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Secretary of State Grimes announces secure online, in-house Military and Overseas Voting Portal
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Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes has announced the creation of Kentucky's secure online Military and Overseas Voting Portal. "Over the past eight years, we've made it easier for Kentuckians to register and vote, making strides in every aspect of Kentucky's election process," said Grimes. "Today, I'm excited to announce that we will no longer need to rely on a third-party...
Wreaths Across America puts 10,000 evergreen wreaths on Camp Nelson National Cemetery graves
Dec 21st, 2019 · 0 Comment
Wreaths Across America presented a program and laid over 10,000 live evergreen wreaths on graves at Camp Nelson National Cemetery in Nicholasville. With over 700 volunteers and attendees, this was the largest Wreaths Across America ever at Camp Nelson, more than doubling the number of wreaths that were laid last year. All ceremony participants were Kentuckians, including many military veterans. An...
Art Lander's Outdoors: Last minute gift ideas for the anglers, hunters and target shooters on your list
Dec 20th, 2019 · 0 Comment
There are just four shopping days until Christmas. Is there an angler, hunter or target shooter on your shopping list? Here's some last-minute gift ideas: • For the angler, a pair of boat shoes, ideal for fishing and casual wear. Head to the nearest Bass Pro Shop/Cabela's and pick up a pair of World Wide Sportsman Men's Blue Water Boat Shoes. MSRP is $79.99. These comfortable, sturdy, lace-up...
Daniel Cameron takes oath of office for Attorney General early; Beshear appointed him to vacant seat
By Tom Latek Kentucky Today While Kentucky's newly elected Constitutional officers won't take office for their full four-year terms until Jan. 6, Daniel Cameron got a jump on the others, by being sworn in on Tuesday. The reason? Andy Beshear had to resign as attorney general when he took the oath of office as governor on Dec. 10. He signed an executive order Tuesday prior to the swearing in,...
Gov Beshear signs proclamation ordering that the POW/MIA flag flies permanently at state Capitol
Gov. Andy Beshear signed a proclamation Monday that will order the POW/MIA flag to fly permanently at the state Capitol. "Every day we honor the sacrifices of Kentuckians and Americans who are still prisoners, missing or unaccounted for," Beshear said. "To show our daily commitment to these heroes and their families, the POW/MIA flag will be flown permanently at the Capitol. I will issue and...
Pew Trusts: Farmers have high rates of suicide, need mental health services; telehealth may be a solution
By April Simpson Pew Trust Stateline On most days, therapist Becky Kopp-Dunham counsels farmers and other clients across 10 North Dakota towns from her home office on a crop and cattle farm in Morehead, Minnesota. With a reliable internet connection and videoconferencing service, Kopp-Dunham can inform and treat patients in rural and remote places. "I'm a hands-on therapist, so I do a lot of...
National Band & Tag wins one of World Trade Center KY's awards for excellence in international trade
National Band & Tag of Newport was one of four winners of The World Trade Center Kentucky (WTC-KY) 2019 Martha Layne Collins Awards for Excellence in International Trade. WTC-KY has celebrated 27 years of honoring Kentucky companies for the Governor's Award. Named after the Commonwealth of Kentucky's 56th Governor, this annual award is given to companies who were chosen for their accomplishments...
Wintry mix of rain, sleet, snow may create dangerous driving conditions into Monday's commute; be ready
A wintry mix of rain, sleet and snow may create dangerous driving conditions overnight into Monday morning's commute. AAA offers these winter weather driving tips. "Monday's are typically busy days at The AAA Roadside Rescue Team Headquarters," said Jenifer Moore, AAA spokeswoman. "We expect to have an even busier day tomorrow, and our team members are gearing up for the wintry conditions." Hazardous...
Matt Bevin responds with tweetstorm with defense of his controversial pardons, 400 coming after defeat
By Mark Maynard Kentucky Today Former Gov. Matt Bevin responded to a swirl of controversy over his pardons and commutations he signed on Monday with a tweetstorm on Friday. It was his first public statements. In a string of 20 tweets on Friday night, Bevin defended his decisions, saying America was built on "support for redemption and second chances." Matt BevinBevin pardoned and/or commuted...
U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell files papers with Secretary of State to run for seventh term
Kentucky Today U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell filed his papers at the Secretary of State's office in Frankfort on Friday to seek a seventh term in office. Attorney General-elect Daniel Cameron, a former staffer in McConnell's office, and State Treasurer Allison Ball, who won re-election to a second term in November, signed the candidacy papers. Sen. Mitch McConnell files papers with Mary Sue Helm,...
Art Lander's Outdoors: Northern Flicker a frequent winter visitor to Kentucky's backyard bird feeders
As the first day of winter approaches, and we get hard freezes and our first snows, homeowners begin feeding songbirds at backyard feeders. Maybe the holiday spirit of sharing with those less fortunate has something to do with the timing. Cold, ice and snow, which become more frequent around Christmas, means hard times are ahead for our feathered friends. Food becomes a priority just to maintain body...
UK accepts $20 million gift from Cincinnati lawyer and will name J. David Rosenberg College of Law
Rosenberg and his wife Diane have pledged $20m to the UK College of LawThe University of Kentucky Board of Trustees voted to accept the gift commitment of $20 million from J. David Rosenberg and to officially rename the College of Law as the University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law. Rosenberg and his wife, Dianne, have pledged $20 million to fund an endowment and non-endowed gift...
UK's trustees approve demolition of Kirwan-Blanding Residence complex, to add new student living space
By Jay Blanton University of Kentucky The University of Kentucky UK Board of Trustees have approved a funding proposal to demolish the Kirwan-Blanding Residence Hall Complex and Dining Commons as part of a plan to construct new student living space, add new green space and preserve a majestic tree allée that underscores UK's commitment to the natural environment. "The proposed transformation of...
Kevin Porter, founder and chef at Coach and Four, The Boot, dies at age 63 in Lexington hospital
By Tom Ferguson Special to NKyTribune Kevin Porter, one of the founders and the chef of The Coach and Four and The Boot Italian restaurants in Covington Ky., died on November 29, 2019 at The Albert B. Chandler Hospital, in Lexington. He was 63. Kevin was born in Princeton, Indiana on August 14, 1956 and was raised all over the country: Colorado, Illinois, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Kentucky. As...
State budget director reports General Fund receipts rose 7.6 percent in November compared to 2108
Dec 9th, 2019 · 0 Comment
State Budget Director John Chilton has reported that General Fund receipts rose 7.6 percent in November compared to last year. Total revenues for the month were $1,046.1 million, compared to $972.6 million during November 2018, an increase of $73.5 million. Receipts have now risen 4.4 percent for the first five months of the fiscal year, and can decrease 1.9 percent over the final seven months of FY20...


