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Execution of Jews in Zhuravno
Near the Dniestr river
Vasyl M., born in 1929, recalled: "Once, while we were grazing the cows near the river bank, we saw a column of Jews escorted by two men with batons, one in front and another behind. The column was followed by two Germans in carts. Then, after a German's order, all the Jews had to kneel down and to graze. The column was going in the direction of Khodoriv.
YIU: Where there children and women in the column?
Vasyl: Yes, there were. Women even held babies" (Witness N°1829, interviewed in Zhuravno, on September 11, 2013).
Zhuravno, established in 1436, is located on the banks of the Dnister and Svich Rivers, about 80km south of Lviv. Prior to the war, 1,300 Jews lived in the village. The majority of Jews lived off of trade, although some of them worked as craftsmen and farmers. According to Vasyl M. (Witness n°1829), there was a Jewish cemetery and a synagogue, which do not exist anymore. The German forces occupied the territory in early July 1941.
Immediately following the Germans' arrival, all the Jews were registered and marked. They were forced to pay a contribution and assigned to various forced labor, such as work in road construction, at a quarry or an alabaster factory. According to the different sources and Yahad-In Unum's research results, the majority of Zhuravno's Jews were deported to the Belzec camp directly or were initially deported to the Stryi ghetto and later to the Belzec camp. The waves of deportations took place from the beginning of September to November 1942. About 160 Jewish specialists were purposefully left and confined to an open ghetto until 1943, when they were executed during two aktions, one in February 1943 and another one in June 1943. The execution site is situated on the outskirts of the village, near the Dnister riverbank. The anti-Jewish aktions were carried out by German Gendarmerie and Ukrainian local police.
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Q: Union casting initialization and referencing internal structures I'm trying to work with low level types like floats and doubles, in a program where they are 'encrypted' however, when I tried to create a structure that looked like this:
    struct rgba
    {
        float r, g, b, a;
    };
    //and reference it like this:
    rgba color;
    reinterpret_cast<uint64_t>(color.a) ^= 0xDEADBEEF;

this would not work as the cast was an invalid type conversion.
this led me down a rabbit trail to find a method to cast this without pointers or syntax sugar.
//I wanted to avoid this:
*retinterpret_cast<uint64_t*>(&color.r);

and this leads to the code I have now.
#include <iostream>

union test
{
    struct
    {
        uint64_t a;
        uint64_t b;
        char end[1];
    };

    uint8_t pad[];

    test(uint64_t a1, uint64_t a2)
    {
        a = a1;
        b = a2;
        end[0] = *const_cast<char*>("\0");
    }
};

struct internal
{
    float r, g, b, a;
};

union rgba
{
    struct
    {
        float r, g, b, a;
    };
    struct
    {
        uint8_t fhalf[sizeof(internal) / 2];
        uint8_t lhalf[sizeof(internal) / 2];
    };
};

int main()
{
    rgba color = rgba{ { 0.127f, 0.127f, 0.127f, 1.f } };
    test structure_ = test{reinterpret_cast<uint64_t>(color.fhalf), reinterpret_cast<uint64_t>(color.lhalf)};

    std::cout << "Result 0x" << std::hex << structure_.a << structure_.b << std::endl;
}

I have two problems and two questions,
firstly this is currently outputting a seemingly random value as if I'm getting some data off the stack somewhere or garbage from memory.
and second I would rather not have to define the struct 'internal' outside of the union but I can't reference its members if I name it inside the union e.g.

union rgba
{
    struct internal
    {
        float r, g, b, a;
    };
    struct
    {
        uint8_t fhalf[sizeof(internal) / 2];
        uint8_t lhalf[sizeof(internal) / 2];
    };
};

//
rgba color = rgba{ { 0.127f, 0.127f, 0.127f, 1.f } };

//this fails:
test structure_ = test{reinterpret_cast<uint64_t>(color.r), reinterpret_cast<uint64_t>(color.b)};

so with that failing that leads me to my questions
TLDR;
how do you reference named member structures of a union and;
where am I getting the random garbage from and is there a better way to cast structs without unions?

