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100 Countries Now Know How Prepared They Are for Next Outbreak: Time to Close the Gaps
(New York, NY) The world has reached a new milestone in epidemic preparedness. One hundred countries have now completed a Joint External Evaluation (JEE), the world's gold standard for evaluating how prepared a country is to find, stop and prevent an epidemic. The JEE helps countries determine which preparedness gaps are most important to fill in order to reduce epidemic risk, and how to fill these gaps.
"Congratulations to the 100 countries that completed the JEE. Five years ago, this seemed like a nearly impossible goal," said Dr. Tom Frieden, President and CEO of Resolve to Save Lives, an initiative of Vital Strategies. "JEEs are pointing the way to a safer world. As we shift from evaluation to action – governments, civil society and donors need to urgently step up readiness."
The 100th JEE was completed by Haiti, one of the first countries in the Americas to complete the exercise.
"100 countries have completed the JEE, and 7,000 gaps have been identified," said Amanda McClelland, Senior Vice President of the Prevent Epidemics team at Resolve to Save Lives. "As we celebrate this success, we can't lose sight of the work ahead of us. Once countries complete a JEE, that's when the real work begins—closing the gaps identified by the assessment to ensure we're better prepared tomorrow."
PreventEpidemic.org, a website created by Resolve to Save Lives, uses JEE data to show how prepared each country is for the next epidemic, and provides advocacy tools to encourage governments to fill preparedness gaps.
The Joint External Evaluation (JEE) is a comprehensive, standardized and transparent assessment of a country's ability to find, stop and prevent disease threats, conducted first by a group of domestic experts and then validated by an external group of independent international experts. Similar to a report card, 19 areas of epidemic preparedness and response ability are assessed and then scored. The assessment is voluntary, initiated by a country, conducted approximately every five years, and the results are published by the World Health Organization (WHO). The WHO also uses other processes, including mandated annual self-reporting (the results of which are also presented on this site), simulation exercises, and after-action reviews to help countries assess and identify areas for improvement in preparedness and response.
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Resolve to Save Lives is a five-year, $225 million campaign funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Gates Philanthropy Partners, which is funded with support from the Chan Zuckerberg Foundation. It is led by Dr. Tom Frieden, former director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and housed at Vital Strategies.
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The rapid development of technologies has changed our lives to its best. Human beings have started to look like robots and it's one of the biggest examples of how technology has changed our life positively. In today's world, technology is omnipresent. It is in the air, water, food, education, business, office, electricity, marketing, data storage, communication, cars, parking, travel, food, shopping and banks.
Education and learning methods have benefited largely with the booming of technology. It has changed in many ways since the last decade. It was not possible for us to get data, information and knowledge so quickly with great flexibility. The school was very far from home. And that made learning quite uninteresting. But due to change in technologies, there are online schools, raging technologies of smart devices that can keep us connected with the school and the updated information. There are various types of online courses for everyone with different contents. This positive change in education can be visibly seen because of the trading technologies.
With the development of evolving technologies, we have also seen quite an evolution in the department of communication. We have mobiles, smartphones, internet, computers and social media, video conferencing tools and apps to communicate with anyone around the world with ease. The advancement of communication by far is the biggest technology turnover which is fast, easy and quickest.
Technologies can be a pro for some as well as a con for some. When it comes to applying technologies in our day to day life it can get quite tricky. The craze and disadvantages of taking selfies in the risky area are well known. We do online shopping and there are varieties and price comparison tools. Internet of things is a new technology that can be used in everything we own on a daily basis. Most of the people are busier than being productive. 30 years back, people had time for their friends and family. They used to live there and enjoy their life in real time. Emotions, care for nature and humanity used to be a major deal. Today we do the same things but on social media with emotions that cannot be measured.
One of the core reasons to improve the technologies is health care and benefits. A few years back we did not have upgraded technologies for operations and surgeries. But now patients can leave everything on the doctor's for a happy operation tenure. The impact of technology has affected the health care mainly in three areas. Firstly the quality of human life has improved. Secondly, healthcare jobs have also improved. And lastly, the world economy has improved. There are fresh investments fuelling the private sector, so there has been an increasing medical innovation.
The latest technologies are impacting the way businesses work and do. Automation of almost everything will be possible in no time. All the new business models are technology based. There are hardly any businesses that aren't using any mode of technology. Passive incomes are booming at a point where people are thinking more about more than one income. Cloud computing, marketing automation, cloud storage, hybrid cars and robots play a major role here. The reason being more profit in less time. In the competitive world, technology plays a vital role.
Technology helps you to store your personal or business related data on clouds and access it anywhere and anytime. You don't have to store your data in bulky hard drives, pen drives or DVDs. cloud computing is the delivery of computing services, like servers, storage, databases, networking, software, analytic and more over the internet. The companies that provide these services are called cloud providers and charge for cloud computing services based on usage, similar to how you are billed for water or electricity at home.
Technology and youth go hand in hand in today's generation. The youth is totally dependent on the latest technologies for everything. From school to dating to sports. Are the technologies making children older? Kids nowadays learn things at an early age and make them matured and ready to compete at an international level. It is good that kids are learning early and thus will be ready to fight the worst. Social media plays a major role in their lives. They are being more vocal and opinionated. They have the opportunity to convey their feelings and thoughts on any topic be it political or education related. Youth patriotism is well known on the internet and at the same time, some of these people don't care to save water, clean atmosphere and girl's safety.
In the past, if we needed to travel we had to make arrangements with help our agents. For travel guides and information, we had to go through books for a destination and lodging information. For a road trip, we used to have maps for the routes. For recording the trip we used to carry bulky disposable cameras and hefty video recorders. Gone are those days, now we have super fast travel sites that not only gives us the opportunity to know where to go, how to go and the best time to travel that specific place but also, helps us book flights, hotels, and day tours. We have GPS right at our fingertips that show us exactly if we are going in the right direction. Avail the best deals with makemytrip coupons and travel at the most affordable rates.
A few decades ago eating out and dine in for a meal at a fancy restaurant was not a common place for most families. Home cooked meals were more often preferred. But now with the ease of gathering information about a food place, people learn a lot of things and can now choose from their favorite cuisine, meals depending upon their moods and choices.
Shopping has emerged since last few decades to now. Most of the people prefer to sit and relax at home and shop for their favorite products online. It was virtually non-existent before a decade and now buying goods on the internet has become a billion dollar project. We buy books, CDs, clothes, electronics, etc for getting better discounts on the real price. With popular online shopping sites offering great discounts like Flipkart coupons, people will most definitely go for online shopping rather than the traditional way. Nowadays people even buy their groceries online with sites like bigbasket.
When you're considering products for sale on Amazon it almost goes without saying that you will be looking for the products you can sell successfully and with the highest possible levels of margin (profit) available. If you're reading this article you are looking for inspiration and, more importantly, solid ideas around which you can build your successful business. In this article we shall be taking you through five great technology products that we think have the legs to take your business to the next step.
As well as yielding potentially high profits these ideas for products that can also be relatively low in cost. When you're running your own private label business this is the golden combination that you are looking for.
When you're hunting for great products you should remember to stick to the category that fits your product line and your brand. If you're a successful seller of tech products you shouldn't be thinking of diversifying into selling straws or ice cube trays. These days consumer trust and loyalty comes from you showing your expertise in your niche.
You need to be thinking about products that will fit your existing product line and how they will continue to push your brand to dominate your chosen category.
No, maybe they don't immediately strike you as being one of the most glamorous of tech gadgets that you can have on your product list. However microphones do come with some irrefutable advantages.
Think about it: everyone is using microphones these days in a variety of situations at work and at home. Podcasts are still going strong with many marketing executives ready to pay a blogger to sit behind the mic once a week and make a company look like the leading expert in their field. Vlogging, or video blogging, is no different. They all need microphones to sound professional.