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Today on The FreedomCast, Avik Roy joins me to discuss the Oregon Medicaid study how it shatters liberal arguments for more money to improve health outcomes and why we can learn a thing or two from Singapore's health care system.
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Understanding the genetic and epigenetic programs that determine the identities of the different cell types in a multicellular organism is one of the key problems in biology. The possibility to reverse these programs to generate pluripotent cells from somatic differentiated cells is opening new frontiers in understanding organ morphogenesis and regeneration. Furthermore, striking parallels are emerging between the molecular circuits behind changes in cellular potency and those leading to cell transformation in cancer.
This symposium brought together world-leading scientists from a wide range of topics around the general themes of regulation of gene expression and the biology of stem and cancer cells. By concentrating leaders in a variety of fields, the symposium was particularly fruitful to showcase the diversity of approaches and concepts at the frontiers of these fields. This event fostered interactions among (senior and younger) scientists through plenary sessions, short talks selected from abstracts and poster sessions. The event provided opportunities to establish new collaborations, and to discuss progress and future challenges at the cutting edge of gene regulation, stem cell and cancer biology.


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Academy Award-nominated John Cameron created the orchestral score for every version of Les Misérables between 1979 and 2005, including the original Robert Hossein production in 1980 through the RSC, Broadway, tour and concert versions, winning the New York Drama Desk Award for Orchestration in 1986 and the National Broadway Theatre Award in 2002. The New York cast album won a Grammy. His movie scores include: the Academy Award-nominated A Touch of Class, the British classic Kes and the Emmy-nominated Path to 9/11. Other television and movie scores include: The Ruling Class, To End All Wars, Jack the Ripper, The Mirror Crack'd and ABC's Little House on the Prairie. His songwriting hits include Agnetha Fältskog's 'If I Thought You'd Ever Change Your Mind'. John's concert works include the cantata Missa Celtica, recorded with the English Chamber Orchestra and the choir of New College, Oxford. He was nominated for an Olivier Award as co-composer of Zorro the Musical. Other shows he has arranged include Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Recording artists John has worked with include José Carreras, Donovan, Hot Chocolate and Heatwave. Recent composing projects include Nils' Wonderful Adventures, Roll Over Beethoven and In Another Century.


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Q: Losing quality after watermarking CodeIgniter Users on my website can upload images. After resizing the images with Image_lib library (the banner has to be 500*200px), I put it into another blank image so it can be centered.
So I do that :

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*image is resized to 500*200px

*if the new sizes are 500*180px for example, it is put into another blank image of sizes 500*200px

I works all fine with png images, but when I try with jpeg, there is a high lose of quality !
Here's the normal image :
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Here is the image watermarked :
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And this is my code to watermark :
$config['source_image'] = 'src/images/banner-blank.png'; // BLANK PNG IMAGE
$config['wm_overlay_path'] = $data['full_path']; // ACTUAL JPEG
$config['new_image'] = $data['full_path']; // SAVE PATH FOR THE NEW JPEG
$config['quality'] = '100%';
$config['wm_type'] = 'overlay';
$config['wm_opacity'] = '100';
$config['wm_vrt_alignment'] = 'middle';
$config['wm_hor_alignment'] = 'center';