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Truth seeking, truth telling and truth keeping in Bosnia and Herzegovina: interview with Mirsad Tokača
First published 25th Oct 2011
In this interview Mirsad Tokača, Director of the Research and Documentation Center of Sarajevo (RDC), discusses the work of his organisation to document human losses in Bosnia, and the Center's aim of contributing to processes of Transitional Justice in a society with a deeply contested recent past by providing solid records, and hence truth.
"Crime is committed against victims, against people. So if you have no names and no truth about these people, how could you provide justice?"
Through careful research over a number of years, the RDC has documented almost 100,000 individuals' deaths from the conflict in Bosnia 1991-95. RDC is a member of the International Practitioner Network, and Mirsad Tokača has also been an advisor to the everycasualty programme of Oxford Research Group since its early stages.
Mirsad Tokača was interviewed by Elizabeth Minor of Oxford Research Group's everycasualty programme on 4 May 2011, whilst he was on a visit to London. You can listen to the interview or read the full transcript below:
Interview with RDC, 4 May 2011
Elizabeth Minor: Welcome, Mirsad and thank you for talking to Oxford Research Group as part of our ORG in Conversation series. So firstly could you tell me a little about what RDC is and what kind of work you do.
Mirsad Tokača: So, RDC was founded in 2004, April 2004, as an independent non-partisan research orientated organisation with, let's say, several focuses.
We focus on truth seeking, truth telling and truth keeping. When we are talking about truth telling, it is in fact part of our effort to reach as much as possible the range of facts and information about the causes and consequences of war in the region, but especially, and particularly, concerning war in Bosnia, or against Bosnia, and to create truth based on facts. This is the philosophy of RDC. Simply, when we are talking about facts, it is very important to point out that we've gathered and recorded facts about the consequences of war, including war casualties, i.e. all 'Human Losses' [the Human Losses project is the RDC's project to record every casualty in Bosnia, 1991-95]. And, on the other side, we are gathering facts about the causes of war. What produced such bloody, terrible conflict, with 100,000 persons killed, half of them civilians? And then, what produced the consequences of genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity?
Then, as a research organisation, we have facts, which will be used and were used by different court organisations. ICTY [International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia] used our data. Special Chamber for War Crimes in Bosnia used our data. On a daily basis, we have contact with the judiciary in Bosnia and the international judiciary. So, it is very important to have facts, when we are talking about the Transitional Justice process, -statements from witnesses, evidence, in order to have the documentary basis when we are talking about truth seeking and truth telling. [There is] interconnection between fact finding missions and public expression of what we found.
Truth keeping: All documents, all facts and the results of our research in our archive help to 'keep truth' as a part of some kind of memorial. We now keep something that we call digital memorial – the Bosnian War Crimes Atlas [a google maps application to represent RDC's data on war incidents and victims graphically] as well as, oral history projects, like Positive Stories: Examples of people who [took] risks for each other, helped each other during the war as a positive example of human relations in Bosnia. We worked to affirm these examples to show that war is not a black and white picture. There are other examples, who can contribute to reconciliation, confidence building in Bosnian society. So we could define RDC also as an organisation that has, as one of its very important aims, the contribution to memorialisation of war events.
EM: So, you are engaged with ORG, because of your work specifically on the Human Losses project and the casualty recording. So, can you tell me, why did you believe it was so important to document human losses in Bosnia?
MT: Not only in Bosnia, but all around the world. There are several reasons. First of all, we have to preserve the memory of victims. People are killed. As I mentioned, the majority are civilians, innocent people who were killed for different reasons. So we want to prevent that these victims are forgotten. Then we want to send an anti-war message. We could not resolve any political and social problem with force and war. Additionally, we need to, of course, and above all, [get information] about victims. Because crime is committed against victims, against people, so if you have no names and no truth about these people, how could you provide justice and all other dimensions of memorialisation and et cetera, et cetera. So, how can we do justice generally in society, if we have no relation with people who were killed during the war?
So then we have a different kind of manipulation with numbers and with victims. We wanted to eliminate especially this ideological manipulation and this discrimination of victims based on ethnic, religious, political, social grounds. So we focused on citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and we considered cooperation with Oxford Research Group and many other organisations. For our focus on victims and recording war casualties, this very important. We have to share experience and knowledge to stick together on something that is every day more and more global. We have conflict all around the world, and very rarely, precisely established identities of victims. And, it was our aim to have photos and information about victims, e.g. where they are buried, who they were in fact, the personal history of these victims.
EM: Yes. So what would you say have been the benefits of your work to people in Bosnia so far?
MT: There are several benefits. First of all, we will remember all these victims that were killed. Secondly, we will prevent Bosnian society from different kinds of ideological and political manipulation with numbers. Thirdly, I mentioned that people, who were really killed as civilians, as protected persons, according to international law, have to receive some kind of benefits and compensation. Not only financial compensation but recognition of suffering, different monuments around the country - moral compensation is now also very important. So, if you have no data, if you have no documents about these victims, how can we provide all these benefits and then compensation for victims?
So, this means direct benefits for Bosnian society, and not only for Bosnian society. I think that the example we started in Bosnia is now implemented in Croatia, in Kosovo, and I expect in many other countries in which we have conflict, especially armed conflict. This has to be done. But also, one of the things of this cooperation with Oxford Research Group and some other members of this network is to share all this information and experiences and to push things further.
EM: Yes, through this we could have more impact from our work.
MT: Yes, if we do, we can make an impact for local communities but also worldwide.
EM: Yes. So also I imagine you've had some kind of resistance and hostility to your work in Bosnia. So what kind of difficulties have you faced?
MT: So, in every post conflict society, especially post communist countries and less developed democratic societies, you always have problems with transparency, with the democratisation process, with the monopolisation of different processes, and what was the problem, in my opinion, is that our research was totally open. We didn't want to close anything, to monopolise, to keep far from the public. Also the transparency of project, total insight into every single stage of project was our methodological approach. Then on the other side, you have monopolies over historical facts, we have a monopoly of political positions, we have a monopoly of power, more or less in every single society. So it's a conflict between two concepts – on one side the concept of democratic, human rights, access to information and transparency of research, especially in social sciences. On the other side, still old fashioned academics and politicians who want to keep everything under their control and, of course, have a monopoly over information. And, additionally, these monopolies will allow them easy manipulation. Manipulation with feelings, manipulation with numbers, manipulation with power et cetera, et cetera. We wanted to break this cycle of monopoly, and I think it was very successful. Because today, you couldn't find politicians in Bosnia, who mention other than our numbers of victims in Bosnia. Changing this was a huge impact from our side and a contribution to Bosnian society.
EM: That's a very great achievement, I would say. So, just lastly, tell me, what are RDC's plan and vision for the future, what are you doing?
MT: So, as you probably know, the Bosnian War Crime Atlas is a digital memorial we started to build three years ago. It's the main programme activity. Towards the end of this year, we will finish the digitalisation of our archive with United States Institute of Peace (USIP) support. In the next two or three years, we will continue with several projects, but the Bosnian War Crime Atlas is the main one. It is a digital memorial we want to build for Bosnian citizens to ensure full access to information and documents we possess in RDC.
EM: Thank you very much for talking to ORG.
MT: You're Welcome.
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Afronauts has returned from New York Comic Con (NYCC) and we're ready to share the highlights and best of NYCC. One of the best companies and experiences we had was by the company: RockLove Jewelry. We posted an instant video of it on our YouTube from NYCC and hopefully you have watched it by now. The creator, Allison Cimino gave us a wonderful tour of her booth and great insight on her journey and jewelry.
Allison is very passionate in her work from the designing, in which you can see in the fine details of her jewelry, to the cause of making jewelry wearable for all ages and skin types.
Agent Bunnie at the RockLove Jewelry booth for NYCC 2018! Can you spot Allison in the back?
RockLove Jewelry is a regular at NYCC, but this year they had their biggest booth yet! Decked out in a posh goth decor, they drew in attendees with their Disney collabs and friendly, knowledgeable staff! Their Disney jewelry ranges from the Villains of the Princess line to the superheroes of Marvel!
Afronauts purchased these replica Kimoyo beads from the Black Panther movie for some very lucky children. You can shop the whole Black Panther jewelry collection here. Allison was able to work closely with the movie set design to create accurate replicas of the bracelets.
RockLove debuted their 30th Anniversary Totoro jewelry! Yes, they even had something for Anime lovers!
