminal investigation and no charge, they could neither confirm nor deny the identity of anyone involved in the incident.


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Home / Opinion / Editorial: Bankers in a stew
Editorial: Bankers in a stew
The arrest of a former SBI chairman has opened a new house of horrors
Pratip Chaudhuri.
The Editorial Board | Published 06.11.21, 02:27 AM
Bankers have been cowering in fear for years, terrified at the prospect of being dragged out of retirement and hounded by federal agencies for what they later construed as fraudulent or bad faith commercial decisions. But recently, when the Rajasthan police suddenly arrested the former State Bank of India chairman, Pratip Chaudhuri, over the sale of a hotel in Jaisalmer to recover dues arising from a toxic loan asset, it sent a renewed frisson of fear through the banking industry. If Central agencies have been egregious in the way in which they have carried out certain investigations in the past, it now appears that the state agencies could be a lot worse. Mr Chaudhuri was arrested from his home in the national capital and spirited away to Rajasthan without informing the local police. Even more disturbing is the fact that it occurred a couple of days after the Centre finalized a protocol that public sector banks should adopt while dealing with accountability in fraud cases. The new guidelines, which will apply to borrowings classified as bad loans after April 1 next year, are designed to provide comfort to bankers who have been putting off decisions because they are petrified of a witch-hunt.
The bad loan crisis has often been blamed on the so-called 'zombie lending' by under-capitalized banks that took place between 2009 and 2013. The Narendra Modi government has, in the past, blamed the previous administration for allowing the problem to fester by permitting banks to 'evergreen' loans in the face of possible default. The Centre started to tighten the screws on banks by forcing them to classify bad loans with tough provisioning requirements. The process was somewhat impeded after the pandemic broke out and the Supreme Court stayed the implementation of loan classification rules in September last year. The stay has since been lifted. In early April, the Reserve Bank of India ordered resumption of bad loan recognition rules and the situation has improved. But a worry lurks: the RBI said in its Financial Stability Report in July that stress tests had shown that the gross non-performing accounts ratio of banks could rise to 9.8 per cent by March 2022 from 7.48 per cent at present. In a severe stress scenario, it could jump to 11.2 per cent.
Bankers are under pressure to grapple with a tough, evolving situation. The last thing they would want is to be paralysed into indecision because of the fear of a sweeping investigation by policing agencies. These concerns have been raised many times in the past. In late 2019, the bankers said they feared the three 'Cs': the Central Bureau of Investigation, the Central Vigilance Commission and the Comptroller and Auditor General. The finance minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, had tried to allay those fears and even chaired a meeting between bankers and the enforcement agencies. But Mr Chaudhuri's arrest has opened up a new house of horrors for bankers.
Pratip Chaudhuri State Bank Of India (SBI) Supreme Court Of India Reserve Bank Of India (RBI) Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) Central Bureau Of Investigation (CBI) Comptroller And Auditor General Of India (CAG) Financial Stability Report Editorial