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News that the BBC are to spend £18m on a Gaelic language channel to serve the remaining 70,000 Scots who still speak their native language (Polish is the second tongue in Scotland) at a time when the corporation has been met with derision by the English press.
But, surely, this is what public broadcasting should be about - filling the non-commercial gaps.
It's impossible to explain to someone from a majority language what it is like to grow up in a minority culture, especially when it has been subsumed into a 'foreign' language, as the indigenous British languages have by Latin, Germanic and Frankish influences.
The Welsh language was banned from schools and the workplace and for eight hundred years the English systematically tried to wipe it out. Two things saved it - the translation of the bible into Welsh by William Morgan and the establishment of a Welsh television channel, S4C.
Welsh is amongst the oldest and poetic languages in the world and its rich culture has spilled over to enrich other cultures - look at the influence of Dylan Thomas on English literature.
In a world where more money can be spent on changing the plan for a bypass to save a handful of crested newts, I draw two conclusions from this.
Television can make a positive contribution to culture and the money spent by the BBC trying to save what is left of one of an ancient and neglected language is well worthwhile.
Internet TV promises much, but in this instance a traditional TV approach is essential in the more remote reaches of the country where the Gaelic is still a living language.
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Q: Can I get subproperties based on their value? I am trying to get my music organized. So i want to remove unnecessary tags and only have "contributing artists" tags, instead of a mixture of "contributing artists" and "composers"
I am using Taglib-Sharp for this.
So after this:
Add-Type -Path "$PWD\taglib-sharp.dll"
cd "$Home\Music"
$songs = ((Get-ChildItem *.mp3 -Recurse).Fullname)
$taglib = ($songs | % {[TagLib.File]::Create($_)})

I have my music library loaded inside $taglib. Now I'd like to search for ALL sub property's, that include stuff like "link.com". For example: $taglib has the properties "length", "name", "tag" [...].
While "tag" itself has "Artist", "Album", "Name" [...] properties.
So I want to iterate through all all sub properties of every element/song in $taglib and find a property, based on it's value. I've tried to make a function that takes an object and recursively calls itself whenever the object has property's:
function AllProps($obj){
    foreach($member in (gm -inputobject $obj -membertype property).name){
        if($member -eq $null) {
            $obj
        } else {
            "$member"
            AllProps -obj $obj.$member
        }
    }
}

But it get stuck in a loop ...
Is there an easy way out? TIA!

A: Try something like this:
filter ExpandProperty {
    $obj = $_
    $obj | get-member -MemberType *property | foreach {
        #Find objects with array value
        if( @($obj.($_.Name)).Count -gt 1 ) {
            $count = 1
            $prop = $_.Name
            $obj.($prop) | foreach {
                #Foreach value in the property
                $obj | Add-Member NoteProperty -Name "$prop (Property $($count))" -Value $_
                $count++
            }
        }
    }
    #Output object
    $obj
}