RockLove also debuted their Nightmare Before Christmas jewelry at the con, which you can now buy online, but attendees got first dibs and bragging rights!
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The brand Super7 will be premiering their 80's inspired Halloween buckets at New York Comic Con this year for $20/each. Will you be picking one up for your trick-or-treat night or perhaps just to collect?
Afronauts is happy to share with you a first look at a new comic series called "Jook Joint" courtesy of Image Comics.
The series is brought to us by the talents of: Tee Franklin and Alitha E. Martinez and will be released Wednesday, October 3 right in time for NYCC. If you're in the area, stop by Midtown Comics for an autograph from Tee Franklin on Wednesday from 8pm-10pm EST.
There is also a special edition cover by Mike Hawthorne and proceeds will go to the Joyful Heart Foundation which aids victims and helps teaches society about sexual assault, domestic violence, and child abuse.
Prior to attending San Diego Comic Con (SDCC) this year, we here at Afronauts were taken by the art of the American Gods: My Ainsel #1 exclusive cover by Christian Ward, featuring a stunning Lady Liberty in the essence of Serena Williams. The comic is an extension of the American Gods universe created by author, Neil Geiman, who first wrote the novel that was later adapted into the hit TV series on Starz. The comic series by Dark Horse is actually just another version of the novel. So, if you've already read the book then you know the story already. However, that shouldn't stop you from checking this out and I'm about to tell you why!
My Ainsel is the second part of the graphic novel/comic adaptation. The first series of comics is titled "American Gods: Shadows" and now be found as a complete graphic novel under the title "American Gods Volume 1: Shadows".
Description from the publisher: Shadow Moon gets out of jail only to discover his wife is dead. Defeated, broke, and uncertain where to go from here, he meets the mysterious Mr. Wednesday, who employs him to serve as his bodyguard--thrusting Shadow into a deadly world where ghosts of the past come back from the dead, and a god war is imminent.
Shadow and Wednesday leave the House on the Rock and continue their journey across the country where they set up aliases, meet new gods, and prepare for war.
This intro into the next phase of the series is great. Usually, I'm not one for any comic labeled #1. In fact, I tend to buy it and wait until I can get the first 3 or so and just read them all at once, because it seems to take quite a while for any comic series to really get into the story. However, Geiman's writing and this comic book translation catches your attention right away, and you want to keep reading. Even if you haven't read the original novel or even the first volume, you will be intrigued by this. On top of that, the scenery artwork is lovely. The character artwork leaves a little to be desired. I can feel that they were trying to go with a sketch look. A more traditional raw look, rather then a lot of the polished and computerized looking art that we see today. However, especially for the female characters, it is a bit off-putting as they turn out to look a bit aged thus making it hard to believe they're "so young". That minor detail should not derail anyone from starting this series though.
I should add that at the moment you can now pre-order Volume 2 in it's entirety, although you can also pre-order the next issue as well. The choice is yours, but should make one.
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NYCC has announced it's first ever official American Gods panel set for this year! Make sure to attend October-5, 2018 at 1:30pm in the Hammerstein Ballroom (Manhattan Center) to see executive producer Neil Gaiman and cast members!
American Gods is a TV show from the STARZ network. We here at Afronauts are huge fans! We can't wait for this!
On July-20, Afronauts was invited to take part in the SDCC 2018 Black Heroes Flash Mob, which was organized by the Black Heroes Matter organization that promotes a peaceful movement to bring attention to black and brown heroes.
Not only did we participate, but we also helped spread the word! This was the 3rd year of the flash mob, but our first year participating and concept seemed like an amazing opportunity to show support for diversity in comics!
It felt really good to see such a large crowd gather to support such a positive movement! Many great writers, artists, cosplayers, and influencers were there along side a great fan crowd! We will be joining them next year!
Afronauts has returned from San Diego Comic-Con 2018! We survived the chaos, crowds, and heat! We'd like to share our thoughts, experiences, and pictures with all you Afrofuturists!
Just in case you didn't know what San Diego Comic-Con is, or SDCC for short, it is the world's largest comic convention! It's held annually in San Diego, California (USA). Although, it originally started out as a comic convention, it has since turned into a huge pop culture celebration. This was Afronauts third year attending the convention. We had previously attended in 2015 & 2016, but unfortunately we were unable to attend the con last year due to unforeseen circumstances.
Since we had previously been attendees, we knew what to except- big crowds, long lines, and lots of waiting. The downsides are unavoidable. Whether you want to buy an exclusive piece of merchandise or you plan on attending a panel, there is almost always a line to get to your destination. With that said and while we knew about the long waits, we do feel that SDCC was a bit unorganized. In the past, we had never really had issues, because rules and regulations were clear. This year, it seemed like the regulations changed almost instantly and one convention worker did not have the same requests as the next. On Comic-Con's part, it did seem like there was a lack of communication and training this year and this was a bit frustrating to have to work with. We truly hope that they can work out their kinks for 2019.
The city of San Diego really outdid itself this year for Comic-Con! We have never seen so much decoration and design. We took a 15 minute walk up the street to the edge of the Gas Lamp District and there was still so much to see! They literally "wrapped" the city up this year! Every bus, every trolley, and most buildings had something on them to represent an aspect of SDCC! Everyone really came out to support the event and it was great to see!
Not only did the Comic-Con organization and the city of San Diego do a great job, but the fan community really came out in a supportive way! This year's SDCC felt way more open-arm'd and supportive than any other year! We had such an amazing time connecting with other like-minded fans.
Agent Afornaut is here with a Gryffindor Bunny! We love this personal fan take on Harry Potter's own House!
One thing that's hard to spot at comic conventions is Anime or cartoon cosplay. Usually, it's all comic book characters in some format, whether it's from the actual comics or the movies and TV shows. However, we spotted this great Garnet cosplay from the Cartoon Network cartoon, Steven Universe, as we were leaving the Afrofuturism panel.
FYI: Steven Universe is a great cartoon that emphasizes female power and relationships, as well as diversity! The story line has become wonderfully in depth and so have the characters! If you haven't watched it yet or caught up in the series, we suggest you get on it!
The number of cosplayers at SDCC in some sort of Black Panther cosplay was astounding to see! We personally loved this powerful female take on the actual Black Panther character!
Speaking of Black Panther cosplays, it's great to see people cosplay secondary characters, because we all know they play just as important of a role to the story! Where would T'Challa be without his strong mother!
While waiting for the Black Heroes Matter flash mob, we met a great cosplay of the classic Static Shock from Milestone Comics. DC Comics would later acquire the rights to this character with a merge.
Overall, we did have a good time at this years SDCC and met a lot of great people! Look out for our spotlight posts on SDCC coming soon on this blog and the podcasts we have coming on the con! If you happen to know who any of the cosplayers are or you can self-identify yourself, please email: stylish.kiss@gmail.com.
FanimeCon is a regular convention for us here at Afronauts and this year did not disappoint! We enjoyed the atmosphere and organization created by the staff of FanimeCon. The guides and setup were easy to use and navigate, and we had a great time!
We knew that in light of the release of the movie, "Deadpool 2", there would be a lot of cosplayers embodying the movie and there was! However, we have to say that hands down, Jasmine (aka UniqueSora), had the best Domino cosplay at the con! - Support her art, education, and cosplay here.
This is myself (aka Agent Bunnie/TheBunnie) with an amazing Maleficent cosplay of the live action movie version! Bringing her to life was: Tiffany! We love the personal take on character's dress! The movie is really good and we suggest you watch it if you haven't!
We spotted a great cosplay of Luffy from the anime, "One Piece" as we were walking into Artist Alley.
Another popular piece of pop culture to cosplay right now are the characters from the anime: "The Ancient Magus'' Bride". We spotted a very well done cosplay of Elias!
Sidenote: This anime was released last year and is very good! If you haven't watched it we highly suggest it!
We were just standing in line for takoyaki from Hirotako, when we happened to notice this amazing cosplay of Stevonnie behind us! Our own Agent Afronaut is here with Katherine.
RIP Boondocks! But thanks to people like Jarvis, we can keep it alive in our hearts! Check out his sick cosplay of Bushido!
Talk about a man of many talents! The photo above and this one were taken the same day! And both are cosplays from Mr.Jarvis! Here he is cosplaying Flynt from the anime, "RWBY".
Here is a cute couple cosplay of Elias and Chise from "The Ancient Magus' Bride" by Jai & tsuki_tsukiyo.
That concludes our coverage of FanimeCon 2018! We hope to be back next year! Up next for us in San Diego Comic Con (SDCC) in San Diego, California in July! We hope to see you there and if you see us, please say "hi"!
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La fosa de Hikurangi (Hikurangi Trench o Hikurangi Trough en inglés) es una fosa lineal en el océano Pacífico cerca de la costa este de la isla Norte de Nueva Zelanda, entre el extremo sur del estrecho de Cook y la elevación de Chatham. Aunque es mucho menos profundo, es la continuación sur de la fosa de Kermadec y forma parte de la Zona de Subducción de Kermadec-Tonga. Representa la parte de la zona de subducción donde la gruesa meseta de Hikurangi se subduce bajo la corteza continental de la placa Indoaustraliana. Al contrario, las fosas de Kermadec y Tonga representan partes de la zona de subducción donde la corteza oceánica de la placa del Pacífico se está subduciendo por debajo de la corteza oceánica de la placa Indoaustraliana.