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"I will not exchange the internship experience in Greece for anything"
Three months of work in Greece are enough or not? For a third-year student of the Faculty of Service, Tourism and Food Service Management, Polina Mozgalina, the three-month paid internship in Greece was a small life that gave her a unique experience, friends from all over the world and confidence in her future.
- Polina, How was your trip?
- I came back several days ago, but I'm still impressed. For me it was not three months, but "three years" of the amazing trip to a beautiful country. My internship took place on the Island Rhodes, the first week of the training - in the city Volos at the Academy Of Tourism, which our University concluded an agreement with. I worked in a La Carte and in the main restaurant. From the very beginning, I was realistic and understood that I went to work and not to rest. It took a little bit time to get used to new working conditions in another country. However, after about the week and a half I managed to find a balance at work and get comfortable in Greece. The staff helped me a lot. They were friendly and open-minded people, who were always beside me.
- Tell us a little bit more about them.
- In Greece, I found a lot of friends from all over the world, with whom I still stay in touch even after my internship. My restaurant had employees from Poland, Romania and Moldova. Other participants of the educational program are also foreigners. There were four of us in a big room, which was provided by our hotel, and we were comfortable with it. Each day I received support and never felt alone in the foreign country. An opportunity to talk participants of this program from Russia did not give me time to miss my native language. Among guests, I liked British and their children. They were well-mannered and kind.
- How was your schedule? Did you have problems with adaptation?
- We worked 8 hours per day. In the beginning, I was not prepared to such workload and that's why I slept a lot during my breaks. However, when I got used to my work schedule, the internship was opened for me from different perspectives. In my free time I could relax with my friends, get acquainted with the culture of different nations and just chill out. Last weeks before my departure I worked from 16:00pm to 01:0am, then my friends picked me up and we went to the sea or a club. O the schedule was very intensive but interesting.
- What did you learn during a working process? What was the most important for you?
- We worked on different positions. The head of the practice told at once that he would send us on different positions, as he would not consider us as trainees but professionals. I worked as a waitress, helped people in a kitchen and supervised people as an administrator. Such a variety is necessary for everyone who wants to develop in the service industry and understand its internal mechanism. You can understand many things only in practice.
- What, for example?
- At some point managers told us, that we needed to raise our level of communication with guests. They explained to us how important to smile and be always benevolent. As a result, I gained knowledge, experience so that I do not regret about my trip.
- You also got a reward for gaining knowledge during the internship, right?
- Yes, they paid to us well, but I did not save money. I spent money on both clothes and food (since I literally flew at work and did not go it took a lot of energy). The most important was for me to gain knowledge but to get money for the internship became a big plus. I felt that I could earn money and did not depend on my parents.
- Do you have plans for your future?
- Before my departure, my supervisor told me that I could go further at the reception. According to his words, I have a talent for this work. But I understand that it is too early to talk about it. My first priority now is to get a visa and go to study in Croatia, which our university organizes for KIU students. I also hope to "squeeze everything out" of this trip.
Thank you KIU for these opportunities.