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Home American History Slaves in the President's House – Austin, Driver and Stablehand
Slaves in the President's House – Austin, Driver and Stablehand
The President's House in 1830
Austin was one of nine enslaved Africans who labored at the President's House during the presidency of George Washington.
The mansion was located in Philadelphia, the capital of the United States from 1790 to 1800. Washington, the first president of the United States of America, moved into it in November 1790. It was his official home from then until the end of his presidency in March 1797. Then it was home to John Adams until he moved into the newly completed White House in Washington in November 1800.
Slave, Free and Indentured Labor in Washington's Household
In addition to enslaved Africans, free men and woman, hired day workers and indentured servants worked at the President's House during Washington's time there. Indentured servants usually worked for three years without pay while getting housing, meals and learning new job skills. At the end of their indenture, they were free to pursue life as free individuals.
One of the slaves Washington brought from Mount Vernon was named Austin.
Austin's Parents
Betty, a seamstress owned by the president's wife Martha, was his mother. He was born in the late 1750s. Although his father is unnamed, it is possible that he was white. Betty and Austin were Martha Washington's slaves because they were part of her first husband's estate.
Martha Custis was a widow who married Washington in January 1759. Betty and Austin were dower slaves. A dower is that part of an estate that a widow (in early America) inherited from her husband and from which she derived income during her lifetime. Upon the death of Daniel Parke Custis, her first husband, Martha Washington began reaping benefits from one – third of his estate, including about 80 of the 285 slaves he owned at his death. Her husband also left 17,500 acres of land of which she was entitled to the use of about 2880 acres in King William County. Martha Washington was perhaps the wealthiest American woman of her generation.
Austin's Jobs
Betty and her young son Austin moved from the Custis plantation in colonial Virginia to Mount Vernon in the same colony when George and Martha wed. While in his teens, Austin worked as a waiter at Mount Vernon. He was also probably a footman for Washington's carriage. During the Revolutionary War he might have gone with Martha Washington when she visited her husband – who was commander of the Continental Army – in the field.
From Mount Vernon, Washington brought 14 horses to Philadelphia. He also brought three carriages and one wagon for carrying baggage. In 1790 Austin was one three slaves who worked in the stables of the President's House. Arthur Dunn was a white servant who worked in the stables too. By 1791 it seems that Austin was the only person of African descent working in the stables. The other two enslaved Africans who had been working in the stables were back at Mount Vernon by then.
Beginning in March 1792, new laborers in the stables seem to have been white indentured servants, most if not all of them German. One reason for the disappearance of the slaves might have been that the white and black abolitionists in Philadelphia thought the presence of enslaved individuals at the President's House was a disturbing contradiction in a nation that had recently won its freedom from Great Britain.
His Death and the Family He Left Behind
At Mount Vernon, Austin had married another slave who was a seamstress. Her name was Charlotte. In December 1794 he was given twenty dollars to go visit his family in Virginia. On December 20 while trying to cross a river on horseback near Hartford, Maryland he fell from his horse.
He was pulled from the water in serious condition. He had either hit his head after falling from the horse or had had a stroke, which caused him to fall. Within four hours, Austin was dead. He was about 36 years old. He was buried the next day in Virginia.
The family he left included his widow and five children. His son Billy had been born about 1782. His son Timothy had been born in 1785. His three daughters Elvey, Jenny and Eliza had been born between 1786 and 1795. Austin was the half – brother of Oney Judge later known as Ona Judge Staines. She was Martha Washington's personal servant. She ran away in 1796.
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Thompson, Mary V. "Different People, Different Stories: The Life Stories of Individual Slaves from Mount Vernon and Their Relationships with George and Martha Washington." Mount Vernon, Virginia. Talk at Symposium on November 3, 2001. George Washington & Slavery
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10x Your Referral Pipeline: Strategies to win more business
Acquisition | Sales Strategies
Association Address: Peter White AM, FBAA
Industry Update | Advocacy
Top digital marketing tactics to be heard in a noisy world
Digital Marketing | Client Communications
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Whether you're in the first year or so in broking or you're just starting out, this session will set every broker on the right path to write high volumes quickly.
Discover the steps to building a high-volume business:
Set Goals – build a blueprint for success
Manage your cash flow – create a solid model to take your business through its early stages without running out of capital
Kick-start your referrals – uncover the secret to gaining traction fast with the right referral partners
Balance brokerage operations – understand how to balance your business activities to safeguard against burnout
Peter Clark
General Manager, Equilibria Finance
Peter has been part of the mortgage industry since the last millennium. With a background in sales team leadership, he has led teams in consumer and business banking, and franchise teams including Mortgage Choice and LJ Hooker Finance. He has also operated his own business as a broker, a business coach, and mentor. He has mentored many new entrants into the industry over the past 5 years. He has been a member of the Combined Industry Forum, since it's inception in 2017, and is passionate about our profession. He remains committed to preserving the essence of what, in his view, is one of the most magnificent business models, where all stakeholders benefit, particularly the client. Peter has recently joined Equilibria Finance as the General Manager, where supporting the success of existing and new brokers with the right processes, tools and knowledge is a high priority.
The key to rapid success is building your broking business the right way, from day one. The right blueprint will ensure a slick and efficient operation that will deliver better client outcomes, faster approvals, bigger volumes and more revenue – in less time.
In this session, you will learn:
How Australia's leading brokers built a solid broking business from day one
How to choose the group which is right for you
The foundations for an easier professional journey
How to set up the systems and processes to ensure you run an efficient brokerage
The importance of outstanding customer service and its impact on revenue
How to harness brand to build a stable sales pipeline in your community
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James Hasselle
Group Director of Mortgage Choice in Miami, Burleigh, Palm Beach & Brisbane's Bayside
Troy Phillips
Director, FirstPoint Mortgage Brokers
Gracious Chidhakwa
Eagle Life Founder and Mortgage Broker. Buyers Choice
Solid sales fundamentals are essential to every successful broking business. In this session, you'll discover the critical sales skills that will have a dramatic impact on your business.
Whether it's securing the most lucrative referral partnerships or converting a high percentage of client enquiry, this session will teach you to:
Create an attraction business – embed yourself in the community and build a stable referral pipeline
Polished presentations – how to win more business face to face
Dress to impress – why first impressions count
Positive influence – why people are drawn to confident communicators
Ruan Burger
Business Influencer, Success&Broker
Kerry Packer once stated that Mortgage Brokers 'are in the business of hopes and dreams', Ruan Burger, former Managing Director of Time Home Loans, Brisbane, and Home Loans Etc, Gladstone, wishes he had created this line as it typified his business philosophy as a Mortgage Broker - helping people achieve The Great Aussie Dream of owning your own home.
Ruan landed on Aussie shores in 2005 and quickly forged a career within the Mortgage Broking Industry climbing into Australia's Top 100 Brokers in the first two years of business and retaining his position in the pack until the sale of Time Home Loans in 2021. He won numerous accolades during his career, and is ready to raise the bar again with Success&Broker.
"You do not need to reinvent the wheel, you just need to do it better than the competition. The wheel in this instance is service and I believe relationships are the key to providing a standout service. People deal with people; we are but a culmination of our experiences" - Ruan
Ruan has always aimed to raise the bar with visionary and adaptable businesses, with great purpose and support, delivering an outstanding and individualized service to clients - they say that you cannot be all things to all people, but does that mean you should not try?
After a long working week Ruan unwinds with his wife and children for quality family time… if it's a really good day his wife allows him out for a game of golf!
There has never been a better time to become a broker. Record-low interest rates combined with surging demand for brokers have paved the way for new brokers to join the industry.