Pese a que es menos profunda que las fosas al norte de ella, la fosa de Hikurangi alcanza profundidades de 3.000 metros a una distancia de hasta tan solo 80 kilómetros de la costa. Su máxima profundidad es de 3.750 metros.

En el extremo sur de la fosa, cerca de la costa de Marlborough, Nueva Zelanda, el lecho marino se eleva estrepitosamente, y debido a los constantes vientos y mareas de esta zona, muchas especies de aguas profundas se pueden encontrar cerca de la costa. Esta fuente de alimentos atrae ballenas, por las cuales es famoso el pueblo de Kaikoura.

El límite de la placa continúa hasta tierra firme a lo largo de la falla de Hope. Allí, las placas se juntan en forma mucho más oblicua, exhibiendo transpresión en lugar de subducción.

Véase también
 Fosa oceánica
 Elevación de Chatham

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 Intraplate Volcanism in Eastern Australia and New Zealand, Stuart Ross Taylor, Robert Wallace Johnson, Jan Knutson, Australian Academy of Science, Cambridge University Press, 1989, ISBN 0-521-38083-9.

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HiX-Men Moment of the Week: Kate Pryde's central role in the new mutant world strains DOX's timeline
The Red Queen is missing but "Kitty" is helping Franklin Richards through some family drama
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Another week means another series has entered the Dawn of X lineup. This time, it's Chip Zdarsky's, Terry Dodson's, Rachel Dodson's and Laura Martin's X-Men/Fantastic Four. An enjoyable crossover that highlights where both groups' heads are at as the Marvel Universe enters new territory. In addition to integrating Franklin Richards into the Krakoan era, the book performs another important function: further solidifying Kate Pryde at the center of the mutant world.
Franklin Richards, the universe-creating, mutant child of Reed Richards and Susan Storm is the focus of this limited crossover. As the world's mutants congregate on the new nation of Krakoa, all of the mutants who still haven't accessed the island are stuck wondering what life there is like. While Franklin is an accomplished member of the Fantastic Four (and Future Foundation) and clearly loves his family, he, like any young adult, wants more from his life.
Linking the story back to the original 1987 X-Men/Fantastic Four series, the crossover grounds the loving, familial relationship between Franklin and Kate Pryde established in the Chris Claremont penned story as the key to Franklin's future allegiance — especially after he feels betrayed by his controlling father for manipulating his mutant gene.
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I'm happy to see Kate occupy more space, but there is something frustrating about it all happening right now. Despite her elevated position in the Dawn of X, for all intents and purposes Kate Pryde is currently missing — thrown overboard after being blindsided by Sebastian Shaw at the end of Marauders #6. Obviously the character is going to return at some point and Sebastian may be reprimanded for his betrayal, but her prominent position in this new series undermines the enjoyable cliffhanger Gerry Duggan conceived.
Rather than dwell on her disappearance, X-Men/Fantastic Four's opening issue ostensibly ignores the situation. Even though Kate is already an established Marauder captain in the story, the confrontation has either yet to happen or already been settled because we see Kate come face-to-face with Doctor Doom at the end of this issue, a confrontation that hasn't been alluded to anywhere else.
Kate may kick butt, but shes a great hugger too.
She may be the dreaded Marauder Pirate Queen Kate Pryde, equipped with her pet dragon Lockheed and ready to fight or kiss whoever she wants on the seven seas, but she is still a tender individual when her friends need some guidance. It's nice to see Kate slow down for a moment and return to the personal mentorship role she used to occupy. Yes, she is currently saving a new generation of persecuted mutants and bringing them to Krakoa, potentially becoming a heroic figure for them to look up to, but she isn't really spending much time with them after helping them get to Krakoa. With Franklin, on the other hand, it's her patient guidance that ultimately pushes him to feel comfortable enough to run away from his family and try to access a Krakoan gate for the first time.
Marauders #7, on the other hand, highlights Kate through her absence. Without her, the Quiet Council has come to a stalemate, giving Sebastian Shaw the opportunity he craves to influence mutant events at the highest levels. While Emma implies she knows about Kate's current condition and excuses her Red Queen's absence, it's clear that her true status is unknown for most people in the council. It's hard for her recent walk overboard to have any dramatic impact because it's immediately undercut by her prominent position in the new miniseries.
Things like this happen all the time in comic books. At one moment, Thor and Captain America may be incapacitated by Kang at the end of an Avengers issue, but the characters are both fine and dandy over in their solo books the following week. It's not a problem and it allows for more stories to be told overall, but it does feel a bit awkward when a character is seemingly dead in one series and perfectly fine in another released on the same day. I'm sure a satisfying explanation will be given to mitigate the temporal inconsistencies as the series progresses, but the fact that a simple editor's note placing this story and Kate's condition somewhere in the timeline doesn't exist is frustrating.
Oh Sebastian, you think you know more than Emma?
Overall, X-Men/Fantastic Four is a welcome addition to the X-lineup. Not only is it interesting to see how one of the most powerful omega mutants in the Marvel Universe reacts to Krakoa, but watching characters like The Thing and Susan Storm, two empathetic individuals with old connections to the X-Men who understand their long history of persecution, display hesitation or dismay about mutant's new global status speaks volumes. It makes sense for the Thing to feel fear watching his godson jet off to a new mutant nation when the memory of Genosha's eradication still hangs so fresh in the world's memory, rooting any potential conflict between the two groups in understandable emotions rather than cosmic entities or shape-shifting aliens.
Hopefully the Fantastic Four can avoid legal repercussions for attacking Krakoan citizens with diplomatic immunity, but I think Bobby Da Costa knows a decent space lawyer if anyone needs one.
While the future of the HiX-Men moment of the week column is somewhat in the air due to The Beat's transition back to independence, I want to say thank you to all of you for reading up to this point and supporting the column thus far! I've always loved the X-Men but now feels like a truly special time to be paying attention to this nutty franchise and I'm so honored to get to share in the nerdy love with you all. Please bug me on Twitter about all things HiX-Men to keep the fun times rolling!
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In a flash, about 9,000 Americans will be injured by fireworks while enjoying one of the traditions of Fourth of July celebrations.
According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, about 60 percent of those injuries are sustained between June 22 and July 22. More than half of the injuries in 2012 involved burns to the hands, head and face. Six people, all men, died from injuries sustained using fireworks.
Andrea Bladel, R.N., BSN and Trauma Nurse Coordinator for Genesis Medical Center, East Rusholme Street, Davenport, said the best way to avoid a trip to the emergency department is to leave fireworks displays to the professionals.
Again this year, Genesis Health System is sponsoring the spectacular Red, White and Boom! fireworks display on Wednesday, July 3. The show will be bigger and brighter than ever before.
"The professional fireworks displays are safer, bigger and better than anything we can do in our backyards,'' Bladel said. "Even sparklers, which
are one of the few legal devices to use in Iowa and Illinois, burn at 1,800 degrees (Fahrenheit) and can be dangerous. Used improperly, they can cause burns and burn clothing."
In fact, one of the six deaths in 2012 involving fireworks was an Arkansas 17-year-old who ignited 300 sparklers taped together.
"If kids use sparklers, we urge close parental supervision and urge kids to stay in one place and not run with sparklers,'' Bladel added.
Sparklers account for about one third of the total fireworks-related injuries seen in emergency departments each year. More than half of the injuries
sustained by children younger than 5 years old are related to lighting sparklers.
Firecrackers, illegal for use in Iowa and Illinois, account for about 26 percent of injuries.
Bladel said that people in the Quad Cities are listening to the messages about fireworks safety. Genesis Medical Center has had no hospital admissions related to fireworks injuries in recent years. There is a similar trend of fewer fireworks injuries being reported across the country.
"Fireworks accidents happen, however, we have fewer injuries locally than in many other areas,'' Bladel said. "I think this is due, in part, because of the high quality of our local professional fireworks displays.
"Thousands of people in the Quad Cities attend these public shows and these shows have safety records that are outstanding. Most injuries locally occur when people use fireworks at home.''
Bladel said the most disturbing statistic is that young people have the highest injury rates.
"A child will tell parents, 'I can do it myself, I don't need help.' Often the child can't do it themselves and there are injuries,'' Bladel said. "Those injuries can be severe.
"One of the reasons we continue to see fireworks injuries, some of them severe or fatal, is that people don't recognize how dangerous these devices can be. Children often lack the physical coordination to handle any fireworks safely. Even with a sparkler, they can fall and suffer burns.''
Here are recommendations to prevent fireworks injuries at home:
• Do not allow young children to play with fireworks under any circumstances.
• Older children should only be permitted to use legal fireworks under close, adult supervision.
• Light fireworks outdoors in areas clear of houses, dry leaves, grass or flammable materials.
• Do not smoke while handling fireworks.
• Have water available nearby for emergencies.
• Ignite fireworks only smooth, flat surfaces.
• Be sure people are out of range before lighting fireworks.
• Never have any portion of your body directly over a firework while lighting.
• Don't experiment with homemade fireworks.
• Do not try to relight "duds.''
• Don't place fireworks in containers before lighting.
• Alcohol and fireworks are a dangerous combination.
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PETA: NIH allegedly spent $1.2 million to buy beagles for animal experiments
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PETA's Daphna Nachminovitch accused the NIH of a $1.2 million deal to buy beagles for cruel research.
During an interview on "Tucker Carlson Tonight" Nachminovitch says the National Institutes of Health was accused of having a $1.2 million contract over the last decade to buy beagles to be used in cruel experiments.
The latest accusation comes from Virginia-based Envigo, which allegedly supplied nearly 5,000 beagle dogs and puppies to NIH and other facilities to be confined and tortured.
The report alleges that over the course of the investigation, investigators found that more than 350 puppies die, often from being crushed by their mothers, being eviscerated in fights, accidentally falling into the drains of their cages, by disease, or by exposure. Some puppies were allegedly euthanized by injecting solution into their hearts while they were still conscious.
The PETA report is accompanied by video containing graphic footage of a staff member inserting a hypodermic needle into the swollen head of a puppy in an attempt to alleviate the swelling. The video also shows staff members spraying down the dogs with a high-pressure hose as they yelp in pain, and contains multiple images of puppies lying dead in cages.
The video's kicker shows breeding mill supervisors allegedly complaining about federal regulations and refusing to comply with them.
On Sunday, the Washington Post reported that Envigo was under federal investigation by the US Department of Agriculture over the summer. In the federal investigation, the USDA found dozens of animal welfare violations, conforming the details reported in the PETA investigation.
USDA investigators found that the dogs were kept in cages above 85 degrees Fahrenheit for several hours a day without air conditioning, and multiple nursing female dogs refused food for up to 42 hours.
The USDA did not impose any fines or penalties to the facility, the Washington Post reported, noting that the NIH contracted the company to buy beagles for research more than a dozen times, totaling $1.2 million. Asked for comment, the NIH confirmed the purchases, but noted that "no future purchases are planned."
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YOUNGSTOWN – In anticipation of renewed trade relations between the U.S. and Cuba, the Regional Chamber and Youngstown State University are hosting two Cuban diplomats this week.
Deputy Chief Juan Lamigueiro and First Secretary Sergio Vazquez of the Cuban Interests Section in Washington, D.C., will tour two Valley companies and engage in trade discussions with local business representatives. Absent of diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Cuba, both nations, through an exchange of diplomatic notes, established "Interests Sections" in each other's countries under the legal protection of the Swiss Embassies in Washington and Havana.
"This event falls directly in line with our regional effort surrounding the OH-PA Stateline Export Initiative," said Regional Chamber Vice President of Economic Development, North America Sarah Boyarko.