If you're taking part in a video call for work on a regular basis you'll want to be heard in crystal-clear sound. You had better get a quality microphone.
With the rise of affordable audio editing software everyone wants to cut a demo of their band's best tunes for a record label… That's right, they'll need a microphone for each instrument.
You may not consider this a "new" technology in this era of touch screens and voice controls. However, you would be surprised at the innovations still keeping this handy peripheral relevant. Of course not every person or every business can afford to replace their existing equipment. Upgrading to touch screen technology would also mean moving to the latest version of existing software or finding a suitable alternative. Far easier to stick with the trusty mouse and take advantage of the latest technology they house.
There are different categories available to suit different users. For example, there are mice that are specifically designed for gamers. These contain technology that offer the user excellent accuracy. This type of technology is also used in mice that are created for users working in fields that require pinpoint accuracy - such as graphic design. Other categories pertain to efficiency and portability. Those who travel a lot on business regularly purchase travel mice that are smaller in size. Ergonomic mice are designed for prolonged use and offer the user greater comfort - these are especially popular among officer workers.
These are becoming increasingly popular with music lovers from all age groups and musical tastes. You know how the technology works. The user pairs their phone or MP3 player with the speaker wirelessly using the common bluetooth technology. The music is transmitted to the receiver, the speaker, in the form of data and this is transformed back into sound that is emitted via the speaker. Light and highly portable, these speakers are popular with anyone who likes to listen to music outdoors. In summer that's… everyone, right?
Most speakers allow users to plug their music playing devices directly into the speaker using a 3.5mm male/male audio cable. This would be a considerate add-on to offer customers. The speakers are usually powered by AA batteries or a mains adapter - these would be also be good add-ons for your customers.
GPS trackers are a great way to quickly pin-point the location of items that regularly get lost, bicycles. They're a great new technology idea that can be attached to so many items. Keys, pets, luggage. They're easily charged and can be tracked using a dedicated app that can be downloaded to phones and tablets. They use the latest GPS technology contained within a small and light casing.
These vary in style and build materials so you can offer customers a range of different options to suit their needs and styles. For example, if the user is looking for a tracker to attach to a dog's collar they may want one that is water resistant so it won't be affected by rain or mud. On the other hand if the user wants to attach it to luggage they might want something that will withstand heavy weight of other cases being loaded on top in the aircraft hold.
Yes, solar power is becoming more and more ubiquitous with solar energy farms spreading around the world and panels popping up on roofs. Now technology users looking to keep their power-hungry phones, tablets and other devices, can rely on handy pocket-sized solar panels to charge their gadgets wherever they are. If you're selling technology items this will fit right in with your product line. As an add-on don't forget to suggest extra USB cables. Many of these chargers can charge more than one device at once.
The chargers are easy to use and can function as a power bank storing enough power to charge a device several times before it will need to be recharged. If the user is at a place that is convenient for them to plug the charger into the mains they can quickly recharge it there. Alternatively they can use the solar power function to harness the power of the sun and recharge the bank and recharge their devices on the go.
Sarah Kaiser is a digital marketing manager at Casino Global Sourcing, the sourcing division of a French retailer Groupe Casino. Godirek.com is the product catalog of Casino Global Sourcing, which offers helps and tips from product sourcing, cost saving to sales boosting for Amazon third party sellers . She's a fan of water sports and has studied business management in France. Her works have been published on dozens of websites and blogs.
Picture this: You love playing mobile slots for money. You are at your favorite casino and you've just made a wager on your luckiest slot. The wheels begin to spin. When they come to a halt, sadly, you see that and you didn't win the jackpot. But, it's not over yet. An icon imploring you to click it for a prize appears out of thin air.
You do as it obliges and suddenly the casino disappears. Hitting the icon has turned you into a character in a video game and you are being transported to a brand new world.
You find that you have landed in the Old West. You are outside a saloon, armed with a gun in each hand. You are now a cowboy that has the chance win $1,000. All you have to do is shoot 6 bandits in one minute. What's your next move? Do you accept the challenge?
As crazy as it may sound, you might actually be able to enjoy this type of gaming experience in the near future. Virtual reality will give developers the ability to take your favorite online casino titles and combine them with wearable technology and creative game programming in order to make them completely immersive.
Sounds like science fiction, doesn't it? But, it's actually much closer to being made a reality than you may think. Facebook has already spent millions to buy Oculus Rift (a VR headset manufacturer). This partnership is currently working on creating an experience that makes users feel as if they're being transported from one virtual experience to another.
Furthermore, the VR technology available now has given people the ability to climb Mount Everest, visit undersea wrecks, and participate in horse races. And, what's more? New games and experiences are likely being created, even as you read this article. So, as you can see, humanity has begun to enter into a new age, one filled with virtual and digital wonders.
Not surprisingly, casinos have been working hard to make the gambling experience more immersive as well. It is their hope that, in doing so, they will attract more millennials to their wares.
In the meantime, both online and brick and mortar casinos are taking steps to make their traditional formats more appealing to this demographic. One of the ways this is being accomplished is by retooling games that already exist. For instance, if you've played slots in a land-based casino recently, no doubt you've witnessed bonus rounds and extra games on your favorite machines.
These type of games lessen the hunger for VR technology. But, when they are available, it will certainly change things. The only issue (in the beginning) may be cost. But, this is par for the course with the majority of new technologies. Still, the gear is moderately light. To get started, all you'll need is a VR headset, a joystick device, and maybe some biofeedback or wearable devices to make the experience even more real.
Believe it or not, these types of devices are already on the market. We've already seen a few generations of wearable technology, like the Apple Watch, Google Glass, and the Fitbit. What's more? Many wearable devices already have the ability to act as biofeedback tools.
We've heard a lot about the term biofeedback. But, what is it really? It's defined as a technology that uses monitoring devices to get information about autonomic bodily function, ie blood pressure or heart rate. This info is used to help the person being monitored gain some type of control over these functions. But, developers have taken this technology to an entirely new level. For instance, there's already a virtual reality game in existence that uses your fear to adjust gameplay. In other words, it senses your fear.
When you look at what we can do with virtual reality now and interest that the gambling industry has shown in this technology, it's safe to say that the future of online casinos (like 7Sultans Online Casino) will be something to behold. What is your stance on that?
Getting a new phone can be a great source of fun. Today's phones replace computers, music players and much more. It is amazing how much we rely on them for everyday life. That is why it is so important for us to do all we can to keep our phones going strong. Here are five steps that will help you to take care of your new smartphone.
Keeping your phone's software updated will be a constant maintenance requirement, especially if you install a lot of apps. Be sure to prioritize the updating of your phone's operating system and anti-virus tools. Updating these systems helps to protect your data from unauthorized access. Whenever possible, set your phone to automatically install updates. You may even be able to time the updates for an hour of the day when you are rarely using your device, such as at 3:00 am while you are sleeping.
Oils and dirt from your fingertips may cause your touchscreen to become unresponsive. Small particles can also scratch the screen. Use a slightly damp, soft microfiber cloth to clean the screen. Also make sure that the cloth is free of lint, fabric softeners and other residue. Clean your phone's screen about once per week for the best results.
Allow your battery to run out before you charge it. Be sure to complete at least one full charge cycle per month. This involves charging the phone to 100 percent and then totally draining the battery. Avoid "topping off" your battery. This can damage the lithium and cause the battery to become unstable. A dependable charging station such as the products made by TYLT help to ensure that your smartphone gets a complete charge.
Your phone has sensitive electronics that may become damaged by extreme heat. Leaving your new smartphone in your hot car while on a sunny summer day could lead to considerable problems with the device. Whenever possible, avoid leaving your phone in direct sunlight. If you can, take your phone with you instead of leaving it in a hot car. It is also a good idea to avoid leaving your phone next to other sources of heat, such as computers, air vents and microwaves.
Purchase a protective case for your phone. Cases can be made of silicone, rubber or fabric. They include padding to protect against impacts from falls or objects falling onto the phone. You might even consider a water-resistant case that zips shut.
Your new phone is a powerful tool. Make sure that you do all that you can to keep it safe and working well. That way you won't have to worry about getting a new phone for quite a while. That is definitely something that can help save you a lot of money down the road.