In this session, discover how brokers are supported by the industry associations, why borrowers are significantly better off using a broker, and how professional standards are the foundation that the strong broker proposition is built on.
What associations do to support their members
How they advocate for brokers
Why mortgage and finance broking is so important to Australian borrowers
Peter White AM
Managing Director, FBAA
Peter White AM is the Managing Director of the FBAA and first started as a volunteer with the FBAA in 2003 as the State President for NSW, then National President and Chairman of the Board of Directors.
Peter's banking and finance career spans over 41 years covering retail banking, Head of Private Banking, Associate Director of Marketing and Distribution in Investment Banking, established RAMS Home Loans first sales office in 1993 and has run several mortgage management and broking businesses of his own.
A strong and passionate advocate for industry, Peter spends a significant amount of time with regulators and government as well as being a Registered Lobbyist in his own right and is the leading advocate for Mental Health Awareness in our finance industry.
In conjunction with our fellow association in Canada, Peter established the IMBF (International Mortgage Brokers Federation) which is a collaboration of industry associations in 6 countries and is a world's first of its kind.
He also sits on the Small Business Association of Australia's Advisory Board and is a champion and campaigner for mental health and the needs of Parents of Special Needs Children via his private foundation charity "The Sanity Space Foundation Ltd" www.thesanityspace.org.
Peter was recognised in the 2019 Queens birthday honours with an "AM" Member of the Order of Australia for significant services to industry and the community.
Learn the top 10 most effective marketing techniques for building a strong web presence and position your business on the growth path from the start.
In this session, uncover strategies to:
Build marketing campaigns on a shoestring budget
Create a successful digital ecosystem and make yourself heard
Master simple processes to accelerate your lead generation and identify potential clients and convert these leads
Manage ongoing client communications and ensure retention
Beth Powell
Founder, Digital Marketing Club
Beth is the founder of Digital Marketing Club, a coaching and online training business for marketers and business owners who want to upskill in digital marketing to boost revenue.
She is the author of the book "Drive More Business: A five step Guide to Digital Marketing for Auto Dealers" and, over the past 10 years, has become known as the go-to person for how to use digital marketing and social media to grow your business.
Beth counts Toyota Australia as one of her larger clients. The program Beth developed for Toyota takes their sales and marketing teams on a journey into the world of social selling and digital marketing across hundreds of showrooms around Australia.
Beth delivered digital marketing training for the Australian Marketing Institute for many years and her online training programs on all aspects of digital marketing have been certified by the Australian Marketing Institute.
Prior to launching Digital Marketing Club, Beth worked as a marketing and communications specialist for government, enterprise and not-for-profit organisations.
Reuben Scheckter
Managing Director, Leadify
Reuben is the co-founder of Leadify, formerly named Cobra Digital. It was established in 2018 by Reuben and James Strathdee after their internal marketing took James's solar company to great heights. Reuben saw an opportunity to change how lead generation was done in Australia and provide businesses with consistent flow and quality leads. Sales teams live and die by reliable lead sources, and Reuben's experience makes him acutely aware of this. From the beginning until now, Reuben had one goal - to simplify lead generation. Fast forward to today, and Leadify sells leads to both Australian and international clients ranging from small businesses to publicly listed companies in over six key verticals. Recently, Reuben has been nominated as a finalist for the Gold Coast Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2021 Awards.
In a more complex world of credit, your client's needs go way beyond home loans. This session will reveal the products that are an easy fit to a mortgage broker's proposition and how to sell them so you can build a full-suite product offering for your clients.
In this session, you will learn to:
Build lucrative additional revenue streams without diluting your core offering
Define products that are a natural fit with home loans
Market additional products as you build your client base"
Malcolm Withers
Head of Commercial , Pepper Money
Chief Product Officer, Nodifi
Ryan Ewart
Owner Partner Mortgage Choice, Northern Beaches
Peter J White AM
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Ronaldo To Receive €200million Annually In New Contract From Saudi Arabia
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Cristiano Ronaldo is going to receive €200million-a-year (£173million) in a two-and-a-half year contract offer from Saudi side Al Nassr.
The 37-year-old left Manchester United earlier this month after they agreed to terminate his contract early following his explosive interview with Piers Morgan where he took aim at Erik ten Hag and the Manchester United hierarchy.
Ronaldo is currently playing for Portugal at the World Cup and is free to sign for any club
According to reports, Ronaldo will be earning £3million per week and that would make him the highest-paid sportsperson in the world.
Al Nassr are one of the most successful clubs in Saudi Arabia, and are currently second in the Saudi Pro League.
Journalist Fabrizio Romano also confirmed that Ronaldo had received the formal offer from the Saudi club.
He wrote on Twitter: "Cristiano Ronaldo has received a formal proposal from Al Nassr, confirmed.
"Ronaldo Almost €200m per season until 2025. But… big part is sponsor deals, so it's not clear yet if image rights can be agreed. Nothing done/signed or decided. Cristiano, focused on World Cup."
The Saudis have launched an aggressive drive to bring more high-profile sports to the country and bringing Ronaldo – Five Time Ballon d'Or winner and One of the greatest footballers of all-time – to their league would be a huge statement of their objective.
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Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr have gained over 7.1 million followers on Instagram in just three days after the announcement of the signing of...
Police Transfer All Officers In Ajah Division
Lagos State Police Command has transferred all of its officers attached to the Ajah police station in the State. Gatekeepers News reports that the...
Ronaldo To Sign €200million-per-year Contract For Al-Nassr By January 2023.
Five-time Ballon d'Or winner, Cristiano Ronaldo will sign a contract for Saudi Arabian side Al-Nassr on January 1st. Gatekeepers News reports that the deal...
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Nevada Gambling
'Madness of March' captures hoops betting colorfully
In 1991, Chad Millman penned a book about basketball betting titled The Odds. It is now out of print and sadly so because it's painfully rare today that we see any book devoted to basketball betting, much less this phenomenon of March Madness -- the NCAA tournament. This year we're in luck, though. Alan Jay Zaremba, an associate professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Northeastern University, has captured the excitement, the color, the flavor and craziness of college basketball betting in Las Vegas in his new book, The Madness of March (228 pages, paperbound, $19.95).
Subtitled "Bonding and Betting with the Boys in Las Vegas," this book covers six straight days of betting with the wise guys, amateurs and madmen who calculate, guess, second-guess and go wild from March 13-18, 2007. It deftly shows what it is like to be among the crazies who fly to Las Vegas like swallows returning to Capistrano annually for their migration and ritual of betting, sweating, getting plastered, second-guessing, meeting other fanatics while wives and girlfriends, for the most part, wait elsewhere for their return from madness and hopefully with some money.
Zaremba listened, observed, took notes (no tape recorder was used), visited many sportsbooks and even counted TV sets, chairs, observed the zanies, the hopefuls, listened to their logic and stood on line with the best and worst of them. Basketball betting has its own colorful language to decipher -- seeds, brackets, lumber, vigorish, push, the under, the money line, teaser, proposition bets -- and Zaremba covers it all. He talks about specific clientele who gather at each hotel and discusses how many of these visitors believe they have "insider" information or a "hunch" about the impact of a defense against certain offenses or how they'll wager because of a key injury. Some bet early, some bet late, depending on whether they are favorite or underdog bettors. (On occasion, emotion can be strong: it made one character toss a shoe through a sportsbook television set because of a "bad beat," then peel off $1,000 to cover the damage.)
Zaremba met all these guys -- the "system players," those who have photographic memories beyond belief, and those with notes and notebooks resembling War and Peace, the "masters of the f-word" and wearers of bizarre T-shirts reflecting strange ideologies.
The book itself is like a travelogue of places, people, concepts and conspiracy theories, and if Hunter Thompson were alive today he'd embrace the author, who captures the moments and rides the roller coaster of emotions with the bettors.
Zaremba sat through 48 basketball games from one end of the Strip in Las Vegas to the other. He must love the game. Many do. I love the book -- it's timely, colorful and informative. Treat yourself. Enjoy.