The OH-PA Stateline Export Initiative, the culmination of six months of planning spearheaded by YSU's International Trade Assistance Center and the Regional Chamber, was launched earlier this year. The two organizations melded their international trade efforts and joined forces with economic development agencies in 10 northeast Ohio and western Pennsylvania counties to create a worldwide trade strategy that turns the Valley into a more formidable economic engine.
"We are very pleased to have had the opportunity to partner with YSU, Attorney Luis Alcalde, and Dr. Milton Sanchez-Parodi to make this happen," Boyarko added. "We foresee this being the first of many Cuba-related discussions and visits to expose our business community to exporting opportunities."
Involved in the planning effort to bring the Cuban diplomats to the Valley were Alcalde, an attorney with Kegler Brown Hill and Ritter in Columbus, Sanchez-Parodi, president of Vista Trade Group in Poland, and Gabriel F. Palmer-Fernandez, director of the Dr. James Dale Ethics Center and professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies at YSU.
"The visit to YSU by two members of the Cuban diplomatic corps is a splendid opportunity for our students, especially those in international business, to learn about developing markets and to explore the role of politics and legislation in international trade," Palmer-Fernandez said.
President Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro are scheduled to meet next week at the Summit of the Americas in Panama. It would be the first scheduled meeting between leaders of the two countries in nearly 60 years. Obama announced in December that the U.S. will normalize relations with the Communist island.
"U.S.-Cuba commercial relations are very likely to open in the near future, and with that come new opportunities for Ohio manufacturers and farmers to enhance their markets," Palmer-Fernandez said.
The main sectors that are now permitted to export to Cuba are telecommunications; environmental, renewable energy and energy efficiency; construction and building materials for private residences and small entrepreneurs; equipment and tools for small entrepreneurs; agriculture and food; and travel companies.
The diplomats' activities in the Valley include a meeting with all of the OH-PA Stateline Export Initiative partners so they can learn how their communities can increase their exporting to Cuba. The diplomats will also tour Vinylume in Austintown and Summer Garden in Boardman. Vinylume is a three-generation manufacturer of vinyl windows, vinyl extrusions and insulated glass. Summer Garden has a 10-acre campus that includes food manufacturing, research and development, quality assurance labs, warehousing and distribution, and a culinary arts center.
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Decathlon opening doors to first full-scale US store
International sporting goods retailer Decathlon has confirmed that its first US-based major brick and mortar store will hold its Grand Opening at its new Bay Area location on April 12. Located at 3938 Horton Street in the East Bay Bridge shopping center in Emeryville, California, the 47,000 square-foot store is scheduled to officially open to the public with a weekend-long grand opening.
This new, full-scale and first-of-its-kind store will feature 'ample parking and provides easy accessibility for Bay Area residents looking for the best all-around sports gear at affordable prices.' The Emeryville location is situated at the intersection of three major interstates: I-80, I-880 and I-580, an area shared by other major retailers including Ikea, Target, Best Buy and Home Depot. With its prime location, Decathlon looks to make an impact in the thriving Bay Area sports scene, including the introduction of its line of youth products.
"Decathlon has been making sports more accessible to everyone around the world for more than 40 years, and we're excited to be launching our first full-scale store in the Bay Area," said Michel d'Humières, Chief Executive Officer of Decathlon USA. "The Bay Area is a place where sports thrive, where we can come together and do just about any activity.
"Through the affordable, high-quality products at Decathlon, it is our hope that even more people can get out and play – and maybe even discover some new sports along the way."
The new Emeryville store will be six times the size of Decathlon's first 'lab store', which officially opened in April 2018 at 735 Market Street in San Francisco. Decathlon chose to open a smaller-scale store in San Francisco before expanding to its new, larger retail centre in order to 'better understand the needs of local sports enthusiasts and develop an interconnected retail and online experience'.
"The Bay Area is the home of our first pop-up location, and we have felt a strong sense of community since we first opened our doors," said Sophie O'Kelly de Gallagh, Chief Operating Officer of Decathlon USA. "With the launch of our new store, we'll be able to introduce gear for kids for the first time. It is important to us to provide Bay Area kids and residents affordable, high-quality sporting goods so they can live their best active lives."
The Emeryville store will be an experiential centre, with places to test products prior to making purchases. With new technology, including RFID checkout and cashless systems, the Emeryville store will 'expand on the lab concept of the San Francisco store to make the shopping experience seamless and fun for the community.'
Since being founded 1976, Decathlon has created over 25 brands and equipment for over 80 different sports. Decathlon designs, tests, manufactures and sells its own products. This vertical integration and company-wide mission to make sports more accessible to everyone means that Decathlon's products are 'affordably priced at a high value'.
Using feedback from millions of in-store and online customers around the world, Decathlon adds that it designs and creates products without the high prices Americans have become accustomed to. This allows Decathlon to further reduce the barrier to entry for sports, and 'makes sports more accessible to anyone, anywhere by providing real value at true cost'.
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Posted: 4:00 AM CDT Saturday, Jun. 5, 2021
Earlier this spring, Canada's largest youth reading program, Ontario's Forest of Reading, saw the crowning of the most popular titles for various age groups.
This article was published 5/6/2021 (231 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
In participating schools and libraries, thousands of readers vote for their favourite book from lists of nominees in several categories.
This year's English-language winners were: Hunted by the Sky, an historical fantasy set in medieval India, by Tanaz Bhathena (high school fiction); Bloom, an environmental thriller, by Kenneth Oppel (junior high fiction); Trending: How and Why Stuff Gets Popular, by Kira Vermond, illustrated by Clayton Hanmer (non-fiction for middle years students); The Jigsaw Puzzle King, a story of a boy concerned about acceptance of his brother with Down syndrome, by Gina McMurchy-Barber (fiction for grades 3 to 6); Peter and Ernesto: Sloths in the Night, an illustrated tale about two sloths looking for their missing friend, by Graham Annable (fiction or non-fiction for grades 3 or 4); and Bad Dog, the story of a girl who wants a dog but gets a cat, by Mike Boldt (picture books for kindergarten to Grade 2).
The program also includes a similar series of awards for books in French. This year's winners were: Lac Adélard by François Blais, illustrated by Iris; Sergent Billy: La vraie histoire du chevreau devenu soldat by Mireille Messier, illustrated by Kass Reich; and Pas Moi by Elise Gravel.
The Manitoba Historical Society celebrates a bumper crop of locally written history in June with the awarding of the Margaret McWilliams Awards.
The awards are presented in four categories: scholarly history, local history, local history memoirs, and popular history, and will be announced at the society's AGM on June 24.
Contenders for the scholarly history award are Politics, Personalities and persistence: One Hundred Years of Psychiatric Nursing Education in Manitoba, by Beverley Clare Williams Hicks; Civilian Internment in Canada: Histories and Legacies, edited by Rhonda Hinther and Jim Mochoruk; and Ours by Every Law of Right and Justice: Women and the Vote in the Prairie Provinces, by Sarah Carter.
Local history finalists are The Lesser Known: A History of Oddities from the Heart of the Continent, by Darren Bernhardt; Fire, Folly and Fiasco: Why it took 100 Years to Build the Manitoba Museum, by James A. Burns; and Faces & Places: Trailblazing Women of Manitoba, by Judy Waytiuk.
In the running for local history memoirs are Vignettes From My Life, by Tannis M. Richardson; Serendipity: My Path Through Life and the Law, by Jack R. London; Peculiar Lessons: How Nature and the Material World Shaped a Prairie Childhood, by Lois Braun; and Trailblazer in First Nations Education: Duzahan Mani Win, Doris Dowan-Pratt, by Doris Dowan-Pratt and Leona Devuyst.
Up for the popular history prize are Historic Photographs of Portage la Prairie, by the Portage la Prairie Heritage Advisory Committee; Treasures of Winnipeg's Historic Exchange, by George Mitchell; and Once Removed, by Andrew Unger.
The canoe has been used as a symbol of many things in Canada, including Indigenous culture, conservation, citizenship, feminism and multiculturalism.
On Tuesday, contributors to an academic essay collection on the political uses of the canoe will discuss these and other roles the paddle-powered watercraft has played in Canada in the online launch of The Politics of the Canoe (University of Manitoba Press).
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An online science-fiction and fantasy convention launched last year to make up for the lack of in-person gatherings has been carried forward to this June.
TorCon, organized by publisher Tor, runs June 10-13 and features a variety of author panels and conversations on trends in science fiction and fantasy, as well as new and upcoming releases. Featured authors include Gillian Flynn, Charlie Jane Anders and James Rollins.
Details on authors and panel themes can be found at wfp.to/torcon.
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Created in 2000, the objective of the Cabri International Program (CIP) is to study the behavior of nuclear fuel rods and cladding during a reactivity-injection accident (RIA) in a pressurized water reactor (PWR).
The Cabri international program started in 2000 to study the behavior of nuclear fuel rods, their cladding in particular, during a reactivity-injection accident (RIA) in pressurized water reactor. It is part of a set of programs led by IRSN on nuclear fuel behavior.
Under the auspices of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, this program overseen and cofunded by IRSN brings together partners from France (EDF and CEA) and twelve foreign countries (Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and the United States) representing safety authorities, nuclear licensees and research laboratories.
A reactivity-injection accident (RIA) includes a rapid, sudden and local rise in neutron flux, which results in an increase in nuclear power due to fission and causing fuel temperature to rise rapidly.
pellet-cladding mechanical interaction (PCMI) phase, when the cladding is still cold and the fuel expands significantly, resulting in high mechanical stress on the cladding;failure due to excessive deformation during the post-departure from nucleate boiling (DNB) phase, when the cladding has resisted the PCMI phase and significant cladding deformation (ballooning) occurs due to the degradation of the cladding-coolant heat exchange coefficient and a rapid rise in cladding temperature.
Since the first failure mode does not depend on coolant conditions, it can be studied in thermal hydraulic conditions that are not representative of a PWR. The second failure mode depends heavily on thermal hydraulic conditions and can only be studied experimentally in PWR conditions. This constitutes the major challenge of the CIP.
Léna Lebreton and Nathalie Monchalin, experimenters in In pile experimental research laboratory (L2EP), at the control station of IRIS station located in CABRI reactor hall.
understand fuel rod behavior in an RIA situation, particularly in the event of cladding dryout or cladding failure during the transient;provide quantitative information for the development and validation of simulation tools (including IRSN's SCANAIR software);study the behavior during a RIA of new types of cladding and fuel that offer improvements in other situations.
The program may also provide information to confirm certain new safety criteria defined by EDF for the short term phase of the rod ejection accident and which were addressed in an investigation by IRSN presented to the Advisory Committee for Nuclear Reactor Safety in June 2017.
Nathalie Monchalin in front of remote control station of nondestructive measuring equipment of IRIS (installation for radiography, imaging and spectrometry), including the control of the X-ray imaging measurement of the nuclear fuel rod.
CIP includes a total of twelve tests. The first two reactivity injection tests on irradiated fuel rods were performed in 2002 in the Cabri reactor equipped with a "sodium loop", i.e., in which the coolant is liquid sodium. The loop represents the reactor coolant system in which the reactor coolant circulates. The two tests provided an opportunity to study phenomena that do not depend on the nature of this coolant (PCMI phase).
Jérôme Guillot, head of In pile experimental research laboratory (L2EP) in charge of CIP tests, adjusts the screen to monitor the hodoscope measurements.
Salvatore Mirotta in the tests control room.
Primary reactor power: 100kW ;Power transient duration: 10 à 100 ms ;Maximum transient power: about 20 GW ;Injected energy: till 200 MJ.
Vincent Chevalier, engineer at In Pile Experimental Research Laboratory (L2EP), and Christelle Manenc, CABRI CIP project manager at L2EP, in the tests control room.
(c) Jean-Marie Huron / Médiathèque IRSN.