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Colombian army kills five FARC rebels
by Adriaan Alsema February 16, 2008
The members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, were killed on Thursday after receiving thousands of dollars from the victim of the extortion plot near the central city of Ibague, the army said.An army spokesman declined to provide the name of the victim, but said she is a cousin of the former president.Gaviria, chief of Colombia's opposition Liberal Party, was president from 1990 to 1994 and headed the Organization of American States from 1994 to 2004. His sister, Liliana Gaviria, was killed in a botched FARC kidnapping in 2006. (Reuters)

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Q: memory error during hierarchical clustering Python 3.6 I have a fairly large data set (1841000*32 matrix) I wish to run a hierarchical clustering algorithm on.  Both the AgglomerativeClustering class and the FeatureAgglomeration class in sklearn.cluster give the below error.
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525         X_new : array-like, shape (n_samples, n_components)
526         """
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528         return self.embedding_

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501         self.embedding_ = spectral_embedding(affinity_matrix,
502   n_components=self.n_components,

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450     self.affinity_matrix_ = kneighbors_graph(X, self.n_neighbors_,
451                                                          include_self=True,
--> 452                                                          n_jobs=self.n_jobs)
453                 # currently only symmetric affinity_matrix supported
454                 self.affinity_matrix_ = 0.5 * (self.affinity_matrix_ +

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102     query = _query_include_self(X, include_self)
--> 103     return X.kneighbors_graph(X=query, n_neighbors=n_neighbors, mode=mode)
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482         # construct CSR matrix representation of the k-NN graph
483         if mode == 'connectivity':
--> 484             A_data = np.ones(n_samples1 * n_neighbors)
485             A_ind = self.kneighbors(X, n_neighbors, return_distance=False)
486

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187     """
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189     multiarray.copyto(a, 1, casting='unsafe')
190     return a

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My RAM is 8GB, and the same error occurred when i ran it on a 64GB system.  I realize hierarchical clustering is computationally expensive, and not recommended for large datasets, but I need to create a dendrogram of all my data at once.  I am creating a vocabulary tree from a bag of visual words using ORB features.  If there is any other way to achieve this or a way to fix the error, please illuminate!  Thank you.

A: I ran into a similar issue running agglomerative clustering. My solution was to run the clustering algorithm on a small subset of the data using train_test_split, then use KNN to extend the labels from AC to the rest of the data. Works reasonably well, not sure if the data you are using is amenable to that treatment or not. My code for extending is:
X_train, X_test, y_train, y_test = \
    train_test_split(X, y,
                     test_size=test_size, random_state=42)
AC = AgglomerativeClustering(n_clusters=n_clusters, linkage='ward')
AC.fit(X_train)
labels = AC.labels_

KN = KNeighborsClassifier(n_neighbors=n_neighbors)
KN.fit(X_train,labels)
labels2 = KN.predict(X)