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Q: Project structure focus update when editing a file In CLion, is there a way to force it to highlight the file you are editing in the project structure? For example, if I follow some definition, it'd be great for me to see in which project the corresponding .h file resides. The same for the #include'd files: it goes to the file, but I have no idea where it is actually on disk, in which of 80+ projects it resides!

A: In the project view, click on the little cog symbol and select either of Autoscroll [to|from] source.
The effect is fairly self-explanatory:

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*from source means that the project tree is updated accordingly when you open or change the current source file in the editor by some means. Following a symbol with F12 is fairly prominent, but also simply switching the tab results in project tree changes. The three is traversed and nodes with children are expanded accordingly.

*vice versa, to source means that changing the selection in the tree will result in opening the file in the editor or changing to the corresponding, existing tab.
All of the above is also dependent on the current view in the editor when working with split views, i.e. if you select some open document in some view the tree and this particular view are synced.

A: If you want to focus just a single file, perform Select In... | Project View action (Alt-F1 + Enter by default).


Accurate assessment of the underlying abnormalities in the unstable joint enables formulation of appropriate management plans.
Patellar pain is common in both athletic and nonathletic individuals. Among athletes, men tend to present with more patellofemoral injuries, including traumatic dislocations, than women. In the nonathletic population, women present more commonly with patellar disorders. The three most common causes for patellar dislocation remain: traumatic dislocation, trochlear dysplasia (flattening) and maltracking secondary to bone malalignment. It is essential to understand the underlying cause in order to direct appropriate treatment.
Patellofemoral problems are mainly diagnosed by obtaining a thorough history and performing a physical examination. Imaging studies help confirm the diagnosis. Plain radiography is not as sensitive as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), but it is the least expensive and most readily available modality.
In general, surgery is more effective in preventing recurrences of dislocation because skeletal and muscular components of the patellofemoral joint and extensor mechanism are realigned; however, surgery also has risks. In a patient with normal anatomy, surgery should be considered an option after all conservative treatment modalities are unsuccessful. Patients with anatomic abnormalities may benefit from earlier surgical consideration.
Although far more expensive, MRI is more effective than CT scanning in determining if patellar chondral lesions are present and for determining cartilage thickness and volume. Assessment of patellar cartilage thickness and volume is important to evaluate for osteoarthritis.
Axial views on MRI or CT scans may be used to evaluate the trochlea-tubercle (TTTG) distance. This is the horizontal distance in a vertical plane between the intercondylar notch and the tibial tubercle. Similar to the Q-angle, this evaluates the potential laterally directed vectors on the patella. Some authors suggest that a distance of 2 cm is specific, but not sensitive, for maltracking.
During the acute phase of a patellar injury or dislocation, the immediate goals are to reduce inflammation, relieve pain, and stop activities that place excessive loads on the patellofemoral joint. Physiotherapy is an essential component of treatment.
Quadriceps strengthening is initiated during the acute phase. In the event of acute patella dislocation, these should be static exercises initiated during the period of immobilization. Reduction of swelling and regaining knee range of motion are also primary goals. Therapy should also include a protocol for hamstring muscle stretching. Tight hamstring muscles functionally counteract their agonist group, the quadriceps.
With proper alignment, VMO (quadriceps muscle) retraining is initiated. Once taped, patients should note decreased pain when performing painful activities. The goal of taping is to optimise patellar positioning and facilitate better activation of the medial (inner) patellar stabilisers, particularly the VMO. The technique can be taught to patients to perform themselves. This method was described by a Sydney based physiotherapist and is now used in practice worldwide.
With failed surgery or advanced arthritis (wear and tear), partial knee replacement or total knee replacement are the only options.