Beryl is lying at the bottom of an old mine-shaft, not moving. Her eyes are closed. David carries on chopping the tree, but he looks at his watch and decides to take a rest. He starts heading back towards the house, picking up his shirt from where it's resting on a branch as he does so. In the shaft, Beryl beings to come round, and she manages to raise herself into a sitting position. She then stands up, groaning in pain all the while and holding her back to ease the weight of her baby. She starts calling for David.
David passes the mine-shaft as he heads back to the house, but he doesn't look at it, and so doesn't notice the broken slats of wood. He approaches the house, but pauses as he suddenly appears to think he can hear someone calling, "David! Help me!" The calling stops, though, so he heads inside, where he begins to tidy up the mess in the kitchen, clearing away old newspapers and beer bottles. He pauses as he stands by the sink and wipes his brow. He then goes to the 'fridge and takes out three cans of beer.
In the mine-shaft, Beryl cries, "David! Help me! David!" She sighs heavily as there's no response.
At Dural, a car pulls away and heads down the driveway. Inside, in the lounge room, Gordon is with Wayne and he comments to him that he's surprised he cancelled his honeymoon. He asks why the change of plan and Wayne sourly replies, "Too many things to worry about." They walk over and join Karen, Jill and Alan, and Gordon asks his son, "What have you got to worry about?" Wayne retorts that they just decided not to go, and he walks off. Karen quickly tells Gordon that it was her decision, she's afraid: now that Alan is there, she decided that she'd rather stay and help him settle into the flat. Alan assures her that she doesn't have to worry about him, but Karen explains that she does have to keep her eye on the other companies as well; there are a few headaches there - but he's the main for them not going. Alan muses that he doesn't know whether to feel guilty or grateful! He then thanks Gordon for putting him up, and Gordon assures him that they're pleased to have him. Karen tells Alan that he should get some rest, as he's been up and about all afternoon. Jill chips in that Karen is right, and she adds that she'll help him unpack. Alan smiles that he's being mothered on all sides! With the help of Jill, he hobbles off. Left alone with Gordon, Karen comments that he's going to have a full house, but Gordon assures her that he doesn't mind - the house needs plenty of people. Karen suggests that maybe they should get Alan a housekeeper - housework isn't her style and she's still going to be pretty busy with the company. Gordon agrees that that might be a good idea, and he says he'll ring around a few of the agencies on Monday. Charlie and Leigh join them and Charlie comments that she's always the last to leave! Gordon tells her that she doesn't have to go yet, but Charlie replies that she thinks she and Leigh should be making tracks. Leigh thanks Gordon for a lovely afternoon and Gordon tells her that he was glad she could come. He adds that he'll see them out and he and Leigh head to the door. Charlie lingers and says to Karen, "Congratulations, Mrs. Hamilton." Karen thanks her.
Fiona is sitting in her flat, looking through the book that Wal Mackay wrote, when the 'phone starts ringing. She goes and answers it and looks surprised when Karen comes on. She comments to her sourly that she would have thought she'd be off somewhere exotic with her new husband by now. From the bar at Dural - as Wayne stands behind her, drinking - Karen replies that she only wishes they were, but they've too much on at the moment and they'll have to delay it for a while. She then explains that the reason she's ringing is to thank Fiona for arranging the telegram this afternoon. Fiona asks, "What telegram?" and Karen replies, "From Mitch. Wayne and I thought he must have asked you to send it." Fiona, though, tells her that it had nothing to do with her; she hasn't heard of Mitch for months. Karen comments that it must have been someone else, and she apologises for bothering her. Fiona replies that it's alright. She then asks Karen if she'd mind telling Gordon that she'll be coming back there shortly: something has come up and she'd like to have his advice. Karen says she'll tell him and they hang up. At Dural, Karen muses, "Well, it wasn't Fiona..." Wayne slurs that it must have been; who else could-- Karen interrupts him and says she hasn't the faintest idea, but the woman's telling the truth, she's sure of it. Wayne slurs that whoever it was, she can bet it won't end there: someone knows what's happening and they're out to blackmail them. Karen points out that they don't know that - not for sure. She adds that, anyway, all they can do is sit tight and not worry. Looking shocked, Wayne mutters, "I killed the guy." Karen tells him that it was an accident; he should stop punishing himself. Wayne, though, cries that he can't help it: for three months he's been trying to blot it out of his mind and it won't go away. He suddenly walks over to the bar and lifts up the 'phone index. Karen asks him what he's doing and he retorts that he's doing what he should have done the day Mitch died: giving the police the full story. He starts dialling. Karen stands there, looking worried.