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Curtiss SOC-4 "Seagull" (1938)
Curtiss SOC-4 "Seagull"
The SOC was the last of the "Curtiss biplanes in operational service" with the U.S. Navy and was designed for use as a scout aircraft for battleships and cruisers–capable of catapult operation and landing at sea. The Coast Guard acquired the final three produced by Curtiss in 1938 and these were designated as SOC-4s. They were assigned the Coast Guard call numbers V171, V172, and V173.
The SOC-4s participated in the experimental use of aircraft on board large cutters. These cutters did not have catapults and simply hoisted each amphibian overboard during flight operations. Use was limited. During WWII the large cutters carried aircraft in Arctic waters. However these aircraft were JF-2s and J2Fs. All three SOC-4s were transferred to the Navy in 1942.
SOC-4
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Laser cutting technology is widely used in metal and non-metallic materials processing, can greatly reduce the processing time, reduce processing costs, improve the quality of the workpiece. Pulsed lasers are suitable for metal materials, continuous lasers for non-metallic materials, and the latter are important areas of laser cutting technology. The modern laser has become the "sword" of the "iron-cut" people's dreams.
Laser cutting is focusing the CO2 laser beam onto the surface of the material to melt the material with a focusing mirror while blowing away the melted material with a compressed gas coaxial with the laser beam and causing the laser beam to move relative to the material along a certain trajectory A certain shape of the slit. Since 1970s, with the continuous improvement and development of CO2 laser and numerical control technology, it has become an advanced processing method for industrial sheet metal cutting. In the fifties and sixties as the main method of cutting sheet metal cutting: oxyacetylene flame cutting for plate; for sheet cutting with cutting bed, forming a large number of complex parts stamping, vibration using a single piece of shear. Seventies, in order to improve and improve the cutting quality of flame cutting, but also promote the oxyethylene flame cutting and plasma cutting. In order to reduce the manufacturing cycle of large stamping dies, but also developed a CNC nunchuck and electrical processing technology. Cutting methods have a variety of cutting shortcomings in industrial production has a certain scope of application.


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Microscopic Origin of the 0.7-Anomaly in Quantum Point Contacts
A Quantum point contact (QPC) is a one dimensional constriction, separating two extended electron systems allowing transport between them only though a short and narrow channel. The linear conductance of QPCs is quantized in units of the conductance quantum G_Q=2e^2/h, where e is the electron charge and h is Planck's constant. Thus the conductance shows a staircase when plotted as a function of gate-voltage which defines the width of the channel. In addition measured curves show a shoulder-like step around 0.7G_Q. In this regime QPCs show anomalous behaviour in quantities like electrical or thermal conductance, noise, and thermopower, as a function of external parameters such as temperature, magnetic field, or applied voltage. These phenomena, collectively known as the 0.7-anomaly in QPCs are subject of controversial discussion. This thesis offers a detailed description of QPCs in the parameter regime of the 0.7-anomaly. A model is presented which reproduces the phenomenology of the 0.7-anomaly. We give an intuitive picture and a detailed description of the microscopic mechanism leading to the anomalous behavior. Further, we offer detailed predictions for the behavior of the 0.7-anomaly in the presence of spin-orbit interactions. Our best theoretical results were achieved using an approximation scheme within the functional renormalization group (fRG) which we developed to treat inhomogeneous interacting fermi systems. This scheme, called the coupled ladder approximation (CLA), allows the flow of the two-particle vertex to be incorporated even if the number of interacting sites N, is large, by reducing the number of independent variables which represent the two-particle vertex from O(N^4) to O (N^2).
quantum point contacts, 0.7 anomaly, conductance quantisation,
Bauer, Florian
Universitätsbibliothek der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bvb:19-178928
Bauer, Florian (2014): Microscopic Origin of the 0.7-Anomaly in Quantum Point Contacts. Dissertation, LMU München: Faculty of Physics
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Known for looking picture-perfect at every turn, Australian-born Miranda Kerr may just be dropping photos of her wedding dress now (she married Snapchat founder Evan Spiegel in May), but we'd wait forever to find out how she got her skin to look so flawless as she said, "I do" (and every other day). Lucky for us, Kerr not only let us in on her skin and makeup secrets for the wedding, but she also released a video on how the exact makeup look was created, along with the skin care steps she relied on leading up to the big day.
"Once my face is cleansed, I then mist all over with the Kora Rose Balancing Mist," Kerr shares in the video. Though a heavy hand of Kora, Kerr's own skin care line, is far from an unexpected guest within her regimen, what might surprise you is what comes next. Kerr explains that the Balancing Mist serves a dual purpose because she uses it right before reaching for her NuFACE Trinity Facial Toning Device ($325), describing the tool as a "lifting machine that needs to be activated with water or gel" (she uses it along her jawline, cheekbones and right under her brow bone, pulling upward toward her hairline).
The FDA-approved device harnesses the power of microcurrents to "lift" and strengthen facial muscles for a contoured look, similar to how we work out our muscles at the gym. It can sting for a bit, but it shows visible results in less than 20 minutes of use. It's no wonder why Kerr reached for this high-tech must leading up to her big day.
To view her entire skin and makeup routine, watch the full video below.


What are the components of an ILI chapter?
Each chapter is anchored in a single organization, however, its success depends on the active participation of several strategic partners. For the State College, PA chapter, ILI program partners include the Penn State Intergenerational Program (rooted in Penn State Extension), the Penn State Center for Healthy Aging, RSVP – Centre County, OLLI – Penn State (University Park), and the PSU College of Agricultural Sciences Office of Multicultural Affairs.
What is involved in setting up and sustaining an ILI chapter?
Here are some of the key components in developing and sustaining ILI chapters over time.
First steps for launching an ILI chapter.
The Intergenerational Leadership Institute certificate training program for older adults was first piloted in 2015 with 10 participants from State College, PA and surrounding communities taking part in an 8-module short course on intergenerational programs and practices. Some participants chose to continue through the certification process which includes taking part in a series of monthly "applications seminar" sessions as well as additional training and networking opportunities provided by Penn State and partnering organizations.
This ILI chapter is based in Montgomery County, MD, and it is run by the Heyman Interages Center, based at the Jewish Council for the Aging of Greater Washington. Launched in 2015, as part of the ILI pilot.
5+ chapters are now in the early stages of formation: Information on these and other ILI initiatives is forthcoming. Stay tuned!!
The "ILI Chapters Network" consists of: ILI chapter coordinators, instructors, facilitators, collaborators, partners, and "Fellows" (i.e., graduates).
How do ILI participants view and experience the ILI program?
Video testimonials from ILI - State College, PA chapter participants.
The Intergenerational Leadership Institute - Nelson, B.C. (Canada) Chapter was launched on January 12, 2018 with 15 participants.


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Kevin's thought on the craziest series in MLS Cup Playoffs history!
Post-Game comments of Patrice Bernier Evan Bush, Hassoun Camara, Mauro Biello, Michael Bradley and Greg Vanney.
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Thanks to John Foliot for putting on an excellent Open Web Camp. It was especially great as we got to host here at PayPal at our Town Hall facility.
Lots of great talks. Check out the presentations at http://openwebcamp.org/slides (more to come).
Here is my talk from this morning.


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Dopo il matrimonio di Maometto con Khadija bint Khuwaylid, fu affrancata e fatta sposare al medinese dei Banu Khazraj, ʿUbayd ibn Zayd. Dal loro matrimonio nacque il figlio Ayman, che le consentì di fregiarsi della kunya Umm Ayman.