Kris is the Ministry Coordinator for World Impact in Denver, Colorado. She worships and fellowships at South Fellowship Church (her home away from home) in Littleton.
Since accepting Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior in 1976, Kris's passion has been to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with as many people as possible and to encourage them in their walk with Him. Through her many life experiences in walking with the Lord, He has called her as a servant into all types of ministry--women's ministry, singles ministry, church youth ministry, AWANA, Young Life, Alpha, and more. She has had the blessed opportunity to lead many to Christ.
Kris is also an Ordained Chaplain and Counselor and has volunteered with prison ministries for several years, most notably with Prison Fellowship and Kairos Prison Ministry.
In 2003, Kris graduated from Regis University Denver with a Bachelors of Arts in Communication. She retired in 2013 after being a technical writer for over 20 years.
Bored by retirement, Kris joined Mike Dicke on the Denver TUMI team in October 2013. She considers using her skills and talents for the Lord (instead of for a corporation) as her "ultimate dream job." Kris specializes in leading prison TUMI Capstone classes in partnership with Prison Fellowship. Currently she mentors at both a men's and women's prison in the Denver area.
Kris is single (divorced) and has two adult, married children. For relaxation, Kris enjoys anything that involves spending time with family (especially her three grandchildren) and with friends. She owns a 21-foot pull camper, belongs to an RV club, and enjoys camping with them in Colorado state parks. She also enjoys the arts such as reading; going to movies, concerts, and theatre; and visiting local art shows and museums.


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We at the state legislature strongly support public education, and we want to help make it the best it can be. Based on my travels around the state last fall, where I learned from educators what we need to focus on and why, I am introducing three bills this session that would increase accountability of our school administrators, reward schools and teachers for the wonderful collaborative work they do in educating our children, and help legislators become more aware of the challenges and success in our classrooms.
My first bill is a focus on Human Resource Management reform. In order to improve our educational system we first need to have a structure in place to annually assess our administrative leadership. I believe that it is time to expand the focus beyond just teacher performance and look deeply at the impact administration has on the quality of instruction in our schools. This new focus will provided information about our administration, their leadership skills, how well they are managing the quality of instruction in their schools, and so forth. As I traveled the state I learned that most administrators are only evaluated once every three years. I argue that their performance needs to be evaluated on an annual basis to drive improvement in how we manage our schools, our educators, and the quality of instruction in our public education system.
In most organizations, public or private, leadership is measured and held accountable for all levels of performance and success. There should be no difference within Utah's public education system— this is simply a sound business and management principle. We have to stop trying to find where the problems are in public education by focusing just on teachers, and begin to genuinely hold administrators accountable for the quality of instruction and academic success in our schools. If we focus on leadership first, then the natural result will be an increased focus on student performance and everything that affects it. Part of the bill will also address performance pay for administrators. Over time, part of what we are paying our administrators will be based on the results of these proposed annual evaluations.
My second bill, Collaborative Performance Pay, provides for a collaborative performance pay model for teachers, reflecting the collaborative nature in how they teach. A bonus will be allocated to each school at the end of the school year based on the school's grade and their accomplishments against their own School Improvement Plan as a collective team. I am proposing this solution based on how important it is for teachers to work collaboratively and be rewarded as a team. The bill will also enable administrators to reward those team members who had the "highest performing" impact in that team effort.
Finally, one of the major issues I came across in my travels last fall was the perception of a broken or strained relationship with the State Legislature. Teachers were surprised I even came as far as their classrooms to hear what they had to say. As such, in my Public Education Engagement Resolution bill, I suggest that the legislature recognizes that public education is the issue in the eyes of most people in our state. We have a constitutional mandate to provide a quality education for every child. I want to bring the legislators and members of the Utah State Board of Education directly into the classrooms to truly observe, in a more meaningful and regular way, authentic student/teacher interactions and the challenges that are directly affecting Utah's most vital institution--our public schools. Based on what they learn during their visits, legislators will then post their observations on a website that we will set up for that purpose. It is my belief that this gathered information will be vital as the legislature moves forward creating new policies to improve public education in the future.


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Viacom18 Studios and Aamir Khan Productions announce upcoming film 'Laal Singh Chaddha'
Starring Aamir Khan, the film will release on Christmas 2020
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Published On Jun 21, 2019 at 07:42 PM IST
Viacom18 Studios in association with Aamir Khan Productions has announced their upcoming Indian film 'Laal Singh Chaddha', inspired by Paramount Pictures' Oscar winning movie, Forrest Gump.
Laal Singh Chaddha will be directed by Advait Chandan of Secret Superstar fame and is being written by Atul Kulkarni. The film will release in Christmas 2020, the company said.
"For every cinephile out there, the must watch list of films would be incomplete without the mention of Forrest Gump. To be able to adapt the classic for Indian audiences is a long-cherished dream for many of us. Knowing Aamir's burning passion for this subject for many years, he is the perfect partner to bring to life this dream," Ajit Andhare, COO, Viacom18 Studios said.
Read Also: Kannada Kotyadipathi to go on air on Colors Kannada from June 22
While Aamir Khan will essay the titular role in the film, Kareena Kapoor Khan will be seen paired opposite him for the third time.
"We're thrilled to be in business with Aamir Khan Productions and Viacom18 Studios, and to see them bringing this timeless story to a whole new generation of audiences," Andrew Gumpert, chief operating officer of Paramount Pictures said.
Forrest Gump is a 1994 American comedy-drama film based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Winston Groom. The story depicts several decades in the life of Forrest Gump (Hanks), a slow-witted but kind-hearted man from Alabama who witnesses and unwittingly influences several defining historical events in the 20th century in the United States.
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Q: Polymer elements work with non polymer website? Simple question but can I build a single page form using polymer that can be launched, through a CTA button, from a non polymer website?
I need this form to store the values in json format, and then populate a data table within my polymer web app by parsing that json data.
So  once I've got my polymer form page built, I'm going to wrap it inside of this CTA button that launches the page when clicked. This CTA needs to be distributed on multiple clients sites, so "third party" sites that I have no control over.
how could I bake in polymers required imports, so that it can run on their website?