A few moments later, Karen has her hand over the telephone receiver and she tells Wayne, "You're not making that call." Wayne growls that he's made up his mind, but Karen retorts that he's not going to solve anything by telling the police. Wayne snaps that at least he might be able to sleep tonight. Karen tells him not to be stupid: if anyone's trying to blackmail them, they haven't got a hope; they've got an alibi, remember?: Amanda said she saw Mitch the day after he was killed. Wayne points out that Amanda wasn't 100% sure it was him, but Karen points out that she wants to believe it, so it won't be difficult to convince her. Wayne asks, "What if you don't?" Karen, though, tells him that, with the guilt Amanda is feeling about Mitch, it'll be easy. Wayne snaps that he'd just be a damn sight happier if everything was out in the open. Karen growls, "Oh is that so? Well tell me: would you rather feel guilty here or in prison, facing a manslaughter charge?" Wayne stares at her, and she asks, "Well?" Wayne looks down and replaces the telephone receiver. He tells Karen, "I still don't like it." Karen replies, "Believe me. It's for the best. Everything will be fine..."
The front door opens at Charlie's and Charlie and Leigh walk into the hallway. As they do so, Charlie tells Leigh that she doesn't think the telegram was a good idea. Leigh, though, retorts that she thought it was brilliant, and she asks Charlie if she didn't see the way Wayne squirmed when it was read out. Charlie snaps that that's what she means: Leigh can do what she likes to Karen, but she doesn't think Patricia would have liked Wayne getting hurt. Leigh mutters that she can't help it if Wayne gets caught in the crossfire; she's only following Patricia's orders. Charlie growls, "A little too strictly for my liking." She heads into the lounge room and Leigh follows her and snaps, "You're too soft, that's your problem. Anyway, it's Mitch I have to chase up now, and if I can find out what his story is, it should be all I need." Charlie tells her that she'll be lucky to track him down; he hasn't been around for months. Leigh points out that someone must know where he is, but Charlie replies that she doubts it: Amanda broke his heart when she wouldn't have anything to do with him, so he's probably joined the Foreign Legion or something! Leigh comments, "Then I'll just have to keep digging with Wayne and Karen." Charlie warns her that they'll get suspicious if she hangs around too much. Leigh, though, tells her, "Not if I have a good reason. And I think I've got one..."
Beryl is standing in the mine-shaft, yelling out, "Help! Please help! Help!" She suddenly becomes aware of a dog growling and running around on the ground above, and she cries out, "Help me, somebody, help me!" She puts her hand to her bump.
A drunk David staggers out of the country house and yells at the dog, "Keep it down." He looks round and then throws an empty beer can that he's holding, yelling at the dog, "Quiet. Useless mongrel..." He rips open another can.
A while later, Leigh opens the front door to Fiona. Fiona comments to her that they've got her working, have they? but Leigh explains that it's all part of her duties; she's the new housekeeper. Fiona just mutters, "Good for you," and she asks if Gordon is about. Leigh heads into the lounge room to get him. Fiona stands in the hallway, holding a copy of Wal Mackay's book. The door to the study suddenly opens and Wayne emerges. He growls at Fiona, "I suppose you've come to gloat." Fiona, looking surprised, asks, "About what?" Wayne retorts, "The telegram." Leigh stands in the lounge room, listening in delight as Fiona snaps that as she told Karen-- Wayne interrupts her and growls that he doesn't care what she told Karen; out of all the guests this afternoon, she's the only one Mitch knew well enough to trust. Fiona snaps at him that before he goes off half-cocked, he'd better tell her what this is all about. Karen comes downstairs as Wayne retorts that he's not an idiot; that telegram came from someone at the wedding, and if she didn't send it, who did? Fiona tells him curtly that she hasn't seen or heard from Mitch in many months, and if she had sent that telegram, she would have been more than delighted to admit it. Wayne snaps, "That's a pile of bull and you know--" Karen reaches the bottom of the stares and warns, "Wayne..." She then tells Fiona that she's sorry; as she can tell, they're both a bit edgy about Mitch at the moment: there were some pretty ugly scenes before he left, and he did attack Wayne, so they're not very comfortable at the thought that he might come back. Fiona says sternly that, personally, she doesn't think he ever will, but be that as it may, she had nothing whatsoever to do with that telegram. Karen assures her that of course she didn't; she's sorry it came up again. She then asks Fiona if Gordon knows she's there. Fiona explains that Leigh has gone to find him. Karen comments that Leigh mustn't realise that he's upstairs, and she invites Fiona to go and wait in the sitting room while she goes and tells him. Leigh makes a hasty exit from the lounge room, escaping into the kitchen. Fiona walks into the room, closing the doors behind her. In the hallway, Karen snaps at Wayne, "Don't you have any brains? You'll sink us both if you don't get your act together; you're behaving like a five-year-old." Wayne growls at her to save it - he's not interested. Karen warns him that he'd better get interested, then, or he'll end up ruining himself. Wayne glares at her and threatens, "You listen to me. Our marriage made you my wife, not my keeper. Don't forget it." He storms off and Karen sighs heavily.