Qualche tempo dopo la morte del marito, Umm Ayman (tornata a Mecca), fu data in moglie da Maometto al figlio adottivo Zayd ibn Haritha e dal loro matrimonio venne al mondo Usama ibn Zayd.

Non c'è certezza sulla data della sua morte. Ci sono cronisti che parlano di un mese dopo la morte di Maometto (632), altri parlando di 6 mesi e altri nel corso del califfato di ʿOmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb o di Uthman ibn Affan.

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Spurs partnership with Real no longer active.
Tottenham Hotspur have confirmed that they are no longer in an active partnership with Real Madrid, according to the club's official site.
The north London side first made this agreement for a 'special relationship' with the Spanish giants back in 2012 when they sold Croatian playmaker Luka Modric to the club in a £33m deal.
However, just a year later Spurs also sold Gareth Bale to the Bernabeu club as the partnership continued to look somewhat one-way, with the club confirming in a meeting with the Tottenham Hotspur Supporters' Trust yesterday that the agreement hadn't quite worked out as planned.
Having agreed to let Modric join Real, Spurs were then supposed to have an option on Madrid's young players, though this never transpired.
Tottenham concluded that this partnership was no longer active, though they maintain that the club enjoys a good relationship with Real's president Florentino Perez and that there could be the possibilty of a similar arrangement again in the future.
Little information had previously been given about this deal, with Spurs supporters requesting the details at this meeting, only to find out it was no longer going on.
Other issues brought up in the meeting involved plans to build a new stadium and a backing for new manager Mauricio Pochettino.


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Thompson on Team Francis
At the Spectator Damian Thompson has a blistering piece today about "Team Francis" as he and others have come to call the coterie of henchmen and dogsbodies who possess Casa Santa Marta.
Thompson has come to the conclusion that "the pontificate of 'The Great Reformer' has already ended in failure; whether it also ends in disgrace remains to be seen."
Whether or not you agree with this assessment or not, his Spectator piece is worth a few moments of your time. It is good to know what is being said on both sides.
The chasm is growing. The unfortunate division is doing nothing but rapidly increasing. It seems to me that the sort of acrimonious division we are seeing reveals the influence of the Enemy of Soul at the heart of the Church. That means that we are balancing on the horns of a dilemma: we can passively allow one side to juggernaut over all opposition, or we can have the fight to halt that juggernaut.
Thompson rightly underscores the role of the media in The Present Crisis.
There are other cases of Francis ignoring gross allegations about his allies. Moreover, the duplicitous pontiff depicted by Viganò is instantly recognisable as the cynical, backstabbing Bergoglio in Henry Sire's book The Dictator Pope, which — though profoundly hostile to its subject — is based on first-hand testimony from Argentina and Rome. Every Catholic should read it. Why do so many churchmen who knew Bergoglio regard him as a backstabbing cynic? And why does he refuse to set foot in his native country? Forthcoming revelations may enlighten us.
Finally, hardcore papal loyalists known as Team Francis are engaging in Nixonian black ops intended to discredit Viganò and anyone who believes him. Their task is made easier by the fact that the Pope's critics include anti-gay conspiracy theorists; these can be hard to distinguish from non-bigoted Catholics who quite reasonably suspect that predatory gay clergy conspired to protect each other.
But the team's one priceless asset is the mainstream media. Since editors no longer employ religious correspondents, and tend to be secular in their outlooks, they are happy to believe that the negative stories against the 'progressive' Francis are part of a right-wing conspiracy because he has said kind things about gays and divorce.
Damian references Henry Sire's book The Dictator Pope. If you are interested in knowing more:
US HERE – UK HERE
Also check out Ed Feser's post…
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maternalView says:
Love how he tries to nuance the critics.
Wouldn't want to say traditional Catholics were right!
"the Pope's critics include anti-gay conspiracy theorists; these can be hard to distinguish from non-bigoted Catholics who quite reasonably suspect that predatory gay clergy conspired to protect each other."
A distinction without a difference. Because until the moment he wrote that I'm pretty sure anyone who suggested there was a concerted effort to protect "gay" clergy would have been called a bigot.
Chuck4247 says:
Wait, why isn't the fact that McCarrick wrote guidelines on how to handle sexual abuse by priests getting more attention?
AveMariaGratiaPlena says:
I'd avoided reading The Dictator Pope when it first came out, to avoid getting too fired up about the pope, but that was before the McCarrick hit the fan. I can only read so much at a time because it's so chilling.
I may be late to the party, but I just found out about – and watched on Amazon Prime – the French investigative documentary "Sex Abuse in the Church: Code of Silence." It made me ill. And the part where they detail Bergoglio's machinations in defending an accused (and ultimately convicted & jailed) pedophile priest & making the accuser's life miserable, and then get close enough to him at a papal event to yell a question at him about it — terrible. It sure looks as though he was falsely denying his involvement.


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Q: Declare AppDelegate the Push Notification delegate from another class in Swift? I am leveraging a singleton of the Utilities class to present a popup and request Push Notifications access, but I have made the AppDelegate class the delegate for FirebaseMessaging and UserNotifications so the didReceiveRegistrationToken function never gets called at the time the user has granted access in the sign-up process and thus does not save the token at that time.
I need to make the AppDelegate the delegate for notifications incase new registration token are received and therefore save it.
How can I make the AppDelegate the UNUserNotificationCenter.current().delegate and Messaging.messaging().delegate from within my Utilities class?
Declaring an AppDelegate singleton is not allowed.
Utilities Class:
Class Utilities {

static let run = Utilities()

    func showNotificationServicesIsDisabledPopup(viewController: UIViewController, handler: @escaping (Bool) -> ()){

        //present popup to allow for push notifications...

    }

    func registerForRemoteNotification() {

        if #available(iOS 10.0, *) {

            UNUserNotificationCenter.current().requestAuthorization(options: [.sound, .alert, .badge]) { (granted, error) in

                if error == nil{
                    DispatchQueue.main.async { UIApplication.shared.registerForRemoteNotifications() } //
                    //UIApplication.shared.registerForRemoteNotifications()

                }//end if

            }//end requestAuthorization

        } else {

            UIApplication.shared.registerUserNotificationSettings(UIUserNotificationSettings(types: [.sound, .alert, .badge], categories: nil))
            UIApplication.shared.registerForRemoteNotifications()

            //Declaring AppDelegate as the delegate
            let appDelegate = UIApplication.shared.delegate as! AppDelegate

            UNUserNotificationCenter.current().delegate = appDelegate
            Messaging.messaging().delegate = appDelegate