Barack Obama didn't promise a new era in his inaugural speech. He promised a new American revolution. His evocation of George Washington at the end of his address made it clear that he regards the perils that face the country as almost no less daunting than those that it confronted in battling for its independence.
Now a fresh, stubbornly independent generation, Obama suggested, must emerge to renew the promise of American life. The tone of his speech was somber, but his vision of the future was not. If America can navigate the icy rapids that threaten to submerge it and tap into the "quiet force of progress," Obama indicated, it can emerge into a sunlit harbor, united by the memory of having conquered some of the greatest dangers, domestic and foreign, that it once braved. Whether that vision will be fulfilled is another matter. But Obama's inaugural address, sober and dignified, has set the foundation for constructing a new gleaming edifice of democracy. It is up to us as much as Obama to construct it.


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Each room at this guest house is air conditioned and has a flat-screen TV. Certain rooms feature a seating area where you can relax. The rooms include a private bathroom. For your comfort, you will find free toiletries and a hair dryer. A&M Apartment and Rooms features free WiFi throughout the property.
Split Archaeological Museum is 300 metres from A&M Apartment and Rooms, while People's Square - Pjaca is 400 metres from the property. Split Airport is 11 km away.


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US-born Somalis go missing, feared recruited for jihad
Mar 18, 2009 @ 16:42 4113 Views Americas
debkafile's sources in the US Minneapolis-St. Paul report that the disappearance of dozens of young US-born Somali men in this area since last fall is under investigation by anti-terror authorities concerned they have been recruited to fight with al Qaeda-linked Islamist al Shabaab militia to topple the transitional federal government in Mogadishu. Some may even return home trained to form America's first homegrown Islamist terrorist cell. The probe, triggered by a group of concerned ex-US military officers, has spread to Somali communities in other parts of America and, according to our sources, Canada too.
Last December a local newspaper reported suspicions that these young men may have returned to Somalia for jihad after Shirwa Ahmed, a naturalized US citizen, died in a suicide bombing in northern Somalia. Ahmed, 27, was a 1999 graduate of Minneapolis's Roosevelt High School.
The London Telegraph added: US law enforcement agencies are concerned the young jihadists could return to the US to plot terror attacks following a similar path to the British Pakistanis behind the London bombings in July 2005 who made many visits to radical mosques in Pakistan. Since then, British Muslim extremists were suspected of involvement in the Mumbai terrorist outrage last November.
The FBI has issued grand jury subpoenas for the teachers at the Minneapolis and St. Paul mosques to find out who the missing men's teachers were, what they were taught, how recruited them and funded their travel.


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Q: Dates as column headers in a custom DDIC table I want to create a custom table with dynamic column headers. For example, column 1 would be the date today then the second column would be tomorrow's date and so on.
Can anybody help light me up on this one? Thanks a lot in advance!

A: Unfortunately you can't create field texts (for table fields) dynamically in SE11. However when you display the values of the table in your program, there you can use any text you need.