Jill and Alan are walking in the grounds outside, and Jill muses that she'd better go and say goodbye to Gordon. She adds that she wishes she didn't have to leave. Alan comments that there's no rush, is there? but Jill replies that she doesn't want Fiona to think she's forgetting her responsibilities. Alan asks if Fiona is being difficult, but Jill assures him that she's been terrific: it was really good of her to put her and Fee up after Nat threw Karen and everyone else out of the house. She then asks Alan if he likes the flat, and he replies that it seems OK. Jill tells him cheerfully that they'll be able to see a lot more of each other now that she'll be working there. Alan suddenly stops hobbling along and says, "Jill, it'll mean a lot to me to have you close by, but let's not push things too hard." He goes to hobble off again before pausing and continuing, "I've said goodbye to a lot of my ways, but I still need room to breathe. It's going to take time to adjust." Jill assures him that she understands, adding that the last thing she wants to be is a millstone. Alan smiles and assures her that there's no chance of that - they'll still get plenty of time to themselves. Jill laughs that she hopes so!
Gordon is running downstairs inside when Jill comes in through the front door and tells him that he's just the man she wanted to see. Gordon holds up his hands and asks what he's done now! Jill assures him that it's nothing - she just wanted to thank him for such a lovely afternoon. At that moment, Leigh comes out of the lounge room and tells Gordon that Mrs. Thompson is there to see him. Gordon thanks her. He then asks Jill if she and Leigh have met, and Jill tells him that they had a great old chat this afternoon. Gordon tells her that she can expect a lot more of them, as Leigh is their new housekeeper. Jill congratulates Leigh, and Leigh thanks her. Gordon then heads into the lounge room. Alone with Leigh, Jill tells her that, as she's going to be around, she thinks she ought to warn her about Alan. Leigh comments that that sounds ominous, but Jill quickly assures her that it's nothing like that; he can be pretty touchy at times, though. Gordon goes and sits down next to Fiona in the lounge room. She tells him that she's sorry to worry him on such a busy day but it's got to the stage where she can't even think straight; she's so confused that she doesn't know which way to turn. Gordon suggests that she start at the beginning and they'll see where they go from there. In the hallway, Leigh says to Jill, "Well, thanks for letting me know. I'll try to keep out of his way." Jill quickly asks her not to do that; just don't make a big deal of his injuries or treat him differently to anyone else. Leigh says she'll remember. Jill tells her that she'll be keeping Karen happy, too, if she does the right thing by him; they've become very close over the last few months. Looking thoughtful, Leigh muses, "Right..." She then assures Jill that she'll make sure Alan is well looked after without being obvious about it. Jill thanks her and walks off.
Alan is sitting outside, his crutches by his side, a large stick in his hand which he's scraping around in the dirt. Leigh walks over and joins him, saying, "Hi! All alone and no one to talk to?" Alan retorts, "Yeah, and I'd like to keep it that way, thanks." Leigh comments that that's not very nice, but Alan tells her that he's really not in the mood for conversation. Leigh explains that she wanted to thank him. Alan mutters, "For what?" Leigh replies, "Saving the day. Let's face it: most of the guests were pretty dreary. You weren't, though." Alan asks her suspiciously how she figures that out, and Leigh tells him that she found him interesting; she wanted to know more about him - find out what was behind those big, dark eyes. Alan, a glint appearing in his eyes, comments that she's pretty upfront, isn't she? Leigh retorts that she says what's on her mind. Alan asks her if she's going to be around there much. Leigh replies, "Every day. I'm the new housekeeper." Alan looks at her appreciatively and remarks that he wouldn't have thought that was her style. Leigh replies knowingly, "It isn't. But it helps if some parts of the house are more fun to clean than others..." She then adds that she'd better go; she'll see him around. Alan sits there and watches her walk off, a look of intrigue on his face.
Inside, in the lounge room, Fiona is telling Gordon that she thought it would be all so cut-and-dried - she knows how much Barney wanted the book published; but now, she can see how many people would be hurt. Gordon suggests to her that perhaps her Colonel Bainbridge is overreacting, but Fiona replies that he's not: she's read the diaries and he comes out of it very badly. She goes on that it's not just the Colonel - his wife and children will suffer too. Gordon says he understands the problem but all he can offer is sympathy; she knew the options when she went ahead with it. Fiona muses that she knows: "By publishing, I'm doing what Barney wanted more than anything else in the world. And in a way, I'm doing something for all those innocent people who died in Vietnam. But does that justify hurting others who are still alive?"