        }//end else

    }

}

AppDelegate Class:
import UserNotifications
import FirebaseMessaging

class AppDelegate: UIResponder, MessagingDelegate, UIApplicationDelegate {

        func application(_ application: UIApplication, didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions: [UIApplication.LaunchOptionsKey: Any]?) -> Bool {

        UNUserNotificationCenter.current().delegate = self
                Messaging.messaging().delegate = self
        }

        func messaging(_ messaging: Messaging, didReceiveRegistrationToken fcmToken: String) {

                let dataDict:[String: Bool] = [fcmToken: true]

                NotificationCenter.default.post(name: Notification.Name("FCMToken"), object: nil, userInfo: dataDict)

                DataService.run.saveFCMToken(tokenDict: dataDict, fcmtoken: fcmToken) { (success) in

                    if success {
                        print("FCM Token Saved: \(fcmToken)")
                        DEVICEID_FCMTOKEN = fcmToken
                        self.connectToFCM()
                    }//end if

                }//end saveFCMToken

            }//end func

        }

    }


The Riverside City College Tigers football team (6-1, 3-0) made an improbable comeback against the Mount SAC Mounties (6-2, 2-2) on Oct. 25 and the Tigers are now in charge of the National Central Conference division.
The game was tense from the start as these teams rivalry exploded during the last couple of seasons.
Last season RCC defeated Mount Sac 33-30 and won three of the past four meetings with each game deciding how the playoffs are formatted.
Mounties coach Bob Jastrab was looking to be the first California community college football coach to reach 100 wins in 10 seasons, but the Tigers had other plans including keeping the 27 win streak at home alive.
RCC won the coin flip and choose to kick, so the Mounties took the chance and made the first strike with Mounties quarterback Justin Alo, threw a 24-yard pass to wide receiver Aaren Vaughns leading the Tigers 7-0.
Eight minutes left in the first quarter the Tigers got to scoring distance with a first and goal and looked to score for the tying touchdown, but the Mounties defense was putting to much pressure on quarterback Nicholas King.
RCC had to settle for the field goal at the end of halftime 7-3.
The Mounties started on their own 27-yard line during the second quarter until Alo threw a pass into the hands of RCC Defensive Back Trayvon Watson, and what looked like an interception, Watson was tackled and fumbled the ball at the 4-yard line and recovered by the Mounties, which stunned the home crowd.
With the Mounties taking control of the ball they made their way into RCC territory, but the Tigers defense holded off and the Mounties settled for a field goal the score 10-3.
Seven minutes left until halftime the Mounties were looking to score but Alo underthrew a pass, which led to an interception, by RCC defensive back Treshon Broughton who returned it for a 45-yard touchdown and tied the score to 10-10.
With under a minute to go before the end of the first half the Mounties offense were looking to fix their previous mistakes.
Alo again threw deep with 35 seconds to go and was caught by wide receiver Derrick Macon for a 38-yard touchdown the Mounties now lead 10-17.
As for the RCC offense they were pretty much shutdown as King only threw less than 50 yards in passing while Denzel Foster was held and couldn't make those big running plays.
At the start of the third quarter things only got worse for the Tigers offense as King either overthrew or underthrew to his intended receivers.
Looking to try something new King started running the ball more and throwing short passes which worked as the Tigers were now in goal line and were looking to score their first offense touchdown of the game. Once again the Mounties defense pressured King and so the Tigers had to settled for another field goal.
With the score 13-17 the Mounties rushed the ball when flags went flying everywhere.
A personal foul was called on one of the RCC defensive players and after the penalty was announced a scuffle started between two players and RCC was called for another personal foul which led to a 30 yard gain for the Mounties which led to 1 yard run touchdown by Alo with score now 13-24.
Near the end of the third quarter once again the Tigers managed to get a field goal with the score now 16-24.
An out of sync offense and a pressuring defense was not a good combo for the Tigers and only looked toward the fourth quarter to make scoring plays.
Already in the start of the fourth quarter the Mounties were about to score again with the ball in the two yard line and the home crowd looked ready to admit defeat.
A tackle was made to stop the rushing touchdown and a group of Tigers were jumping happily and were pointing toward the other end of the field and turned out a fumble was made and recovered by the Tigers which sparked not only the home crowd, but the team as well.
Looking to get back into the game the Tigers offense looked like how they've been playing this whole season, but couldn't get over the Mounties defense and had to punt the ball.
Even though the Tigers couldn't score they were all fired up and soon enough the fired up Tigers made a huge play in defense as Broughton made his second interception of the day. The Tigers offense had a job to do and that was to make their first offensive touchdown, but in midfield King got injured and was sidelined.
Kelly Hilinski was brought back in to put the Tigers ahead of the Mounties and led them for 22 yards going into Mounties territory, but King recovered quickly and took over.
The offense couldn't pull it off and had to settle for three points again, and just as the kick was good a flag was thrown and it was offside against the Mounties, which led to an automatic first down for the Tigers offense.
Foster rushed for the five-yard touchdown, which was RCC's first offensive touchdown of the game.
The Tigers aimed for the two point conversion, but came up short with the score 22-24.
With 6:34 remaining in the fourth quarter the Mounties offense appeared to lose some of their luster and couldn't get close to scoring range and had to punt the ball.
The Tigers were now looking to end the game by making their way down into Mount. Sac territory and appeared that they were going to run the clock out and make the winning field goal.
Foster had other plans and made a 19-yard rushing touchdown and the home crowd and the football players were cheering excitedly and for the first time in the game the Tigers were now leading the Mounties with a score of 28-24.
Head Coach Tom Craft has nothing to lose he decided to go for another two-point conversion, but couldn't convert.
With 1:52 left in the fourth quarter the Mounties were looking to make a comeback, but that quest suddenly vanished as Alo threw his fourth interception of the game and was caught by Broughton once more for his third interception of the game to give victory to the Tigers.
"This is really a great win for us and we hung in there," Craft said.
Despite the win for the Tigers it wasn't a win for the Tigers offense as King only threw 95 yards and the whole offense had 287 yards while the Mounties made over 400 yards of offense.
"We were struggling in the first half," said Foster.
Next week the Riverside City College Tigers face the Long Beach City College Vikings (6-1, 2-1) who are currently ranked No.1 in SoCal.
The Vikings suffered their first loss of the season against Chaffey (3-3, 1-1) by a score of 40-36. Between the Vikings and the Tigers Long Beach holds the record for the most wins between these two teams with a record of 14-10-1. However the Tigers have won three straight games against the Vikings beating them in 2011, 75-12 at Long Beach, and won last year here at RCC with a score of 42-28.
The Tigers and Vikings will face each other at Long Beach City College with the kick off set to start at 6 p.m.