Tunis / Nairobi, 20 March 2010 – The African Development Bank (AfDB) President, Donald Kaberuka, and Mrs. Graça Machel, Founder of New Faces, New Voices (NFNV) on Friday in Nairobi, jointly launched the first "African Women's Economic Summit" to ensure the inclusion of women in decisions that are shaping the global financial system.
During the opening session, Kenya's Prime Minister, Raila Odinga and Central Bank Governor, Njuguna Ndung'u expressed their strong support to African Women's Economic Empowerment in view of women's positive role in tackling the continent's development challenges.
Mr. Odinga said: "if you empower a woman, you empower a whole family and a nation". They agreed that recovering from the financial crisis; the financial leaders should take the advantage to include more women.
Some 160 African and global decision-makers in the financial and political sectors, policy-makers, regulators, commercial banks, and prominent women entrepreneurs attended the ceremony.
The AfDB President stated that he was "proud to be meeting here in a country which also has one of the most impressive innovations in the financial sector- in which women leaders play a key role, with the Central Bank's support".
However, he acknowledged that "women access to financial services so critical for the growth of any economic endeavor remains problematic". He stressed the need "to cross the bridge together to break the barriers holding back so much a force for good in the world of finance".
The African Women Business Initiative, launched by the AfDB Private Sector Operations, is an example of how financial stakeholders could best serve half of the African continent, how more women get up the corporate ladder.
Mrs. Machel thanked the AfDB President for the Bank's continuous support. "The AfDB has given its best in terms of insights and inputs." She appealed for the "space and right of women to be at the centre stage in the reforming and reshaping the financial sector".
It is on this bases that Mr. Kaberuka and Mrs. Machel decided to convene and co-host the first African Women's Economic Summit in 2010, with Central Bank of Kenya support.
The initiative is driven by the growing recognition that women represent a key emerging market in Africa and significant contributors to economic growth. Yet, their role as decision makers in the financial sector, and as users of financial services, is overlooked. Going forward, the summit will identify key actions that financial sector stakeholders need to take to invest differently in women towards building stronger financial sectors and competitive economies in Africa.
Participants also discussed other issues including reshaping Africa's financial sector; the business case for investing differently in women (chaired by Mrs. Machel); overcoming the challenges of the economic power of women and Africa's role in reshaping the global financial system.
The panellists included former Ugandan Vice President, Speciosa Kazibwe Wandira, former Mozambican Prime Minister, Luisa Diogo and Botswana Central Bank Governor, Linah Mohohlo..
In a speech at the dinner, Nobel Laureate and Founder of the Greenbelt Movement, Wangari Maathai, expressed her strong support to African women.


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Q: DAO: diffrence between InMemory implementation and Database Implementation I'm confusing with implementation of CRUD methods for DAODatabase (for Oracle 11 xe).
The problem is that the "U"-method (update) in case of storing in generally to a Map collection inserts a new element or renews it (key-value data like ID:AbstractBusinessObject) in a Map collection. And you don't care about it, when you write something like myHashMap.add(element). This method (update) is widely used in project's business logic.
Obviously, in case of using Oracle I must care about both inserting and renewing of existing elements. But I'm stucked to choose the way how to implement it:
There is no intrinsic function for so-called UPSERT in Oracle (at least in xe11g r2 version). However, I can emulate necessary function by SQL-query like this:
INSERT INTO mytable (id1, t1)
  SELECT 11, 'x1' FROM DUAL
  WHERE NOT EXISTS (SELECT id1 FROM mytble WHERE id1 = 11);

UPDATE mytable SET t1 = 'x1' WHERE id1 = 11;
(src:http://stackoverflow.com/a/21310345/2938167)

By using this kind of query (first - insert, second - update) I presume that the data mostly will be inserted not updated (at least it will be rather rare). (May it be not optimal for concurrency?).
Ok, it is possible. But at this point I'm confusing to decide:
-- should I write an SQL function (with approriate arguments of course) for this and call it via Java
-- or should I simply handle a serie of queries for preparedStatements and do them via .executeUpdate/.executeQuery? Should I handle the whole UPSERT SQL code for one preparedStatment or split it into several SQL-queries and prepared statements inside one method's body? (I'm using Tomcat's pool of connections and I pass a connection instance via static method getConnection() to each method implementation in DAODatabase) ?
Is there another possibility to solve the UPSERT quest?

A: The equivalent to your UPSERT statement would seem to be to use MERGE:
MERGE INTO mytable d
USING ( SELECT 11 AS id, 'x1' AS t1 FROM DUAL ) s
      ON ( d.id = s.id )
WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN
  INSERT ( d.id, d.t1 ) VALUES ( s.id, s.t1 )
WHEN MATCHED THEN
  UPDATE SET d.t1 = s.t1;

You could also use (or wrap in a procedure):
DECLARE
  p_id MYTABLE.ID%TYPE := 11;
  p_t1 MYTABLE.T1%TYPE := 'x1';
BEGIN
  UPDATE mytable
  SET    t1 = p_t1
  WHERE  id = p_id;

  IF SQL%ROWCOUNT = 0 THEN
    INSERT INTO mytable ( id, t1 ) VALUES ( p_id, p_t1 );
  END IF;
END;
/

However, when you are handling a CRUD request - if you are doing a Create action then it should be represented by an INSERT (and if something already exists then you ought to throw the equivalent of the HTTP status code 400 Bad Request or 409 Conflict, as appropriate) and if you are doing an Update action it should be represented by an UPDATE (and if nothing is there to update then return the equivalent error to 404 Not Found.
So, while MERGE fits your description I don't think it is representative of a RESTful action as you ought to be separating the actions to their appropriate end-points rather than combining then into a joint action.


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Two Men In US Charged With Conspiring To Overthrow Gambian Government
US-Gambian dual national Papa Faal and US resident Cherno Njie were arrested in the United States after they returned from Gambia, where they had travelled to help launch a 30 December coup attempt against President Yahya Jammeh's government, according to the US Justice Department, which released the criminal complaint against the two men.
by Agence France-Presse in Washington Jan 05, 2015
US prosecutors have charged two men with conspiring to overthrow the government of Gambia, in the latest fall-out from last week's failed coup attemptin the small West-African nation.
Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh has ruled for 20 years. On 1 January he blamed unidentified foreign dissidents and "terrorists" for the assault on his presidential palace. Sunday Alamba/AP
Faal, 46, was expected to make an initial appearance in court Monday in Minneapolis, Minnesota, while Njie, 57, was to appear Monday in US District Court in Baltimore, Maryland.
"These defendants stand accused of conspiring to carry out the violent overthrow of a foreign government, in violation of US law," US Attorney General Eric Holder said in a statement.
"The United States strongly condemns such conspiracies. With these serious charges, the United States is committed to holding them fully responsible for their actions."
According to the criminal complaint, an FBI agent interviewed Faal, who described his own participation "as a member of a group of fighters responsible for the attempted coup".
Faal also identified Njie as one of the coup's leaders and main financiers, and told the FBI agent that "Njie was also planning to serve as the interim leader of The Gambia upon the successful completion of the coup."
The men are charged with conspiracy to violate the Neutrality Act, which prohibits US citizens or residents from taking up arms or plotting against a nation at peace with the United States, and conspiracy to possess a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.
Last month's attack was repelled by the security forces, and at least three suspected attackers died during the fighting, according to unconfirmed reports.
On 1 January, strongman Jammeh, who has ruled Gambia with an iron fist for 20 years, blamed unidentified foreign dissidents and "terrorists" for the assault on his presidential palace.
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Benti is a village in Kunda tehsil of Pratapgarh district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The village is located on the bank of river Ganges and near by village Bhadri.

Geography
Benti's evaluation is about  above sea level. It is situated on the bank of the Ganges River, with Bihar towards the east, Kara tehsil towards the west, and Babaganj towards the north.

The district headquarters at Pratapgarh lie  to the west, while the state capital at Lucknow is  distant.

Baba Bhimrao Ambedkar Sanctuary
Baba Bhimrao Ambedkar Sanctuary, or Benti Lake, is located in Benti. The lake, which covers more than , was designated as a bird sanctuary by the Kumari Mayawati government in 2003.

Demographics
Per the 2011 Census of India, Benti has a total population of 10146; 5268 of whom are male and 4878 female.

Transport
Kunda Harnamgnj railway station and Bhadri railway station are the very nearby railway stations to Benti. However, Allahabad Junction is a major railway station  from Benti.