In Sunbury, Patch the dog is lying at the top of the mine-shaft Beryl is sitting at the bottom, panting. She suddenly cries out in pain and clutches her bump as she appears to begin to go into labour. She cries, "Someone help me. Please."
David comes out of the country house, a can in his hand, and overhears faint cries. He unsteadily makes his way over to the mine-shaft and bends down over it. Patch moves out of the way. David calls down drunkenly, "Beryl? What are you doing down there?" Beryl calls back that she's alright but she's worried about the baby; he'll have to get some help quickly. David asks her if she's sure she's alright. Beryl calls back, "Yes. Now get some help - please." David slurringly tells her to keep calm; he'll get a rope to get her out. He pushes himself upright.
A few minutes later, David is holding a long rope, but Patch has grabbed the end of it in his mouth, and David has to yank it away from him. He staggers back over to the mine-shaft, sits down on the edge and calls down, "I'll have you out in a jiffy, love." Beryl calls back to ask if he shouldn't get someone to give him a hand, but David slurs, "No worries. All you've got to do is put this rope on and I'll pull you straight out." Beryl asks him if he shouldn't call the Rescue Squad or something, just in case, but David slurs that he can't: the 'phone's been cut off. A look of anguish crosses Beryl's face. At the top of the shaft, David ties part of the rope into a knot as he adds that, anyway, the rescue blokes will take too long. Having tied the knot, he leans over edge of the shaft and lowers the rope down. Beryl grabs it and David tells her to slip the loop he's made under her arm. Beryl stands there, looking worried.
Wayne is at Charlie's, and he sits down next to her on the couch. She says to him that she doesn't want him to think he's not welcome there, but shouldn't he be going home? - after all, it is his wedding day. Wayne explains that that's why he's there: he needs someone to talk to. Charlie asks him if he can't talk to his wife, but Wayne replies that it's not something they can discuss. Charlie tells him that, all the same, perhaps he should try. She goes on that he's taken on a whole new set of responsibilities and obviously it's going to take a while to settle down, but he should sort it out with Karen, not her. She suggests that he go home, as Karen is probably worried about him. Wayne stares into space and muses, "Yeah, she probably is." He stands up and adds that he's sorry he's been such lousy company. Charlie, though, replies that she's only sorry that on this occasion she's not a good listener. Wayne goes. Charlie looks worried.
Leigh is walking back towards Charlie's when Wayne comes out of the house. She tells him excitedly that it was a terrific wedding, and Wayne thanks her. She then asks if he's been seeing Charlie, and Wayne explains that they had a cup of coffee. He then tells Leigh that she'd better excuse him as he has to be getting back. He starts walking off, and Leigh calls after him that she'll see him tomorrow. Wayne stops in his tracks and she explains, "When I come over to clean the house." Wayne just murmurs, "Right," and walks off.
David is leaning down into the mine-shaft as Patch runs round behind him. He calls down to Beryl that they'll give it a go, and he tells her to see if there's anything she can grab hold of on the side of the shaft. Beryl calls back that there's nothing. David asks her if she's definitely looked, and she yells, "Yes. Now get some help." David staggers into a standing position and starts taking up the tension on the rope until it's taut. He then starts pulling Beryl up, and she finds herself swinging in mid-air, spinning round and round. She calls up to him that it's useless; he'll have to get some help. David suddenly loses his grip and his balance and the rope falls down into the shaft, causing Beryl to drop back to the bottom. David falls in after her. A few moments later, Beryl asks David - who's fallen next to her - if he's alright. He stirs and groans that he thinks so. The two of them lie there and David asks Beryl how bad she is. She replies that she's alright. She then asks him what possessed him to try and get her out on his own, adding that he should have gone for help when she asked him to. David slurs that he would have managed, but that mongrel dog... Beryl suddenly snaps at him, "You're drunk, David. No wonder you couldn't get me out on your own. You should have listened to me." She suddenly cries out in pain and tells David that the contractions have started. David, looking worried, asks, "The baby? How long before--?" Beryl replies that she doesn't know - Susie and Kevin took a while; perhaps this one will too. David asks her if she'll be alright, but Beryl cries that the baby hasn't got much chance of surviving down there. David puts his arm round her, as she breaks down and sobs, "I don't want to lose my baby, David..."