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School of Theatre – Travel Request Form for any faculty, staff or graduate student seeking funding for travel from the school.
University Scholar Agreement and Form W9 – for Master class instructors, guest artists, students not in the payroll system, pit musicians not in the payroll system, anyone being paid a stipend. (complete both forms).
Non Employee Travel Reimbursement Form – for non PSU employees seeking a travel reimbursement or where a travel expense was paid or placed on a PCard on their behalf.
Group Meal Form – Must include all attendees.
Tips and Gratuities should not exceed 20% of the cost.
Penn State is sales tax exempt. Sales Tax Exemption forms can be downloaded from the https://purchasing.psu.edu website, under Tax Exemption forms.


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Thursday | October 15th, 2009
United Way Campaigns Are Hurt By Layoffs
dottie-dehart
United Way of Westmoreland County in Greensburg, Pa., posted a 40.8-percent increase from 2007 to 2008 for total contributions. President Nancy Kukovich said the positive change began in 2002 when board and staff reevaluated the organization's "number one customer" — the donors.
The organization was one of the big winners in a United Way (UW) system that saw an 11.3 percent decrease in revenue for 2008 to $3.87 billion. Overall public support for UW declined 5 percent, from $4,236,464,794 in 2007 to $4,023,362,895 in 2008.
Both increases and decreases reached double-digits for some in the United Way system for contributions from private sources, including in-kind donations but excluding government grants. And each had a story behind the numbers.
Kukovich explained that while the organization was talking to member agencies almost every other week, the United Way of Westmoreland only solicited donors once in the fall and thanked them in the spring. The organization decided to view the people actually writing the checks as its top priority, rather than member agencies.
Kukovich said major changes included asking what donors wanted in their relationship with the organization. "We decided that we were going to talk to everybody we could," she said. Donors wanted to know more about the critical issues of the community and exactly what impact their donors could have on those problems. "We now have every agency with outcomes and we could produce data, by ZIP code, of how many clients are being served and how much money is coming in from that area," she said.
"We invested in this impact model and now we can tell donors exactly what is happening with their money and we can tell foundations that we are really focusing on making sure every child is ready to enter school and helping seniors stay at home," said Kukovich. According to the latest figures released by UW, Salem, Ore., posted the largest percentage increase of 42.2 percent and Erie, Pa., posted the largest percentage decrease of -67.5 percent for local total revenues.
United Way of the Mid-Willamette Valley, Salem, Ore., increased more than 42 percent from 2007, going from $1,567,162 in 2007 to $2,228,278 in 2008. After Salem, Ore., the next largest jump was Greensburg, Pa., 40.8 percent; Casper, Wyo., 28.7 percent; Green Bay, Wis., 27.2 percent; and, Baytown, Texas, 27.1 percent.
Following United Way of Erie County in percentage decreases were Hamilton, Ohio, -46.1 percent; Hattiesburg, Miss., 44.1 percent; Mesa, Ariz., -38.6 percent; and, Fort Smith, Ark., -37.5 percent.
Kimberly Mounts, communications director at United Way of the Mid-Willamette Valley, said the organization took a sharper focus on an impact model more than two years ago and encouraged companies that participate in workplace giving programs to "partner in making a difference in the issues" instead of just raising money.
Mounts said the organization worked closely with most of the companies to break down individual goals, such as increasing donations from each employee by $2 a month or getting one more employee to donate.
"We really worked hand-in-hand with the campaign coordinators at the companies to understand their individual workplace campaign. That really empowered them to focus on how they as a team could do better and then contribute overall," said Mounts. "And that's really a part of the message — how individuals and each company could make a difference."
She said that focusing on a company's personal goals refined each workplace campaign for its individual environment, which spurned results. One workplace giving campaign increased 70 percent this year, said Mounts.
Mounts also said major donors and the community-based support of the three unique counties involved in Mid-Willamette Valley, the Marion, Polk and Yamhill counties, greatly contributed to the organization's success this year.
Ben Landers, president and CEO of United Way of Greater Knoxville, said employee workplace giving programs have been the backbone of organization's donations for the last 60 years. With unemployment rates hitting more than 8 percent in Knox County, Tenn., according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are just fewer people in the workplace to receive pledge cards. Despite that, the organization's revenue increased 1.4 percent to $14.26 million in 2008.
They need every penny of the increase because Knoxville's referral and information line, 211, has received more inquiries in every need category, such as requests for food and mortgage assistance.
Landers said even with increased need, the organization decided to reduce its campaign goal for the first time in nearly 56 years, from $12.8 million last year to $11.8 million this year. "We are optimistic that we can make it and surely would like to sail over that goal, but the reality is that it is very likely to be down here," he said. Landers said that no company has declined to participate in the employee pledge program.
The United Way of Greater Knoxville has also decided to learn about and test some fundraising techniques for the first time. The organization raised more than $254,000 in its first telethon in September and is now hosting its first online auction.
"We are doing everything we know how to do to reach out to those of us who are still employed and able to make a contribution and ask them to help us this year," said Landers.
"If you had told me I would be doing a telethon and several live TV shows and an online auction, I would not have believed it two years ago. But we're doing it now," he explained.
United Way of Erie County in Erie, Pa., which had 2007 total contributions of $16,154,887, raised only $5,254,332 during 2008. But CEO Bill Jackson, of United Way of Erie County, explained that a one-time anonymous gift of nearly $11 million to the organization's endowment fund in 2007 was behind the large percentage discrepancy. The gift was a part of a $100-million anonymous gift to Erie County nonprofits in 2007.
Jackson said that without counting the anonymous gift, the organization's total contributions have stayed in the $5-million range for the past few years, even with the flailing economy.
He credits the national Live United movement message for focusing the organization's effort. "It's what we've been doing all along but we finally figured out how to put it in a few, concise words for people to latch on to and say, ÔNow I get what United Way does,'" said Jackson.
He also explained that Erie County donors have maintained their commitment to the organization, which serves more than 100,000 people in the area through funded programs, even in the toughest times. "They rally around. And they see that United Way is the best bang for their buck, in my opinion. When you have less money to give to charity, you want to make sure that you're giving it to those places that help the most people and do the most good," said Jackson.
United Way of Genesee County in Flint, Mich., saw a decrease of 9.6 percent, from $7,300,516 in 2007 to $6,597,690 in 2008.
Ron Butler, executive director of United Way of Genesee County, said the county had more than 35,000 General Motors jobs in 2000, which has now declined to less than 5,000. "The automotive workers, for decades, were the heart and soul of our campaign," he said. Butler said that at the peak of General Motors' employment, automotive workers would account for nearly 80 percent of the United Way campaign dollars.
"Many of the automotive workers that are still employed have friends and relatives that were laid off, and that's causing our need in the county to go up dramatically," said Butler. United Way of Genesee County has gathered health and human service agencies and tried to eliminate duplication and still provide services. The organization created a "one-stop shop" for the homeless at a central location where the homeless can access more than 50 programs, such as laundry services, clothing needs, computer access and help in attaining personal identification records.
"We are creating new and unique ways to help meet peoples' needs, and I think it speaks volumes that the community is coming together to do this in spite of the economic challenges. We aren't just packing our bags and going away," he said.
The leading United Way on the list for total contributions in 2008 was United Way of King County in Seattle, Wash., with $102,163,345, which was a 14.5-percent decrease from its $119,531,103 total contributions in 2007. United Way Resource Development results for 2008 represent the United Ways classified as Metro 1 through 4, which are United Ways raising more than $1 million. There are nearly 1,300 local United Ways in the U.S.
Overall, United Way total revenue, including investment and asset values, for 2008 was down 11.3 percent, from $4,369,574,482 in 2007 to $3,873,887,720 for 2008. Overall public support for United Way declined 5 percent, from $4,236,464,794 in 2007 to $4,023,362,895 in 2008.
United Way does not file a consolidated audit, so some financial breakdowns, such as temporarily restricted, unrestricted and permanently restricted, are not possible. United Way Director of Public Relations Sal Fabens explained that the total income figure is lower than the public support figure due to significant value losses in endowment funds and other investments. NPT
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Alternative payment models (APMs) are often difficult to implement given their operational dependence on payment systems designed for fee-for-service reimbursement. Reconciliation of financial settlements presents challenges requiring parties to be both intimately familiar with both the APM payment specifications and the data on which the calculations are based. While complicated, this process can provide a valuable learning opportunity to improve the management of key targets moving forward. This paper focuses on APM reimbursement methodologies through the lens of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Oncology Care Model as an illustrative case study.