A: You can have all the necessary imports inlcuding Polymer inside your form element. But there are two files that you'll have to import in your CTA button

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There are two ways in which you can achieve having all Polymer files accessible to you in your element

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*Better method will be to vulcanize all the required files including your element into one file (or two one for html and one for js if you use crisper also) so that there is no load on client side to fetch resources.

Webcomponent-lite.min.js you'll have to keep outside of your vulcanized file.
So, so far you'll have to export a package of 3-4(CTA button, webcomponents-lite, your vulcanized element) files minimum to your client.
This should do the trick.


Developed and patented the "Personal Professor" video series of finite element and acoustic lectures. More than 6000 people were trained in industry with the introductory finite element course.
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Q: How to circumvent the depth limitation of Excel's IF function? For an Excel formula I need the first cell out of a list of cells which contains a numeric value:
 A  |  B  |  C  | ... |  Z  |
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    | 0.1 | 0.4 | ... | =0.1
    |     | 0.2 | ... | =0.2

I use this schema:
IF(ISNUMERIC(A1);A1;IF(ISNUMERIC(B1);A2;IF(ISNUMERIC(C1);C1;IF(...))))))))

Unfortunately this only works for seven columns, because the maximum length is limited in Excel.
Is there any way to re-phrase this formula so that it doesn't get deeper with every additional column?

A: OK, lets see. Try this
=INDEX(A1:Y1,SUMPRODUCT((A1:Y1="")*1)+1)

The sumproduct counts the number of blanks, then the index looks up the value in the cell where number of blanks + 1
Hope that helps.

A: In a single cell you can do this with an array formula:
Isnumber provides the test in Excel 2007
Multiply the result by column()
Use an if statement to help the following min function along:
Use the min function to identify the first numeric column.
Remember to use Ctrl-Shift-Enter when you want to make an array formula, not just enter.
=INDEX(A1:Z1,MIN(IF(ISNUMBER(A1:Z1),COLUMN(A1:Z1),5000)))

This also finds the first used column across multiple rows should you need that functionality.

A: Perhaps this may help XL: How to Determine Top/Bottom Used Cells in a Sparse Array

A: astanders answer works (with the assumption that the cells following the first number are allways filled).
You can also write your own function in a VBA Module.
Public Function getFirstNumber(ByRef sourceRow As Range) As Double
    For Each Cell In sourceRow.Cells
        If WorksheetFunction.IsNumber(Cell) = True Then
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            Exit Function
        End If
    Next Cell
End Function


Simin Masoudi is a research associate at the School of Optometry and Vision Science. Her PhD degree was conferred in 2015 from the University of New South Wales (UNSW). Her current post-doctoral research specializes in tear biochemistry and implementation of contemporary analytical methods for the study of lipids in tears and depositions forming on contact lenses with implications in identification of lipids in human tears (lipidomics), their effect on contact lens-induced discomfort and de-stabilisation of tears in dry eye disease.
Simin's current line of research is aligned with her previous work in the field of tear proteomics and development of a novel mass-spectrometry analytical method which allowed for simultaneous ex-vivo quantification of multiple tear proteins in minute sample volumes. Application of the method was confirmed in characterization of tear proteomic changes in contact lens discomfort.
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Simin Masoudi, Zhenjun Zhao, Amali Ariyavidana, Jennie Diec, Pauline Xu, Mark Willcox, Contact lens wear-induced ocular discomfort and changes to inflammatory mediators in human tears. British Contact Lens Association (BCLA), 2012.
Hua Zhu, Ajay K. Vijay, Jerome Ozkan, Duojia Wu, Simin Masoudi, Roya N. Borazjani, Mark D. Willcox. The Influence of Lens Wear on Bacterial Adhesion to Silicone Hydrogel Lenses. Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Annual Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA. May 1 - 5, 2011.
H. Zhu, R. Bandara, S. Masoudi, D. Wu, M.D.P. Willcox. Evaluation of Antimicrobial Efficacy of A Multipurpose Solution against Clinical Microbial Isolates. Poster. British Contact Lens Association (BCLA) Annual meeting, Birmingham, UK. May 27-30, 2010.
Mahesh Bandara, Simin Masoudi, Hua Zhu, Mark DP Willcox. (2009) Disinfection efficacy of protamine against ocular pathogens. Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Annual Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA. May 3 -7, 2009.
Zhu, H., Bandara, M., Kumar, A., Masoudi, S., Wu, D., Willcox, M.D.P. (2008) Contribution of regimen steps to efficacy of multipurpose solutions used to disinfect silicone hydrogel contact lenses. 18th International Congress of Eye Research (ICER), Beijing. 24-29 September, 2008.