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Villages in Pratapgarh district, Uttar Pradesh


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MYANMAR: Humanitarian air bridge up and running
BANGKOK, 2 June 2008 (IRIN) - The usually deserted runways and warehouses of Bangkok's Don Mueang airport have sprung alive as relief supplies for Myanmar rush in from around the globe.
Food, medicine, shelter equipment - as well as cargo helicopters - arrive daily at the airport, destined for Myanmar's cyclone-hit regions, where an estimated 2.4 million people remain homeless and hungry.
Some 134,000 people are either dead or missing after Nargis, a category four storm, slammed into Myanmar on 2 and 3 May.
"The airport is our air bridge into Burma," Paul Risley a spokesman for the World Food Programme (WFP), told IRIN in Bangkok. "We have had cargo flights from around the world going through the airport."
Flights now come in daily from around the world to ferry supplies through Don Mueang to Yangon, the former Myanmar capital, having been briefly suspended on 9 May.
Once Thailand's main airport and a major regional hub for Asia, Don Mueang was replaced by the ultra-modern Suvarnabhumi airport in September 2006.
At its peak, Don Mueang handled more than 160,000 flights per year, 38 million passengers and 700,000 metric tonnes (MT) of cargo, making it the world's 18th busiest airport in 2005.
But since Suvarnabhumi opened - aside for a few budget flights, as well as some cargo and military flights - Don Mueang has been largely empty.
"The facilities are ideal for us. Don Mueang used to be a major international airport so there is huge surplus space for us," said Risley.
Within the facility, incoming relief can be stored at the airport's 30,000 sqm warehouse and called in as needed to Yangon.
"This will ensure we don't have a congested airport in Yangon," Matthew Hollingworth, a WFP logistician and head of the logistics cluster, explained, citing the importance of Bangkok as the primary staging ground for getting assistance into the country.
The main logistics hub will be Yangon, but Bangkok will be the staging area to support it, Hollingworth said. It takes a C-17 helicopter transport flight less than two hours to reach Yangon.
In addition to a small army of local staff, there are 10 full-time international staff at the airport loading and unloading relief aid, as well as coordinating the effort. The aid includes food, water, water purification systems and basic supplies such as blankets.
With more aid arriving daily, operations at the airport look set to increase significantly.
Currently, one Ilyushin-76 and one Antonov-12 are serving the air bridge into Yangon, but the capacity can be increased quickly if required. Regular flights continue across the air bridge from Bangkok into Yangon and from other points direct into Myanmar and on 1 June, the Canadian government flew in four MI-8 helicopters to help in the relief operation.
Logistical problems
Despite some signs of progress, Myanmar's military-led government remains reluctant to allow foreign aid workers and foreign aid into disaster-stricken regions, and still refuses to permit foreign military helicopters to fly through its airspace.
Sources at the airport confirm that the restrictions have posed serious logistical problems.
The Australian air force was forced to hire a South African company to provide two Pumas, a medium-sized twin-engined transport/utility helicopter, because its equipment was not allowed to fly in Burmese airspace.
"We could have had this [aid] delivered days ago, but we are having to work with equipment we are not familiar with," Colonel John Baxland, the Australian Embassy's Defence Attaché, explained. "But we are of course very happy that this aid will get to the people who need it most … It is a life or death situation [in Myanmar]," he added.
According to WFP, the helicopters, once operational, will prove key to getting assistance into the Ayeyarwady Delta, where access remains particularly poor.
"The helicopters will play a key role in the relief operations," said Risley. "Many of the hardest-hit areas are almost inaccessible. It can take three to four days to reach them by boat – a helicopter can do it in a few hours," he explained.
As part of the overall logistics strategy, aircraft will fly relief supplies from Don Mueang to Yangon, where they will then be transported by helicopter, trucks or barges to the disaster areas, to be distributed by NGOs on the ground. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and the International Federation of the Red Cross and Myanmar Red Cross have been stationed throughout Myanmar's delta areas to receive aid shipments from WFP helicopters.
"We rely on the co-operation of NGOs on the ground to hand out the aid – without them, it would be nearly impossible to distribute," the WFP official added.
While access has improved, it is still not seen as sufficient. "What is needed is free and unfettered access and that's not happening," said Mark Farmaner of The Burma Campaign.
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Theme(s): (IRIN) Aid Policy, (IRIN) Natural Disasters


I'm so glad you mentioned the shadows under trees. I rarely hear about that, and yet it was the most amazing feature to me during an eclipse in the early 90's. I happened to pass by the front doors of our school and see the most fascinating collection of crescent suns shimmering amongst the leaf shadows on the ground. I didn't realize at first that it was from the eclipse.
This was such a great article and my family is so excited to be coming out to the gardens for the Eclipse. We are really looking forward to a great time there!


Charles Darwin University is a member of the Innovative Research Universities group. Innovative Research Universities (IRU) is a network of six universities committed to inclusive excellence in teaching and research in Australia. The IRU group commitment is to reach and serve local and global communities through an effective response for all who seek our services at the highest standards in teaching, learning and research.
Charles Darwin University (CDU) is recognised for its research expertise and leadership in tropical and desert knowledge of the Australian and Asia-Pacific region, with particular focus on Indigenous knowledge and addressing problems of importance to people of the region.
IRU members are Charles Darwin University, James Cook University, Griffith University, La Trobe University, Flinders University and Murdoch University.


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Graziano Pellè (San Cesario di Lecce, el 15 de juliol de 1985) és un futbolista italià que juga com a davanter pel Shandong Luneng xinès i la selecció italiana.

Referències

Futbolistes internacionals amb Itàlia de la dècada de 2010
Futbolistes del Feyenoord Rotterdam
Futbolistes de la UC Sampdoria
Futbolistes del Parma FC
Futbolistes de l'AZ Alkmaar
Futbolistes al Campionat d'Europa de futbol 2016
Persones de la província de Lecce
Esportistes de la Pulla
Futbolistes de la US Lecce


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"Enrosca" é uma canção composta e gravada em 1975 por Guilherme Lamounier e lançada como single em 1977 pelo compositor. Sua canção foi regravada por diversos cantores como Mário Gomes, Fábio Júnior, Sandy & Junior e Moska.

Versão de Sandy & Junior

"Enrosca" foi o segundo e último single do álbum Quatro Estações: O Show, segundo álbum ao vivo da dupla Sandy & Junior. Esta canção é uma faixa bônus gravada em estúdio e não ao vivo. É cantada apenas por Junior e teve um videoclipe escolhido através de uma votação online, onde a dupla aparece num estilo punk rock, inspirado no videoclipe de "Scream", de Michael Jackson e Janet Jackson. O clipe concorreu em cinco categorias na premiação VMB da MTV Brasil.

Prêmios e indicações

Canções de 1975
Singles de 1982
Singles de 2001
Singles de Fábio Júnior
Canções gravadas por Sandy & Junior
Canções em português


Col 1:2 - To the saints and faithful brothers[fn] in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father.
Col 1:12 - giving thanks[fn] to the Father, who has qualified you[fn] to share in the inheritance of the saints in light.
Col 1:15 - He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.
Col 1:16 - For by[fn] him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.
Col 1:17 - And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
Col 1:18 - And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.
Col 1:23 - if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation[fn] under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister.
Col 1:26 - the mystery hidden for ages and generations but now revealed to his saints.
Col 1:28 - Him we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone mature in Christ.
Col 1:29 - For this I toil, struggling with all his energy that he powerfully works within me.


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You are a gamer who has played our games before and understand where we are coming from.
You love programming games and solving problems - you've probably designed and made your own games.
You have experience with networking systems in online games and understand the engineering tradeoffs associated with different types of implementations (e.g. peer to peer vs. client/server, deterministic lockstep vs. state synchronization, TCP vs. UDP).
You're comfortable working with low-level C++ code but always think about the big picture of how everything fits together.
You are highly motivated and like to take the initiative to get things done. You like experimenting with new things.
You have a great eye for detail and a high standard of quality. You work hard to make things feel right and inspire others to do the same.
You have at least three years of programming games in C++ and have shipped at least two games for Steam, Xbox, PlayStation, Switch or other consoles.
This is a Full Time position at our offices in San Diego, California. Legal, unrestricted right to work in the USA is required.
To apply for this job please send your resume and cover letter to jobs[at]thebehemoth[dot]com.
The Behemoth is a pioneer in independent game development and publishing across a variety of consoles and platforms. We specialize in making memorable experiences that are both fun to play and beautiful to look at. Making stuff with our hands and meeting the people who play our games helps make us into who we are and what we create. We are a different kind of game company and you are different too. So what are you waiting for? Come work with us!
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