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using NUnit.Framework;
using SalaryCalculator.Data.Models;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace SalaryCalculator.Tests.Data.SelfEmploymentModels
{
    [TestFixture]
    public class Properties_Should
    {
        private const string CreatedDateProperty = "CreatedDate";
        private const string GrossSalaryProperty = "GrossSalary";
        private const string SocialSecurityIncomeProperty = "SocialSecurityIncome";
        private const string PersonalInsuranceProperty = "PersonalInsurance";
        private const string IncomeTaxProperty = "IncomeTax";
        private const string NetWageProperty = "NetWage";
        private const string EmployeeIdProperty = "EmployeeId";

        [TestCase(1000)]
        [TestCase(500)]
        [TestCase(0)]
        public void WhenParameterGrossSalary_IsSetWithValidValue_ShouldSetUpCorrectly(decimal num)
        {
            // Arrange
            var selfEmpl = new SelfEmployment();

            // Act
            selfEmpl.GrossSalary = num;

            // Assert
            Assert.AreEqual(num, selfEmpl.GrossSalary);
        }

        [TestCase(CreatedDateProperty)]
        [TestCase(SocialSecurityIncomeProperty)]
        [TestCase(PersonalInsuranceProperty)]
        [TestCase(EmployeeIdProperty)]
        public void PropertiesWithRequiredAttribute_ShouldReturnTrue(string propertyName)
        {
            // Arrange
            var selfEmpl = new SelfEmployment();

            // Act
            var result = selfEmpl.GetType()
                            .GetProperty(propertyName)
                            .GetCustomAttributes(false)
                            .Where(x => x.GetType() == typeof(RequiredAttribute))
                            .Any();
            // Assert
            Assert.IsTrue(result);
        }
    }
}


Maryland looks to keep its perfect season intact today when Temple comes to town. This is the last tune up before the conference season begins.
This game should not be close and so far, the Terps have shown that they can blow teams out. As long as the Terps keep the penalties to a minimum and avoid injuries (obviously), they'll be fine.
This team looks capable of doing things this year. Today is just the next step. Let's go get it.


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Q: How can you make multiple, slideable image galleries from a directory? (Slick Slider) I have made an relative simple html/css/php website for a friend of my. But now he wants to have a page where I can show photos of events in a gallery (Arround 100 photos per event).
I have already searched for some code for this online, what I now have shows all the pictures in that directory but the page gets way to big if there are 100 photos per event.
So now I am wondering if these photos can be put in a slider or something like that.
           <?php

                $dirs = glob('images/*', GLOB_ONLYDIR);
                foreach($dirs as $val) {
                    echo '
';
                    echo "
» ".basename($val). "
";
                    echo '
';
                $files = glob($val.'/*.{jpg,png,gif}', GLOB_BRACE);
                foreach($files as $file) {
                    echo "

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                 }
                    echo "
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                    echo "
";
                }

            ?>

[-- EDIT --]
I managed to combine the code I already had with the slickslider
        <?php
                $dirs = glob('images/*', GLOB_ONLYDIR);
                foreach($dirs as $val) {
                    echo "<div class='gallery-wrapper'";
                    echo "
".basename($val). "
";
                    echo '
';
                    $files = glob($val.'/*.{jpg,png,gif}', GLOB_BRACE);
                foreach($files as $file) {
                    echo "

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                       }
                    echo "
";
                    echo "
";
                   }
       ?>

( Ofcourse with the aditional CSS and javascript for the slider, but that is not important for this I think )
But I have one more problem... They automaticaly sort on alphabet but I want them to sort on the date I made the folder where the images are stored.
Does anyone know how to do this?
And maybe its to much asked, but if it is possible can I also show per folder how many images there ar in that folder?

A: You just have to modify your code a little bit and perform a loop around the div with each slider's content. If you are using slick slider (http://kenwheeler.github.io/slick/) then it should be quite straightforward.
1st step is to ensure you have all the required libraries in place:
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="slick/slick.css"/>
// Add the new slick-theme.css if you want the default styling
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="slick/slick-theme.css"/>

2nd Step is to ensure you initialise your slider:
$(document).ready(function(){
    $('.gallery-list').slick({
        infinite: true,
        slidesToShow: 4,
        slidesToScroll: 4
});

});
3rd step is to structure your html correctly using this template:

your content

your content

your content

In your case I think this is what you need:
<?php

            $dirs = glob('images/*', GLOB_ONLYDIR);
            foreach($dirs as $val) {
                echo '
';
                echo "
» ".basename($val). "
";
                echo '
';
            $files = glob($val.'/*.{jpg,png,gif}', GLOB_BRACE);
            foreach($files as $file) {
                echo "

 \r\n";
             }
                echo "
";
                echo "
";
            }

        ?>