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What SMBs and startups can learn from securing a presidential campaign
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Mayor Pete Buttigieg's former CISO and Splunk security advisor Mick Baccio explains the cybersecurity best practices he learned from protecting a presidential candidate's campaign.
Dan Patterson, a senior producer for CNET and CBS News, spoke with Mick Baccio, former CISO of the Pete Buttigieg campaign, and now a security advisor for Splunk, about keeping a campaign safe from cyberattacks. The following is an edited transcript of their conversation.
Mick Baccio: I was the CISO for Pete Buttigieg, "Mayor Pete" out of South Bend, IN, when he was running for president. I was the first CISO on any presidential campaign. It was basically putting a security program, security culture, security awareness into a place where it had never been. It never existed. It's akin to if you are a small business startup, something like that, you're doing the same thing. And with a campaign, it's super weird and unique, just because the way campaigns are funded. It's unlike any environment I had been in. The budgeting is essentially month-to-month rather than quarter-to-quarter, a year-to-year, or something like that.
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[I was] putting all the nuts and bolts of a building blocks security program, putting that in and making the trains go, and then creating an awareness program to make people buy on a security like you would anywhere else. I think when you look at security, cybersecurity, whether you're a SMB or whether you're a startup, somewhere in the middle, I think the building blocks of security, putting those in place are the same, no matter where you work, no matter what environment you're in. You're building a security program, whether it's your incident response life cycle, your remediation life cycle, all these different things that you put into consideration, and you build that program out, kind of custom to your environment.
I think a campaign and a small- to medium-sized business, or a startup, something like that, they are very, very similar, to a point. And then like any security program, you tailor it specifically to your vertical. On a political campaign, there are just some unique things that you have to look out there. But underneath all of it, the building blocks should be the same. I think having a good team, good program to try and get ahead of some of the new threats that are out there. And ransomware has been around for a while. Emerging threats are coming around. Recently, you saw the Drovorub, the Linux rootkit that was attributed to the GRU. That maybe affected a dozen people, but at the same time, Linux rootkits are still a very, very common vector for cyber attacks. Those building blocks that you have in place, those basics help you with those emerging threats.
I think it's important to know if you're figuring out what to do, what you can control and what you can't control. As the CISO of a political campaign, I do the cyber bit of it. The disinformation, the discourse manipulation, whatever you want to call it, that's not my wheelhouse, there's nothing I could do about that. But I think it's super important that it supplies into any environment, startups, small and medium business, is that having those contacts, having those partnerships with people that are responsible for them and get ahead of those emerging threats as best you can. I think people want it to be spy stuff all the time. They want it to be APT [advanced persistent threats], whatever you want to call it. But honestly, I think when you look at just business email compromise, generic ransomware, just crime is the biggest thing more than any nation-state activity.
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I think that is the biggest threat when you look at any environment. Just generic crimeware business email is compromised, things like that, I think that's the biggest threat that people still have. When I meet someone new coming into the industry, or I have meetings with CISOs and, "Hey, this is my experience, what I've done," I think the advice I try and give them is to have that solid foundation of your security program. I think doing the basics right helps you get to the next level. And all you're doing as a CISO, all you're doing at any security program is you're constantly raising the bar. You want your program to get better, so you're 100% defended, 100% of the time. And it's rare. You might never get there, but I think the journey along the way is the important thing. I think communication is one of the big things that I try and champion, being able to explain the cyber zeros and ones that no one really gets into a nontechnical audience and make them understand, get them to understand that and buy into it. I think your communication takes you farther along.
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The father of Offset had some things to get off his chest on social media. Michael Woodward who goes by Tony Pla on social media, seemingly aired out his daughter in law in the midst of her ongoing drama with his son Offset.
According to Woodward who's a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. and owns a property management/renovation company, he's sick and tired of people harshly criticizing his son. Not only that, Offset marrying a "hot headed female" like Cardi B was a recipe for disaster.
"People do and say hurtful things about my family members daily; specifically my child. While he ain't perfect, he is mine and as a parent, I have a duty to protect him," allegedly wrote Michael in an Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity group page that's gone viral.
"Right now, I cannot do that. Like most young adults, he doesn't always do what he's advised to do but we are talking about a 25-year-old with an unlimited supply of money, women chasing him, people at his disposal, etc. Couple that with a hot headed female that thrives off of social media attention and is on the same financial level as/above him and it's a recipe for disaster.
He also added that there may be other elements at hand that could be exacerbating Offset and Cardi's issues and notes that there were family emergencies that the public doesn't know about.
"Psychological issues, depression, and drugs that make the situation worse," allegedly wrote Michael. "You all do not know how that effects the rest of the family from late night phone calls, emergency travel, news, media, etc. I did not sign up for this. Everything I do and say is scrutinized, everyone wants a favor to get close to him or Cardi.
He also broke down a scary situation where his home was raided by federal agents and added that his daughter came home to a blocked off street where agents were waiting with guns drawn. Most interesting however is when he breaks down what happened when Cardi released that video announcing her split from Offset.
Michael recently attended Offset's "Set Gala" with Offset's mom Latabia Woodward.
Do YOU agree that Offset's dad is out of pocket for speaking on his son's situation???
More of Offset's dad on the flip.
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module Globalize
  module ActiveRecord
    module InstanceMethods
      delegate :translated_locales, :to => :translations

      def globalize
        @globalize ||= Adapter.new(self)
      end

      def attributes
        super.merge(translated_attributes)
      end

      def self.included(base)
        # Maintain Rails 3.0.x compatibility while adding Rails 3.1.x compatibility
        if base.method_defined?(:assign_attributes)
          base.class_eval %{
            def assign_attributes(attributes, options = {})
              with_given_locale(attributes) { super }
            end
          }
        else
          base.class_eval %{
            def attributes=(attributes, *args)
              with_given_locale(attributes) { super }
            end

            def update_attributes!(attributes, *args)
              with_given_locale(attributes) { super }
            end

            def update_attributes(attributes, *args)
              with_given_locale(attributes) { super }
            end
          }
        end
      end

      def write_attribute(name, value, options = {})
        if translated?(name)
          # Deprecate old use of locale
          unless options.is_a?(Hash)
            warn "[DEPRECATION] passing 'locale' as #{options.inspect} is deprecated. Please use {:locale => #{options.inspect}} instead."
            options = {:locale => options}
          end
          options = {:locale => Globalize.locale}.merge(options)

          # Dirty tracking, paraphrased from
          # ActiveRecord::AttributeMethods::Dirty#write_attribute.
          name_str = name.to_s
          if attribute_changed?(name_str)
            # If there's already a change, delete it if this undoes the change.
            old = changed_attributes[name_str]
            changed_attributes.delete(name_str) if value == old
          else
            # If there's not a change yet, record it.
            old = globalize.fetch(options[:locale], name)
            old = old.clone if old.duplicable?
            changed_attributes[name_str] = old if value != old
          end

          globalize.write(options[:locale], name, value)
        else
          super(name, value)
        end
      end

      def read_attribute(name, options = {})
        # Deprecate old use of locale
        unless options.is_a?(Hash)
          warn "[DEPRECATION] passing 'locale' as #{options.inspect} is deprecated. Please use {:locale => #{options.inspect}} instead."
          options = {:locale => options}
        end

        options = {:translated => true, :locale => nil}.merge(options)
        if self.class.translated?(name) and options[:translated]
          if (value = globalize.fetch(options[:locale] || Globalize.locale, name))
            value
          else
            super(name)
          end
        else
          super(name)
        end
      end

      def attribute_names
        translated_attribute_names.map(&:to_s) + super
      end

      def translated?(name)
        self.class.translated?(name)
      end

      def translated_attributes
        translated_attribute_names.inject({}) do |attributes, name|
          attributes.merge(name.to_s => translation.send(name))
        end
      end

      # This method is basically the method built into Rails
      # but we have to pass {:translated => false}
      def untranslated_attributes
        attrs = {}
        attribute_names.each do |name|
          attrs[name] = read_attribute(name, {:translated => false})
        end
        attrs
      end

      def set_translations(options)
        options.keys.each do |locale|
          translation = translation_for(locale) ||
                        translations.build(:locale => locale.to_s)

          options[locale].each do |key, value|
            translation.send :"#{key}=", value
          end
          translation.save
        end
        globalize.reset
      end

      def reload(options = nil)
        translation_caches.clear
        translated_attribute_names.each { |name| @attributes.delete(name.to_s) }
        globalize.reset
        super(options)
      end

      def clone
        obj = super
        return obj unless respond_to?(:translated_attribute_names)

        obj.instance_variable_set(:@translations, nil) if new_record? # Reset the collection because of rails bug: http://pastie.org/1521874
        obj.instance_variable_set(:@globalize, nil )
        each_locale_and_translated_attribute do |locale, name|
          obj.globalize.write(locale, name, globalize.fetch(locale, name) )
        end

        return obj
      end

      def translation
        translation_for(::Globalize.locale)
      end

      def translation_for(locale, build_if_missing = true)
        unless translation_caches[locale]
          # Fetch translations from database as those in the translation collection may be incomplete
          _translation = translations.detect{|t| t.locale.to_s == locale.to_s}
          _translation ||= translations.with_locale(locale).first unless translations.loaded?
          _translation ||= translations.build(:locale => locale) if build_if_missing
          translation_caches[locale] = _translation if _translation
        end
        translation_caches[locale]
      end

      def translation_caches
        @translation_caches ||= {}
      end

      def globalize_fallbacks(locale)
        Globalize.fallbacks(locale)
      end

      def rollback
        translation_caches[::Globalize.locale] = translation.previous_version
      end

      def column_for_attribute name
        translated_attribute_names.include?(name) ? globalize.send(:column_for_attribute, name) : super
      end

    private

      def update(*)
        I18n.with_locale(read_attribute(:locale) || I18n.default_locale) do
          super
        end
      end

      def create(*)
        I18n.with_locale(read_attribute(:locale) || I18n.default_locale) do
          super
        end
      end

    protected

      def each_locale_and_translated_attribute
        used_locales.each do |locale|
          translated_attribute_names.each do |name|
            yield locale, name
          end
        end
      end

      def used_locales
        locales = globalize.stash.keys.concat(globalize.stash.keys).concat(translations.translated_locales)
        locales.uniq!
        locales
      end

      def save_translations!
        globalize.save_translations!
        translation_caches.clear
      end

      def with_given_locale(attributes, &block)
        attributes.symbolize_keys! if attributes.respond_to?(:symbolize_keys!)

        locale = respond_to?(:locale=) ? attributes.try(:[], :locale) :
                                         attributes.try(:delete, :locale)

        if locale
          Globalize.with_locale(locale, &block)
        else
          yield
        end
      end
    end
  end
end


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